英国文学期末复习(各种题型)

1、精选文档英国文学练习题一、写出下列作品的作者1、The Canterbury Tales（ Geoffrey Chaucer）2、Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe)3、The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling (Henry Fielding)4、The Faerie Queene (Edmund Spenser)5、The Pilgrims Progress (John Bunyan)6、Ode to the West Wind (Percy Bysshe Shelley)7、Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte

2、)8、Bleak House (Charles Dickens)9、Tess of the DUrbervilles (Thomas Hardy)10、The Picture of Dorian Gray ( Oscar Wilde)11、Moby Dick (Herman Melville)12、The Last of the Mohicans ( James Fenimore Cooper)13、The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe)14、The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Washington Irving)

3、15、The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)16、The Portrait of A Lady (Henry James)17、Martin Eden (Jack London)18、Sister Carrie (Theodore Dreiser)19、The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)20、The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)二、作品辨析，写出节选部分的作品及作家名1 作品 Annabel Lee 作家 Edgar Allan Poe2 作品 Because I coul

4、d not stop for Death- 作家 Emily Dickinson3作品 The Road Not Taken 作家 Robert Frost4作品The Great Gatsby 作家F. Scott Fitzgerald5. 作品 I wander Lonely as a Cloud 作者 William Wordsworth6. 作品 The Picture of Dorian Gray作家 Oscar Wilde7. 作品 Hamlet作家 William Shakespeare8.作品 Of Studies作家 Francis Bacon1、was a child an

5、d she was a child, In this kingdom by the sea, But we love with a love that was more than love- I and my ANNABEL LEE- With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven Coveted her and me.作品 作者 2、 cause I could not stop for Death-He kindly stopped for me-The carriage held out but just Ourselves-And Immor

6、tality.We slowly drove-He knew no hasteAnd I and put awayMy labor and my leisure too,For his Civility-作品 作者 3、Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth作品 作者 4、There wa

7、s music from my neighbors house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars.作品 作者 5、I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high oer vales and hills,When all at once I saw a crowd, A host of golden da

8、ffodils Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. 作品 作者 6、As they entered they saw Dorian Gray. He was seated at the piano, with his back to them, turning over the pages of a volume of Schumanns “Forest Scenes.” “You must lend me these, Basil,” he cried. “I want to le

9、arn them.” They are perfectly charming.”作品 作者 7、To be, or not to be: that is the question,Whethertis nobler in the mind to sufferThe slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them. To die, to sleep;No more; and by a sleep to say we end The

10、 heartache, the thousand natural shocks作品 作者 8、Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring; for ornament is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business.作品 作者 三、选择题1、Which is not the works of H

11、erman Melville?（ ） A. Moby DickB. TypeeC. OmooD. The Pioneers2、Which is the central figure in the Leatherstocking Tales? （ ） A. Natty BumppoB. TomC. DavidD. Uncas3、The author of The Scarlet Letter also writes _.（ ） A. ThanatopsisB. The RavenC. The House of the Seven GablesD. Omoo4、Pick up the one th

12、at is not of the same author. （ ） A. The Sound and the FuryB. As I Lay DyingC. Go Down, Moses D. The Sea Wolf5、The author of A Farewell to Arms also writes _.（ ） A. For Whom the Bell TollsB. A Rose for EmilyC. ChicagoD. Uncle Toms Cabin6. In The Pilgrims Progress, John Bunyan describes The Vanity Fa

13、ir in a _ tone. A. delightful B. satirical C. sentimental D. solemn 7. The 18th century witnessed a new literary form -the modern English novel, which, contrary to the medieval romance, gives a _ presentation of life of the common English people. A. romantic B. idealistic C. prophetic D. realistic 8

14、. As a literary figure, John Rivers appears in _. A. Fieldings Tom Jones B. Dickenss Oliver Twist C. Brontes Jane Eyre D. Austens Pride and Prejudice 9. Defoes Robinson Crusoe created the image of an enterprising Englishman, typical of the English bourgeoisie in the _ century. A. 17th B. 18th C. 19t

15、h D. 20th 10. In Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, Thomas Gray compares the common folk with the great ones, wondering what the commons could have achieved if they had had the _. A. chance B. love C. money D. material sources 11. The poetic view of _ can be best understood from his remark about

16、 poetry, that is, all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings. A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge B. John Keats C. William Wordsworth D. Percy Bysshe Shelly 12. Pip, Estella, Havisham, Magwitch, and Joe Gargery are most likely names of characters in _. A. Oliver Twist B. David Copperfie

17、ld C. Bleak House D. Great Expectations 13. In English poetry the _ is regarded as the most common foot. A. iamb B. anapest C. trochee D. dactyl 14. In Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennet finds out some weak points about herself in the process of judging others. Which of the following is NOT a wea

18、k point of hers? A. Blindness. B. Partiality. C. Snobbishness. D. Prejudice. 15. In Byrons poem Song for the Luddites, the word Luddite refers to the _. A. workers who destroyed the machines in their protest against unemployment B. rising bourgeoisie who fought against the aristocratic class C. desc

19、endents of the ancient king, King Lud D. poor country people who suffered under the rule of the landlord class 16. Five miles meandering with a mazy motion Through wood and dale the sacred river ran, Then reached the caverns measureless to man, And sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean. The above lines

20、 are taken from _. A. Wordsworths The Solitary Reaper B. Blakes The Chimney Sweeper C. Coleridges Kubla Khan D. Keatss Ode on an Grecian Urn 17. In his poem, Ode to the West Wind, Shelley intends to present his wind as a central _ around which the poem weaves various cycles of death and rebirth. A.

21、concept B. symbol C. simile D. metonymy 18. In the conversation with his wife in Chapter One of Pride and Prejudice, Mr. Bennet uses a(n) _ tone with sarcastic humor. A. solemn B. harsh C. arrogant D. teasing 19. Charles Dickens takes the French Revolution as the background of his novel _. A. Great

22、Expectations B. A Tale of Two Cities C. Bleak House D. Oliver Twist 20. A typical feature of the English _ literature is that writers became social and moral critics, exposing all kinds of social evils. A. Renaissance B. Romantic C. Victorian D. Medieval 21. The statement that those extraordinary pe

23、ople, seeking something beyond the provincial life, have finally to subject themselves to the limitations of the reality either due to their own weakness or the social environment may well sum up one of the major themes of _. A. Fieldings Tom Jones B. Defoes Robinson Crusoe C. Austens Pride and Prej

24、udice D. Eliots Middlemarch 22. A typical Forsyte, according to John Galsworthy, is a man with a strong sense of _, who never pays any attention to human feelings. A. justice B. property C. morality D. humor 23. Which of the following statements about The Scarlet Letter is NOT true? A. It explores m

25、ans never-ending search for the satisfaction of materialistic desires. B. It relates the conflicts between the society and the individual. C. It is about the effect of sin on the people involved and the society as a whole. D. It presents a psychological analysis of the inward tensions of the charact

26、ers. 24. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind is a famous quote from _s writings. A. Walt Whitman B. Henry David Thoreau C. Herman Melville D. Ralph Waldo Emerson 25. Which of Hemingways novels describes the drifting life of American exiles in Europe? A. The Sun Also Rises. B

27、. A Farewell to Arms. C. For Whom the Bell Tolls. D. The Old Man and the Sea. 四、名词解释1、heroic couplet2、Spenserian stanza3、sonnet 4、ode五、问答题1、What are the main characteristics of naturalistic literature in American literature?2、Give a brief comment on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.3、What are the

28、characteristic features of the romantic movement in British literature?4、Give a brief introduction of Charles Dickens artistic technique.PART TWO II. Reading Comprehension 1. Busy old fool, unruly sun, Why dost thou thus, Through windows and through curtains call on us? Questions: A. Identify the po

29、em and the poet. B. What does the word fool refer to? C. What idea does the quotation express? 2. Most mighty Emperor of Lilliput, delight and terror of the universe, whose dominions extend five thousand blustrugs (about twelve miles in circumference) to the extremities of the globe; Monarch of all

30、Monarchs; taller than the sons of men; whose feet press down to the center, and whose head strikes against the sun; at whose nod the princes of the earth shake their knees; pleasant as spring, comfortable as summer, fruitful as autumn, dreadful as winter. Questions: A. Identify the work and the auth

31、or. B. What is the tone of the author? C. What does the author parody here? 3. She thanked men -good! but thanked Somehow -I know not how -as if she ranked My gift of a nine-hundred-years-old name With anybodys gift. Questions: A. Identify the poem and the poet. B. What kind of tone does the speaker

32、 use here? C. What idea does the quoted passage express? 4. This is my letter to the World . That never wrote to Me - The simple News that Nature told - With tender Majesty Questions: A. Identify the poet B. What does the word World refer to? C. What idea does the quoted passage express? III. Questi

33、ons and Answers 5. For herein Fortune shows herself more kind .Than in her custom; it is still her use .To let the wretched man outlive his wealth, To view with hollow eye and wrinkled brow ,An age of poverty; from which lingring penance .Of such misery doth she cut me off. .The above lines are take

34、n from a speech made by Antonio, a major character in Shakespeares play The Merchant of Venice. Why does Antonio say that Fortune is more kind to him than in her custom? 6. The first shot I made among these creatures, I killed a she-goat which had a little kid by her which she gave suck to, which gr

35、ieved me heartily; but when the old one fell, the kid stood stock still by her till I came and took her up, and not only so, but when I carried the old one with me upon my shoulders, the kid followed me quite to my enclosure, upon which I laid down the dam, and took the kid in my arms, and carried i

36、t over my pale, in hopes to have it bred up tame, but it would not eat, so I was forced to kill it and eat it myself; these two supplied me with flesh a great while, for I ate sparingly; and saved my provisions (my bread especially) as much as possibly I could. This is a very significant sentence wi

37、th great details that reveals the character of Robinson Crusoe. What aspects of Crusoes character are revealed then? 7. Situational irony occurs when what happens turns out to be quite different from what is expected; sometimes what happen is just the opposite of what is expected. In Indian Camp, He

38、mingway makes a successful use of this kind of irony. Please illustrate it with some examples. 8. The only thing I dont like, she proceeded, is the society. (Daisy Miller by Henry James) What kind of society does Daisy not like? Why? IV Topic Discussion 9. List three distinctive features of English

39、Renaissance movement in literature and then illustrate each with proofs from either the concerned chapter in your textbook or your own reading. 10. My faith is gone! cried he (Goodman Brown), after one stupefied moment. There is no good on earth; and sin is but a name. Come, devil! for to thee is th

40、is world given. Comment on this passage from Hawthornes Young Goodman Brown. 练习题答案三、选择题1 、D 2、A 3、C 4、D 5、A 6、B 7、D8、C9、B10、A11、C12、B13、A14、C15、A16、C17、B18、D19、B20、C21、D22、B23、B24、D25、B四、名词解释1. heroic couplet ( a pair of rhyming iambic pentameter lines)2. Spenserian stanza ( the Spenserian stanza is

41、 a group of eight lines of iambic pentameter followed by a six-stress iambic line, with a rhyme scheme ababbcbcc)3. sonnet (a sonnet is a short song in the original meaning of the word. Later it became a poem of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter with various rhyming schemes.)4. ode (an ode is a

42、 rhymed lyric expressing noble feelings, often addressed to a person or celebrating an event.)五、问答题1 The characteristics of naturalistic literature are that first it seems that the naturalistic writers depicted the social reality objectively. They turned literary creation into a mechanical record of

43、 society, and never made comments on the characters and their behaviors. Secondly, the viewpoint from which naturalistic writers understood problems was “non-moral,” and was not controlled by the contemporary moral and ethical sense. Thirdly, the creative material of a naturalistic writer was infini

44、te. He may make no secret of describing sexual love and mans selfish desire. He not only discarded the traditional morals, but used the language any nasty circumstances needed without scruple.24答案见教材PART TWO II. Reading Comprehension1、A It is taken from Jone Donnes The Sun Rising B. fool refers to t

45、he sun. C. Donnes great prose works are his sermons, the quotation expresses a strong sense of rebellious spirit, the author tried to break away from the conventional fashion of the Elizabethan love poetry. 2、A. The passage comes from Gullivers Travels written by Jonanthan Swift. B. The author used

46、the Ironic tone of the passage. C. Romance (prose)/ Adventurous prose is the parody here. 3、A. The poem is My Last Duchess, by Robert Browning. B. The speaker is Duke, he is a villain. The speaker uses the tone of arrogant (傲慢的) here. C. The quoted passage reveals the duke is a self-conceited, cruel

47、 and tyrannical man. 4、A. The poet is Emily Dickinson. B. World refers to the outside world. C. The poem expresses Dickinsons anxiety about her communication with the outside world. III. Questions and Answers 5、 This sentence means she, Lady Fortune, is more kind to him because she is taking away bo

48、th his wealth and life. The speaker is Antonio, its said that his ship have all been lost, and he is penniless, and will have to pay the pound of flesh. (Because Shylock has made a strange bond that requires Antonio to pay him a pound of flesh if he cant repay him, the money that he borrowed for his

49、 friend in due time.) 6、 1) In most of his works, Defoe gave his praise to the hard-working, sturdy middle class and showed his sympathy for the lower-class people. Robinson Crusoe was such a character. 2) Robison goes out to sea, gets shipwrecked and marooned/landed on a lonely island, struggles to

50、 live for 24 years there and finally is saved by a ship and returns to England. During the period Robinson leads a harsh and lonely life and survives by growing corps, taming animals, etc. growing from a nave young man into a hardened man. 3) With a great capacity for work, inexhaustible energy (精力充

51、沛), courage and persistence in overcoming difficulties（在克服困难方面持之以恒）, in struggling against nature, Crusoe becomes the prototype / representative of the empire builder, the pioneer colonist. （他是大英帝国缔造者的完美典范，同时也是殖民者的先驱） 4) In the novel, Defoe glorified human labor and the puritan fortitude which the middle class praised highly, so he can be regarded as a spokesman of the bourgeois. 7、(本题属于超纲题，书上没有现成的答案，可忽略不计) 8、 She doesnt like the old world -European life. Because she is the American Girl in Europe, a celebrated cultural type who embodies the spirit of the New World. However, innocence, the