英語專業(yè)英美文學試卷及答案期末

英語專業(yè)英美文學試卷及答案期末英美文學試卷AI.Markthefollowingstatementsastrue(T)orfalse(F).(10x1’=10’)1.()ChauceristhefirstEnglishshort-storytellerandthefounderofEnglishpoetryaswellasthefounderofEnglishrealism.HismasterpieceTheCanterburytalescontains26stories.2.()EnglishRenaissanceisanageofessayanddrama.3.()Theriseofthemodernnoveliscloselyrelatedtotheriseofthemiddleclassandanurbanlife.4.()TheFrenchRevolutionandtheAmericanWarofIndependenceweretwobiginfluencesthatbroughtabouttheEnglishRomanticMovement.5.()Charlotte’snovelsareallaboutlonelyandneglectedyoungwomenwithafiercelongingforlifeandlove.Hernovelsaremoreorlessbasedonherownexperienceandfeelingsandthelifeassheseesaround.6.()Theleadingfiguresofthenaturalismattheturnof19thcenturyareThomasHardy,JohnGalsworthyandBernardShaw.7.()EmilyDickinsonisrememberedasthe“AllAmericanWriter”.8.()TheCivilWardividestheAmericanliteratureintoromanticliteratureandrealistliterature.9.()MarkTwainisthefirstAmericanwritertodiscoveranAmericanlanguageandAmericanconsciousness.10.()Inthedecadeofthe1910s,Americanliteratureachievedanewdiversityandreacheditsgreatestheights.II.Fillintheblanks.(20x1’=20’)11.ThemostenduringshapinginfluenceinAmericanthoughtandAmericanliteraturewas___________.12.TheWarofIndependencelastedeightyearstill__________.13.RalphWaldoEmerson'sessay__________hasbeenregardedas"America'sDeclarationofIntellectualIndependence".??ItcalledonAmericanwriterstowriteaboutAmericainawaypeculiarlyAmerican.14.TheAmerican___________writerspaidagreatinterestintherealitiesoflifeanddescribedtheintegrityofhumancharacterreactingundervariouscircumstancesandpicturedthepioneersoftheFarWest,thenewimmigrantsandthestrugglesoftheworkingclass.Theleadingfigureswere____________,____________,____________,____________,etc.15.NoperiodinAmericanhistoryismoreeventfulthanthatbetweenthetwoworldwars.Theliteraryfeaturesofthetimecanbeseeninthewritingsofthose________writersasEzraPound,andthewritersoftheLostGenerationas___________.16.TwofeaturesofEnglishRenaissancearethecuriosityfor___________andtheinterestintheactivitiesof_____________________.17.Shakespeare’searliestgreatsuccessintragedyis____________,aplayofyouthandlove,withthefamousbalconyscene.18.Therearethreetypesofpoetsin17thcenturyEnglishliterature.TheyarePuritanpoets,___________poetsand______________poets.19.Pope’sAnEssayonCriticismisadidacticpoemwrittenin___________________.20.___________hasbeenregardedbysomeas“FatheroftheEnglishNovel”forhiscontributiontotheestablishmentoftheformofthemodernnovel.21.“Beautyistruth,truthbeauty”isanepigrammaticlineby_______________.22.Lawrence’smostcontroversialnovelis___________,thebestprobably_________.III.Multiplechoice.(20x1’=20’)23.AmongthethreemajorworksbyJohnMilton________isindeedtheonlygenerallyacknowledgedepicinEnglishliteraturesinceBeowulf.A.ParadiseRegainedB.SamsonAgonistesC.LycidasD.ParadiseLost24.FrancisBacon’sessaysarefamousfortheirbrevity,compactnessand__________.A.complicityB.complexityC.powerfulnessD.mildness25.AsoneofthegreatestmastersofEnglishprose,_______definedagoodstyleas“properwordsinproperplaces”.A.HenryFieldingB.JonathanSwiftC.SamuelJohnsonD.AlexanderPope26.ThePilgrim’sProgressbyJohnBunyanisoftensaidtobeconcernedwiththesearchfor_________.A.materialwealthB.spiritualsalvationC.universaltruthD.self-fulfillment27.“Itisatruthuniversallyacknowledgedthatasinglemaninpossessionofagoodfortunemustbeinwantofawife.”Thequotedpartistakenfrom_________.A.JaneEyreB.WutheringHeightsC.PrideandPrejudiceD.SenseandSensibility28.WhichofthefollowingpoemsisalandmarkinEnglishpoetry?A.LyricalBalladsbyWilliamWordsworthandSamuelTaylorColeridgeB.“IWanderedLonelyasaCloud”byWilliamWordsworthC.“Remorse”bySamuelTaylorColeridgeD.LeavesofGrassbyWaltWhitman29.ThemostdistinguishingfeatureofCharlesDickens’worksishis_________.A.simplevocabularyB.bitterandsharpcriticismC.character-portrayalD.picturesofhappiness30.“MyLastDuchess”isapoemthatbestexemplifiesRobertBrowning’s________.A.sensitiveearforthesoundsoftheEnglishlanguageB.excellentchoiceofwordsC.masteringofthemetricaldevicesD.useofthedramaticmonologue31.________isthemostoutstandingstreamofconsciousnessnovelist,with______ashisencyclopedia-likemasterpiece.AJamesJoyce,UlyssesB..Foster,APassagetoIndiaC.D.H.Lawrence,SonsandloversD.VirginiaWoolf,Mrs.Dalloway32.WhichofthefollowingcommentsonCharlesDickensiswrong?A.DickensisoneofthegreatestcriticalrealistwritersoftheModernPeriodB.Hisseriousintentionistoexposeandcriticizeallthepoverty,injustice,hypocrisyandcorruptnessheseesallaroundhim.C.ThelaterworksshowthedevelopmentofDickenstowardsahighlyconsciousartistofthemoderntype.D.ATaleofTwoCitiesisoneofhislateworks.33._____wasknownas“thepoets’poet”．A.WilliamShakespeareB.EdmundSpenserC.JohnDonneD.JohnMilton34.WhichofthefollowingpoetbelongstotheactiveRomanticpoet?A.KeatsB.SoutheyC.WordsworthD.Coleridge35.______isregardedtodayasthenationalepicoftheAnglo-Saxons.A.BeowulfB.TheCanterburyTalesC.DonJuanD.ParadiseLost36.___________isthefirstmodernAmericannovel.A.TomSawyerB.HuckleberryFinnC.TheSketchBookD.TheLeatherstockingTales37.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueofAmericanTranscendentalism?A.ItcanbeclearlydefinedasapartofAmericanRomanticliterarymovement.B.Itcanbedefinedphilosophicallyas“therecognitioninmanofthecapacityofknowingtruthintuitively”.C.RalphWaldoEmersonwasthechiefadvocateofthisspiritualmovement.D.ItsprangfromSouthAmericainthelatel9thcentury.38.ThethemeofWashingtonIrving’sRipVanWinkleis_________.A.theconflictofhumanpsycheB.thefightagainstracialdiscriminationC.thefamilialconflictD.thenostalgiafortheunrecoverablepast39.TheNobelPrizeCommitteehighlypraised________for“hispowerfulstyle-formingmasteryoftheart”ofcreatingmoderndiction.A.EzraPoundB.ErnestHemingwayC.RobertFrostD.TheodoreDreiser40.Whoexertsthesinglemostimportantinfluenceonliterarynaturalism?A.EmersonB.JackLondonC.TheodoreDreiserD.Darwin41.________isNOTtrueindescribingAmericannaturalists.A.theyweredeeplyinfluencedbyDarwinismB.theywereidentifiedwithFrenchnovelistandtheoristEmileZolaC.theychosetheirsubjectsforthelowerranksorsocietyD.theyusedmoreseriousandmoresympathetictoneinwritingthanrealists42.HenryJames’ｓfamegenerallyrestsuponhisnovelsandstorieswith________.A.internationalthemeB.nationalthemeC.EuropeanthemeD.regionalthemeIV.Explainthefollowingliteraryitems.(4x5’=20’)43.SpenserianStanza/doc/4614326257.html,kePoets45.Humanism46.BalladV.Questions.(3x10’=30’)47.“RobinsonCrusoe”isusuallyconsideredasDanielDefoe’smasterpiece.Discusswhyitbecamesosuccessfulwhenitwaspublished?48.Whatis"Byronichero"?49.MarkTwainandHenryJamesaretworepresentativesoftherealisticwritersinAmericanliterature.HowisTwain’srealismdifferentformJames’srealism?參考答案：I.Markthefollowingstatementsastrue(T)orfalse(F).(本題共10空，每空1分，共10分)1-5:FFTTT6-10:FFTTFII.Fillintheblanks.(本題共20小題，每題1分，共20分)11.(American)Puritanism12.178313.TheAmericanScholar14.realistic;MarkTwain;HenryJames;JackLondon;TheodoreDreiser.15.Imagist;Hemingway.16.theclassicalliterature;humanity.17.RomeoandJuliet18.Cavalier;Metaphysical19.heroiccouplet20.HenryFielding21.JohnKeats/doc/4614326257.html,dyChatterley’ｓlover;TheRainbowIII.Multiplechoice.（本題共20小題，每題1分，共20分)IV.Explainthefollowingliteraryitems.（本題4小題,每小題5分,共20分）43.SpenserianStanza:itreferstoaverseformcreatedbyEdmundSpenserforhispoems.Eachstanzahasninelines.Eachofthefirsteightlinesisiniambicpentameter,andtheninthlineisaniambichexameterline.Therhythmschemeis題號2324252627282930313233343536373839404142答案DCBBCACDAABAABDDBDDAababbcbcc44.LakePoets:itreferstothoseEnglishromanticpoetsatthebeginningofthe19thcentury,WilliamWordsworth,forexample,wholivedintheheartoftheLakeDistrictinthenorth-westernpartofEnglandandenjoyedtheexperienceoflivingclosetonature,andthesepoetsweretheoldergenerationofRomanticpoetswhohadbeendeeplyinfluencedbytheFrenchRevolutionof1789anditseffects.Intheirwritings,theydescribedthebeautifulscenesandthecountrypeopleofthearea.45.HumanismreferstotheliterarycultureintheRenaissance.Humanistsemphasizethecapacitiesofthehumanmindandtheachievementsofhumanculture.HumanismbecamethecentralthemeofEnglishRenaissance.ThomasMoreandWilliamShakespearearethebestrepresentativesoftheEnglishhumanists.46.Ballad:astorytoldinsongs,usuallyin4-linestanzas,withthesecondandfourthrhymed.V.Questions.（本題3小題,每小題10分,共30分）47.A:RobinsonCrusoeissupposedlybasedontherealadventureofanAlexanderSelkirkwhooncestayedaloneontheuninhabitedislandforfiveyear4s.Actually,thestoryisanimagination.B:InRobinsonCrusoe,DefoetracesthegrowthofRobinsonfromana?veandartlessyouthintoashrewdandhardenedman,temperedbynumeroustrialsinhiseventfullife.C.Inthenovel,Robinsonisarealheroandheisanembodimentoftherisingmiddle-classvirtuesinthemid-eighteenthcenturyEngland.Robinsonisatrueempire-builder,acolonizerandaforeigntrader,whohasthecourageandwilltofacehardshipsandwhohasdeterminationtopreservehimselfandimprovehislivelihoodbystrugglingagainstnature.D.RobinsonCrusoeisanadventurestoryverymuchinthespiritofthetime.Becauseoftheabovereasons,whenitwasp