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1、欢迎下载欢迎下载 ExerciseforEnglishLiterature(2)wasbChoosethebestanswerforeachblank.wasb1,the“fatherofEnglishpoetryandoneofthegreatestnarrativepoetsofEngland,Londonabout1340.GeoffreyChaucerB.SirGawainFrancisBaconD.JohnDrydenChaucerdiedonthe25thOctober1400,andwasburiedin.FlandersB.FranceencouragedItalyD.West

2、minsterAbbeyencouragedTheprogressinindustryathomestimulatedthecommercialexpansionabroad._explorationandtravel,whichwerecompatiblewiththeinterestoftheEnglishmerchants.HenryVB.HenryVIIHenryVIIID.QueenElizabethExceptbeingavictoryofEnglandover,theroutofthefleet“Armada(Invincible)wasalsothetriumphoftheri

3、singyoungbourgeoisieoverthedecliningoldfeudalism.SpainB.FranceC.AmericaD.NorwayAtthebeginningofthe16thcenturytheoutstandinghumanistwrotehisUtopiainwhichhegaveaprofoundandtruthfulpictureofthepeoplessufferingandputforwardhisidealofafuturehappysociety.ThomasMoreB.ThomasMarloweC.FrancisBaconD.WilliamSha

4、kespearTOC o 1-5 h zAbsolutemonarchyinEnglandreacheditssummitduringthereignofQueen.MaryB.ElizabethC.WilliamD.VictoriaEnglishRenaissancePseandnovelB.poetryanddramaC.essaysandjournalsD.balladsandsongsFromthefollowing,choosetheonewhichisnotFrancisBaconswork:.TheAdvancementofLearningB.TheNewInstrumentC.

5、EssaysD.TheNewAtlanticsE.VenusandAdonis“ShallIcomparetheetoasummersday?ThisisthebeginninglineofoneofShakespeares.songsB.playsC.comediesD.sonnetsTheheroinesofShakespearesgreatcomedies,arethedaughtersoftheRenaissance,whoseimagesandstorieswillremainalegacytoreadersandaudiencesofalltime.PortiaB.Roseland

6、C.ViolaD.BeatriceChoosethefourgreattragediesofShakespearefromthefollowing.A.HamletB.OthelloC.MacbethD.KingLearE.TimonofAthensB.TheMerchantofVeniceD.RomeoandJulietB.TheMerchantofVeniceD.RomeoandJulietA.AMidsummerNightsDreamC.TwelfthNightE.AsYouLikeIt“Denmarkisaprison.Inwhichplaydoestheherosummarisehi

7、sobservationofhisworldintosuchabitterB.OthelloD.HamletB.OthelloD.HamletandtheAuthorisedVersionoftheEnglishBiblearethetwogreattreasuriesoftheA.CharlesIC.HenryVIIITheworksofEnglishlanguage.A.GeoffreyChaucerB.EdmundSpenserC.WilliamShakespeareD.BenJohnsonInwhichplaydoestheheroshowhisprofoundreverencefor

8、manthroughthesentence:“Whatapieceofwokisaman!Hownobelinreason!Howfiniteinfaculty!A.RomeoandJulietB.HamletC.OthelloD.TheMerchantofVeniceIn1649,wasbeheaded.Englandbecameacommonwealth.A.JamesIB.JamesIIC.CharlesID.CharlesIITherevolutionof1688meantthreeofthefollowingthings:.thesupremacyofParliamentthebeg

9、inningofmodernEnglandthetriumphoftheprincipallibertythetriumphoftheprincipleofpoliticallibertytheRestorationofmonarchyWhoofthefollowingweretheimportantmetaphysicalpoets?JohnDonneB.GeorgeHerbertC.JohnMiltonD.RichardLovelaceWhichworkwasNOTwrittenbyJohnMilton?ParadiseLostB.ParadiseRegainedC.SamsonAgoni

10、stesD.VolponeParadiseLostis.JohnMiltonsmasterpieceagreatepicin12bookswritteninblankverseabouttheheroicrevoltofSatanagainstGodsauthorityJohnMiltonis.agreatrevolutionarypoetofthe17thcenturyanoutstandingpoliticalpamphleteeragreatstylistagreatmasterofblankverseFromtheOldTestament,JohnMiltontookhisstorie

11、sofParadiseLost,i.e.thecreationtherebellioninHeavenofSatanandhisfellow-angelstheirdefeatandexpulsionfromHeaventhecreationofthedeathandofadamandEvethefallenangelsinhellplottingagainstGodSatanstemptationofEvethedepartureofAdamandEvefromEdenThefinestthinginParadiseLostisthedescriptionofhell,andisoftenr

12、egardedastherealheroofthepoem.A.GodB.SatanC.AdamD.EveWhoisthegreatestoftheMetaphysicalschoolofpoetry?A.JohnDonneB.GeorgeHerbertC.AndrewMarvellD.HenryVaughamwasaprogressiveintellectualmovementthroughoutWesternEuropeinthe18thcentury.A.TheRenaissanceB.TheEnlightenmentC.TheReligiousReformationD.TheChart

13、istMovementThemainliterarystreamofthe18thcenturywas.Whatthewritersdescribedintheirworksweremainlysocialrealities.A.naturalismB.romanticismC.classicismD.realismsentimentalism27.TheeighteenthcenturywasthegoldenageoftheEnglish.Thenovelofthisperiodspokethetruthaboutlifewithanuncompromisingcourage.A.dram

14、aC.essayB.poetryD.novel28.In1704,JonathanSwiftpublishedtwoworkstogether,and,whichmadehimwell-knownasasatirist.A.ATaleofaTubB.BickerstaffAlmanacC.GulliversTravelsD.AModestProposal“Properwordsinproperplaces,makesthetruedefinitionofastyle.Thissentenceissaidby,oneofthegreatestmastersofEnglishprose.A.Ale

15、xanderPopeB.HenryFieldingC.DanielDefoeD.JonathanSwiftAsajournalist,hadlearnedhowtomakehisreportingvividandcrediblebyaskillfuluseofcircumstantialdetail.Thispowertomakehischaractersaliveandhisstoriescredibleisaninimitablegift.A.JosephAddisonB.DanielDefoeC.SamuelRicharsonD.TobiasSmollettWhichofthefollo

16、wingareNOTwrittenbyWilliamBlake?A.PoeticalSketchesB.SongsofInnocenceC.SongsofExperienceD.AuldLangSyneE.TheMarriageofHeavenandHellF.ProphecisG.VisionsoftheDaughtersofAlbionandAmerica,aProphecyInthe18thcenturyEnglishliterature,therepresentativepoetsofpre-romanticismwere.A.WilliamWordsworthB.WilliamBla

17、keC.RobertBurnsD.JonathanSwiftTheRomanticAgebegabwiththepublicationofTheLyricalBalladswhichwaswrittenbyA.WilliamWordsworthB.SamuelJohnsonC.SamuelTaylorColeridgeD.WordsworthandColeridgeTOC o 1-5 h zTheRomanticAgecametoanendwiththedeathofthelastwell-knownromanticwriter.A.JaneAustenB.WalterScottC.Samue

18、lTaylorColeridgeD.WilliamWordsworthThegloryoftheRomanticAgeliesinthepoetryof.A.WilliamWordsworthB.SamuelTaylorColeridgeC.GeorgeGordonByronD.PercyByssheShelleyE.JohnKeatsTheEnglishRomanticAgeproducedtwomajornovelists.Theyare.GeorgeGordonByronandPercyByssheShelleyWilliamWordsworthandSamuelTaylorColeri

19、dgeWalterScottandJaneAustenCharlesLambandWilliamHazlittWhichpoetsbelongtotheActiveRomanticgroup?A.GeorgeGordonByronB.WilliamWordsworthC.PercyByssheShelleyD.JohnKeatsJohnMiltonWhichpoetsbelongtotheLakers?A.WilliamWordsworthB.SamuelTaylorColeridgeC.JohnKeatsD.RobertSoutheyE.WalterScottWhichofthefolloe

20、ingwerewrittenbyWordsworthONLY?A.TotheCuckooB.TheLyricalBalladsC.LucyPoemsD.TheSolitaryReaperE.IWanderedLonelyasaCloudThepublicationofmarkedthebreakwiththeconventionalpoeticaltraditionofthe18thcentury,i.e.,withclassicism,andthebeginningoftheRomanticrevivalinEngland.A.TheLyricalBalladsB.ThePreludeC.C

21、hildeHaroldsPilgrimageD.DonJuanAscontrastedwiththeclassicistswhomadereason,orderandtheold,classicaltraditionsthecriteriaintheirpoeticalcreations,basedhisownpoeticalprincipleonthepremisethat“allgoodpoetryisthespontaneousoverflowofpowerfulfeeling.A.SamuelTaylorColeridgeB.GeorgeGordonByronC.PercyBysshe

22、ShelleyD.WilliamWordsworthwasthefirstcriticoftheRomanticSchool.A.WilliamWordworthB.SamuelJohnsonC.SamuelTaylorColeridgeD.WordworthandColeridgeWhichofthefollowingstatementsis(are)NOTtrueaboutGeorgeGordonByron?Byronsearlyyearshadbeenfarfromhappyforhewasbornwithaclubfoot,inthefrequentfamilysceneshismot

23、hercalledhim“youlamebrat.ByrondiedinItalyanndwasdeeplymournedbytheItalianpeopleandbyallprogressivepeoplethroughouttheworld.Thereactionarycriticismofthe19thcenturytriedtobelittleByronsgeniusandhisroleinthedevelopmentofEnglishliterature,butByronremainsoneofthemostpopularEnglishpoetsbothathomeandabroad

24、.SincetheMay4Movementin1919,moreandmoreofByronspoemshavebeentranslatedintoChineseandwellreceivedbythepoetsandyoungreaders.Byronhasnowbecomeoneofthebest-knownEnglishpoetsinourcountry.In1805,Wordsworthcompletedalongautobiographicalpoementitled.A.BiographialiterariaB.ThePreludeLucyPoemsD.TheLyricalBall

25、adsisregardedasthemostwonderfullyricistEnglandhaseverproducedmainlyforhispoemsonnature,onlove,andonpolitics.A.WilliamWordsworthB.JohnKeatsC.GeorgeGordonByronD.PercyByssheShelleyPrometheusUnboundisPercyByssheShelleysmasterpiece,alongepicpoem.PrometheusUnboundisPercyByssheShelleysmasterpiece,alongepic

26、poem.AtEtonPercyByssheShelleywasknownas“MadShelley,forhisobstinateoppositiontothebrutalfaggingsystem,accordingtowhichtheyoungerschool-boyswereobligedtoobeytheolderboysandbearagreatdealofcrueltreatment.GeorgeGordonByronalledPercyByssheShelley“thebestandleastselfishmanIeverknew.PercyByssheShelleyloved

27、thepeopleandhatedtheiroppressorsandexploiters.A.B.C.D.spursuitofbeautyinallthingsbespokeanaspirationafterabetterlifethanthesordidrealityundercapitalism.Hisleadingprincipleis:“Beautyistruth,truthbeauty.A.PercyByssheShelleyB.GeorgeGordonByronC.WilliamWordsworthD.JohnKeatsChoosethefourimmortalodeswritt

28、enbyJohnKeats.A.OdetotheWestWindB.OdetoaNightingaleC.ToAutumnD.OdeonMelancholyOdeonaGrecianUrnChoosetheworkswrittenbyJaneAusten.A.PrideandPrejudiceB.SenseandSensibilityC.NorthangerAbbeyC.Emmaappeared.AnditflourishedintheE.MansfieldParkF.Persuasionappeared.AnditflourishedintheInthe19thcenturyEnglishl

29、iterature,anewliterarytrendcalledfortiesandintheearlyfifties.A.romanticismB.naturalismC.realismD.criticalrealismEnglishcriticalrealismfounditsexpressionchieflyintheformof.Thecriticalrealists,mostofwhowerenovelists,describedwithvividnessandartisticskillthechieftraitsoftheEnglishsocietyandcriticisedth

30、ecapitalistsystemfromademocraticviewpoint.A.novelB.dramaC.poetryD.essayThegreatestEnglishcriticalrealistnovelistwas,whocriticisedthebourgeoiscivilisationandshowedthemiseryofthecommonpeople.A.WilliamMakepeaceThackerayB.CharlesDickensC.CharlotteBronteD.EmilyBronteWhichofthefollowingwritersbelongtocrit

31、icalrealists?A.CharlesDickensB.CharlotteBronteC.EmilyBronteD.ThomasHardywroteanumberoflittlesketchesof“cockneycharacters.Hesignedthem“Boz,whichwashisnicknameforhisyoungbrother.Hisfirstbook,SketchesbyBozappearedin1836.A.ElizabethGaskellB.WilliamM.ThackerayC.CharlesDickensD.JaneAustenhasbeencalled“the

32、supremeepicofEnglishlife.A.ATaleofTwoCitiesB.DavidCopperfieldC.PickwickPapersD.OliverTwistThethemeunderlyingistheidea“Wherethereisoppression,thereisrevolution.A.ATaleofTwoCitiesB.DavidCopperfieldC.PickwickPapersD.OliverTwistIntheVictorianAge,poetrywasnotamajorartintendedtochangetheworld.Themainpoets

33、oftheageB.RobertBrowningD.RobertBurnsA.C.B.RobertBrowningD.RobertBurnsA.C.E.58.TheMovementappearedinthethirtiesofthe19thcentury.ItshowedtheEnglishworkerswereAlfredTennysonMrs.BrowningWilliamBlakeabletoappearasanindependentpoliticalforceandwerealreadyrealisingthefactthattheindustrialbourgeoisiewasthe

34、irprincipalenemy.B.RenaissanceA.EnlightenmentB.RenaissanceC.ChartistD.RomanticistWhichnovelisagreatsatireuponthesocietyandthosepeoplewhodreamtoenterthehighersocietyregardlessofthesocialreality?A.ATaleofTwoCitiesB.DavidCopperfieldC.GreatExpectationD.DombeyandSonCharlesDickenstakestheFrenchRevolutiona

35、sthebackgroundofthenovel.A.ATaleofTwoCitiesB.GreatExpectationC.HardTimesD.DavidCopperfieldisoftenregardedasthesemi-autobiographyoftheauthorDickensinwhichtheearlylifeoftheheroislargelybasedontheauthorsearlylife.A.TomJonesB.DavidCopperfieldC.OliverTwistD.GreatExpectationTheBrontesistersare.Theywereall

36、talentedwritersandallofthemdiedyoung.A.CharlotteBronteB.EmilyBronteC.AnneBronteD.JaneAustenE.CatherineCharlotteBronteproducedfournovels:B.JaneEyreD.VilletteB.JaneEyreD.AgnesGreyB.JaneEyreD.VilletteB.JaneEyreD.AgnesGreyC.ShirleyE.AgnesGreyEmilyBrontewroteonlyonenovelentitledA.WutheringHeightsC.EmmaB.

37、Mr.RochesterD.SilasMarnerB.Mr.RochesterD.SilasMarnerA.JaneEyreC.MaryBartonWhichcharactersappearinthenovelWutheringHeights?A.HeathcliffB.CatherineC.HindleyD.CathyE.HaretonInthenovelJaneEyre,CharlotteBronte.poursagreatdealofherownexperiencecriticisesthebourgeoissystemofeducationshowsthattrueloveisthef

38、oundationofmarriageshowsthatwomenshouldhaveequalrightswithmenWomennovelistsbegantoappearinEnglandduringthesecondhalfofthecentury.A.17thB.18thC.19thD.20th69.AnneBrontealsowrotetwonovelsandA.ShirleyC.TheTenantoftheWildfellHallB.VilletteD.AgnesGreyWhichofthefollowingstatementsaretrueaboutJaneEyre?Oneof

39、thecentralthemesofthebookisthecriticismofthebourgeoissystemofeducation.Anotherproblemraisedinthenovelisthepositionofwomeninsociety.ThisbookisCharlottelBrontesbestliteraryproduction.Inthisbook,theauthorattackedthegreed,pettytyrannyandlackofcultureamongthebourgeoisieandsympathisedwiththesufferingsofth

40、epoorpeople.Herrealismwascolouredbypetty-bourgeoisphilanthropy.MostofRobertBrowningsimportantworks,including,arewrittenintheformofdramaticmonologue.A.DramaticLyricsC.MenandWomenB.DramaticRomancesD.dramaticsPersonae72.ThomasHardyisoneoftherepresentativesofEnglishattheturnofthe19thcentury.A.criticalre

41、alismB.pre-romanticismC.neo-classicismD.newromanticism73.Whichstatementistrue?ThomasHardyisafamousnovelist.ThomasHardyisalsoapoet.ThomasHardyisacriticalrealist.FatalismisstronglyreflectedinThomasHardynovels.74.AccordingtoThomasHardysownclassification,hisnovelsdividedthemselvesintothreegroups.Theyare

42、NovelsofcharacterandenvironmentRomancesandFantasiesNovelsofIngenuityWorkingclassliteratureNovelsofcharacterandenvironmentarealsocalledWessexnovels,takingthesouthwestcountiesofEnglandfortheirsetting.Theyinclude:.A.UndertheGreenwoodTreeB.TheReturnoftheNativeTheMayorofCasterbridgeD.TessoftheDUrberville

43、sJudetheObscureThefollowingstatementsareaboutThomasHardysnovels,whicharetrue?HisWessexnovelsareofgreatsignificance.TheSouthwestcountiesofEnglandarethesettingofhisWessexnovels.Thereispessimisminhisnovels.Mankindissubjectedtohostileandmysteriousfate.Thereareelementsofnaturalisminhisworks.OscarWildeiso

44、neoftheimportantdramatistsinthe19thcentury.Inhiscomedies,hecriticisestheupperclassoftheEnglishbourgeoissociety.Hisbestcomediesare.LadyWindermeresFanAWomanofNoImportanceAnIdealHusbandTheImportanceofBeingEarnestThePictureofDorianGrayOscarWildewastherepresentativeamongthewritersof.A.aestheticismB.decad

45、enceC.criticalrealismD.pre-romanticism79.AlfredTennysonspoeticoutputwasvastandvaried.HismainpoemsareA.ThePrincessB.MaudC.InMemoriamD.IdyllsoftheKingCrossingtheBarWhichofthefollowingshortpoemswas/werewrittenbyAlfredTennyson?A.Break,Break,BreakB.CrossingtheBarC.TheEagleD.SweetandLowTears,IdleTearsWhic

46、hlamentwaswrittenbyAlfredTennysonforthedeathofhisfriendHallam?A.InMemoriamB.LycidasC.AdodaisD.ElegywritteninaCountryChurchyardMyLastDuchessis.A.adramaticmonologueB.ashortlyricC.anovelD.anessayaregenerallyregardedasJosephConradsfinestnovels.A.LordJimB.NostromoC.YouthTheOldWivesTaleC.YouthWhoisregarde

47、dasaforerunnerofthe“streamofconsciousnessliteratureinthe20thcentury?A.JohnGalsworthyB.HenryJamesC.ThomasStearnsEliotD.JamesJoyceGeorgeBernardShawsessay,acommentaryonHenrikIbsensdramaticworks,servedalsoastheauthorsownprogramofdramaticcreation.A.WidowersHousesB.Mrs.WarrensProfessionC.MajorBarbaraD.The

48、QuintessenceofIbsenismInEnglishliterature,andarethetwobest-knownnovelistsofthe“streamofconsciousnessschool.A.DavidHerbertLawrenceB.RobertTressellC.JamesJoyceD.VirginiaWoolfsadmirershavepraisedhimas“secondonlytoShakespeareinhismasteryofEnglishlanguage.A.D.H.LawrenceB.T.S.EliotC.JamesJoyceD.W.B.Yeatsi

49、stheclimaxofVirginiaWoolfsexperimentsinnovelform.A.TheWindowB.TimePassesC.TotheLighthouseD.TheWavesA.UlyssesC.TotheLighthouse90.A.A.UlyssesC.TotheLighthouse90.A.B.C.D.B.FinnegansWakeD.TheWaveswaswrittenbyJamesJoyce.ThePortraitofanArtistasaYoungManPortraitofaLadyThePictureofDorianGrayTotheLighthousewaspositivelytakenasatypicalexampleandlivelyD.H.LawrencesrepresentativeworkwaspositivelytakenasatypicalexampleandlivelymanifestationoftheOedipusComplexinfiction,astheresultofLawrenceslong-rangestudyofthepsychologictheoriesofSigmundFreud.B.TheRainbowA.So