[考研类试卷]英语专业（英美文学）模拟试卷2及答案与解析.doc

1、英语专业（英美文学）模拟试卷 2 及答案与解析一、填空题1 The Elizabethan_, in its totality, is the real mainstream of the English Renaissance.2 _is the essence of the Renaissance.3 Among the works by John Milton,_is indeed the only generally acknowledged epic in English literature since Beowulf.4 John Donnes famous analogy of

2、 parting lovers to a drawing compass provides a prime example of_.5 _, the first of the great tragedies, is generally regarded as Shakespeares most popular play on the stage.6 A stanza of nine lines, with the first eight lines in iambic pentameter and the last line in iambic hexameter, rhyming ababb

3、cbcc is called_.7 _refer to a group of scholars during the Elizabethan Age who graduated from either Oxford or Cambridge. They came to London with the ambition to become professional writers. Some of them later became famous poets and playwrights.8 _is acclaimed as “the poets poet“ in English litera

4、ture.9 _is the most popular of Bacons essays.10 The Pilgrims Progress is John Bunyans masterpiece. It is the most successful religious_.11 _ was the first American to achieve an international literary reputation in the American literary history.12 The Romantic Period of American literature started w

5、ith the publication of Washington livings _and ended with Whitmans Leaves of Grass.13 _was the “Great Commoner of Mankind“, son of a nominal Quaker of Thetford, England.14 As a poet,_heralded American literary independence, his close observation of nature distinguished his treatment of indigenous wi

6、ld life and other native American subjects.15 _by Cooper was a rousing tale about espionage against the British during the Revolutionary War.16 In their order of events, the novels in the Leatherstocking Tales are_,_, _,_and_.二、名词解释17 the poets poet18 Metaphysical poetry19 sonnet20 blank verse21 Uni

7、versity Wits22 New England poets23 Theme24 Symbol25 American Puritanism26 Symbolism三、单项选择题27 The first and second parts of Henry IV are undoubtedly the most widely read among Shakespeares history plays. Shakespeare presents the_spirit in it.（A）patriotic（B） pessimistic（C） optimistic（D）ironic28 The Me

8、rchant of Venice takes a step forward in its realistic presentation of human nature and human conflict. All the following characters are all from the play EXCEPT_.（A）Nick Adams（B） Portia（C） Bassanio（D）Antonio29 Crafty men contempt studies, simple men admire them, and wise men_them.（A）make（B） use（C）

9、respect（D）hate30 The lines “Death, be not proud, though some have called thee/Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so“ are found in_.（A）William Wordsworths writings（B） John Keats writings（C） John Donnes writings（D）Percy Bysshe Shelleys writings31 The following comments on Shakespeares great works a

10、re true EXCEPT _（A）The successful romantic comedy is Romeo and Juliet, which eulogizes the faithfulness of love and the spirit of pursuing happiness.（B） Hamlet, the first of the great tragedies, is generally regarded as Shakespeares most popular play on the stage.（C） The Merchant of Venice takes a s

11、tep forward in its realistic presentation of human nature and human conflict.（D）The three history plays on the reign of Henry VI are the beginning of Shakespeares epic treatment of English history.32 “To fashion a gentleman or noble person in virtuous and gentle discipline“ best describes _principal

12、 intention.（A）Edmund Spensers（B） Daniel Defoes（C） William Shakespeares（D）John Miltons33 Which of the following statements about Shakespeares greatest tragedies is NOT true?（A）Macbeths lust for power stirs up his ambition and leads him to incessant crimes.（B） The Old King Lear who is willing to total

13、ly give up his power makes himself suffer from treachery and infidelity.（C） Hamlet, the melancholic scholar-prince, faces the dilemma between action and mind.（D）Othellos inner weakness is made use of by the outside evil force.34 In Spensers masterpiece The Faerie Queene, he speaks of_virtues of the

14、private gentleman.（A）10（B） 12（C） 15（D）1135 Which of the following statements does NOT describe Spensers poetry?（A）A perfect melody.（B） Realism.（C） A splendid imagination.（D）A rare sense of beauty.36 “To be or not to bethat is the question; whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer. The slings and arr

15、ows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them?“ Who is the speaker?（A）King Lear.（B） Hamlet.（C） Macbeth.（D）Othello.37 Which writing is a typical example of Shakespeares pessimistic view towards human life and society in his late years?（A）The Tempest.（B

16、） King Lear.（C） Hamlet.（D）Othello.38 _lays the foundation for modern science with his insistence on scientific way of thinking and fresh observation rather than authority as a basis for obtaining knowledge.（A）Francis Bacon（B） Thomas Hardy（C） Charles Dickens（D）William Blake39 Which of the following c

17、omments Christopher Marlowe is NOT true?（A）Marlowe is so strong in dramatic construction that he is superior to Shakespeare.（B） Marlowes greatest achievement lies in that he perfected the blank verse and made it the principal medium of English drama.（C） Marlowe composed 6 plays within his short life

18、time.（D）Marlowes second achievement is his creation of the Renaissance hero for English drama.40 _s dominant moral is human rather than religions, it celebrates the human passion for knowledge, power and happiness; it also reveals mans frustration in realizing the high aspirations in a hostile moral

19、 order.（A）Tamburlaine（B） the Jew of Malta（C） Dr. Faustus（D）Paradise Lost41 The most gifted wit among University Wits is_.（A）Robert Greene（B） Thomas Kyde（C） Christopher Marlowe（D）Edmund Spenser42 Paradise Lost is actually a story taken from_. ,（A）The Renaissance（B） The Old Testament（C） Greek Mytholog

20、y（D）The New Testament43 In the second period, Shakespeares style and approach became highly individualized. He wrote six comedies, which one doesnt belong to them?（A）Titus Andronicus.（B） A Midsummer Nights Dream.（C） The Merchant of Venice.（D）Twelfth Night.44 Shakespeares greatest tragedies are_.（A）R

21、omeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear（B） Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice（C） Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth（D）Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, Othello, Hamlet45 _s history plays are mainly written under the principle that national unity under a mighty and just sov

22、ereign is a necessity.（A）Edmund Spenser（B） Christopher Marlowe（C） William Shakespeare（D）John Donne46 Shakespeare claims through the mouth of Hamlet that the “end“ of dramatic creation is to give _of the social realities of the time.（A）allegorical description（B） instructive representation（C） faithful

23、 reflection（D）imaginative narration47 Dr. Faustus is a play based on the_legend of a magician aspiring for knowledge and finally meeting his tragic end as a result of selling his soul to the Devil.（A）American（B） German（C） French（D）British48 Christopher Marlowes second achievement is his creation of_

24、 for the English drama.（A）the Romantic hero（B） the Byronic hero（C） the Renaissance hero（D）the Realistic hero49 Humanists of the Renaissance turned to the spirit of_culture for inspiration.（A）Greek and Roman（B） Anglo-Saxon（C） Celtic（D）Medieval50 Donnes famous analogy of parting lovers to a drawing co

25、mpass provides a prime example of_.（A）conceit（B） dramatic monologue（C） exaggeration（D）paradox51 _is the leading figure of the metaphysical school.（A）John Milton（B） John Donne（C） John Bunyan（D）John Keats52 _Essays is the first example of that genre in English literature.（A）John Miltons（B） Thomas Gray

26、s（C） John Bunyans（D）Francis Bacons53 In the line “Every fair from fair sometimes declines“(Shakespeare, Sonnet 18), what does the first and second “fair“ mean?（A）The beautiful person or thing/ beauty.（B） Sound reason/ justice.（C） Loveliness/ beautiful women.（D）Light complexion/ beauty.54 The most im

27、portant and popular comedy written by Shakespeare is_.（A）As You Like it（B） Twelfth Night（C） Romeo and Juliet（D）The Merchant of Venice55 In his “To be or not to be“ soliloquy, Hamlet gives the reasons why he wants to commit suicide. Apart from his personal revenge, that he_is another reason.（A）cannot

28、 bear the social injustice and grievances（B） is mentally tormented by his fathers ghost（C） is unable to restore his earlier idealized image of his mother（D）thinks the next world is far better than the harsh reality56 In King Lear, Shakespeare has not only made a profound analysis of the social crisi

29、s in which the evils can be seen everywhere, but also criticized_.（A）the bourgeois egoism（B） tyranny（C） anarchy and rebellion（D）supernatural forces57 livings Rip Van Winkle got ideas from_legends.（A）British（B） Italian（C） German（D）French58 _is not the member of Transcendental Club.（A）Fuller（B） Emerso

30、n（C） Whitman（D）Thoreau59 The unofficial manifesto for the Transcendental Club was_.（A）Walden（B） Nature（C） Self-Reliance（D）The American Scholar60 In the early 19th century, nothing has left a deeper imprint on the characters of the American people as a whole than did_.（A）Rationalism（B） Sentimentalism

31、（C） Puritanism（D）Romanticism61 In the poem Song of Myself, Whitman sets forth the principle beliefs of_.（A）the theory of universality（B） singularity and equality of all beings in value（C） both A and B（D）none above62 Which of the following had influence on Melvilles writing?（A）Shakespearean tragic vi

32、sion.（B） Hawthornes black vision.（C） Emersonian Transcendentalism.（D）All the above.63 The white whale Moby-Dick is a symbol of_.（A）nature（B） God（C） culture（D）knowledge64 In his essays,_put forward his philosophy of the over-soul, the importance of the Individual and Nature.（A）Nathaniel Hawthorne（B）

33、Washington Irving（C） Mark Twain（D）Ralph Waldo Emerson65 In_, Whitman airs his sorrow at President Lincolns death.（A）There was a Child Went Forth（B） A Pact（C） When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom d（D）Cavalry Crossing a Ford66 _, the tragic hero of Moby-Dick, burning with a baleful fire, becomes evi

34、l himself in his thirst to destroy evil.（A）Ahab（B） Moby Dick（C） Queequeg（D）Pip67 In_, Hawthorne sets out to prove that everyone possesses some evil secret.（A）The Custom-House（B） Young Goodman Brown（C） Rappaccinis Daughter（D）The Birthmark68 For Melville, as well as for the reader and_, the narrator,

35、Moby Dick is still a mystery, an ultimate mystery of the universe.（A）Ahab（B） Ishmael（C） Stubb（D）Starbuck69 The period before the American Civil War is commonly referred to as_.（A）the Romantic Period（B） the Realistic Period（C） the Naturalist Period（D）the Modern Period70 In American literature, escapi

36、ng from the society and returning to nature is a common subject. The following titles are all related, in one way or another, to the subject EXCEPT_.（A）Mark Twains Adventures of Huckleberry Finn（B） Dreisers Sister Carrie（C） Coopers Leather-Stocking Tales（D）Thoreaus Walden71 Led by Hawthorne, Emerson

37、 and_, there arose a kind of teachings of transcendentalism in the early nineteenth century.（A）Melville（B） Thoreau（C） Mark Twain（D）Dreiser72 When Emerson states in the introduction to his Nature: “our age is retrospective.“ Which of the following is closest to its understanding?（A）We are conservativ

38、e.（B） We see this world through our ancestors eyes.（C） We usually look back upon the good old days.（D）We write a lot of books about the past.73 Which of the following cannot be used to describe Whitmans poetry?（A）Elegant and gentle.（B） Simple and open.（C） Unconventional.（D）Colloquial.74 Which of the

39、 following is NOT a famous concept of Transcendentalism?（A）Nature is ennobling.（B） The individual is divine and self-reliant.（C） Man is capable of knowing truth by intuition.（D）Man is corrupted in nature.75 Walt Whitman was a founding figure of American poetry. His innovation first of all lies in hi

40、s use of_, poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme.（A）blank verse（B） heroic couplet（C） free verse（D）iambic pentameter76 The statement that a mans journey to the dark forest and his encounter with the devil are symbolic of mans life journey from innocence to knowledge, from good to evil m

41、ay well sum up one of the major themes of_.（A）livings The Legend of Sleepy Hollow（B） Edgar Allen Poes The Fall of the House of Usher（C） Hawthornes Young Goodman Brown（D）O. Henrys The Cop and the Anthem77 The Romantic writers would focus on all the following issues EXCEPT the_in the American literary

42、 history.（A）individual feelings（B） idea of survival of the fittest（C） strong imagination（D）return to nature78 The literary characters of the American type in early 19th century are generally characterized by all the following features EXCEPT that they_.（A）speak local dialects（B） are polite and elega

43、nt gentlemen（C） are simple and crude farmers（D）are noble savages(red and white)untainted by society79 “The horizons edge, the flying sea-crow, the fragrant of salt marsh and shore mud. These became part of that child who went forth every day, and who now goes, and will always go forth every day.“ Th

44、e two lines are taken from_.（A）There was a Child Went Forth by Walt Whitman（B） In a Station of the Metro by Ezra Pound（C） Cavalry Crossing a Ford by Walt Whitman（D）Ulysses by Joyce80 Statement “_“ is not true in describing Washington Irving.（A）Washington Irving is regarded as Father of the American

45、long stories（B） Irvings relationship with the Old World in terms of his literary imagination can hardly be ignored considering his success both abroad and at home（C） He has always been regarded as a writer who “perfected the best classic style that American literature ever produced“（D）Irvings taste

46、was essentially conservative81 Washington Irvings Rip Van Winkle is famous for_.（A）Rips escape into a mysterious world（B） the storys German legendary source material（C） Rips seeking for happiness（D）Rips 20-year sleep82 Thoreau was often alone in the woods or by the pond, lost in spiritual communicat

47、ion with_.（A）nature（B） transcendentalist ideas（C） human beings（D）celestial beings83 By Brown in Young Goodman Brown, Hawthorne means he is a(n)_.（A）protagonist（B） everyman（C） colossus（D）spokesman84 Which of the following accounts is not true for Ralph Waldo Emerson?（A）He is the chief spokesman of Ne

48、w England Transcendentalism.（B） Emerson is generally known as a dramatist.（C） His works were usually derived from his journals or lectures he had already given.（D）In Nature, he employed “a transparent eyeball“ to illustrate his philosophical discussion.85 Washington Irving was one of the first American writers to earn an international reputation and regarded as_.（A）Father of the American drama（B） Father of the American poetry（C） Father of the American literature（D）Father of the American sho