英美文学选读试题A

西安外国语大学考试试题（A）编号:2012-2013学年第1学期系（院、部）：英语教育学院专业：英语课程：英美文学选读班级：09级本科/11级专升本命题时间：12.3命题教师：肖婉丽以上栏目由命题教师填写，下栏由考生填写学号：姓名：系（院）：专业：班级：I.MultipleChoice(30pointsinall,1foreach)Selectfromthefourchoicesofeachitemtheonethatbestanswersthequestionorcompletesthestatement.MarkthecorrespondingletterA,B,CorDontheanswersheet.1.Themostimportantcontributionof______isthathenotonlystartedthemodernpoetry,butalsochangedthecourseofEnglishpoetrybyusingordinaryspeechofthelanguageandbyadvocatingareturntonature.A.WilliamBlakeB.WilliamWordsworthC.G.G.ByronD.JohnKeats2.“Itisatruthuniversallyacknowledged,thatasinglemaninpossessionofagoodfortune,mustbeinwantofawife.”Thishumorousspeechisfrom__________.A.JaneAusten’sEmmaB.JaneAusten’sPrideandPrejudiceC.CharlesDickins’TheGreatExpectationD.CharlotteBronte’sJaneEyre3.IntheVictorianPeriod______becamethemostwidelyreadandthemostvitalandchallengingexpressionofprogressivethought.A.poetryB.novelC.proseD.drama4.ThomasHardy’s______viewoflifepredominatesmostofhisworksandearnshimareputationasa________writer.A.pessimistic,naturalisticB.pessimistic,humorousC.romantic,realistD.determinist,stylistic5.“Doyouthink,becauseIampoor,obscure,plain,andlittle,Iamsoullessandheartless?...AndifGodhadgiftedmewithsomebeauty,andmuchwealth,Ishouldhavemadeitashardforyoutoleaveme,asitisnowformetoleaveyou.”Thequotedlinesaremostprobablytakenfrom________.A.GreatExpectationsB.WutheringHeightsC.JaneEyreD.PrideandPrejudice6.JaneAusten’sfirstnovel________tellsastoryabouttwosistersandtheirloveaffairs.A.SenseandSensibilityB.PrideandPrejudiceC.NorthangerAbbeyD.MansfieldPark7.“IfWintercomes,canSpringbefarbehind?”comesfrom________.A.Shelley’sOdetotheWestWindB.WaltWhitman’sLeavesofGrassC.JohnMilton’sParadiseLostD.JohnKeats’OdeonaGrecianUrn8.“IWanderedLonelyasaCloud”is________masterpieceon________.A.G.G.Byron’s,loveB.JohnKeats’,natureC.P.B.Shelley’s,loveD.WilliamWordsworth’s,nature9.T.S.Eliot’s______notonlypresentsapanoramaofphysicaldisorderandspiritualdesolationinthemodernWesternworld,butalsoreflectstheprevalentmoodofdisillusionmentanddespairofawholepost-wargeneration.A.TheHollowMenB.TheWasteLandC.MurderintheCathedralD.AshWednesday10.JohnMilton’sgreatestpoeticalwork________istheonlygenerallyacknowledgedepicinEnglishliteraturesinceBeowulf.A.AreopagiticaB.ParadiseLostC.LycidasD.SamsonAgonistes11.“Thedignityofmovementofanicebergisduetoonlyone-eighthofitbeingabovewater.”This“iceberg”analogyaboutprosestylewasputforwardby________.A.WilliamFaulknerB.HenryJamesC.ErnestHemingwayD.F.ScottFitzgerald12.WaltWhitmanbelieved,bymeansof“________,”hehasturnedpoetryintoanopenfield,anareaofvitalpossibilitywherethereadercanallowhisownimaginationtoplay.A.freeverseB.strictverseC.regularrhymingD.standardizedrhyming13.OfallHermanMelville’sseaadventurestories,________provestobethebest.A.TypeeB.RedburnC.MobyDickD.Omoo14.NathanielHawthornewasaffectedby_______’stranscendentalisttheoryandstruckupaveryintimaterelationshipwithhim.A.HermanMelvilleB.WaltWhitmanC.R.W.EmersonD.WashingtonIrving15.Amongthefollowingwriters_______isgenerallyregardedasthegreatmasterofthe20thcentury“stream-of-consciousness”novelsinBritishliterature.A.T.S.EliotB.JamesJoyceC.WilliamFaulknerD.HenryJames16.InWilliamFaulkner’swritings,themodern______techniquewasfrequentlyandskillfullyusedtoemphasizethereactionsandinnermusingsofthenarrator.A.stream-of-consciousnessB.impressionismC.imagismD.dramaticmonologue17.“Byronichero”isafigureofthefollowingtraitsEXCEPT______.A.beingproudB.beingself-independentC.beingrebelliousD.beingofhumbleorigin18.CharlesDickens'novel______isfamousforitsvividdescriptionsoftheworkhouseandlifeoftheunderworldinthenineteenth-centuryLondon.A.ThePickwickPaperB.OliverTwistC.DavidCopperfieldD.NicholasNickleby19.________usedChristianimageryregardingtheApocalypseandsecondcomingasallegorytodescribetheatmosphereinpost-warEuropeinhispoem,whichisconsideredamajorworkofModernistpoetry.A.W.B.YeatsB.T.S.EliotC.EzraPoundD.RobertFrost20._______,withitsemphasison________,gainedmomentumasanartisticmovementinBritainafterthepublicationoftheLyricalBalladsbyWilliamWordsworthandSamuelTaylorColeridgeA.Classicism,reasonB.modernism,innovationC.Realism,objectiverepresentationD.Romanticism,imaginationandemotion21._________isanovelbyNobelPrize-winningEnglishauthor_______aboutagroupofBritishboysstuckonanuninhabitedislandwhotrytogovernthemselves,withdisastrousresults.A.APassagetoIndia,E.M.ForsterB.TheRainbow,D.H.LawrenceC.LordoftheFlies,WilliamGoldingD.TotheLighthouse,VirginiaWoolf22.JaneAusteniswell-knownforherelaborativedepictionoffivedifferentmarriagesinhernovel________.A.EmmaB.SenseandSensibilityC.MansfieldParkD.PrideandPrejudice23._______beginsandendsbyposingthequestionofwhetheritispossibleforanEnglishmanandanIndiantoeverbefriends,atleastwithinthecontextofBritishcolonialism.A.E.M.Forster’sAPassagetoIndiaB.JosephConrad’sHeartofDarknessC.D.H.Lawrence’sSonsandLoversD.EmilyBronte’sWutheringHeights24.“Beautyistruth,truthbeauty”,whichcomesfrom________famouspoem________,issurelythemostfamousmetaphysicalequation.A.Jo