2003英美文學(xué)選讀試卷及答案(1)(1)

1、2003英美文學(xué)選讀試卷及答案(1) (1)part onei. multiple choice1. although was essentially a medieval writer, he bore marks of humanism and anticipated a newera of literature to come.a. william langlandb. john gowerc. geoffrey chaucerd. edmund spenseranswer: c2. the religious reformation in the early 16th-century

2、england was a reflection of the class struggleswaged by the.a. rising bourgeoisie against the feudal class and its ideologyb. working class against the corruption of the bourgeoisiec. landlord class against the rising bourgeoisieand its ideologyd. feudal class against the corruption of thecatholic c

3、hurchanswer: a3. the statement that a man gained the whole world but lost his own soul makes a good summary of the mainplot of.a. paradise lostb. the merchant of venicec. hamletd. the tragic history of doctor faustusanswer: d4. "is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man st

4、ruggling for life in the water, andwhen he has reached ground, encumbers him with help?"the above passage is taken from.a. francis bacon ' s "of studies"b. william shakespeare ' s the merchant of venicec. samuel johnson ' s "to the right honorable the earl of chesterf

5、ield"d. jonathan swift ' s "a modest proposal"answer: c5. the essence of humanism is to.a. restore a medieval reverence for the churchb. avoid the circumstances of earthly lifec. explore the next world in which men could live after deathd. emphasize human qualitiesanswer: d6. in t

6、he pilgrim ' s progress, john bunyan describes the vanity fair in a tone.a. delightfulb. satiricalc. sentimentald. solemnanswer: b7. the 18th century witnessed a new literary form-the modern english novel, which, contrary to themedieval romance, gives a presentation oflife of the common english

7、people.a. romanticb. idealisticc. prophetic d. realisticanswer: d8. as a literary figure, john rivers appears in .a. fielding ' s tom jonesb. dickens ' s oliver twistc. bronte ' s jane eyred. austen ' s pride and prejudice answer: c9. defoe ' s robinson crusoe created the image o

8、fan enterprising englishman, typical of the english bourgeoisie in the century.a. 17thb. 18thc. 19thd. 20thanswer: b10. in "elegy written in a country churchyard,"thomas gray compares the commonfolk with the great ones, wondering what the commons could have achieved ifthey had had the.a. c

9、hance b. lovec. moneyd. material sourcesanswer: a11. the poetic view of can be best understoodfrom his remark about poetry, that is, "all goodpoetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings."a. samuel taylor coleridgeb. john keatsc. william wordsworthd. percy bysshe shellyanswer: c

10、12. pip, estella, havisham, magwitch, and joe gargery are most likelynames of characters in .a. oliver twistb. david copperfieldc. bleak housed. great expectationsanswer: b13. in english poetry the is regarded asthe most common foot.a. iambb. anapestc. trocheed. dactylanswer: a14. in pride and preju

11、dice, elizabeth bennet finds out some weak points about herself in the process ofjudging others. which of the following is not a weak point of hers?a. blindness.b. partiality.c. snobbishness.d. prejudice.answer: c15. in byron ' s poem "song for the luddites," the word "luddite&quo

12、t; refers to the.a. workers who destroyed the machines in theirprotest against unemploymentb. rising bourgeoisie who fought against the aristocratic classc. descendents of the ancient king, king ludd. poor country people who suffered under the ruleof the landlord classanswer: a16. "five miles m

13、eandering with a mazy motion through wood and dale the sacred river ran, then reached the caverns measureless to man, and sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean." the above lines are taken from.a. wordsworth ' s "the solitary reaper"b. blake ' s "the chimney sweeper"c. c

14、oleridge ' s "kubla khan"d. keats ' s "ode on an grecian urn" answer: c17. in his poem, "ode to the west wind," shelleyintends to present his wind as a central around which the poem weaves various cycles of death andrebirth.a. conceptb. symbolc. similed. metonym

15、yanswer: b18. in the conversation with his wife in chapter one of pride and prejudice, mr. bennet uses a(n) tone with sarcastic humor.a. solemnb. harshc. arrogantd. teasing answer: d19. charles dickens takes the french revolution as the background of his novel.a. great expectationsb. a tale of two c

16、ities c. bleak housed. oliver twistanswer: b20. a typical feature of the english literature is that writers BECamesocial and moral critics,exposing all kinds of social evils.a. renaissanceb. romantic c. victorian d. medieval answer: c21. the statement that those extraordinary people,seeking somethin

17、g beyond the provincial life, havefinally to subject themselves to the limitationsof the reality either due to their own weakness or thesocial environment may well sum up one of the major themes of.a. fielding ' s tom jonesb. defoe ' s robinson crusoec. austen ' s pride and prejudiced. e

18、liot ' s middlemarchanswer: d22. a typical forsyte, according to john galsworthy, is a man with a strong sense of, who neverpays any attention to human feelings.a. justiceb. propertyc. moralityd. humoranswer: b23. which of the following statements about the scarlet letter is not true?a. it explo

19、res man ' s never-ending search for the satisfaction of materialistic desires.b. it relates the conflicts between the society and the individual.c. it is about the effect of sin on the people involved and the society as a whole.d. it presents a psychological analysis of theinward tensions of the

20、 characters.answer: b24. "nothing is at last sacred but the integrityof your own mind" is a famous quote from' swritings.a. walt whitmanb. henry david thoreauc. herman melvilled. ralph waldo emersonanswer: d25. which of hemingway ' s novels describes the drifting life of american e

21、xiles in europe?a. the SUN also rises.b. a farewell to arms.c. for whom the bell tolls.d. the old man and the sea.answer: b26. the theme of may be well stated as "itrelation to thesings of nationalism and of the nature of the self in cosmos and the meaning and purposeof birth and death." d

22、eath"a. edgar allan poe's "to helen"b. robert frost"the road not taken"c. walt whitman"song of myself"d. emily dickensons "BECause i could notstop foranswer: c27. the american puritanism as a cultural heritage benefited the americans in.a. strengthening th

23、eir moral valuesb. weakening their religious faithc. knowing truth intuitivelyd. developing their science and technologyanswer: a28. mark twain, one of the greatest 19th century american writers, is well known for his.a. international themeb. waste-land imageryc. local colord. symbolismanswer: c29.

24、"strange names were over the doors -strangefaces at the windows -every thing was strange. his mind now began to misgive him, that both he and the worldaround him were bewitched. surely this was hisnative village, which he had left but the day before." the above passage is taken from.a. irv

25、ing ' s "rip van winkle"b. hawthorne ' s "young goodman brown"c. james ' "daisy miller"d. hemingway ' s "indian camp"answer: a30. according to hawthorne, the scarlet letter "a" which originally stood for "" finally obtainedt

26、he meaning of "able" or "angel" through hester's efforts.a. adulteryb. arrogancec. accomplishmentd. agonyanswer: a31. as a naturalist writer, theodore dreiser was greatly influenced by.a. nathaniel hawthorneb. charles darwinc. henry jamesd. ralph waldo emersonanswer: b32. in

27、sister carrie, hurstwood, extremely hopeless and totally devastated, ends his life by turning onthe gas, while at the same time carrie is rocking comfortably in her luxurious hotel room before sheboards a ship for.a. new yorkb. londonc. parisd. genevaanswer: b33. in henry james ' "daisy mil

28、ler," the author tries to portray the protagonist as an embodiment ofa. the force of conventionb. the decline of aristocracyc. the free spirit of the new worldd. the corruption of the new richanswer: c34. american writers of the first postwar era who were devoid of faith and alienated from thec

29、ivilization were commonly called "."a. sons of libertyb. fatherless childrenc. a beat generationd. a lost generationanswer: d35. the raft with which huck and jim make their voyage down the mississippi river may symbolize all thefollowing except.a. a return to natureb. an escape from evils,

30、 injustices, and corruption of the civilized societyc. the heavenly kingdom of christianityd. a small world where people of different colorscan live friendly and happilyanswer: c36. of the following american poets in the twentieth century, the one who has the best knowledge ofchinese culture is.a. robert frostb. allen ginsbergc. ezra poundd. e. e. cummingsanswer: c37. emily grierson, the protagonist in faulkner