1、英语专业（英美文学）模拟试卷 1 及答案与解析一、填空题1 _, a typical example of Old English poetry, is regarded as the greatest national epic of the Anglo-Saxons.2 Geoffrey Chaucer is the greatest writer of Middle Ages. His masterpiece_presents, for the first time in English literature, a comprehensive realistic picture of t
2、he medieval English society and creates a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life.3 It was Chaucer who made_the foundation for modern English speech.4 _by William Langland is a poem that gives a picture of the life in feudal England. It is a protest against the then social injustice
3、.5 Beowulf tells of two major adventures in the life of the Geatish hero Beowulf: the first adventure takes place in his youth when he fights and kills a monster named_and his revengeful mother, a sea monster; the second adventure occurs after Beowulf has long been king of the Geats.6 _is a dominant
4、 form of the Medieval English literature.7 Though The Canterbury Tales is often referred to as the first collection of short stories in English literature, these stories, unlike modern ones, are written in_rather than in prose.8 One of Chaucers most important contributions to English literature is h
5、is development of the resources of the English language for_purposes.9 Knights of the Round Table are characters serving_in legends, which depict chivalry in early literature.10 _conquered England on October 14, 1066. From then on began the medieval period.11 _was the most leading spirit of the Tran
6、scendental Club.12 Freedom was won as much by the fiery rhetoric of Thomas Paines and the eloquence of the _as by the weapons of Washington or Lafayette.13 Freneau was_by training and taste yet romantic in essential spirit.14 _values were prominent in American politics, art and Philosophy until the
7、Civil War.15 Coopers enduring fame rests on his frontier stories, especially the five novels that comprise the_.16 In 1817, the stately poem called “Thanatopsis“ by_introduced the best poet to appear in America up to that time.17 The_,_ and_for which his poetry was popular during his lifetime were t
8、he very qualities that caused the reaction against it after Longfellows death.二、名词解释18 Ballad19 Epic20 Romance21 Alliteration22 Humanism23 Calvinism24 Free verse25 Symbol26 American Romanticism27 Transcendentalism三、单项选择题28 Although_was essentially a medieval writer, he bore marks of humanism and ant
9、icipated a new era of literature to come.（A）William Langland（B） John Gower（C） Geoffrey Chaucer（D）Edmund Spenser29 The statement that a man gained the whole world but lost his own soul makes a good summary of the main plot of_.（A）Paradise Lost（B） The Merchant of Venice（C） Hamlet（D）The Tragic History
10、of Doctor Faustus30 The essence of humanism is to_.（A）restore a medieval reverence for the church（B） avoid the circumstances of earthly life（C） explore the next world in which men could live after death（D）emphasize human qualities31 The work that presented, for the first time in English literature,
11、a comprehensive realistic picture of the medieval English society and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life is most likely_.（A）William Langlands Piers Plowman（B） Geoffrey Chaucers The Canterbury Tales（C） John Gowers Confessio Amantis（D）Sir Gawain and the Green Knight32 T
12、he tragedy of Dr. Faustus, the protagonist in Christopher Marlowes The Tragic History of Dr. Faustus, is the very fact that_.（A）man is confined to time（B） he tried to join Africa to Spain（C） he became a man without soul after he sold it（D）he conjured up Helen, the lady who was the very cause of the
13、Trojan War33 In reading Shakespeare, you must have come across the line “to be or not to be“. That is the question by_.（A）Iago in Othello（B） Lear in King Lear（C） Shylock in The Merchant of Venice（D）Hamlet in Hamlet34 “Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted“ is one of
14、 the epigrams found in_.（A）Bacons Of Studies（B） Bunyans The Pilgrims Progress（C） Fieldings Tom Jones（D）Johnsons A Dictionary of the English Language35 The sentence “Shall I compare thee to a summers day?“ is the beginning of one of Shakespeares_.（A）comedies（B） tragedies（C） sonnets（D）histories36 Roma
15、nce, which uses narrative verse or prose to tell stories of_adventures or other heroic deeds, is a popular literary form in the medieval period.（A）Christian（B） knightly（C） Greek（D）primitive37 Which of the following historical events does NOT directly help to stimulate the rising of the Renaissance M
16、ovement?（A）The rediscovery of ancient Greek and Roman culture.（B） The new discoveries in geography and astrology.（C） The Glorious Revolution.（D）The religious reformation and the economic expansion.38 Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeares Sonnet 181（A）The speake
17、r eulogizes the power of Nature.（B） The speaker satirizes human vanity.（C） The speaker praises the power of artistic creation.（D）The speaker meditates on mans salvation.39 Novum Organum is a successful treatise written in Latin on methodology. The argument is for the use of_.（A）the deductive reasoni
18、ng（B） the inductive reasoning（C） general reasoning（D）particular reasoning40 Among the following plays which is NOT written by Christopher Marlowe?（A）Dr. Faustus.（B） The Jew of Malta.（C） Edward II.（D）The School for Scandal.41 Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between_and_centuries.（A）16
19、th/mid-19th（B） 14th/mid-18th（C） 14th/mid-17th（D）16th/mid-17th42 Which of the following is NOT composed by John Milton?（A）Gullivers Travels.（B） Paradise Lost.（C） Paradise Regained.（D）Areopagitica.43 _and William Shakespeare are the best representatives of the English humanism.（A）Thomas More, Christop
20、her Marlowe（B） John Milton, Thomas More（C） Edmund Spenser, Christopher Marlowe（D）John Donne, Edmund Spenser 44 In his life,_shows himself a real revolutionary, a master poet and a great prose writer. He fought for freedom in all aspects as a Christian humanist, while his achievements in literature m
21、ake him tower over all other English writers of his time and exert a great influence over later ones.（A）Edmund Spenser（B） John Milton（C） John Donne（D）William Shakespeare45 _frequently applied conceits in his poems.（A）John Donne（B） John Milton（C） Edmund Spenser（D）Thomas Gray46 In the following writin
22、gs,_has been recognized as an important landmark in the development of English prose.（A）Of Studies by Francis Bacon（B） The Advancement of Learning（C） Essays by Francis Bacon（D）Novum Organum47 _used wisdom in saving Antonio from being cut a pound of flesh by Shylock in The Merchant of Venice.（A）Judge
23、（B） Portia（C） Bassanio（D）Duke48 _refers to the works of the 17th-century writers who wrote under the influence of John Donne.（A）Romanticism（B） Metaphysical poetry（C） Naturalism（D）Critical Realism49 Spensers masterpiece_is a great poem of its time.（A）The Faerie Queene（B） The Shepherdes Calender（C） Th
24、e Canterbury Tales（D）Metamorphoses50 Which of the following is NOT among the literary giants of English Renaissance?（A）Edmund Spenser.（B） John Donne.（C） Samuel Johnson.（D）Francis Bacon.51 Shakespeares plays are written in a beautiful English language. He created_ to express his characters.（A）free ve
25、rse（B） short verse（C） blank verse（D）regular verse52 _is known as the poets poet.（A）Edmund Spenser（B） John Milton（C） Christopher Marlowe（D）Robert Frost53 _shows how mankind, in the person of Christ, withstands the tempter and is established once more in the divine favor.（A）Paradise Regained（B） Paradi
26、se Lost（C） Samson Agonistes（D）Beowulf54 Which of the following writings is the most perfect example of the verse drama after the Greek style in English?（A）Paradise Lost.（B） Paradise Regained.（C） Samson Agonistes.（D）Beowulf.55 Which of the following is NOT true about Renaissance?（A）Humanism is the es
27、sence of the Renaissance.（B） Attitudes and feelings which had been characteristic of the 14th and 15th centuries persisted well down into the era of Humanism and Reformation.（C） It was Chaucer who initiated the Reformation.（D）The Elizabethan drama, in its totality, is the real mainstream of the Engl
28、ish Renaissance.56 Christopher Marlowe gave new vigor to _ with his mighty lines.（A）the Petrarchan sonnet（B） sestina（C） blank verse（D）terza rima57 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 inc
29、essant crimes.（B） The Old King Lear who is willing to totally give up his power comes to a good end.（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.58 The convention of the desire for an escape
30、from society and a return to nature in American Literature is particularly evident in_.（A）Coopers Leather-Stocking Tales（B） Hawthornes The Scarlet Letter（C） Whitmans Leaves of Grass（D）Irvings Rip Van Winkle59 Hawthornes works are marked by a preoccupation with the_ view of original sin and the myste
31、ry of evil.（A）Catholic（B） Orthodox（C） Calvinistic（D）Marxism60 In Hawthornes The Scarlet Letter, “A“ may stand for _.（A）Angel（B） Adultery（C） Able（D）all the above61 In Leaves of Grass,_is all that concerned Whitman.（A）individualism（B） freedom（C） the spirit of democracy（D）all the above62 _is not Melvil
32、les work.（A）Moby-Dick（B） The Private Life（C） White Jacket（D）Pierre63 Washington Irvings social conservation and literary preference for the past is revealed, to some extent, in his famous story,_.（A）The Legend of Sleepy Hollow（B） Rip Van Winkle（C） The Custom-House（D）The Birthmark64 The chief spokesm
33、an of New England Transcendentalism is_.（A）Nathaniel Hawthorne（B） Ralph Waldo Emerson（C） Henry David Thoreau（D）Washington Irving65 In_, Whitmans own early experience may well be identified with the childhood of a young growing America.（A）A Pact（B） Song of Myself（C） There was a Child Went Forth（D）Cav
34、alry Crossing a Ford66 _is regarded as the first American prose epic.（A）Nature（B） The Scarlet Letter（C） Walden（D）Moby-Dick67 Which may NOT be one of the causes for the rise of American Romantic Movement?（A）The westward territorial expansion.（B） The great increase in population.（C） The victory of the
35、 settlers in the Indian war.（D）The rapid economic transformation.68 In Irvings Rip Van Winkle the drastic political changes in the lapsed 20 years are suggested by all the following except_.（A）the flag of the United States（B） the portrait of George Washington（C） the graves of the dead Union soldiers
36、（D）the mention of election and Congress69 In Moby-Dick after the whaling ship the Pequod sinks, Melville writes: . then all collapsed, and the great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled five thousand years ago. The author might imply that_.（A）nothing changes in the 5,000 years of human history（B
37、） mans desire to conquer nature can only end in his own destruction（C） nature is evil as it was 5,000 years ago（D）nature has the ultimate creative power70 After the night in the forest in Hawthornes Young Goodman Brown, Brown dreaded that the church roof might “thunder down“ while the priest was giv
38、ing his eloquent sermon. The reason for such dread is perhaps that_.（A）the church was badly in need of repair（B） too large a crowd had gathered to listen（C） the minister had betrayed himself as a big liar（D）Brown had committed a sinful act71 The Transcendentalists believe that, first, nature is enno
39、bling; and second, the individual is_.（A）insignificant（B） vicious by nature（C） divine（D）forward-looking72 Here is a short passage from a story: “He recognized on the sign, however, the ruby face of King George, under which he had smoked so many a peaceful pipe, and underneath was painted in large ch
40、aracters, GENERAL WASHINGTON. The story must be_.（A）Coopers Leather-Stocking Tales（B） Hawthornes Young Goodman Brown（C） livings Rip Van Winkle（D）Hemingways Indian Camp73 In Hawthornes novels and short stories, intellectuals usually appear as_.（A）commentators（B） observers（C） villains（D）saviors74 Whic
41、h of the following is NOT a typical feature of the American Romantic writings?（A）Expression of the artists imaginations, emotions, impressions, or beliefs.（B） Emphasis on rules of order, reason, logic, restrained emotion, good taste and decorum.（C） Love for the remote, supernatural, mysterious, exot
42、ic and illogical quality of things.（D）To see nature as a source of mental cleanness and spiritual understanding.75 Which of the following writings is not finished by Ralph Waldo Emerson?（A）Nature.（B） Essays.（C） The Over-Soul.（D）Of Studies.76 Statement“_“ is wrong in describing Nathaniel Hawthorne.（A
43、）One source of evil that Hawthorne is concerned most is over-reaching intellect（B） Hawthorne is also a great allegorist（C） Hawthorne is also a master of symbolism（D）Hawthorne is a realistic writer77 Which of the following comments on the writings by Herman Melville is not true?（A）Bartleby, the Scriv
44、ener is a short story.（B） Benito Cereno is a novella.（C） The Confidence-Man has something to do with the sea and sailors.（D）Moby-Dick is regarded as the first American Prose epic.78 Leaves of Grass commands great attention because of its uniquely poetic embodiment of _, which are written in the foun
45、ding documents of both the Revolutionary War and the American Civil War.（A）the democratic ideals（B） the romantic ideals（C） the self-reliant spirits（D）the religious ideals79 It is on his_that Washington Irvings fame mainly rested.（A）tales about America（B） early poetry（C） childhood recollections（D）ske
46、tches about his European tours80 Hester Prynne, Dimmesdale, Chillingworth, and Pearl are most likely the names of the characters in_.（A）The Scarlet Letter（B） The House of the Seven Gables（C） The Portrait of a Lady（D）The Pioneers81 According to Whitman, the genuine participation of a poet in a common
47、 cultural effort was to behave as a supreme_.（A）democrat（B） individualist（C） romanticist（D）leader82 Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Hawthornes Young Goodman Brown?（A）Allegory.（B） Ambiguity.（C） Interior monologue.（D）Symbolism.83 “I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assu
48、me you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.“ Who could have written these lines?（A）Edgar Allen Poe.（B） Walt Whitman.（C） Ralph Waldo Emerson.（D）Henry David Thoreau.84 What kind of narrative point of view is adopted in Moby-Dick?（A）The first person.（B） The second person.（C） The third person limited.（D）The third person omniscient.85 One typical feature of Irvings writing is_.（A）always preaching（B） his best classic style（C） short and difficult to understand（D）symbolic86 Transcendentalists recognized_a
