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1、A. James IB. James IIChoose the best answer for each blank., the “father of English poetry ” and one of the greatest narrative poets ofEngland, was born in London about 1340.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Sir GawainC. Francis BaconD.John DrydenChaucer diedon the 25th October 1400, and was buried in A. Flande

2、rsB.FranceC. ItalyD.WestminsterAbbeyThe progress in industry at home stimulated the commercial expansion abroad. encouraged exploration and travel, which were compatible with the interest of the English merchants.A. Henry VB. Henry VIIC. Henry VIIID. Queen ElizabethExcept being a victory of England

3、over , the rout of the fleet“Armada”(Invincible) was also the triumph of the rising young bourgeoisie over the declining old feudalism.A. SpainB. FranceC. AmericaD. NorwayAt the beginning of the 16th century the outstanding humanist wrote his Utopiain which he gave a profound and truthful picture of

4、 the people s suffering and put forward his ideal of a future happy society.A. Thomas MoreB. Thomas MarloweC. Francis BaconD. William ShakespearAbsolute monarchy in England reached its summit during the reign of Queen A. MaryB. ElizabethC. WilliamD. VictoriaEnglish Renaissance Period was an age of A

5、. prose and novelB. poetry and dramaC. essays andjournalsD. ballads and songsFrom the following, choose the one which is not Francis Bacon s work: A. The Advancement of LearningB. The New InstrumentC. EssaysD. The New AtlanticsE. Venus and Adonis“ Shall I compare thee to a summer s day?”This is the

6、beginning line of one ofShakespeare s .A. songsB. playsC. comediesD. sonnetsThe heroines of Shakespeare s great comedies, are the daughters of theRenaissance, whose images and stories will remain a legacy to readers and audiences of all time.A. PortiaB. RoselandC. ViolaD. BeatriceChoose the four gre

7、at tragedies of Shakespeare from the following .A. HamletB. OthelloC. MacbethD. King LearE. Timon of AthensWhich play is not a comedy? A. A Midsummer Night s DreamB. The Merchant of VeniceC. Twelfth NightD. Romeo and JulietE. As You Like It“Denmark is a prison ” . In which play does the hero summari

8、se his observation of hisworld into such a bitter sentence? A. Charles IB. OthelloC. Henry VIIID. HamletThe works of and the Authorised Version of the English Bible are the two greattreasuries of the English language.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Edmund SpenserC. William ShakespeareD. Ben JohnsonIn which pl

9、ay does the hero show his profound reverence for man through the sentence:“What a piece of wok is a man! How nobel in reason! How finite in faculty!” A. Romeo and JulietB. HamletC. OthelloD. The Merchant of VeniceIn 1649, was beheaded. England became a commonwealth.D. Charles IIC. Charles IThe revol

10、ution of 1688 meant three of the following things: the supremacy of Parliamentthe beginning of modern Englandthe triumph of the principal libertythe triumph of the principle of political libertythe Restoration of monarchyWho of the following were the important metaphysical poets? A. John DonneB. Geo

11、rge HerbertC. John MiltonD. Richard LovelaceWhich work was NOT written by John Milton? A. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. Samson AgonistesD. VolponeParadise Lost is John Milton s masterpiecea great epic in 12 bookswritten in blank verseabout the heroic rev olt of Satan against God s authorityJoh

12、n Milton is a great revolutionary poet of the 17th centuryan outstanding political pamphleteera great stylista great master of blank verseFrom the Old Testament, John Milton took his stories of Paradise Lost, . the creationthe rebellion in Heaven of Satan and his fellow-angelstheir defeat and expuls

13、ion from Heaventhe creation of the death and of adam and Evethe fallen angels in hell plotting against GodSatan s temptation of Evethe departure of Adam and Eve from EdenA. Joseph AddisonB. Daniel DefoeA. Joseph AddisonB. Daniel DefoeThe finest thing in Paradise Lost is the description of hell, and

14、is oftenregarded as the real hero of the poem.A. GodB. SatanC. AdamD. EveWho is the greatest of the Metaphysical school of poetry? A. John DonneB. George HerbertC. Andrew MarvellD. Henry Vaughamwas a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe in the 18thcentury.A. The RenaissanceB.

15、The EnlightenmentC. The Religious ReformationD. The Chartist MovementThe main literary stream of the 18th century was . What the writers describedin their works were mainly social realities.A. naturalismB. romanticismC. classicismD. realismE. sentimentalismThe eighteenth century was the golden age o

16、f the English . The novel of thisperiod spoke the truth about life with an uncompromising courage.A. dramaB. poetryC. essayD. novelIn 1704, Jonathan Swift published two works together, and , which madehim well-known as a satirist.A. A Tale of a TubB. Bickerstaff AlmanacC. Gulliver s TravelsD. A Mode

17、st Proposal“Proper words in proper places, makes the true definition of a style.” This sentenceis said by , one of the greatest masters of English prose.A. Alexander PopeB. Henry FieldingC. Daniel DefoeD. Jonathan SwiftAs a journalist, had learned how to make his reporting vivid and credible by aski

18、llful use of circumstantial detail. This power to make his characters alive and his stories credible is an inimitable gift.D. Tobias SmollettC. Samuel RicharsonWhich of the following are NOT written by William Blake? A. Poetical SketchesB. Songs of InnocenceC. Songs of ExperienceD. Auld Lang SyneE.

19、The Marriage of Heaven and HellF. ProphecisG. Visions of the Daughters of Albion and America, a ProphecyIn the 18th century English literature, the representative poets of pre-romanticism were .A. William WordsworthB. William BlakeC. Robert BurnsD. Jonathan SwiftThe Romantic Age begab with the publi

20、cation of The Lyrical Ballads which was written byA. William WordsworthB. Samuel JohnsonC. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. Wordsworth and ColeridgeThe Romantic Age came to an end with the death of the last well-known romantic writerA. Jane AustenB. Walter ScottC. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. William Wordswor

21、thThe glory of the Romantic Age lies in the poetry of .A. William WordsworthB. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC. George Gordon ByronD. Percy Bysshe ShelleyE. John KeatsThe English Romantic Age produced two major novelists. They are .George Gordon Byron and Percy Bysshe ShelleyWilliam Wordsworth and Samuel T

22、aylor ColeridgeWalter Scott and Jane AustenCharles Lamb and William HazlittWhich poets belong to the Active Romantic group? A. George Gordon ByronB. William WordsworthC. Percy Bysshe ShelleyD. John KeatsE. John MiltonWhich poets belong to the Lakers? A. William WordsworthB. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC.

23、 John KeatsD. Robert SoutheyE. Walter ScottWhich of the folloeing were written by Wordsworth ONLY? A. To the CuckooB. The Lyrical BalladsC. Lucy PoemsD. The Solitary ReaperE. I Wandered Lonely as a CloudThe publication of marked the break with the conventional poetical traditionof the 18th century,

24、., with classicism, and the beginning of the Romantic revival inEngland.A. The Lyrical BalladsB. The PreludeC. Childe Harold s PilgrimageD. Don JuanAs contrasted with the classicists who made reason, order and the old, classical traditions the criteria in their poetical creations, based his own poet

25、icalprinciple on the premise that “ all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling. ”A. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB. George Gordon ByronC. Percy Bysshe ShelleyD. William Wordsworthwas the first critic of the Romantic School.A. William WordworthB. Samuel JohnsonC. Samuel Taylor Coleridg

26、eD. Wordworth and ColeridgeWhich of the following statements is (are) NOT true about George Gordon Byron? Byron s early years had been far from happy for he was born with a clubfoot, in the frequent family scenes his mother called him“ you lame brat. ”Byron died in Italy annd was deeply mourned by t

27、he Italian people and by all progressive people throughout the world.The reactionary criticism of the 19th century tried to belittle Byron s genius and hisrole in the development of English literature, but Byron remains one of the most popular English poets both at home and abroad.Since the May 4 Mo

28、vement in 1919, more and more of Byron s poems have been translated into Chinese and well received by the poets and young readers. Byron has now become one of the best-known English poets in our country.In 1805, Wordsworth completed a long autobiographical poem entitled .A. Biographia literariaB. Th

29、e PreludeC. Lucy PoemsD. The Lyrical Ballads is regarded as the most wonderful lyricist England has ever produced mainlyfor his poems on nature, on love, and on politics.A. William WordsworthB. John KeatsC. George Gordon ByronD. Percy Bysshe ShelleyWhich of the following statements is (are) NOT true

30、 about Percy Bysshe Shelley?Prometheus Unbound is Percy Bysshe Shelley s masterpiece, a long epic poem.At Eton Percy Bysshe Shelley was known as “ Mad Shelley ” , for his obstinate oppositionto the brutal fagging system, according to which the younger school-boys were obliged to obey the older boys

31、and bear a great deal of cruel treatment.George Gordon B yron alled Percy Bysshe Shelley “ the best and least selfish man I ever knew.”Percy Bysshe Shelley loved the people and hated their oppressors and exploiters. s pursuit of beauty in all things bespoke an aspiration after a better lifethan the

32、sor did reality under capitalism. His leading principle is:“Beauty is truth,truth beauty. ”A. Percy Bysshe ShelleyB. George Gordon ByronC. William WordsworthD. John KeatsChoose the four immortal odes written by John Keats. A. Ode to the West WindB. Ode to a NightingaleC. To AutumnD. Ode on Melanchol

33、yE. Ode on a Grecian UrnChoose the works written by Jane Austen. A. Pride and PrejudiceB. Sense and SensibilityC. Northanger AbbeyC. EmmaE. Mansfield ParkF. PersuasionIn the 19th century English literature, a new literary trend called appeared.And it flourished in the forties and in the early fiftie

34、s.B. naturalismA. romanticismC. realismD. critical realismEnglish critical realism found its expression chiefly in the form of . Thecritical realists, most of who were novelists, described with vividness and artistic skill the chief traits of the English society and criticised the capitalist system

35、froma democratic viewpoint.A. novelB. dramaC. poetryD. essayThe greatest English critical realist novelist was , who criticised thebourgeois civilisation and showed the misery of the common people.A. William Makepeace ThackerayB. Charles DickensC. Charlotte BronteD. Emily BronteWhich of the followin

36、g writers belong to critical realists? A. Charles DickensB. Charlotte BronteC. Emily BronteD. Thomas Hardy wrote a number of little sketches of“ cockney characters ” . He signed them“ Boz” , which was his nickname for his young brother. His first book, Sketches by Bozappeared in 1836.A. Elizabeth Ga

37、skellB. William M. ThackerayC. Charles DickensD. Jane Austenhas been called“ the supreme epic of English life. ”A. A Tale of Two CitiesB. David CopperfieldC. Pickwick PapersD. Oliver TwistThe theme underlying is the idea “ Where there is oppression, there isrevolution ”.A. A Tale of Two CitiesB. Dav

38、id CopperfieldC. Pickwick PapersD. Oliver TwistIn the Victorian Age, poetry was not a major art intended to change the world. The main poets of the age were .A. Alfred TennysonB. Robert BrowningC. Mrs. BrowningD. Robert BurnsE. William BlakeThe Movement appeared in the thirtiesof the 19th century.It

39、 showed theEnglish workers were able to appear as an independent political force and were alreadyrealising the fact that the industrial bourgeoisie was their principal enemy.A. EnlightenmentB. RenaissanceC. ChartistD. RomanticistWhich novel is a great satire upon the society and those people who dre

40、am to enter the higher society regardless of the social reality? A. A Tale of Two CitiesB. David CopperfieldC. Great ExpectationD. Dombey and SonCharles Dickens takes the French Revolution as the background of the novel .A. A Tale of Two CitiesB. Great ExpectationC. Hard TimesD. David Copperfieldis

41、often regarded as the semi-autobiography of the author Dickens in which theearly life of the hero is largely based on the author s early life.A. Tom JonesB. David CopperfieldC. Oliver TwistD. Great ExpectationThe Bronte sisters are . They were all talented writers and all of them diedyoung.A. Charlo

42、tte BronteB. Emily BronteC. Anne BronteD. Jane AustenE. CatherineCharlotte Bronte produced four novels: .A. ProfessorB. Jane EyreC. ShirleyD. VilletteE. Agnes GreyEmily Bronte wrote only one novel entitled .A. Wuthering HeightsB. Jane EyreC. EmmaD. Agnes GreyChoose the names appear in the novel Jane

43、 Eyre. A. Jane EyreB. Mr. RochesterC. Mary BartonD. Silas MarnerWhich characters appear in the novel Wuthering Heights? 73. Which statement is true? 73. Which statement is true? B. CatherineA. HeathcliffC. HindleyD. CathyE. HaretonIn the novel Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte .pours a great deal of her o

44、wn experiencecriticises the bourgeois system of educationshows that true love is the foundation of marriageshows that women should have equal rights with menWomen novelists began to appear in England during the second half of the century.A. 17thB.18thC. 19thD.20thAnne Bronte also wrote two novels an

45、d .A. ShirleyB.VilletteC. The Tenant of the Wildfell HallD. Agnes GreyWhich of the following statements are true about Jane Eyre? One of the central themes of the book is the criticism of the bourgeois system of education.Another problem raised in the novel is the position of women in society.This b

46、ook is Charlottel Bronte s best literary production.In this book, the author attacked the greed, petty tyranny and lack of culture among the bourgeoisie and sympathised with the sufferings of the poor people. Her realism was coloured by petty-bourgeois philanthropy.Most of Robert Browning s importan

47、t works, including , are written in the formof dramatic monologue.A. Dramatic LyricsB. Dramatic RomancesC. Men and WomenD. dramatics PersonaeThomas Hardy is one of the representatives of English at the turn of the 19thcentury.A. critical realismB. pre-romanticismC. neo-classicismD. new romanticismin

48、toareA Thomas Hardy is a famous novelistB Thomas Hardy is also a poetC Thomas Hardy is a critical realistD Fatalism is strongly reflected in Thomas Hardy novels74 According to Thomas Hardy s own classification, his novels divided themselves three groups They are A Novels of character and environment

49、B Romances and FantasiesC Novels of IngenuityD Working class literature75 Novels of character and environment are also called Wessex novels, taking the southwest counties of England for their setting They include: A Under the Greenwood TreeB The Return of the NativeC The Mayor of CasterbridgeD Tess

50、of the D UrbervillesE Jude the Obscure76 The following statements are about Thomas Hardy s novels, whi ch are true? A His Wessex novels are of great significanceB The Southwest counties of England are the setting of his Wessex novelsC There is pessimism in his novelsD Mankind is subjected to hostile

51、 and mysterious fateE There are elements of naturalism in his works77 Oscar Wilde is one of the important dramatists in the 19th century In his comedies, he criticises the upper class of the English bourgeois society His best comediesA Lady Windermere s FanB A Woman of No ImportanceC An Ideal Husban

52、dD The Importance of Being EarnestE The Picture of Dorian Gray78 Oscar Wilde was the representative among the writers of A aestheticismB decadenceC critical realismD pre-romanticismAlfred Tennyson s poetic output was vast and varied. His main poems are A. The PrincessB. MaudC. In MemoriamD. Idylls o

53、f the KingE. Crossing the BarWhich of the following short poems was/were written by Alfred Tennyson? A. Break, Break, BreakB. Crossing the BarC. The EagleD. Sweet and LowE. Tears, Idle TearsHallam?Which lament was written by Alfred Tennyson for the death of his friendA. In MemoriamC. AdodaisMy Last

54、Duchess is A. a dramatic monologuea novelB. LycidasElegy written in a Country ChurchyardB. a short lyricD. an essay are generally regarded as Joseph Conrad s finest novels.A. Lord JimB. NostromoC. YouthD. The Old Wives Talein theWho is regarded as a forerunner of the “ stream of consciousness ” lite

55、rature 20th century?A. John GalsworthyB. Henry JamesC. Thomas Stearns EliotD. James JoyceGeorge Bernard Shaw s essay , a commentary on Henrik Ibsen s dramatic works,served also as the author s own program of dramatic creation.A. Widower s HousesC. Major BarbaraIn English literature, and“ stream of c

56、onsciousness ” school.A. David Herbert LawrenceC. James Joyce s admirers have praised him asB. Mrs. Warren s ProfessionD. The Quintessence of Ibsenism are the two best-known novelistsB. Robert TressellD. Virginia Woolf“ second only to Shakespeare in his mastery ofof theEnglish language.A. . Lawrence

57、B. . EliotC. James JoyceD. . Yeatsis the climax of Virginia Woolf s experiments in novel form.A. The WindowB. Time PassesC. To the LighthouseD. The WavesWhich of the following novels belong(s) to the“ stream of consciousness ” school ofnovel writing?A. UlyssesB. Finnegans WakeC. To the LighthouseD.

58、The Waveswas written by James Joyce.The Portrait of an Artist as a Young ManPortrait of a LadyThe Picture of Dorian GrayTo the Lighthouse. Lawrence s representative work was positively taken as a typical exampleand lively manifestation of the Oedipus Complex in fiction, as the result of Lawrence s long -range study of the psychologic theories of Sigmund Freud.A. Sons and LoversB. The RainbowC. Lady Chatterley s LoverD. Women in LoveWhich of the characters are in the