英美文学选读40道选择题考前强化训练.doc

1. In the medieval period，it is Chaucer alone who，for the first time in English literature ， presented to usa comprehensive _ picture of the English society of his time and created a whole galery of vivid _ from all walks of life in his masterpiece “the Canterbury Tales ”。A. visionary / women B. romantic /men C. realistic / characters D. natural / figures2. Humanism spmg from the endeavor to restore a medieval reverence for the antique authors and is frequently taken as the beginning of the Renaissance on its conscious，intellectual side ，for the Greek and Roman civilization was based on the conception that man is the _ of all things .A. measure B. king C. lover D. rule3. Many people today tend to regard the play “ The Merchant of Venice ” as a satire of the hypocrisy of _ and their false standards of friendship and love ， their cunning ways of pursuing worldliness and their unreasoning prejudice against _ .A. Christians / Jews B. Jews / Christian C. oppressors / oppressed D. people / Jews4. In “ Sonnet 18 ”，Shakespeare has a profound meditation on the destructive power of _ and the eternal _ brought forth by poetry to the one he loves . A. death/ life B. death/ love C. time / beauty D. hate / love5. In the 18th century English literature ， the representative writer of neo-classicism is _ . A. Pope B. Swift C. Defoe D. Milton6. The _ was a progressive intellectual movement throughout western Europe in the 18th century .A. Renaissance B. Enlightenmrent C. Religious Reformation D. Chartist Movement7. Blake，Wordsworth ， _ ， Byron，Shelley and _ are the major Romantic poets A. Coleridage / Southey B. Coleridge / Keats C. Keats / Scott D. Scott / Coleridge8. Best of all the well -known lyric pieces written by P.B. Shelley is the poet “_” ， for here his rhapsodic and declamatory tendencies find a subject perfectly suited to him .A. To a skylark B. The Cloud C. Ode to the West Wind D. Men of England9.In his early novels，Charles Dickens attacks one or more specific social evils in each ：for example，the dehumanizing workhouse system and the dark ， criminal underworld life in “_” . A.The pickwich Paper B.David Copperfield C.Oliver Twist D.A Tale of Two Cities10. The title of the novel “ Vanity Fair ” was taken from Bunyans masterpiece _. A. The pilgrims Progres B. Gullivers Travels C. Hard Times D. Wuthering Heights11. G.B. Shaws plays have plots ，but they do not work by plots . It is the vitality of the _ that takes primacy over mere story .A. characterization B. Depiction C. talk D. metaphor12. The title of the novel “ A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man ” written by James Joyce suggests a character study with strong _ elements .A. autobiographical B. sentimental C. joyful D. bitter13. 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. humor14. According to D.H. Lawrence，the _ is most resposible 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 money D. capitalist mechanical civilization15. G.B. Shaws play，Mrs . Warrens frofession is a grotesquely realistic exposure of the _.A. slum landlordism B. political corruption in EnglandC. economic oppression of women D. religious corruption in England16.In Shaw s play，Mrs Warrens Profession ， Mrs. Warren once said ：“ If there is a thing I hate in a woman ，its want of character. ” The word “want ” here means _. A.desire B. lack C.possession D. need17. According to the ideas discussed in Chapter 13 of The Man of Property ， the tense relationship between Soames ， the husband ，and Irene ， the wife ， is caused by _.A.Irenes free-minded way of thinking B.Irenes love for BosinneyC. Soamess love for Irene D. Soamess strong desire to possess Irene18. Thematically Yeatss poem，“ The Lake Isle of Innisfree ”，_.A. celebrates the rich and colorful life of the modern peopleB.criticizes the emptiness of the hermits life in the remote country .C. laments the loss of the Irish legendary traditionD. laments the emptiness of the urban life and advocates a return to the simple and serene life of nature documentary precision are main features of his writing .19. Eliots poem0，The Waste Land，is mainly concerned with the _ of a modern civilization . A. social corruption B. spiritual breakup C. physical breakup D. religious corruption20. Eliot s “ The love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock ” is presented as a （n） _，suggesting an ironic contrast between a pretended “ love song ” and a confession of his incapability of facing up to love and to life in a sterile upper-class world .A. interior monologue B. authentic dialogue C. lyric song D. religious confession21. The excerpt from Chapter 10 of Sons and Lovers ends with the conflict between Paul and his mother . The conflict is possibly caused by Paul and his mothers different views towards _ .A. Pauls father B. art C. Life D. Pauls brother22. The _ can be regarded as one of the themes of Joyces story “ Araby ” . A. loss of innocence B. childish love C. awareness of harsh life D. false sentimentality23. After reading “ Araby ” ， one may feel the story has a _ tone .A. joyous B. Harsh C. Solemn D. painful24. In “Araby ” ， Joyces diction evokes a sort of _ quality that characterizes the boy on his otherwise altogether ordinary shopping trip .A. religious B. moral C. sentimental D. vulgar25. The major concern of _ fiction lies in the tracing of the psycholoical development of his characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature .A. D. H. Lawrence s B. J. Galsworthys C. W. Thackeray s D. T. Hardys26. 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. W. Thackerary s D. T. Hardy s27. Irving was best know for his famous short stories such as _ .A. Rip Van Winkle B. Young Goodman BrownC. Life of Goldsmith D. Life of Washington28. Melvilles _ is an encycolopedia of everything ，history ， philosophy ，religion ，etc . A. The Old Man and the Sea B. Moby Dick C. White Jacket D. Billy Budd29 . Mark Twain created ， in _ ， a masterpiece of American realism that is also one of the great books of world literature .A. Huckleberry Finn B. Tom Sowyer C. The Gilded AgeD. The Mysterious Stranger30. American literature produced only one female poet during the ninetheenth century，This was _ . A. Anne Bradsteet B. Jane Austen C. Emily Dickinson D. T. S. Eliot31. The main theme of _ The Art of Fiction reveals his literary credo that representation of life should be the main object of the novel .A. Henry James B. Mark Twains C. Theodore Dreisers D. William Howells32. In the 1920s， ONeil established an international reputation with the plays _. A. The Emperor Jones B. Anna Christle C. The Hairy Ape D. all of the above33.In 1954 ， _ was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature for his “ mastery of the art of modern narration . ”A. T.S. Eliot B. Ernest HemingwayC. John Steinbeck D.William Faulkner34. “The apparition of these faces in the crowd ； Petals on a wet ， black bough . ” This is the shortest poem written by _.A. T.S. Eliot B. Robert Frost C. Ezra Pound D. Emily Dickinson35. In Robert Frost s famous poems “ Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening ”， there are four lines like these ：“ The woods are lovely ，dark and deep ， /But I have promises to keep ， ？And miles to go before I sleep ， / And miles to go before I sleep ”。 The second sleep refers to _.A. die B. calm down C. fall into sleep D. stop walking36. Of the following American poets ， whose work was first recognized in England and then in America ？ _.A. Robert Frost B. Walt Whitman C. Emily Dickinson D. Wallace Stevens37. “ For I have had too much / Of apple-pic