英美文学选读 湖北师范大学 在线考试及答案
一、单选题
1、Stylistically, Henry James' fiction is characterized by _______ A.short, clear sentences
B.abundance of local images C.ordinary American speech D.highly refined language 答案 : D
2、___is considered to be the best-known English dramatist since Shakespeare, and his representative works are playsinspired by social criticism. A.Richard Sheridan B.Oliver Goldsmith C.Oscar Wilde D.Bernard Shaw 答案 : D
3、“Ode o na Grecian Urn”shows the contrast between the ___ of art and the ___ of human passion. A.glory …ugliness
B.permanence…transience C.transience…sordidness D.glory…permanence 答案 : B
4、G.B.Shaw's play Mrs.Warren's Profession is a realistic exposure of the _______ in the English society. A.slum landlordism
B.inequality between men and women C.political corruption
D.economic exploitation of women 答案 : D
5、In William Blake's poetry, the father（and any other in whom he saw the image of the father such as God, priest, and king）was usually a figure of _______ . A.benevolence
B.admiration C.love D.tyranny 答案 : D
6、So much the worse for me, that I an strong. Do I want to live? What kind of living will it be when you-oh, God! Would you like to live with your soul in the grave?\In the above passage quoted from Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, the word \apparently refers to _______ . A.Heathcliff B.Catherine C.ghost
D.one's spiritual lift 答案 : B
7、After The adventures of Tom Sawyer, Twain gives a literary independence to Tom's buddy Huck in a book entitled ___. A.Life on the Mississippi B.The Gilded Age
C.The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
D.A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court 答案 : C
8、Daniel Defoe describes _______ as a typical English Middle-class man of the eighteenth century, the very prototype of the empire builder or the pioneer colonist. A.Tom Jones B.Gulliver
C.Moll Flanders D.Robinson Crusoe 答案 : D
9、 We can perhaps describe the west wind in Shelley's poem \to the West Wind\with all the following terms except_______ . A.tamed B.swift C.proud D.wild 答案 : A
10、Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeare's Sonnet 18?
A.The speaker 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 man's salvation. 答案 : C
11、\be so distinguished is an honor, which, being very little accustomed to favors from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge.\ The above quoted sentence is presented by Samuel Johnson with a（n） _______ tone. A.delightful B.jealous C.ironic D.humorous 答案 : C
12、The Hemingway Code heroes are best remembered for their __. A.indestructible spirtie B.pessimistic view of life C.war experiences D.masculinity 答案 : A
13、\prince, O chief of many throned powers,\ That led th' embattled seraphim to war Under thy conduct, and in dreadful deedsFearless, endangered Heaven's perpetual King.\In the third line of the above passage quoted from Milton's Paradise Lost, the phrase \conduct\refers to _______ conduct. A. Satan's B. God's C. Adam's D. Eve's 答案 : A
14、Romance,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. primitive 答案 : B
15、Emily Dickinson wrote many short poems on various aspects of life.Which of the following is NOT a usual subject of her poetic expression? A. Religion and immortality. B. Life and death. C. Love and marriage. D. War and peace. 答案 : D
16、Hester Pryme, Dimmsdale,Chillingworth and Pearl are most likely the names of the characters in ___. A. The Scarlet Letter
B. The House of the Seven Gablest C. The Portrait of a Lady D. The pioneers 答案 : A
17、Of all the 18thcentury novelists Henry Fielding was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a “___ in prose,”the first to give the modern novel its structure and style. A. tragic epic B. comic epic C. romance D. lyric epic 答案 : B
18、\on thy sole but on thy soul, harsh Jew,/Thou mak'st thy knife keen.\ A. oxymoron B. pun C. simile
D. synecdoche 答案 : B
19、Daisy Miller's tragedy of indiscretion is intensified and enlarged by its narration from the point of view of _______ . A. he author Henry James
B. the Italian youth Giovanelli
C. the American youth Winterbourne D. her mother Mrs. Miller 答案 : C
20、The major concern of ______ fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological development of his characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature. A. D.H.Lawrence's B. J.Galsworthy's C. W.Thackeray’s D. T.Hardy’s 答案 : A
21、Of all the eighteenth-century novelists, _______ was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a \epic in prose,\and the first to give the modern novel its structure and style. A. Daniel Defoe
B. Samuel Richardson C. Henry Fielding D. Oliver Goldsmith 答案 : C
22、Naturalism is evolved from realism when the author's tone in writing becomes less serious and less sympathetic but more ironic and more _______ . A. rational B. humorous C. optimistic D. pessimistic 答案 : D
23、For Melville, as well as for the reader and _______ , the narrator, Moby Dick is still a mystery, an ultimate mystery of the universe. A. Ahab B. Ishmael C. Stubb D. Starbuck 答案 : B
24、“Bassanio:Antonio,I am married to a wife Which is as dear to me as life itself;
英美文学选读 湖北师范大学 在线考试及答案
