英美文学练习解(第一章-第四章)练习.doc

第一部分：Exercises of the First Part of the British LiteratureSection One: Multiple-choice questions1. “Upon a great adventure he was bond, / That greatest Gloriana to him gave.” These two lines are taken from( B)A Miltons Samson Agonistes B Spensers The Faerie Queene C BeowulfD Grays Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard 2. O prince, O chief of many throned powers, That led th embattled Seraphim to war Under thy conduct, and in dreadful deeds Fearless, endangered Heavens perpetual King. In the first line of the above passage quoted from Miltons Paradise Lost, the phrase O prince, O chief of many throned powers” refers to_. (A)A Satan B God C Adam D Eve3. Shakespeare claims through the mouth of Hamlet that the end of the dramatic creation is to give_ of the social realities of the time. (A)A faithful reflectionB instructive representationC imaginative narrationD allegorical description 4. Humanists of the Renaissance turned to the spirit of _ culture for inspiration.(C)A Anglo-SaxonB Italian and French C Greeek and RomanD medieval5. Paradise Lost is composed in blank verse, which permits the _ Milton needed for his subject.A epic grandeur（波澜壮阔的史诗形式）*B narrative sweep（叙述的扫描手法）C descriptive subtletyD intellectual graspSweep=at one stroke/a mind of wonderful sweep/the sweep of the tide6. Donnes famous analogy类比 of parting lovers to a drawing compass affords a prime example of_A dramatic style戏剧B exaggeration夸张C paradox自相矛盾D conceit矫揉造作7. _ is a study of the lust for wealth, which centers on Barabas, the Jew, a terrible old money lender.A The Jew of MaltaB The Merchant of VeniceC Tamburlaine the GreatD The Tempest8. In his conception of tragedy, Marlowe perceived that tragic action must issue from, and be reflected in, _.A the Renaissance heroB endless aspiration for knowledgeC the individualD human dignity and capacity9. In The Faerie Queene, the Red Cross Knight, who stands for true religion of _ , sets out on the orders of Queen of Faerie, who represents _.A the Anglican Church, Queen Elizabeth B the Roman Catholic Church, Pope C Christianity, ChristD humanism, divine truth10. What figure of speech is used in the lines: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, / And summers lease too short a date?A SimileB Metonymy(换喻)C PersonificationD Hyperbole11. The underlined part in My deeds upon my head! I crave the law, / The penalty and forfeit of my bond. (from TF, chant of Venice) means _.A What is done cant be undoneB Let me responsible for what I do*C I would give anything for fulfilling my bond D I deserve what I demand12. The line When we have shuffled off this mortal coil be, or not to be soliloquy means_.A when we have got rid of this coil that is doomed to dieB when we have unloaded this heavy burden like a coilC when we have taken off this coat made of coilsD when we are relived from the trouble of mortal life wound around us like coils13. What does the word humour mean in the following quotation from Of Studies: to make judgment wholly by their rules is the humor of “a scholar”?A funniness B WitCcharacterD A sudden whim14. The Spenserian stanza is a group of eight lines of iambic pentameter followed by a six-stress line, with a rhyme scheme ababbcbcc. A trochaicB iambicCanapesticD dactylic15. In Satans speech: if he, whom mutual league, / United : thoughts and .counsels, equal hope / And hazard in the glorious enterprise, /.joined with me once . . . What does the glorious enterprise refer to?A The former scheme to overthrow God.B stealing the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil C Finding means of evil out of good.D corrupting Adam and Eve.16. What is the tone in the following lines: Saucy pedantic .go wretch, go chide / Late school-boys, and sour prentices?A Ironic B SarcasticCHumorousD Understated 17. In the best metaphysical poetry, feeling and _ fuse in an image that is always ingenious and appropriate, though it may be disconcerted at first in the shock of bringing incongruities together.A imageryB conceitC thoughtD colloquialism18. The sonnet Death Be Not Proud is written in the strict_ pattern. It reveals the poets belief that _.A Shakespearean, death is only a sleep, after which we live eternallyB Petrarchan, death is but momentary while happiness after death is eternal?C Elizabethan, death is not as strong as people think he isD Portuguese, death is like a long sleep that offer, for the soul19. In the line And every fair from fair sometime decline Shakespeares Sonnet 18), what does the first and second “fair” mean?A Light complexion; beauty. B Loveliness; beautiful women.*C The beautiful person or thing; beauty. D Sound reason; justice.20. In the court scene of The Merchant of Venice, when the duke says to Shylock: We all expect a gentle answer, Jew,. he is punning on the word gentle. He means a merciful but also means _.A an amiable and tender answer B a noble answerC a Gentiles(菲犹太人的) as opposed to a Jews answer D a generous answer21. In his To be, or not to be soliloquy, Hamlet gives the reason why he wants to commit suicide. Apart from his personal revenge, that he_ is another reason.A is unable to restore his earlier idealized image of his motherB thinks the next world is far better than this one C is mentally tormented by his fathers words*D cannot bear the social injustice and grievances22. By advancing the theory of, Bacon shows the new empirical attitudes toward truth about nature and bravely challenges the medieval scholasticists.(经院哲学)* A inductive reasoningB deductive reasoning C educationD scientific experimentation 23. The central figure of Tamburlaine, the Great represents the Renaissance desire for infinite _.A knowledge and happiness B power and authorityC ambition and conquestD success and adventure24. The shepherds Calender set the _ fashion in English literature, and inaugurated the great 16th century.A rustic B ornate C rusticD pastoral25. In King Leur, Shakespeare has shown to us the two-fold exerted effects, by the feudalisi corruption and _ which gradually corroded the ordered society.A Anarchy and rebellion B supernatural forces CD tyrannySection Two (Reading comprehension)1. So pure and innocent, as that same lambe, She was in life and every vertuous lore,And by descent from royall lynage cameOf ancient Kings and Queenes, that had of yoreTheir scepters stretcht from east to westerne shore, And all the world in their subjection held;Till that infernall feend with foule uprore Forwasted all their land, and them expeld;Whom to avenge, she had this knight from far compeld. Questions:A. Identify the poet and the poem. B. What does this knight refer to?C. What idea does the quotation express?2. Within this circle is Jehovahs name Forward and backward anagrammatized, The breviated names of holy saints, Figures of every adjunct to the heavens And characters of signs and erring stars, By which the spirits are enforced to rise. Questions:A. Identify the author and the work. B. Who does Jehovah refer to?C. What idea does the quotation express?2. Thus conscience does make cowards of us all; And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied oer with the pale cast of thought; And enterprises of great pith and moment, With this regard, their currents turn awry And lose the name of action. Questions:A. Identify the author and the work.B. Who is the speaker of the quoted passage? C. What idea does the quotation express?4. Some men there are love not a gaping pig, Some that are mad if they behold a cat, And others, when bagpipe sings i th nose, Cannot contain their urine for affection, Mistress of passion, sways it to the mood Of what it likes or loathes. Questions:A. the author and the work.B. Who is the speaker of the quoted passage? C. What idea does the quotation express?5. “If her eyes have not blinded thine, Look, and tomorrow late, tell me, Whether both the Indias of spice and mineBe where thou leftst them, or lie here with me. Ask for those kings whom thou sawst yesterday, And thou shalt hear, all here in one bed lay. Questions:A. Identify the poet and the poem.B. What does the word thou in the last line of the quotation refer to?C. What idea does the quotation express?Section TwoQuestions and answers1. Make a brief analysis of the quality of mercy speech by Portia,.Merchant of Venice, and try to explain why it is regarded most famous speech in the play.2. Make a brief comment on the theme of Paradise Lost.3. Make a brief summary of the historical and cultural background to English Renaissance.4. Make a brief analysis of Death, Be Not Proud.5. What is Francis Bacons contribution to English literature?Section Four (Topic discussion)1. Comment on Hamlets inaction.2. What are the main characteristics of metaphysical poetry? 英美文学第二阶段（新古典主义时期）综合练习II. ExercisesA. Multiple-choice questions:(Each of the statements below by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement and put the letter in the brackets . )1. In field of literature, the Enlightenment brought about a(n) _ the old classical works. This tendency is known as neoclassicism.A. revived interest in B. antagonism againstC. rebellion against D. rational scrutiny of2. John Bunyans The Pilgrims Progress is a ( n ) _.A. allegory B. romanceC. comedy of manners D. realistic novel3. As a literary figure, Belinda appears in Alexander Popes _.A. An Essay on Criticism B. The Dunciad*C. The Rape of the Lock (夺发记)D. Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot4. In lines With gold jewels cover every part, /And hide with ornaments their want of art, Pope rejects _.A. the Follow Nature fallacy *B. artificialityC. aesthetic orderD. good taste5.Which of the following is NOT a typical aspect of_ Defoes language?A. Vernacular. B. Colloquial.C. Elegant. D. Smooth.6. He has a servant called Friday. He in the quoted sentence is a character in _.A. Gullivers Travels B. Tom Jones*C. Robinson Crusoe D. The Rape of the Lock7. Which of the following is a typical feature of Swifts writings?A. Great wit. *B. Bitter satire.C. Rich mythic allusions. D. Complicated sentence structures 8. In which of the following works can you find the proper names Lilliput, Brobdingnag, Houyhnhnm and Yahoo?A. The Pilgrims Progress B. The Fairie QueeneC. Gullivers travels D. The School for scandel9. Of all the 18th-century novelists, he was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a comic epic in prose , the first to give the modern novelists structure and style. In the above sentence, he refers to _.A. Jonathan SwiftB. Daniel DefoeC. Samuel Richardson*D. Henry Fielding10. The novel is structured around the discovery of the heros origin. This novel is most probably_.A. David Copperfield *B. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling C. Wuthering HeightsD. The Vicar of the Wakefield11. To be so distinguished, is an honor, which, being very little accustomed to favors from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge.The above sentence is presented in a ( n ) _ tone.*A. ironicB. indifferent C. delightfulD. jealousy12. The _was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe in the 18th century.A. RomanticismB. Humanism*C. EnlightenmentD. Sentimentalism13. Who was the greatest dramatist in the 18th century? A. Oliver GoldsmithB. Richard B. SheridanC. Laurence SterneD. Henry Fielding 14. As shades more sweetly recommend the light, So modest plainness sets off sprightly wit; For works may have more wit than does them good As bodies perish through excess of blood. In the above lines, Pope tries to say that _.A. more wit will make better poetryB. plainness is more important than wit in poetry *C. too much wit will destroy good poetry D. plainness will make wit dull15. Fieldings method of presentation, namely_, enables him to write in the fullest, freest, clearest and most straight-forward manner and also makes it possible for him to add explanations in places when necessary.A. telling the story through a series of lettersB. telling the story through the mouth of the principal character*C. the author acting as the narratorD. revealing the story through a framework16. The Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope is written in the form of a mock _, which describes the triviality of high society in a grand style.*A. epicB. elegyC. sonnetD. ode17. Defoes Robinson Crusoe created the image of an enterprising Englishman, typical of the English bourgeoisie in the_ century.A. 17thB. 19thC. 18thD. 20th18. In The Pilgrims Progress , John Bunyan describes The Vanity Fair in a_ tone.A. delightfulB. solemnC. sentimentalD. satirical19. Alexander Pope strongly advocated neoclassicism, emphasizing that literary works should be judged by _ rules of order, reason, logic, restrained emotion, good taste and decorum.A. classicalB. romanticC. sentimentalD. allegorical20. Of all the 18th-century novelists Henry Fielding was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a _ in prose, the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.A. tragi-comicB. comic epicC. romanceD. romantic epic21. Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Samuel Johnsons language style?A. His sentences are long and well structured.B. His sentences are interwoven with parallel phrases.C. He tends to use informal and colloquial words.D. His sentences are complicated, but his thoughts are clearly expressed. .22. The School for Scandal, one of the great classics in English drama, is a _on the moral degeneracy of the aristocratic-bourgeois society in the 18th-century England. A. high praiseB. sharp satire C. great ironyD. bitter lament23. In Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard , Thomas Gray compares the common folk with the great ones, wondering what the commons could have achieved if they had had the_. A. loveB. chanceC. moneyD. material wealth 24. In his works, Defoe gave his praise to the hard-working, sturdy _and showed his sympathy for the downtrodden, unfortunate poor.A. middle-class peopleB. working peopleC. Irish farmersD. aristocrats25. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth eer gave, Awaits alike the inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave. In the above quoted passage, Thomas Gray intends to say that great family, power, beauty and wealth _.A. will never make people lead to the same destination-paths of gloryB. will inevitably make people realize their glorious dreamsC. are the very best things to lead people to their glories*D. will never prevent people from reaching their final destination-graveB. Blank-filling: (Complete each of the following statements with a proper word or phrase. )1. The Neoclassical Period is also known as the Age of Enlightenment or the Age of _.2. Modern English novel is a natural product of the Industrial Revolution and a symbol of the growing importance of the English _ class.3. Joseph Andrews was first intended as a burlesque of the dubious morality and false sentimentality of Richardsons _.4. As a lexicographer, Johnson distinguished himself as the author of the first English_.5._ was the only important English dramatist of the eighteenth century. His plays, especially The Rivals and The School for Scandal , are generally regarded as important links between the masterpieces of Shakespeare and those of Bernard Shaw.6. Jonathan Swifts _ is generally regarded as a model of the best satire not only in this time but also in the whole English literary history.7. The Pilgrims Progress, which describes a Christians journey to the Celestial City, is a well-known religious _. 8. Henry Fielding was the first 18th century writer to try to realize, both in theory and practice, “_ the modern novel its structure and style.9. In Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, Gray reflects on - with a touch of his personal melancholy.10. Bunyans style was modeled after that of the English_, with concrete and living language and carefully observed and vividly presented details.C. T-F statements: (Decide whether the following statements are true or false and write your answers in the brackets. )( )1. Samuel Richardson is regarded as the first writer of the English novel of character.( ) 2. The Pilgrims Progress is one of the most popular pieces of Christian writing produced during the Romantic Age.( ) 3. The Enlightenment was a progressive working-class movement throughout Western Europe in the 18th century. allegory.( ) 5.