英国文学史模拟试题.doc

英国文学史模拟试题I Fill in the blanks 1*101. Lake Poets refer to three famous poets in Romanticism period, they are ( ), ( ), ( ).2. Romanticism stared with the Publication of William Wordsworths ( ) in collaboration with S.T Coleridge.3. ( ) is the highest form of literary expression.4. In his poems Wordsworths aimed at ( ) and ( ) of the language, fighting against the conventional forms of the 18th century poetry.5. ( ), Byrons greatest work, was written in the prime of his creative power, in the year 1818 1823.6. Shelley deemed it his duty to publish his religious views in a pamphlet entitled ( ).7. The English Romantic period produced two major novelists: Scott and ( ).II Answer the following questions. 5*51. What are Romanticism and its typical literary style?2. What does west wind stand for?3. Describe the theme of Tintern Abbey4. What is truth, goodness and beauty in Ode on a Grecian Urn5. The writing style of Jane Austen?III Translation and comment 5*5+2*101. For oft, when on my couch I lie WordsworthIn vacant or in pensive mood,They flash upon that inward eyeWhich is the bliss of solitudeAnd then my heart with pleasure fillsAnd dances with the daffodils2. And on the pedestal, these words appear: KeatsMy name is Ozymandias, Kings of Kings,Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!Nothing beside remains. Round the decayOf that colossal Wreck, boundless and bareThe lone and level sands stretch far away.3. My spirit! Be thou me, impetuous one! ShellyDrive my dead thoughts over the universe Like witherd leaves to quicken a new birth! And, by the incantation of this verse, Scatter, as from an unextinguishd hearth Ashes and sparks, my words among mankind! Be through my lips to unawakend earth The trumpet of a prophecy! O Wind, If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?4. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. 勃朗宁I love thee to the depth and breadth and heightMy soul can reach, when feeling out of sightFor the ends of Being and ideal of GraceI love thee to the level of everydaysMost quiet need, by sun and candlelightI love thee freely, as men strive for RightI love thee purely, as they turn from PraiseI love thee with the passion put to use5. When critics disagree the artist is in accordance with himself 王尔德We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as he does not admire itThe only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires in intensely.All art is quite useless.6. Here, where men sit and hear each other groan KeatsWhere youth grows pale, and spectre-thin, and diesWhere but to think is to be full of sorrowAnd leaden-eyed despairsWhere Beauty cannot keep her lustrous eyesOr new Love pine at them beyond tomorrow 7. Mr. Bennet was so odd a mixture of quick parts, sarcastic humour, reserve, and caprice, that the experience of three-and-twenty years had been sufficient to make his wife understand his character. Her mind was less difficult to develop. She was a woman of mean understanding, little information, and uncertain temper. Jane AustinIV Composition 2*101. Main differences between pure language and instrumental language.2. How do you understand Aestheticism in Preface to Th