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1、ExerciseforEnglishLiterature(2)Choosethebestanswerforeachblank.1. ,the“fatherofEnglishpoetry”andoneofthegreatestnarrativepoetsofEngland,wasborninLondonabout1340.A.GeoffreyChaucerB.SirGawainC.FrancisBaconD.JohnDryden2. Chaucerdiedonthe25thOctober1400,andwasburiedin.A.FlandersB.FranceC.ItalyD.Westmins

2、terAbbey3. Theprogressinindustryathomestimulatedthecommercialexpansionabroad.encouragedexplorationandtravel,whichwerecompatiblewiththeinterestoftheEnglishmerchants.A.HenryVB.HenryVIIC.HenryVIIID.QueenElizabeth4. ExceptbeingavictoryofEnglandover,theroutofthefleet“Awramsaadlaso”th(eInvincible)triumpho

3、ftherisingyoungbourgeoisieoverthedecliningoldfeudalism.A.SpainB.FranceC.AmericaD.Norway5. Atthebeginningofthe16thcenturytheoutstandinghumanistwrotehisUtopiainwhichhegaveaprofoundandtruthfulpictureofthepeopleandpustsfuofrfwearirndghisidealofafuturehappysociety.A.ThomasMoreB.ThomasMarloweC.FrancisBaco

4、nD.WilliamShakespear6. AbsolutemonarchyinEnglandreacheditssummitduringthereignofQueen.A.MaryB.ElizabethC.WilliamD.Victoria7. EnglishRenaissancePeriodwasanageof.A.proseandnovelB.poetryanddramaC.essaysandjournalsD.balladsandsongs8. Fromthefollowing,choosetheonewhichisnotFrancisBaconswork:.A.TheAdvance

5、mentofLearningB.TheNewInstrumentC.EssaysD.TheNewAtlanticsE.VenusandAdonis9. “ShallIcomparetheetoasummersday?”ThisisthebeginninglineofoneofShakespeareA.songsB.playsC.comediesD.sonnets10. TheheroinesofShakespearegrseatcomedies,arethedaughtersoftheRenaissance,whoseimagesandstorieswillremainalegacytorea

6、dersandaudiencesofalltime.A.PortiaB.RoselandC.ViolaD.Beatrice11. ChoosethefourgreattragediesofShakespearefromthefollowing.A.HamletB.OthelloC.MacbethD.KingLearE.TimonofAthens12. Whichplayisnotacomedy?A.AMidsummerNightsDreamB.TheMerchantofVeniceC.TwelfthNightD.RomeoandJulietE.AsYouLikeIt13. “Denmarkis

7、aprison”.Inwhichplaydoeesrothseumhmarisehisobservationofhisworldintosuchabittersentence?A.CharlesIB.OthelloC.HenryVIIID.Hamlet14. TheworksofandtheAuthorisedVersionoftheEnglishBiblearethetwogreattreasuriesoftheEnglishlanguage.A.GeoffreyChaucerB.EdmundSpenserC.WilliamShakespeareD.BenJohnson15. Inwhich

8、playdoestheheroshowhisprofoundreverenceformanthroughthesentence:“Whawokisaman!Hownobelinreason!Howfiniteinfaculty!”A.RomeoandJulietB.HamletC.OthelloD.TheMerchantofVenice16. In1649,wasbeheaded.Englandbecameacommonwealth.A.JamesIB.JamesIIC.CharlesID.CharlesII17. Therevolutionof1688meantthreeofthefollo

9、wingthings:.A. thesupremacyofParliamentB. thebeginningofmodernEnglandC. thetriumphoftheprincipallibertyD. thetriumphoftheprincipleofpoliticallibertyE. theRestorationofmonarchy18. Whoofthefollowingweretheimportantmetaphysicalpoets?A.JohnDonneB.GeorgeHerbertC.JohnMiltonD.RichardLovelace19. Whichworkwa

10、sNOTwrittenbyJohnMilton?A.ParadiseLostB.ParadiseRegainedC.SamsonAgonistesD.Volpone20. ParadiseLostis.A. JohnMiltonsmasterpieceB. agreatepicin12booksC. writteninblankverseD. abouttheheroicrevoltofSatanagainstGodsauthority21. JohnMiltonis.A. agreatrevolutionarypoetofthe17thcenturyB. anoutstandingpolit

11、icalpamphleteerC. agreatstylistD. agreatmasterofblankverse22. FromtheOldTestament,JohnMiltontookhisstoriesofParadiseLost,i.e.A. thecreationB. therebellioninHeavenofSatanandhisfellow-angelsC. theirdefeatandexpulsionfromHeavenD. thecreationofthedeathandofadamandEveE. thefallenangelsinhellplottingagain

12、stGodF. SatanstemptationofEveG. thedepartureofAdamandEvefromEden23. ThefinestthinginParadiseLostisthedescriptionofhell,andisoftenregardedastherealheroofthepoem.A.GodB.SatanC.AdamD.Eve24. WhoisthegreatestoftheMetaphysicalschoolofpoetry?A.JohnDonneB.GeorgeHerbertC.AndrewMarvellD.HenryVaugham25. wasapr

13、ogressiveintellectualmovementthroughoutWesternEuropeinthe18thcentury.A.TheRenaissanceB.TheEnlightenmentC.TheReligiousReformationD.TheChartistMovement26. Themainliterarystreamofthe18thcenturywas.Whatthewritersdescribedintheirworksweremainlysocialrealities.A.naturalismB.romanticismC.classicismD.realis

14、mE.sentimentalism27. TheeighteenthcenturywasthegoldenageoftheEnglish.Thenovelofthisperiodspokethetruthaboutlifewithanuncompromisingcourage.A.dramaB.poetryC.essayD.novel28. In1704,JonathanSwiftpublishedtwoworkstogether,and,whichmadehimwell-knownasasatirist.A.ATaleofaTubB.BickerstaffAlmanacC.Gullivers

15、TravelsD.AModestProposal29. “Properwordsinproperplaces,makesthetruedefinitionofastyle.”Thissentenceissaidby_ofthegreatestmastersofEnglishprose.A.AlexanderPopeB.HenryFieldingC.DanielDefoeD.JonathanSwift30. Asajournalist,hadlearnedhowtomakehisreportingvividandcrediblebyaskillfuluseofcircumstantialdeta

16、il.Thispowertomakehischaractersaliveandhisstoriescredibleisaninimitablegift.A.JosephAddisonB.DanielDefoeC.SamuelRicharsonD.TobiasSmollett31. WhichofthefollowingareNOTwrittenbyWilliamBlake?A.PoeticalSketchesB.SongsofInnocenceC.SongsofExperienceD.AuldLangSyneE.TheMarriageofHeavenandHellF.ProphecisG.Vi

17、sionsoftheDaughtersofAlbionandAmerica,aProphecy32. Inthe18thcenturyEnglishliterature,therepresentativepoetsofpre-romanticismwere.A.WilliamWordsworthB.WilliamBlakeC.RobertBurnsD.JonathanSwift33. TheRomanticAgebegabwiththepublicationofTheLyricalBalladswhichwaswrittenbyA.WilliamWordsworthB.SamuelJohnso

18、nC.SamuelTaylorColeridgeD.WordsworthandColeridge34. TheRomanticAgecametoanendwiththedeathofthelastwell-knownromanticwriter.A.JaneAustenB.WalterScottC.SamuelTaylorColeridgeD.WilliamWordsworth35. ThegloryoftheRomanticAgeliesinthepoetryof.A.WilliamWordsworthB.SamuelTaylorColeridgeC.GeorgeGordonByronD.P

19、ercyByssheShelleyE.JohnKeats36. TheEnglishRomanticAgeproducedtwomajornovelists.Theyare.A. GeorgeGordonByronandPercyByssheShelleyB. WilliamWordsworthandSamuelTaylorColeridgeC. WalterScottandJaneAustenD. CharlesLambandWilliamHazlitt37. WhichpoetsbelongtotheActiveRomanticgroup?A.GeorgeGordonByronB.Will

20、iamWordsworthC.PercyByssheShelleyD.JohnKeatsE.JohnMilton38. WhichpoetsbelongtotheLakers?A.WilliamWordsworthB.SamuelTaylorColeridgeC.JohnKeatsD.RobertSoutheyE.WalterScott39. WhichofthefolloeingwerewrittenbyWordsworthONLY?A.TotheCuckooB.TheLyricalBalladsC.LucyPoemsD.TheSolitaryReaperE.IWanderedLonelya

21、saCloud40. Thepublicationofmarkedthebreakwiththeconventionalpoeticaltraditionofthe18thcentury,1 .e.,withclassicism,andthebeginningoftheRomanticrevivalinEngland.A.TheLyricalBalladsB.ThePreludeC.ChildeHaroldsPilgrimageD.DonJuan41. Ascontrastedwiththeclassicistswhomadereason,orderandtheold,classicaltra

22、ditionsthecriteriaintheirpoeticalcreations,basedhisownpoeticalprincipleonthepremisethat“allgoodpoetryisthespontaneousoverflowofpowerfulfeeling.”A.SamuelTaylorColeridgeB.GeorgeGordonByronC.PercyByssheShelleyD.WilliamWordsworth42. wasthefirstcriticoftheRomanticSchool.A.WilliamWordworthB.SamuelJohnsonC

23、.SamuelTaylorColeridgeD.WordworthandColeridge43. Whichofthefollowingstatementsis(are)NOTtrueaboutGeorgeGordonByron?A. Byronsearlyyearshadbeenfarfromhappyforhewasbornwithaclubfoot,inthefrequentfamilysceneshismothercalledhim“youlamebrat.”B. ByrondiedinItalyanndwasdeeplymournedbytheItalianpeopleandbyal

24、lprogressivepeoplethroughouttheworld.C. Thereactionarycriticismofthe19thcenturytriedtobelittleByronsgeniusandhisroleinthedeEnglishliterature,butByronremainsoneofthemostpopularEnglishpoetsbothathomeandabroad.D. SincetheMay4Movementin1919,moreandmoreofByronspoemshavebeentranslatedintoChineseandwellrec

25、eivedbythepoetsandyoungreaders.Byronhasnowbecomeoneofthebest-knownEnglishpoetsinourcountry.44. In1805,Wordsworthcompletedalongautobiographicalpoementitled.A.BiographialiterariaB.ThePreludeC.LucyPoemsD.TheLyricalBallads45. isregardedasthemostwonderfullyricistEnglandhaseverproducedmainlyforhispoemsonn

26、ature,onlove,andonpolitics.A.WilliamWordsworthB.JohnKeatsC.GeorgeGordonByronD.PercyByssheShelley46. Whichofthefollowingstatementsis(are)NOTtrueaboutPercyByssheShelley?A. PrometheusUnboundisPercyByssheShelleysmasterpiece,alongepicpoem.B. AtEtonPercyByssheShelleywasknownas“MadShelley”,forhisobstinateo

27、ppositiontothebrutalfaggingsystem,accordingtowhichtheyoungerschool-boyswereobligedtoobeytheolderboysandbearagreatdealofcrueltreatment.C. GeorgeGordonByronalledPercyByssheShelley“thebestandleastselfishmanIeverknew.”D. PercyByssheShelleylovedthepeopleandhatedtheiroppressorsandexploiters.47. psursuitof

28、beautyinallthingsbespokeanaspirationafterabetterlifethanthesordidrealityundercapitalism.Hisleadingprincipleis:“Beautyistruth,truthbeauty.”A.PercyByssheShelleyB.GeorgeGordonByronC.WilliamWordsworthD.JohnKeats48. ChoosethefourimmortalodeswrittenbyJohnKeats.A.OdetotheWestWindB.OdetoaNightingaleC.ToAutu

29、mnD.OdeonMelancholyE.OdeonaGrecianUrn49. ChoosetheworkswrittenbyJaneAusten.A.PrideandPrejudiceB.SenseandSensibilityC.NorthangerAbbeyC.EmmaE.MansfieldParkF.Persuasion50. Inthe19thcenturyEnglishliterature,anewliterarytrendcalledappeared.Anditflourishedinthefortiesandintheearlyfifties.A.romanticismB.na

30、turalismC.realismD.criticalrealism51. Englishcriticalrealismfounditsexpressionchieflyintheformof.Thecriticalrealists,mostofwhowerenovelists,describedwithvividnessandartisticskillthechieftraitsoftheEnglishsocietyandcriticisedthecapitalistsystemfromademocraticviewpoint.A.novelB.dramaC.poetryD.essay52.

31、 ThegreatestEnglishcriticalrealistnovelistwas,whocriticisedthebourgeoiscivilisationandshowedthemiseryofthecommonpeople.A.WilliamMakepeaceThackerayB.CharlesDickensC.CharlotteBronteD.EmilyBronte53. Whichofthefollowingwritersbelongtocriticalrealists?A.CharlesDickensB.CharlotteBronteC.EmilyBronteD.Thoma

32、sHardy54. wroteanumberoflittlesketchesof“cockneycharacters”.Hewshigicnhedwathsehmis“Boz”nicknameforhisyoungbrother.Hisfirstbook,SketchesbyBozappearedin1836.A.ElizabethGaskellB.WilliamM.ThackerayC.CharlesDickensD.JaneAusten55. hasbeencalled“thesupremeepicofEnglishlife.”A.ATaleofTwoCitiesB.DavidCopper

33、fieldC.PickwickPapersD.OliverTwist56. Thethemeunderlyingistheidea“Wherethereisoppression,thereisrevolution”.A.ATaleofTwoCitiesB.DavidCopperfieldC.PickwickPapersD.OliverTwist57. IntheVictorianAge,poetrywasnotamajorartintendedtochangetheworld.Themainpoetsoftheagewere.A.AlfredTennysonB.RobertBrowningC.

34、Mrs.BrowningD.RobertBurnsE.WilliamBlake58. TheMovementappearedinthethirtiesofthe19thcentury.ItshowedtheEnglishworkerswereabletoappearasanindependentpoliticalforceandwerealreadyrealisingthefactthattheindustrialbourgeoisiewastheirprincipalenemy.A.EnlightenmentB.RenaissanceC.ChartistD.Romanticist59. Wh

35、ichnovelisagreatsatireuponthesocietyandthosepeoplewhodreamtoenterthehighersocietyregardlessofthesocialreality?A.ATaleofTwoCitiesB.DavidCopperfieldC.GreatExpectationD.DombeyandSon60. CharlesDickenstakestheFrenchRevolutionasthebackgroundofthenovelA.ATaleofTwoCitiesB.GreatExpectationC.HardTimesD.DavidC

36、opperfield61. isoftenregardedasthesemi-autobiographyoftheauthorDickensinwhichtheearlylifeoftheheroislargelybasedontheauthorsearlylife.A.TomJonesB.DavidCopperfieldC.OliverTwistD.GreatExpectation62. TheBrontesistersareTheywerealltalentedwritersandallofthemdiedyoung.A.CharlotteBronteB.EmilyBronteC.Anne

37、BronteD.JaneAustenE.Catherine63. CharlotteBronteproducedfournovels:A.ProfessorB.JaneEyreC.ShirleyD.VilletteE.AgnesGrey64. EmilyBrontewroteonlyonenovelentitledA.WutheringHeightsB.JaneEyreC.EmmaD.AgnesGrey65. ChoosethenamesappearinthenovelJaneEyre.A.JaneEyreB.Mr.RochesterC.MaryBartonD.SilasMarner66. W

38、hichcharactersappearinthenovelWutheringHeights?A.HeathcliffB.CatherineC.HindleyD.CathyE.Hareton67. InthenovelJaneEyre,CharlotteBronteA. poursagreatdealofherownexperienceB. criticisesthebourgeoissystemofeducationC. showsthattrueloveisthefoundationofmarriageD. showsthatwomenshouldhaveequalrightswithme

39、n68. WomennovelistsbegantoappearinEnglandduringthesecondhalfofthecentury.A.17thB.18thC.19thD.20th69. AnneBrontealsowrotetwonovelsandA.ShirleyB.VilletteC.TheTenantoftheWildfellHallD.AgnesGrey70. WhichofthefollowingstatementsaretrueaboutJaneEyre?A. Oneofthecentralthemesofthebookisthecriticismofthebour

40、geoissystemofeducation.B. Anotherproblemraisedinthenovelisthepositionofwomeninsociety.C. ThisbookisCharlottelBrontesbestliteraryproduction.D. Inthisbook,theauthorattackedthegreed,pettytyrannyandlackofcultureamongthebourgeoisieandsympathisedwiththesufferingsofthepoorpeople.Herrealismwascolouredbypett

41、y-bourgeoisphilanthropy.71. MostofRobertBrowningismportantworks,including,arewrittenintheformofdramaticmonologue.A.DramaticLyricsB.DramaticRomancesC.MenandWomenD.dramaticsPersonae72. ThomasHardyisoneoftherepresentativesofEnglishattheturnofthe19thcentury.A.criticalrealismB.pre-romanticismC.neo-classi

42、cismD.newromanticism73. Whichstatementistrue?A. ThomasHardyisafamousnovelist.B. ThomasHardyisalsoapoet.C. ThomasHardyisacriticalrealist.D. FatalismisstronglyreflectedinThomasHardynovels.74AccordingtoThomasHardysownclassification,hisnovelsdividedthemselvesintothreegroupsTheyareANovelsofcharacteranden

43、vironmentBRomancesandFantasiesCNovelsofIngenuityDWorkingclassliterature75NovelsofcharacterandenvironmentarealsocalledWessexnovels,takingthesouthwestcountiesofEnglandfortheirsettingTheyinclude:AUndertheGreenwoodTreeBTheReturnoftheNativeCTheMayorofCasterbridgeDTessoftheDUrbervillesEJudetheObscure76The

44、followingstatementsareaboutThomasHardysnovels,whicharetrue?AHisWessexnovelsareofgreatsignificanceBTheSouthwestcountiesofEnglandarethesettingofhisWessexnovelsCThereispessimisminhisnovelsDMankindissubjectedtohostileandmysteriousfateEThereareelementsofnaturalisminhisworks77OscarWildeisoneoftheimportant

45、dramatistsinthe19thcenturyInhiscomedies,hecriticisestheupperclassoftheEnglishbourgeoissocietyHisbestcomediesareALadyWindermeresFanBAWomanofNoImportanceCAnIdealHusbandDTheImportanceofBeingEarnestEThePictureofDorianGray78OscarWildewastherepresentativeamongthewritersofAaestheticismBdecadenceCcriticalre

46、alismDpre-romanticism79AlfredTennysonspoeticoutputwasvastandvariedHismainpoemsareAThePrincessBMaudCInMemoriamDIdyllsoftheKingECrossingtheBar80Whichofthefollowingshortpoemswas/werewrittenbyAlfredTennyson?ABreak,Break,BreakBCrossingtheBarCTheEagleDSweetandLowETears,IdleTears81WhichlamentwaswrittenbyAl

47、fredTennysonforthedeathofhisfriendHallam?AInMemoriamBLycidasCAdodaisDElegywritteninaCountryChurchyard82MyLastDuchessisAadramaticmonologueBashortlyricCanovelDanessay83aregenerallyregardedasJosephConradsfinestnovelsALordJimBNostromoCYouthDTheOldWivesTale84Whoisregardedasaforerunnerofthe“streamofconsci

48、ousness”literatureinthe20thcentury?AJohnGalsworthyBHenryJamesCThomasStearnsEliotDJamesJoyce85GeorgeBernardShawsessay,acommentaryonHenrikIbsensdramaticworks,servedalsoauthorsownprogramofdramaticecartionAWidowersHousesBMrsWarrensProfessionCMajorBarbaraDTheQuintessenceofIbsenism86InEnglishliterature,an

49、darethetwobest-knownnovelistsofthe“streamofconsciousness”schoolADavidHerbertLawrenceBRobertTressellCJamesJoyceDVirginiaWoolf87sadmirershavepraisedhimas“secondonlytoShakespeareinhismasteryofEnglishlanguageADHLawrenceBTSEliotCJamesJoyceDWBYeats88istheclimaxofVirginiaWoolfexperimenstsinnovelformATheWin

50、dowBTimePassesC.TotheLighthouseD.TheWaves89. Whichofthefollowingnovelsbelong(s)tothe“streamofconsciousness”schoolofnovelwriting?A.UlyssesB.FinnegansWakeC.TotheLighthouseD.TheWaves90. waswrittenbyJamesJoyce.A. ThePortraitofanArtistasaYoungManB. PortraitofaLadyC. ThePictureofDorianGrayD. TotheLighthouse91. D.H.LawrencersepresentativeworkwaspositivelytakenasatypicalexampleandlivelymanifestationoftheOedipusComplexinfiction,astheresultofLawrencelsong-rangestudyofthepsychologictheoriesofSigmundFreud.A.SonsandLoversB.TheRainbowC.LadyChatterleysLoverD.WomeninLove92. Whichofthecharactersa