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精品文档，仅供学习与交流，如有侵权请联系网站删除英美文学选读助学平台复习资料1、In the Norman conquest of England, the Germanic tribes from the Northern Europe brought with them not only the _ language, the basis of Modern English, but also a specific poetic tradition.【正确答案】：CA. MediterraneanB. ChristianC. Anglo-SaxonD. Roman2、It can be said that though essentially still a medieval writer, Geoffrey Chaucer bore marks of humanism and anticipated a new _ to come.【正确答案】：DA. manB. theoryC. doctrineD. era3、The play Romeo and Juliet, though a tragedy, is permeated with _ spirit.【正确答案】：AA. optimisticB. sadC. pessimisticD. indifferent4、William Shakespeares greatest tragedies are: Hamlet, _, King Lear, and _.【正确答案】：BA. Romeo and Juliet/OthelloB. Othello/MacbethC. The Tempest/MacbethD. The Merchant of Venice/Romeo and Juliet5、In The Merchant of Venice, Antonio, in order to help his friend Bassanio, has to borrow from _, the Jewish _. 【正确答案】：BA. Portia/judgeB. Shylock/usurerC. Shylock/judgeD. Portia/usurer6、The real mainstream of the English renaissance is _.【正确答案】：AA. the Elizabethan dramaB. the Elizabethan proseC. ancient poemD. romantic novel7、 “Shall I compare thee to a summers day?” this is the beginning line of one of Shakespeares _.8、 【正确答案】：BA. songsB. sonnetsC. playsD. comedies8、“To be, or not to be - that is the question; whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer, the slings and arrows of outragerous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing end them?” Who said these words?【正确答案】：DA. King LearB. RomeoC. AntonioD. Hamlet9、Shakespeare has established his giant position in world literature with his _ plays, 154 sonnets and 2 long poems.【正确答案】：DA. 47B. 27C. 52D. 3810、In his life, _ shows himself a real revolutionary, a master poet and a great prose writer. He fought for freedom in all aspects as a Christian humanist, while his achievement in literature make him tower over all the other English writers of his time and exert a great influence over later ones.【正确答案】：DA. William ShakespeareB. Edmund SpenserC. John DonneD. John Milton11、“all is not lost: the unconquerable will, and study of revenge, immortal hate, and courage never to submit or yield: and what is else not to be overcome?”【正确答案】：BA. Dr. FaustusB. Paradise LostC. Paradise RegainedD. Tambutlaine12、William Caxton was the first person who introduced _ into England.【正确答案】：BA. writingB. printingC. heroic coupletD. defender13、Humanism sprang from the endeavor to restore a medieval reverence for the antique authors and is frequently taken as the beginning of the Renaissance on its conscious, intellectual side, for the Greek and Roman civilization was based on such a conception that man is the _ of all things. 【正确答案】：AA. measureB. kingC. loverD. defender14、In the following writings by Henry Fielding, which brings him the name of the “Prose Homer”?【正确答案】：CA. the Coffee-House PoliticianB. The Tragedy of TragediesC. the History of Tom Jones, a FoundlingD. The History of Amelia15、The most important representative work by Jonathan Swift is _.【正确答案】：DA. a Tale of a TubB. the Battle of the BooksC. A Modest ProposalD. Gullivers Travels16、_ is the typical feature of Swifts writing.【正确答案】：CA. Elegant styleB. Casual narrationC. Bitter satireD. Complicated sentence structure17、The following comments on Daniel Defoe are right except that _.【正确答案】：CA. Robinson Crusoe is his first novelB. Robinson Crusoe is universally considered his masterpieceC. he was a member of the upper classD. in his novels, his sympathy for the downtrodden, unfortunate poor is shown18、The eighteenth-century England is known as the Age of _.【正确答案】：DA. RomanticismB. ClassicismC. RenaissanceD. Enlightenment19、The Enlightenment Movements purpose was to enlighten the whole world with the light of modern _ and artistic ideas.【正确答案】：DA. religiousB. politicalC. arealD. philosophical20、Crusoe is the hero in Robinson Crusoe by _.【正确答案】：BA. Jonathan SwiftB. Daniel DefoeC. George EliotD. D. H. Lawrence21、The cradle of the renaissance is _.【正确答案】：DA. GermanyB. EnglandC. AmericaD. Italy_ shows how mankind, in the person of Christ, withstands the tempter and is established once more in the divine favor.【正确答案】：BA. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. Samson AgonistesD. Beowulf22、 One of the major results of the reformation in England was the fact that the _ in English was placed in every church and services were held in English instead of Latin so that people could understand.【正确答案】：BA. Canterbury talesB. BibleC. Old TestamentD. Malorys Morte Darthur23、 Of all the 18th century novelists, _ was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a “comic epic in prose”, the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.【正确答案】：DA. Daniel DefoeB. Samuel JohnsonC. Oliver GoldsmithD. Henry Fielding24、Daniel Defoe describes _ as a typical English middle-class man of the 18th century, the very prototype of the empire builder or the pioneer colonist.【正确答案】：AA. Robinson CrusoeB. Moll FlandersC. GulliverD. Tom Jones25、In which of the following works can you find the proper names “Lilliput,” “Brobdingnag,” “Houyhnhnm,” and “Yahoo”?【正确答案】：CA. James Joyces Ulysses.B. Charles Dickenss Bleak House.C. Jonathan Swifts Gullivers Travels.D. D. H. Lawrences Women in love.26、 “The novel is structured around the discovery of the heros origin.” This novel is most probably _.【正确答案】：DA. Charles Dickens David CopperfieldB. James Joyces A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManC. Thomas Hardys Far from the Madding GrowdD. Henry Fieldings Tom Jones27、Geoffrey Chaucers reputation has been securely established as one of the best English _ for his wisdom, humor, and humanity.【正确答案】：CA. novelistsB. dramatistsC. poetsD. A and B28、Which of the following novels is not written by Henry Fielding?【正确答案】：BA. Jonathan WildB. Moll FlandersC. Joseph AndrewsD. Tom Jones29、In the history of literature, Romanticism is generally regarded as _.【正确答案】：AA. the thought that designates a literary and philosophical theory which tends to see the individual as the very center of all life and all experienceB. the thought that designates man as a social animalC. the orientation that emphasizes those features which men have in commonD. the modes of thinking30、 The Romantic Period is an age of poetry. Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley and Keats are the major poets. They started a rebellion against the neoclassical literature, which was later regarded as _.【正确答案】：CA. the poetic romanceB. the poetic movementC. the poetic revolutionD. the poetic reformation31、In the following writings by William Blake, which marks his entry into maturity?【正确答案】：CA. Songs of innocenceB. Songs of ExperienceC. Marriage of Heaven and HellD. Milton32、The declaration that “I know that This World is a World of IMAGINATION & Vision,” and that “The Nature of my work is visionary or imaginative” belongs to _.【正确答案】：AA. William BlakeB. William WordsworthC. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. George Gordon Byron33、In his poem “Tyger, Tyger,”William Blake expresses his perception of the“fearful symmetry”of the big cat. The phrase“fearful symmetry”suggests _.【正确答案】：DA. the tigers two eyes which are dazzlingly bright and symmetrically setB. the poets fear of the predatorC. the analogy of the hammer and the anvilD. the harmony of the two opposite aspects of Gods creation34、The tone of literature in “Songs of Experience” by William Blake is _.【正确答案】：AA. dolefulB. livelyC. plainD. utter35、Which of the following writings is not created by William Wordsworth?【正确答案】：DA. I wandered Lonely as a CloudB. Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September3, 1802C. The Solitary ReaperD. The Chimney Sweeper36、 Which of the following is not the best examples to show Wordsworths genuine love for the natural beauty?【正确答案】：AA. a Phantom of DelightB. To a SkylarkC. To the CuckooD. To a Butterfly37、In his lyrics such as “Ode to Liberty”, “Ode to Naples”, Percy Bysshe Shelley expressed his love for _ and his hatred toward tyranny.【正确答案】：CA. the middle classB. the poorC. freedomD. the proletariat38、“Wild Spirit, which art moving everywhere;/ Destroyer and Preserver; hear, O hear!” the two lines are find in _.【正确答案】：BA. Young Goodman Brown by HawthorneB. Ode to the West Wind by ShelleyC. Leaves of Grass by Walt WhitmanD. Ulysses by Joyce39、In Shelleys “To a Skylark”, the bird, suspended between reality and poetic image, pours forth an exultant song which suggests to the poet _.【正确答案】：AA. both celestial rapture and human limitationB. both image creation and profound meaningC. both music and wordsD. both inspiration and skill of writing40、Shelleys greatest achievement is his four-act poetic drama, _.【正确答案】：BA. Men of EnglandB. Prometheus UnboundC. Ode to the West WindD. The Revolt of Islam41、The author of the work “Men of England” is _.【正确答案】：CA. T. S. EliotB. Thomas GrayC. ShelleyD. Walt Whitman42、After reading the first chapter of Pride and Prejudice, we may come to know that Mrs. Bennet is a woman of _.【正确答案】：AA. simple character and poor understandingB. simple character and quick witC. intricate character and quick witD. intricate character and poor understanding43、 All of the following works are known as Hardys “novels of character and environment” EXCETP _.【正确答案】：DA. The Return of the NativeB. Tess of the DUrbervillesC. Jude the ObscureD. Far from the Madding Crowd44、Who is the first “Angry Young Man”?【正确答案】：AA. OsborneB. EliotC. ChristopherD. Bernard Shaw45、G. B. Shaws play “Mrs. Warrens Profession” is a realistic exposure of the _.【正确答案】：DA. political corruptionB. inequality between men and womenC. slum landlordismD. economic exploitation of women46、Of the following poems by T. S. Eliot, which is hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th century English poetry?【正确答案】：DA. Poems 1909-25B. The Hollow MenC. Prufrock and Other ObservationsD. The Waste Land47、“The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the windowpanes,/ The yellow smoke that rubs its muzzle on the windowpanes/ Licked its tongue into the corners of the evening,/ Lingered upon the pools that stand in drains.” The stanza is taken from _.【正确答案】：AA. T.S. Eliots “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”B. Emily Dickinsons “ Because I could not stop for Death”C. Alfred Tennysons “Bread, Break, Break”D. William Wordsworths “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”48、Which of the following best describes the speaker of “The Love Song of J. Afred Prufrock”?【正确答案】：CA. He is a man of an action.B. He is a man of apathy.C. He is a man of inactivity.D. All the above are wrong.49、The Romantic Movement expressed a more or less _ attitude toward the existing social and political conditions.【正确答案】：BA. positiveB. negativeC. neutralD. indifferent50、_ is regarded as a “worshipper of nature”.【正确答案】：CA. John KeatsB. William BlakeC. William WordsworthD. Jane Austen51、 Wordsworths short poems can be classified into two groups: poems about nature and poems about _.【正确答案】：BA. loveB. human lifeC. freedomD. social activities52、Jane Austens first novel is _.【正确答案】：BA. Pride and PrejudiceB. Sense and SensibilityC. EmmaD. Plan of a Novel53、Poetry has been traditionally regarded as an art governed by rules; but to the romantics, poetry should be free from all _.【正确答案】：CA. rhymesB. rhythmC. rulesD. emotion54、The most distinguishing feature of Charles Dickens works is his _.【正确答案】：CA. simple vocabularyB. bitter and sharp criticismC. character-portrayalD. pictures of happiness55、The following comments on George Bernard Shaw are true except _.【正确答案】：CA. George Bernard Shaws career as a dramatist began in 1892, when his first play Widowers House was put on by the Independent Theater Society.B. Shaw began his literary career by writing novels soon after his settling down in London.C. Shaws writings reflect the combination of realism and naturalismD. Shaws plays can be termed as problems plays.56、_ is considered to be the best-known English dramatist since Shakespeare.【正确答案】：DA. Oscar WildeB. John GalsworthyC. W. B. YeatsD. George Bernard Shaw57、In terms of Pride and Prejudice, which is not true?【正确答案】：CA. Pride and Prejudice is the most popular of Jane Austens novels.B. Pride and Prejudice is originally drafted as “First Impressions”.C. Pride and Prejudice is a tragic novel.D. In this novel, the author explores the relationship between great love and realistic benefits.58、In Hawthornes novels and short stories, intellectuals usually appear as _.【正确答案】：BA. SaviorsB. villainsC. commentatorsD. observers59、All of the following are works by Nathaniel Hawthorn except _.【正确答案】：BA. The House of the Seven GablesB. White JacketC. The Marble FaunD. The Blithedale Romance60、_ is the author of “The Scarlet Letter”.【正确答案】：CA. John BunyanB. Daniel DefoeC. Nathaniel HawthorneD. George Eliot61、 Walt Whitman is radically innovative in the form of his poetry. What he prefers for his new subject is _.【正确答案】：AA. free verseB. blank verseC. lyric poemD. heroic couplet62、Which of the following features cannot characterize poems by Walt Whitman?【正确答案】：AA. lyrical and well-structedB. free-flowingC. simple and rather crudeD. conversational and casual63、The giant Moby Dick may symbolize all except _.【正确答案】：BA. mystery of the universeB. sin of the whaleC. power of the great natureD. evil of the world64、Which of the following writers is not the dominant figure of the realistic period in American?【正确答案】：AA. Herman MelvilleB. William Dean HowellsC. Henry JamesD. Mark Twain65、Which of the following comments on the writings by Herman Melville is not true?【正确答案】：CA. “Bartleby, the Scrivener” is a short story.B. “Benito Cereno” is a novella.C. “The Confidence-Man” has something to do with the sea and sailors.D. “Moby-Dick” is regarded as the first American prose epic.66、The period ranging from 1865 to 1914 has been referred to as _.【正确答案】：AA. the Age of RealismB. the Age of ModernismC. the Age of RomanticismD. the Age of Colonialism67、Naturalism is evolved from realism when the authors tone in writing becomes less serious and less sympathetic but more ironic and more _.【正确答案】：BA. optimisticB. pessimisticC. humorousD. rational68、One of the most familiar themes in American naturalism is the theme of human _.【正确答案】：AA. bestialityB. goodnessC. compassionD. greed69、Statement “_” is not true in describing American naturalists.【正确答案】：DA. they were deeply influenced by Darwinism.B. they were identified with French novelist and theorist Emile Zola.C. they chose their subjects from the lower ranks of society.D. they used more serious and more sympathetic tone in writing than realists.70、_ is considered by H.L. Mencken as “the true father of our national literature”?【正确答案】：DA. HemingwayB. PopeC. IrvingD. Mark Twain71、Mark Twain shaped the worlds view of America and made a combination of _ and serious literature.【正确答案】：CA. English folk loreB. funny jokesC. American folk humorD. American traditional values72、The book from which “all modern American literature comes” refers to _.【正确答案】：CA. The Great GatsbyB. The Sun Also RisesC. The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnD. Moby Dick73、In the following writers, who is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th century “stream of consciousness” novels and the founder of psychological realism?【正确答案】：AA. Henry JamesB. Mark TwainC. Emily DickinsonD. Theodore Dreiser74、Stylistically, Henry James fiction is characterized _.【正确答案】：AA. highly refined languageB. ordinary American speechC. short, clear sentencesD. abundance of local images75、 In Henry James Daisy Miller, the author tries to portray the young woman as an embodiment of _.【正确答案】：BA. the corruption of the newly richB. the free spirit of the New WorldC. the decline of aristocracyD. the force of convention76、Daisy Millers tragedy of indiscretion is intensified and enlarged by its narration from the point of view of _.【正确答案】：AA. the American youth WinterbourneB. the author of Henry JamesC. her mother Mrs. MillerD. the Italian youth Giovanelli77、“Because I could not stop for Death” is a famous poem written by _.【正确答案】：DA. Ezra poundB. Walt WhitmanC. Robert FrostD. Emily Dickinson78、The period before the American civil war is generally referred to as _.【正确答案】：CA. the naturalist periodB. the modern periodC. the romantic periodD. the realistic period79、In the following works, which signs the beginning of the American literature?【正确答案】：AA. The Sketch BookB. Leaves Of GrassC. Leather Stocking TalesD. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn80、“Moby-Dick” is regarded as the first American _.【正确答案】：AA. prose epicB. comic epicC. dramatic fictionD. poetic fiction81、Mark Twain wrote most of his literary works with a _ language.【正确答案】：DA. grandB. pompousC. simpleD. vernacular82、Henry Jamess fame generally rests upon his novels and stories with the _.【正确答案】：AA. international themeB. national themeC. European themeD. regional theme83、_ is the most ambivalent writer in the American literary history.【正确答案】：AA. Nathaniel HawthorneB. Walt WhitmanC. Ralph Waldo EmersonD. Mark Twain84、“There is evil in every human hear, which may remain latent, perhaps, through the whole life; but circumstances may rouse it to activity.” Which is the author of it?【正确答案】：CA. Washington IrvingB. Ralph Waldo EmersonC. Nathaniel HawthorneD. Walt Whitman85、Who exerts the single most important influence on literary naturalism? 【正确答案】：DA. EmersonB. Jack LondonC. Theodore DreiserD. Darwin86、“The horizons edge, the flying sea-crow, the fragrance of salt marsh and shore mud. These became part of that child who went forth every day, and who now goes, and will always go forth every day.” The two lines are taken from _.【正确答案】：AA. “There Was a Child Went Forth” by Walt WhitmanB. “In a Station of the Metro” by Ezra PoundC. “Cavalry Crossing a Ford” by Walt WhitmanD. “Ulysses” by Joyce87、The first book Robert Frost wrote was _.【正确答案】：DA. Mountain IntervalB. New HampshireC. A Further RangeD. A Boys Will88、Which of the following comments on the novel The Great Gatsby is not true？【正确答案】：DA. The Great Gatsby is a novel that is a set against the ending of the war.B. Gatsby is a mystical figure whose intensity of dream partakes of a state of mind that embodies American itself.C. Gatsby is the last of the romantic heroes.D. Gatsby is wealthy but unintelligent and brutal.89、There was 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 chamoagne and the stars, the two sentences are taken from _.【正确答案】：AA. The Great Gatsby by FitzgeraldB. Sister Carrie by Theodore DreiserC. Moby-Dick by Herman MelvilleD. Daisy Miller by Henry James90、“I shall be telling this with a sign【正确答案】：AA. Robert Lee Frosts “The Road Not Taken”B. Alfred