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...AndifGodhadgiftedmewithsomebeauty,andmuchwealth,Ishouldhavemadeitashardforyoutoleaveme.asitisnowformetoleaveyou.”Thequotedpartistakenfrom______.
A.GreatExpectationsB.WutheringHeights
C.JaneEyreD.PrideandPrejudice
4.ThemostfamousdramatistsintheRenaissanceEnglandareallthefollowingEXCEPT______.
A.FrancisBaconB.ChristopherMarlowe
C.WilliamShakespeareD.BenJonson
5.GeorgeBernardShaw’splayMrs.Warren’sProfessionisabout______.
A.slumlandlordismB.theeconomicoppressionofwomen
C.thepoliticalcorruptioninEnglandD.thereligiouscorruptioninEngland
6.AllofthefollowingstatementscancorrectlydescribetheEnlightenmentMovementEXCEPT______.
A.ThemovementflourishedinFrance.
B.ThemovementwasafurtheranceoftheRenaissance.
C.Thepurposeofthemovementwastoenlightenthewholeworld.
D.Thepurposeofthemovementwastoenhancethereligiouseducation.
7.AmongthethreemajorpoeticalworksbyJohnMilton______isthemostperfectexampleoftheversedramaaftertheGreekstyleinEnglish.
A.SamsonAgonistesB.ParadiseLost
C.ParadiseRegainedD.Areopagitica
8.ThemajorBritishRomanticpoetsBlake,Wordsworth,Coleridge,Byron,ShelleyandKeatsstartedarebellionagainsttheneoclassicalliterature,whichwaslaterregardedas_____.
A.thepoeticromanceB.thepoeticmovement
C.thepoeticrevolutionD.thepoeticreformation
9.JaneAusten’smainliteraryconcernisabout______.
A.humanbeingsintheirpersonalrelationships
B.thelovestorybetweentherichandthepoor
C.maturityachievedthroughthelossofillusions
D.thedailycountrylifeoftheupper-middle-classEnglish
10.AmongthefollowingBritishRomanticpoets______isregardedasa“worshipperofnature”.
A.WilliamBlakeB.WilliamWordsworth
C.GeorgeGordonByronD.JohnKeats
11.JonathanSwift’sgreatestsatiricworkis______.
A.ATaleofaTubB.TheBattleofBooks
C.Gulliver’sTravelsD.“AModestProposal’’
12.Amongthefollowingwriters______isconsideredtobethebest—knownEnglishdramatistsinceShakespeare.
A.OscarWildeB.JohnGalsworthy
C.W.B.YeatsD.GeorgeBernardShaw
13.AsarepresentativeoftheEnlightenment,______wasoneofthefirsttointroducerationalismtoEngland.
A.FrancisBaconB.AlexanderPope
C.ThomasGrayD.T.S.Eliot
14.Allofthefollowingpoetsareregardedas“LakePoets”EXCEPT______.
A.SamuelTaylorColeridgeB.RobertSouthey
C.WilliamWordsworthD.WilliamBlake
15.“Tobe,ornottobe—thatisthequestion;
/whether’tisnoblerinthemindtosuffer,/theslingsandarrowsofoutrageousfortune,/Ortotakearmsagainstaseaoftroubles,/Andbyopposingendthem?
”Thequotedlinesaretakenfrom______.
A.KingLearB.RomeoandJuliet
C.OthelloD.Hamlet
16.DanielDefoedescribes______asatypicalEnglishmiddle—classmanoftheeighteenthcentury,theveryprototypeoftheempirebuilder,thepioneercolonist.
A.RobinsonCrusoeB.MollFlanders
C.GulliverD.TomJones
17.Thedeclarationthat“IknowthatThisWorldisaWorldofIMAGINATION&
Vision,”andthat“TheNatureofmyworkisvisionaryorimaginative’’belongsto______.
C.SamuelTaylorColeridgeD.GeorgeGordonByron
18.Althoughwritingfromdifferentpointsofviewandwithdifferenttechniques,writersintheVictorianPeriodsharedonethingincommon,thatis,theywereallconcernedabout______.
A.thefateoftheupperclass
B.thereformationofthegovernment
C.thefateofthecommonpeople
D.thefutureoftheirfamilyclans
19.“IfWintercomes,canSpringbefarbehind?
’’Thequotedlinecomesfrom______.
A.Shelley’s“OdetotheWestWind’’B.WaltWhitman’sLeavesofGrass
C.JohnMilton’sParadiseLostD.JohnKeats’“OdeonaGrecianUrn”
20.Amongthefollowingfigures______isDickens’firstchildhero.
A.LittleNellB.DavidCopperfield
C.OliverTwistD.LittleDorrit
21.IntheplayTheImportanceofBeingEarnestbyOscarWilde,theupper—classpeoplearedescribedallofthefollowingEXCEPT______.
A.corruptB.snobbish
C.hypocriticalD.ambitious
22.InThomasHardy’sWessexnovels,thereisanapparent______touchinhisdescriptionofthesimpleandbeautifulthoughprimitiverurallife.
A.nostalgic乡愁的B.humorous
C.romanticD.ironic
23.“Lifeisbutalosingbattle,itisastrugglemancandominateinsuchawaythatlossbecomesdignity;
mancanbephysicallydestroyedbutneverdefeatedspiritually.”Thisnotionistypicallyheldby______.
A.MarkTwainB.EzraPound
C.WilliamFaulknerD.ErnestHemingway
24.TheliteraryspokesmanoftheJazzAgeis______.
A.HenryJamesB.RobertFrost
C.F.ScottFitzgeraldD.WilliamFaulkner
25.NorthofBostonisdescribedbytheauthor,RobertFrost,as“abookofpeople,’’whichshowsabrilliantinsightinto______characterandthebackgroundthatformedit.
A.thecowboyB.NewEngland
C.IvyColleagueD.ivorytower
26.Peoplegenerallyregarded______astheforerunnerofthe20th—century“stream-of-consciousness”novelsandthefounderofpsychologicalrealism.
A.TheodoreDreiserB.WilliamFaulkner
C.HenryJamesD.MarkTwain
27.Accordingto______,“Thereisevilineveryhumanheart,whichmayremainlatent,perhaps,throughthewholelife;
butcircumstancesmayrouseittoactivity.”
A.NathanielHawthorneB.EdgarEllenPoe
C.WilliamFaulknerD.TheodoreDreiser
28.Hemingwayoncedescribed_____theonebookfromwhich“allmodernAmericanliteraturecomes.”
A.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnB.TheAdventuresofTomSawyer
C.TheGildedAgeD.InnocentsAbroad
29.WhatWaltWhitmanprefersforhisnewsubjectandnewpoeticfeelingsis“______,”thatis,poetrywithoutafixedbeatorregularrhymescheme.
A.fixedverseB.freeverse
C.fixedendingD.freeending
30.Bywriting_______Melvillereachedthemostflourishingstageofhisliterarycreativity.
A.TypeeB.Omoo
C.MardiD.Moby-Dick
31.Shortlybeforehisdeathin1945,______joinedtheCommunistParty.
A.TheodoreDreiserB.MarkTwain
C.HenryJamesD.EzraPound
32.Naturalismisevolvedfrom______whentheauthor’stoneinwritingbecomeslessseriousandlesssympatheticbutmoreironicandmorepessimistic.
A.RomanticismB.Modernism
C.RealismD.Scientism
33.OneofthemostfamiliarthemesinAmericannaturalismisthethemeofhuman______.
A.peacefulnessB.joyfulness
C.bestiality兽性D.civilization
34.Hawthorne’sviewofmanandhumanhistoryoriginated,toagreatextent,from______.
A.TranscendentalismB.Puritanism
C.HumanismD.Expressionism
35.Ingeneral,theAmericanwomanpoet_____wantedtolivesimplyasacompleteindependentbeing,andsoshedid,asaspinster老姑娘.
A.AnneBretB.EmilyDickinson
C.AnnaDickinsonD.EmilyShaw
36.TheodoreDreiser’s______foundexpressioninalmosteverybookhewroteinwhich“killortobekilled”wasthelaw.
A.romanticismB.naturalism
C.cubismD.classicalism
37.WilliamFaulknercreateshisownmythicalkingdomthatmirrorsnotonlythedeclineofthe______societybutalsothespiritualwastelandofthewholeAmericansociety.
A.southernB.northern
C.westernD.eastern
38.AlmosteverybookwrittenbyHawthornediscusses_____,whichreflectshisunceasinginterestinthe“interioroftheheart”ofman’sbeing.
A.sinandevilB.1oveandhatred
C.frustrationandself-denialD.balanceandself-discipline
39.Apreoccupationwiththe______viewoforiginalsinandthemysteryofevilmarkedtheworksofHawthorne,Melvilleandahostoflesserwriters.
A.optimisticB.Calvinistic
C.PlatonicD.Socratic
40.TheAmerican______asaculturalheritageexertedgreatinfluencesoverAmericanmoralvaluesintheAmericanRomanticperiod.
A.PuritanismB.Atheism无神论
C.Deism自然神论D.Cynicism冷嘲热讽的
PARTTWO(60POINTS)
II.ReadingComprehension(16pointsinall,4foreach)
ReadthequotedpartscarefullyandanswerthequestionsinEnglish.WriteyouranswersinthecorrespondingspaceontheAnswerSheet.
41.“Thefiverglidethathisownsweetwill:
DearGod!
theveryhousesseemasleep;
Andallthatmightyheartislyingstill!
”
(fromWilliamWordsworth’s“ComposeduponWestminsterBridge”)
Questions:
A.Whatfigureofspeechisusedinthequotedlines?
B.Whatdoes“thatmightyheart’’referto?
C.Whatdoesthepoemdecribe?
42.“Whenthestarsthrewdowntheirspears,
Andwater’dheavenwiththeirtears,
Didhesmilehisworktosee?