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1、【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：1分1As an active participant of his age, Fitzgerald is often acclaimed literary spokesman of the _.AJazz AgeBAge of ReasonCLost GenerationDBeat Generation答：A答案：A【題型：論述】【分?jǐn)?shù)：10分】 得分：8分2Make a comment on the character ofJane Eyre, the heroine of the novel by Charlotte Bronte.答：Jane Eyr
2、e is an orphan child with fiery spirit and a longing for love and be loved. She is a poor ,plain little governess who dares to love her master and cuts a completely new women image. Jane Eyre represents those middle-class working women who are struggling for recognition of their basic rights and equ
3、ality as a human being.答案：orphan|child|poor|plain|governess|middle class |working|woman【題型：閱讀】【分?jǐn)?shù)：4分】 得分：1分3SoI was full of trouble, full as I could be; and didnt knowwhat to do. At last I had an idea; and I says, Ill go and write the letter- and then see if I can pray. Why, it was astomishing, the
4、way I felt as light as a feather, right off, and my troubels all gone. So I got a piece of paper and a pencil, all glad and excited, and set down and wrote.Questions:A. Who does I refer to in the passage?B. Who am I going to write to?C. What kind of image is I?答：A.Huckleberry,?the?protagonist?of?the
5、?novel”adventures?of?Huckleberry?Finn?B.First?Huck?couldnt?decide?whe write?a?letter?to?tell?Miss?Waston?where?Jim?is,?then?he?had?an?idea?and?wrote?an?appropriate?letter?C.Huck?is?a heart?and?a?deformed?conscience答案：Huck, Miss Watson, a boy with good heart but deformed conscience【題型：簡答】【分?jǐn)?shù)：4分】 得分：0
6、分4What is expressionism?答：答案：It is a reaction against materialism,describesindividuals internal state of mind. the representatives are August Strinberg,Frank Wedeking and Eugene ONeill.【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：1分5The Marble Faunby Nathaniel Hawthorne, a romance set in_, is concerned about the dark aberrati
7、ons of the human spirit.AFranceBSpainCEnglandDItaly答：D答案：D【題型：論述】【分?jǐn)?shù)：10分】 得分：8分6How did the Lost Generation come into being in the literary history of the United States? Who were the leading figures of this literary movement?答：First?World?War|American|young?men|disillusioned|expatriates|European? co
8、untries|Pound|Frost|Fiztgerald|Hemingway|Faulkner答案：First World War|American|young men|disillusioned|expatriates|European countries|Pound|Frost|Fiztgerald|Hemingway|Faulkner【題型：閱讀】【分?jǐn)?shù)：4分】 得分：0分7“It is when the feet weary and hope seems vain that the heartaches and the longings arise. Know, then, tha
9、t for you is neither surfeit nor content. In your rocking chair, by your window dreaming, shall you long, alone. In your rocking-chair, by your window, shall you dream such happiness as you may never feel.” A. Identify the author and the work. B. What does the rocking-chair symbolize？答：A.?From?Theod
10、ore?Dreisers?Sister?Carrie.? B.?It?symbolizes?that?Carries?fate?is?unstable?and?she?is?unabl course?of?life.答案：Theodore Dreiser, Sister Carried, Carries fate【題型：簡答】【分?jǐn)?shù)：4分】 得分：0分8What is the difference between the easy conceits and the difficult conceits employed in John Donnes poetry？答：答案：The former
11、 are mythology and natural objects, while the latter are concerned with law, psychology and philosophy|intellectual difficulties【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：0分95. The most perfect example of the verse drama after Greek style in English is Miltons _.Aparadise RegainedBParadise LostCOde to the West WindDUlysses答
12、：C答案：B【題型：閱讀】【分?jǐn)?shù)：4分】 得分：1分10“Nor lose possession of that fair thou owst;Nor shall Death brag thou wanderst in his shade,When in eternal lines to time thou growst:So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. ”Questions:A. Whos the poet of the quoted sta
13、nza, and whats the title of the poem?B. What does the word “this” in the last line refer to?C. What idea do the quoted lines express?答：A.Shakespears;?Shall?I?Compare?Thee?to?a?Summers?Day?/?Sonnet?18?B.This?refers?to?the?poem?c.When?y poetry,?you?are?even?with?time.?A?nice?summers?day?is?usually?tra
14、nsient,?but?the?beauty?in?poetry?can?las答案：Shakespeare, Sonnet 18, permance of poetry【題型：簡答】【分?jǐn)?shù)：4分】 得分：4分11What makes Sheridan the only important English dramatist of the 18th century?答：There are two reasons. First, his plays, especially The Rivals and The School for Scandals, are generally regarded
15、 as important links between the masterpieces of Shakespeare and those of Bernard Shaw, and as true classics in English comedy. Second, his greatness also lies in his theatrical art. His plays are the product of a dramatic genius as well as of a well-versed theatrical man.答案：his plays are the links b
16、etween Shakespeare and Bernard Shaw. They are true classics in English comedy and product of a dramatic genius. He is a well-versed theatrical man【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：1分12In _s hands, “dramatic monologue” reaches its maturity and perfection.AAlfred TennysonBRobert BrowningCWilliam ShakespeareDGeorge El
17、iot答：B答案：B【題型：閱讀】【分?jǐn)?shù)：4分】 得分：0分13But it seemed that both his audacity and his respect were lost on Miss Daisy Miller. I guess mother wouldnt gofor you, she smiled. And she aint much bent on going, anyway. She dont like to ride round in the afternoon. After which she familiarly proceeded: But did you
18、really mean what you said just nowthat youd like to go up there? Most earnestly I meant it, Winterbourne declared.A. Identify the author and the work.B. Where are they going to visit？答：A.From?Henry?Jamess?Daisy?Miller.?B.They?are?going?to?visit?an?old?castle.答案：Henry James, Daisy Miller, visit an ol
19、d castle【題型：簡答】【分?jǐn)?shù)：4分】 得分：4分14List three characters of Tom Jones.答：Tom,?Blifil?and?Sophia答案：Tom, Blifil and Sophia【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：1分15The statement “Beauty is truth, truth beauty” is quoted from _.AA. “Ode on Melancholy”BB. “To Autumn”CC. “Ode to Psyche”DD. “Ode on a Grecian Urn”答：D答案：D【題型：簡答】【分?jǐn)?shù)：
20、4分】 得分：2分16The white whale, Moby Dick is endowed with symbolic meaning. What do you think it symbolizes?答：A.To?Ahab,the?whale?is?either?an?evil?creature?itself?or?the?agent?of?an?evil?force?that?controls?the?universe,or?perhaps?both.? ?B.To?Ishmale,the?whale?is?an?astonishing?force,an?immense?power,
21、which?defies?rational?explanation?due?to?a?sense?of?mystery?it?carries.?It?is?beautiful,but?malignant?at?the?same?time.?It?also?represents?the?tremendous?organic?vitality?of?the?universe,for?it?has?a?life?force?that?surges?onward?irresistibly,?impervious?to?the?desires?or?wills?of?men.? ?C.As?to?the
22、?reader,?the?whale?can?be?viewed?as?a?symbol?of?the?physical?limits?that?life?imposes?upon?man.?It?m答案：To Ahab, the whale is an evil creature or the agent of an evil force that controls the universe.To Ishmael, the whale is an astonishing force, an immense power, which defies rational explanation du
23、e to a sense of mystery it carries. It is beautiful, but malignant at the same time.To the reader, it may be regarded as a symbol of nature or an instrument of Gods vengeance upon evil man.【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：1分17The plays known as “the Lawrence trilogy” are all the followingEXCEPT_.AA Collier s Frida
24、y NightBThe Daughter - in - LawCLady Chatterley s LoverDThe Widowing of Mrs. Holroyed答：C答案：C【題型：簡答】【分?jǐn)?shù)：4分】 得分：1分18It is said that B. Shaw s plays reflect the dramatists Fabianist idea. Give one example.答：As one of the influential members of the Fabian society,Shaw regarded the establishment of socia
25、lism by the emancipation of land and industrial capital from individual and class ownership as the final goal. As a realistic dramatist,he took the modern social issues as his subjects.Most of his plays are concerned with political,economic,moral,or religious problems. Mrs.Warrens Professional is a
26、play about the economic oppression of women.答案：Mrs.Warren s Profession【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：1分19Most of the poems in _ sing of the “en-masse” and the self as well.ALeaves of GrassBDrum TapsCNorth of BostonDThe Cantos答：A答案：A【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：1分20The Renaissance marks a transition from _ to the modern wor
27、ld.Athe old EnglishBthe medievalCthe feudalistDthe capitalist答：B答案：B【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：1分21Don Juan is a long poem based on a traditional _ legend of a great lover and seducer of women.AA. SpanishBB. DutchCC. EnglishDD. Russian答：A答案：A【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：0分22The most original playwright of the Theatre o
28、f Absurd was _.ABernard ShawBJohn OsborneCSamuel BeckettDW. B. Yeats答：答案：C【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：1分23Christopher Marlowes second achievement is his creation of _ for the English drama.Athe Byronic heroBthe Renaissance heroCthe Realistic heroDthe Romantic hero答：B答案：B【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：1分24Theodore Dreisers
29、 forgiving treatment of the career of his heroine in _ drew heavily upon the naturalistic understanding of sexuality.AA. Sister CarrieBB. The FinancierCC. The TitanDD. The American Tragedy答：A答案：A【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：0分25The most distinguishing feature of Charles Dickens works is _.AwitBsatireCcharacter
30、-portrayalDplot答：B答案：C【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：1分26The work that presented, for the first time in English literature, a comprehensive realistic picture of the medieval English society and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life is most likely _.AWilliam Langlands Peers PlowmanBGe
31、offrey Chaucers The Canterbury TalesCJohn Gowers Confessio AmantisDSir Gawain and the Green Knight答：B答案：B【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：1分27Because of her sensitivity to universal pattens of human behavior, _ has brought the English novel, as an art of form, to its maturity.ACharlotte BronteBJane AustenCEmily Br
32、onteDHenry Fielding答：B答案：B【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：1分2815. Thomas Hardys most cheerful and idyllic work is_.ATessBUnder the greenwood treeCThe return of the nativeDFar from the madding crowd答：B答案：B【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：1分29“Surface”, “Sneerwell”, “Backbite”, and “Candour” are most likely the names of the chara
33、cters in _.AShaws Mrs. Warrens ProfessionBSheridans The School for ScandalCShakespeares Loves Labours LostDChristopher Marlowes Dr. Faustus答：B答案：B【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：1分30Daisy Miller is one of Henry James early works that dealt with _.Athe international themeBlocal colorismCpsychological analysisDpatr
34、iotism答：A答案：A【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：1分31At the age of eighty -seven, _ read his poetry at the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy in 1961.ARobert FrostBWalt WhitmanCEzra PoundDT. S. Eliot答：A答案：A【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：1分32Which writing is the most perfect example of the verse drama after the Greek style
35、in English?ASamson AgonistesBParadise LostCParadise RegainedDBeowulf答：A答案：A【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：1分33Walt Whitman wrote down a great many poems to air his sorrow for the death of President _, and one of the famous is “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom d. ”AWashingtonBLincolnCFranklinDKennedy答：B答案：B
36、【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：1分344. The most important play among Shakespeares comedies is _.AHamletBThe Twelfth NightCThe Merchat of VeniceDThe Merchant of Venice答：D答案：D【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：1分35Nigger Jeff, Old Rogaum and His Theresa are all _ by Dreiser.AA. novelsBB. novellasCC. playsDD. short stories答：D答案：D【題型
37、：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：1分36In the description of sun-rise, the poet unconsciously expresses his helplessness in having to face up his duty as a man. This statement is about Robert Brownings _.A“My Last Duchess”B“Meeting at Night”C“Parting at Morning”D“Pippa Passes”答：C答案：C【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：0分37_ by Henry Jam
38、es tells a story about a young and innocent American confronting the complexity of the European life.AA. The AmericanBB. The EuropeansCC. Daisy MillerDD. The Portrait of a Lady答：答案：A【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：0分38Charlotte Brontes autobiograghical work _ largely based on her experience in Brussels.AThe Profe
39、ssorBShirleyCVilletteDJane Eyre答：C答案：D【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：1分39In Charles Dickensearly novels, he attacks one or more specific social evils, _is a good example of describing the dehumanizing workhouse system and the dark, criminal underworld life.AOliver TwistBBleak houseCDavid CopperfieldDGreat Expect
40、ations答：A答案：A【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：0分40_ is the leading figure of the English Romantic poetry, the focal poetic voice of the period.AWilliam BlakeBWilliam WordsworthCGeorge Gordon ByronDPercy Bysshe Shelley答：答案：B【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：1分41While Mark Twain seemed to have paid more attention to the “l(fā)ife” of t
41、he Americans, _ had apparently laid a greater emphasis on the “inner world” of man.AWilliam HowellsBHenry JamesCBret HarteDHamlin Garland答：B答案：B【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：1分42The four great odes of John Keats are the following EXCEPT _.AOde on MelancholyBOde on a Grecian UrnCOde to a NightingaleDOde to the W
42、est Wind答：D答案：D【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：1分43We can easily find in Dreiser s fiction a world of jungle, and _ found expression in almost every book he wrote.AnaturalismBromanticismCtranscendentalismDcubism答：A答案：A【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：1分44Among the following writers _ is generally regarded as the forerunner of t
43、he 20th -century “stream - of - consciousness” novels and the founder of psychological realism.AT. S. EliotBJames JoyceCWilliam FaulknerDHenry James答：D答案：D【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：1分45“Metaphysical Poetry” refers to the works of the 17th - century writers who wrote under the influence of _.AMiltonBJohn Don
44、neCJohnsonDFielding答：B答案：B【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：0分46“Shall I compare thee to a summers day?/Thou art more lovely and more temperate/ Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May/And summers lease hath all too short a date,” the above beautiful sonnet was written by _.AJohn DonneBJohn MiltonCWilliam Shak
45、espeareDFrancis Bacon答：答案：C【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：0分47The most important characteristics in Ulysses by Alfred Tennyson is _.AA. mastering of languageBB. excellent choice of wordsCC. use of the dramatic monologueDD. excellent metaphor答：答案：C【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：1分48The work _ by William Blake is a lovely volu
46、me of poems, presenting a happy world, though not without its evils and sufferings.A.Songs of Innocence&nASongs of InnocenceBSongs of ExperienceCPoetical SketchesDLyrical Ballads答：A答案：A【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：0分49As a woman of exceptional intelligence and life experience, George Eliot shows a particular c
47、oncern for _.Athe feminismBthe education for womenCthe destiny of womenDthe low status of women答：答案：C【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：1分50The belief of the eighteenth - century neoclassicists in England led them to seek the following EXCEPT _.AproportionBunityCharmonyDspirit答：D答案：D【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：0分51Which of th
48、e following brings LITTLE impact on the development of 20thcentury literature?AOscar Wildes idea of “Art for Arts Sake”.BFriedrich Nietzches assertion: “God is dead”.CArthur Schopenhauers philosophical ideas of irrationality.DFreudian-Jungian psychoanalysis.答：答案：A【題型：單選】【分?jǐn)?shù)：1分】 得分：1分52The literary form which is fully-developed and the most flourishing during the Romantic period is _.AproseBdramaCnovelDpoetry答：D答案：D
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