英國文學史及選讀學校試題庫

1、I.Eachofthefollowingbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choosetheonethatwouldbestcompletethestatement.(30%1.5pointsfeach)1.Romancewhichusesverseprosetodescribetheadventureslifeoftheknightsisthepopularliteraryfmin___C

2、_.A.RomanticismB.RenaissanceC.medievalperiodD.AngloSaxonperiod2.AmongthegreatdleEnglishpoetsGeoffreyChaucerisknownfhisproductionof___DA.PiersPlowmanB.SirGawaintheGreenKnightC.ConfessioAmantisD.TheCanterburyTales3.General

3、lytheRenaissancereferstotheperiodbetweenthe14th17thcenturiesitsessenceis__D___.A.scienceB.philosophyC.artsD.humanism4.Thesentence“ShallIcomparetheetoasummer’sday”isthelineofoneofShakespeare’s（D）A.comediesB.tragediesC.his

4、tiesD.sons5.WhichofthefollowingstatementsbestillustratesthethemeofShakespeare’sSon18CA.Thespeakereulogizes(praise)thepowerofB.ThespeakersatirizeshumanvanityC.ThespeakerpraisesthepowerofartisticcreationD.Thespeakermeditat

5、esonman’ssalvation6.“TheFairyQueen”isthemasterpiecewrittenby__C__.A.JohnMiltonB.GeoffreyChaucerC.EdmundSpenserD.AlexerPope7.WhichofthefollowingwkdidBaconNOTwriteDA.AdvancementofLearningB.NovumganumC.DeAugmentisD.Areopagi

6、tica8.Themostdistinguishedliteraryfigureofthe17thcenturywas（B）whowasacriticpoetplaywright.A.OliverGoldsmithB.JohnDrydenC.JohnMiltonD.S.T.Coleridge9.WhichofthefollowinghashaveassociationswithJohnDonne’spoetryBA.reasonsent

7、imentB.conceitswitsC.theeuphuismD.writingintherhymedcouplet10.HenryFieldinghasbeenregardedbysomeas“___B___”fhiscontributiontotheestablishmentofthefmofthemodernnovel.A.BestwriteroftheEnglishnovelB.ThefatherofEnglishnovelC

8、.ThemostgiftedwriteroftheEnglishnovelD.conventionalwriterofEnglishnovel11.JohnMilton’smasterpiece—ParadiseLostwaswritteninthepoeticstyleof__B_.A.rhymedstanzasB.blankverseC.alliterationD.sons12.TheHouyhnhnmsdepictedbyJona

9、thanSwiftinGulliver’sTravelsare____A_.A.hsesthatareendowedwithreasonB.pigmiesthatareendowedwithadmirablequalitiesC.giantsthataresuperiinwisdomD.hairywildlowdespicablecreatureswhoresemblehumanbeingsnotonlyinappearancebuta

10、lsoinsomeotherways13.Gothicnovelsaremostlystiesof___C_____whichtakeplaceinsomehaunteddilapidateddleAgecastles.A.lovemarriageB.seaadventuresC.mysteryhrD.saintsmartyrs14.WilliamWdswtharomanticpoetadvocatedallthefollowingEX

11、CEPT__D_.A.theuseofeverydaylanguagespokenbythecommonpeopleB.theexpressionofthespontaneousoverflowofpowerfulfeelingsC.theuseofhumblerusticlifeassubjectmatterD.theuseofelegantwdinginflatedfiguresofspeechlifeofthingsmakehim

12、lookonwiththoughtshearthestillsadmusicofhumanity.couldbetheanchofhispurestthoughtthenurseguideguardianofhisheartsoullifefoodfhisfutureyears.In“Iwonderedlonelyasacloud”thedaffodils()invacantpensivemoodflashuponhisinwardey

13、efillhisheartwithpleasuredancewiththedaffodils.In“Shedweltamongtheuntroddenways”couldmakehimlookonmecarefullywithaspecialmind.V.WriteasummeryofPridePrejudicemakeashtcommentonthetheme.Yourmarksdependsontheelementsofthewri

14、ter(1point)themainacterstheirrelations(2points)themainplotresult(8points)commentonthetheme(4points)grammarstructure(3points).(18%)Answer:1)thewriter(PridePrejudicewaswrittenbyJaneAustenintheromanticperiod)2)themainacters

15、theirrelations(Mr.Mrs.BenTheBen’s5daughters:thebeautifulJanethecleverElizabeththebookishMarytheimmatureKittythewildLydia.Elizabeth—Mr.Darcy(Jane—Mr.BingleyLydia—Mr.Wickham)3)themainplotresult(UnftunatelyftheBensifMr.Bend

16、iestheirhousewillbeinheritedbyadistantcousinwhomtheyhavenevermetsothefamilysfuturehappinesssecurityisdependantonthedaughtersmakinggoodmarriages.LifeisuneventfuluntilthearrivalintheneighbhoodoftherichgentlemanMr.Bingleywh

17、orentsalargehousesohecanspendthesummerinthecountry.Mr.Bingleybringswithhimhissisterthedashing(richer)butproudMr.Darcy.LoveissoonintheairfoneoftheBensisterswhileanothermayhavejumpedtoahastyprejudgment.FtheBensistersmanytr

18、ialstribulationsstbetweenthemtheirhappinessincludingclassgossipscal.4)Commentonthetheme(Theme:explationofthemarriagepropertyintriguebetweenthemainminactersdelicateprobingofthevaluesofgentrymarriageclassmoney)5)grammarstr

19、ucture.英國文學試題1.Thelongpoem_C_inAngloSaxonperiodwastermedEngl’snationalepic.P67A.TheCanterburyTalesB.ParadiseLostC.TheSongofBeowulfD.TheFairyQueen2.Romancewhichusesverseprosetodescribetheadventureslifeoftheknightsisthepop

20、ularliteraryfminA.RomanticismB.RenaissanceC.medievalperiodD.AngloSaxonperiodC3.AmongthegreatdleEnglishpoets，GeoffreyChaucerisknownfhisproductionof_D_.A.PiersPlowmanB.SirGawaintheGreenKnightC.ConfessioAmantisD.TheCanterbu

21、ryTales4.__A_isregardedasthefatherofEnglishpoetry.A.GeoffreyChaucerB.EdmundSpenserC.JohnMiltonD.W.Wdswth5.Itis____A____alonewhofthefirsttimeinEnglishliteraturepresentedtousacomprehensiverealisticpictureoftheEnglishsociet

22、yofhistimecreatedawholegalleryofvividactersfromallwalksoflife.A.GeoffreyChaucerB.MartinLutherC.WilliamShakespeareD.JohnGower6.OneofChaucer’smaincontributionstoEnglishpoetryis_A_____.A.heintroducedtherhymedstanzasfromFran

23、cetoEnglishpoetryB.hecreatedstrikingbrilliantpanamaofhistimehiscountryC.hewroteinblankverseD.hewasthefirsttowriteson7.DuringtheRenaissance__C__wasthefirstonetointroducethesonintoEnglishpoetry.A.ChaucerB.JohnDonneC.Thomas

24、WyattD.EarlofSurrey8.DuringtheRenaissance_D______wrotethefirstEnglishblankverse.A.ChaucerB.EdmundSpencerC.ThomasWyattD.EarlofSurrey9.WhichofthefollowinghisticaleventsdoesnotdirectlyhelptostimulatetherisingoftheRenaissanc

25、eMovementCA.TherediscoveryofancientGreekRomancultureB.ThenewdiscoveriesingeographyastrologyC.TheGliousrevolutionD.Thereligiousrefmationtheeconomicexpansion10.TheRenaissanceisactuallyamovementstimulatedbyaseriesofhistical

26、events.WhichoneofthefollowingisNOTsuchaneventBA.TherediscoveryofancientRomanGreekculture.B.Engl’sdomesticrestC.Newdiscoveryingeographyastrology.D.Thereligiousrefmationtheeconomicexpansion.11.GenerallytheRenaissancerefers