英美文學作品選讀試題1I.Multiplechoice（40pointsinall,1foreach）Selectfromthefourchoicesofeachitemtheonethatbestanswersthequestionorcompletesthestatement.1.Romance,whichusesnarrativeverseorprosetotellstoriesof___adventuresorotherheroicdeeds,isapopularliteraryforminthemedievalperiod.A.ChristianB.knightlyC.GreekD.primitive2.AmongthegreatMiddleEnglishpoets,GeoffreyChaucerisknownforhisproductionof___.A.PiersPlowmanB.SirGawainandtheGreenKnightC.ConfessioAmantisD.TheCanterburyTales3.WhichofthefollowinghistoricaleventsdoesnotdirectlyhelptostimulatetherisingoftheRenaissanceMovement?A.TherediscoveryofancientGreekandRomanculture.B.Thenewdiscoveriesingeographyandastrology.C.TheGloriousrevolution.D.Thereligiousreformationandtheeconomicexpansion.4.WhichofthefollowingstatementsbestillustratesthethemeofShakespeare'sSonnet18?A.ThespeakereulogizesthepowerofNature.B.Thespeakersatirizeshumanvanity.C.Thespeakerpraisesthepowerofartisticcreation.D.Thespeakermeditatesonman'ssalvation.5.“Bassanio:Antonio,IammarriedtoawifeWhichisasdeartomeaslifeitself;Butlifeitself,Mywife,andalltheworld.Arenotwithmeesteem'dabovethylife;Iwouldloseall,ay,sacrificethemall,Heretothedevil,todeliveryou.Portia:Yourwifewouldgiveyoulittlethanksforthat,Ifshewerebytohearyoumaketheoffer.”TheaboveisaquotationtakenfromShakespeare'scomedyTheMerchantofVenice.Thequotedpartcanberegardedasagoodexampletoillustrate____.A.dramaticironyB.personificationC.allegoryD.symbolism6.ThetruesubjectofJohnDonne'spoem,“TheSunRising,”isto___.A.attackthesunasanunrulyservantB.givecomplimentstothemistressandherpowerofbeautyC.criticizethesun'sintrusionintothelover'sprivatelifeD.lecturethesunonwheretrueroyaltyandricheslie7.“Andwewillsitupontherocks,/Seeingtheshepherdsfeedtheirflocks,/Byshallowriverstowhosefalls/Melodiousbirdssingmadrigals.”Theabovelinesareprobablytakenfrom__.A.Spenser'sTheFaerieQueeneB.JohnDonne's“TheSunRising”C.Shakespeare's“Sonnet18”D.Marlowe's“ThePassionateShepherdtoHisLove”8.ThethemeofTheFaerieQueeneis.A.“armsandtheman”B.“fiercewarresandfaithfullloves”C.“RedcosseKnight”D.“moralsandvices”9.Shakespeare’s____aremainlywrittenundertheprinciplethatnationalunityunderamightyandjustsovereignisanecessity.A.historyplaysB.tragediesC.comediesD.plays10.“Readingmakethafullman,conferenceareadyman,andwritinga(n)man.”ThesentenceisquotedfromBacon’sOfStudies.A.intelligentB.exactC.thriftyD.eloquent11.ThoughJohnDonne’spoemswerenotwellacceptedinhislifetime,theearly20thcenturysawarenewedinterestinhimandotherpoets.A.sentimentalB.rationalC.metaphysicalD.neoclassical12.InofGulliver’sTravels,JonathanSwiftsatirizesthewesterncivilizationincludingfalseillusionsaboutscience,philosophy,historyandevenimmortality．A.thefirstvoyagetoLilliputB.thesecondvoyagetoBroddingnagC.thethirdvoyagetotheFlyingIslandD.thefourthvoyagetoHouyhnhnmland13.Christian,FaithfulandPliablearetheliteraryfiguresin.A.DanielDefoe’sMollFlandersB.JohnBunyan’sPilgrim’sProgressC.RichardBrinsleySheridan’sTheSchoolforScandalD.JonathanSwift’sGulliver’sTravels14.____isthefirstimportantEnglishessayistandthefounderofmodernscienceinEngland.A.FrancisBaconB.EdmundSpenserC.WilliamCarxtonD.Sidney15.TheHouyhnhnmsdepictedbyJonathanSwiftinGulliver'sTravelsare___.A.horsesthatareendowedwithreasonB.pigmiesthatareendowedwithadmirablequalitiesC.giantsthataresuperiorinwisdomD.hairy,wild,lowanddespicablecreatures,whoresemblehumanbeingsnotonlyinappearancebutalsoinsomeotherways.16.Herearefourlinesfromaliterarywork:“Othersforlanguagealltheircare[C]Searchforthegenuineflavorofancientculture.[D]Glorificationofreligiousfaith.36.“IndreamvisionArthurwitnessedthelovelinessofGloriana,anduponawakingresolvestoseekher.”ThetwoliteraryfiguresArthurandGlorianaareform.[A]EdmundSpenser’sTheFaerieQueene[B]WilliamShakespeare’sRomeoandJuliet[C]ChristopherMarlowe’s“ThePassionateShepherdtoHislove”[D]JohnDonne’s“AValediction:ForbiddingMourning”37.WhichofthefollowingbestdescribesthenatureofThomasHardy’slaterworks?[A]Sentimentalism. [B]Tragicsense.[C]Surrealism. [D]Comicsense.38.“...Thisgrew:Igavecommands;Thenallsmilesstoppedaltogether....”(RobertBrowning,“MyLastDuchess”)Theabovelinesimplythat.[A]theDuchesswaskilledbyherhusband[B]theDuchessstoppedsmilingatherhusband’sorder[C]theDuchessdiedoflaughingtoomuch[D]theDuchessdidnotwanttosmileasmuchasherhusbandrequested39.Inwhichofthefollowingworkscanyoufindthepropernames“Lilliput,”“Brobdingnag,”and“Yahoo”?[A]JamesJoyce’sUlsses.[B]CharlesDickens’sBleakHouse.[C]JonathanSwift’sGulliver’sTravels.[D]D.H.Lawrence’sWomeninlove.40.IttookAlexanderPopetenyearstocomplete,whichisgenerallyconsideredhisbestsatiricwork.[A]TheDunciad [B]“AnEssayonMan”[C]“AnEssayonCriticism” [D]“TheRapeofthelock”II.Findtheitemsintherightcolumnwhichfittheleftcolumnthebestandwriteyourlettersintheblanks.(10pointsinall,1pointforeach)1.ChaucerA.MaryAnnEvans2.HamletB.ThefatherofEnglishpoetry3.ColeridgeC.JaneAusten4.JonathanSwiftD.Graveyard5.SamuelJohnsonE.JohnMilton6.ThomasGrayF.ATaleoftheTub7.ByronG.ADictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage8.GreorgeEliotH.bloodandthunderthrille9.PrideandPrejudiceI.DonJuan10.ParadiseLostJLake1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.III.Foreachofthequotationslistedbelowpleasegivethenameoftheauthorandthetitleoftheliterarywork.(24pointsinall,4foreach)1.“Foroft,whenonmycouchIlieInvacantorinpensivemood,TheyflashuponthatinwardeyeWhichistheblissofsolitude;Andthenmyheartwithpleasurefills,Anddanceswiththedaffodils.”2.“Itisatruthuniversallyacknowledgedthatasinglemaninpossessionofagoodfortunemustbeinwantofawife.Howeverlittleknownthefeelingsorviewsofsuchamanmaybeonhisfirstenteringaneighborhood,thistruthissowellfixedinthemindsofthesurroundingfamilies,thatheisconsideredastherightfulpropertyofsomeoneorotheroftheirdaughters.”3.“DoyouthinkIcanstaytobecomenothingtoyou?DoyouthinkIamanautomaton?-amachinewithoutfeelings?Andcanbeartohavemymorselofbreadsnatchedfrommylips,andmydropoflivingwaterdashedfrommycup?Doyouthink,becauseIampoor,obscure,plain,andlittle,Iamsoullessandheartless?-Youthinkwrong!”4.“…Ohsir,shesmiled,nodoubt,Whene’erIpassedher;butwhopassedwithoutMuchthesamesmile?Thisgrew,IgavecommandsThenallsmilesstoppedtogether.”5.“ThenIsawinmydream,thatwhentheyweregotoutofthewilderness,theypresentlysawatownbeforethem,andthenameofthattownisvanity;andatthattownthereisafairkept,calledvanityFair,…”6.“Avioletbyamossystone Halfhiddenfromtheeye! －Fairasastar,whenonlyone Isshininginthesky.”IV.Givebriefanswerstothefollowingquestions.(6pointsinall,3foreach)1.Asarule,anallegoryisstoryinverseorprosewithadoublemeaning:asurfacemeaning,andanimpliedmeaning.Listtwoworksasexamplesofallegory.Whatisanallegoryusuallyconcernedwithbyitsimpliedmeaning?2.WhyhasFieldingbeenregardedas“FatheroftheEnglishnovel?”V.ShortEssayQuestions.(20pointsinall,10foreach)WriteoneachofthefollowingtopicsinEnglish.1.ListthemainqualitiesofEdmundSpenser’sPoetry.2.HowisRomanticismdifferentfromNeoclassicism?Providebriefevidencefromtheliteraryworksyouknowbest.參考答案：I．1point×40＝40points1．B2．D3．C4．C5．A6．B7．D8．B9．A10．B11.C12.C13.B14.A15.A16.C17.D18.B19.D20.D21.D22.B23.A24.D25.A26.A27.A28.B29.D30.C31.B32.C33.B34.A35.B36.A37.B38.A39.C40.AII.1point×10＝10points1.B2.H3.J4.F5.G6.D7.I8.A9.C10.EIII.4points×6＝24points1.WilliamWordsworth,“IWanderedLonelyasaCloud”2.JaneAusten,PrideandPrejudice3.CharlotteBronte,JaneEyre4.RobertBrowning,“MyLastDuchess”5.JohnBunyan，“VanityFair,”anexcerptfromThePilgrim’sProgress6.WilliamWordsworth,“SheDweltAmongtheUntroddenWays”IV.3points×2＝6points1.A.Bunyan’spilgrim’sProgressandSpenser’sTheFaerieQueene.B.Itisusuallyconcernedwithmoral,religious,political,symbolicormythicalideas.2.HenryFieldinghasbeenregardedbysomeas“FatheroftheEnglishNovel”forhiscontributiontotheestablishmentoftheformofthemodernnovel.Ofalltheeighteenth-centurynovelists,hewasthefirsttosetout,bothintheoryandpractice,towritespecificallya“comicepicinprose,”thefirsttogivethemodernnovelitsstructureandstyle.V.10points×2＝20points1.ThemainqualitiesofSpenser’spoetryare:1)aperfectmelody;2)araresenseofbeauty;3)asplendidimagination;4)aloftymoralpurityandseriousness:5)adedicatedidealism;6)useofstrangeformsofspeechandobsoletewordsinordertocreasetherusticeffect.2.a.Neoclassicistsupheldthatartisticidealsshouldbeorder,l