英語專業(yè)英美文學試卷及答案期末

1、英美文學試卷AI.Markthefollowingstatementsastrue(T)orfalse(F).(10 x110)1. ()ChauceristhefirstEnglishshort-storytellerandthefounderofEnglishpoetryaswellasthefounderofEnglishrealism.HismasterpieceTheCanterburytalescontains26stories.2. ()EnglishRenaissaneeisanageofessayanddrama.3. ()Theriseofthemodernnovelisc

2、loselyrelatedtotheriseofthemiddleclassandanurbanlife.4. ()TheFrenchRevolutionandtheAmericanWarofIndependenceweretwobiginfluencesthatbroughtabouttheEnglishRomanticMovement.5. ()CharlottenovelsareallaboutIonelyandneglectedyoungwomenwithafiercelongingforlifeandlove.Hernovelsaremoreorlessbasedonherownex

3、perieneeandfeelingsandthelifeassheseesaround.th6. ()Theleadingfiguresofthenaturalismattheturnof19centuryareThomasHardy,JohnGalsworthyandBernardShaw.7. ()EmilyDickinsonisrememberedastheAllAmericanWriter”.8. ()TheCivilWardividestheAmericanliteratureintoromanticliteratureandrealistliterature.9. ()MarkT

4、wainisthefirstAmericanwritertodiscoveranAmericanIanguageandAmericanconsciousness.10. ()Inthedecadeofthe1910s,Americanliteratureachievedanewdiversityandreacheditsgreatestheights.II.Fillintheblanks.(20 x120)11. ThemostenduringshapinginflueneeinAmericanthoughtandAmericanliteraturewas12. TheWarofIndepen

5、dencelastedeightyearstill.13. RalphWaldoEmersonsessayhasbeenregardedasAmericasDeclarationofIntellectualIndependence.ItcalledonAmericanwriterstowriteaboutAmericainawaypeculiarlyAmerican.14. TheAmericanwriterspaidagreatinterestintherealitiesoflifeanddescribedtheintegrityofhumancharacterreactingunderva

6、riouscircumstancesandpicturedthepioneersoftheFarWest,thenewimmigrantsandthestrugglesoftheworkingclass.Theleadingfigureswere,etc.15. NoperiodinAmericanhistoryismoreeventfulthanthatbetweenthetwoworldwars.TheliteraryfeaturesofthetimecanbeseeninthewritingsofthosewritersasEzraPound,andthewritersoftheLost

7、Generationas.16. TwofeaturesofEnglishRenaissaneearethecuriosityforandtheinterestintheactivitiesof.17. Shakespearearliestgreatsuccessintragedyis,aplayofyouthandlove,withthefamousbalconyscene.th18. Therearethreetypesofpoetsin17centuryEnglishliterature.TheyarePuritanpoets,poetsandpoets.19. PopesAnEssay

8、onCriticismisadidacticpoemwrittenin.20.hasbeenregardedbysomeaiFatheroftheEnglishNovel”forhiscontributiontotheestablishmentoftheformofthemodernnovel.21. Beautyistruth,truthbeautyisanepigrammaticlineby.22. Lawreneesmostcontroversialnovelis,thebestprobably.III.Multiplechoice.(20 x120)23. Amongthethreem

9、ajorworksbyJohnMiltonisindeedtheonlygenerallyacknowledgedepicinEnglishliteraturesinceBeowulf.A.ParadiseRegainedB.SamsonAgonistesC.LycidasD.ParadiseLost24.FrancisBaconessaysarefamousfortheirbrevity,compactnessand.A.complicityB.complexityC.powerfuInessD.mildness25. AsoneofthegreatestmastersofEnglishpr

10、ose,definedagoodstyleaSroperwordsinproperplaces.A.HenryFieldingB.JonathanSwiftC.SamuelJohnsonD.AlexanderPope26. ThePilgrimsProgressbyJohnBunyanisoftensaidtobeconcernedwiththesearchforA.materialwealthB.spiritualsalvationC.universaltruthD.self-fulfillment27.Itisatruthuniversallyacknowledgedthatasingle

11、maninpossessionofagoodfortunemustbeinwantofawife.Thequotedpartistakenfrom.A.JaneEyreB.WutheringHeightsC.PrideandPrejudiceD.SenseandSensibility28. WhichofthefollowingpoemsisaIandmarkinEnglishpoetry?A.LyricalBalladsbyWilliamWordsworthandSamuelTaylorColeridgeB.IWanderedLonelyasaCloudbyWilliamWordsworth

12、C.RemorsdbySamuelTaylorColeridgeD.LeavesofGrassbyWaltWhitman29. ThemostdistinguishingfeatureofCharleQickensworksishis.A.simplevocabularyB.bitterandsharpcriticismC.character-portrayalD.picturesofhappiness30.MyLastDuchess”isapoemthatbestexemplifiesRobertBrownings.A.sensitiveearforthesoundsoftheEnglish

13、IanguageB.excellentchoiceofwordsC.masteringofthemetricaldevicesD.useofthedramaticmonologue31.isthemostoutstandingstreamofconsciousnessnovelist,withashisencyclopedia-likemasterpiece.AJamesJoyceUlyssesB.E.M.Foster,APassagetoIndiaC.D.H.Lawrenee.SonsandloversD. VirginiaWoolf,Mrs.Dalloway32. Whichofthefo

14、llowingeommentsonCharlesDickensiswrong?A.DickensisoneofthegreatestcriticalrealistwritersoftheModernPeriodB.Hisseriousintentionistoexposeandcriticizeallthepoverty,injustice,hypocrisyandcorruptnessheseesallaroundhim.C.ThelaterworksshowthedevelopmentofDickenstowardsahighlyconsciousartistofthemoderntype

15、.D. ATaleofTwoCitiesisoneofhislateworks.33.wasknownasthepoetspoet.A.WilliamShakespeareB.EdmundSpenserC.JohnDonneD.JohnMilton34. WhichofthefollowingpoetbelongstotheactiveRomanticpoet?A.KeatsB.SoutheyC.WordsworthD.Coleridge35.isregardedtodayasthenationalepicoftheAnglo-Saxons.A.BeowulfB.TheCanterburyTa

16、lesC.DonJuanD.ParadiseLost36.isthefirstmodernAmericannovel.A.TomSawyerB.HuckleberryFinnC.TheSketchBookD.TheLeatherstockingTales37. WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueofAmericanTranscendentalism?A.ItcanbeclearlydefinedasapartofAmericanRomanticliterarymovement.B.Itcanbedefinedphilosophicallyasfhere

17、cognitioninmanofthecapacityofknowingtruthintuitively.C.RalphWaldoEmersonwasthechiefadvocateofthisspiritualmovement.D. ItsprangfromSouthAmericainthelatel9thcentury.38. ThethemeofWashingtonIrvingsRipVanWinkleis.A.theconflictofhumanpsycheB.thefightagainstracialdiscriminationC.thefamilialconflictD.theno

18、stalgiafortheunrecoverablepast39. TheNobelPrizeCommitteehighlypraisedforhispowerfulstyle-formingmasteryoftheart”ofcreatingmoderndiction.A.EzraPoundB.ErnestHemingwayC.RobertFrostD.TheodoreDreiser40. Whoexertsthesinglemostimportantinfluenceonliterarynaturalism?A.EmersonB.JackLondonC.TheodoreDreiserD.D

19、arwin41.isNOTtrueindescribingAmericannaturalists.A.theyweredeeplyinflueneedbyDarwinismB.theywereidentifiedwithFrenchnovelistandtheoristEmileZolaC.theychosetheirsubjectsforthelowerranksorsocietyD.theyusedmoreseriousandmoresympathetictoneinwritingthanrealists42. HenryJamesSmegenerallyrestsuponhisnovel

20、sandstorieswith.A.internationalthemeB.nationalthemeC.EuropeanthemeD.regionalthemeIV.Explainthefollowingliteraryitems.(4x5=20)43. SpenserianStanza44. LakePoets45. Humanism46. BalladV.Questions.(3x10=30)47.RobinsonCrusoe”isusuallyconsideredasDanielDefoesmasterpiece.Discusswhyitbecamesosuccessfulwhenit

21、waspublished?48. WhatisByronichero?49. MarkTwainandHenryJamesaretworepresentativesoftherealisticwritersinAmericanliterature.HowisTwainsrealismdifferentformJame參考答案:I.Markthefollowingstatementsastrue(T)orfalse(F).io分)1-5:FFTTT6-10:FFTTFII.Fillintheblanks.（本題共20小題，每題1分，共20分）11.(American)Puritanism12.1

22、78313.TheAmericanScholar14.realistic;MarkTwain;HenryJames;JackLondon;TheodoreDreiser.15.Imagist;Hemingway.16.theclassicalliterature;humanity.17.RomeoandJuliet18.Cavalier;Metaphysical19.heroiccouplet20.HenryFielding21.JohnKeats22.LadyChatterleyslover;TheRainbowIII.Multiplechoice.（本題共20小題，每題1分，共20分）題號

23、2324252627282930313233343536373839404142答案DCBBCACDAABAABDDBDDAsrealism?（本題共io空，每空i分，共IV.Explainthefollowingliteraryitems.(本題4小題,每小題5分，共20分)43.SpenserianStanza:itreferstoaverseformcreatedbyEdmundSpenserforhispoems.Eachstanzahasninelines.Eachofthefirsteightlinesisiniambicpentameter,andtheninthlineisan

24、iambichexameterline.Therhythmschemeisababbcbcc44.LakePoets:itreferstothoseEnglishromanticpoetsatthebeginningofthe19thcentury,WilliamWordsworth,forexample,wholivedintheheartoftheLakeDistrictinthenorth-westernpartofEnglandandenjoyedtheexperienceoflivingclosetonature,andthesepoetsweretheoldergeneration

25、ofRomanticpoetswhohadbeendeeplyinflueneedbytheFrenchRevolutionof1789anditseffects.Intheirwritings,theydescribedthebeautifulscenesandthecountrypeopleofthearea.45.HumanismreferstotheliterarycultureintheRenaissance.Humanistsemphasizethecapacitiesofthehumanmindandtheachievementsofhumanculture.Humanismbe

26、camethecentralthemeofEnglishRenaissance.ThomasMoreandWilliamShakespearearethebestrepresentativesoftheEnglishhumanists.46.Ballad:astorytoldinsongs,usuallyin4-linestanzas,withthesecondandfourthrhymed.V.Questions.（本題3小題，每小題io分,共30分）47.A:RobinsonCrusoeissupposedlybasedontherealadventureofanAlexanderSelk

27、irkwhooncestayedaloneontheuninhabitedislandforfiveyear4s.Actually,thestoryisanimagination.B:InRobinsonCrusoe,DefoetracesthegrowthofRobinsonfromana/eandartlessyouthintoashrewdandhardenedman,temperedbynumeroustrialsinhiseventfullife.C. Inthenovel,Robinsonisarealheroandheisanembodimentoftherisingmiddle

28、-classvirtuesinthemid-eighteenthcenturyEngland.Robinsonisatrueempire-builder,acolonizerandaforeigntrader,whohasthecourageandwilltofacehardshipsandwhohasdeterminationtopreservehimselfandimprovehislivelihoodbystrugglingagainstnature.D. RobinsonCrusoeisanadventurestoryverymuchinthespiritofthetime.Becauseoftheabovereasons,whenitwaspublished,peoplealllikedthatstory,and