專八備考人文知識題—英國文學(xué)部分

1、第一階段：中古英國文學(xué)（8 世紀(jì)一一 14 世紀(jì)）1. WhichofthefollowingdoesnotbelongtotheworksofGeoffreyChaucer?A. TheCanterburyTalesB. TheVisionofPiersPlowmanC. TroilusandCriseydeD. TheRomauntoftheRose2. bringsthereadersintoaworldthatbelongstotheCelticlegendofKingArthurandhisknightsoftheRoundTable.A. TheVisionofPiersPlowm

2、anB. TheHouseofFameC. TheRomauntoftheRoseD. SirGawainandtheGreenKnight3. WhichofthefollowingisthetranslationworkofGeoffreyChaucer?A. TheCanterburyTalesB. TroilusandCriseydeC. TheRomauntoftheRoseD. TheHouseofFame4. Inthe14thcentury,themostimportantwriteris.A.LanglandB.WyclifC.GowerD.Chaucer5. InAnglo

3、-Saxonperiod,“Beowulfnassentedthepoetry.A.paganB.religiousC.romanticD.sentimental6. WhenwespeakoftheoldEnglishprose,wemightthinkof,whoisthefirstscholarinEnglishliteratureandhasbeenregardedasfatherofEnglishlearning.A. WilliamShakespeareB. BeowulfC. JuliusCaesarD. VenerableBede7.isnotonlyaprosewriterb

4、utalsoakingofWessex.A. AlfredtheGreatB. VenerableBedeC. AdamBedeD. kingArthur8.istheculminationoftheArthurianromance.A. SirGawainandtheGreenKnightB. TheStoryofBeowulfC. PiersthePlowmanD. TheCanterburyTales10. TheprevailingformofMedievalEnglishliteratureistheA.FrenchB.LatinC.RomanceD.Science11. Inwhi

5、chcenturywereGeoffreyChaucersCanterburalTswritten?A.FourteenthB.FifteenthC.SixteenthD.Seventeenth12. W 川 iamLanglandwrotefor.A. theroyalfamilyB. thecourtC. themonksD. thecommonpeople13. SirGawainandtheGreenKnightfocuseson.A. immediatesocialissuesB. thereallifeaswellaspeoplesfeelingsanddesiresC. arem

6、oteworldbelongstotheCelticLegendofKingArthurandhisknightsD. theimaginationofthefutureworld14. KingAlfredsAngloSaxonChroniclewaswritteninform.A.poeticB.dramaticC.proseD.noneoftheabove【答案及題解】1. BTheVisionofPiersPlowman 是作家威廉蘭格倫的作品。9,W 川 iamLanglandsA. KublaiKhanB. PiersthePlowmanC. TheDreamofJohnBullD

7、. MortedArthuriswrittenintheformofadreamvision.2. D高文爵士與綠色騎士是由一無名作者所做的一部關(guān)于亞瑟王時(shí)期的圓桌騎士的故事。3. C 玫瑰羅曼史 是杰弗里喬叟翻譯的一部法國作品。 其他全為他自己的作品。4. D 十四世紀(jì)最偉大的作家是喬叟。5. A貝爾武甫代表的是盎格魯撒克遜時(shí)期的異教英雄主義。6. D 比德(673-735)是英國著名的歷史學(xué)家及神學(xué)家，是古英國文學(xué)史上的先驅(qū)。7. A 阿爾弗雷德大帝(849-899)是一位君王，也是杰出的散文學(xué)家。8. A 亞瑟王浪漫主義文學(xué)的頂峰是高文爵士與綠色騎士，這是一部描述當(dāng)時(shí)圓桌騎士故事的作品。

8、9. B 威廉蘭格倫的農(nóng)夫皮爾斯之幻象是用夢幻的意象來寫的。10. C 縱觀中世紀(jì)文學(xué)的作品，我們不難看出，這一時(shí)期作品多采用典故、神話、寓言以及夢幻意象等形式，主要采用的是浪漫主義的筆風(fēng)。11. A12. D 威廉蘭格倫主要是為平民百姓而寫，這一點(diǎn)在他的代表作農(nóng)夫皮爾斯之幻象中可以看出來，表達(dá)了對現(xiàn)實(shí)社會的抗議。13. C 該作品是關(guān)于亞瑟王時(shí)期的圓桌騎士的故事。14. C 阿爾弗雷德大帝所做的盎格魯撒克遜編年史采用的寫作體例是散文。第二階段：文藝復(fù)興時(shí)期（14 世紀(jì)一一 17 世紀(jì)中期）1. ThepublicationofPhilipSidneysmadesonnetsequenceap

9、opularliteraryforminEngland.A. ArcadiaB. AstrophelandStellaC. DefenseofPoetryD. Utopia2. Thenine-lineversestanzawasoriginatedfrom.A. EdmundSpenserB. PhilipSidneyC. ThomasMoreD. WilliamShakespeare3. Hereisasentenceformanessay,“Readnottocontradictandconfuse,nortobelieveandtakeforgranted,nortofindtalka

10、nddiscourse,buttoweighandconsider”.Theessaymustbe.A. OfStudiesbyFrancisBaconB. TheAdvancementofLearningbyFrancisBaconC. NovumOrganumbyFrancisBaconD. EssaysbyFrancisBacon4. TheliteraryformofTheFaerieQueenis.A. lyricpoemB. ironicpoemC. narrativepoemD. allegoricalpoem5. Allofthefollowingarethemostemine

11、ntdramatistsintheRenaissanceEnglandexceptA. WilliamShakespeareB. BenJonsonC. ChristopherMarloweD. FrancisBacon6. TheEnglishRenaissanceperiodwasanageofA. poetryanddramaB. dramaandnovelC. novelandpoetryD. romanceandpoetry7. InShakespearesMerchantofVenice,AntoniocouldnotpaybackthemoneyheborrowedfromShy

12、lock,because.A. hismoneywasallinvestedinthenewly-emergingtextileindustryB. hisenterprisewentbankruptC. BassaniowasabletopayhisowndebtD. hisshipshadallbeenlost8. WhichofthefollowingisnotamongShakespearesfourgreattragedies?A. HamletB. RomeoandJulietC. MacbethD. KingLear9.isthefirstimportantEnglishessa

13、yistandthefounderofmodernscienceinEngland.A. FrancisBaconB. EdmundSpenserC. WilliamCarxtonD. Sidney10.WhatflourishedinElizabethanagemorethananyotherformofliterature?A. NovelB. DramaC. EssayD. Poetry11.exposesthecorruptionofviciousambition.A. OthelloB. KingLearC. HamletD. Macbeth12. SirThomasMorewrot

14、eUtopiainin1516.A. FrenchB. EnglishC. LatinD. Italian13. WilliamShakespeareisoneofthegiantsof.A. RomanticismB. criticalrealismC. AestheticismD. theRenaissance14. ParadiseLostisthemasterpieceof.A. WilliamShakespeareB. RobertBurnsC. JohnMiltonD. WilliamBlake15. Howmanylinesdoesasonnethave?A. 10B. 12C.

15、 14D. Theyvary.16. WhichofthefollowingplayswrittenbyShakespeareishistoryplay?AJulietCaesarB. TheMerryWivesofWindsorC. HenryIVD. KingLear17. WhichisChristopherMarlowesfirstfamousplayA. TamburlaineB. EdwardnC. TheTragicalHistoryofDoctorFaustusD. TheJewofMalta18. WhichofthefollowingisNOTtheworkofSirPhi

16、lipSidney?A. AstrophelandStellaB. DefenseofPoetryC. ArcadiaD. SamsonAgonists19. Spenserianstanzaisa.A. 14linestanzaB. 8linestanzaC. 9linestanzaD. 12linestanza20. WhichofthefollowingisnotthefeatureofMetaphysicalpoems?A. Theyuseconceitstoexpressideasinsharpandharshmanner.B. Theyrejecttheromanticexagge

17、rationofElizabethanlovepoetry.C. Theirmetaphorsarecommonlyusedindailylife.D. Theformofthemisoftenanargumentwiththepoetslover,Godofhimself.21. “Tobeornottobehasbecomeauniversalquestionpuzzlingeveryintellectualmind.Thisisaquotationfrom.A. KingLearB. HamletC. RomeoandJulietD. Othello22. Thefirstofficia

18、lversionofbibleknownastheGreatBible,wasrevisedin【答案及題解】1. B阿斯特羅菲爾與斯特拉是菲利普雪尼所著的 140 多首十四行詩和其他詩篇的總和。A阿卡狄亞是一部長篇傳奇故事。C為詩辯護(hù)是一篇文學(xué)論文。D 不是他的作品。2. A 九行體是斯賓塞向后人贈送的一筆寶貴的遺產(chǎn)。仙后的六大卷即用此詩體寫成。3. A4. D仙后中采用了許多來自希臘、羅馬古典作品和法意諸國浪漫傳奇中的典故，屬于寓言詩體。5. D 培根是復(fù)興時(shí)期著名的散文家，而不是劇作家。6. A 文藝復(fù)興時(shí)期的主流文學(xué)體是詩歌與戲劇。7. D威尼斯商人中，安東尼奧還不了錢的原因是因?yàn)樗?/p>

19、船只在海上沉沒。8. B 莎士比亞四大悲劇為麥克白李爾王哈姆雷特奧塞羅。9. A10. B 伊麗莎白時(shí)期最盛行的文學(xué)形式是戲劇。11. D麥克白中，麥克白殺了鄧肯國王，我們說他是一個(gè)十惡不赦的兇手。它的主題是邪惡野心的崩潰。12. C烏托邦是用拉丁文寫成的。八thA. 16thB. 17八thC. 18thD. 19centurycenturycenturycentury13. D 莎士比亞是文藝復(fù)興時(shí)期的著名作家。14. C15. C16. CHenryIV 是莎士比亞的歷史劇。17. A 馬洛的第一部著名作品是帖木耳大帝。18. DSamsonAgonists力士參孫是 Milton 的作

20、品。19. C 斯賓塞采用的是九行體。20. C 玄學(xué)派多拒絕采用伊麗莎白時(shí)期的浪漫夸張的文風(fēng)，而是采用直接的方式尖銳地表達(dá)他們的見解。他們強(qiáng)調(diào)的是理性與智慧，反對感性與沖動。多用來表達(dá)較為復(fù)雜的觀點(diǎn)和情感，但并不是停留在普通百姓理解的層次上。21. B22. B 圣 經(jīng) 在1611 年 由JamesI 修 訂 發(fā) 行 。 此 舉 被 認(rèn) 為 是thenoblestmonumentofEnglishprose。第三階段：新古典主義時(shí)期（17 世紀(jì)中期一一 18 世紀(jì)）1. InthefollowingdescriptionoftheNeoclassicalPeriod,whichiswrong

21、?A. TheNeoclassicalPeriodispriortotheRomanticPeriod.B. HenryFieldingisoneoftherepresentativesoftheNeoclassicalPeriod.C. ThemodernEnglishnovelcameintobeingintheNeoclassicalPeriod.D. NeoclassicalPeriodisalsoknownastheAgeofEnlightenment.2. Bymakingthetruth-seekingpilgrimssufferatthehandsofthepeopleofVa

22、nityFair,JohnBunyanintendstoshowtheprevalentpoliticalandreligiousofhistime.A. persecutionB. improvementC. prosperityD. disillusionment3. Anhonest,kind-heartedyoungman,whoisfullofanimalspiritandlacksprudence,isexpelledfromtheparadiseandhastogothroughhardexperiencetogainknowledgeofhimselfandfinallytoh

23、avebeenacceptedbothbyavirtuousladyandarichrelative.TheabovesentencemaywellsumupthethemeofFieldingswork.A. JonathanWildtheGreatB. TomJonesC. TheCoffee-HousePoliticianD. Amelia4. WhichofthefollowingworkswasnotwrittenbyJonathanSwift?A. AModestProposalB. GulliversTravelsC. ATaleofaTubD. TheRivals5. wast

24、hegreatestdramatistduringtheNeoclassicalPeriodinEngland.A. GoldsmithB. SheridanC. SternD. Fielding6.isthemostsuccessfulreligiousallegoryintheEnglishlanguage.A.GenesisB. ExodusC. ThePilgrimsProgressD. TheHolyWar7.isoneofSwiftmasterpieces.Itisasatireoncorruptioninreligionandlearning.A. TheWayoftheWorl

25、dB. LoveforLoveC. TheBeggarsOperaD.ATaleofaTub8. ManylinesfromAlexanderPopespoem“EssayonCriticismhavebecomeproverbialmaxims,suchas:oTerrishuman;toforgive,divine.“l(fā)earningisadangerousthing.A. AlittleB. LittleC. NoD. Few9. WhichofthefollowingdoesnotbelongtopioneeringeffortsinthecreationoftheEnglishnov

26、el?A. JohnLilysEuphuesB. SirPhilipSidneysArcadiaC. ThomasLodgesRosalyndeD. SamuelRichardsonsPamela10. ThenovelGulliversTravelswasiWtenby.A. TobiasSmollettB. JonathanSwiftC. LaurenceSterneD. JohnBunyan11. WhoseworksignaledthebeginningoftheageofRestorationDrama?A. WilliamWycherleyB. JohnDrydenC. Willi

27、amCongreveD. JohnGay12. WhichofthefollowingbookswasSamuelJohnsonsmonumentalsuccess?A. TheDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguageB. OliverTwistC. TheOldCuriosityShopD. BarnabyRudge13. WhoisbestrememberedastherecipientofJohnsonsfamousletter?A. DickensB. LordChesterfieldC. ThomasHardyD. JosephAddison【答案及題解】1. .

28、D 新古典主義文學(xué)是在啟蒙主義的影響下產(chǎn)生的，所以說新古典主義文學(xué)就是啟蒙主義是不對的。2. .D 約翰班揚(yáng)在天路歷程中讓 pilgrims 路過 vanityfair。之所以叫浮華市集，是因?yàn)槟鞘墟?zhèn)比浮華還要輕浮，還因?yàn)槟莾嘿I賣的東西沒有一件不是浮華的。這表現(xiàn)了作者對于當(dāng)時(shí)政治和宗教的幻想的破滅。3. B 該題揭示的是亨利非爾丁的湯姆瓊斯的主題，這也是他最著名的一部作品。4. D 斯威夫特寫了一個(gè)溫和的建議格列佛游記和一個(gè)木桶的故事。但是情敵是謝里丹寫的。5. B 新古典主義時(shí)期的最偉大的戲劇家是謝里丹，其他幾個(gè)人也是同時(shí)代的作家，但在戲劇創(chuàng)作方面成就不如謝里丹。6. C天路歷程被認(rèn)為是英語

29、文學(xué)上最著名的宗教寓言。7. D一個(gè)木桶的故事是斯威夫特的著作之一。8. .A9. .DPamela 不在此列。另外一部應(yīng)包含的作品應(yīng)為 ThomasNashe 的TheUnfortunateTraveler(1594)10. B11. BJohnDryden 是新古典運(yùn)動的領(lǐng)袖人物。12. A 塞繆爾約翰遜的最偉大的作品是英語大辭典。13. B 切斯特菲爾德勛爵是著名書信作家，外交家。但與塞繆爾約翰遜有過節(jié)。使得他更為出名的是塞繆爾約翰遜寫給他的一封筆伐的書信。第四階段：浪漫主義時(shí)期(18 世紀(jì)中期一一 19 世紀(jì)中期)1.PoetryisSpontaneouswasputforwardby

30、.A. RobertBurnsB. WilliamBlakeC. WilliamWordsworthD. CharlesLamb2.WhichofthefollowingwritingscanberegardedastypicallybelongingtotheschoolofRomanticliterary?A. DonJuanB. UlyssesC. JaneEyreD. SonsandLovers3.ThepublicationofmarkedthebeginningoftheRomanticAge.A. DonJuanB. TheRimeoftheAncientMarinerC. Th

31、eLyricalBalladsD. QueenMab4.Wordsworthisa.A. realistB. classicistC. romanticistD.impressionist5.TheauthorofOdetotheWestWindis.A. ShellyB. ByronC. AllenPoeD. Emerson6.WhichofthefollowingdidnotbelongtoRomanticism?A. KeatsB. ShelleyC. WordsworthD. AlfredTennyson7.PrometheusUnbound“waswrittenby.Itappear

32、edintheyearofPeterlooMassacre.A.Wordsworth8.Coleridge9.Byron10.Shelley8. Frankensteinwasfilmedmanytimes.Whowrotethebook?A. EdgarAllanPoeB. JamesJoyceC. MaryShelleyD. BrainStoker9. Inthemid-18thcentury,anewliterarymovementcalledcametoEuropeandthentoEngland.A. romanticismB. classicismC. realismD. rest

33、oration10. ThefamouspoemARed,RedRosewaswrittenby.A. WordsworthB. ByronC. BurnsD. Keats11. WhichofthefollowingpoemwasnotwrittenbyJohnKeats?A. OdetotheWestWindB. OdetoAutumnC. OdeonaGrecianUrnD. OdetoaNightingale12. Whoseinformalessaysobservedlifewithhumor,andofteninagloomytone?A. JosephAddisonB. Char

34、lesLambC. LordChesterfieldD. ThomasHardy【答案及題解】1. C 威廉華茲華斯認(rèn)為“所有的好詩都是激情的自然流露”。2. A唐璜一書是浪漫主義作家拜倫的一部經(jīng)典作品。尤利西斯和兒子與情人都是現(xiàn)代主義的作品，而簡愛則是維多利亞時(shí)期的作品。3. C 標(biāo)志英國浪漫主義詩史開始的是 1798 年華茲華斯抒情歌謠集的出版。4. .C 華茲華斯是一位浪漫主義詩人。5. A6. D 丁尼生是維多利亞時(shí)期的詩人。7. .D解放的普羅米修斯是雪萊的作品。8. .C弗蘭肯斯坦是雪萊的作品。9. A 浪漫主義 18 世紀(jì)在歐洲興起，后傳入英國。它反對新古典主義理性，秩序，常規(guī)的

35、束縛，而強(qiáng)調(diào)感情的自然迸發(fā)，對大自然的贊美等。10. C11. A西風(fēng)頌是雪萊的作品。12. B 蘭姆充滿幽默，文風(fēng)亦莊亦諧。其作品多為自轉(zhuǎn)體，情調(diào)感傷，筆調(diào)奇特別致。第五階段：維多利亞時(shí)期(18361901)1.AtypicalfeatureoftheEnglishVictorianliteratureisthatwritersbecamesocialandmoral,exposingallkindsofsocialevils.A. revolutionariesB. idealistsC. criticsD. defenders2. WhichisThackeraysmasterpiece

36、?A. TheVirginiansB. VanityFairC. TheBookofSnobsD. TheNewsComes3. ,thepioneeringwoman,accordingtoD.H.Lawrence,wasthefirstnovelistthatstartedputtingalltheactionsinside.A. GeorgeEliotB. JaneAustinC. CharlotteBronteD. EmilyBronte4. TheFrenchrevolutionisthebackgroundofA. HardTimesB. TalesofTwoCitiesC. Gr

37、eatExpectationD. DavidCopperfield5. CharlesDickensbest-depictedcharactersarethoseinnocent,virtuous,persecuted,helplesscharacterssuchasOliverTwist,LittleNell,DavidCopperfieldandlittleDorrit.A. girlsB. childrenC. womenD. adultsOfallmybooks,“wroteCharlesDickens,likethisthebest.A. OliverTwistB. TheOldCu

38、riosityShopC. DavidCopperfieldD. GreatExpectation7. CharlesDickensisarepresentativeofEnglishcriticalrealism.A. novelistB. dramatistC. poetD. essayist8. WutheringHeightsisthemasterpieceby.A. JaneAustenB. EmilyBronteC. CharlesDickensD. WilliamMakepeaceThackeray9. JaneEyrewaswrittenbywhichBrontesister?

39、A. AnneB. CharlotteC. EmilyD. Jane10. TheauthorofthenovelTheReturnoftheNativeis6.waspublishedin1840-50,A. ThomasHardyB. D.H.LawrenceC. RobertBrowningD.AlfredTennyson11. WhichofthefollowingfemalewriterdidnotbelongtotheBronteSisters?A. CharlotteBronteB. EmilyBronteC. AnneBronteD. MaryBronte12. Thenove

40、lTheMillontheFlosswaswrittenby.A. GeorgeEliotB. JaneAustenC. CharlotteBronteD. EmilyBronte13. ThenovelofOliverTwististhestoryabouttheunderworldof.A. IrelandB. WashingtonC. LondonD. Paris14. W 川 iamMakepeaceThackeraystopicsweremostlydealingwithA. themiddleandupper-classlifeB. theschoolteacherslifeC. theurbanlifeD. thesealife15. WhichofthefollowingnovelistswasthelastofthegreatVictoriannovelists?A. DickensB. WilliamMakepeaceThackerayC. ThomasHardyD. GeorgeMeredith【答案