1、英国文学作品选读 试题 一 二 三 四 五 六得分 总分All the answers should be written on the Answer SheetI. Multiple Choice.( 30% )There are 30 statements in this part. Choose A, B,C or D on your Answer Sheet. 1. “The Canterbury Tales” was written in_, which was first introduced from the continent by Chaucer and for a long
2、 time became the classic poetic form.A. blank verse B. sonnet C. heroic couplet D. free verse2. Which of the following is not subsumed into William Shakespeares four great tragedies? A. Romeo and Juliet B. Hamlet C. Othello D. Macbeth3. In Novum Organum (New Instrument), Bacon discussed the method o
3、f _.A. deduction B. induction C. analogy D. reading4. Which of the following statements about John Donne is wrong?A. He is one of the most important representatives for metaphysical poetsB. He frequently uses the far-fetched comparisons to make incredible but reasonable arguments.C. He sets great st
4、ore by the gorgeous diction. D. Most of his poems concern the love and religion themes.5. Which of the following characters bears the most resemblance with its creator in John Miltons works?A. Satan in Paradise Lost B. God in Paradise Lost C. Samson in Samson Agonistes D. Christ in Paradise Regained
5、6. The Metaphysical Poetry is characterized by its extensive use of _.A. the impersonal voiceB. conceitsC. traditional symbolsD. literary allusions7. The Review, the first regularly issued political journal in British history, was initiated by which of the following?A. Jonathan Swift B. Daniel Defoe
6、 C. John Donne D. John Milton得分评卷人8. If we are to use one key word to describe Jonathan Swifts writing tone, it will most probably be_.A. satiric B. mild C. instructive D. euphemistic9. Which of the following statements best describes Gullivers Travels?A. Gullivers Travels is a book of satire.B. Gul
7、livers Travels is a book of adventurous journeys.C. Gullivers Travels is a realistic representation of 18th century England.D. Both A and B.10. “The Lamb” is included in William Blakes _.A. Poetical SketchesB. The Songs of InnocenceC. The Songs of ExperienceD. The Marriage of Heaven and Hell11. Lake
8、 poets refer to the following poets except_.A. Wordsworth B. Southey C. Coleridge D. Keats12. Authors and poems are correctly paired in all of the following except _.A. William Wordsworth“The Solitary Reaper”B. William Blake“A Red, Red Rose”C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge“The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”
9、D. Robert Burns“The Tree of Liberty”13. The original title for Pride and Prejudice is _.A. First Impressions B. Impression C. Love and Marriage D. Elizabeths Love14. “Ode to the West Wind” was written in _ combined with sonnet form, which was a great artistic creation by Shelley. A. Terza Rima B. Bl
10、ank Verse C. Dramatic Monologue D. Ode 15. Which of the following novels is devoid of autobiographical elements?A. Jane Eyre B. Sons and Lovers C. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man D. Lord of Flies16. All the novels adopt the first person narrative perspective except_.A. Robinson Crusoe B. Gul
11、livers Travels C. Great Expectations D. Pride and Prejudice17. Which of the following novels by Virginia Woolf cannot be subsumed into the “Stream of consciousness” category?A. The Voyage Out B. Jacobs Room C. Mrs. Dalloway D. To the Lighthouse18. “All his novels present the losing struggle of indiv
12、iduals against the obscure power which moves the universe” best illustrates the work of _.A. Arnold Bennett B. H. G. Wells C. John Galsworthy D. Thomas Hardy19. “Art for arts sake” expresses the prevailing literary philosophy of _.A. Alfred Lord TennysonB. Robert BrowningC. Oscar WildeD. George Bern
13、ard Shaw20. Joyces short story “Araby” is characterized by the following except _.A. realistic descriptionB. symbolic detailsC. epiphanyD. excitement of the plot21. The first novel written by D. H. Lawrence is _.A. Sons and Lovers B. The White Peacock C. The Rainbow D. The Plumed Serpent22. Which of
14、 the following novels by E. M. Forster bears autobiographical color?A. Where Angels Fear to Tread B. A Room With a View C. The Longest Journey D. Howards End 23. Which of the following is not written by William Golding? _.A. Lord of the FliesB. Darkness VisibleC. The MagusD. The Spire24. Which of th
15、e following writers is not a Nobel Prize winner?A. William Golding B. D. H. Lawrence C. T. S. Eliot D. Doris Lessing25. Which of the following works established Doris Lessing as a prominent writer?A. The Grass is Singing B. Children of Violence C. The Golden Notebook D. The fifth Child26. The theme
16、of “A Woman on a Roof“ is the relationship between men and women as well as the relationship between _ in modern society.A. parents and childrenB. neighbors C. classesD. workers27. Tess of the DUrbervilles, one of Thomas Hardys best known novels, portrays man as _. A. being hereditarily either good
17、or bad B. being self-sufficient C. having no control over his own fate D. still retaining his own faith in a world of confusion28. In the novel Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte _.A. pours a lot of her own experience B. criticises the bourgeois system of educationC. shows that women should have equal righ
18、ts with menD. all of the above29. From the following, choose the one which is not John Fowless work:A. The Collector B.The French Lieutenants WomanC. A Maggot D. Venus and Adonis30. Among the following works written by Graham Swift, which is a collection of short stories?A. The sweet Shop Owner B. O
19、ut of This WorldC. Last Orders D. Learning to SwimII. Identification ( 20% )There are 20 selections in this part. Choose A, B,C or D on your Answer Sheet.1. He put the conch to his lips and began to blow. Savages appeared, painted out of recognition, edging round the ledge towards the neck.A. Hamlet
20、s Soliloquy B. A Red, Red RoseC. Tess of the DUrbervilles D. Lord of the Flies 2. Gazing up into the darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity; and my eyes burned with anguish and anger.A. Araby B. Great ExpectationsC. Tess of the DUrbervilles D. Lord of the Flies3. She wore a
21、 red scarf tied around her breasts and brief red bikini pants. This being the first day of the sun she was white, flushing red.得分评卷人A. Hamlets Soliloquy B. Great ExpectationsC. Tess of the DUrbervilles D. A Woman on a Roof 4. When the stars threw down their spears / And watered heaven with their tea
22、rs / Did he smile his work to see? / Did he who made the Lamb make thee?A. The Tyger B. A Red, Red RoseC. Death, be not proud D. The Canterbury Tales 5. Be thou, Spirit fierce, / My spirit! Be thou me, impetuous one! / Drive my dead thoughts over the universe / Like witherd leaves to quicken a new b
23、irth! And, by the incantation of this verse, / Scatter, as from an unextinguishd hearth / Ashes and sparks, my words among mankind!A. The Canterbury Tales B. A Red, Red RoseC. Ode to the West Wind D. Death, be not proud 6. Dost thou know who made thee? / Gave thee life / Gave thee clothing of deligh
24、t, / Softest clothing wooly bright; / Gave thee such a tender voice, / Making all the vales rejoice: A. A Red, Red Rose B. The Lamb C. Death, be not proud D. The Tyger 7. An image from ancient Egypt entered his minda sculpture in the British Museum, showing a pharaoh standing beside his wife, who ha
25、d her arm round his waist, with her other hand on his forearm.A. Tess of the DUrbervilles B. The Canterbury TalesC. The French Lieutenants Woman D. Of Marriage and Single Life8. Is it that they are born again / and we grow old? No, they die too. / Their yearly trick of looking new / Is written down
26、in rings of grain.A. Death, be not proud B. The TreesC. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud D. Of Marriage and Single Life9. I sit in the top of the wood, my eyes closed. / Inaction, no falsifying dream / Between my hooked head and hooked feet: / Or in sleep rehearse perfect kills and eat.A. Death, be not
27、proud B. The EagleC. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud D. Hawk Roosting10. The waves beside them danced; but they / Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: / A poet could not but be gay, / In such a jocund company: / I gazed-and gazed-but little thought / What wealth the show to me had brought:A. Death, be
28、not proud B. A Red, Red RoseC. Of Marriage and Single Life D. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud11. In this half Circle I pitched two Rows of strong Stakes, driving them into the Ground till they stood very firm like Piles, the biggest End being out of the Ground about Five Foot and a Half, and sharpened
29、on the Top: The two Rows did not stand above Six Inches from one another. A. Great Expectations B. The Canterbury Tales C. Tess of the DUrbervilles D. Robinson Crusoe12. From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be, / Much pleasure; then from thee much more must flow, / And soonest our best men wi
30、th thee do go, / Rest of their bones, and souls delivery.A. Death, be not proud B. I Wandered Lonely as a CloudC. Ode to the West Wind D. The Canterbury Tales 13. He clasps the crag with crooked hands; Close to the sun in lonely lands, / Ringd with the azure world, he stands.A. Break, Break, Break B
31、. Hawk RoostingC. Death, be not proud D. The Eagle14. Yellow, and black, and pale, and hectic red, / Pestilence-stricken multitudes: O thou, / Who chariotest to their dark wintry bed / The winged seeds, where they lie cold and low, / Each like a corpse within its grave, until / Thine azure sister of
32、 the Spring shall blow. A. Ode to the West Wind B. Death, be not proudC. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud D. Hawk Roosting 15. O, well for the fishermans boy, / That he shouts with his sister at play! / O, well for the sailor lad, / That he sings in his boat on the bay!A. Death, be not proud B. Hawk Roo
33、stingC. Break, Break, Break D. Great Expectations16. The entrance into this place I made to be not by a door, but by a short ladder to over the top, which ladder, when I was in, I lifted over after me, and I was completely fenced in.A. Lord of the Flies B. Robinson Crusoe C. Great Expectations D. Te
34、ss of the DUrbervilles 17. Craft men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them, for they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them.A. Lord of the Flies B. Of StudiesC. Of Marriage and Single Life D. Great Expectations 18. Oh, lift me as a wave, a
35、 leaf, a cloud! / I fall upon the thorns of life! I bleed!A. Of Marriage and Single Life B. Ode to the West WindC. Death, be not proud D. Great Expectations 19. It is a truth universally acknowledged, / that a single man in possession of a good fortune / must be in want of a wife.A. Great Expectatio
36、ns B. Lord of the FliesC. Tess of the DUrbervilles D. Pride and Prejudice 20. “Im your second father. Youre my son - more to me nor any son. Ive put away money, only for you to spend. When I was a hired-out shepherd in a solitary hut, not seeing no faces but faces of sheep till I half forgot wot men
37、s and womens faces wos like, I see yourn.”A. Lord of the Flies B. Tess of the DUrbervillesC. Death, be not proud D. Great Expectations III. Poem AnalysisAnalyze the following poem and write an essay within 200 words on the Answer Sheet (15%)OzymandiasPercy Bysshe Shelley1. I met a traveller from an
38、antique land,2. Who said: “Two vast and trunkless legs of stone3. Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,4. Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,5. And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,6. Tell that its sculptor well those passions read7. Which yet survive, stampd on these life
39、less thing,8. The hand that mockd them, and the heart that fed;9. And on the pedestal, these words appear:10. My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:11. Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!12. Nothing beside remains. Round the decay13. of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare14. The lone and le
40、vel sands stretch far away.”得分评卷人IV. Essay Writing ( 35% )There are three topics in this part. Please choose one of them and write an essay within 400 words on the Answer Sheet. ( 任选一题 )1. Ralph in Lord of the Flies2. Who do you find is the most impressive character in Tess of the DUrbervilles ? Comment on that character.3. Discuss the importance of social class in Pride and Prejudice, especially it impacts the relationship between Elizabeth and Darcy.得分评卷人
