[考研类试卷]英语专业（英美文学）模拟试卷4及答案与解析.doc

1、英语专业（英美文学）模拟试卷 4 及答案与解析一、填空题1 “If winter comes, can Spring be far behind?“ was quoted from Shelleys_. And it expressed his_belief for the future.2 Women as_appeared in the romantic age. It was during this period that women took, for the first time, an important place in English literature.3 To see a

2、 world in a grain of sand, And a heaven in a wild flower Hold infinitely in the palm of your hand And eternity in an hour. The quotation is from the poetry of_.4 In 1798,_and Samuel Coleridge published a joint volume of poetry entitled Lyrical Ballads, which became a landmark in English poetry.5 “Be

3、auty is truth, Truth Beauty,“ -that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. This quotation is selected from_by_.6 The era of the_movement in the early 19th century, English literature was one of the great poetry and great prose. The imperishable poetry of William Wordsworth,_, John Keats a

4、s well as Percy Bysshe Shelley and_, and the great historical fiction of_ are among the invaluable gems in English literature.7 Milton! Thou shouldst be living at this hour: England hath need of thee: she is a fen Of stagnant waters: altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bow

5、er, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. This excerpt is selected from_by_.8 Byron himself once commented on_by saying “I awoke one morning and found myself famous.“9 The 18th century witnessed a new literary formthe modern English novel, which, contrary to the medieval ro

6、mance, gives a_presentation of life of the common people.10 The literary form that is fully developed and the most flourishing during the Romantic Period is_.11 In 1859, Darwin published_, which exerted great influence on American Naturalism.12 _is regarded as “the true father of our national litera

7、ture.“13 In 1902 London published his first novel_.14 _,_and_ form Dreisers Trilogy of Desire.15 _is the pioneer who wrote in the naturalistic tradition.16 In the late nineteenth century, although Americans continued to read the works of Irving, Cooper, Hawthorne and Poe, the great age of American_h

8、ad ended.17 Howells_is a fine specimen of American realistic writing.18 Many of O. Henrys stories tell about the series of poor people in_.二、名词解释19 Imagery20 Irony21 lyric22 Don Juan23 Stanza24 The Age of Realism25 American Naturalism .26 Darwinism27 Local Colorists28 First-person narrative三、单项选择题29

9、 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner written by S.T. Coleridge tells an adventurous story of a_.（A）poet（B） critic（C） sailor（D）lover30 It is said that the poem_written by S.T. Coleridge was composed in a dream after the poet took the opium. But when he was writing the lines down, a stranger interrupted h

10、im and only 54 lines survived.（A）The Rime of the Ancient Mariner（B） Frost at Midnight（C） Kubla Khan（D）The Prelude31 As a leading Romanticist, George Gordon Byrons chief contribution is his creation of the “_hero“, a proud, mysterious revel figure, of noble origin.（A）Byronic（B） Romantic（C） Oriented（D

11、）Tough32 The unifying principle in_written by G. G. Byron is the basic ironic theme of appearance and reality.（A）Childe Harolds Pilgrimage（B） Cain（C） Don Juan（D）Prometheus Unbound33 The publication in 1812 of the first two cantos of_, a poem narrating G.G. Byrons travels between 1809 and 1811 in Eur

12、ope, brought the poet fame.（A）Childe Harolds Pilgrimage（B） Don Juan（C） Hours of Idleness（D）Cain34 Best of all the well-known lyric pieces written by RB.Shelley is the poets_, for here his rhapsodic and declamatory tendencies find a subject perfectly suited to him.（A）To a Skylark（B） The Cloud（C） Ode

13、to the West Wind（D）Ode on a Grecian Urn35 Ode on an Grecian Urn by John Keats shows the contrast between the permanence of_ and the transience of human passion.（A）poetry（B） art（C） music（D）love36 Jane Austens main literary concern is about human beings in their_relationships. Because of this, her nov

14、els have a universal significance.（A）personal（B） natural（C） satisfied（D）private37 As a_writer, Jane Austen considers it her duty to express in her works a discriminated and serious criticism of life, and to expose the follies and illusions of mankind.（A）romantic（B） sentimentalist（C） realistic（D）natu

15、ralistic38 The novel Pride and Prejudice mainly deals with the five Bennet sisters and their search for suitable husbands, centering on the love story between_and_.（A）Jane/ Bingley（B） Lydia/ Wickham（C） Elizabeth/ Darcy（D）Mrs. Bennet/ Mr. Bennet39 The English Romantic Age produced two major novelists

16、. They are_.（A）Lamb and Hazlitt（B） Byron and Shelley（C） Scott and Austen（D）Alfred Tennyson and Thomas Hardy40 In 1805 William Wordsworth completed a long autobiographical poem entitled_.（A）Lucy Poems（B） Lyrical Ballads（C） The Prelude（D）I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud41 “Therefore, bees of England, forg

17、e Many a weapon, chain, and scourge, That these stingless drones may spoil The forced produce of your toil?(A Song: Men of England) In the above stanza, Shelley employs a(n)_.（A）simile（B） metaphor（C） oxymoron（D）synecdoche42 The Romantic Period in English literature began with the publication of _.（A

18、）William Blakes Song of Innocence（B） Jane Austens Pride and Prejudice（C） Wordsworths and Coleridges Lyrical Ballads（D）Sir Walter Scotts Ivanhoe43 Which of the following is taken from John Keatss Ode on a Grecian Urn?（A）If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?（B） For Godsake hold your tongue, and l

19、et me love.（C） Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard / Are sweeter. .（D）The Child is father of the Man.44 The novel starts with “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.“ This novel is Jane Austens_.（A）Emma（B） Persuas

20、ion（C） Sense and Sensibility（D）Pride and Prejudice45 “She lived unknown, and few could know When Lucy ceased to be; But she is in her grave, and, oh, The difference to me!“ The word “me“ in the last line of the above stanza quoted from Wordsworths poem She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways may possibly

21、 refer to_.（A）the poet（B） the reader（C） her lover（D）everybody46 It is generally regarded that Keatss most important and mature poems are in the form of_.（A）ode（B） elegy（C） epic（D）sonnet47 In William Blakes poetry, the father(and any other in whom he saw the image of the father such as God, priest, a

22、nd king)was usually a figure of_.（A）benevolence（B） admiration（C） love（D）tyranny48 After reading the first chapter of Pride and Prejudice, we may come to know that Mrs. Bennet is a woman of_.（A）simple character and quick wit（B） simple character and poor understanding（C） intricate character and quick

23、wit（D）intricate character and poor understanding49 We can perhaps describe the west wind in Shelleys poem Ode to the West Wind with all the following terms EXCEPT_.（A）tamed（B） swift（C） proud（D）wild50 William Wordsworth asserts that poetry originates from_.（A）form（B） thoughts（C） artistic devices（D）em

24、otion51 _is the central concern to Blakes concern in Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience.（A）Womanhood（B） Adulthood（C） Happiness（D）Childhood52 The author of the writing Prometheus Unbound is_.（A）Byron（B） Shelley（C） Alfred Tennyson（D）Alexander Pope53 In Shelleys To a Skylark, the bird, suspende

25、d between reality and poetic image, pours forth an exultant song which suggests to the poet_.（A）both celestial rapture and human limitation（B） both image creation and profound meaning（C） both music and words（D）both inspiration and skill of writing54 Which of the following comments on William Blake i

26、s NOT true?（A）Childhood is central to Blakes concern in Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience.（B） Blakes Marriage of Heaven and Hell marks his entry into maturity.（C） The Book of Los is his masterpiece.（D）Symbolism in wide range is a distinctive feature of his poetry.55 “Yellow, and black, and

27、pale, and hectic red, Pestilence-stricken multitudes: O Thou, Who chariots to their dark wintry bed“ The above three lines are taken from_.（A）Ode on a Grecian Urn（B） Ode to the West Wind（C） A Song: Men of England（D）Song for the Luddites56 Which of the following poems is a landmark in English Poetry?

28、（A）Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman.（B） Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.（C） I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud by William Wordsworth.（D）Remorse by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.57 With so many poems such as The Sparrows Nest, To a Skylark, To the Cuckoo and To a Butterfly, Willi

29、am Wordsworth is regarded as a “_“.（A）poet of genius（B） royal poet（C） worshipper of nature（D）conservative poet58 “Wild Spirit, which art moving everywhere; /Destroyer and Preserver; hear, O hear!“ The two lines are found in_.（A）Young Goodman Brown by Hawthorne（B） Ode to the West Wind by Shelley（C） U

30、lysses by James Joyce（D）Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman59 Emily Dickinsons poem This is my letter to the World expresses the poetesss_about her communication with the outside world.（A）indifference（B） joy（C） anxiety（D）indignation60 Mark Twain wrote most of his literary works with a_language.（A）grand（

31、B） pompous（C） simple（D）vernacular61 The impact of_on the American thought and the influence of the 19th century French literature on the American men of letters gave rise to American naturalism.（A）Darwins evolutionary theory（B） Marxist theory（C） Transcendentalism（D）Puritanism62 The Age of Realism in

32、 the literary history of the United States refers to the period from_ to_.（A）1816; 1914（B） 1863; 1918（C） 1865; 1914（D）1865; 191863 Naturalism is evolved from realism when the authors tone in writing becomes less serious and less sympathetic but more ironic and more_.（A）rational（B） humorous（C） optimi

33、stic（D）pessimistic64 Theodore Dreiser is generally regarded as one of Americas_.（A）naturalists（B） realists（C） modernists（D）romanticists65 It is not surprising to find in_fiction a world of jungle, where “kill or to be killed“ was the law.（A）Emily Dickinsons（B） Henry Jamess（C） Mark Twains（D）Theodore

34、Dreisers66 With the publication of_, Dreiser was launching himself upon a long career that would ultimately make him one of the most significant American writers of the school later known as literary naturalism.（A）Sister Carrie（B） The Financier（C） The Titan（D）An American Tragedy67 The appearance of_

35、s The Luck of Roaring Camp marked a significant development in the history of local colorist fiction.（A）Bret Harte（B） Mark Twain（C） Kate Chopin（D）Gertrude Atherion68 Mark Twains first novel_, written in collaboration with Charles D.Warner and published in 1873, though not an artistic success, gives

36、its name to the America of the post-Civil War period which it attempts to satire.（A）The Gilded Age（B） The Age of Innocence（C） The Roughing Time（D）The Jazz Age69 More than five hundred poems Dickinson wrote are about nature, in which her general_ about the relationship between man and nature is well

37、expressed.（A）eulogy（B） happiness（C） skepticism（D）denial70 Which writer is not in the group of local colorists?（A）Mark Twain.（B） Stephen Crane.（C） Kate Chopin（D）Sarah Orne Jewett.71 Though secluded herself in her own house, Emily Dickinson was never really indifferent to the outside world, as could b

38、e seen in her poems such as “I“ like to see it lap the Miles , which describes a(n)_, an embodiment of modern civilization.（A）snake（B） animal（C） train（D）the highway72 One of Mark Twains significant contributions to American literature lies in the fact that he made _an accepted, respectable literary

39、medium in the literary history of the country.（A）fierce humor（B） tall tales（C） colloquial speech（D）social satire73 Dreisers Trilogy of Desire includes three novels. They are The Financier, The Titan and_.（A）The Genius（B） The Tycoon（C） The Stoic（D）The Giant74 Emily Dickinsons poetry is most aptly cha

40、racterized as_.（A）exposing the evils of the society（B） paving the way for the following generation of free verse poets（C） exhibiting a sensitiveness to the symbolic implications of experience, such as love, death, immortality and nature, etc.（D）sharing the same poetic conventions as Walt Whitman75 E

41、mily Dickinson wrote 1775 poems , but only_of which had appeared during her life time.（A）7（B） 8（C） 9（D）1076 In I heard a Fly buzzWhen I died, Emily Dickinson describes the moment of death_.（A）passionately（B） pessimistically（C） desperately（D）peacefully77 Theodore Dreiser belonged to the school of lit

42、erary_which emphasized heredity and environment as important deterministic forces shaping individualized characters who were presented in special and detailed circumstances.（A）realism（B） determinism（C） naturalism（D）humanism78 Daisy Millers tragedy of indiscretion is intensified and enlarged by its n

43、arration from the point of view of_.（A）the author Henry James（B） the Italian youth Giovanelli（C） the American youth Winterbourne（D）her mother Mrs. Miller79 Henry James experimented with many different themes in his literary career, the most influential one being_.（A）nothingness（B） disillusionment（C）

44、 international theme（D）relationship between men and women80 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is against_.（A）British colonists（B） slavery（C） chauvinism（D）monocracy81 Major American naturalist writers at the turn of the 19th century to the 20th century include all listed below but_.（A）Frank Norris（B

45、） Stephen Crane（C） Henry James（D）Theodore Dreiser82 _is NOT the work of Mark Twain.（A）Adventures of Huckleberry Finn（B） The Adventures of Tom Sawyer（C） Life on the Mississippi（D）The Mill on the Floss83 The impact of Darwins evolutionary theory on the American thought and the influence of the ninetee

46、nth-century French literature on the American men of letters gave rise to yet another school of realism: American_.（A）local colorism（B） vernacularism（C） modernism（D）naturalism84 Generally speaking, all those writers with a naturalistic approach to human reality are_.（A）transcendentalists（B） idealist

47、s（C） pessimists（D）impressionists85 The above two lines are taken from_.（A）Dickinsons This is my letter to the World（B） Whitmans Song of Myself（C） Pounds A Pact（D）Frosts The Road Not Taken86 Stylistically, Henry Jamess fiction is characterized by_.（A）short, clear sentences（B） abundance of local image

48、s（C） ordinary American speech（D）highly refined language87 Dickinson was sometimes curious about the feeling of death and in one of her poems she wrote about the_of death, the title of the poem is “I heard a Fly buzz when I dies“.（A）suffering（B） moment（C） happiness（D）meaning88 The period ranging from 1865 to 1914 has been referred to as_.（A）the Age of Realism（B） the Age of Modernism（C） the Age of Romanticism（D）the Age of Colonia