英国文学史及选读试题及答案.docx

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英国文学史及选读试题

Ⅰ.MultipleChoice（1′×20=20分）

1. wasrespectedas“fatherofEnglishpoetry”andoneofthegreatestnarrativepoetsofEngland.A.WilliamShakespeare B.GeoffreyChaucer C.JohnMilton D.JohnDonne

2.IntermsofinfluenceuponEngland, broughtFrenchcivilizationandFrenchlanguagetoEngland.

A.Anglo-Saxons B.Romans C.Anglo-Normans D.Teutons

3.AccordingtoThomasMore,“itwasatimewhensheepdevouredmen”.Itrefersto .

A.Industrialization B.ReligiousReformation C.CommercialExpansion D.EnclosureMovement

4.Itwas whointroducedsonnetintoEnglishliterature.

A.ThomasWyatt B.WilliamShakespeare C.EdmundSpenser D.PhilipSidney

5.WhichofthefollowingisNOTShakespeare’stragedies?

A.Hamlet B.KingLear C.TheMerchantofVenice D.Othello

6.In1649 wasbeheaded.EnglandbecameacommonwealthundertheleadershipofOliverCromwell.A.JamesI B.HenryVIII C.ElizabethI D.CharlesI

7.WhichcommentonJohnDonneiswrong?

A.Heistheleadingfigureofmetaphysicalpoetry.

B.Hispoetryischaracterizedbymysticismandpeculiarconceit.

C.JohnDonneusuallyemploystraditionalandregularpoeticform.

D.Hisattitudestowardlovearebothpositiveandnegative.

8.FridayinTheAdventuousofRobinsonCrosuecanbetermedasEXCEPT .

A.akind-heartedperson B.apersonwithcolonialmind

C.asmartperson D.afriendlyperson

9.ThomasGrayistherepresentativeof .

A.Sentimentalism B.Pre-Romanticism C.Romanticism D.EnglishRenaissance

10.WilliamBlake’s isalovelyvolumeofpoems,presentingahappyandinnocentworld,thoughnotwithoutitsevilsandsufferings.

A.PoeticalSketchesB.TheBookofThelC.SongsofExperience D.SongsofInnocence

11. ,thenationalpeasantpoetinScotland,andhispoem showshispassionateloveforhisBeloved.A.WilliamBlake,Lodon B.WilliamWordsworth,IWanderedLonelyasaCloud

C.RobertBurns,ARed,RedRose D.RobertBurns,AuldLangSyne

12.EnglishRomanticismbeginswith andendswith .

A.thepublicationofLyricalBallads,JohnKeats’sdeath B.FrenchRevolution,WalterScot’tsdeath

C.thepublicationofLyricalBallads,WalterScott’sdeath D.Industrialization,JohnKeats’sdeath

13. arenamedasLakePoetsandEscapistRomanticists.

A.Wordsworth,ShelleyandKeats B.Wordsworth,ByronandShelley

C.Wordsworth,ColeridgeandShelley D.Wordsworth,ColeridgeandSouthey

14.WhichofthefollowingstatementisNOTcorrect?

A.Romanticliteratureisdecidelyanageofpoetry.

B.DrammawasfullydevelopedduringtheRomanticperiod.

C.Thegeneralfeatureisadissatisfactionwiththebourgeoisesociety.

D.Romanticistspaidgreatattentiontothespiritualandemotionallifeofman.Personifiednatureplaysanimportantroleinthepagesoftheirworks.

15. wasthefounderofthenovelwhichdealswithunimportantmiddleclasspeopleandofwhichthereare

manyfineexamplesinlatterEnglishfiction.

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A.CharlotteBronteB.EmilyBronteC.CharlesDickensD.JaneAusten

16.King brokeoffwiththePope,dissolvedallthemonasteriesandabbeysinthecountry,whichisknownasReligiousReformation.

A.HenryVII B.HenryVIII C.MaryI D.ElizabethaI

17. washonoredasPoetLaureate.

A.Byron B.P.BShelley C.JohnKeats D.WilliamWordsworth

18.JohnMilton’sParadiseLostisbasedonthestoryof .

A.GreekMythology B.RomanMythology C.OldTestament D.NewTestament

19.The18thcenturywitnessedthatinEnglandthereappearedtwopoliticalparties

A.theWhigsandtheTories B.theSenateandtheHouseofRepresentatives

C.theupperHouseandlowerHouse D.theHouseofLordsandtheHouseofRepresentatives20.“IfWintercomes,canSpringbefarbehind?

”isanepigrammaticlineby.

A.WilliamWordsworth B.P.B.Shelley C.GeorgeByron D.JohnKeats

Ⅱ.Translatethefollowingliteraryterms（EnglishintoChineseandChineseintoEnglish）（1′×10=10分）

1．iambicpentameter2.heroiccouplet3.antagonist 4.soliloquy5.sonnet

6.无韵体诗 7.民谣 8.伏笔,铺垫 9.诗节 10.清教主义

III.Identifytheauthorandtitleoftheliterarywork（2′×5=10分）

1.Solongasmencanbreathe,oreyescansee,

Solonglivesthis,andthisgiveslifetothee.

2.Historiesmakemenwise;poets,witty;themathematics,subtle;naturalphilosophy,deep;moral,grave;logicandrhetoric,abletocontend.

3.Allisnotlost:

theunconquerablewill,Andstudyofrevenge,immortalhate,Andcouragenevertosubmitoryield:

Andwhatiselsenottobeovercome?

4.Tilla’theseasgangdry,mydear,Andtherocksmeltwi’thesun:

Iwilllovetheestill,mydear,Whilethesandso’lifeshallrun.

5.Andthenmyheartwithpleasurefills,Anddanceswiththedaffodils

IV.Definethefollowingliteraryterms（Eachtermshouldincludethetime,thefeaturesand

representativefiguresorsignificance）（5′×4=20分）

1.EnglishRenaissance2.EnglishEnlightenment3.Pre-Romanticism4.MetaphysicalPoetry

V.Interpretingthefollowingtexts（20′×2=40分）

Text1

Thecurfewtollstheknellofpartingday,Thelowingherdwindslowlyo’erthelea,

Theplowmanhomewardplodshiswearyway,

Andleavestheworldtodarknessandtome.（stanza1）

Thebreezycallofincense-breathingMorn,

Theswallowtwitteringfromthestraw-bulitshed,Thecock’sshrillclarion,ortheechoinghorn,

Nomoreshallrousethemfromtheirlowlybed.（stanza5）Questions:

1.Identifytheauthorandthetitleofthispoem（2分）

2.Examinethepoeticform（rhyme,footandmetershouldbeinvolved）（3分）

3.Explaintheunderlinedwords（4分）

4.Whatisthetoneinstanza1?

Howdoesthepoetachieveit?

（3分）

5.Stanza5involovesrichimagery,pleaseclassifythemandgiveexamples.（6分）

6.Pointouttherhetoricaldevicesintheabovepoem（2分）

Text2

Iwanderthrougheachcharteredstreet,

NearwherethecharteredThamesdoesflow,AndmarkineveryfaceImeet

Marksofweakness,marksofwoe.

Ineverycryofeveryman,Ineveryinfant'scryoffear,

Ineveryvoice,ineveryban,

Themind-forgedmanaclesIhear.

Howthechimney-sweeper'scryEveryblackeningchurchappals;Andthehaplesssoldier'ssighRunsinblooddownpalacewalls.

Questions:

1.Explaintheunderlinedwords.（5分）

2.Identifythepoeticform（3分）

3.Thispoemisthemightiestbriefpoem,howdoesWilliamBlakeconveythemightylines?

（4分）

4.Understand“charteredstreetandcharteredThames”and“Mind-forgedmanacles”?

（4分）

5.Pleaseanalyzetheimagesof“Chimney-sweeper”and“soldier’ssigh”.（4分）

英国文学史及作品选读（模拟试题一）参考答案

Ⅰ.MultipleChoice

1.B

2. C_ 3.D

4.A

5.C

6.D

7.C

8.B

9.A

10.D

11.C 12.C

13.D 14.B

15.D

16.B

17.D

18.C

19.A

20.B

Ⅱ.Translatethefollowingliteraryterms（EnglishintoChineseandChineseintoEnglish）

1.抑扬格五音步2.英雄双韵体3.反面人物 4.独白 5.十四行6.blankverse 7.ballads 8.foreshadowing9.stanza 10.Puritanism

III.Identifytheauthorandtitleoftheliterarywork

1.WilliamShakespeare Sonnet18

2.FrancisBaconOfStudies

3.JohnMilton ParadiseLost

4.RobertBurns ARed,RedRose

5.WilliamWordsworthIWanderedLonelyasaCloud

IV.Definethefollowingliteraryterms（Eachtermshouldincludethetime,thefeaturesandrepresentativefiguresorsignificance）

1.EnglishRenaissance

ItsprangfirstinItalyinthe14thcenturyandgraduallyspreadalloverEurope.ItmadeitsappearanceinEnglandinthe16thand17thcenturies.ItmeanstherebirthofGreekandRomanculture.Twofeaturesarestrikingofthismovement.Theoneisathirstingcuriosityfortheclassicalliterature.Anotheroneisthekeeninterestintheactivitiesofhumanity.Humanismisthekey-noteofRenaissance.ThomasMore,ChristopherMarloweandWilliamShakespearearethebestrepresentativesoftheEnglishReanaissance.

2.EnglishEnlightenment

The18thcenturymarkedthebeginningofanintellectualmovementinEurope,knownasthe

Enlightenment,whichwas,onthewhole,anexpressionofstruggleofthebourgeoisieagainstfeudalism.Theenlightenersfoughtagainstclassinequality,stagnation,prejudicesandothersurvivalsoffeudalism.Theyattempttoplaceallbranchesofscienceattheserviceofmankindbyconnectingthemwiththeactualneedsandrequirementsofpeople.EnglishenlightenersdifferedinsomewayfromthoseofFrance“clearedthemindsofmenforthecomingrevolution,”theEnglishenlightenerssetnorevolutionaryaimsbeforethem.Theystovetobringittoanendbyclearingawaythefeudalideaswiththebourgeoisideology.TherepresentativesareJosephAddison,RichardSteele（essayists）,DanielDefoe,JonathanSwift（novelists）,andAlexanderPope（poet）.

3.Pre-Romanticism

Inthelatterhalfofthe18thcentury,anewliterarymovementaroseinEurope,calledtheRomanticRevival.ItwasmarkedbyastrongprotestagainstthebondageofClassicism,byarecognitionoftheclaimsofpassionandemotion,andbyarenewedinterestinmedievalliterature.InEngland,thismovementshoweditselfinthetrendofPre-Romanticisminpoetry.WilliamBlakeandRobertBurnsaretherepresentatives.

4.MetaphysicalPoetry

MetaphysicalPoetryiscommonlyusedtonametheworkofthe17thcenturywriterswhowrote

undertheinfluenceofJohnDonne.Witharebelliousspirit,themetaphysicalpoetstrytobreakawayfromtheconventionalfashionoftheElizabethanlovepoetry.Theyarecharacterizedbymysticismincontentandfantasticalityinform.JohnDonneistheleadingfigureofthe“metaphysicalschool.”

V.Interpretingthefollowingtexts

Text1

1.ThomasGrayElergyWritteninaCountr