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英美文学练习1

英美文学练习1

（一）

Ⅰ.MultipleChoices（40pointsinall,1foreach）

Selectfromthefourchoicesofeachitemtheonethatbestanswersthequestionorcompletesthestatement.Writeyouranswerinthecorrespondingspaceontheanswersheet.

1．Theworkthatpresented,forthefirsttimeinEnglishliterature,acomprehensiverealisticpictureofthemedievalEnglishsocietyandcreatedawholegalleryofvividcharactersfromallwalksoflifeismostlikely_____B_________.

A．WilliamLangland’sPiersPlowmanB．GeoffreyChaucer’sTheCanterburyTales

C．JohnGower’sConfessionAmantisD．SirGawainandtheGreenKnight

2．ThetragedyofDr.Faustus,theprotagonistinChristopherMarlowe’sTheTragicHistoryofDr.Faustus,istheveryfactthat____A__________.

A．manisconfinedtotimeB．hetriedtojoinAfricatoSpain

C．hebecameamanwithoutsoulafterhesoldit

D．heconjuredupHelen,theladywhowaspartiallyresponsibleforthebreaking-upoftheTrojanWar

3．Thesentence“ShallIcomparetheetoasummer’sday?

”isthebeginninglineofoneofShakespeare’s______C_______

A．comediesB．tragediesC．sonnetsD．histories

4．ParadiseLostisactuallyastorytakenfrom______B________.

A．theRenaissanceB．theOldTestament

C．GreekMythologyD．theNewTestament

5．Spenser’smasterpiece_____A________isagreatpoemofitstime.

A．TheFaerieQueeneB．TheShepherdsCalendar

C．TheCanterburyTalesD．Metamorphoses

6．________C______istheessenceoftheRenaissance.

A．PoetryB．DramaC．HumanismD．Reason

7．ThemostfamousdramatistsintheRenaissanceEnglandareChristopherMarlowe,WilliamShakespeareand_______C____.

A．JohnMiltonB．JohnMarlowe

C．BenJonsonD．EdmundSpenser

8．“Tobe,ornottobe—thatisthequestion”isalinetakenfrom________A______.

A．HamletB．Othello

C．KingLearD．TheMerchantofVenice

9．FrancisBacon’sessaysarefamousfortheirbrevity,compactnessand_______C_______.

A．complicityB．complexity

C．powerfulnessD．mildness

10．LiteratureofNeoclassicismisdifferentfromthatofRomanticisminthat______A________.

A．theformercelebratesreason,rationality,orderandinstructionwhilethelatterseesliteratureasanexpressionofanindividual’sfeelingandexperiences

B．theformerisheavilyreligiousbutthelattersecular

C．theformerisanintellectualmovement,thepurposeofwhichistoarousethemiddleclassforpoliticalrightswhilethelatterisconcernedwiththepersonalcultivation

D．theformeradvocatesthe“returntonature”whereasthelatterturnstotheancientGreekandRomanwritersforitsmodels.

keys：

BACBACCACA

（二）

1.Romance,whichusesnarrativeverseorprosetotellstoriesof__B_adventuresorotherheroicdeeds,isapopularliteraryforminthemedievalperiod.

A.ChristianB.knightlyC.GreekD.primitive

2.AmongthegreatMiddleEnglishpoets,GeoffreyChaucerisknownforhisproductionofD___.

A.PiersPlowmanB.SirGawainandtheGreenKnight

C.ConfessioAmantisD.TheCanterburyTales

3.WhichofthefollowinghistoricaleventsdoesnotdirectlyhelptostimulatetherisingoftheRenaisssanceMovement?

C

A.TherediscoveryofancientGreekandRomanculture.

B.Thenewdiscoveriesingeographyandastrology，

C.TheGloriousrevolution.

D.Thereligiousreformationandtheeconomicexpansion.

4.WhichofthefollowingstatementsbestillustratesthethemeofShakespeare'sSonnet18?

C

A.ThespeakereulogizesthepowerofNature.

B.Thespeakersatirizeshumanvanity.

C.Thespeakerpraisesthepowerofartisticcreation.

D.Thespeakermeditatesonman'ssalvation.

5.“Andwewillsitupontherocks,/Seeingtheshepherdsfeedtheirflocks,/Byshallowriverstowhosefalls/Melodiousbirdssingmadrigals.”Theabovelinesareprobablytakenfrom__D.

A.Spenser'sTheFaerieQueene

B.JohnDonne's“TheSunRising”

C.Shakespeare's“Sonnet18”

D.Marlowe's“ThePassionateShepherdtoHisLove”

6.“Bassanio:

Antonio,Iammarriedtoawife

Whichisasdeartomeaslifeitself;

Butlifeitself,Mywife,andalltheworld.

Arenotwithmeesteem'dabovethylife;

Iwouldloseall,ay,sacrificethemall,

Heretothedevil,todeliveryou.

Portia:

Yourwifewouldgiveyoulittlethanksforthat,

Ifshewerebytohearyoumaketheoffer.”

TheaboveisaquotationtakenfromShakespeare'scomedyTheMerchantofVenice.

Thequotedpartcanberegardedasagoodexampletoillustrate_A___.

A.dramaticironyB.personification

C.allegoryD.symbolism

7.TheturesubjectofJohnDonne'spoem,“TheSunRising,”isto_B__.

A.attackthesunasanunrulyservant

B.givecomplimentstothemistressandherpowerofbeauty

C.criticizethesun'sintrusionintothelover'sprivatelife

D.lecturethesunonwheretrueroyaltyandricheslie

8.Ofallthe18thcenturynovelistsHenryFieldingwasthefirsttosetout,bothintheoryandpractice,towritespecificallya“__B_inprose,”thefirsttogivethemodernnovelitsstructureandstyle.

A.tragicepicB.comicepic

C.romanceD.lyricepic

9.TheHouyhnhnmsdepictedbyJonathanSwiftinGulliver'sTravelsare___A.

A.horsesthatareendowedwithreason

B.pigmiesthatareendowedwithadmirablequalities

C.giantsthataresuperiorinwisdom

D.hairy,wild,lowanddespicablecreatures,whoresemblehumanbeingsnotonlyinappearancebutalsoinsomeotherways.

10.Herearefourlinesfromaliterarywork:

“Othersforlanguagealltheircareexpress,/Andvaluebooks,aswomenmen,fordress.”Theworkis_C__.

A.ThomasGray's“ElegyWritteninaCountryChurchyard”

B.JohnMilton'sParadiseLost

C.AlexanderPope'sEssayonCriticism

D.Shakespeare'sMidsummerNight'sDream

keys:

1.B2.D3.C4.C5.D

6.A7.B8.B9.A10.C

2.MultipleChoice（40pointsinall,1foreach）

Selectfromthefourchoicesofeachitemtheonethatbestanswersthequestionorcompletesthestatement.Writeyourchoiceontheanswersheet.

1.ThemostsignificantideaoftheRenaissanceis（A）.

A.humanismB.realism

C.naturalismD.skepticism

2.Shakespeare’stragediesincludeallthefollowingexcept（D）.

A.HamletandKingLear

B.AntonyandCleopatraandMacbeth

C.JuliusCaesarandOthello

D.TheMerchantofVeniceandAMidsummerNight’sDream

3.Thestatement“Studiesservefordelight,forornament,andforability”opensoneofwell-knownessaysby（A）.

A.FrancisBaconB.SamuelJohnson

C.AlexanderPopeD.JonathanSwift

4.InHardy’sWessexnovels,thereisanapparent（D）touchinhisdescriptionofthesimplethoughprimitiverurallife.

A.nostalgicB.humorous

C.romanticD.ironic

5.Backbite,Sneerwell,andLadyTeazlearecharactersintheplayTheSchoolforScandalby（c）.

A.ChristopherMarloweB.BenJonson

C.RichardBrinsleySheridanD.GeorgeBernardShaw

6.Ofallthe18thcenturynovelistsHenryFieldingwasthefirsttosetout,bothintheoryandpractice,towritespecificallya“（B）inprose,”thefirsttogivethemodernnovelitsstructureandstyle.

A.tragicepicB.comicepic

C.romanceD.lyricepic

7.Inhispoem“Tyger,Tyger,”WilliamBlakeexpresseshisperceptionofthe“fearfulsymmetry”ofthebigcat.Thephrase“fearfulsymmetry”suggests（D）.

A.thetiger’stwoeyeswhicharedazzlinglybrightandsymmetricallyset

B.thepoet’sfearofthepredator

C.theanalogyofthehammerandtheanvil

D.theharmonyofthetwooppositeaspectsofGod’screation

8.“Whatishisname?

”

“Bingley.”

“Ishemarriedorsingle?

”

“Oh!

Single,mydear,tobesure!

Asinglemanoflargefortune;fourorfivethousandayear.Whatafinethingforourgirls!

”

Theabovedialoguemustbetakenfrom（A）.

A.JaneAusten’sPrideandPrejudice

B.EmilyBronte’sWutheringHeights

C.JohnGalsworthy’sTheForsyteSaga

D.GeorgeEliot’sMiddlemarch

9.Theshortstory“Araby”isoneofthestoriesinJamesJoyce’scollection（D）.

A.APortraitoftheArtistasaYoungMan

B.Ulysses

C.FinnegansWake

D.Dubliners

10.WilliamWordsworth,aromanticpoet,advocatedallthefollowingexcept（D）.

A.theusingofeverydaylanguagespokenbythecommonpeople

B.theexpressionofthespontaneousoverflowofpowerfulfeelings

C.thehumbleandrusticlifeassubjectmatter

D.Elegant优雅的wordingandinflatedfiguresofspeech

11.HerearetwolinestakenfromTheMerchantofVenice:

“Notonthysole,butonthysoul,harshJew/Thoumak’stthyknifekeen.”Whatkindoffigurativedeviceisusedintheabovelines?

（C）

A.Simile.B.Metonymy.借代

C.Pun.双关D.Synecdoche.提喻

12.“IfWintercomes,canSpringbefarbehind?

”isanepigrammaticlineby（D）.

A.J.KeatsB.W.Blake

C.W.WordsworthD.P.B.Shelley

13.Thepoemssuchas“TheChimneySweeper”arefoundinbothSongsofInnocenceandSongsofExperienceby（B）.

A.WilliamWordsworthB.WilliamBlake

C.JohnKeatsD.LordGordonByron

14.JohnBunyan’sPilgrim’sProgressisoftenregardedasatypicalexampleof（A）.

A.allegory寓言B.romance

C.epicinproseD.fable

15.AlexanderPopestronglyadvocatedneoclassicism新古典主义,emphasizing强调thatliteraryworksshouldbejudgedby（A）rulesoforder,reason,logic,restrainedemotion,goodtasteanddecorum.

A.classicalB.romantic

C.sentimentalD.allegorical

16.Inhisessay“OfStudies,”Baconsaid:

“Somebooksaretobetasted,otherstobeswallowed,andsomefewtobechewedand（D）.”

A.skimmedB.perfected

C.imitatedD.digested

17.“ForIhaveknownthemallalready,knownthemall—/Haveknowntheevenings,mornings,afternoons,/Ihavemeasuredoutmylifewithcoffeespoons.”Theabovelinesaretakenfrom（B）.

A.Wordsworth’s“TheSolitaryReaper”

B.Eliot’s“TheLoveSongofJ.AlfredPrufrock”

C.Coleridge’s“KublaKhan”

D.Yeats’s“TheLakeIsleofInnisfree”

18.（The）（C）wasaprogressiveintellectual有智慧的movementthroughoutWesternEuropeinthe18thcent