完整版英國文學史及選讀期末試題及答案

1、考試課程：英國文學史及選讀 考核類型：A 卷 考試方式：閉卷 出卷教師: XXX 考試專業(yè)：英語 考試班級：英語xx班 I.Multiple choice (30 points, 1 point for each) select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. 1._，a typical example of old English poetry ,is regarded today as the national epic

2、 of the Anglo-Saxons. A.The Canterbury Tales B.The Ballad of Robin Hood C.The Song of Beowulf D.Sir Gawain and the Green Kinght 2._is the most common foot in English poetry. A.The anapest B.The trochee C.The iamb D.The dactyl 3.The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of histori

3、cal events, which one of the following is NOT such an event? A.The rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture. B.Englands domestic rest C.New discovery in geography and astrology D.The religious reformation and the economic expansion 4._is the most successful religious allegory in the English la

4、nguage. A.The Pilgrims Progress B.Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners C.The Life and Death of Mr.Badman D.The Holy War thth centuries, its essence and mid-17Renaissance refers to the period between the 14is 5.Generally, the _. A.science B.philosophy C.arts D.humanism 6.“So long as men can breath

5、e, or eyes can see,/So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”(Shakespeare, Sonnets18)What does“this”refer to ? A.Lover. B.Time. C.Summer. D.Poetry. 7.“O prince, O chief of my throned powers, /That led th embattled seraphim to war/Under thy conduct, and in dreadful deeds/Fearless, endangered

6、Heavens perpetual king”In the third line of the above passage quoted from Miltons Paradise Lost, the phrase“thy conduct”refers to _conduct. A.Gods B.Satans C.Adams D.Eves 8. It is generally regarded that Keatss most important and mature poems are in the form of _. B.ode A.elegy C.epic D.sonnet 9.“Sh

7、all I compare thee to a summers day?”The sentence is the beginning of Shakespeares_. A.comedy B.tragedy C.sonnet D.poem 10. Daniel Defoes novels mainly focus on _. A.the struggle of the unfortunate for mere existence B.the struggle of the shipwrecked persons for security C.the struggle of the pirate

8、s for wealth D.the desire of the criminals for property 11. Francis Bacon is best known for his_which greatly influenced the development of this literary form. A.essays B.poems C.works D.plays 12. Most of Thomas Hardys novels are set in Wessex_. A.a crude region in England B.a fictional primitive re

9、gion C.a remote rural area D.Hardys hometown 13. In terms of Pride and Prejudice, which is not true? A.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 aut

10、hor explores the relationship between great love and realistic benefits. 14. Chronologically the Victorian Period refers to _ A.1798-1832 B.1836-1901 C.1798-1901 D.the Neoclassical Period 15. In the following figures, who is Dickenss first child hero? A.Fagin. B.Mr.Brownlow. C.Olive Twist. D.Bill Si

11、kes 16. “And where are they? And where art thou,” My country? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now- The heroic bosom beats no more! (George Gordon Byron, Don Juan) In the above stanza,“art thou”literally means_. A.“art you ” B.“are though” C.“art though” D.“are you ” 17. Of the foll

12、owing writers, which is not the representative of the Romantic period? A.William Blake. B.John Bunyan. C.Jane Auten. D.John Keats. 18. In Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, what is the utmost concern of Blake? A.Love B.Childhood C.Death D.Human Experience 19. Paradise Lost is actually a sto

13、ry taken from_. A.the Renaissance B.the Old Testament D.the New Testament C.Greek Mythology 20. Jane Austens first novel is _. A.Pride and Prejudice B.Sense and Sensibility C.Emma D.Plan of a Noel 21. Of the following poets, which is not regarded as “Lake Poets”? A.Saumel Taylor Coleridge. B.Robert

14、Southey. C.William Wordsworth. D.William Shakespeare. 22.Daniel Defoe describes_as a typical English middle-class man of the eighteenth century, the very prototype of the empire builder or the pioneer colonist. A.Robinson Crusoe B.Moll Flanders C.Gulliver D.Tom Jones 23. The lines“Death, be not prou

15、d, though some have calld thee/Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;”are found in _. A.William Wordsworths writings B.John Keats writings C.John Donnes writings D.Percy Bysshe Shelleys writings 24.The Pilgrims progress by John Bunyan is often said to be concerned with the search for_. A.self-ful

16、fillment B.spiritual salvation C.material wealth D.universal truth 25.With so many poems such as “The Sparrows Nest,”“To a Skylark,”“To the Cuckoo”and “To a Butterfly”,William Wordsworth is regarded as a “_”. A.poet of genius. B.royal poet. C.worshipper of nature. D.conservative poet. 26.In the firs

17、t part of Gullivers Travels, Gulliver told this experience in _. A.Lilliput B.Brobdingnag C.Houyhnhnm D.England 27.Which of the following can not describe“Byronic hero”? A.Proud. B.Mysterious. C.Noble origin. D.Progressive. 28.The poetic form which Browning attached to maturity and perfection is _.

18、A.dramatic monologue B.use of symbol C.use of ironic language D.use of lyrics th-century writers who is commonly used to name the work of the 17metaphysical poetry”29.The term “wrote under the influence of _. A.John Milton B.John Donne C.John Keats D.John Bunyan 30. Which of the following writings i

19、s not created by William Wordsworth? A.I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud. B.She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways C.The Solitary Reaper. D.The Chimney Sweeper. II. Find the relevant match from colunm B for each item in Colomn A (10 points in all. 1 point for each) B A 1.Geoffrey Chaucer A. A Red, Red Rose 2

20、.Francis Bacon B. Ode to a Nightingale 3.Jonathan Swift C. Of Truth 4.William Blake D.Northanger Abbey 5.Robert Burns E.The Canterbury Tales 6.John Keats F.A Modest Proposal 7.Jane Austen G.The Tiger 8.Charles Dickens H. Ulysses 9.Tennyson I.David Copperfield 10.Robert Browning J.My Last Duchess III

21、. Fill in the following blanks (10 points in all, 1 point for each) 1. In the year_,at the battle of Hastings, the Normans headed by william, Duke of Normandy, defeated the Anglo-saxons. 2. Since historical times, England, where the early inhabitants were celts, has been conquered three times. It wa

22、s conquered by the Romans, the _,and the Normans. 3._is regared as shakespeares successful romantic tragedy. 4. No sooner were the people in control of the government than they divided into hostile parties: the liberal whigs and the conservative_. 5. The Glorious Revolution in _meant three things th

23、e supremacy of parliament, the beginning of modern English, and the final triumph of the principle of political liberty. 6. Romanticism as a literary movement come into being in England early in the latter half of the _century. 7. With the publication of william Wordsworths_in collaboration with S.T

24、 Coleridge, Romanticism began to bloom and found a firm place in the history of English literatare. 8. Woman as _ appeared in the Romantic age. It was during this period that women took, for the first time ,an important place in English literature. 9. The most important poet of the victoria Age was_

25、, Next to him, were Robert Browning and his wife. th cenfury. 10. The _movement appeared in the thirties of the 19IV. Questions and Answers (20 points in all ,10points for each) Give brief answers to each of following questions in English. (1) A selection from a poem Wherefore feed and clothe and sa

26、ve Form the cradle to the grave Those ungrateful drones who would Drain your sweat_nay, drink your blood? Whrefore, Bees of England, forge Many a weepon, chain, and scourge That these stingless drones may spoil The forced produce of your tail? Questions (10)1. These lines are taken from a poem entit

27、led_(1)written by _(1). 2. The rhyme scheme in the selection of the poem is _.(1) 3.What idea does the quotation express?(7) (2) A Selection from a work Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; othe

28、rs to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy and extracts made of them by others, but that would be only in the less important arguments and the meaner sort of books; else distilled bookd are like common dis

29、tilled waters. Question(10) 1. This passage is taken from a well-known work entiled_,(2) written by _.(1) 2. Whats the main idea of the whole work. (7) V. Topic Discussion (30 points in all,15 points for each). Write no less than 100 words on each of the following topics in English , in the correspo

30、nding space on the answer sheet. 1. Based on Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, discuss the theme of her works, the image of woman protagonists and what and how her novels truthfully present.(15) 2. In Pride and Prejudice, Jane Aasten explored three kinds of motivations of marriage that the middle-class

31、 th century. Try to make a brief the half the had people in second of 18discussion about them with specific examples from the novel. Make comments on Austens attitude towards these motivations.(15)200x200x學年度第一學期期末考試試卷 答案及評分標準 考試課程：英國文學史及選讀 考核類型：A 卷 考試方式：閉卷 出卷教師: XXX 考試專業(yè)：英語 考試班級：英語xx班 I. Multiple C

32、hoice (130=30) 01-05 C C B A D 06-10 D B B C A 11-15 A B C B C 16-20 D B D B B 21-25 D A C B C 26-30 A D A B D II. Find the relevant match from column B for each item in colamn A (110=10) 1-E 2-C 3-F 4-G 5-A 6-B 7-D 8-I 9-H 10-J III. Fill in the following blanks (110=10) 1. 1066 2. Anglo-Saxons 3. R

33、omeo and Juliet th 6.18 5. 1688 4. Tories 7.Lyrical Ballads 8.novelists 9.Tennyson 10.Chartist IV. Questions and Answers (20 points in all ) (1) A Poem Questions(10) 1. A Song: Men of England(1) Shelley(1) 2. aabb ccdd (1) 3. This poem is a war cry calling upon all working people to rise up against

34、their political oppressors, it points out the intolerable injustice of economic exploitation. The poet calls the exploiters “ungrateful drones”, Who drain the sweat and drink the blood of the labouring people, He illustrates with concrete examples the relationship of economic exploitation between th

35、e ruling class and the working people.(7) (2) A Selection from a work 1. Of Studies(1) Bacon(1) 2. It analyzes the use and abuse of studies ,the different ways adopted by different people to pursue studies. And how studies exert influence over human character. V .Topic Discussion (30 points in all, 15 points for each) A. Charlottes works are all about the struggle of an individual consciousness towards self-realization, about some lonely and neglecte