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精品文档，仅供学习与交流，如有侵权请联系网站删除【精品文档】第PAGE页ExerciseforEnglishLiterature(2)Choosethebestanswerforeachblank.________,the“fatherofEnglishpoetry”andoneofthegreatestnarrativepoetsofEngland,wasborninLondonabout1340.GeoffreyChaucerB.SirGawainFrancisBaconD.JohnDrydenChaucerdiedonthe25thOctober1400,andwasburiedin________.FlandersB.FranceItalyD.WestminsterAbbeyTheprogressinindustryathomestimulatedthecommercialexpansionabroad.________encouragedexplorationandtravel,whichwerecompatiblewiththeinterestoftheEnglishmerchants.HenryVB.HenryVIIHenryVIIID.QueenElizabethExceptbeingavictoryofEnglandover________,theroutofthefleet“Armada”(Invincible)wasalsothetriumphoftherisingyoungbourgeoisieoverthedecliningoldfeudalism.SpainB.FranceAmericaD.NorwayAtthebeginningofthe16thcenturytheoutstandinghumanist________wrotehisUtopiainwhichhegaveaprofoundandtruthfulpictureofthepeople’ssufferingandputforwardhisidealofafuturehappysociety.ThomasMoreB.ThomasMarloweFrancisBaconD.WilliamShakespearAbsolutemonarchyinEnglandreacheditssummitduringthereignofQueen________.MaryB.ElizabethWilliamD.VictoriaEnglishRenaissancePeriodwasanageof________.proseandnovelB.poetryanddramaessaysandjournalsD.balladsandsongsFromthefollowing,choosetheonewhichisnotFrancisBacon’swork:________.TheAdvancementofLearningB.TheNewInstrumentEssaysD.TheNewAtlanticsVenusandAdonis“ShallIcomparetheetoasummer’sday?”ThisisthebeginninglineofoneofShakespeare’s________.songsB.playscomediesD.sonnetsTheheroinesofShakespeare’sgreatcomedies,________arethedaughtersoftheRenaissance,whoseimagesandstorieswillremainalegacytoreadersandaudiencesofalltime.PortiaB.RoselandViolaD.BeatriceChoosethefourgreattragediesofShakespearefromthefollowing________.HamletB.OthelloMacbethD.KingLearTimonofAthensWhichplayisnotacomedy?________AMidsummerNight’sDreamB.TheMerchantofVeniceTwelfthNightD.RomeoandJulietAsYouLikeIt“Denmarkisaprison”.Inwhichplaydoestheherosummarisehisobservationofhisworldintosuchabittersentence?________CharlesIB.OthelloHenryVIIID.HamletTheworksof________andtheAuthorisedVersionoftheEnglishBiblearethetwogreattreasuriesoftheEnglishlanguage.GeoffreyChaucerB.EdmundSpenserWilliamShakespeareD.BenJohnsonInwhichplaydoestheheroshowhisprofoundreverenceformanthroughthesentence:“Whatapieceofwokisaman!Hownobelinreason!Howfiniteinfaculty!”________RomeoandJulietB.HamletOthelloD.TheMerchantofVeniceIn1649,________wasbeheaded.Englandbecameacommonwealth.JamesIB.JamesIICharlesID.CharlesIITherevolutionof1688meantthreeofthefollowingthings:________.thesupremacyofParliamentthebeginningofmodernEnglandthetriumphoftheprincipallibertythetriumphoftheprincipleofpoliticallibertytheRestorationofmonarchyWhoofthefollowingweretheimportantmetaphysicalpoets?________JohnDonneB.GeorgeHerbertJohnMiltonD.RichardLovelaceWhichworkwasNOTwrittenbyJohnMilton?________ParadiseLostB.ParadiseRegainedSamsonAgonistesD.VolponeParadiseLostis________.JohnMilton’smasterpieceagreatepicin12bookswritteninblankverseabouttheheroicrevoltofSatanagainstGod’sauthorityJohnMiltonis________.agreatrevolutionarypoetofthe17thcenturyanoutstandingpoliticalpamphleteeragreatstylistagreatmasterofblankverseFromtheOldTestament,JohnMiltontookhisstoriesofParadiseLost,i.e.________.thecreationtherebellioninHeavenofSatanandhisfellow-angelstheirdefeatandexpulsionfromHeaventhecreationofthedeathandofadamandEvethefallenangelsinhellplottingagainstGodSatan’stemptationofEvethedepartureofAdamandEvefromEdenThefinestthinginParadiseLostisthedescriptionofhell,and________isoftenregardedastherealheroofthepoem.A.GodB.SatanC.AdamD.EveWhoisthegreatestoftheMetaphysicalschoolofpoetry?________JohnDonneB.GeorgeHerbertAndrewMarvellD.HenryVaugham________wasaprogressiveintellectualmovementthroughoutWesternEuropeinthe18thcentury.TheRenaissanceB.TheEnlightenmentTheReligiousReformationD.TheChartistMovementThemainliterarystreamofthe18thcenturywas________.Whatthewritersdescribedintheirworksweremainlysocialrealities.naturalismB.romanticismclassicismD.realismsentimentalismTheeighteenthcenturywasthegoldenageoftheEnglish________.Thenovelofthisperiodspokethetruthaboutlifewithanuncompromisingcourage.dramaB.poetryessayD.novelIn1704,JonathanSwiftpublishedtwoworkstogether,________and________,whichmadehimwell-knownasasatirist.ATaleofaTubB.BickerstaffAlmanacGulliver’sTravelsD.AModestProposal“Propersinproperplaces,makesthetruedefinitionofastyle.”Thissentenceissaidby________,oneofthegreatestmastersofEnglishprose.AlexanderPopeB.HenryFieldingDanielDefoeD.JonathanSwiftAsajournalist,________hadlearnedhowtomakehisreportingvividandcrediblebyaskillfuluseofcircumstantialdetail.Thispowertomakehischaractersaliveandhisstoriescredibleisaninimitablegift.JosephAddisonB.DanielDefoeSamuelRicharsonD.TobiasSmollettWhichofthefollowingareNOTwrittenbyWilliamBlake?________PoeticalSketchesB.SongsofInnocenceSongsofExperienceD.AuldLangSyneTheMarriageofHeavenandHellF.ProphecisVisionsoftheDaughtersofAlbionandAmerica,aProphecyInthe18thcenturyEnglishliterature,therepresentativepoetsofpre-romanticismwere________.WilliamWordsworthB.WilliamBlakeRobertBurnsD.JonathanSwiftTheRomanticAgebegabwiththepublicationofTheLyricalBalladswhichwaswrittenby________.WilliamWordsworthB.SamuelJohnsonSamuelTaylorColeridgeD.WordsworthandColeridgeTheRomanticAgecametoanendwiththedeathofthelastwell-knownromanticwriter________.JaneAustenB.WalterScottSamuelTaylorColeridgeD.WilliamWordsworthThegloryoftheRomanticAgeliesinthepoetryof________.WilliamWordsworthB.SamuelTaylorColeridgeGeorgeGordonByronD.PercyByssheShelleyJohnKeatsTheEnglishRomanticAgeproducedtwomajornovelists.Theyare________.GeorgeGordonByronandPercyByssheShelleyWilliamWordsworthandSamuelTaylorColeridgeWalterScottandJaneAustenCharlesLambandWilliamHazlittWhichpoetsbelongtotheActiveRomanticgroup?________GeorgeGordonByronB.WilliamWordsworthPercyByssheShelleyD.JohnKeatsJohnMiltonWhichpoetsbelongtotheLakers?________WilliamWordsworthB.SamuelTaylorColeridgeJohnKeatsD.RobertSoutheyWalterScottWhichofthefolloeingwerewrittenbyWordsworthONLY?________TotheCuckooB.TheLyricalBalladsLucyPoemsD.TheSolitaryReaperIWanderedLonelyasaCloudThepublicationof________markedthebreakwiththeconventionalpoeticaltraditionofthe18thcentury,i.e.,withclassicism,andthebeginningoftheRomanticrevivalinEngland.TheLyricalBalladsB.ThePreludeChildeHarold’sPilgrimageD.DonJuanAscontrastedwiththeclassicistswhomadereason,orderandtheold,classicaltraditionsthecriteriaintheirpoeticalcreations,________basedhisownpoeticalprincipleonthepremisethat“allgoodpoetryisthespontaneousoverflowofpowerfulfeeling.”SamuelTaylorColeridgeB.GeorgeGordonByronPercyByssheShelleyD.WilliamWordsworth________wasthefirstcriticoftheRomanticSchool.WilliamWordworthB.SamuelJohnsonSamuelTaylorColeridgeD.WordworthandColeridgeWhichofthefollowingstatementsis(are)NOTtrueaboutGeorgeGordonByron?________Byron’searlyyearshadbeenfarfromhappyforhewasbornwithaclubfoot,inthefrequentfamilysceneshismothercalledhim“youlamebrat.”ByrondiedinItalyanndwasdeeplymournedbytheItalianpeopleandbyallprogressivepeoplethroughouttheworld.Thereactionarycriticismofthe19thcenturytriedtobelittleByron’sgeniusandhisroleinthedevelopmentofEnglishliterature,butByronremainsoneofthemostpopularEnglishpoetsbothathomeandabroad.SincetheMay4Movementin1919,moreandmoreofByron’spoemshavebeentranslatedintoChineseandwellreceivedbythepoetsandyoungreaders.Byronhasnowbecomeoneofthebest-knownEnglishpoetsinourcountry.In1805,Wordsworthcompletedalongautobiographicalpoementitled________.BiographialiterariaB.ThePreludeLucyPoemsD.TheLyricalBallads________isregardedasthemostwonderfullyricistEnglandhaseverproducedmainlyforhispoemsonnature,onlove,andonpolitics.WilliamWordsworthB.JohnKeatsGeorgeGordonByronD.PercyByssheShelleyWhichofthefollowingstatementsis(are)NOTtrueaboutPercyByssheShelley?________PrometheusUnboundisPercyByssheShelley’smasterpiece,alongepicpoem.AtEtonPercyByssheShelleywasknownas“MadShelley”,forhisobstinateoppositiontothebrutalfaggingsystem,accordingtowhichtheyoungerschool-boyswereobligedtoobeytheolderboysandbearagreatdealofcrueltreatment.GeorgeGordonByronalledPercyByssheShelley“thebestandleastselfishmanIeverknew.”PercyByssheShelleylovedthepeopleandhatedtheiroppressorsandexploiters.________’spursuitofbeautyinallthingsbespokeanaspirationafterabetterlifethanthesordidrealityundercapitalism.Hisleadingprincipleis:“Beautyistruth,truthbeauty.”PercyByssheShelleyB.GeorgeGordonByronWilliamWordsworthD.JohnKeatsChoosethefourimmortalodeswrittenbyJohnKeats.________OdetotheWestWindB.OdetoaNightingaleToAutumnD.OdeonMelancholyOdeonaGrecianUrnChoosetheworkswrittenbyJaneAusten.________PrideandPrejudiceB.SenseandSensibilityNorthangerAbbeyC.EmmaMansfieldParkF.PersuasionInthe19thcenturyEnglishliterature,anewliterarytrendcalled________appeared.Anditflourishedinthefortiesandintheearlyfifties.romanticismB.naturalismrealismD.criticalrealismEnglishcriticalrealismfounditsexpressionchieflyintheformof________.Thecriticalrealists,mostofwhowerenovelists,describedwithvividnessandartisticskillthechieftraitsoftheEnglishsocietyandcriticisedthecapitalistsystemfromademocraticviewpoint.novelB.dramapoetryD.essayThegreatestEnglishcriticalrealistnovelistwas________,whocriticisedthebourgeoiscivilisationandshowedthemiseryofthecommonpeople.WilliamMakepeaceThackerayB.CharlesDickensCharlotteBronteD.EmilyBronteWhichofthefollowingwritersbelongtocriticalrealists?________CharlesDickensB.CharlotteBronteC.EmilyBronteD.ThomasHardy________wroteanumberoflittlesketchesof“cockneycharacters”.Hesignedthem“Boz”,whichwashisnicknameforhisyoungbrother.Hisfirstbook,SketchesbyBozappearedin1836.ElizabethGaskellB.WilliamM.ThackerayCharlesDickensD.JaneAusten________hasbeencalled“thesupremeepicofEnglishlife.”ATaleofTwoCitiesB.DavidCopperfieldPickwickPapersD.OliverTwistThethemeunderlying________istheidea“Wherethereisoppression,thereisrevolution”.ATaleofTwoCitiesB.DavidCopperfieldPickwickPapersD.OliverTwistIntheVictorianAge,poetrywasnotamajorartintendedtochangetheworld.Themainpoetsoftheagewere________.AlfredTennysonB.RobertBrowningMrs.BrowningD.RobertBurnsWilliamBlakeThe________Movementappearedinthethirtiesofthe19thcentury.ItshowedtheEnglishworkerswereabletoappearasanindependentpoliticalforceandwerealreadyrealisingthefactthattheindustrialbourgeoisiewastheirprincipalenemy.EnlightenmentB.RenaissanceChartistD.RomanticistWhichnovelisagreatsatireuponthesocietyandthosepeoplewhodreamtoenterthehighersocietyregardlessofthesocialreality?________ATaleofTwoCitiesB.DavidCopperfieldGreatExpectationD.DombeyandSonCharlesDickenstakestheFrenchRevolutionasthebackgroundofthenovel________.ATaleofTwoCitiesB.GreatExpectationHardTimesD.DavidCopperfield________isoftenregardedasthesemi-autobiographyoftheauthorDickensinwhichtheearlylifeoftheheroislargelybasedontheauthor’searlylife.TomJonesB.DavidCopperfieldOliverTwistD.GreatExpectationTheBrontesistersare________.Theywerealltalentedwritersandallofthemdiedyoung.CharlotteBronteB.EmilyBronteAnneBronteD.JaneAustenCatherineCharlotteBronteproducedfournovels:________.ProfessorB.JaneEyreShirleyD.VilletteAgnesGreyEmilyBrontewroteonlyonenovelentitled________.WutheringHeightsB.JaneEyreEmmaD.AgnesGreyChoosethenamesappearinthenovelJaneEyre.________JaneEyreB.Mr.RochesterMaryBartonD.SilasMarnerWhichcharactersappearinthenovelWutheringHeights?________HeathcliffB.CatherineHindleyD.CathyHaretonInthenovelJaneEyre,CharlotteBronte________.poursagreatdealofherownexperiencecriticisesthebourgeoissystemofeducationshowsthattrueloveisthefoundationofmarriageshowsthatwomenshouldhaveequalrightswithmenWomennovelistsbegantoappearinEnglandduringthesecondhalfofthe________century.17thB.18th19thD.20thAnneBrontealsowrotetwonovels________and________.ShirleyB.VilletteTheTenantoftheWildfellHallD.AgnesGreyWhichofthefollowingstatementsaretrueaboutJaneEyre?________Oneofthecentralthemesofthebookisthecriticismofthebourgeoissystemofeducation.Anotherproblemraisedinthenovelisthepositionofwomeninsociety.ThisbookisCharlottelBronte’sbestliteraryproduction.Inthisbook,theauthorattackedthegreed,pettytyrannyandlackofcultureamongthebourgeoisieandsympathisedwiththesufferingsofthepoorpeople.Herrealismwascolouredbypetty-bourgeoisphilanthropy.MostofRobertBrowning’simportantworks,including________,arewrittenintheformofdramaticmonologue.DramaticLyricsB.DramaticRomancesC.MenandWomenD.dramaticsPersonaeThomasHardyisoneoftherepresentativesofEnglish________attheturnofthe19thcentury.criticalrealismB.pre-romanticismneo-classicismD.newromanticismWhichstatementistrue?________ThomasHardyisafamousnovelist.ThomasHardyisalsoapoet.ThomasHardyisacriticalrealist.FatalismisstronglyreflectedinThomasHardy’novels.AccordingtoThomasHardy’sownclassification,hisnovelsdividedthemselvesintothreegroups.Theyare________.NovelsofcharacterandenvironmentRomancesandFantasiesNovelsofIngenuityWorkingclassliteratureNovelsofcharacterandenvironmentarealsocalledWessexnovels,takingthesouthwestcountiesofEnglandfortheirsetting.Theyinclude:________.UndertheGreenwoodTreeB.TheReturnoftheNativeTheMayorofCasterbridgeD.TessoftheD’UrbervillesJudetheObscureThefollowingstatementsareaboutThomasHardy’snovels,whicharetrue?________HisWessexnovelsareofgreatsignificance.TheSouthwestcountiesofEnglandarethesettingofhisWessexnovels.Thereispessimisminhisnovels.Mankindissubjectedtohostileandmysteriousfate.Thereareelementsofnaturalisminhisworks.OscarWildeisoneoftheimportantdramatistsinthe19thcentury.Inhiscomedies,hecriticisestheupperclassoftheEnglishbourgeoissociety.Hisbestcomediesare________.LadyWindermere’sFanAWomanofNoImportanceAnIdealHusbandTheImportanceofBeingEarnestThePictureofDorianGrayOscarWildewastherepresentativeamongthewritersof________.aestheticismB.decadencecriticalrealismD.pre-romanticismAlfredTennyson’spoeticoutputwasvastandvaried.Hismainpoemsare________.ThePrincessB.MaudInMemoriamD.IdyllsoftheKingCrossingtheBarWhichofthefollowingshortpoemswas/werewrittenbyAlfredTennyson?________Break,Break,BreakB.CrossingtheBarTheEagleD.SweetandLowTears,IdleTearsWhichlamentwaswrittenbyAlfredTennysonforthedeathofhisfriendHallam?________InMemoriamB.LycidasAdodaisD.ElegywritteninaCountryChurchyardMyLastDuchessis________.adramaticmonologueB.ashortlyricanovelD.anessay________aregenerallyregardedasJosephConrad’sfinestnovels.LordJimB.NostromoYouthD.TheOldWives’TaleWhoisregardedasaforerunnerofthe“streamofconsciousness”literatureinthe20thcentury?JohnGalsworthyB.HenryJamesThomasStearnsEliotD.JamesJoyceGeorgeBernardShaw’sessay________,acommentaryonHenrikIbsen’sdramaticworks,servedalsoastheauthor’sownprogramofdramaticcreation.Widower’sHousesB.Mrs.Warren’sProfessionMajorBarbaraD.TheQuintessenceofIbsenismInEnglishliterature,________and________arethetwobest-knownnovelistsofthe“streamofconsciousness”school.DavidHerbertLawrenceB.RobertTressellJamesJoyceD.VirginiaWoolf________’sadmirershavepraisedhimas“secondonlytoShakespeareinhismasteryofEnglishlanguage.”D.H.LawrenceB.T.S.EliotJamesJoyceD.W.B.Yeats________istheclimaxofVirginiaWoolf’sexperimentsinnovelform.TheWindowB.TimePassesTotheLighthouseD.TheWavesWhichofthefollowingnovelsbelong(s)tothe“streamofconsciousness”schoolofnovelwriting?UlyssesB.FinnegansWakeTotheLighthouseD.TheWaves________waswrittenbyJamesJoyce.ThePortraitofanArtistasaYoungManPortraitofaLadyThePictureofDorianGrayTotheLighthouseD.H.Lawrence’srepresentativework________waspositivelytakenasatypicalexampleandlivelymanifestationoftheOedipusComplexinfiction,astheresultofLawrence’slong-rangestudyofthepsychologictheoriesofSigmundFreud.SonsandLoversB.TheRainbowC.LadyChatterley’sLoverD.WomeninLoveWhichofthecharactersareinthenovelSonsandLovers?Mrs.MorelB.PaulC.MiriamD.ClaraWhichofthefollowingwriterswerefromIreland?GeorgeBernardShawB.JonathanSwiftJamesJoyceOscarWildeW.B.YeatsWhichofthefollowingplay(s)was/wereNOTwrittenbyGeorgeBernardShaw?Mrs.Warren’sProfessionB.Widower’sHousesMajorBarbaraD.PygmalionTheManofPropertyWhichofthefollowingplaysdealswiththestorythatalinguisttrainsaflowergirltospeaktheso-calledhigh-civilisedEnglish?MajorBarbaraB.PygmalionMrs.Warren’sProfessionD.ManandSupermanIn1923,________wasawardedtheNobelPrizeforliterature.WilliamButlerYeatsB.SamuelButlerThomasStearnsEliotD.DavidHerbertLawrenceWilliamButlerYeatswas_______.anIrishpoetB.adramatistC.acriticD.asenatorintheIrishFreeStatein1921ThomasStearnsEliotdefinedhisbeliefas________.classicistinliteratureB.royalistinpoliticsAnglo-CatholicinreligionD.alloftheaboveWhichofthefollowingstatementisNOTtrue?ThomasStearnsEliotwasborninAmerica.ThomasStearnsEliotbecameaBritishsubjectin1927.ThomasStearnsEliotwaseducatedinHarvardUniversityandOxfordUniversity.ThomasStearnsEliotwasapoet,acriticandaplaywright.ThomasStearnsEliotwasalsoagreatnovelist.Inwhichpoemarethesterilityandchaosofthecontemporaryworldafter1stWorldWarexpressed?OdetotheWestWindB.TheSolitaryReaperLamiaD.TheWasteLandKeys:1-5:A,D,D,A,A6-10:B,B,D,D,ABCD11-15:ABCD,D,D,C,B16-20:C,ABC,AB,D,ABCD21-25:ABCD,ABCDEFG,B,A,B26-30:D,D,AD,D,B31-35:D,BC,D,B,ABCDE36-40:C,ACD,ABD,ACDE,A41-45:D,C,B,B,D46-50:A,D,BCDE,ABCDEF,D51-55:A,B,ABCD,C,C56-60:A,ABC,C,C,A61-65:B,ABC,ABCD,A,AB66-70:ABCDE,ABCD,C,CD,ABCD71-75:ABCD,A,ABCD,ABC,ABCDE76-80:ABCDE,ABCD,AB,ABCED,ABCDE81-85:A.A.AB,B,D86-90:CD,C,D,ABCD,A91-95:A,ABCE,ABCDE,E,B96-100:A,ABCD,D,E,D