英国文学选读练习题-含答案.docx

《英国文学选读练习题-含答案.docx》由会员分享，可在线阅读，更多相关《英国文学选读练习题-含答案.docx（8页珍藏版）》请在三一文库上搜索。

1、ExerciseforEnglishLiterature(2)Choosethebestanswerforeachblank.1. ,thefatherofEnglishpoetry”andoneofthegreatestnarrativepoetsofEngland,wasborninLondonabout1340.A.GeoffreyChaucerB.SirGawainC.FrancisBaconD.JohnDryden2. Chaucerdiedonthe25thOctober1400,andwasburiedin.A.FlandersB.FranceC.ItalyD.Westminst

2、erAbbey3. Theprogressinindustryathomestimulatedthecommercialexpansionabroad.encouragedexplorationandtravel,whichwerecompatiblewiththeinterestoftheEnglishmerchants.A.HenryVB.HenryVIIC.HenryVIIID.QueenElizabeth4. ExceptbeingavictoryofEnglandover,theroutofthefleet“Armada”(Invincible)wasalsothetriumphof

3、therisingyoungbourgeoisieoverthedecliningoldfeudalism.A.SpainB.FranceC.AmericaD.Norway5. Atthebeginningofthe16thcenturytheoutstandinghumanistwrotehisUtopiainwhichhegaveaprofoundandtruthfulpictureofthepeople,ssufferingandputforwardhisidealofafuturehappysociety.A.ThomasMoreB.ThomasMarloweC.FrancisBaco

4、nD.WilliamShakespear6. AbsolutemonarchyinEnglandreacheditssummitduringthereignofQueen.A.MaryB.ElizabethC.WilliamD.Victoria7. EnglishRenaissancePeriodwasanageof.A.proseandnovelB.poetryanddramaC.essaysandjournalsD.balladsandsongs8. Fromthefollowing,choosetheonewhichisnotFrancisBacon,swork:.A.TheAdvanc

5、ementofLearningB.TheNewInstrumentC.EssaysD.TheNewAtlanticsE.VenusandAdonis9. ShallIcomparetheetoasummer,sday?”ThisisthebeginninglineofoneofShakespeare,s.A.songsB.playsC.comediesD.sonnets10. TheheroinesofShakespeare,sgreatcomedies,arethedaughtersoftheRenaissance,whoseimagesandstorieswillremainalegacy

6、toreadersandaudiencesofalltime.A.PortiaB.RoselandC.ViolaD.Beatrice11. ChoosethefourgreattragediesofShakespearefromthefollowing.A.HamletB.OthelloC.MacbethD.KingLearE.TimonofAthens12. Whichplayisnotacomedy?A.AMidsummerNighfsDreamB.TheMerchantofVeniceC.TwelfthNightD.RomeoandJulietE.AsYouLikeIt13. Denma

7、rkisaprison.Inwhichplaydoestheherosummarisehisobservationofhisworldintosuchabittersentence?A.CharlesIB.OthelloC.HenryVIIID.Hamlet14. TheworksofandtheAuthorisedVersionoftheEnglishBiblearethetwogreattreasuriesoftheEnglishlanguage.A.GeoffreyChaucerB.EdmundSpenserC.WilliamShakespeareD.BenJohnson15. Inwh

8、ichplaydoestheheroshowhisprofoundreverenceformanthroughthesentence:Whatapieceofwokisaman!Hownobelinreason!Howfiniteinfaculty!,A.RomeoandJulietB.HamletC.OthelloD.TheMerchantofVenice16. In1649,wasbeheaded.Englandbecameacommonwealth.A.JamesIB.JamesIIC.CharlesID.CharlesII17. Therevolutionof1688meantthre

9、eofthefollowingthings:.A. thesupremacyofParliamentB. thebeginningofmodernEnglandC. thetriumphoftheprincipallibertyD. thetriumphoftheprincipleofpoliticallibertyE. theRestorationofmonarchy18. Whoofthefollowingweretheimportantmetaphysicalpoets?A.JohnDonneB.GeorgeHerbertC.JohnMiltonD.RichardLovelace19.

10、WhichworkwasNOTwrittenbyJohnMilton?A.ParadiseLostB.ParadiseRegainedC.SamsonAgonistesD.Volpone20. ParadiseLostis.A. JohnMilton,smasterpieceB. agreatepicin12booksC. writteninblankverseD. abouttheheroicrevoltofSatanagainstGod,sauthority21. JohnMiltonis.A. agreatrevolutionarypoetofthe17thcenturyB. anout

11、standingpoliticalpamphleteerC. agreatstylistD. agreatmasterofblankverse22. FromtheOldTestament,JohnMiltontookhisstoriesofParadiseLost,i.e.A. thecreationB. therebellioninHeavenofSatanandhisfellow-angelsC. theirdefeatandexpulsionfromHeavenD. thecreationofthedeathandofadamandEveE. thefallenangelsinhell

12、plottingagainstGodF. Satan,stemptationofEveG. thedepartureofAdamandEvefromEden23. ThefinestthinginParadiseLostisthedescriptionofhell,andisoftenregardedastherealheroofthepoem.A.GodB.SatanC.AdamD.Eve24. WhoisthegreatestoftheMetaphysicalschoolofpoetry?A.JohnDonneB.GeorgeHerbertC.AndrewMarvellD.HenryVau

13、gham25. wasaprogressiveintellectualmovementthroughoutWesternEuropeinthe18thcentury.A.TheRenaissanceB.TheEnlightenmentC.TheReligiousReformationD.TheChartistMovement26. Themainliterarystreamofthe18thcenturywas.Whatthewritersdescribedintheirworksweremainlysocialrealities.A.naturalismB.romanticismC.clas

14、sicismD.realismE.sentimentalism27. TheeighteenthcenturywasthegoldenageoftheEnglish.Thenovelofthisperiodspokethetruthaboutlifewithanuncompromisingcourage.A.dramaB.poetryC.essayD.novel28. In1704,JonathanSwiftpublishedtwoworkstogether,and,whichmadehimwell-knownasasatirist.A.ATaleofaTubB.BickerstaffAlma

15、nacC.Gulliver,sTravelsD.AModestProposal29. “Properwordsinproperplaces,makesthetruedefinitionofastyle.,Thissentenceissaidby,oneofthegreatestmastersofEnglishprose.A.AlexanderPopeB.HenryFieldingC.DanielDefoeD.JonathanSwift30. Asajournalist,hadlearnedhowtomakehisreportingvividandcrediblebyaskillfuluseof

16、circumstantialdetail.Thispowertomakehischaractersaliveandhisstoriescredibleisaninimitablegift.A.JosephAddisonB.DanielDefoeC.SamuelRicharsonD.TobiasSmollett31. WhichofthefollowingareNOTwrittenbyWilliamBlake?A.PoeticalSketchesB.SongsofInnocenceC.SongsofExperienceD.AuldLangSyneE.TheMarriageofHeavenandH

17、ellF.ProphecisG.VisionsoftheDaughtersofAlbionandAmerica,aProphecy32. Inthe18thcenturyEnglishliterature,therepresentativepoetsofpre-romanticismwere.A.WilliamWordsworthB.WilliamBlakeC.RobertBumsD.JonathanSwift33. TheRomanticAgebegabwiththepublicationofTheLyricalBalladswhichwaswrittenby.A.WilliamWordsw

18、orthB.SamuelJohnsonC.SamuelTaylorColeridgeD.WordsworthandColeridge34. TheRomanticAgecametoanendwiththedeathofthelastwell-knownromanticwriter.A.JaneAustenB.WalterScottC.SamuelTaylorColeridgeD.WilliamWordsworth35. ThegloryoftheRomanticAgeliesinthepoetryof.A.WilliamWordsworthB.SamuelTaylorColeridgeC.Ge

19、orgeGordonByronD.PercyByssheShelleyE.JohnKeats36. TheEnglishRomanticAgeproducedtwomajornovelists.Theyare.A. GeorgeGordonByronandPercyByssheShelleyB. WilliamWordsworthandSamuelTaylorColeridgeC. WalterScottandJaneAustenD. CharlesLambandWilliamHazlitt37. WhichpoetsbelongtotheActiveRomanticgroup?A.Georg

20、eGordonByronB.WilliamWordsworthC.PercyByssheShelleyD.JohnKeatsE.JohnMilton38. WhichpoetsbelongtotheLakers?A.WilliamWordsworthB.SamuelTaylorColeridgeC.JohnKeatsD.RobertSoutheyE.WalterScott39. WhichofthefolloeingwerewrittenbyWordsworthONLY?A.TotheCuckooB.TheLyricalBalladsC.LucyPoemsD.TheSolitaryReaper

21、E.IWanderedLonelyasaCloud40. Thepublicationofmarkedthebreakwiththeconventionalpoeticaltraditionofthe18thcentury,1 .e.,withclassicism,andthebeginningoftheRomanticrevivalinEngland.A.TheLyricalBalladsB.ThePreludeC.ChildeHarold,sPilgrimageD.DonJuan41. Ascontrastedwiththeclassicistswhomadereason,orderand

22、theold,classicaltraditionsthecriteriaintheirpoeticalcreations,basedhisownpoeticalprincipleonthepremisethat“allgoodpoetryisthespontaneousoverflowofpowerfulfueling.”A.SamuelTaylorColeridgeB.GeorgeGordonByronC.PercyByssheShelleyD.WilliamWordsworth42. wasthefirstcriticoftheRomanticSchool.A.WilliamWordwo

23、rthB.SamuelJohnsonC.SamuelTaylorColeridgeD.WordworthandColeridge43. Whichofthefollowingstatementsis(are)NOTtrueaboutGeorgeGordonByron?A. Byron,searlyyearshadbeenfarfromhappyforhewasbomwithaclubfoot,inthefrequentfamilysceneshismothercalledhimyoulamebrat.”B. ByrondiedinItalyanndwasdeeplymournedbytheIt

24、alianpeopleandbyallprogressivepeoplethroughouttheworld.C. Thereactionarycriticismofthe19thcenturytriedtobelittleByron,sgeniusandhisroleinthedevelopmentofEnglishliterature,butByronremainsoneofthemostpopularEnglishpoetsbothathomeandabroad.D. SincetheMay4Movementin1919,moreandmoreofByron,spoemshavebeen

25、translatedintoChineseandwellreceivedbythepoetsandyoungreaders.Byronhasnowbecomeoneofthebest-knownEnglishpoetsinourcountry.44. In1805,Wordsworthcompletedalongautobiographicalpoementitled.A.BiographiaIiterariaB.ThePreludeC.LucyPoemsD.TheLyricalBallads45. isregardedasthemostwonderfullyricistEnglandhase

26、verproducedmainlyforhispoemsonnature,onlove,andonpolitics.A.WilliamWordsworthB.JohnKeatsC.GeorgeGordonByronD.PercyByssheShelley46. Whichofthefollowingstatementsis(are)NOTtrueaboutPercyByssheShelley?A. PrometheusUnboundisPercyByssheShelley,smasterpiece,alongepicpoem.B. AtEtonPercyByssheShelleywasknow

27、nasMadShelley，forhisobstinateoppositiontothebrutalfaggingsystem,accordingtowhichtheyoungerschool-boyswereobligedtoobeytheolderboysandbearagreatdealofcrueltreatment.C. GeorgeGordonByronailedPercyByssheShelleythebestandleastselfishmanIeverknew.D. PercyByssheShelleylovedthepeopleandhatedtheiroppressors

28、andexploiters.47. ,spursuitofbeautyinallthingsbespokeanaspirationafterabetterlifethanthesordidrealityundercapitalism.Hisleadingprincipleis:Beautyistruth,truthbeauty.A.PercyByssheShelleyB.GeorgeGordonByronC.WilliamWordsworthD.JohnKeats48. ChoosethefourimmortalodeswrittenbyJohnKeats.A.OdetotheWestWind

29、B.OdetoaNightingaleC.ToAutumnD.OdeonMelancholyE.OdeonaGrecianUm49. ChoosetheworkswrittenbyJaneAusten.A.PrideandPrejudiceB.SenseandSensibilityC.NorthangerAbbeyC.EmmaE.MansfieldParkF.Persuasion50. Inthe19thcenturyEnglishliterature,anewliterarytrendcalledappeared.Anditflourishedinthefortiesandintheearl

30、yfifties.A.romanticismB.naturalismC.realismD.criticalrealism51. Englishcriticalrealismfounditsexpressionchieflyintheformof.Thecriticalrealists,mostofwhowerenovelists,describedwithvividnessandartisticskillthechieftraitsoftheEnglishsocietyandcriticisedthecapitalistsystemfromademocraticviewpoint.A.nove

31、lB.dramaC.poetryD.essay52. ThegreatestEnglishcriticalrealistnovelistwas,whocriticisedthebourgeoiscivilisationandshowedthemiseryofthecommonpeople.A.WilliamMakepeaceThackerayB.CharlesDickensC.CharlotteBronteD.EmilyBronte53. Whichofthefollowingwritersbelongtocriticalrealists?A.CharlesDickensB.Charlotte

32、BronteC.EmilyBronteD.ThomasHardy54. wroteanumberoflittlesketchesofcockneycharacters”.HesignedthemBoz”,whichwashisnicknameforhisyoungbrother.Hisfirstbook,SketchesbyBozappearedin1836.A.ElizabethGaskellB.WilliamM.ThackerayC.CharlesDickensD.JaneAusten55. hasbeencalledthesupremeepicofEnglishA.ATaleofTwoC

33、itiesB.DavidCopperfieldC.PickwickPapersD.OliverTwist56. ThethemeunderlyingistheideaWherethereisoppression,thereisrevolution,A.ATaleofTwoCitiesB.DavidCopperfieldC.PickwickPapersD.OliverTwist57. IntheVictorianAge,poetrywasnotamajorartintendedtochangetheworld.Themainpoetsoftheagewere.A.AlfredTennysonB.

34、RobertBrowningC.Mrs.BrowningD.RobertBurnsE.WilliamBlake58. TheMovementappearedinthethirtiesofthe19thcentury.ItshowedtheEnglishworkerswereabletoappearasanindependentpoliticalforceandwerealreadyrealisingthefactthattheindustrialbourgeoisiewastheirprincipalenemy.B.RenaissanceA.EnlightenmentC.ChartistD.R

35、omanticist59. Whichnovelisagreatsatireuponthesocietyandthosepeoplewhodreamtoenterthehighersocietyregardlessofthesocialreality?A.ATaleofTwoCitiesB.DavidCopperfieldC.GreatExpectationD.DombeyandSon60. CharlesDickenstakestheFrenchRevolutionasthebackgroundofthenovel.A.ATaleofTwoCitiesB.GreatExpectationC.

36、HardTimesD.DavidCopperfield61. isoftenregardedasthesemi-autobiographyoftheauthorDickensinwhichtheearlylifeoftheheroislargelybasedontheauthor5searlylife.A.TomJonesB.DavidCopperfieldC.OliverTwistD.GreatExpectation62. TheBrontesistersare.Theywerealltalentedwritersandallofthemdiedyoung.A.CharlotteBronte

37、B.EmilyBronteC.AnneBronteD.JaneAustenE.Catherine63. CharlotteBronteproducedfournovels:.A.ProfessorB.JaneEyreC.ShirleyD.VilletteE.AgnesGrey64. EmilyBrontewroteonlyonenovelentitled.A.WutheringHeightsB.JaneEyreC.EmmaD.AgnesGrey65. ChoosethenamesappearinthenovelJaneEyre.A.JaneEyreB.Mr.RochesterC.MaryBar

38、tonD.SilasMarner66. WhichcharactersappearinthenovelWutheringHeights?A.HeathcliffB.CatherineC.HindleyD.CathyE.Hareton67. InthenovelJaneEyre,CharlotteBronte.A. poursagreatdealofherownexperienceB. criticisesthebourgeoissystemofeducationC. showsthattrueloveisthefoundationofmarriageD. showsthatwomenshoul

39、dhaveequalrightswithmen68. WomennovelistsbegantoappearinEnglandduringthesecondhalfofthecentury.A.17thB.18thC.19thD.20th69. AnneBrontealsowrotetwonovelsand.A.ShirleyB.VilletteC.TheTenantoftheWildfellHallD.AgnesGrey70. WhichofthefollowingstatementsaretrueaboutJaneEyre?A. Oneofthecentralthemesofthebook

40、isthecriticismofthebourgeoissystemofeducation.B. Anotherproblemraisedinthenovelisthepositionofwomeninsociety.C. ThisbookisCharlottelBronte,sbestliteraryproduction.D. Inthisbook,theauthorattackedthegreed,pettytyrannyandlackofcultureamongthebourgeoisieandsympathisedwiththesufferingsofthepoorpeople.Her

41、realismwascolouredbypetty-bourgeoisphilanthropy.71. MostofRobertBrowning,simportantworks,including,arewrittenintheformofdramaticmonologue.A.DramaticLyricsB.DramaticRomancesC.MenandWomenD.dramaticsPersonae72. ThomasHardyisoneoftherepresentativesofEnglishattheturnofthe19thcentury.A.criticalrealismB.pr

42、e-romanticismC.neo-classicismD.newromanticism73. Whichstatementistrue?A. ThomasHardyisafamousnovelist.B. ThomasHardyisalsoapoet.C. ThomasHardyisacriticalrealist.D. FatalismisstronglyreflectedinThomasHardy,novels.74. AccordingtoThomasHardy,sownclassification,hisnovelsdividedthemselvesintothreegroups.

43、Theyare.A. NovelsofcharacterandenvironmentB. RomancesandFantasiesC. NovelsofIngenuityD. Workingclassliterature75. NovelsofcharacterandenvironmentarealsocalledWessexnovels,takingthesouthwestcountiesofEnglandfortheirsetting.Theyinclude:.A.UndertheGreenwoodTreeB.TheReturnoftheNativeC.TheMayorofCasterbr

44、idgeD.TessoftheD9UrbervillesE.JudetheObscure76. ThefollowingstatementsareaboutThomasHardy,snovels,whicharetrue?A. HisWessexnovelsareofgreatsignificance.B. TheSouthwestcountiesofEnglandarethesettingofhisWessexnovels.C. Thereispessimisminhisnovels.D. Mankindissubjectedtohostileandmysteriousfate.E. The

45、reareelementsofnaturalisminhisworks.77. OscarWildeisoneoftheimportantdramatistsinthe19thcentury.Inhiscomedies,hecriticisestheupperclassoftheEnglishbourgeoissociety.Hisbestcomediesare.A. LadyWindermere,sFanB. AWomanofNoImportanceC. AnIdealHusbandD. TheImportanceofBeingEarnestE. ThePictureofDorianGray

46、78. OscarWildewastherepresentativeamongthewritersof.A.aestheticismB.decadenceC.criticalrealismD.pre-romanticism79. AlfredTennyson,spoeticoutputwasvastandvaried.Hismainpoemsare.A.ThePrincessB.MaudC.InMemoriamD.IdyllsoftheKingE.CrossingtheBar80. Whichofthefollowingshortpoemswas/werewrittenbyAlfredTenn

47、yson?A.Break,Break,BreakB.CrossingtheBarC.TheEagleD.SweetandLowE.Tears,IdleTears81. WhichlamentwaswrittenbyAlfredTennysonforthedeathofhisfriendHallam?A.InMemoriamB.LycidasC.AdodaisD.ElegywritteninaCountryChurchyard82. MyLastDuchessis.A.adramaticmonologueB.ashortlyricC.anovelD.anessay83. aregenerallyregardedasJosephConrad,sfinestnovels.A.LordJimB.NostromoC.YouthD.TheOldWives,Tale84. Whoisregardedasaforerunneroft