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一、连线题ABWritersWorks(d )1.Oscar Wildea.Lucky Jim(f )2.John Osborneb.Life of Ma Parker(a )3.Kingsley Amisc.A passage to India(b )4.Katherine Mansfieldd.An Ideal Husband(e )5.William Somerset Maughame.Of Human Bondage(c)6.Edward Morgan Forsterf.Look Back in Anger(h )7.John Galsworthyg.The Heart of the Matter(i)8.Jane Austenh.The Forsyte Saga(j)9.William Blakei.Pride and prejudice(g )10.Graham Greenej.The Tyger(G)1. John Milton A. The Canterbury Tales(E)2. Samuel JohnsonB. Mrs. Warrens Profession(A)3. Geoffrey Chaucer C. Joseph Andrews(H)4. Jane AustenD. She Stoops to Conquer(D)5. Richard Brinsley SheridanE. A Dictionary of the English Language(B)6. George Bernard ShawF. Song of Innocence(F)7. William BlakeG. Samson Agonistes(I)8. Robert BurnsH. Pride and Prejudice(J)9. Thomas HardyI. My Hearts in the Highlands(C)10. Henry FieldingJ. Tess of the DUrbervilles二、选择题B1. Which type of the text would you consider as literature?A. newspaper storiesB. short storie C. business letter D. memo.A2. The greatest poet of the Middle English period is _,the father of English poetry.A.Geoffrey ChaucerB.John Lyly C.William LanglandD.John MiltonA3. “A Red Red Rose” is known as “ballad stanza”. This poetic form usually contains _ rhymed lines in each stanza. A. 4 B. 6 C. 2 D. 8D4. Hamlet, Othello and King Lear are well-known tragedies by Shakespeare, together with _. A. Merchant of Venice B. Midsummer Nights dream C. As you Like itD. MacbethB5. “Wuthering Heights” is a house where the main characters live _ according to the novel.A. on a plain B. on a moor C. in a valley D. in a hillA6. In 1066, _led the Norman army to invade and defeat England.A. William the Conqueror B. Julius Caesar C. Alfred the Great D. ClaudiusB7. Modern English poetry begins with _. A. Shakespeare B. Geoffrey Chaucer C. John MiltonD8. Among the great Middle English poets, Geoffrey Chaucer is known for his production of_.A.Piers Plowman B.Sir Gawain and the Green Knight C. Confessio Amantis D.The Canterbury TalesC9. During the Renaissance, _ was the first one to introduce the sonnet into English poetry.A.Chaucer B.John Donne C.Thomas Wyatt D.Earl of SurreyA10. Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between _ and _ centuries.A. 14th.mid-17th B. 14th.mid-18th C. 16th.mid-18th D. 16th.mid-17thC11. If Winter comes,can Spring be far behind?This is written by _,one of the leading Romantic poets.A.John KeatsB.William Wordsworth C.Percy Bysshe Shelley D.William BlakeB12. John keats famous poem_expresses the contrast between the happy world of natural loveliness and human world of agony.A.Endymion B.Ode to a Nightingale C.Ode on a Grecian UrnD.Ode to PsycheD13. The Victorian Age was largely an age of_ eminently represented by Dickens and Thackeray.A. poetry B. drama C. novel D. proseC14. _ is known as “the poets poet”.A. William Shakespeare B.Christopher Marlowe C.Edmund Spenser D.John DonneA15. John Miltons masterpieceParadise Lost was written in the poetic style of _.A.rhymed stanzas B.blank verse C.alliteration D.sonnetsC16. Tales form Shakespeare was written by _.A.Charles Lamb B.William Hazlitt C.Charles Lamb and Mary Lamb D.Wordsworth and ColeridgeA17. Charles Dickens works are characterized by a mingling of _ and pathos.A.humor B.satire C. passion D.metaphorA18. A typical Forsyte, according to John Galsworthy, is a man with a strong sense of_, who never pays any attention to human feelings.A. property B. justice C. morality D. humorA19. For his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel, _ has been regarded as “Father of the English Novel”.A. Henry FieldingB. Daniel Defoe C. John BunyanD. James JoyceA20. Walden is a _.A. Transcendentalist workB. epic in prose C. lyric poemD. short storyA21. _ is considered Mark Twains greatest achievement.A. The Gilded AgeB. Innocents Abroad C. The Adventures of Tom SawyerD. Adventures of Huckleberry FinnD22. Shelleys greatest achievement is his four-act poetic drama _.A. AdonaisB. To a Skylark C. A Song: Men of England D. Prometheus UnboundD23. In his novel, Robinson Crusoe, Defoe eulogizes the hero of the _?A. aristocratic class B. enterprising landlords C. rising bourgeoisie D. hard-working peopleA24. “Beauty is truth, truth beauty” is an epigrammatic line by_.A. John Keats B. William Blake C. William Wordsworth D. Percy ShelleyB25. At the beginning of Pride and Prejudice, the attitude of Darcy and Elizabeth toward each other is that of _.A. mutual affection B. mutual repulsion C. mutual hatred D. mutual indifferenceA26. “art for arts sake” was put forth by _.A.aestheticism B.naturalism C.realism D.neo-romanticismB27. James Joyce is the author of all the following novels EXCEPT_.A.Dubliners B.Jude the Obscure C.A portrait of the Artist as a Young Man D.UlyssesC28._ belonged to the stream of consciousness.A. D. H. Lawrence B. James Joyce C. Virginia Woolf D. T. S. EliotA29. “Ode to the West Wind” was written in _ combined with sonnet form, which was a great artistic creation by Shelley. A. Terza Rima B. Blank Verse C. Dramatic Monologue D. Ode D30. Which of the following statements best describes Gullivers Travels?A. Gullivers Travels is a book of satire. B. Gullivers Travels is a book of adventurous journeys.C. Gullivers Travels is a realistic representation of 18th century England. D. Both A and B.A31. Which of the following novels by Virginia Woolf cannot be subsumed into the “Stream of consciousness” category?A. The Voyage Out B. Jacobs Room C. Mrs. Dalloway D. To the LighthouseC32. The theme of A Woman on a Roof is the relationship between men and women as well as the relationship between _ in modern society.A. parents and children B. neighbors C. classes D. workersA33. Shakespeare is known to have used _ different words. His coinage of new words and distortion of the meaning of the old ones also create striking effects on the reader.A. 16,000 B. 1600 C.20,000 D. 2000A34. Paradise Lost, the only generally acknowledged epic in English literature since Beowulf, is divided into _ books.A. 12 B. 6 C. 4 D. 10C35. English Romanticism is generally said to have begun in 1798 with the publication of _s Lyrical Ballads. A. Wordsworth and Southey B. Coleridge and Southey C. Wordsworth and Coleridge D. Southey and Blake三、名词解释1. Enlightenment: Enlightenment is an intellectual movement in Europe in 18th century. It was an expression of the struggle of the bourgeoisie against feudalism. The enlighteners fought against class inequality, stagnation, prejudices and other feudal survivals. It was so called because it considered the chief means for the betterment of the society was the “enlightenment” or “education” of the people.2. Neo-classicism: It was initiated by Dryden, culminated in Pope and continued by Johnson. Neo-classicists modeled themselves on classical, ancient Greek and Latin authors. They wanted to achieve perfect form in literature. They general tended to look at social and political life critically. They emphasize on intellect rather than imagination. They observed fixed laws and rules in literary creation. Poets preferred heroic couplet. In drama, they adhered to three unities, time, place and action. They emphasized on the didactic function of literature.3. (Critical) Realism: Realism is a mode of writing that gives the impression of recording or “reflecting” faithfully an actual way of life. The term refers, sometimes confusingly, both to a literary method based on detailed accuracy of description (i. e. verisimilitude) and to a more general attitude that rejects idealization, escapism, and other extravagant qualities of romance in favor of recognizing soberly the actual problems of life.4. Romanticism is a movement that flourished in literature, philosophy, music and art in Western culture during most of the nineteenth century, beginning as a revolt against classicism. There have been many varieties of Romanticism in many different times and places. Many of the ideas of English romanticism were first expressed by the poets William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.5.Lake poets: refer to the first generation of romanticism including Wordsworth Coleridge and Southey. They once lived around the lake districts and traversed the similar attitude toward literature, politics and society, beginning as radicals and ending in conservatives.7. Stream of consciousness:（or interior monologue）In literary criticism, stream of consciousness is a narrative mode that seeks to portray an individuals point of view by giving the written equivalent of the characters thought processes, either in a loose interior monologue, or in connection to his or her actions. The introduction of the term to describe literature - transferred from psychology - is attributed to May Sinclair, and is mostly a dead metaphor8. Ballad: A story told in verse and usually meant to be sung. In many countries, the folk ballad was one of the earliest forms of literature. Folk ballads have no known authors. They were transmitted orally from generation to generation and were not set down in writing until centuries after they were first sung. The subject matter of folk ballads stems from the everyday life of the common people. Devices commonly used in ballads are the refrain, incremental repetition, and code language. A later form of ballad is the literary ballad, which imitates the style of the folk ballad.10. Epic: A long narrative poem telling about the deeds of a great hero and reflecting the values of the society from which it originated. Many epics were drawn from an oral tradition and were transmitted by song and recitation before they were written down.四、简答题1How do you understand “To be, or not to be”? Give your evidence to support your ideas.We all know that, Shakespeares tragedy almost all have occurred in the noble class, from prince Hamlet, to the old king Lear, from the power of aspiring Macbeth, to Venice. All of them have their extremely inner world, and they lost in their own world.In this kind of drama, hope and despair coexistence, good and evil is complementary, bright and dark opposites. This series of letters are full of the human values, and they stick up Shakespeares tragedies advocate tone.In fact, in Shakespeares tragedies, all definitions are ambiguous. Hamlets death is accompanied by the death of his enemy, lovers, friends and all sorts of ordinary people. The lady Macbeth, King Lear is also faced with the complicated factors of life and world. Everything is under the sort of twisted equation - to be or not to be? Here will never find the answer.2What are Chaucers contributions to English literature?Chaucers contribution to English poetry lies chiefly in the fact that he introduced from France the rhymed stanzas of various types, especially the rhymed couplet of iambic pentameter to be called later the heroic coupletto English poetry, instead of the old Anglo-Saxon alliterative verse.Though drawing influences from French, Italian and Latin models, he is the first great poet who wrote in the current English language. His production of so much excellent poetry was an important factor in establishing English as the literary language of the country. The spoken English of the time consisted of several dialects, and Chaucer did much in making the dialect of London the foundation for modern English speech.5What are the unique features of Shakespeares sonnets?Shakespeares sonnets are attracted through the ages of many readers because his poems are sweet. He uses musical beautiful language praises the worlds most beautiful feelings-friendship and love. Poetry mainly involves three characters: poet, young friends and black skin young woman. Shakespeares sonnets mainly sing and demonstrate the