英国现代主义时期文学综合练习.doc

英国现代主义时期文学综合练习(Exercises for the British Modernistic Literature)I. 选择题：Multiple-choice questions 1. “I will arise and go now, for always night and day/I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;”The above two lines are taken from_.A The Lake Isle of InnisfreeB Down by the Sally Gardens C The Waste LandD The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock 2. Bernard Shaws plays are mostly concerned with political, economic, moral or religious problems. Therefore they can be regarded as_.A social political playsB social problem playsC social moral playsD social religious plays3. The following statements all describe the style Shaws plays EXCEPT_.A His language is easy, witty and forcefulB The conversation takes primacy over mere story C The action in his plays is reduced to a minimumD Poetic imagination and symbolism are used to express the intimate feelings4. John Galsworthys The Forsyte Saga appears in the form of_.A epicB1 trilogyC collection of short stories Dballad5. All the following are characterstic of Galsworthys The Man of Property EXCEPT_. A SoamesB IreneC DedalusD Bosiney6. The statement “A demanding mother turns away from her husband and gives all her affection to her sons sums up the main plot of D. H. Lawrences_.A Sons and Lovers B The RainbowC Women in Love D Lady Chatterley.s lover7. What metrical foot is used in William Butler Yeatss poem “Lake Isle of Innisfree ?A Iamb. BI Anapest. C Trochee. D Dactyl8. As a literary figure, Stephen Dedalus appears in two novels written by _.A E. M. Forster B Joseph ConradC D. H. LawrenceD James Joyce9. “I believe you are made of stone, “ he said, clenching his fingers so hard that he broke the fragile cup. “You seem to forget, ” she said, “that cup is not!” From the above quotation we might suppose the womans tone is very _.A delightful B sarcasticC sentimental D humorous10. According to D. H. Lawrence, the _is most responsible for the alienation of the human relationships and the perversion of human personality.A pride of the aristocratic class B vanity of the middle classC mans desire for power and moneyD capitalist mechanical civilization11. The excerpt from Chapter 10 of Sons and Lovers ends with i conflict between Paul and his mother. The conflict is possibly caused by Paul and his mothers different views towards _.A Pauls fatherB artCI lifeD Pauls brother12. According to James Joyce, the three required things for the perception of beauty are wholeness,harmony and _.A integrity B proportionC coherenceD clarity13. James Joyces Dubliners is _.A a collection of short storiesB a novelC an autobiographyD a short story14. Joyce takes great pains to create Ulysses from a complex of various techniques and experiments. The following are the styles found in Ulysses EXCEPT_.A original style B stream of consciousness C mock-style D sarcastic style 15. Which of the following statements is NOT a typical feature of imagism? A To use the language of common speech, but to employ always the exact word.B To create new rhythms, as the expressions of anew mood.C To recommend heroic couplet as a preferable verse form. D To allow absolute freedom in the choice of subject.16. Writers like Dorothy Richardson, James Joyce and Virginia Woolf concentrated their efforts on digging into the human_. A dignityB behaviorC moralityD consciousness17. In Shaws plays action is reduced to a minimum, while the dialogue and the interplay of the minds of the characters maintain the _ of the audience.A interestB ideasC suspenseD expectations18. Among the great writers of the modern period, _ might be the greatest in radical experimentation of technical innovations in novel writing.A Joseph ConradBI James Joyce C D . H . LawrenceD Virginia Woolf19. Since A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man develops around a middle-class Irish boy, Stephen Dedalus, from his infancy to his manhood, it is generally regarded as a(n) _ novel.,A biographical B autobiographical C historical D sentimental20. The Love Song of J . Alfred Prufrock is intensely anti-romantic with an evasive _atmosphere.A sublime B hellishC sensual DI warm21. Paul was afraid lest she might have misread the letter, and might be disappointed after all. He scrutinized it once, twice. Yes, he became convinced it was true. Then he sat down, his heart beating with joy. The above quotation is taken from _.A The Man of Property B Mrs. Warrens Profession C Sons and LoversD A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man22. The statement that the refined bourgeois aristocrats are put to ridicule while a simple flower girl is lovingly portrayed may refer to _.A Bernard Shaws PygmalionB Sheridans The School for ScandalC Eliots Murder in the Cathedral D Galsworthys The Silver Box23. With their joint efforts, W. B. Yeats, Lady Gregory, and J.M. Synge started an Irish _ revival in the early 20th century. A moral B religiousC dramaticD spiritual24. In Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf adopted a writing technique called _, in which the whole story was presented with the interior monologues of the characters.A Stream-of-consciousness B ExpressionismC Symbolism D Naturalism25. The mission of _ drama was to reveal the moral, political and economic truth from a radical reformist point of view.A T. S. Eliots B J. Galsworthys C B. Shaws D W. B. YeatsII. 阅读理解题(Reading comprehension) 1. Should I, after tea and cakes and icesHave the strength to force the moment to its crisis? Questions :A. Identify the poem and the poet.B. Who is I, the speaker of the poem?C. What idea does the quoted passage express?2. Vivie: . . . People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I do not believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they cant find them, make them. . . . but why did you choose that business? Saving good management will succeed in any business. Questions:A. Identify the author and the work.B. Who is Vivie, the speaker of the quoted passage? C. What idea does the quoted passage express?3. When the evening is spread out against the sky Like a patient etherized upon a table; Questions:A. Identify the poem and the poet.B. What figure of speech is used in the quoted passage! C. What idea does the quoted passage express?4. North Richmond Street, being blind, was a quiet street except at the hour when the Christian Brothers School set the free. An uninhabited house of two storeys stood at the blind detatched from its neighbours in a square ground. The houses of the street, conscious of decent lives within them, at one another with brown imperturble faces. Questions:A. Identify the author and the work.B. What is the tone of the narrator in the quoted passage? C. What idea does the quoted passage express?5. She frankly wanted him to climb into the middle class, a 11 not very difficult, she knew. And she wanted him in the em marry a lady. Questions: A. Identify the author and the work.B. Who does the word she in the quoted passage refer to? C. What idea does the quoted passage express?III. 回答问题 (Questions and answers)1. What is the theme of G. B. Sh