英语文学知识测试题(有答案)

英语文学知识

第一章英国文学

第一阶段中古英国文学(8世纪〜14世纪)

OldandMedievalEnglishLiterature

*GeoffreyChaucer(杰弗里.乔叟)(1340〜1400)

HeisconsideredthefatherofmodemEnglishpoetrybecauseheopeneda

brilliantpageinEnglishliteratureandhadaprofoundinfluenceonmany

importantEnglishpoets.Itishimalonewho,forthefirstinEnglishliterature,

presentedtousacomprehensiverealisticpictureoftheEnglishsocietyofhis

timeandcreatedawholegalleryofvividcharactersfromallwalksoflife.

II真题详解

1.TheCanterburyTales,acollectionofstoriestoldbyagroupofpilgrimson

theirwaytoCanterbury,isanimportantpoeticworkby_B.(2005)

A.WilliamLanglandB.GeoffreyChaucer

C.WilliamShakespeareD.AlfredTennyson

III练习题

1.WhichofthefollowingdoesnotbelongtotheworksofGeoffrey

Chaucer?B

A.TheCanterburyTalesB.TheVisionofPiersPlowman

C.TroilusandCriseydeD.TheRomauntoftheRose

2.DbringsthereadersintoaworldthatbelongstotheCeltic

legendofKingArthurandhisknightsoftheRoundTable.

A.TheVisionofPiersPlowmanB.ThehouseofFame

C.TheRomauntoftheRoseD.SirGawainandtheGreenKnight

3.WhichofthefollowingisthetranslationworkofGeoffreyChaucer?

_C—

A.TheCanterburyTalesB.TroilusandCriseyde

C.TheRomauntoftheRoseD.ThehouseofFame

4.Inthe14thcentury,themostimportantwriterinEnglandisD.

A.LanglandB.WyclifC.GowerD.Chaucer

5.InAnglo-Saxonperiod,BeowulfrepresentedtheApoetry.

A.paganB.religiousC.romanticD.sentimental

6.WhenwespeakoftheoldEnglishprose,wemightthinkof

_D,whoisthefirstscholarinEnglishliteratureandhas

beenregardedasfatherofEnglishlearning.

A.WilliamShakespeareB.Beowulf

C.JuliusCaesarD.VenerableBede

7.Aisnotonlyaprosewriterbutalsoakingof

Wessex.

A.AlfredtheGreatB.VenerableBede

C.AdamBedeD.KingArthur

8.AistheculminationoftheArthurianromance.

A.SirGawainandtheGreenKnight

B.TheStoryofBeowulf

C.TheVisionofPiersPlowman

D.TheCanterburyTales

9.WilliamLangland's_Biswrittenintheformofa

dreamvision.

A.KublaiKhanB.TheVisionofPiersPlowman

C.TheDreamofJohnBullD.Morted'Arthur

10.TheprevailingformofMedievalEnglishliteratureisthe

_C___.

A-FrenchB.Latinc.RomanceD.Science

11.InwhichcenturywasGeoffreyChaucer'sTheCanterbury

Taleswritten?A

A.FourteenthB.FifteenthC.SixteenthD.Seventeenth

12.WilliamLanglandwrotefor

_D___________________________.

A.theroyalfamilyB.thecourtC.themonksD.thecommonpeople

13.SirGawainandtheGreenKnightfocusesonC.

A.immediatesocialissues

B.thereallifeaswellaspeople'sfeelingsanddesires

C.aremoteworldbelongstotheCelticLegendofKingArthurandhis

knights

D.theimaginationofthefutureworld

14.KingAlfred'sAngloSaxonChroniclewaswritteninC

form.

A.poeticB.dramaticC.proseD.noneoftheabove第二阶段文艺复

兴时期（14世纪〜17世纪中期）

TheRenaissancePeriod

Theword“Renaissance”means"rebirth”.Itmeantthe

reintroductionintoWesternEuropeofthefullculturalheritageof

GreeceandRome.TheessenceoftheRenaissanceisHumanism.

Attitudesandfeelingswhichhadbeencharacteristicsofthe14thand

15thcenturiespersistedwelldownintotheeraofHumanismand

Reformation.AndtherealmainstreamoftheEnglishRenaissanceis

theElizabethandrama.*WilliamShakespeare（威廉.莎士比亚）

（1564~1616）

HeisthegreatestofallElizabethandramatists.Hissonnets

representthefinestpoeticcraftsmanshipofElizabethanpoetry.And

manyofhisplaysenjoyinternationalpopularity.AMidsummerNight

'sDream《仲夏夜之梦》AllisWellthatEndsWell《终成眷属》Asyou

likeit《皆大欢喜》

Hamlet《哈姆雷特》（四大悲剧之一）KingLear《李尔王》（四大悲

剧之一）

Macbeth《麦克白》（四大悲剧之一）

Othello《奥赛罗》（四大悲剧之一）

MuchAdoAboutNothing《无事生非》

RomeoandJuliet《罗密欧与茱丽叶》

TheComedyofErrors《错误的喜剧》

TheMerchantofVenice《威尼斯商人》

TheTamingoftheShrew《驯悍记》

TwelfthNight《第十二夜》

TrancisBacon（弗朗西斯・培根）（1561〜1626）

Heisbestknownforhisessayswhichgreatlyinfluencedthe

developmentoftheliteraryform.Helaysthefoundationformodern

sciencewithhisinsistenceonscientificwayofthinkingandfresh

observationratherthanauthorityasabasisforobtainingknowledge.

II真题详解

1.Bisdefinedasanexpressionofhumanemotionwhichis

condensedintofourteenlines.（2006）

A.FreeVerseB.SonnetC.OdeD.Epigram

III练习题

1.ThepublicationofPhilipSidney'sBmadesonnetsequence

apopularliteraryforminEngland.

A.ArcadiaB.AstrophelandStellaC.DefenseofPoetryD.

Utopia

2.Thenine-lineversestanzawasoriginatedfrom_A.

A.EdmundSpenserB.PhilipSidneyC.ThomasMore

D.WilliamShakespeare

3.Hereisthesentencefromanessay,“Readnottocontradictand

confuse,nortobelieveandtakeforgranted,nortofindtalkand

discourse,buttoweighandconsider".Theessaymustbe

A.

A.OfStudiesbyFrancisBacon

B.TheAdvancementofLearningbyFrancisBacon

C.NovumOrganumbyFrancisBacon

D.EssaysbyFrancisBacon

4.TheliteraryformofTheFaerieQueenis_D.

A.lyricpoemB.ironicpoemC.narrativepoem

0.allegoricalpoem

5.InShakespeare'sMerchantofVenice,Antoniocouldnotpayback

themoneyheborrowedformShylock,because_D.

A.hismoneywasallinvestedinthenewly-emergingtextileindustry

B.hisenterprisewentbankrupt

C.Bassaniowasabletopayhisowndebt

D.hisshipshadallbeenlost

6.WhichofthefollowingisnotamongShakespeare'sfour

greattragedies?B

A.HamletB.RomeoandJulietC.MacbethD.KingLear

7.AisthefirstimportantEnglishessaylistandthefounder

ofmodernscienceinEngland.

A.FrancisBaconB.EdmundSpenserC.WilliamCarxtonD.Sidney

8.WhatflourishedinElizabethanagemorethananyotherformof

literature?B

A.NovelB.DramaC.EssayD.Poetry

9.Dexposesthecorruptionofviciousambition.A.Othello

B.KingLearC.HamletD.Macbeth

10.SirThomasMorewroteUtopiain_Cin1516.

A.FrenchB.EnglishC.LatinD.Italian

11.William

Shakespeareisoneofthegiantsof_D.

A.RomanticismB.criticalrealismC.AestheticismD.theRenaissance

12.Howmanylinesdoesasonnethave?C

A.10B.12C.14D.Theyvary

13.WhichofthefollowingplayswrittenbyShakespeareishistory

play?C

A.JulietCaesarB.TheMerryWivesofWindsor

C.HenryIVD.KingLear

14.WhichisChristopherMarlowe'sfirstfamousplay?A

A.TamburlaineB.EdwardIIC.ThetragicalHistoryofDoctorFaustus

D.TheJewofMalta

15.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtheworkofSirPhilipSideny?D

A.AstrophelandStellaB.DenfenseofPoetry

C.ArcadiaD.SamsonAgonists

16.Spenserianstanzaisa_C.

A.14LinestanzaB.8linestanza

C.9linestanzaD.12linestanza

17.WhichofthefollowingisNOTthefeatureofMetaphysical

poems?C

A.Theyuseconceitstoexpressideasinsharpandharshmanner.

B.TheyrejecttheromanticexaggerationofElizabethanlovepoetry.

C.Theirmetaphorsarecommonlyusedindailylife.

D.Theformofthemisoftenanargumentwiththepoet'slover,God

orhimself.

18.“Tobe,ornottobe”hasbecomeauniversalquestion

puzzlingeveryintellectualmind.Thisisaquotationfrom_B_.

A.KingLearB.HamletC.RomeoandJulietD.Othello

19.ThefirstofficialversionofBibleknownastheGreatBible,was

revisedinB

A.16thcenturyB.17thcenturyC.18thcenturyD.19th

century

20.InreadingShakespeare,youmusthavecomeacrossthe

phrase"Thepoundofflesh"by_C_.

A.lagoinOthelloB.LearinKingLearC.ShylockinTheMerchantof

VeniceD.HamletinHamlet

21.Mostoftheballadsofthe15thcenturyfocusedonthelegend

aboutCasaheroicfigure.

A.GreenNightsB.GawainC.RobinHoodD.Hamlet22,Inthe16th

century,ThomasMore'sworkDbecameimmediately

popularafteritspublication.

A.ParadiseLostB.APleasantSatireoftheThroeEstates

C.TheFaerieQueenD.Utopia

23.CisfromShakespeare'ssonnetNo.18.

A."Letmenottothemarriageoftrueminds”

B."Tobeornottobe:thatisthequestion”

C."ShallIcomparetheetoasummer'sday"

D.”NolongermournformewhenIamdead”

24.WhichofthefollowingdoesnotbelongtoShakespeare's

romanticlovecomedies?B

A.TwelfthNightB.TheTempestC.AsyoulikeitD.TheMerchantof

Venice

25."Readingmakesafullman;conferenceareadyman,and

writinganexactman”isfrom_C'sessayOfStuies.

A.AIexanderPopeB.JohnMilton

C.FrancisBaconD.CharlesLamb

26.FrancisBacon'sEssaysfirstpublishedin1597hasbeen

consideredasanimportantlandmarkinthedevelopmentof

EnglishD,andasthefirstcollectionofessaysintheEnglish

language.

A.poetryB.epicsC.fictionD.prose

27.TheFleawaswrittenby_A.

A.JohnDonneB.PhilipSidneyC.ThomasMoreD.William

Shakspeare

第三阶段新古典主义时期（17世纪中期〜18世纪）

TheNeoclassicalPeriod

I概述

EnlightenmentMovementwasaprogressiveintellectual

movement,whichflourishedinFranceandsweptthroughthewhole

WesternEurope.Themovementwasafurtheranceoftheth

Renaissancefromthe14thcenturytothemid17thcentury.The

purposeofthemovementwastoenlightenthewholeworldwiththe

lightofmodernphilosophicalandartisticideas.ltcelebratedreason

ofnationality,equalityandscience.Itadvocateduniversaleducation.

Literatureatthetimebecameaverypopularmeansofpublic

education.WiththeintroductionoftheEnlightenmentMovement

intoEngland,arevivalofinterestintheoldclassicalworkswasin

fullswing.Thistendencyisknownastheneoclassicism.The

neoclassicistsheldthatallformsofliteratureweretobemodeled

aftertheclassicalworksoftheancientCreekandRomanwriters.

Theybelievedthattheartisticidealsshouldbeorder,logic,

restrainedemotionandaccuracy,andthatliteratureshouldbe

judgedintermsofthethematicconcern.

"AlexanderPope(亚历山大.蒲柏)(1688~1744)

AlexanderPopestronglyadvocatedneoclassicism,emphasizing

thatliteraryworksshouldbejudgedbyclassicalrulesoforder,

reason,logic,restrainedemotion,goodtasteanddecorum.Hefirst

introducedrationalismtoEnglandandisoneofthegreatestpoetsin

hiscenturyaswellasintheEnglishliteratureworld.

II真题详解

1.InLitertureastoryinverseorprosewithadoublemeaningis

definedasA_.(2010)

A.allegoryB.sonnetC.blankverseD.rhyme

HI练习题

1.Bymakingthetruth-seekingpilgrimssufferatthehandsofthe

peopleofVanityFair,JohnBunyaintendstoshowthe

prevalentpoliticalandreligious_D.

A.persecutionB.improvementC.prosperity

D.disillusionment

2.Anhonest,

kind-heartedyoungman,whoisfullofanimalspiritandlacks

prudence,isexpelledfromtheparadiseandhastogothrough

hardexperiencetogainknowledgeofhimselfandfinallytohave

beenacceptedbothbyavirtuousladyandarichrelative.The

abovesentencemaywellsumupthethemeofFielding's

work_B.

A.JonathanWildtheGreatB.TomJones

C.TheCoffee-HousePoliticianD.Amelia

3.WhichoffollowingworkswasnotwrittenbyJonathan

Swift?D

A.AModestProposalB.Gulliver'sTravels

C.ATaleofaTubD.TheRivals

4_BwasthegreatestdramatistduringtheNeoclassical

PeriodinEngland.

A.GoldsmithB.SheridanC.SternD.Fielding

5.Cisthemostsuccessfulreligiousallegoryinthe

Englishlanguage.

A.GenesisB.ExodusC.ThePilgrim'sProgress

D.TheHolyWar

6._DisoneofSwift'smasterpiece.Itisasatireon

corruptioninreligionandlearning.

A.TheWayoftheWorldB.LoveforLove

C.TheBeggar'sOperaD.ATaleofaTub

7.Manylinesfrom

AlexanderPope'spoemAnEssayonCriticismhavebecome

proverbialmaxims,suchas:"Toerrishuman;toforgive,

divine.”“Alearningisa

dangerousthing."

A.AlittleB.LittleC.NoD.Few

8.Whichofthefollowingdoesnotbelongtopioneeringefforts

inthecreationoftheEnglishnovel?D

A.JohnLily'sEuphuesB.SirPhilipSidney'sArcadia

C.ThomasLodge'sRosalndeD.SamuelRichardson'sPamela

9.Thenovel

Gulliver'sTravelswaswrittenby_B.

A.TobiasSmollettB.JonathanSwift

C.LaurenceSterneD.JohnBunyan

10.Whoseworksignaledthebeginningoftheageof

RestorationDrama?B

A.WilliamWycherleyB.JohnDryden

C.WilliamCongreveD.JohnGay

11.WhichofthefollowingbookswasSamuelJohnson's

monumentalsuccess?A

A.ADictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage

B.OliverTwist

C.TheOldCuriosityShop

D.BarnabyRudge

12.WhoisbestrememberedastherecipientofJohnson's

famousletter?B

A.DickensB.LordChesterfieldC.ThomasHardyD.Joseph

Addison

13.D'sThePilgrim'sProgresswaswritteninthe

form

ofallegoryanddream.

AJohnDrydenB.FrancisBaconC.JohnMiltonD.JohnBunyan

14.JohnDrydenwasallofthefollowing

EXCEPTDintheliteraryworldofRestoration

England.

A.apoetB.adramatistC.aliterarycriticD.ashortstorywriter

15.AnEssay

onCriticismwaswrittenby_D,which

firstestablishedhisreputationasa.

A.FrancisBacon,criticB.FrancisBacon,essayist

C.AIexanderPope,playwrightD.AIexanderPope,poet

16.DanielDefoe

wasfamousforhisnovel_Bwhichis

oftenconsideredtobethefirstnovelinEnglishliterature.

A.Gulliver'sTravels

B.TheAdventuresofRobinsonCrusoe

C.ThePilgrim'sProgress

D.OliverTwist

17.ADictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage(1755)byB_was

thefirstcomprehensivelexicographicalworkonEnglishever

undertaken.

A.FrancisBaconB.SamuelJohnson

C.AIexanderPopeD.JohnMilton

18.“Yahoos“fromthenovelAwrittenbyJonathan

Swiftaredescribedtobeverymuchsimilartohumanbeingsin

outwardappearanceandtheirunworthyactionsaswell.

A.Gulliver'sTravelsB.TheAdventuresofRobinsonCrusoe

C.TheWutheringHeightsD.SonsandLovers

19.C'smasterpieceTomJonesprovidesavividand

truthfulpanoramicviewofthelifeoftheEnglishsocietyinthe18th

century.

A.DanielDefoeB.JonathanSwift

C.HenryFieldingD.JaneAustin

20.ThegreatestEnglishplaywrightofthe18thcentury

was_D.

A.WaltScottB.BernardShawC.ThomasGray

D.RichardSheridan第四阶段浪漫主义时期（18世纪末期〜19世

纪中期）

TheRomanticPeriod

I概述

Inthelate18thcentury,anewliterarymovementcalled

RomanticismcametoEuropeanmainlandandthentoEngland.It

wascharacterizedbyastrongprotestagainstthebondageof

neoclassicism,whichemphasizedreason,orderandelegantwit.

Instead,romanticismgaveprimaryconcerntopassion,emotion,

andnaturalbeauty.Inthehistoryofliterature,Romanticismis

generallyregardedasthethoughtthatdesignatesaliteraryand

philosophicaltheorywhichtendstoseetheindividualasthevery

centerofalllifeandallexperience.TheRomanticperiodisanageof

poetry.Blake,Wordsworth,Coleridge,Byron,ShelleyandKeatsare

themajorpoets.Theystartedarebellionagainst

theneoclassicalliterature,whichwaslaterregardedas“thepoetic

revolution”.ItprevailedinEnglandfrom1798to1837.

II真题详解

1.ThenovelEmmaiswrittenby_D.(2005)

A.MaryShellyB.CharlotteBronteC.ElizabethC.Gaskell

D.JaneAusten

2.OdetotheWestWindwaswrittenbyD_.(2009)

A.WilliamBlakeB.WilliamShakespeare

C.SamuelTaylorColeridgeD.PercyB.Shelley

III练习题

1.“PoetryisSpontaneous"wasputforwardby_C.

A.RobertBurnsB.WilliamBlakeC.WilliamWordsworth

D.CharlesLamb

2.WordsworthisaC.

A.realistB.classicistC.romanticistD.impressionist

3.Theauthor

ofOdwtotheWestWindisA.

A.ShelleyB.ByronC.romanticistD.impressionist

4.WhichofthefollowingdidnotbelongtoRomanticism?

D

A.KeatsB.ShelleyC.WordsworthD.Alfred

Tennyson

5.PrometheusUnboundwaswrittenbyD.It

appearedintheyearofPeterlooMassacre.

A.WordsworthB.CIoeridgeC.ByronD.Shelly

6.Frankensteinwasfilmedmanytimes.Whowrotethe

book?C

A.EdgarAllanPoeB.JamesJoyceC.MaryShelley

D.BrainStoker

7.WhichofthefollowingpoemwasnotwrittenbyJohn

Keats?A

A.OdetotheWestWindB.OdetoAutumn

C.OdeonaGrecianUrnD.OdetoaNightingale

8.Whoseinformalessaysobservedlifewithhumor,and

ofteninagloomytone?B

A.JosephAddisonB.CharlesLamb

C.LordChesterfieldD.ThomasHardy

9.MaryShelley'snovelFrankensteinbelongstothetype

ofAwhichisoftensetingloomycastleswhere

horrifying.supernaturaleventstakeplace.

A.GothicB.RealismC.RomanticismD.Classicism

10.TheEnglishpoetsD

________________________.WilliamWordsworth,and

RobertSouthey,wereknownas“LakePoets”becausethey

livedintheLakeDistrictNorthwesternEnglandatthe

beginningofthe19thcentury.

A.GeorgeGordonByronB.John

Keats

C.PercyB.ShellyD.SamuelTaylorColeridge

11.GeorgeGordonByronwasfamous

forthefollowingworksEXCEPT_B.

A.ChildeHarold'sPilgrimageB.OdetoSkylark

C.HoursofIdlenessD.DonJuan

12.PrometheusUnboundis

asymbolicworkintheformofverse-dramawrittenbyA.

A.PercyByssheShelleyB.JohnKeats

C.SamuelTaylorColeridgeD.GeorgeGordonByron

13.Thefamousline“Ifwintercomes,canSpringbefar

behind?"wasfromAwrittenbyPercyByssheShelley.

A.OdetotheWestWindB.OdeonaGrecianUrn

C.OdetoaSkylarkD.OdetoaNightingale

14.Cisoneofthebestknownnovelswrittenby

JaneAusten.

A.JaneEyreB.Tessofthed'Urbervilles

C.PrideandPrejudiceD.TheWutheringHeights

15.EssaysofEliaandTalesfromShakespearewere

writtenbyfamousessayist_C.

A.RobertBurnsB.WilliamBlackC.CharlesLambD.Robert

Frost

16.WhichofthefollowingisthenovelbyJaneAusten?B

A.FrankensteinB.SenseandSensibilityC.KublaKhanD.Don

Juan第五阶段维多利亚时期(19世纪中期〜19世纪末)

TheVictoriaPeriod

I概述

Althoughwritingfromdifferentpointsofviewandwith

differenttechniques,writersintheVictorianPeriodsharedone

thingincommon,thatis,theywereallconcernedaboutthe

fateofthecommonpeople.Bythistime,Romanticism

graduallygavewaytoRealism.DuringtheVictorianAgethe

novelgraduallybecamethedominantformofliterature.

II真题详解

1.WhichofthefollowingisNOTaromanticpoet?B(2005)

A.WilliamWordsworthB.GeorgeElliot

C.GeorgeG.ByronD.PercyB.Shelley

2.WhichofthefollowingnovelswaswrittenbyEmily

Bronte?(2007)D

A.OliverTwistB.MiddlemarchC.JaneEyre

D.WutheringHeights

3.Allofthefollowing

arewell-knownfemalewritersinthe20thcenturyBritain

EXCEPT_A.(2008)

A.GeorgeEliotB.lrisJeanMurdochC.DorisLessing

D.MurielSpark

4.Cisbestknownforthetechniqueofdramatic

monologueinhispoems.(2010)

A.WillBlakeB.W.B.YeatsC.RobertBrowning

D.WilliamWordsworth

III练习题

1.WhichisThackeray'smasterpiece?B

A.TheVirginiansB.VanityFair

C.TheBookofSnobs.D.TheNewsComes

2.A,thepioneeringwoman,accordingtoD.H.

Lawerence,wasthefirstnovelistthat"startedputtingall

theactionsinside”.

A.GeorgeElliotB.JaneAusten

C.CharlotteBronteD.EmilyBronte

3.TheFrenchrevolutionisthebackgroundof_B.

A.HardTimesB.TalesofTwoCities

C.GreatExpectationD.DavidCopperfield

4.Cha

rlesDicken'sbest-depictedcharactersarethoseinnocent,

virtuous,persecuted,andhelpless_B

characterssuchasOliverTwist,LittleNell,David

CopperfieldandlittleDorrit.

A.girlsB.childrenC.womenD.adults

5.Cwaspublishedin1849."Ofallmybooks,”

wroteCharlesDickens,,lllikethisthebest."A.Oliver

TwistB.TheOleCuriosityShopC.DavidCopperfield

D.GreatExpectation

6.Charle

sDickensisarepresentative__of

Englishcriticalrealism.

A.novelistB.dramatistC.poetD.essayistr

7.JaneEyrewaswrittenbywhichBronte

sister?BA.AnneB.CharlotteC.EmilyD.Jane

8.TheauthorofthenovelTheReturnoftheNative

isA.

A.ThomasHardyB.D.H.Lawerence

C.RobertBrowningD.AlfredTennyson

9.Whichofthefollowingfemalewritersdidnotbelongtothe

BronteSisters?D

A.CharlotteBronteB.EmilyBronte

C.AnneBronteD.MaryBronte

10.ThenovelTheMillontheFlosswaswritten

by_A.

A.GeorgeEliotB.JaneAusten

C.ChatlotteBronteD.EmilyBronte

11.ThenovelOliverTwististhestory

abouttheunderworldof_C.

A.lrelandB.WashingtonC.LondonD.Paris

12.WilliamMakespeaceThackeray'stopicswere

mostlydealingwithA.

A.themiddleandupper-classlife

B.theschoolteachers'life

C.theurbanlife

D.thesealife

13.Whichofthefollowingnovelistswasthelastofthe

greatVictoriannovelists?C

A.CharlesDickensB.WilliamMakespeaceThackeray

C.ThomasHardyD.GeorgeMeredith

14.Thegreatestnovelistofthe

Realisminthe19thcenturywas_A.

A.CharlesDickensB.JaneAusten

C.MarkTwainD.DavidLawerence

15.WhichofthefollowingnovelswasNOTwrittenby

CharlesDickens?D

A.DavidCopperfieldB.The

PickwickPapers

C.OliverTwistD.WomeninLove

16.JaneEyreisthebestknown

ofA'snovels.

A.CharlotteBronteB.EmilyBronte

C.JaneAustenD.EmilyDickinson

17.InthethreenovelsofAdamBede,TheMillonthe

FlossandSilasMarnerwrittenby_D,moral

problemsarediscussedandpsychologicalanalysisof

charactersareemphasized.

A.CharlotteBronteB.JaneAustenC.CharlesDickens

D.GeorgeEliot

18.InMemoriam,whichwaswrittenalongperiodof17

years,isoftenregardedasthemostimportantofB

poems.

A.PercyShelley'sB.AlfredTennyson's

C.JohnKeats'D.WilliamYeats'第六阶段现代主义时期

C.D.H.LawerenceD.JamesJoyce

（19世纪末〜）

TheModernPeriod

I概述

Contrarytothetraditionalromanceofaristocrats,the

modernEnglishnovelgivesarealisticpresentationoflifeofthe

commonEnglishpeople.Therealistictraditionissensitiveto

immediatesocialissues.After1914,therealistictradition,thoughit

continuedtolive,wasgraduallyovertakenbyotherliterarytrends

suchassymbolism,thestreamofconsciousnessandnaturalism.

II真题详解

1.Whichofthefollowingwritersisapoetofthe20th

century?(2006)A

A•T.S.EliotB.D.H.Lawerence

C.TheodoreDreiserD.JamesJoyce

2.WilliamButlerYeats

wasa(n)_Cpoetand

playwright.(2007)

A.AmericanB.CanadianC.IrishD.Australian

3.ThenovelSonsandLoverswaswrittenby_C.

(2009)

A.ThomasHardyB.JohnGalsworthy

C.D.H.LawerenceD.JamesJoyce

III练习题

1.“TheLawerenceTrilogy”referstothefollowing

threeplaysexceptD_.

A.ACollier'sFridayNight

B.TheDaughter-inLaw

C.TheWidowingofMrs.Holroyed

D.LadyChatterley'sLover

2.Whichofthefollowingwritingsisnottheworkby

CharlesDickens?D

A.ATaleofTwoCitiesB.HardTimes

C.OliverTwistD.SonsandLovers

3.ThemodernEnglishnovel,contrarytothemedieval

romance,givesa_Bpresentationoflifeofthe

commonpeople.

A.romanticB.realisticC.propheticD.idealistic

4.Structurallyandthematically,GeorgeBernardShaw

followsthegreattraditionofC.

A.ModernismB.RomanticismC.Realism

D.Naturalism

5.JohnGalsworthywasfamousfor_C.

A.HeartofDarknessB.Ulysses

C.TheForstyleSagaD.APassagetoIndia

th

6.Severalgiftedwomenplayedapartin19thcentury

literature.Whichofthefollowingisanexception?A

A.VirginiaWoolfB.EmilyBronte

C.JaneAustenD.CharlotteBronte

7.G

eorgeBernardShawisanoutstandingA

dramatist.

A.realisticB.expressionisticC.modernist

0.classical

8.T.S.日iotisgenerally

consideredtobethemostimportantEnglish_A.

A.poetB.novelistC.dramatistD.essayist

Lawerence?D

9.WhichofthefollowingwasNOTwrittenbyD.H.

Lawerence?D

A.SonsandLoversB.WomeninLove

C.TheRainbowD.Widowers'Houses

10.WhoisNOTthemajorfigureofmodernistmovement?D

A.T.S.EliotB.JamesJoyceC.CharlesDickens

D.EzraPound

11.WhichoneisD.H.Lawerence'sautobiographicalnovel?A

A.SonsandLoversB.WomeninLove

C.TheLostGirlD.LadyChatterley'sLover

12.W.S.Maugham

wasmostfamousforC.

A.MoonandSixpenceB.CakesandAle

C.HumanBondageD.TheRazor'sEdge

13.GeorgeOrwellwrote_B,the

bestandmost

movingEnglishnovelabouttheSpanishCivilWar.

A.TheRoadtoWiganPier

B.HomagetoCatalonia

C.AnimalFarm

0.NineteenEightyFour

14.WhichbookmadeGrahamGreeneoneofthegreatest

contemporarynovelistsinEngland?A

A.ThePowerandtheGlory

B.TheQuietAmerican

C.ABurntOut-Case

D.TheHumanFactor

15.OneofthegreatnamesinEnglishpoetryinthefirstfourdecades

ofthe20thcenturyisC,anIrishmanwhoseSailingto

Byzantiumisconsideredoneofhismasterpiece.

A.ThomasHardyB.RobertBrowning

C.WilliamButlerY