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1、_苏州科技学院期末考试试题（卷）院系： 专业： 考试科目：英国文学史及选读考试形式：闭 卷 考试时间： 100 分钟姓名： 学号：题号一二三四五总分总分人得分得分评分人I. In this section, there are 15 items. Write in the blanks the letter representing the correct answer from the four options given. 1%*15=15%1. John Bunyans style was modeled after that of _.a. Chaucer b. English Bib

2、lec. Church service d. French poetry2. _ is the most successful religious allegory in the English language.a. The Pilgrims Progress b. The Holy Warc. The Life and Death of Mr. Badman d. The Vanity Fair3. Daniel Defoe had a gift for organizing _ in such a vivid way that his stories could be both cred

3、ible and fascinating.a. minute details b. beautiful words c. imaginations d. exciting event4. Jonathan Swifts satire is usually masked by _, so it becomes even more bitter.a. a smile b. an outward gravityc. kindnessd. praise5. Henry Fielding has been regarded by some as “Father of the English _.”a.

4、poetry b. novel c. drama d. fiction6. “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife” is the first sentence in the novel _.a. Gullivers Travels b. Wuthering Heightsc. Jane Eyre d. Pride and Prejudice7. William Wordsworths short poe

5、ms can be classified into two groups: poems about nature and poems about _.a. love b. human life c. freedom d. social activities8. Don Juan is Byrons masterpiece, a great _ of the early 19th century.a. comedy b. tragedy c. comic epic d. novel9. The name of the heroine in the play The Merchant of Ven

6、ice is _.a. Emily b. Catherine c. Portia d. Helen10.John Donne is the leading figure of the English _.a. romantic poets b. realistic poetsc. metaphysical poets d. impressionist poets11.Paradise Lost is regarded as the greatest and the only generally acknowledged _ in English literature since Beowulf

7、.a. epic b. elegy c. eulogy d. lyric12.In Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe glorifies _.a. adventures on the sea b. human laborc. English sailors d. universal love13.Thomas Grays poems as a whole are mostly devoted to a sentimental _.a. meditation on life b. exposure of the evilsc. comments on the socie

8、ty d. revelation of the darkness14.William Blake writes his poems in _ language.a. rich and colorful b. plain and directc. formal and serious d. elegant and graceful15.“Shall I compare thee to a summers day?” is the beginning line of one ofShakespeares _.a. songs b. plays c. comedies d. sonnets得分评分人

9、II. Define the following terms. 5%*3=15%1. sonnet2. Byronic hero3. heroic couplet得分评分人III. For each of the quotations listed below please give the name of the author and the title of the literary work from which it is taken and then briefly interpret the italicized parts. If no part is italicized in

10、 a quotation, you are required to interpret the whole quotation.There are altogether 6 items in this part. You are required to choose any 5 of them to answer.If you have done all the 6 items, only the first 5 will be assessed. 6%*5=30%1. What though the field be lost?All is not lost: the unconquerab

11、le will, And study of revenge, immortal hate,And courage never to submit or yield:2. The curfew tolls the knell of parting day,The lowing herd wind slowly oer the lea,The plowman homeward plods his wary way,And leaves the world to darkness and to me.3. I wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high

12、 oer vales and hills,When all at once I saw a crowd,A host, of golden daffodils;Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.4. Make me thy lyre, even as the forest is,What if my leaves are falling like its own!The tumult of thy mighty harmoniesWill take from both a deep,

13、 autumnal tone,Sweet though in sadness.5. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them, for they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation.6. She wore her cloak with dignity and charm,And had her rosary about her arm,T

14、he small beads coral and the larger green,And from them hung a brooch of golden sheen,On it a large A and a crown above;Beneath, “All things are subject unto love.”得分评分人IV. Read the following excerpts and answer the questions, or fill in the blanks or choose the correct answer(s) from the options gi

15、ven. 6%*5=30%1. The evening arrived; the boys took their places; the master in his cooks uniform stationed himself at the copper; his pauper assistants ranged themselves behind him: the gruel was served out, and a long grace was said over the short commons. The gruel disappeared, and the boys whispe

16、red to each other and winked at Oliver, while his next neighbors nudged him. Child as he was, he was desperate with hunger and reckless with misery. He rose from the table, and advancing, basin and spoon in hand, to the master, said, somewhat alarmed at his own temerity“Please, Sir, I want some more

17、.”Questions:(1). From which literary work is this excerpt taken? Who wrote it?(2). What does “the short commons” mean?(3). What is the theme of this novel?2. To be, or not to bethat is the question:Whether tis nobler in the mind to sufferThe slings and arrows of outrageous fortuneOr to take arms aga

18、inst a sea of troublesAnd by opposing end them. To die, to sleepNo moreand by a sleep to say we endThe heartache, and the thousand natural shocksThat flesh is heir to, Tis a consummationDevoutly to be wished. Th die, to sleepTo sleepperchance to dream: ay, theres the rub,For in that sleep of death w

19、hat dreams may comeWhen we have shuffled off this mortal coil,Must give us pause. Theres the respectThat makes calamity of so long life.For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,The pangs of despised love, the laws delay,The insolence of office, and the spurnsThat patient merit of thunworthly-

20、takes,When he himself might his quietus makeWith a bare bodkin? Who would fardels bear,To grunt and sweat under a weary life,But that the dread of something after death,The undiscovered country, from whose bournNo traveller returns, puzzles the will,And makes us rather bear those ill we haveThan fly

21、 to others that we know not of?Thus conscience does make cowards of us all,And thus the native hue of resolutionIs sicklied oer with the pale cast of thought,And enterprises of great pitch and momentWith this regard their currents turn awryAnd lose the name of action.Questions:(1). These lines are t

22、aken from a famous play named _.(2). The author of the play is _.(3). In the play these lines are uttered by _.(4). About the utterer, what does this speech show?3.I wander thro each charterd street,Near where the charterd Thames does flow,And mark in every face I meetMarks of weakness, marks of woe

23、.Questions:(1). What is the title of the poem?(2). This poem is taken form _.a. The Songs of Experienceb. The Songs of Innocencec. The Song of the Shirt(3). This poem is written in quatrains of iambic _ with alternate rimes.a. pentameterb. tetrameterc. dimeter(4). Who is the writer of this poem?(5).

24、 What does this poem describe?4.Behold her, single in the field,You solitary Highland Lass!Reaping and singing by herself;Stop here, or gently pass!Alone she cuts and binds the grain,And sings a melancholy strain;O listen! For the Vale profoundIs overflowing with the sound.No nightingale did ever ch

25、antMore welcome notes to weary bandsOf travellers in some shady haunt,Among Arabian sands;A voice so thrilling neer was heard In springtime from the Cuckoo bird,Breaking the silence of the seasAmong the farthest Hebrides.Questions:(1). This is the first two stanzas of a poem entitled _.(2). Who wrot

26、e this poem?(3). What does this poem describe?(4). The poem contains four eight-lined stanzas of _ verse. Most of the lines in each stanza are octosyllabics.(5). The rime scheme of each stanza is _.(6). What is “Arabian sands?5 I profess, in the sincerity of my heart, that I have not the least perso

27、nal interest in endeavoring to promote this necessary work, having no other motive than the public good of my country, by advancing our trade, providing for infants, relieving the poor, and giving some pleasure to the rich. I have no children by which I can propose to get a single penny; the younges

28、t being nine years old, and my wife past childbearing. Questions:(1). This passage is taken from a well-known essay entitled _. (2). The author of the essay is _.(3). What is the most striking feature of this essay? What do you think of the last sentence?得分评分人V. Rewrite the poem into prose form. 10%

29、A Red, Red RoseO, my luves like a red, red rose.Thats newly sprung in June;O, my luves like a melodieThats sweetly played in tune.As fair art thou, my bonnie lass.So deep in luve am I;And I will luve thee still, my dear.Till a the seas gang dry.Till a the seas gang dry, my dear,And the rocks melt wi the sun:I will luve thee still, my dear,While the sands o life shall run.And fare thee weel, my only luve!And fare thee weel a while!And I will come again, my luve,Though it were ten thousand mile.16_