1、I. Multiple Choice: from a, b, c or d, choose the best one to complete the statements below. (150, 50 points) 1. - - is the first important religious poet in English literature.a. John Donne b. George Herbert c. Caedmon d. Milton2. The literature of the Anglo-Saxon period falls naturally into two d
2、ivisions, - and Christian.a. Pagan b. Roman c. French d. Danish3. “-” is the oldest poem in the English language, and also the surviving epic in the English language.a. Beowulf b. Sir Gawain and Green Knight c. The Canterbury Tales d. Hamlet 4. Fielding has been regarded by some as the “-” for his c
3、ontribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel.a. Best Writer of English Novel b. Father of English Novelc. Father of English Poetry d. Father of English Essay5. All of the following three writers except - are the most famous dramatists in the Renaissance England.a. Marlowe b. Shak
4、espeare c. Bacon d. Thomas Kyd6. Byronic Hero was created by Lord Byron in one of his following works -.a. Don Juan b. Ode to the West wind c. She Walks in Beauty d. Daffodils 7. Which play is not Shakespeares tragedy? -a. Othello b. The Merchant of Venice c. Romeo and Juliet d. King Lear 8. The lit
5、erary form of The Faerie Queen is -.a. lyric poem b. narrative poem c. epic poem d. elegy9. Which of the following cannot correctly describe the English Enlightenment Movement -?a. It flourished in France. b. It was a furtherance of the Renaissance.c. Its purpose was to enlighten the whole world. d.
6、 It emphasized “reason & order.”10. “Blindness, partiality, prejudice and absurdity” in the novel Pride and Prejudice are most likely to be the characteristics of -.a. Elizabeth b. Darcy c. Mrs. Bennet d. Lydia11. The prevailing form of Medieval English literature is the -.a. French b. Latin c. roma
7、nce d. science12. The story of “-” is the culmination of the Arthurian metrical romances.a. Sir Gawain and the Green Knightb.Beowulfc. Piers the Plowmand.The Canterbury Tales13. Chaucer, the father of English poetry and one of the greatest - poets of England, was born in London about 1340, and was t
8、he first to be buried in the Poets Corner of Westminster Abbey.a. lyricalb. blank versec. narratived. ballad14. Which kind of metrical form was adopted by Chaucer in The Canterbury Tales? a. London dialectb. Heroic Coupletc. sonnetd. elegy15. Generally speaking, Chaucers works fall into three main g
9、roups corresponding roughly to the three periods of his adult life. Which period is wrong? a. The period of French influence (1359-1372)b. The period of Italian influence (1372-1386)c. The period of English influence (1386-1400)d. The period of American influence (1371-1382)16. - was the first to in
10、troduce the sonnet into English literature. a. Thomas Wyatt b. William Shakespeare c. Philip Sidney d. Thomas Campion17. The epoch of Renaissance witnessed a particular development of English drama. It was - who made blank verse the principal vehicle of expression in drama.a. Edmund Spenser b. Thoma
11、s Lodge c. Christopher Marlowe d. Thomas More18. Absolute monarchy in England reached its summit during the reign of Queen -.a. Mary b. Elizabeth c. Victoria d. William19. English Renaissance Period was an age of -.a. prose and novel b. poetry and drama c. essays and journals d. ballads and songs20.
12、 From the following, choose the one that is not Francis Bacons work. -a. The Advancement of Learning b.Essaysc. Maxims of the Lawd.Othello21. English Renaissance Period was not an age of prose, but Thomas More wrote his famous prose work -.a. Of Studies b. Robinson Crusoe c. Gullivers Travels d. Uto
13、pia22. Which play is not Shakespeares comedy? -a. A Midsummer Nights Dreamb.The Merchant of Venicec. Romeo and Julietd.As You Like It23. -,considered John Miltons masterpiece, vividly tells the story of Satans rebellion against God and his tempting of Adam and Eve to eat the forbidden fruit of the t
14、ree of knowledge. a. Paradise Regained b. Bible c. The Pilgrims Progress d. ParadiseLost24. - was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe in the 18th century.a. The Renaissance b. The Enlightenmentc. The Religious Reformation d. The Chartist Movement25. In the last 20 years of
15、the 18th century, England produces two great pre-romantic poets. They were -.a. Johnson and Blake b. Grey and Youngc. Pope and Goldsmith d. Blake and Burns26. The 18th-century witnessed that in England there appeared two political parties, -, which were satirized by Swift in his Gullivers Travels.a.
16、 The Whigs and the Toriesb. The senate and the House of Representativesc. The upper House and lower Housed. The House of Lords and the House of Commons27. The critical realism in 19th-century England has been considered as the 3rd important literary achievement after the ancient Greek tragedy and th
17、e Renaissance drama. It has some basic characteristics as follows except: -a. Truthful reflection of the society with superb artistic styleb. Violent exposure and criticism with profound humanismc. Harmonious unity between the characters and situationd. The use of simple and common language28. The R
18、omantic Age began with the publication of Lyrical Ballads, which was written by -.a. William Wordsworth b. Samuel Johnsonc. Samuel Taylor Coleridge d. Wordsworth and Coleridge29. Which poet did not belong to the Lakers? a. Coleridge b. Wordsworth c. Southey d. Keats30. Choose the ode that is not wri
19、tten by Keats. -a. Ode to the West Wind b. Ode to a Nightingalec. To Autumn d. Ode on a Grecian Urn31. Choose the work that was not written by Jane Austen. -a. Emma b. Sense and Sensibility c. Mansfield Park d. Jane Eyre32. English critical realism found its expression chiefly in the form of -. a. n
20、ovel b. drama c. poetry d. prose33. Which of the following writers did not belong to English critical realists? a. Charles Dickens b. Charlotte Bronte c. Daniel Defoe d. W. M. Thackeray34. Dickenss David Copperfield is often regarded as the semi-autobiography of the writer in which the early life of
21、 the hero is largely based on the authors early life, while his - is set against the backdrop of the French Revolution.a. Oliver Twist b. Great Expectations c. Hard Times d. A Tale of Two Cities35. The sub-title of Vanity Fair is -.a. A Pure Woman Faithfully Portrayedb.The Spirit and the Fleshc. A N
22、ovel Without a Herod.Sense and Sensibility36. In the novel Jane Eyre, Charlotte has some basic subject matters to express as follows except -.a. pours a great deal of her own experienceb. criticizes the American bourgeois system of educationc. shows that true love is the foundation of marriaged. sho
23、ws that women should have equal rights with men37. James Joyce was one of the foremost writers of - novels.a. critical realist b. Gothic c. stream of consciousness d. romantic historical 38. The first English essayist Francis Bacon composed, during his lifetime, numerous prose work, and - is unmista
24、kably among the most eloquent and elegant essays produced in English Renaissance. a. Of Studies b. Ode to the West Wind c. The Tiger d. Don Juan39. Among the following 20th-century Irish writers, who is the spokesman for the school of “Art for Arts Sake”? -a. Bernard Shawb. Oscar Wildec. James Joyce
25、d. W. B. Yeats40. Wordsworth believes that - can inspires poetry, and it is his nurse, guide, guardian and anchor of his thoughts.a. nature b. God c. love d. wealth41. Although writing from different points of view and with different techniques, writers in the Victorian Period shared one thing in co
26、mmon, that is, they were all concerned about -.a. the love story of the rich b. the future of their countryc. the fate of common people d. the love-making of the middle class people42. - lays the foundation for modern science with his insistence on scientific way of thinking and fresh observation ra
27、ther than authority as a basis for obtaining knowledge.a. Charles Dickens b. Francis Bacon c. Thomas Hardy d. Thomas More43. The following comments on Daniel Defoe are true except -.a. Robinson Crusoe is his first novel.b. He is a member of the upper class.c. Robinson Crusoe is universally considere
28、d his masterpiece.d. He embarked on a new careerthe writing of novelwhen he was 60.44. The term “metaphysical poetry” is commonly used to name the work of the 17th-century writers who wrote under the influence of -.a. John Donne b. John Keats c. John Milton d. John Bunyan45. The cradle of the Renais
29、sance is -.a. Germany b. England c. Italy d. France46. The middle of the 18th century was predominated by a newly rising literary form that is the modern English -, which gives a realistic presentation of life of the common English people.a. prose b. novel c. tragicomedy d. drama47. Which of the fol
30、lowing writings did Wordsworth not create? -c-a. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud b. The Solitary Reaperc. The Chimney Sweeper d. The Prelude48. Which of the following writings is not the work by Dickens? ca. A Tale of Two Cities b. Hard Times c. Sons and Lovers d. Oliver Twist49. The Victorian Age was
31、largely an age of -, eminently represented by Dickens and Thackeray.a. poetry b. drama c. essay d. novel 50. The 23-year-old Austen composed three novels, and among them, First Impressions was early version of -00-.a. Pride & Prejudice b. Sense & Sensibility c. Emma d. Northanger Abbey. Reading Comp
32、rehension: read the following selected parts carefully, and give the best answer to the relevant questions. (0.550, 25 points)Part 1 Shall I compare thee to a summers day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summers lease hath all too short a da
33、te: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimmed, And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance, or natures changing course untrimmed: But thy eternal summer shall not fade, Nor lose possession of that fair thou owst, Nor shall death brag thou wanderst i
34、n his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou growst, So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. Questions:51. This is one of Shakespeares best known -.a. sonnets b. ballads c. songs52. It runs in iambic pentameter rhymed -.a. abba abba cdcd cd b.
35、abab cdcd efef gg53. The 14 lines include three quatrains together with the last two lines as - which completes the sense of the lines above.a. prelude b. couplet c. epigraph54. The theme of this poem is -.a. love b. friendship c. immortality of arts Part 2 I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats o
36、n high oer vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thous
37、and saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. Questions:55. This is the first two stanza of a poem that is written by -.a. Byron b. Wordsworth c. Keats56. The title of the poem is -.a. To Autumn b. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud c. The Solitary Reaper57. The poems theme is about -.a.
38、beauty of nature b. country life c. love58. The poet adopts one kind of figure of speech: - to describe the flowers in the poem.a. personification b. alliteration c. conceit59. The rhyme scheme in each stanza is -.a. ababab b. ababcc c. abcdcd Part 3 IT is a truth universally acknowledged, that a si
39、ngle man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighborhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of some one o
40、r other of their daughters.Questions:60. This passage is the opening of a novel entitled -.a. Sense and Sensibility b. Pride and Prejudice c. Jane Eyre61. The writer of the novel is the first famous woman novelist-.a. George Eliot b. Charlotte Bronte c. Jane Austen62. The story in this novel is base
41、d on the lovemaking of the young people in the - families in 18th-century England.a. upper-middle-class b. aristocratic c. royalPart 4 Thats my last Duchess painted on the wall, Looking as if she were alive. I call That piece a wonder, now: Fr Pandolfs hands Worked busily a day, and there she stands
42、 Will t please you sit and look at her? I said Fr Pandolf by design, for never read Strangers like you that pictured countenance, Questions:63. These lines are quoted from the poem entitled-.a. Song b. My Last Duchess c. When We Two Parted64. It was composed by the outstanding poet -. a. Robert Bro
43、wning b. Lord Byron c. William Wordsworth65. In the famous piece, the form of - is skillfully employed. a. ballad b. dramatic monologue c. blank versePart 5 GO and catch a falling star,Get with child a mandrake root,Tell me where all past years are,Or who cleft the devils foot,Teach me to hear mermaids singing,Or to keep off envys stinging, And find What windServes to advance an honest mind. If thou
