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1、【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：0分 [1] ? Among the three major poetical works by John Milton, ________ is the most perfect example of verse drama after the Greek style in English. ? A Samson Agonistes B Paradise Lost C Paradise Regained D Areopagitica 答： 答案： A 【題型：論述】【分?jǐn)?shù)：10分】 得分：0分 [2] ??Make a

2、comment on the character of?Jane Eyre, the heroine of the novel by Charlotte Bronte. ? 答： 答案： orphan|child|poor|plain|governess|middle class |working|woman 【題型：簡答】【分?jǐn)?shù)：4分】 得分：0分 [3] ? What is expressionism? 答： The only major languag 答案： It is? a ?reaction against materialism,?describes?ind

3、ividual's internal state of mind. the representatives are August Strinberg,Frank Wedeking and Eugene O'Neill. 【題型：閱讀】【分?jǐn)?shù)：4分】 得分：0分 [4] ? “ ‘Do you think I can stay to become nothing to you? So you think I am an automoton?—a machine without feelings? And can bear to have my morsel of bread snatc

4、hed from my lips, and my drop of living water dashed from my cup? Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless?—You think wrong!—I have as much as you and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it

5、 as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, or even of mortal flesh: — it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God’s feet, equal —as we a

6、re!’” A. Identify the author and the work. B. Summarize the speaker’s meaning. 答： 答案： Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, Jane doesn't want to become his accessory. Mr. Rochester doesn't treat her as an equal being. 【題型：論述】【分?jǐn)?shù)：10分】 得分：0分 [5] "A Modest Proposal" is a satire written by Swift and it

7、is generally taken as a perfect model of satire. Gulliver's Travels is Swift's masterpiece. Based on them, discuss why Swift is a master satirist. 答： 答案： satirist|satires|corruption|religion|learning|Gulliver's Travels|English society|earnestness|A Modest Proposal|sincerity and detachment 【題型：

8、單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：0分 [6] Here is a sentence from an essay, “Read not to contradict and confuse, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weight and consider”. The essay must be ______. A Of Studies by Francis Bacon B The Advancement of Learning by Francis Bacon

9、C Novum Organum by Francis Bacon D Essays by Francis Bacon 答： 答案： A 【題型：簡答】【分?jǐn)?shù)：4分】 得分：0分 [7] Do you know something about "Yoknapatawpha County?" What are the? characteristics of Faulkner's fiction? 答： 答案： Yoknapatawpha County is an imagined place based on Faulkner's own hometown, a place

10、 that he took for the setting of 15 of his 19 novels and many short stories. This small region in the American South becomes in Faulkner's fiction an allegory or a parable of the old south. Characteristics: representation of the Old South; his theme of the deterioration, loss and moral decay of the

11、 Old South when it was falling apart. 【題型：閱讀】【分?jǐn)?shù)：4分】 得分：0分 [8] It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good forturen must be in want of a wife. However little known the feelings or views of such a man many be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth

12、is so well fixed in the minds of the surrouding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters.? Questions: A. Identify the author and the title from which the above passage is taken. B. What is this passage describing? 答： 答案： Jane Austen, Prid

13、e and Prejudice, Mrs Bennet, considering her daughters' marriage 【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：0分 [9] ?Dickens’ s first child hero is ______.? A Little Nell B David Copperfield C Oliver Twist D Little Dorrit 答： 答案： C 【題型：閱讀】【分?jǐn)?shù)：4分】 得分：0分 [10] ? “Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st;

14、?Nor shall Death brag thou wander’st in his shade, ?When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st: ?So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, ?So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. ” ?Questions: A. Who’s the poet of the quoted stanza, and what’s the title of the poem? B. What does t

15、he word “this” in the last line refer to? C. What idea do the quoted lines express? 答： 答案： Shakespeare, Sonnet 18, permance of poetry 【題型：簡答】【分?jǐn)?shù)：4分】 得分：0分 [11] ?It is said that B. Shaw’ s plays reflect the dramatist’s Fabianist idea. Give one example. ? 答： 答案： ?Mrs.?Warren’ s Profession?

16、?? ??? ??? 【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：0分 [12] ? Greatly and permanently affected by the ________ experiences, Hemingway formed his own writing style, together with his theme and hero. A. mining ???????????????&nbs A mining B farming C war D sea 答： 答案： C 【題型：閱讀】【分?jǐn)?shù)：4分】 得分：0分 [13] Shall

17、I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou are more lovely and more temperate. Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May. Questions: A. Who is the author? B.?What is the theme of the poem? C. What kind of poem is it? 答： 答案： Shakespeare, eternity of poetry, sonnet 【題型：簡答】【分?jǐn)?shù)：4分】 得分：0分 [14

18、] List three characters of Tom Jones. 答： 答案： Tom, Blifil and Sophia 【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：0分 [15] ? All of the following are stream –of- consciousness novels EXCEPT________. ? A The Sound and the Fury B Ulysses C Mrs. Dalloway D Jude the Obscure 答： 答案： D 【題型：簡答】【分?jǐn)?shù)：4分】 得分：0分 [16]

19、 ? What contributions did Geoffrey Chaucher make to English literature？ 答： 答案： He celebrates?earthly happiness? and opposes asceticism and satirizes the social vices. His characters are with both typical qualities and individual dispositions. He uses the octosyllabic couplet and the heroic coupl

20、et. Canterbury Tales makes him the father of English poetry. 【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：0分 [17] In Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” the mariner suffers the horror of death, because _____. A he experiences a shipwreck B he is tortured with starvation C he undergoes much suffering D h

21、e kills an albatross 答： 答案： D 【題型：簡答】【分?jǐn)?shù)：4分】 得分：0分 [18] Comment on the characteristics of Romantic writers in English history. 答： 答案： It is a rebellion against the neoclassical literature, extols the faculty of imagination and nature. 【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：0分 [19] ______ by Melville is a n

22、ovella about a ship whose black slave cargo mutiny holds their captain a terrorized hostage. A A. “Bartleby, the Scrivener” B B. Benito Cereno C C. The Confidence-Man D D. Billy Bud 答： 答案： B 【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：0分 [20] As the representative of the Enlightenment, Pope was one of the firs

23、t to introduce _____ to England. A rationalism B criticism C romanticism D realism 答： 答案： A 【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：0分 [21] _______ is indeed the only generally acknowledged epic in English literature since Beowulf. A Paradise Lost B Paradise Regained C Samson Agonistes D The Faerie

24、 Queene 答： 答案： A 【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：0分 [22] ?Jane Austen’ s practical idealism is that love should be justified by ______ and disciplined by self-control.? A reason B sensibility C sense D rationality 答： 答案： A 【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：0分 [23] 10. Wordsworth’s_____ is perhaps the most a

25、nthologized poem in English literature. A she dwelt among untrodden ways B I wandered lonely as a cloud C The Solitary reaper D Ulysses 答： 答案： B 【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：0分 [24] ? Beowulf describes the hero in fighting against the monster Grendel, his revengeful mother and a _____. ? A t

26、iger B drgon C bear D wolf 答： 答案： B 【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：0分 [25] The period of Old English literature refers to ______. A A. from the year of 450 to the year of 1066 B B. from 14th to mid-17th C C. from 14th to mid-18th D D. from 16th to mid-18 答： 答案： A 【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：0分

27、[26] One of Shelley’ s greatest political lyrics is ________, which was later to become a rallying song of the British Communist Party. A Men of England B Men of England C Ode to Liberty D Ode to the West Wind 答： 答案： B 【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：0分 [27] Joyce’s masterpiece, ______ gives an acc

28、ount of man’s life during one day in Dublin. A Dubliners B Finnegans Wake C Ulysses D A Portrait of the Artist 答： 答案： C 【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：0分 [28] ??The theme of Henry James’ essay “______” clearly indicates that the aim of the novel is to present life, so it is not surprising to find

29、in his writings human experiences explored in every possible form.? A The American B The Art of Fiction C The Golden Bowl D The Europeans 答： 答案： B 【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：0分 [29] ? Of all Herman Melville’s sea adventure stories, ________ proves to be the best. ? A Typee B Reburn C M

30、oby – Dick D Omoo 答： 答案： C 【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：0分 [30] ? Which writer does not belong to the group of American Romantic writers? ? A William C. Bryant B Henry W. Longfellow C Edgar Allan Poe D Ann Bradstreet 答： 答案： D 【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：0分 [31] ?From the first novel Sister Carr

31、ie on, Dreiser set himself to project the American values for what he had found them to be: ______ to the core.? A altruistic B political C religious D materialistc 答： 答案： D 【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：0分 [32] In Milton’s works, “____” is the greatest, indeed the only generally acknowledged epi

32、c in English literature since “Beowulf”. A A. Paradise Lost B B. Paradise Regained C C. Samson Agonistes D D. Lycidas 答： 答案： A 【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：0分 [33] ? Henry Fielding’ s ________ brings him the name of “Prose Homer”. ? A The History of Jonathan Wild the Great B The History of

33、 Amelia C The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling D The History of Joseph Andrews 答： 答案： C 【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：0分 [34] ?George Bernard Shaw’ s ______ is a grotesquely realistic exposure of slum landlordism.? A Widower’ s House B Mrs. Warren’ s Profession C The Apple Cart D Getting Mar

34、ried 答： 答案： A 【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：0分 [35] ? In Hardy’s Wessex novels, there is an apparent ______ touch in his description of the simple and beautiful though primitive rural life. ? A humorous B romantic C nostalgic D sarcastic 答： 答案： C 【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：0分 [36] _____ is the le

35、ading figure of the metaphysical school. A John Milton B John Donne C John Bunyan D John Keats 答： 答案： B 【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：0分 [37] Which of the following writings is NOT completed by William Blake? A Songs of Experience B Songs of Innocence C Marriage of Heaven and Hell D Emma

36、 答： 答案： D 【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：0分 [38] ?All of the following works are known as Hardy’ s “novels of character and environment” EXCEPT ______. A The Return of the Native B Tess of the D’ Urbervilles C Jude the Obscure D Far from the Madding Crowd 答： 答案： D 【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：0分 [39] 9

37、. The major theme of Jane Austen’s novels is_____. A money B power C murder D love and marriage 答： 答案： D 【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：0分 [40] ? The work that presented, for the first time in English literature, a comprehensive realistic picture of the medieval English society and created a whol

38、e gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life is most likely ______. ??< A William Langland’s Peers Plowman B Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales C John Gower’s Confessio Amantis D Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 答： 答案： B 【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：0分 [41] Jonathan Swift is one of

39、the greatest masters of English prose, and his best prose work is ______. A A. “A Modest Proposal” B B. “Of Studies” C C. “Areopagitica” D D. “Tradition and Individual Talent” 答： 答案： A 【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：0分 [42] 　15. Thomas Hardy’s most cheerful and idyllic work is_____. A Tess B U

40、nder the greenwood tree C The return of the native D Far from the madding crowd 答： 答案： B 【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：0分 [43] Who, disregarding grammar and punctuation, always used “i” instead of “I” to refer to himself as a protest against self-importance? A Cummings B Wallance Stevens C F. S

41、cott Fitzgerald D Ernest Hemingway 答： 答案： A 【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：0分 [44] ?Melville is best - known as the author of his mighty book, ________, which is one of the world’ s greatest masterpieces.? A Sister Carried B Song of Myself C Moby - Dick D The Marble Faun 答： 答案： C 【題型：單選】【分

42、數(shù)：1分】 得分：0分 [45] ? At the age of eighty -seven, ________ read his poetry at the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy in 1961. ? A Robert Frost B Walt Whitman C Ezra Pound D T. S. Eliot 答： 答案： A 【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：0分 [46] ? ?Washington Irving was one of the first American write

43、rs to earn international fame and was regarded as _____. ? A father of American drama B father of American poetry C father of American literature D father of short stories 答： 答案： D 【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：0分 [47] ?As an active participant of his age, Fitzgerald is often acclaimed literary

44、spokesman of the ______.? A Jazz Age B Age of Reason C Lost Generation D Beat Generation 答： 答案： A 【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：0分 [48] George Bernard Shaw’s career as a dramatist began in 1892, when his first play ____ was put on by the Independent Theatre Society. A A. Candida B B. Widower’

45、s Houses C C. Mrs. Warren’s Profession D D. The Apple Cart 答： 答案： B 【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：0分 [49] In _____’s hands, “dramatic monologue” reaches its maturity and perfection. A Alfred Tennyson B Robert Browning C William Shakespeare D George Eliot 答： 答案： B 【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：0分 [

46、50] ? The plays known as “the Lawrence trilogy” are all the following?EXCEPT?________. ? A A Collier’ s Friday Night B The Daughter - in - Law C Lady Chatterley’ s Lover D The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyed 答： 答案： C 【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：0分 [51] Don Juan is a long poem based on a traditional

47、 ______ legend of a great lover and seducer of women. A A. Spanish B B. Dutch C C. English D D. Russian 答： 答案： A 【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：0分 [52] Christopher Marlowe’s second achievement is his creation of ______ for the English drama. A the Byronic hero B the Renaissance hero C the Realistic hero D the Romantic hero 答： 答案： B