英美文学考试试题(二).doc

英美文学选读试卷（二）本试题分两部分，第一部分为选择题，第二部分为非选择题。选择题40分，非选择题60分，满分100分。考试时间120分钟。请将答案写在答案写在答题纸相应位置上，否则不计分。PART ONE. Multiple Choice（40 points, 1 point for each） Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Mark your choice by blackening the corresponding letter A,B,C or D on the answer sheet.1. Henry Fielding has been regarded by some as “_A_”,for his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel. AFather of the English Novel BFather of the English PoetryCFather of the English Drama DFather of the English Short Story2.TSEliots most important single poem _B_has been hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th-century English poetry. AThe Hollow Man BThe Waste Land CMurder in the Cathedral DAsh Wednesday3. William Blakes central concern in the Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience is_B_, which gives the two books a strong social and historical reference. Ayouthhood BChildhood Chappiness Dsorrow4.Among the works by Charles Dickens _D_ presents his criticism of the Utilitarian principle that rules over the English education system and destroys young hearts and minds.ABleak House BPickwick Paper CGreat Expectations DHard Times5. The most distinguishing feature of Charles Dickens works is his _B_. Asimple vocabulary Bbitter and sharp criticism Ccharacter-portrayal Dpictures of happiness6. Because of her sensitivity to universal patterns of human behavior, _B_ has brought the English novel ,as an art of form, to its maturity.ACharlotte Bront BJane Austen CEmily Bront DAnn Radcliffe7. All of the following poems by William Wordsworth are masterpieces on nature EXCEPT _D_.A“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” B“An Evening Walk”C“Tintern Abbey” D“The Solitary Reaper”8. Shakespeares four greatest tragedies are _C_.ARomeo and Juliet, Othello, King Lear, HamletBHamlet, Othello, Macbeth, The Merchant of VeniceCHamlet, Othello, King Lear, MacbethDRomeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, Othello, Hamlet9. As one of the greatest masters of English prose, _B_ defined a good style as “proper words in proper places”.AHenry Fielding BJonathan Swift CSamuel Johnson DAlexander Pope10. Among the three major works by John Milton _D_ is indeed the only generally acknowledged epic in English literature since Beowulf.AParadise Regained BSamson Agonistes CLycidas DParadise Lost11. English Romanticism, as a historical phase of literature, is generally said to have ended in 1832 with _A_.Athe passage of the first Reform Bill in the ParliamentBthe publication of Wordsworth and Coleridges Lyrical BalladsCthe publication of TSEliots The waste LandDthe passage of the Bill of Rights in the Parliament12. Contrary to the traditional romance of aristocrats, the modern English novel gives a realistic presentation of life of _A_.Athe common English people Bthe upper class Cthe rising bourgeoisie Dthe enterprising landlords13. The major concern of _C_ fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological development of his characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature.AJohn Galsworthys BThomas Hardys CDHLawrences DCharles Dickens14. The Nobel Prize Committee highly praised _B_ for “his powerful style-forming mastery of the art” of creating modern fiction.AEzra Pound BErnest Hemingway CRobert Frost DTheodore Dreiser15. In 1950,_A_ was awarded the Nobel Prize for the anti-racist Intruder in the Dust.AWilliam Faulkner BRobert Frost CEzra Pound DErnest Hemingway16. The Portrait of A Lady is generally considered to be _C_ masterpiece, which describes the life journey of an American _ in a European cultural environment.AHenry Adamswidow BWilliam JamesgirlCHenry Jamesgirl DTheodore Dreiserswidow17. Hawthorne intended to _D_ in The Scarlet Letter.Atell a story of parental loveBtell a story of sin and bloody violenceCcall the readers back to the plantation way of livingDreveal the human psyche after they sinned18. “The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one-eighth of it being above water.” This “iceberg” analogy is put forward by _D_.AMark Twain BEzra Pound CWilliam Faulkner DErnest Hemingway19. The white whale, Moby Dick, symbolizes _B_ for Melville, for it is complex, unfathomable, malignant, and beautiful as well.Asociety BNature Cocean animals Dboth A and C 20. After the American Civil War, the literary interest in the so-called “reality” of life started a new period in the American literary writings know an the Age of _A_.ARealism BReason and Revolution CRomanticism DModernism 21. HLMencken considered _B_ “the true father of our national literature”.ABret Harte BMark Twain CWashington Irving DWalt Whitman 22. Altogether, Emily Dickinson wrote 1775 poems, of which only _C_ had appeared during her lifetime.Athree BFive Cseven Dnine23. The _B_ Age of the 1920s characterized by frivolity and carelessness is brought vividly to life in The Great Gatsby.ALost BJazz CReason DGilded24. Robert Frost is generally considered a regional poet whose subject matters mainly focus on the landscape and people in _D_.Athe west Bthe south CAlaska DNew England25. As _C_ saw it, poetry could play a vital part in the process of creating a new nation. It could enable Americans to celebrate their release from the Old World and the colonial rule.AWordsworth Longfellow BWilliam Bryant CWalt Whitman DRobert Frost26. Walt Whitman is a poet with a strong sense of mission, having devoted all his life to the creation of the “single” poem, _D_.AThe Love Song of JAlfred Prufrock BThe Waste LandCMurder in the Cathedral DLeaves of Grass27. Realism was a reaction against Romanticism and paved the way to _A_.AModernism BScientism CPost-Modernism DFeminism28. Mark Twain employed an unpretentious style of _C_ in his novels which is best described as “vernacular”.Astandard English BAfro-American English Ccolloquialism Durbanism29. The Petrarchan sonnet was first introduced into England by _B_.A. Surrey B. Wyatt C. Sidney D. Shakespeare30.The British bourgeois or middle class believed in the following notions EXCEPT _A_.A. self - esteem B. self reliance C. self - restraint D. hard work31. “Graveyard School”writers are the following sentimentalists EXCEPT _D_.A. James Thomson B. William Collins C. William Cowper D. Thomas Jackson32. As a representative of the Enlightenment,_C_ was one of the first to introduce rationalism to England.A. John Bunyan B. Daniel Defoe C. Alexander Pope D. Jonathan Swift33. Charles Dickens novel _B_ is famous for its vivid descriptions of the workhouse and life of the underworld in the nineteenth- century London. A. The Pickwick Paper B. Oliver Twist C. David Copperfield D. Nicholas Nickleby34. Hemingways second big success is _B_ , which wrote the epitaph to a decade and to the whole generation in the 1920s, in order to tell us a story about the tragic love affair of a wounded American soldier with a British nurse.A. For Whom the Bell Tolls B. A Farewell to ArmsC. The Sun Also Rises D. The Old Man and the Sea35. Henry James is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th -century “stream -of-consciousness”novels and the founder of _B_.A. neoclassicism B. psychological realism C. psychoanalytical criticism D. surrealism36. Realism was a reaction against _A_ or a move away from the bias towards romance and self- creating fictions, and paved the way to Modernism.A. Romanticism B. Rationalism C. Post-modernism D. Cynicism37. What Whitman prefers for his new subject and new poetic feelings is “_D_ ,”that is, poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme.A. blank verse B. free rhythm C. balanced structure D. free verse38. The Financier ,The Titan and The Stoic written by _B_ are called his “Trilogy of Desire”.A. Henry James B. Theodore Dreiser C. Mark Twain D. Herman Melville39. Most critics have agreed that Fitzgerald is both an insider and an outsider of _C_ with a double vision.A. the Gilded Age B. the Rational Age C. the Jazz Age D. the Magic Age40. Charlotte s works are famous for the depiction of the life of _A_ working women, particularly governesses. A. the middle - class B. the lower - class C. the upper - middle - class D. the upper - classPART TWO . Reading Comprehension（16 points, 8 points for each） Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet. 41. “Shall I compare thee to a summers day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate:Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And summers lease hath all too short a date:”我能不能把你比作夏天？但你比夏天更可爱更温和，狂风摇撼着心爱的五月的蓓蕾，和夏天的租期实在是太短。Questions:AIdentify the poet and the poem from which the quoted lines are taken.识别诗人和这首诗是从哪里引用的。BName the figure of speech employed in the poem.这首诗用了什么修辞方法CWhat is the theme of the poem?这首诗的主题是什么A. Shakespeare; Sonnet 18B. PersonificationC. A nice summers day is usually transient ,but the beauty in poetry can last for ever.42. “Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong! And if God had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave youit is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at Gods feet, equalas we are!”Questions:AIdentify the author and the novel from which the quoted part is taken.识别作者和这部小说的出处。BTo whom is the speaker speaking?说这句话的人是在对谁说这句话的。CWhat does the quoted part imply about the speaker?引用的这部分表达了说话者的什么含义。A. Charlotte Bronte; Jane EyreB. Jane Eyre is speaking to Rochester.C. Jane Eyre loves Rochester but she values her basic rights and equality as a human being. Questions and Answers （24 points, 8 points for each） Give brief answers to each of the following questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet. 43. It is said that B. Shaws play, Mrs. Warrens Profession, has a strong realistic theme, which fully reflects the dramatists Fabianist idea. Try to summarize t