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华南师范大学高等教育自学考试2016年1月委考课程英国文学选读模拟卷 A（课程代码： 10100）I. Choose the best answers to complete the statements. (30%)1.The statement “Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability” opens one of well-known essays by_.A. Francis BaconB. Christopher MarloweC. Geoffrey ChaucerD. Jonathan Swift2. “The Chimney Sweeper” are found in both Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience by_.A. William WordsworthB. Lord Gordon ByronC. John KeatsD. William Blake3. William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all of the following except _. A. language used by common peopleB. intensively subjective feelingC. nature as a source of poetic writingD. elegant wording4. The most significant idea of the Renaissance is_.A. realismB. naturalismC. humanismD. skepticism5. InTomJones,theheroTomis_incontrastwith Blifilwhois_. A.innocentandkind-hearted.hypocriticalandwickedB.hypocriticalandwicked.innocentandkindhearted C.rudeandstubborn.cunningandspeculating D.cunningandspeculating.rudeandstubborn6. English Romanticism is generally said to have begun in 1798 with the publication of _s Lyrical Ballads.A. WordsworthandSoutheyB. ColeridgeandSoutheyC. WordsworthandColeridgeD. SoutheyandBlake7. In reading Shakespeare, you must have come across the line “To be or not to be, that is the question” by _.A. Iago in OthelloB. Lear in King LearC. Shylock in The Merchant of VeniceD. Hamlet in Hamlet8. _ was the only important dramatist of the 18th century.A. Alexander PopeB. Jonathan SwiftC. Richard Brinsley SheridanD. Thomas Gray9. Among the following novels, _ is not written by Charles Dickens.A. Pickwick PapersB. Great ExpectationsC. Vanity FairD. A Tale of Two Cities10. “What is his name?”“Bingley.”“Is he married or single?”“Oh! Single, my dear, to be sure! A single man of large fortune; four or five thousand a year. What a fine thing for our girls!”The above dialogue must be taken from_.A. Jane Austens Pride and PrejudiceB. Emily BrontesWutheringHeightsC. Charlotte Brontes Jane EyreD. Henry Fieldings Adam Bede11. The term “Metaphysical poetry” is commonly used to name the work of the 17th-century writers who wrote under the influence of _A. John Milton B. John Ransom C. John Donne D. Thomas Gray12. _ wrote most of his best works after he had become blind.A. John MiltonB. William ShakespeareC. John KeatsD. Daniel Defoe13. In Gullivers last travel, he reached a country which was inhabited by _, who were horses endowed with reason and intelligence. A. LilliputiansB. BrobdingnagC. YahoosD. Houyhnhnms14. _ can be justly termed Englands national epic.A. King Arthur and Round Table KnightsB. BeowulfC. Song of RolandD. Bible15. Which of the following books is written by Geoffrey Chaucer?A. The Canterbury TalesB.MorteDArthurC. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightD. Dr. Faustus16. Robert Burnsis a _ national poet.A. WelshB. IrishC. ScottishD. English17. _, which tells how Satan rebelled against God and how Adam and Eve were driven out of Eden, is John Miltons masterpiece.A. Paradise LostB. Samson AgonistesC. Paradise RegainedD. Il Penseroso18. Charles Dickens takes the French Revolution as the background of his novel _.A. Bleak HouseB. Oliver TwistC. A Tale of Two CitiesD. David Copperfield19. The subtitle of _, “Novel Without a Hero”, reveals its authors intention to portray, not individuals singly, but the whole of the bourgeois society. A. Vanity FairB. SnobC. AmeliaD. Bleak House20. Two eminent representatives of English Enlightenment were Joseph Addison and Richard Steele, the publisher of _, a moralistic journal. A. The Battle of BooksB. The SpectatorC. Pickwick PapersD. LondonerII. Fill in the blanks and complete the following statements. (14%)21. With his _ plays, 154 sonnets and two long poems, Shakespeare has established his giant position in world literature.22. The English Romanticism was most greatly influenced by the industrial revolution and _.23. The 18th century is also known as the Age of Enlightenment or the Age of _.24. Norman Conquest, which happened in _, ushered England into feudalism.25. The extravagant metaphors and hyperboles used by John Donne are called “_”.26. Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and _ are generally regarded as Shakespeares Four Great Tragedies.III. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). (5%)27. Child Harolds Pilgrimage is a travelogue, narrated by a melancholy, passionate, well-read, and very eloquent tourist, which made Percy Shelly at one stroke the best known and most talked about English poet.28. Sonnets from the Portuguesewas written by Robert Browning. 29. Enlightenment is a progressive intellectual movement which emerged in the 16th century Europe.30. Virginia Woolf was a skilled exponent of the“stream of consciousness” technique in her novels. 31. English sentimentalists in the 18th century appealed to reasoning as a means of achieving happiness and social justice.IV. Answer the following questions briefly. (18%)32. What is a Gothic novel?33. Please give a brief summary of Charlotte Brontes novel Jane Eyre. 34. What are the features of Walter Scotts novels?V. Read the following passages and answer the questions. (30%)Passage OneDeath, be not proud, though some have called theeMightyand dreadful, for, thou art not so,For, those, whom thou thinkst, thou dostoverthrow,Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me；From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be,Much pleasure, then from thee, much more must flow,And soonest our best men with thee do go,Rest of their bones, and souls delivery.Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men,And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell,And poppy, or charms can make us sleep as well,And better than thy stroke, why swellst thou then？One short sleep past, we wake eternally,And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.Questions:35. Identify the author of the above poem. (2%)36. Why does the poet say that death is the “slave to fate, chance, kings and desperate men”? (3%)37. How do you understand that after a short sleep “we wake eternally”? (5%)Passage Two“What is his name?”“Bingley.”“Is he married or single?”“Oh! Single, my dear, to be sure! A single man of large fortune; four or five thousand a year. What a fine thing for our girls!”“How so?How can it affect them?”“My dear Mr. Bennet,” replied his wife, “how can you be so tiresome! You must know that I am thinking of his marrying one of them.”“Is that his design in settling here?”“Design!Nonsense, how can you talk so! But it is very likely that he may fall in love with one of them, and therefore you must visit him as soon as he comes.”“I see no occasion for that. You and the girls may go, or you may send them by themselves, which perhaps will be still better, for as you are as handsome as any of them, Mr. Bingley might like you the best of the party.”“My dear, you flatter me. I certainlyhavehad my share of beauty, but I do not pretend to be anything extraordinary now. When a woman has five grown up daughters, she ought to give over thinking of her own beauty.”“In such cases, a woman has not often much beauty to think of.”“But, my dear, you must indeed go and see Mr. Bingley when he comes into the neighborhood.”“It is more than I engage for, I assure you.” “But consider your daughters. Only think what an establishment it would be for one of them. Sir William and Lady Lucas are determined to go, merely on that account, for in general you know they visit no newcomers. Indeed you must go, for it will be impossible for us to visit him, if you do not.”Questions:38. Identify the author and the title of the work from which these lines are taken. (2%)39. Irony is a figure of speech in which the intended meaning of an expression is opposite or different from its literal meaning. Identify one irony in Mr. Bennets speech. (4%)40. What do you think about the character of Mrs. Bennet? (4%)VI. Essay writing. (15%)41. Please write an essay of no less than 150 words on the features of Walter Scotts novels. 参考答案II.21. 37; 22. French Revolution23. Reason24. 106625. MacbethIII. FFFTFIV.32. What is a Gothic novel?33. Please give a brief summary of Charlotte Brontes novel Jane Eyre. 34. What are the features of Walter Scotts novels?31. A gothic novel characterized by horror, violence, and the supernatural. With its descriptions of the dark, irrational side of human nature, the Gothic from has exerted a great influence over the writers of the Romantic period. Horace WalpolesThe Castle of Otranto and Mary Radcliffes The Mysteries of Udolpho and examples of gothic novels. 32. The story begins with Janes pitiable childhood when the orphan girl Jane is badly treated by her aunt and suffers a lot in the poorly conditioned Lowood school. After her education at Lowood she becomes a governess, and she falls in love with her employer Mr. Rochester. But at their wedding Jane learns that Mr. Rochester is a married man, whose lunatic wife is still living and locked in the attic. Jane leaves Mr. Rochester, only to return to him several years later, who became blind in his futile attempt to rescue his wife in a fire that burnt down his house. 33. Walter Scott is the creator and a great master of the historical novel. His novels mixes together fictional and historical characters and events. His novels give a panorama of feudal society from its early stages to