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3PartOneEarlyandMedievalEnglishLiteratureⅠ.Fillintheblanks.1.In1066,____,withhisNormanarmy,succeededininvadinganddefeatingEngland.A.WilliamtheConquerorB.JuliusCaesarC.AlfredtheGreatD.Claudius2.Inthe14thcentury,themostimportantwriter(poet)is____.A.LanglandB.WycliffeC.GowerD.Chaucer3.TheprevailingformofMedievalEnglishliteratureis____.A.novelB.dramaC.romanceD.essay4.Thestoryof___istheculminationoftheArthurianromances.A.SirGawainandtheGreenKnightB.BeowulfC.PiersthePlowmanD.TheCanterburyTales5.WilliamLangland’s____iswrittenintheformofadreamvision.A.KublaKhanB.PiersthePlowmanC.TheDreamofJohnBullD.Morted’Arthur6.AftertheNormanConquest,threelanguagesexistedinEnglandatthattime.TheNormansspoke_____.A.FrenchB.EnglishC.LatinD.Swedish7.______wasthegreatestofEnglishreligiousreformersandthefirsttranslatoroftheBible.A.LanglandB.GowerC.WycliffeD.Chaucer8.PiersthePlowmandescribesaseriesofwonderfuldreamstheauthordreamed,throughwhich,wecanseeapictureofthelifeinthe____England.A.primitiveB.feudalC.bourgeoisD.modern9.Thethemeof____tokingandlordwasrepeatedlyemphasizedinromances.A.loyaltyB.revoltC.obedienceD.mockery10.ThemostfamouscycleofEnglishballadscentersonthestoriesaboutalegendaryoutlawcalled_____.A.Morted’ArthurB.RobinHoodC.TheCanterburyTalesD.PiersthePlowman11.______,the“fatherofEnglishpoetry”andoneofthegreatestnarrativepoetsofEngland,wasborninLondoninabout1340.A.GeoffreyChaucerB.SirGawainC.FrancisBaconD.JohnDryden12.ChaucerdiedonOctober25th,1400,andwasburiedin____.A.FlandersB.FranceC.ItalyD.WestminsterAbbey13.Chaucer’searliestworkofanylengthishis_____,atranslationoftheFrenchRomandelaRosebyGaillaumedeLorrisandJeandeMeung,whichwasaloveallegoryenjoyingwidespreadpopularityinthe13thand14thcenturiesnotonlyinFrancebutthroughoutEurope.A.TheRomauntoftheRoseB.“ARed,RedRose”C.TheLegendofGoodWomenD.TheBookoftheDuchess14.InhislifetimeChaucerservedinagreatvarietyofoccupationsthathadimpactonthewiderangeofhiswritings.Whichoneisnothiscareer?____.A.engineerB.courtierC.officeholderD.soldierE.ambassadorF.legislator(议员)15.Chaucercomposesalongnarrativepoemnamed_____basedonBoccaccio’spoem“Filostrato”.A.TheLegendofGoodWomenB.TroilusandCriseydeC.SirGawainandtheGreenKnightD.BeowulfKeytothemultiplechoices：1-5ADCAB6-10ACBAB11-15ADAAB自考真题2002-4.Romance,whichusesnarrativeverseorprosetotellstoriesof___adventuresorotherheroicdeeds,isapopularliteraryform4inthemedievalperiod.A.ChristianB.knightlyC.GreekD.primitive（B）AmongthegreatMiddleEnglishpoets,GeoffreyChaucerisknownforhisproductionof___.A.PiersPlowmanB.SirGawainandtheGreenKnightC.ConfessioAmantisD.TheCanterburyTales（D）Theworkthatpresented,forthefirsttimeinEnglishliterature,acomprehensiverealisticpictureofthemedievalEnglishsocietyandcreatedawholegalleryofvividcharactersfromallwalksoflifeismostlikely______________.A．WilliamLangland’sPiersPlowmanB．GeoffreyChaucer’sTheCanterburyTalesC．JohnGower’sConfessionAmantisD．SirGawainandtheGreenKnight（B）Ⅱ.Questions1.WhatarethefeaturesofBeowulf?2.CommentonthesocialsignificanceandlanguageinTheCanterburyTales.PartTwoTheEnglishRenaissanceⅠ.Matchthewriterandhisworks.1.ThomasMore2.Holinshed3.Hakluyt4.RichardTottel5.PhilipSidney6.WalterRaleighA.ApologyforPoetryB.MiscellanyofSongsandSonnetsC.UtopiaD.DiscoveryofGuianaE.PrincipalNavigations,VoyagesandDiscoveriesF.ChroniclesThekey:(1—C2—F3—E4—B5—A6—D)Ⅱ.Choosethebestanswer.1._____foundedtheTudorDynasty,acentralizedmonarchyofatotallynewtype,whichmettheneedsoftherisingbourgeoisie.A.HenryVB.HenryVIIC.HenryVIIID.JamesI2.ThefirstcompleteEnglishBiblewastranslatedby_______,“themorningstaroftheReformation”andhisfollowers.A.WilliamTyndalB.JamesIC.JohnWycliffeD.BishopLancelotAndrews3.Theprogressinindustryathomestimulatedthecommercialexpansionabroad.____encouragedexplorationandtravel,whichwerecompatiblewiththeinterestsoftheEnglishmerchants.A.HenryV.B.HenryVIIC.HenryVIIID.QueenElizabeth4.ExceptbeingavictoryofEnglandover___,theroutofthefleet“Armada”(Invincible)wasalsothetriumphoftherisingyoungbourgeoisieoverthedecliningoldfeudalism.A.SpainB.FranceC.AmericaD.Norway5.Those,bothtradersandpirateslike____,establishedthefirstEnglishcolonies.A.FrancisDrakeB.LancelotAndrewsC.WilliamCaxtonD.WilliamTyndal6.____wasaforerunnerofclassicisminEnglishliterature.A.BenJohnsonB.WilliamShakespeare5C.ThomasMoreD.ChristopherMarlowe7.Themostgiftedofthe“universitywits”was____.A.LylyB.PeeleC.GreeneD.Marlowe8.Moralityplaysappearedafter_____.A.miracleplaysB.mysteryplaysC.interludeD.Classicalplays9._____isusedtosayanddogoodthings.A.MercyB.FollyC.ViceD.Peace10._____isoneoftheforerunnersofmodernsocialistthought.A.PhillipSidneyB.EdmundSpenserC.ThomasMoreD.WalterRaleigh11._____isnotafamoustranslatorintheEnglishRenaissance.A.ThomasNorthB.ThomasWyattC.GeorgeChapmanD.JohnFlorio12.____hadsuppliedShakespearewiththematerialforJuliusCaesar.A.LivesofGreekandRoanHeroes《希腊罗马名人传》B.MiscellanyofSongsandSonnetsC.DonQuixoteD.HistoryoftheWorld13.____wasoneofthefirsttoseetherelationbetweenwealthandpovertytounderstandthattherichwerebecomingricherbyrobbingthepoor.A.JohnWycliffeB.WilliamCax