英语专业-英美文学试卷及答案-期末

共2页第1页英美文学试卷AI.Markthefollowingstatementsastrue(T)orfalse(F).(10x1’=10’)1.()ChauceristhefirstEnglishshort-storytellerandthefounderofEnglishpoetryaswellasthefounderofEnglishrealism.HismasterpieceTheCanterburytalescontains26stories.2.()EnglishRenaissanceisanageofessayanddrama.3.()Theriseofthemodernnoveliscloselyrelatedtotheriseofthemiddleclassandanurbanlife.4.()TheFrenchRevolutionandtheAmericanWarofIndependenceweretwobiginfluencesthatbroughtabouttheEnglishRomanticMovement.5.()Charlotte’snovelsareallaboutlonelyandneglectedyoungwomenwithafiercelongingforlifeandlove.Hernovelsaremoreorlessbasedonherownexperienceandfeelingsandthelifeassheseesaround.6.()Theleadingfiguresofthenaturalismattheturnof19thcenturyareThomasHardy,JohnGalsworthyandBernardShaw.7.()EmilyDickinsonisrememberedasthe“AllAmericanWriter”.8.()TheCivilWardividestheAmericanliteratureintoromanticliteratureandrealistliterature.9.()MarkTwainisthefirstAmericanwritertodiscoveranAmericanlanguageandAmericanconsciousness.10.()Inthedecadeofthe1910s,Americanliteratureachievedanewdiversityandreacheditsgreatestheights.II.Fillintheblanks.(20x1’=20’)11.ThemostenduringshapinginfluenceinAmericanthoughtandAmericanliteraturewas___________.12.TheWarofIndependencelastedeightyearstill__________.13.RalphWaldoEmerson'sessay__________hasbeenregardedas"America'sDeclarationofIntellectualIndependence".

ItcalledonAmericanwriterstowriteaboutAmericainawaypeculiarlyAmerican.14.TheAmerican___________writerspaidagreatinterestintherealitiesoflifeanddescribedtheintegrityofhumancharacterreactingundervariouscircumstancesandpicturedthepioneersoftheFarWest,thenewimmigrantsandthestrugglesoftheworkingclass.Theleadingfigureswere____________,____________,____________,____________,etc.15.NoperiodinAmericanhistoryismoreeventfulthanthatbetweenthetwoworldwars.Theliteraryfeaturesofthetimecanbeseeninthewritingsofthose________writersasEzraPound,andthewritersoftheLostGenerationas___________.16.TwofeaturesofEnglishRenaissancearethecuriosityfor___________andtheinterestintheactivitiesof_____________________.17.Shakespeare’searliestgreatsuccessintragedyis____________,aplayofyouthandlove,withthefamousbalconyscene.18.Therearethreetypesofpoetsin17thcenturyEnglishliterature.TheyarePuritanpoets,___________poetsand______________poets.19.Pope’sAnEssayonCriticismisadidacticpoemwrittenin___________________.20.___________hasbeenregardedbysomeas“FatheroftheEnglishNovel”forhiscontributiontotheestablishmentoftheformofthemodernnovel.21.“Beautyistruth,truthbeauty”isanepigrammaticlineby_______________.22.Lawrence’smostcontroversialnovelis___________,thebestprobably_________.III.Multiplechoice.(20x1’=20’)23.AmongthethreemajorworksbyJohnMilton________isindeedtheonlygenerallyacknowledgedepicinEnglishliteraturesinceBeowulf.A.ParadiseRegainedB.SamsonAgonistesC.LycidasD.ParadiseLost24.FrancisBacon’sessaysarefamousfortheirbrevity,compactnessand__________.A.complicityB.complexityC.powerfulnessD.mildness25.AsoneofthegreatestmastersofEnglishprose,_______definedagoodstyleas“properwordsinproperplaces”.A.HenryFieldingB.JonathanSwiftC.SamuelJohnsonD.AlexanderPope26.ThePilgrim’sProgressbyJohnBunyanisoftensaidtobeconcernedwiththesearchfor_________.A.materialwealthB.spiritualsalvationC.universaltruthD.self-fulfillment27.“Itisatruthuniversallyacknowledgedthatasinglemaninpossessionofagoodfortunemustbeinwantofawife.”Thequotedpartistakenfrom_________.A.JaneEyreB.WutheringHeightsC.PrideandPrejudiceD.SenseandSensibility28.WhichofthefollowingpoemsisalandmarkinEnglishpoetry?A.LyricalBalladsbyWilliamWordsworthandSamuelTaylorColeridgeB.“IWanderedLonelyasaCloud”byWilliamWordsworthC.“Remorse”bySamuelTaylorColeridgeD.LeavesofGrassbyWaltWhitman29.ThemostdistinguishingfeatureofCharlesDickens’worksishis_________.A.simplevocabularyB.bitterandsharpcriticismC.character-portrayalD.picturesofhappiness30.“MyLastDuchess”isapoemthatbestexemplifiesRobertBrowning’s________.A.sensitiveearforthesoundsoftheEnglishlanguageB.excellentchoiceofwordsC.masteringofthemetricaldevicesD.useofthedramaticmonologue31.________isthemostoutstandingstreamofconsciousnessnovelist,with______ashisencyclopedia-likemasterpiece.AJamesJoyce,UlyssesB.E.M.Foster,APassagetoIndiaC.D.H.Lawrence,SonsandloversD.VirginiaWoolf,Mrs.Dalloway32.WhichofthefollowingcommentsonCharlesDickensiswrong?A.DickensisoneofthegreatestcriticalrealistwritersoftheModernPeriodB.Hisseriousintentionistoexposeandcriticizeallthepoverty,injustice,hypocrisyandcorruptnessheseesallaroundhim.C.ThelaterworksshowthedevelopmentofDickenstowardsahighlyconsciousartistofthemoderntype.D.ATaleofTwoCitiesisoneofhislateworks.33._____wasknownas“thepoets’poet”.A.WilliamShakespeareB.EdmundSpenserC.JohnDonneD.JohnMilton34.WhichofthefollowingpoetbelongstotheactiveRomanticpoet?A.KeatsB.SoutheyC.WordsworthD.Coleridge35.______isregardedtodayasthenationalepicoftheAnglo-Saxons.A.BeowulfB.TheCanterburyTalesC.DonJuanD.ParadiseLost36.___________isthefirstmodernAmericannovel.A.TomSawyerB.HuckleberryFinnC.TheSketchBookD.TheLeatherstockingTales37.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueofAmericanTranscendentalism?A.ItcanbeclearlydefinedasapartofAmericanRomanticliterarymovement.B.Itcanbedefinedphilosophicallyas“therecognitioninmanofthecapacityofknowingtruthintuitively”.C.RalphWaldoEmersonwasthechiefadvocateofthisspiritualmovement.D.ItsprangfromSouthAmericainthelatel9thcentury.38.ThethemeofWashingtonIrving’sRipVanWinkleis_________.A.theconflictofhumanpsycheB.thefightagainstracialdiscriminationC.thefamilialconflictD.thenostalgiafortheunrecoverablepast39.TheNobelPrizeCommitteehighlypraised________for“hispowerfulstyle-formingmasteryoftheart”ofcreatingmoderndiction.A.EzraPoundB.ErnestHemingwayC.RobertFrostD.TheodoreDreiser40.Whoexertsthesinglemostimportantinfluenceonliterarynaturalism?A.EmersonB.JackLondonC.TheodoreDreiserD.Darwin41.________isNOTtrueindescribingAmericannaturalists.A.theyweredeeplyinfluencedbyDarwinismB.theywereidentifiedwithFrenchnovelistandtheoristEmileZolaC.theychosetheirsubjectsforthelowerranksorsocietyD.theyusedmoreseriousandmoresympathetictoneinwritingthanrealists42.HenryJames’sfamegenerallyrestsuponhisnovelsandstorieswith________.A.internationalthemeB.nationalthemeC.EuropeanthemeD.regionalthemeIV.Explainthefollowingliteraryitems.(4x5’=20’)SpenserianStanzaLakePoetsHumanismBalladV.Questions.(3x10’=30’)47.“RobinsonCrusoe”isusuallyconsideredasDanielDefoe’smasterpiece.Discusswhyitbecamesosuccessfulwhenitwaspublished?48.Whatis"Byronichero"?49.MarkTwainandHenryJamesaretworepresentativesoftherealisticwritersinAmericanliterature.HowisTwain’srealismdifferentformJames’srealism?参考答案：I.Markthefollowingstatementsastrue(T)orfalse(F).(本题共10空，每空1分，共10分)1-5:FFTTT6-10:FFTTFII.Fillintheblanks.(本题共20小题，每题1分，共20分)(American)Puritanism1783TheAmericanScholarrealistic;MarkTwain;HenryJames;JackLondon;TheodoreDreiser.Imagist;Hemingway.theclassicalliterature;humanity.RomeoandJulietCavalier;MetaphysicalheroiccoupletHenryFieldingJohnKeatsLadyChatterley’slover;TheRainbowIII.Multiplechoice.（本题共20小题，每题1分，共20分)题号答案IV.Explainthefollowingliteraryitems.（本题4小题,每小题5分,共20分）43.SpenserianStanza:itreferstoaverseformcreatedbyEdmundSpenserforhispoems.Eachstanzahasninelines.Eachofthefirsteightlinesisiniambicpentameter,andtheninthlineisaniambichexameterline.Therhythmschemeisababbcbcc44.LakePoets:itreferstothoseEnglishromanticpoetsatthebeginningofthe19thcentury,WilliamWordsworth,forexample,wholivedintheheartoftheLakeDistrictinthenorth-westernpartofEnglandandenjoyedtheexperienceoflivingclosetonature,andthesepoetsweretheoldergenerationofRomanticpoetswhohadbeendeeplyinfluencedbytheFrenchRevolutionof1789anditseffects.Intheirwritings,theydescribedthebeautifulscenesandthecountrypeopleofthearea.45.HumanismreferstotheliterarycultureintheRenaissance.Humanistsemphasizethecapacitiesofthehumanmindandtheachievementsofhumanculture.HumanismbecamethecentralthemeofEnglishRenaissance.ThomasMoreandWilliamShakespearearethebestrepresentativesoftheEnglishhumanists.46.Ballad:astorytoldinsongs,usuallyin4-linestanzas,withthesecondandfourthrhymed.V.Questions.（本题3小题,每小题10分,共30分）47.A:RobinsonCrusoeissupposedlybasedontherealadventureofanAlexanderSelkirkwhooncestayedaloneontheuninhabitedislandforfiveyear4s.Actually,thestoryisanimagination.B:InRobinsonCrusoe,DefoetracesthegrowthofRobinsonfromanaïveandartlessyouthintoashrewdandhardenedman,temperedbynumeroustrialsinhiseventfullife.C.Inthenovel,Robinsonisarealheroandheisanembodimentoftherisingmiddle-classvirtuesinthemid-eighteenthcenturyEngland.Robinsonisatrueempire-builder,acolonizerandaforeigntrader,whohasthecourageandwilltofacehardshipsandwhohasdeterminationtopreservehimselfandimprovehislivelihoodbystrugglingagainstnature.D.RobinsonCrusoeisanadventurestoryverymuchinthespiritofthetime.Becauseof