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1、I.Eachofthefollowingbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choosetheonethatwouldbestcompletethestatement.(30%;1.5pointsforeach)1. Romance,whichusesverseorprosetodescribetheadventuresandlifeoftheknights,isthepopularliteraryforminCA. RomanticismB. RenaissanceC. medievalperiodD. Anglo-Saxonperiod2. Am

2、ongthegreatMiddleEnglishpoets,GeoffreyChaucerisknownforhisproductionofDA. PiersPlowmanB. SirGawainandtheGreenKnightC. ConfessioAmantisD. TheCanterburyTales3. Generally,theRenaissancereferstotheperiodbetweenthe14thandmid-17thcenturies,itsessenceisD.A. scienceB. philosophyC. artsD. humanism4. Thesente

3、nceShallIcomparetheetoasummer5sday?”isthelineofoneofShakespeare,s)A.comediesB.tragediesC.historiesD.sonnets5. WhichofthefollowingstatementsbestillustratesthethemeofShakespeare,sSonnet18?CA. Thespeakereulogizes(praise)thepowerofB. ThespeakersatirizeshumanvanityC. Thespeakerpraisesthepowerofartisticcr

4、eationD. Thespeakermeditatesonman,ssalvation6. TheFairyQueenisthemasterpiecewrittenby_C.A. JohnMiltonB. GeoffreyChaucerC. EdmundSpenserD. AlexanderPope7. WhichofthefollowingworkdidBaconNOTwrite?DA. AdvancementofLearningB. NovumOrganumC. DeAugmentisD. Areopagitica8. Themostdistinguishedliteraryfigure

5、ofthe17thcenturyWaS(Bwhowasacritic,poet,andplaywright.A. OliverGoldsmithB. JohnDrydenC. JohnMiltonD. S.T.Coleridge9. Whichofthefollowinghas/haveassociationswithJohnDonne,spoetry?BA. reasonandsentimentB. conceitsandwitsC. theeuphuismD. writingintherhymedcouplet10. HenryFieldinghasbeenregardedbysomeas

6、Bforhiscontributiontotheestablishmentoftheformofthemodernnovel.A. BestwriteroftheEnglishnovelB. ThefatherofEnglishnovelC. ThemostgiftedwriteroftheEnglishnovelD. conventionalwriterofEnglishnovel11. JohnMilton,smasterpiece-ParadiseLostwaswritteninthepoeticstyleofB.A. rhymedstanzasB. blankverseC. allit

7、erationD. sonnets12. TheHouyhnhnmsdepictedbyJonathanSwiftinGulliver,sTravelsareA-A. horsesthatareendowedwithreasonB. pigmiesthatareendowedwithadmirablequalitiesC. giantsthataresuperiorinwisdomD. hairy,wild,lowanddespicablecreatures,whoresemblehumanbeingsnotonlyinappearancebutalsoinsomeotherways13. G

8、othicnovelsaremostlystoriesofC,whichtakeplaceinsomehauntedordilapidatedMiddleAgecastles.A. loveandmarriageB. seaadventuresC. mysteryandhorrorD. saintsandmartyrs14. WilliamWordsworth,aromanticpoet,advocatedallthefollowingEXCEPTD.A. theuseofeverydaylanguagespokenbythecommonpeopleB. theexpressionofthes

9、pontaneousoverflowofpowerfulfeelingsC. theuseofhumbleandrusticlifeassubjectmatterD. theuseofelegantwordingandinflatedfiguresofspeech15. CharlesDickens,worksarecharacterizedbyaminglingofAandpathos.A. humorB. satireC. passionD. metaphor16. InB,shands,dramaticmonologuereachesitsmaturityandperfection.A.

10、 AlfredTennysonB. RobertBrowningC. WilliamShakespeareD. GeorgeEliot17. Thethreetrilogiesof(),sForsytenovelsaremasterpiecesofcriticalrealismintheearly20thcentury.A. JohnGalsworthyB. ArnoldBennettC. JamesJoyceD. H.G.Wells18. ThebardofimperialismWaSB，whoglorifiedthecolonialexpansionofGreatBritaininhisw

11、orks.A. R.L.StevensonB. RudyardKiplingC. H.G.WellsD. DanielDefoe19. artforart,ssakewasputforthbyA.A. aestheticismB. naturalismC. realismD. neo-romanticism20. WhichofthefollowingistakenfromJohnKeats,OdeonaGrecianUm,7DA. “Ifelluponthethornsoflife!Ibleed!B. Theyarebothgoneuptothechurchtopray.”C. Earthh

12、asnotanythingtoshowmorefair/9D. uBeautyistruth,truthbeauty.II. Fillintheblankswithcorrectinformation.(16%;1pointsforeachblank)1. In1066,theNOnIIallSheadedbyDukeWilliam,defeatedtheAnglo-Saxons.ThismarkedthebeginningoffeudalisminEnglandandEnglandenteredintofeudalsociety.2. Chaucer,sTheCanterburyTalesi

13、swritteninthestyleofrhymed(metrical)StanZainsteadofalliterationintheAnglo-Saxonperiod.3. ThePilgrimsProgressisthemasterpieceofJohnBUnyan(thewriter),writtenintheold-fashioned,medievalformofdreamandallegory,inwhichthemaincharacterisChriStiae.4. DorianGraywasthemaincharacterinthenovelThePiCtUreOfDoriar

14、IGraywrittenby(C)SCar)Wilde.5. Romanticismextendedfrom1798whenTheLyriCalBaUadSwaspublishedandin1832when(WaIter)SCottdied.6. Thewriterwhofiguredhishometown-theWessexcountryinhisworksis(ThomaS)Hardy.7. In“IWanderedLonelyasaCloud,hills,vales,lakes,baysandthedaffodilsarepartsof,anddaffdilssymbolize(theb

15、eautyOf).8. iiDublinersf,isacollectionofshortstorieswrittenbyJameSJoyCeinthewritingstyleofStreamOfCOnSCiOUSiIess.9. IntheTheIdyllsoftheKing”,thepoetAlfredTennysonpaintedthefirstEnglishhero,KingArthUr,andgaveanewmeaningtothelegendsabouttheknightsoftheRoundTable.III. Answerthefollowingquestionsbriefly

16、basedonyourunderstandingofthetextsstudied.(12%;1pointforeachquestion)1. Dullsublunarylover,slove?(Whosesoulissense)cannotadmitAbsence,becauseitdothremoveThosethingswhichelementedit.a. Whowasthewriter?JOhllDOiIIIeb. Whatisthename/titleofthepoem?AValediCtiOn:FOrbiddiIleMOlIrlIillUc. Whatdoesitmeanby“D

17、ullsublunarylover,slove,7(Explainit.)secularlove/ordinary(lover,s)loved. Whatdoessoulmean?essencee. Whatdoes“sense“heremean?SelISeorgans/hands,eyes,livs,etcf. Whatdoesitmeaninbecauseitdothremove,7absenceg. WhatdoesThosethingsmean?SeiISeorgans/hands,eyes,livs,etch. Whatdoesif,refertoinThosethingswhic

18、helementedjf,?dullSiIbhIlIaryloversIOVe2. WildSpirit,whichartmovingeverywhere;(1)DestroyerandPreserver;hear,Ohear!(2)a. Whatisthetitleofthepoem?OdetotheWCSEWindb. Inline(1),whyisthewestwindcalledWildSpirif,?BeCaUSeitisthe“breathofAutumnsbein?”(ithasthesoul,breath,andinspiratiDn)WhiCh(Ollearth,sky,an

19、dSea)destroysinautumntorevivesintheSDriII!.c. Inline(2),whyisitcalledDestroyer”?BeCaUSetheWeStWillddestroysthedeadleaves/theOIdthins(ortheroetsoldthoughtsandtheOIdWOrId)d. Inline(2),whatdoes“Preservermean?BeCaUSetheWeStWilldDreSerVeSSeedS(andrevivesinspring)/SDreadSIIeWthings(OrPreSerVetheIleWandgiv

20、etheDOetwerldaIIeWbirth.)IV.Giveyouranswerstothefollowingitemslogicallyandconcisely.Youhavetomentionthewriter(andthetitleofthework)firstifnecessary.(24%)1.Inyouropinion,whydoesSataninParadiSeLoStchoosetheGardenofEdenforhisbattlefield?(7points)Answer:1)ParadiSeLOStWaSWrittenbyJohilMiltov.(IPOilItS)2)

21、 TheGardeIlOfEdenisthemostPerfeCtOfSPOtevercreatedbyGod;(2POiIItS)3) ThereIiVeininnocentblissGodsmasterpiece,thefirstmanandwoman,AdamandEve,WhOareallowedbyGOdtoenjoy/revelintheSUPremebeautiesOfParadise,PrOVidedtheydoIIOteatthe行UitthatgrowsOnthetreeOftheknowledgeOfgoodandevil;(3POiIIt)4) Satandesires

22、totearthemawayfromtheinfluenceOfGodandtomaketheminstmmentalinhisStrUggICagainstGodsauthority.(1DOiiIt)2. WhatisyouropiniononthecharacterRebeccaSharp?(7points)Answer:1) RebeCCaSharPisthemainCharaCterinVanityFairWrittenbyWiniamMakePeaCeThaCkeray.Qpoint)2) SheisthePerfeCtembodimentOftheSPiritOfVanityFa

23、ir(asherOrllyaspirationinIifeistogainWealthandPOSitionbyanymeans:throughlies,meanactionsandUrISCnIPUIOUSSPeCUIatingWitheverySaeredideal)(3DoiiItS)3) SheisShrSWdandUrlSCnlPUlous,SUPPliCatedbeyondheryears;determinedtoWoniIherWayintoSOeietyatallcost;Sheisfull-bloodedandmany-sided.(3PoiIItS)3. Basedonyo

24、urunderstandingofLinesComposedaFewMilesAboveTintemAbbey,9SheDweltAmongtheUntrodenWays”,andi6IWanderedLonelyasaCloud”,discussWhatarethefunctionsofforthepoetexpressedinthePoems?”(Iopoints)Answer:(1) ThepoemswerewrittenbyWilliamWordsworth(inwhichhedescribedthefunctionsandbenefitsthathas/brings).(1point

25、)(2) (open-endquestion:只要答复中包含以下相关内容或三首诗中的例子，陈述比拟清楚，即可得分；表述不清者在原给分根底上可酌情扣1至2分)(9PoiIItS)如：couldmakehimlovemore,makehisthoughtspurerandloftierandmindandsoulmorecomfort.(Forexample,inLines”,hesaidbecauseofandbyrecalling,hecouldhavetheSWeetSenSatioilandPleaSUreSinlonelyroomsandamidthedinoftownsandcitie

26、s,couldmakehimhavetheactionsOfkindnessandlove,givehimtheblessedandSUblimemood,IightenthsburdenOftheheavyandWearyworld,SeeintotheIifeOfthings,makehim100kOilWiththoughts,heartheStillandSadmusicOfhumanity,couldbetheanchorOfhispurestthought,thenurse,guide,guardianofhisheartandsoulandIifeandfoodforhisfut

27、ureyears.15分)InIwonderedlonelyasacloud”,thedaffodils()invacantorpensivemoodflashUPOnhisinwardeyeandfillhisheartWithPIeaSUreanddanceWiththedaffodils.(2分)InShedweltamongtheuntroddenways”,couldmakehim100kOllmorecarefullyandwithaspecialmind.12分)V.WriteasummeryofPrideandPrejudiceandmakeashortcommentonthe

28、theme.Yourmarksdependsontheelementsofthewriter(1point),themaincharactersandtheirrelations(2points),themainplotandresult(8points),commentonthetheme(4points),andgrammarandstructure(3points).(18%)Answer:!)thewriter(1分)；(PrideandPrejudicewaswrittenbyJaneAusten,intheromanticperiod)2)themaincharactersandt

29、heirrelations(2分)；?(Mr.andMrs.Bennet;TheBennefs5daughters:thebeautifulJane,thecleverElizabeth,thebookishMary,theimmatureKittyandthewildLydia.Elizabeth一Mr.Darcy;(Jane-Mr.Bingley;Lydia一Mr.Wickham)?3)themainplot(7分；主要情节表述不全或不连贯者酌情扣分)andresult(1分)；(UnfortunatelyfortheBennets,ifMr.Bennetdiestheirhousewil

30、lbeinheritedbyadistantcousinwhomtheyhavenevermet,sothefamily,sfuturehappinessandsecurityisdependantonthedaughtersmakinggoodmarriages.LifeisuneventfuluntilthearrivalintheneighborhoodoftherichgentlemanMr.Bingley,whorentsalargehousesohecanspendthesummerinthecountry.Mr.Bingleybringswithhimhissisterandth

31、edashing(andricher)butproudMr.Darcy.LoveissoonintheairforoneoftheBennetsisters,whileanothermayhavejumpedtoahastyprejudgment.FortheBennetsistersmanytrialsandtribulationsstandbetweenthemandtheirhappiness,includingclass,gossipandscandal.)4)commentonthetheme(4分)7(Theme:explorationofthemarriage,propertya

32、ndintriguebetweenthemainandminorcharacters;delicateprobingofthevaluesofgentry/marriage,class,money)5)grammarandstructure(3分).英国文学试题I.Eachofthefollowingbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choosetheonethatwouldbetcompletethestatement.1. Thelongpoem_C_inAnglo-SaxonperiodwastermedEnglandsnationalepi

33、c.P67A. TheCanterburyTalesB. ParadiseLostC. TheSongofBeowulfD. TheFairyQueen2. Romance,whichusesverseorprosetodescribetheadventuresandlifeoftheknights,isthepopularliteraryforminC.A. RomanticismB. RenaissanceC. medievalperiodD. Anglo-Saxonperiod3. AmongthegreatMiddleEnglishpoets,GeoffreyChaucerisknow

34、nforhisproductionofD_.A. PiersPlowmanB. SirGawainandtheGreenKnightC. ConfessioAmantisD. TheCanterburyTales4. AisregardedasthefatherofEnglishpoetry.A. GeoffreyChaucerB. EdmundSpenserC. JohnMiltonD. W.Wordsworth5. ItisAalonewho,forthefirsttimeinEnglishliterature,presentedtousacomprehensiverealisticpic

35、tureoftheEnglishsocietyofhistimeandcreatedawholegalleryofvividcharactersfromallwalksoflife.A. GeoffreyChaucerB. MartinLutherC. WilliamShakespeareD. JohnGower6. OneofChaucer,smaincontributionstoEnglishpoetryis_A.A. heintroducedtherhymedstanzasfromFrancetoEnglishpoetryB. hecreatedstrikingbrilliantpano

36、ramaofhistimeandhiscountryC. hewroteinblankverseD. hewasthefirsttowritesonnet7. DuringtheRenaissance,CwasthefirstonetointroducethesonnetintoEnglishpoetry.A. ChaucerB. JohnDonneC. ThomasWyattD. EarlofSurrey8. DuringtheRenaissance,_DwrotethefirstEnglishblankverse.A. ChaucerB. EdmundSpencerC. ThomasWya

37、ttD. EarlofSurrey9. WhichofthefollowinghistoricaleventsdoesnotdirectlyhelptostimulatetherisingoftheRenaissanceMovement?CA. TherediscoveryofancientGreekandRomancultureB. ThenewdiscoveriesingeographyandastrologyC. TheGloriousrevolutionD. Thereligiousreformationandtheeconomicexpansion10. TheRenaissance

38、isactuallyamovementstimulatedbyaseriesofhistoricalevents.WhichoneofthefollowingisNOTsuchanevent?BA. TherediscoveryofancientRomanandGreekculture.B. England,sdomesticrestC. Newdiscoveryingeographyandastrology.D. Thereligiousreformationandtheeconomicexpansion.11. Generally,theRenaissancereferstotheperi

39、odbetweenAandcenturies.A. 14th.mid-17thB. 14th.mid-18thC. 16th.mid-18thD. 16th.mid-17th12. Generally,theRenaissancereferstotheperiodbetweenthe14thandmid-17thcenturies,itsessenceis_D.A. scienceB. philosophyC. artsD. humanism13. Bfrequentlyappliedconceitsinhispoems.P282A. EdmundSpenserB. JohnDonneC. W

40、illiamBlakeD. ThomasGray14. Cisknownasthepoet,spoef,.A.WilliamShakespeareB. ChristopherMarloweC. EdmundSpenserD.JohnDonne15. Romance,whichusesnarrativeverseorprosetotellstoriesof_B_adventuresorotherheroicdeeds,isapopularliteraryforminthemedievalperiod.A. ChristianB. knightlyC. pilgrimsD. primitive16

41、BandWilliamShakespearearethebestrepresentativesoftheEnglishhumanism.A. EdmundSpenser,ChristopherMarloweB. ThomasMore,ChristopherMarloweC. JohnDonne,EdmundSpenserD.JohnMilton,ThomasMore17. AmongthefollowingplayswhichisnotwrittenbyChristopherMarlowe?DA.Dr.FaustusB. TheJewofMaltaC. TamburlaineD. TheSc

42、hoolforScandal18. Shakespeare,sgreatesttragediesareA.A.Hamlet,Othello,KingLearandMacbethB.Hamlet,Othello,KingLearandRomeoandJulietC.Hamlet,Coriolanus,KingLearandMacbethD.Hamlet,Juliuscaesar,OthelloandMacbeth19.Thesentence“ShallIcomparetheetoasummer,sday?”isthelineofoneofShakespeare,s.A. comediesB. T

43、ragediesC.historiesD.sonnets20. Solongasmencanbreathe,oreyescansee,/Solonglivesthis,andthisgiveslifetothee.(Shakespeare,Sonnets18)Whatdoesreferto?DA. LoverB. TimeC. SummerD. Poetry21. WhichofthefollowingstatementsbestillustratesthethemeofShakespeare,sSonnet18?CA.ThespeakereulogizesthepowerofB. Thesp

44、eakersatirizeshumanvanityC. ThespeakerpraisesthepowerofartisticcreationD. Thespeakermeditatesonman,ssalvation22.“BassaniAntonio,IammarriedtoawifeWhichisasdeartomeaslifeitself；Butlifeitself,mywife,andalltheworld,Arenotwithmeesteem,dabovethylife；Iwouldloseall,ay,sacrificethemall,Heretothedevil,todeliv

45、eryou.Portia：Yourwifewouldgiveyoulittlethanksforthat,ffshewerebytohearyoumaketheoffer.TheaboveisaquotationtakenfromShakespeare,scomedyTheMerchantofVenice.ThequotedpartcanberegardedasagoodexampletoillustrateA/DA. dramaticironyB. personificationC. allegoryD. symbolism23. TheFairyQueenisthemasterpiecew

46、rittenby_C_.A.JohnMiltonB. GeoffreyChaucerC. EdmundSpenserD. AlexanderPope24. WhichofthefollowingworkdidBaconNOTwrite?DA. AdvancementofLearningB. NovumOrganumC. DeAugmentisD. Areopagitica25. ThegreatestofpioneersofEnglishdramainRenaissanceisB,oneofwhosedramais“DoctorFaustus,A. WilliamShakespeareB. C

47、hristopherMarloweC. OscarWildeD. R.BrinsleySheridan26. EuphueswaswrittenbyB,thestyleofthenovelwascalledEuphuism”.A.JohnBunyanB. JohnLylyC. JohnDonneD. JohnMilton27. Themostfamousdramatistinthe18thcenturyisC_,whoisfamousforTheSchoolforScandaF,.A. OliverGoldsmithB. ThomasGrayC. R.BrinsleySheridanD. G.eorgeBernardShaw28. Themostdistinguishedliteraryfigureofthe17thcenturywas(B),whowasacritic,poet,andplaywright.A. OliverGoldsmithB. JohnDrydenC. JohnMiltonD. T.G.Coleridge29. TherepresentativeoftheMetaphysical“poetryisA,whosepo