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英美文学考前串讲

PartOne:

EnglishLiterature

ChapterIAnIntroductiontoOldandMedievalEnglishLiterature&TheRenaissancePeriod

I.Choosetherightanswer:

1.Dr.Faustusisaplaybasedonthe_____legendofamagicianaspiringfor____andfinallymeetinghistragicendasaresultofsellinghissoultotheDevil.

A.British/immorality

B.French/money

C.German/knowledge

D.American/politicalpower

Answer:

C（可参考课本P21）

2._____,isatypicalexampleofOldEnglishpoetry,isregardedtodayasthenationalepicoftheAnglo-Saxons.

A.TheWife’sComplaint

B.Beowulf

C.TheDreamoftheRood

D.TheSeafarer

Answer:

B（可参考课本P1）

3.It’sChauceralonewho,forthefirsttimeinEnglishliterature,presentedtousacomprehensiverealisticpictureoftheEnglishSocietyinhismasterpiece__________.

A.TheCanterburyTales

B.TheLegendofGoodWomen

C.TroilusandCriseyde

D.TheRomauntoftheRose.

Answer:

A（可参考课本P4）

4.TheEssenceofRenaissance,themostsignificantintellectualmovement,was_____.

A.Geographicalexploration

B.Religiousreformation

C.Publishingandtranslation

D.Humanism.

Answer:

D（可参考课本P8）

5.“PrinceArthur’sgreatestmissionishissearchforGloriana,withwhomhehasfalleninlovethroughalovevision.”Thetwofigurescomefrom_____.

A.ParadiseLost

B.Dr.Faustus

C.TheFaerieQueene

D.Hamlet

Answer:

C（可参考课本P13）

6.In“Sonnet18”,Shakespeare_________________.

A.Meditateonthedestructivepoweroftimeandeternalbeautybypoetry.

B.Satirizehuman’svanity.

C.Predicttheeternityoflove.

D.Eulogizethepowerofthebeauty.

Answer:

A（P37）

7.____gavenewvigortotheblankversewithhis“mightylines”andmake’blankverse’theprinciplevehicleofexpressionindrama.

A.Surrey

B.Wyatt

C.Marlowe

D.Sidney

Answer:

C（P21）

8.Shakespeare’sgreatesttragediesarethefollowingworksexcept____.

A.Hamlet

B.KingLear

C.RomeoandJuliet

D.Othello

Answer:

C（P33）

9.TheRenaissancereferstobetween14th----mid-17thcentury,whichwasunderthereignofQueen___andabsolutemonarchyinEnglandreacheditssummit,andinwhichthe’realmainstream（真正的文学主流）’was____.

A.Victoria/poetry

B.Elizabeth/drama

C.Mary/novel

D.James/drama

Answer:

B（P11）

10.InTheLegendofGoodWomen,ChaucerusedforthefirsttimeinEnglishtherhymedcoupletofiambicpentameter,whichistobecalledlater____.

A.TheSpenserianstanza

B.Theheroiccouplet

C.Theblankverse

D.Thefreeverse

Answer:

B（P5）

11.TheRedcrosseKnightin“TheFaerieQueene”standsfor_____,andUnastandsfor_____.

A.bravery/chastity

B.holiness/truth

C.error/delivery

D.truegentleman/lady.

Answer:

B（P16）

12.WhichofthefollowingisNOTregardedasoneofthecharacteristicsofRenaissance?

A.RediscoveryofancientRomanandGreekculture.

B.AttempttoremovetheoldfeudalistideasinMedievalEurope.

C.Exaltationofman’spursuitofhappinessinhislife,andtoleranceofman’sfoibles.

D.Praiseofman’seffortsinsouldeliveryandpersonalsalvation.

Answer:

D（P7）

13.“Theslingsandarrowsofoutrageousfortune”isanexampleof______.

A.Metaphor

B.Simile

C.Irony

D.Personification

Answer:

A（P55）

14._____introducedthePetrarchansonnetintoEngland.

A.Anglos/Saxons

B.Normans/Anglo-Saxons

C.Greeks/Romans

D.Romans/Normans

Answer:

B（P11）

15.Itis___alonewho,forthefirsttimeinEnglishliteraturepresentedtousacomprehensiverealisticpictureoftheEnglishsocietyofhistimeandcreatedawholegalleryofvividcharactersfromallwalksoflife.

A.EdmundSpenser

B.GeoffreyChaucer

C.WilliamShakespeare

D.JohnDonne

Answer:

B（P4）

16.Thefollowingbelongtothecharacteristicsof’metaphysicalpoetry’representedby’JohnDonne’except___.

A.Conceits

B.Actualimageryandsimplediction

C.Argumentativeform

D.Elegantstyle

Answer:

D（P63）

17.ParadiseLostisactuallyastorytakenfrom____.

A.GreekMythology

B.Romanlegend

C.TheOldTestament

D.TheNewTestament

Answer:

C（P73）

18.In“ParadiseLost”,Satansays“Wemaywithmoresuccessfulhoperesolve/Towagebyforceorguileeternalwar,/IrreconcilabletoourgrandFoe”Whatdoesthe“Eternalwar”mean?

A.ToremoveGodfromhisthrone

B.ToburntheHeavenDown

C.TocorruptGod’screationofmanandwoman-----AdamandEve

D.Tobeguileintoasnaketothreatenman’slife

Answer:

C（P71,节选部分在P75）

19._____,thefirstofthegreattragedies,isgenerallyregardedasShakespeare’smostpopularplayonthestage,forithasthequalitiesofa“blood-and-thunder”thrilleranda’philosophicalexploration’oflifeanddeath.

A.TheMerchantofVenice

B.Hamlet

C.KingLear

D.TheWinter’sTale

Answer:

B（P33）

20.Itwas___and___thetwoconqueststhatprovidedthesourcefortheriseandgrowthofEnglishliterature.

A.Anglos/Saxons

B.Normans/Anglo-Saxons

C.Romans/Normans

D.Greeks/Romans

Answer:

B（P1）

21.ParadiseLostis___’smasterpiece,whichisanepicin12books,writteninblankverse,abouttheheroicrevoltofSatanagainstGod’sauthority.

A.JohnDonne

B.ChristopherMarlowe

C.JohnMilton

D.EdmundSpenser

Answer:

C（P71）

22.ThefollowingdescriptionfitintoMilton’except’_____.

A.agreatrevolutionarypoetofthe17thcentury

B.anoutstandingpoliticalpamphleteer

C.agreatstylistandmasterofblankverse

D.akindofelegantandrefinestyle.

Answer:

D（P70---73）

23._____isnotwrittenbyJohnMilton.

A.SamsonAgonistes

B.ParadiseLost

C.Paradiseregained

D.Tamburlaine

Answer:

D（P71）

24.Marlow’sgreatestachievementisthatheperfectedthe’blankverse’,andheisregardedas’thepioneerofEnglishdrama’,whichofthefollowingisnotwrittenbyhim?

A.Tamburlaine

B.TheJewofMalta

C.ThePassionatetoHisLove

D.TheSunRising

Answer:

D（P20）

25.____EssaysisthefirstexampleofthatgenreinEnglishliterature,whichhasbeenrecognizedasanimportantlandmarkinthedevelopmentofEnglishprose.

A.JohnMilton’s

B.FrancisBacon’s

C.Montaigne’s

D.ThomasGray’s

Answer:

B（P58）

26._____Wasknownas“thepoets’poet”.

A.WilliamShakespeare

B.EdmundSpenser

C.JohnDonne

D.JohnMilton

Answer:

B（P15）

27.“Andwewillmaketheebedsofroses/Andathousandfragrantposies/Acapofflowers,andakirtle/Embroideredallwithleavesofmyrtle.”Theabovelinesareprobablytakenfrom______.

A.Spenser’sTheFaerieQueene

B.JohnDonne’sTheSunRising

C.Shakespeare’sSonnet18

D.Marlow’sThePassionateShepherdtoHisLove.

Answer:

D（P28）

28.WhichofthefollowingstatementbestillustratesthethemeofShakespeare’sSonnet18?

A.ThespeakereulogizesthepowerofNature.

B.Thespeakersatirizeshumanvanity.

C.Thespeakerpraisesthepowerofartisticcreation.

D.Thespeakermeditatesonman’ssalvation.

Answer:

C（P37）

II.Readthequotedpartandanswerthequestions:

1.“ForhereinFortuneshowsherselfmorekind

Thanishercustom.Itisstillheruse

Toletthewretchedmanoutlivehiswealth,

Toviewwithholloweyeandwrinkledbrow

Anageofpoverty;fromwhichling’ringpenance

Ofsuchmiserydothshecutmeoff”

1.Identifythetitleoftheworksandauthor.

2.Explain“fromwhich…cutmeoff”.

3.Whathappenedtohim,whichcausedthewords?

参考答案:

1）Thelinesarefrom“TheMerchantofVenice”,

WilliamShakespeare.（P48）

2）Thissentencemeansshe,’LadyFortune（命运女神）’,ismorekindtohimbecausesheistakingawaybothhiswealthandlife.

3）ThespeakerisAntonio,it’ssaidthathisshiphaveallbeenlost,andheispenniless,andwillhavetopaythepoundofflesh.（BecauseShylockhasmadeastrangebondthatrequiresAntoniotopayhimapoundoffleshifhecan’trepayhimthemoneythatheborrowedforhisfriendinduetime.）（P38）

2.“Readnottocontractandconfuse,nottobelieveandtakeforgranted,nortofindtalkanddiscourse,buttoweighandconsider”

1）Identifytheworkandauthor.

2）Whatideadoesthepassageexpress?

参考答案：

1）Thesentencecomesfrom“OfStudies”writtenby’FrancisBacon’.（P61）

2）TheSentencetalksabouttheproperwaytoread:

Whenyouread,don’tbepuzzledbythecontentofthebook;don’ttakeitforgranted;don’tquotetoomuchfromthebook;beforeacceptingitsidea,you’dbetterthinkaboutitsshortcomingsandconsideritfromallsides.

3.“Norlosepossessionofthatfairthouow’st;

Norshalldeathbragthouwander’stinhisshade,

Whenineternallinestotimethougrow’st:

Solongasmencanbreathe,oreyescansee,

Solonglivesthis,andthisgiveslifetothee.

1）Wheredoesthepoemcomesfrom?

Whowroteit?

2）Whatdoes“eternallines”mean?

3）Interpretitbriefly.

参考答案：

1）Thepoemis“ShallIComparetheetoaSummer’sDay”,byShakespeare.（P38）

2）Eternallinesmeansthelinesofthepoemandothersonnets.（P38）

3）Itmeans:

youwillnotloseyourbeauty,anddeathwillnotthreatenyouwithdarkness,either.Aslongasmancanliveintheworld,theywillseeyourbeautyinmylinesofmypoem,whichhasgivenyoueternallife.（OrAnicesummer’sdayisusuallytransient,butthebeautyinpoetrycanlastforever.（P37）

4.“…Allisnolost:

theunconquerablewill,

Andstudyofrevenge,immortalhate,

Andcouragenevertosubmitoryield:

Andwhatiselsenottobeovercome?

……

IrreconcilabletoourgrandFoe”

1）Pleaseidentifythepoemandthepoet.

2）Interpret“allisnotlost”.

3）Whatdoesthewholepassagemean?

参考答案：

1）ItistakenfromJohnMilton’s“ParadiseLost”.（P74）

2）“allisnotlost”isthewordfromSatan----SatanandotherangelsrebelagainstGod,buttheyaredrivenfromHeavenintohell.Inthefireofthehell,