【优质】英国文学选读考试课程

1、考试课程：英国文学史及选读考核类型：A卷考试方式：闭卷出卷教师：XXX考试专业：英语考试班级：英语 xx班Multiple choice (30 points, 1 point for each) select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement.1. C _, a typical example of old English poetry ,is regarded today as the national epic of th

2、e Anglo-Saxons.A.The Canterbury TalesB.The Ballad of Robin HoodC.The Song of BeowulfD.Sir Gawain and the GreenKinght2. C is the most common foot in English poetry.A.The anapestB.The trocheeC.The iambD.The dactyl3. The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series ofhistorical events, whi

3、ch one of the following is NOT such an event?BA.The rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture.B.England ' s domestic restC.New discovery in geography and astrologyD.The religious reformation and the economic expansion4. A is the most successful religious allegory in the English language.A.T

4、he Pilgrims ProgressB.Grace Abounding to the Chief of SinnersC.The Life and Death of Mr.BadmanD.The Holy War5. Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between thet1and mid-17th centuries, its essence is D_.A.scienceB.philosophyC.artsD.humanism6. “ Skong as men can breathe, or eyes can see,/S

5、olong lives this, and this gives life to thee.” (Shakespeare, Sonnetsl8hWhat doesrefer to ?DA.Lover.B.Time.C.Summer.D.Poetry.7. “O prince, O chief of my throned powers, /That led th ' embattle seraphim to war/Under thy conduct, and in dreadful deeds/Fearless, endangered Heaven' perpetual kin

6、g” In the third line of the above passage quoted from Milton Paradise Lost, the phrase “thy conduct” refers to B_conduct.A.God' sB.Satan ' sC.Adam' sD.Eve ' s8. It is generally regarded that Keats ' most important and mature poems are in the form of B_.A.elegyB.odeC.epicD.sonnet9

7、. “Shall I compare thee to a summer s day? The sentence is the beginning of ShakespeareC' s .A.comedyB.tragedyC.sonnetD.poem10. Daniel Defoe ' s novels mainly focUs on .A.the struggle of the unfortunate for mere existenceB.the struggle of the shipwrecked persons for securityC.the struggle of

8、 the pirates for wealthD.the desire of the criminals for property11. Francis Bacon is best known for his A which greatly influenced the development of this literary form.A.essays B.poems C.works D.plays12. Most of Thomas Hardy ' s novels are set in WBessex_A.a crude region in EnglandB.a fictiona

9、l primitive regionC.a remote rural areaD.Hardy ' s hometown13. In terms of Pride and Prejudice, which is not true?CA. Pride and Prejudice is the most popular of Jane Austens novels.B.Pride and Prejudice is originally drafted as“First ImpressionsC.Pride and Prejudice is a tragic novel.D.In this n

10、ovel, the author explores the relationship between great love and realistic benefits.14. Chronologically the Victorian Period refers to B_A.1798-1832B.1836-1901C.1798-1901D.the Neoclassical Period15. In the following figures, who is Dickens' ©first child hero?A.Fagin.B.Mr.Brownlow.C.Olive T

11、wist.D.Bill Sikes16. “And where are they? And where art thod,My country? On thy voiceless shoreThe heroic lay is tuneless now-The heroic bosom beats no more! (George Gordon Byron, DonJuan)In the above stanza, “art thou“ literally means D_.A. ”art you " B. "are though'C. "art thoug

12、h"D.“are you ”17. Of the following writers, which is not the representative of theRomantic period?A.William Blake.B.John Bunyan.C.Jane Auten.D.John Keats.18. In Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, what is theutmost concern of Blake?DA.LoveB.ChildhoodC.DeathD.HumanExperience19. Paradise

13、Lost is actually a story taken from_B.A.the RenaissanceB.the Old TestamentC.Greek MythologyD.the New Testament20. Jane Austen ' s first novelBs .A.Pride and PrejudiceB.Sense and SensibilityC.EmmaD.Plan of a Noel21. Of the following poets, which is not regarded asD “ LakeA.Saumel Taylor Coleridge

14、.B.Robert Southey.C.W川iam Wordsworth.D.W川iam Shakespeare.22. Daniel Defoe describes_A_as a typical English middle-class man of the eighteenth century, the very prototype of the empire builder or the pioneer colonist.A.Robinson CrusoeB.Moll FlandersC.GulliverD.Tom Jones23. The lines “ Death, be not p

15、roud, though some have calld thee/Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so： are found in C.A.William Wordsworth ' s writingB.John Keats ' writingsC.John Donne' writingsD.Percy Bysshe Shelley 'writings24. The Pilgrim s' progress by John Bunyan is often said to be concerned with th

16、e search for B.A.self-fulfillmentB.spiritual salvationC.material wealthD.universal truth25. With so many poems such as “The Sparrow' N est,” “To a Skylark,“ "To the Cuckoo' and "To a Butterfly” ,William Wordsworth is regarded as a "C_” .A.poet of genius.B.royal poet.C.worshipp

17、er of nature.D.conservative poet.26.In the first part of Gulliver s Travels, Gulliver told this experience in A .A.LilliputB.BrobdingnagC.HouyhnhnmD.England27 .Which of the following can not describe “Byronic hero” ？DA.Proud.B.Mysterious.C.Noble origin. D.Progressive.28 .The poetic form which Browni

18、ng attached to maturity and perfection is A.A.dramatic monologueB.use of symbolC.use of ironic languageD.use of lyrics29 .The term “metaphysical poetry" is commonly used to name the work of the 17th-century writers who wrote under the influence of _B_.A.John Milton B.John Donne C.John Keats D.J

19、ohn Bunyan30 . Which of the following writings is not created by W川iamWordsworth?DA. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.B.She Dwelt Among the Untrodden WaysC.The Solitary Reaper.D.The Chimney Sweeper.II. Find the relevant match from colunm B for each item inColomn A (10 points in all. 1 point for each)AB1

20、.Geoffrey ChaucerEA. A Red, Red Rose2.Francis BaconB. Ode to a Nightingale3 .Jonathan Swift4 .William Blake5 .Robert Burns6 .John Keats7 .Jane Austen8 .Charles Dickens9 .Tennyson10 .Robert BrowningC. Of TruthD. Northanger AbbeyE.The Canterbury TalesF.A Modest ProposalGThe Tiger1. UlyssesI.David Copp

21、erfieldJ.My Last Duchess111. Fill in the following blanks （10 points in all, 1 point for each）2. In the year_1066_,at the battle of Hastings, the Normans headed by william, Duke of Normandy, defeated the Anglo-saxons.3. Since historical times, England, where the early inhabitants were celts, has bee

22、n conquered three times. It was conquered by the Romans, the Anglo-saxons_,and the Normans.4. _Romeo_and Juliet_is regared as shakespeare ' successful romantic tragedy.5. No sooner were the people in control of the government than they divided into hostile parties: the liberal whigs and the cons

23、ervative tories保守党）.6. The Glorious Revolution （光荣革命）in 1688 meant three things the supremacy of parliament, the beginning of modern English, and the final triumph of the principle of political liberty.7. Romanticism as a literary movement come into being in England early in the latter half of the _

24、18th_century.8. Publication of william Wordsworth ' ly_cal_ba11ads_in collaboration with S.T Coleridge, Romanticism began to bloom and found a firm place in the history of English literatare.9. Woman as _novelists_ appearedin the Romantic age. It was during this period that women took, for the f

25、irst time ,an important place in English literature.10. The most important poet of the victoria Age was_Tennyson_, Next to him, were Robert Browning and his wife.cth11. The _chartist_movement appearedin the thirties of the 19 cenfury.IV. Questionsand Answers (20 points in all ,10points for each) Giv

26、e brief answers to each of following questions in English.(1) A selection from a poemWherefore feed and clothe and saveForm the cradle to the graveThose ungrateful drones who wouldDrain your sweat_nay, drink your blood?Whrefore, Bees of England, forgeMany a weepon, chain, and scourgeThat these sting

27、less drones may spoilThe forced produce of your tail?Questions (10 ')1. These lines are taken from a poem entitled(1' )writyen_(1 ').2. The rhyme scheme in the selection of the poem is.(13. What idea does the quotation exprss?(7 ')(2) A Selection from a workSome books are to be taste

28、d, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy and extracts made of them by others, but

29、that would be only in the less important arguments and the meaner sort of books; else distilled bookd are like common distilled waters.Question(10 ')1. This passageis taken from a well- known work entiled,(2')written by.(1)2. What ' s the main idea of the whole work. (7')V. Topic Dis

30、cussion (30 points in all,15 points for each). Write no less than 100 words on each of the following topics in English , in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.1. Based on Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, discuss the theme of her works, the image of woman protagonists and what and how her nove

31、ls truthfully present.(15 ')2. In Pride and Prejudice, Jane Aasten explored three kinds of motivations of marriage that the middle-class people had in the second half of the 18th century. Try to make a brief discussion about them with specific examples from the novel. Make comments on Austen'

32、; s < towards these moivations.(15200x- 200x学年度第一学期期末考试试卷答案及评分标准考试课程：英国文学史及选读 考试方式：闭卷考核类型：A卷 出卷教师：XXX考试专业：英语考试班级：英语xx班I. Multiple Choice (1 ' x 30=30')01-05CCBAD11-15ABCBC21-25 D A C B C06-10DBBCA16-20DBDBB26-30ADABDII. Find the relevant match from column B for each item in colamn A (1 &#

33、39; x 10=10')1-E2-C3-F4-G5-A6-B7-D8-I9-H10-J3. Romeo and Juliet 6.18th9.Tennyson 10.ChartistIII. Fill in the following blanks (1 ' x 10=10')1.10662. Anglo-Saxons4. Tories5. 16887.Lyrical Ballads 8.novelistsIV. Questions and Answers (20 points in all )(1) A PoemQuestions(10 ')1. A Son

34、g: Men of England。')Shelley(1 ')2. aabb ccdd (1')3. This poem is a war cry calling upon all working people to rise up against their political oppressors, it points out the intolerable injustice of economic exploitation. The poet calls the exploiters “ ungrateful drones” , Who drain the s

35、weat and drink the blood of the labouring people, He illustrates with concrete examples the relationship of economic exploitation between the ruling class and the working people.(7')(2) A Selection from a work1. Of Studies(1 ' ) Bacon(1 ')2. It analyzes the use and abuse of studies ,the

36、different ways adopted by different people to pursue studies. And how studies exert influence over human character.V .Topic Discussion (30 points in all, 15 points for each)A. Charlotte woS<s are all about the struggle of an individual consciousness towards self-realization, about some lonely and neglect