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1、英美文学试卷AI.Markthefollowingstatementsastrue(T)orfalse(F).(10 x1=10)1.()ChauceristhefirstEnglishshort-storytellerandthefounderofEnglishpoetryaswellasthefounderofEnglishrealism.HismasterpieceTheCanterburytalescontains26stories.2.()EnglishRenaissanceisanageofessayanddrama.3.()Theriseofthemodernnovelisclo

2、selyrelatedtotheriseofthemiddleclassandanurbanlife.4.()TheFrenchRevolutionandtheAmericanWarofIndependenceweretwobiginfluencesthatbroughtabouttheEnglishRomanticMovement.5.()Charlottesnovelsareallaboutlonelyandneglectedyoungwomenwithafiercelongingforlifeandlove.Hernovelsaremoreorlessbasedonherownexper

3、ienceandfeelingsandthelifeassheseesaround.6.()Theleadingfiguresofthenaturalismattheturnof19thcenturyareThomasHardy,JohnGalsworthyandBernardShaw.7.()EmilyDickinsonisrememberedasthe“AllAmericanWriter”.8.()TheCivilWardividestheAmericanliteratureintoromanticliteratureandrealistliterature.9.()MarkTwainis

4、thefirstAmericanwritertodiscoveranAmericanlanguageandAmericanconsciousness.10.()Inthedecadeofthe1910s,Americanliteratureachievedanewdiversityandreacheditsgreatestheights.II.Fillintheblanks.(20 x1=20)11.ThemostenduringshapinginfluenceinAmericanthoughtandAmericanliteraturewas_.TheWarofIndependencelast

5、edeightyearstill_.RalphWaldoEmersonsessay_hasbeenregardedasAmericasDeclarationofIntellectualIndependence.ItcalledonAmericanwriterstowriteaboutAmericainawaypeculiarlyAmerican.14.TheAmerican_writerspaidagreatinterestintherealitiesoflifeanddescribedtheintegrityofhumancharacterreactingundervariouscircum

6、stancesandpicturedthepioneersoftheFarWest,thenewimmigrantsandthestrugglesoftheworkingclass.Theleadingfigureswere_,_,_,_,etc.15.NoperiodinAmericanhistoryismoreeventfulthanthatbetweenthetwoworldwars.Theliteraryfeaturesofthetimecanbeseeninthewritingsofthose_writersasEzraPound,andthewritersoftheLostGene

7、rationas_.TwofeaturesofEnglishRenaissancearethecuriosityfor_andtheinterestintheactivitiesof_.17.Shakespearesearliestgreatsuccessintragedyis_,aplayofyouthandlove,withthefamousbalconyscene.Therearethreetypesofpoetsin17thcenturyEnglishliterature.TheyarePuritanpoets,_poetsand_poets.19.PopesAnEssayonCrit

8、icismisadidacticpoemwrittenin_.20._hasbeenregardedbysomeas“FatheroftheEnglishNovel”forhiscontributiontotheestablishmentoftheformofthemodernnovel.21.“Beautyistruth,truthbeauty”isanepigrammaticlineby_.22.Lawrencesmostcontroversialnovelis_,thebestprobably_.III.Multiplechoice.(20 x1=20)23.Amongthethreem

9、ajorworksbyJohnMilton_isindeedtheonlygenerallyacknowledgedepicinEnglishliteraturesinceBeowulf.A.ParadiseRegainedB.SamsonAgonistes.LycidasD.ParadiseLostC24.FrancisBaconsessaysarefamousfortheirbrevity,compactnessand_.A.complicityB.complexityC.powerfulnessD.mildness25.AsoneofthegreatestmastersofEnglish

10、prose,_definedagoodstyleas“properwordsinproperplaces”.A.HenryFieldingB.JonathanSwiftC.SamuelJohnsonD.AlexanderPope26.ThePilgrimsProgressbyJohnBunyanisoftensaidtobeconcernedwiththesearchfor_.A.materialwealthB.spiritualsalvationC.universaltruthD.self-fulfillment27.“Itisatruthuniversallyacknowledgedtha

11、tasinglemaninpossessionofagoodfortunemustbeinwantofawife.”Thequotedpartistakenfrom_.A.JaneEyreB.WutheringHeightsC.PrideandPrejudiceD.SenseandSensibility28.WhichofthefollowingpoemsisalandmarkinEnglishpoetryA.LyricalBalladsbyWilliamWordsworthandSamuelTaylorColeridge“IWanderedLonelyasaCloud”byWilliamWo

12、rdsworth“Remorse”bySamuelTaylorColeridgeD.LeavesofGrassbyWaltWhitman29.ThemostdistinguishingfeatureofCharlesDickensworksishis_.A.simplevocabularyB.bitterandsharpcriticismC.character-portrayalD.picturesofhappiness30.“MyLastDuchess”isapoemthatbestexemplifiesRobertBrownings_.A.sensitiveearforthesoundso

13、ftheEnglishlanguageB.excellentchoiceofwordsC.masteringofthemetricaldevicesD.useofthedramaticmonologue31._isthemostoutstandingstreamofconsciousnessnovelist,with_ashisencyclopedia-likemasterpiece.AJamesJoyce,UlyssesB.Foster,APassagetoIndiaC.D.H.Lawrence,SonsandloversD.VirginiaWoolf,Mrs.Dalloway32.Whic

14、hofthefollowingcommentsonCharlesDickensiswrongA.DickensisoneofthegreatestcriticalrealistwritersoftheModernPeriodB.Hisseriousintentionistoexposeandcriticizeallthepoverty,injustice,hypocrisyandcorruptnessheseesallaroundhim.C.ThelaterworksshowthedevelopmentofDickenstowardsahighlyconsciousartistofthemod

15、erntype.D.ATaleofTwoCitiesisoneofhislateworks.33._wasknownas“thepoetspoet”.A.WilliamShakespeareB.EdmundSpenserC.JohnDonneD.JohnMilton34.WhichofthefollowingpoetbelongstotheactiveRomanticpoetA.KeatsB.SoutheyC.WordsworthD.Coleridge35._isregardedtodayasthenationalepicoftheAnglo-Saxons.A.BeowulfB.TheCant

16、erburyTalesC.DonJuanD.ParadiseLost36._isthefirstmodernAmericannovel.A.TomSawyerB.HuckleberryFinnC.TheSketchBookD.TheLeatherstockingTalesWhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueofAmericanTranscendentalismA.ItcanbeclearlydefinedasapartofAmericanRomanticliterarymovement.B.Itcanbedefinedphilosophicallyas“

17、therecognitioninmanofthecapacityofknowingtruthintuitively”.C.RalphWaldoEmersonwasthechiefadvocateofthisspiritualmovement.D.ItsprangfromSouthAmericainthelatel9thcentury.38.ThethemeofWashingtonIrvingsRipVanWinkleis_.A.theconflictofhumanpsycheB.thefightagainstracialdiscriminationC.thefamilialconflictD.

18、thenostalgiafortheunrecoverablepastTheNobelPrizeCommitteehighlypraised_for“hispowerfulstyle-formingmasteryoftheart”ofcreatingmoderndiction.A.EzraPoundB.ErnestHemingwayC.RobertFrostD.TheodoreDreiser40.WhoexertsthesinglemostimportantinfluenceonliterarynaturalismA.EmersonB.JackLondonC.TheodoreDreiserD.

19、Darwin_isNOTtrueindescribingAmericannaturalists.A.theyweredeeplyinfluencedbyDarwinismB.theywereidentifiedwithFrenchnovelistandtheoristEmileZolaC.theychosetheirsubjectsforthelowerranksorsocietyD.theyusedmoreseriousandmoresympathetictoneinwritingthanrealists42.HenryJamessfamegenerallyrestsuponhisnovel

20、sandstorieswith_.A.internationalthemeB.nationalthemeC.EuropeanthemeD.regionalthemeIV.Explainthefollowingliteraryitems.(4x5=20)SpenserianStanzaLakePoetsHumanismBalladV.Questions.(3x10=30)“RobinsonCrusoe”isusuallyconsideredasDanielDefoesmasterpiece.DiscusswhyitbecamesosuccessfulwhenitwaspublishedWhati

21、sByronichero49.MarkTwainandHenryJamesaretworepresentativesoftherealisticwritersinAmericanliterature.HowisTwainsrealismdifferentformJamessrealism参照答案：I.Markthefollowingstatementsastrue(T)orfalse(F).(此题共10空，每空1分，共10分)1-5:FFTTT6-10:FFTTFII.Fillintheblanks.(American)Puritanism1783TheAmericanScholar(此题共2

22、0小题，每题1分，共20分)realistic;MarkTwain;HenryJames;JackLondon;TheodoreDreiser.Imagist;Hemingway.theclassicalliterature;humanity.RomeoandJulietCavalier;MetaphysicalheroiccoupletHenryFieldingJohnKeatsLadyChatterleyslover;TheRainbowIII.Multiplechoice.（此题共20小题，每题1分，共20分)题23242526272829303132333435363738394041

23、42号答DCBBCACDAABAABDDBDDA案IV.Explainthefollowingliteraryitems.（此题4小题,每题5分,共20分）SpenserianStanza:itreferstoaverseformcreatedbyEdmundSpenserforhispoems.Eachstanzahasninelines.Eachofthefirsteightlinesisiniambicpentameter,andtheninthlineisaniambichexameterline.TherhythmschemeisababbcbccLakePoets:itrefers

24、tothoseEnglishromanticpoetsatthebeginningofthe19thcentury,WilliamWordsworth,forexample,wholivedintheheartoftheLakeDistrictinthenorth-westernpartofEnglandandenjoyedtheexperienceoflivingclosetonature,andthesepoetsweretheoldergenerationofRomanticpoetswhohadbeendeeplyinfluencedbytheFrenchRevolutionof178

25、9anditseffects.Intheirwritings,theydescribedthebeautifulscenesandthecountrypeopleofthearea.45.HumanismreferstotheliterarycultureintheRenaissance.Humanistsemphasizethecapacitiesofthehumanmindandtheachievementsofhumanculture.HumanismbecamethecentralthemeofEnglishRenaissance.ThomasMoreandWilliamShakesp

26、earearethebestrepresentativesoftheEnglishhumanists.Ballad:astorytoldinsongs,usuallyin4-linestanzas,withthesecondandfourthrhymed.V.Questions.（此题3小题,每题10分,共30分）47.A:RobinsonCrusoeissupposedlybasedontherealadventureofanAlexanderSelkirkwhooncestayedaloneontheuninhabitedislandforfiveyear4s.Actually,thest

27、oryisanimagination.InRobinsonCrusoe,DefoetracesthegrowthofRobinsonfromana?veandartlessyouthintoashrewdandhardenedman,temperedbynumeroustrialsinhiseventfullife.C.Inthenovel,Robinsonisarealheroandheisanembodimentoftherisingmiddle-classvirtuesinthemid-eighteenthcenturyEngland.Robinsonisatrueempire-builder,acolonizerandaforeigntrader,whohasthecourageandwilltofacehardshipsandwhohasdeterminationtopreservehimselfandimprovehislivelihoodbystrugglingagainstnature.D.RobinsonCrusoeisanadventurestoryverymuchinthespiritofthetime.Becauseoftheabovereasons,whenitwaspublished,peoplealllikedthatstory,anditbec