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1、考试课程：英国文学史及选读考试课程：英国文学史及选读考核类型：考核类型：A A 卷卷考试方式：闭卷考试方式：闭卷出卷教师出卷教师:XXX:XXX考试专业：英语考试专业：英语考试班级：英语考试班级：英语 xxxx 班班I.Multiple choice(30 points,1 point for each)select from the four choicesI.Multiple choice(30 points,1 point for each)select from the four choicesof each item the one that best answers the que

2、stion or completes the statement.of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement.1._，a typical example of old English poetry,is regarded today as thenational epic of the Anglo-Saxons.A.The Canterbury TalesB.The Ballad of Robin HoodC.The Song of BeowulfD.Sir Gawain and

3、the Green Kinght2._is the most common foot in English poetry.A.The anapestB.The trocheeC.The iambD.The dactyl3.The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historicalevents,which one of the following is NOT such an event?A.The rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture.B.Engl

4、ands domestic restC.New discovery in geography and astrologyD.The religious reformation and the economic expansion4._is the most successful religious allegory in the English language.A.The Pilgrims ProgressB.Grace Abounding to the Chief of SinnersC.The Life and Death of Mr.BadmanD.The Holy War5.Gene

5、rally,the Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17thcenturies,its essence is _.A.scienceB.philosophyC.artsD.humanism6.“So long as men can breathe,or eyes can see,/So long lives this,and thisgives life to thee.”(Shakespeare,Sonnets18)What does“this”refer to?A.Lover.B.Time.C.Summer

6、.D.Poetry.7.“O prince,O chief of my throned powers,/That led th embattled seraphim towar/Under thy conduct,and in dreadful deeds/Fearless,endangered Heavensperpetual king”In the third line of the above passage quoted from Miltons ParadiseLost,the phrase“thy conduct”refers to _conduct.A.GodsB.SatansC

7、.AdamsD.Eves8.It is generally regarded that Keatss most important and mature poems are inthe form of _.A.elegyB.odeC.epicD.sonnet9.“Shall I compare thee to a summers day?”The sentence is the beginning ofShakespeares_.A.comedyB.tragedyC.sonnetD.poem10.Daniel Defoes novels mainly focus on _.A.the stru

8、ggle of the unfortunate for mere existenceB.the struggle of the shipwrecked persons for securityC.the struggle of the pirates for wealthD.the desire of the criminals for property11.Francis Bacon is best known for his_which greatly influenced thedevelopment of this literary form.A.essaysB.poemsC.work

9、sD.plays12.Most of Thomas Hardys novels are set in Wessex_.A.a crude region in EnglandB.a fictional primitive regionC.a remote rural areaD.Hardys hometown13.In terms of Pride and Prejudice,which is not true?A.Pride and Prejudice is the most popular of Jane Austens novels.B.Pride and Prejudice is ori

10、ginally drafted as“First Impressions”.C.Pride and Prejudice is a tragic novel.D.In this novel,the author explores the relationship between great love andrealistic benefits.14.Chronologically the Victorian Period refers to _A.1798-1832B.1836-1901C.1798-1901D.the Neoclassical Period15.In the following

11、 figures,who is Dickenss first child hero?A.Fagin.B.Mr.Brownlow.C.Olive Twist.D.Bill Sikes16.“And where are they?And where art thou,”My country?On thy voiceless shoreThe heroic lay is tuneless now-The heroic bosom beats no more!(George Gordon Byron,Don Juan)In the above stanza,“art thou”literally me

12、ans_.A.“art you”B.“are though”C.“art though”D.“are you”17.Of the following writers,which is not the representative of the Romanticperiod?A.WilliamBlake.B.John Bunyan.C.Jane Auten.D.John Keats.18.In Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience,what is the utmost concernof Blake?A.LoveB.ChildhoodC.Death

13、D.Human Experience19.Paradise Lost is actually a story taken from_.A.the RenaissanceB.the Old TestamentC.Greek MythologyD.the New Testament20.Jane Austens first novel is _.A.Pride and PrejudiceB.Sense and SensibilityC.EmmaD.Plan of a Noel21.Of the following poets,which is not regarded as“Lake Poets”

14、?A.Saumel Taylor Coleridge.B.Robert Southey.C.William Wordsworth.D.William Shakespeare.22.Daniel Defoe describes_as a typical English middle-class man of theeighteenth century,the very prototype of the empire builder or the pioneer colonist.A.Robinson CrusoeB.Moll FlandersC.GulliverD.Tom Jones23.The

15、 lines“Death,be not proud,though some have calld thee/Mighty anddreadful,for thou art not so;”are found in _.A.William Wordsworths writingsB.John Keats writingsC.John Donnes writingsD.Percy Bysshe Shelleys writings24.The Pilgrims progress by John Bunyan is often said to be concerned withthe search f

16、or_.A.self-fulfillmentB.spiritual salvationC.material wealthD.universal truth25.With so many poems such as“The Sparrows Nest,”“To a Skylark,”“To theCuckoo”and“To a Butterfly”,William Wordsworth is regarded as a“_”.A.poet of genius.B.royal poet.C.worshipper of nature.D.conservative poet.26.In the fir

17、st part of Gullivers Travels,Gulliver told this experience in _.A.LilliputB.BrobdingnagC.HouyhnhnmD.England27.Which of the following can not describe“Byronic hero”?A.Proud.B.Mysterious.C.Noble origin.D.Progressive.28.The poetic form which Browning attached to maturity and perfection is_.A.dramatic m

18、onologueB.use of symbolC.use of ironic languageD.use of lyrics29.The term“metaphysical poetry”is commonly used to name the work of the17th-century writers who wrote under the influence of _.A.John MiltonB.John DonneC.John KeatsD.John Bunyan30.Which of the following writings is not created by William

19、 Wordsworth?A.I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.B.She Dwelt Among the Untrodden WaysC.The Solitary Reaper.D.The Chimney Sweeper.II.Find the relevant match from colunm B for each item in Colomn A(10II.Find the relevant match from colunm B for each item in Colomn A(10points in all.1 point for each)points i

20、n all.1 point for each)AB1.Geoffrey ChaucerEA.A Red,Red Rose2.Francis BaconCB.Ode to a Nightingale3.Jonathan SwiftFC.Of Truth4.William BlakeGD.Northanger Abbey5.Robert BurnsAE.The Canterbury Tales6.John KeatsBF.A Modest Proposal7.Jane AustenDG.The Tiger8.Charles DickensIH.Ulysses9.TennysonHI.David C

21、opperfield10.Robert BrowningJJ.My Last DuchessIII.Fill in the following blanks(10 points in all,1 point for each)III.Fill in the following blanks(10 points in all,1 point for each)1.In the year_1066_,at the battle of Hastings,the Normans headed bywilliam,Duke of Normandy,defeated the Anglo-saxons.2.

22、Since historical times,England,where the early inhabitants were celts,hasbeenconqueredthreetimes.ItwasconqueredbytheRomans,theANGLO-SAXONS_,and the Normans.3.Remeo and Juliet_is regared as shakespeares successful romantictragedy.4.No sooner were the people in control of the government than they divi

23、dedinto hostile parties:the liberal whigs and the conservative_Tories_.5.The Glorious Revolution in 1688_meant three things the supremacy ofparliament,the beginning of modern English,and the final triumph of the principleof political liberty.6.Romanticism as a literary movement come into being in En

24、gland early in thelatter half of the 18th_century.7.With the publication of william Wordsworths Lyrical Ballad_incollaboration with S.T Coleridge,Romanticism began to bloom and found a firmplace in the history of English literatare.8.Woman as _ novelists _ appeared in the Romantic age.It was during

25、thisperiod that women took,for the first time,an important place in English literature.9.The most important poet of the victoria Age was_ Tennyson _,Next to him,were Robert Browning and his wife.10.The _movement appeared in the thirties of the 19th cenfury.1.10662.Anglo-Saxons3.Romeo and Juliet4.Tor

26、ies5.16886.18th7.Lyrical Ballads8.novelists9.Tennyson10.ChartistIVIV.Questions and Answers(20 points in all,10points for each)Give brief.Questions and Answers(20 points in all,10points for each)Give briefanswers to each of following questions in English.answers to each of following questions in Engl

27、ish.(1)(1)A selection from a poemA selection from a poemWherefore feed and clothe and saveForm the cradle to the graveThose ungrateful drones who wouldDrain your sweat_nay,drink your blood?Whrefore,Bees of England,forgeMany a weepon,chain,and scourgeThat these stingless drones may spoilThe forced pr

28、oduce of your tail?Questions(10)Questions(10)1.These lines are taken from a poem entitled_ A Song:Men of England)writtenby _ Shelley _2.The rhyme scheme in the selection of the poem is _aabbccdd_.(1)3.What idea does the quotation express?(7)1.1)(1)This poem is a war cry calling upon all working peop

29、le to rise up against theirpolitical oppressors,it points out the intolerable injustice of economic exploitation.The poet calls the exploiters“ungrateful drones”,Who drain the sweat and drinkthe blood of the labouring people,He illustrates with concrete examples therelationship of economic exploitat

30、ion between the ruling class and the workingpeople.(7)(2)A Selection from a work(2)A Selection from a workSome books are to be tasted,others to be swallowed,and some few to bechewed and digested;that is,some books are to be read only in parts;others to beread,but not curiously;and some few to be rea

31、d wholly,and with diligence andattention.Some books also may be read by deputy and extracts made of them byothers,but that would be only in the less important arguments and the meaner sort ofbooks;else distilled bookd are like common distilled waters.Question(10)Question(10)1.This passage is taken f

32、rom a well-known work entiled_,(2)written by_.(1)2.Whats the main idea of the whole work.(7)V V.Topic Discussion(30 points in all,15 points for each).Write no less than.Topic Discussion(30 points in all,15 points for each).Write no less than100100 wordswords onon eacheach ofof thethe followingfollow

33、ing topicstopics inin EnglishEnglish,inin thethe correspondingcorrespondingspace on the answer sheet.space on the answer sheet.1.Based on Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte,discuss the theme of her works,theimage of woman protagonists and what and how her novels truthfully present.(15)2.In Pride and Prej

34、udice,Jane Aasten explored three kinds of motivations ofmarriage that the middle-class people had in the second half of the 18th century.Tryto make a brief discussion about them with specific examples from the novel.Makecomments on Austens attitude towards these motivations.(15)200 x200 x 学年度第一学期期末考

35、试试卷答案及评分标准考试课程：英国文学史及选读考核类型：A 卷考试方式：闭卷出卷教师:XXX考试专业：英语考试班级：英语 xx 班I.Multiple Choice(130=30)200 x200 x 学年度第一学期期末考试试卷答案及评分标准考试课程：英国文学史及选读考核类型：A 卷考试方式：闭卷出卷教师:XXX考试专业：英语考试班级：英语 xx 班I.Multiple Choice(130=30)01-05CCBAD06-10DBBCA11-15ABCBC16-20DBDBB21-25DACBC26-30ADABDII.Find the relevant match from column

36、B for each item in colamn A(110=10)II.Find the relevant match from column B for each item in colamn A(110=10)1-E2-C3-F4-G5-A6-B7-D8-I9-H10-JIII.Fill in the following blanks(110=10)III.Fill in the following blanks(110=10)1.10662.Anglo-Saxons3.Romeo and Juliet4.Tories5.16886.18th7.Lyrical Ballads8.nov

37、elists9.Tennyson10.ChartistIV.Questions and Answers(20 points in all)IV.Questions and Answers(20 points in all)(1)A PoemQuestions(10)1.A Song:Men of England(1)Shelley(1)2.aabb ccdd(1)3.This poem is a war cry calling upon all working people to rise up against theirpolitical oppressors,it points out t

38、he intolerable injustice of economic exploitation.The poet calls the exploiters“ungrateful drones”,Who drain the sweat and drink theblood of the labouring people,He illustrates with concrete examples the relationshipof economic exploitation between the ruling class and the working people.(7)(2)A Sel

39、ection from a work1.Of Studies(1)Bacon(1)2.It analyzes the use and abuse of studies,the different ways adopted bydifferent people to pursue studies.And how studies exert influence over humancharacter.existing society,e.g.religious hypocrisy of charity institutions.(2)In the novel,three kinds of atti

40、tudes towards marriage are presented formanifestation:marriage merely for material wealth and social position;marriage justfor beauty,attraction and passion regardless of economic condition or personal merits;and the ideal marriage for true love with a consideration of the partners personalmerit as

41、well as his economic and social status.What jane Aasten tries to say is that itis wrong to marry just for money or for beauty,but it is also wrong to marny withoutconsideration of economic conditions.V.Topic Discussion(30 points in all,15 points for each)V.Topic Discussion(30 points in all,15 points

42、 for each)A.Charlottes works are all about the struggle of an individual consciousnesstowards self-realization,about some lonely and neglected young women with a fiecelonging for love,understanding and a full,happy life.B.All ber heroines highest joy arises from some sacrifice of self or some humwea

43、kness overcome.C.The image of woman protagonists in her works are mostly the life of themiddle-calss working women,particularly governesses.t0D.Her works present a vivid realistic picture of the English society by exposithe cruelty,hypocrisy and other evils of the upper calsses,and by showing the miseryand suffering of the poor.Especially in Jane Eyre by her,she sharply criticises the