英国文学期末考试试题(广东外语外贸大学)
Insｔｒｕｃtｉonｓ: This examinatiｏn consiｓｔｓ of 5 pａrts, aｎd the totaｌ tiｍe foｒ the ｅxａｍiｎatｉon is ２ hours、 Alｌ the answｅｒｓ ｓhｏuld be enterｅｄ ｏnｔo the Ansｗｅr Sheet。
Paｒt I: Ｍｕlｔiple Choices (１０％)
Chooｓｅ the best anｓwer tｏ the ｆolｌｏwinｇ sentences、 1、 Ｗhich of tｈｅ ｆｏllｏｗing is ＮＯT a fｅaｔure oｆ Ｂeｏｗulf? A. Alliteｒaｔioｎ
B、 Angｌo-Ｓaxons’ early life ｉn Eｎgｌａnd C、 Geｒmaｎic ｌaｎgｕage
D、 Ｔhe ｎａtiｏnal epｉc oｆ Ａnｇlｏ—Saxon peoｐlｅ ２、 Englｉsh Renaｉssance Perｉoｄ was ａn aｇｅ oｆ 、 A、 prose aｎd ｎoveｌ B、 poｅtrｙ and ｄraｍa C、 ｅssaｙｓ ａnd joｕrnａlｓ D。 bａｌｌａds and songs
3、 Ｔhｅ ｍａiｎ literaｒｙ fｏrｍ of ｔｈe earｌy 1７th ｃentury ｗas poetｒy. Jｏhｎ Miｌtｏｎ was aｃkｎｏwledｇｅｄ as tｈｅ greａtesｔ。 Ｂｅｓideｓ hiｍ, theｒe werｅ tｗo ｇroupｓ ｏf poeｔs. They ｗerｅ thｅ Caｖalier poetｓ and 、 A. tｈｅ laｋe ｐｏeｔs Ｂ。 thｅ universitｙ ｗits C。 thｅ Ｍｅtaｐhysｉcal ｐoetｓ D。 the Romantｉc poets
4. Pamｅlａ ｉs widelｙ conｓideｒeｄ to be ｔhe fｉrｓｔ noveｌ ａnd was ｗｒiｔｔｅｎ by ＿_＿__＿_____. A、 Thomaｓ Ｈａrdy Ｂ. Jａｍeｓ Joycｅ
C、 Sａｍueｌ Ricｈarｄｓon Ｄ、 Henry Fielding
５. The pubｌicatioｎ ｏf , wｈicｈ was the joiｎｔ woｒk oｆ William Ｗordswｏrtｈ ａnｄ Sａmuel T、 Cｏlｅridｇe, marｋeｄ the beｇｉｎｎing of ｔhe Rｏmａntic Age in Enｇland.
A. Dｏn Jｕａn B、 Ｔhｅ Ｒiｍe ｏf tｈe Aｎcient Marｉｎer Ｃ、 Lyｒicaｌ Bａｌlads D. Ｑueen Maｂ
6、 Aｍong ｔhe most famouｓ ｒealｉstic noｖeｌists of the Viｃtoriaｎ age are , W。 Ｍ。 Tｈackeray, Bｒonte ｓｉsters, etc、
A。 Jｏｓeｐｈ Cｏnｒａd Ｂ. Henry Fielding C。 Charles Dickens D。 D. Ｈ。 Laｗrenｃe
7、 In James Joycｅ’s _______＿＿___ the ｓtory “Eveｌiｎｅ” ｐａintｓ a ｐoｒtrait oｆ a ｙｏｕnｇ woｍaｎ ｆrom Duｂｌin deciｄing ｗhether ｏｒ nｏt to leaｖe her ｈometowｎ、 A. Ulysｓｅs B、 Orlanｄｏ C. Ｄublｉnｅrｓ
Ｄ、 Ａ Poｒｔraiｔ of tｈｅ Arｔist as ａ Yｏｕng Man
8。 Iｎ thｅ 18th centuｒy Ｅnｇlanｄ, sａtirｅ waｓ much used iｎ ｗriting、 Liteｒatuｒe of this age ｐroｄｕｃed somｅ excelｌenｔ saｔｉrisｔs, sucｈ as Jｏｎaｔhａｎ Sｗifｔ, Henrｙ Fiｅｌding ａnd 、
Ｗilliaｍ Blａke B。 Robert Ｂurｎs Ｃ、 Aｌexａnｄer Ｐope D、 Danｉeｌ Defoｅ
9、 William Wｏrdsworth neｖeｒ useｄ “gauｄy and ｉｎaｎe ｐhrａseoloｇｙ” ｂｅcause ｈe feｌt that pｏeｔrｙ sｈoｕｌｄ ______＿__＿＿_、 A. bｅ rｅａｄ onｌy ｂy the wｅｌｌ—ｅdｕcaｔed
B. use diｆｆicult vocaｂｕlａrｙ to expｒeｓs coｍpｌｉcatｅd ｅmoｔiｏns
C。 ｕsｅ simple sｐeecｈ tｏ coｍmuｎiｃate tｈｅ trｕｔhｓ ｏf humａｎ eｘｐeriencｅ
D. rely on ｓtrange and unmon ｗords ｔo briｎｇ peｏpｌe new exｐeｒiｅncｅｓ 10。 Vｉｒginia Woolf is renｏwned fｏr adｏptｉng ｔhe ｔecｈnique, which displays thｅ sequeｎce ｏf tｈoｕｇhｔs and iｍpｒｅｓsｉons in a person's ｍind、 A. mind—ｒeading Ｂ。 thirｄ-peｒsｏn nａrraｔiｏn C、 ｓtrｅａm—of—coｎscioｕｓｎeｓs D。 ｆemｉnist Pａｒt II: Gaｐ Fｉllｉng (10％)
Cｏmplｅtｅ ｔhe folｌｏwinｇ seｎtences and ｗrite youｒ anｓweｒs on thｅ Ａnｓｗer Sheeｔ。
1、 Gｅｏfｆrｅｙ Chａｕｃeｒ’s ｗoｒk givｅs ｕs a picture of ｔhe ｃondition of Ｅngliｓh lｉｆe of hｉs ｄay, suｃh aｓ ｉｔｓ ｗoｒk and pｌay, itｓ deｅdｓ ａnd dreams, ｉｔs ｆun and sympathｙ.
2、 Dｕrｉｎg the Noｒｍan Cｏｎquest, the mosｔ impoｒtａnt foｒm ｏｆ literaｒｙ ｃompｏsition is
, ｔhｅ repreｓｅntaｔiｖe of which iｓ ｔhe legend of Kinｇ Arｔhuｒ and the round tａｂｌe kｎｉghｔs.
3、 Epoch ｏf Renaiｓsance witnesｓed ａ paｒtｉｃulaｒ ｄｅvelopmeｎt of Engｌish dｒamａ、 Ｉt ｗas Ｗilliam Ｓhakｅｓpearｅ and ｗｈo mａdｅ blaｎk verｓe ｔｈe pｒｉnｃｉpal vehicｌe of ｅxpｒession ｉn drama。
4。 Hamlet, Othello, Maｃbeth aｎd are ｇenｅｒally ｒegａrded ａs Williaｍ Ｓhakespeare’s fouｒ gｒeat ｔrageｄies、
5、 Ｅｄｍunｄ Speｎser is geneｒaｌｌy ｒeｇaｒdｅd aｓ tｈe ｇreatｅst ｎondramａｔic poｅt of the Elｉｚabeｔｈan Age. Hｉs ｆamｅ iｓ cｈｉｅfｌｙ ｂａsed on ｈiｓ mａｓterpiece 。
6。 In Eｌｉzaｂethan Perioｄ, wrotｅ moｒｅ thaｎ ５０ exｃeｌlent esｓays, which madｅ ｈｉm oｎe of the besｔ ｅssａyiｓts in English literａtｕre.
7. The ｗａs a progreｓｓｉve ｉnｔellｅctual ｍｏveｍenｔ throuｇhout wesｔern Eｕrope ｉｎ the 18h centurｙ。
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8. In ｔhe latter pａrt of the 18th centurｙ, thｅｒe apｐearｅd, as a ｒeacｔiｏn agａｉｎst Ｒeaｓon,
___＿_＿____＿ novｅl and liteｒaturｅ oｆ sentimentaliｔｙ.
9。 Thomas Gｒay'ｓ highly prａiｓｅｄ pｏem sｈowｓ thｅ poet’s sｙmpaｔｈy for thｅ ｐoｏr, aｎd ｃoｎdｅmns thｅ greaｔ ones who dｅspｉsｅ the poor ａｎｄ brinｇ ｓuffeｒingｓ ｔo thｅ ｃommon people。
10。 The Ｒomantic moveｍent in Englanｄ hａd two significaｎt ｍovements aｓ its bacｋground: the French Revoｌution and 、
１１ _＿＿_＿＿__ is ｐｅrhaps the most ｔａleｎted earｌy ｎovelist。 Sｈe ｗrote a ｎｕmｂer of ｂooks coｎcerniｎg yｏunｇ, relatively ｗｅalｔhｙ ｗomeｎ pursuiｎg mａｒｒｉａgｅ, sｕch as Ｐride anｄ Prejudｉce aｎd Eｍma、
１2。 Geｏrge Byrｏn is chｉefly kｎｏwn foｒ ｈis ｔwｏ lｏng ｐoemｓ。 Ｏne ｉs Childe Harold’s Pilｇrimagｅ and tｈe other ｉs 、
１3 Jｏhn Keats wrotｅ ｓｅveral fａmouｓ ＿__________, a ｔype ｏf lｙriｃ ｐoem ｔｈat is mｅｄｉtativｅ and formaｌ。
14、 _＿______ _, tｈe elｄｅst of the tｗｏ fａｍous noveｌist ｓiｓtｅrs, ｗroｔe Jaｎe Eyrｅ in the ｍiddle of ｔｈe 19th ｃｅnturｙ。
15. _______＿_____ ｍonｏloguｅ waｓ firｓt suｃcｅｓsfully useｄ ｉn poetry bｙ Ｒｏｂeｒt Bｒowninｇ.
16、 One of the mosｔ sｔｒｉking ｆeatｕres of in the ２0th ceｎtuｒy ｌｉterａｔure iｓ anｔi-pasｔ, anｔi－traditｉon, anｔi-nｏvｅl, anti—hero, etc。
17、 __________, the maniｆesｔｏ of mｏｄeｒnisｔ ｐoｅtry in tｈe 20t ceｎｔur
ｈ
ｙ, was written by T. S。 Elｉot。
18。 A Ｐaｓｓaｇe ｔo Iｎdiａ, Hoｗard's Eｎd, ａnd Ａ Ｒoom with ａ View aｒe thｒeｅ of thｅ mｏst famous novｅlｓ by __＿＿＿______。
19。 Lord Jim iｓ one of tｈe mosｔ ｆaｍous nｏｖels by ___＿_____, ｗｈｏ ｗaｓ boｒn in Polanｄ aｎd leａrned Eｎｇliｓh as ｈis ｔｈird ｌａngｕagｅ、
２0. Man ａnｄ Supｅｒman ａnｄ Pygmａlion are twｏ 。。、。。、。。。。of moｓt fａmouｓ plays by _________＿、
Pａrt III: Deｆinitiｏn ｏf Termｓ (15%)
Cｈooｓe TＨREE ｏuｔ of the fｏllowｉng termｓ aｎd exｐｌａｉn thｅｍ iｎ ｔwo or thrｅｅ seｎｔeｎceｓ。
Soｎｎet; Poiｎｔ oｆ ｖｉew; Sｏliｌoｑuｙ; Settiｎg; Heroic ｃouｐlet Ｐaｒｔ ＩV: Apprｅｃiation (４0％)
Chooｓｅ TWO ｏf tｈe folloｗing threｅ eｘｃeｒptｓ aｎd wrｉｔe a passage of ｃomｍent (aboｕt 80 worｄs) ｏn ｅach ｏne、 Yoｕr ment sｈoulｄ ｃoｖer ｔｈｅ quｅstｉoｎs aｆtｅr eａcｈ ｅｘcerpｔ、 Eｘceｒｐｔ 1:
I ｗａnderｅd loｎely aｓ a cｌoud
Thaｔ floats on hiｇh o'er ｖaleｓ and ｈｉlls, Wｈen all at once I saw ａ ｃrowd,
A ｈｏst, of gｏldeｎ dａfｆodiｌs;
Ｂeｓide the ｌakｅ, beneath ｔｈe treeｓ, Fluｔterｉｎｇ ａnd dancing ｉｎ ｔｈe ｂｒeezｅ。 …
Foｒ oｆt, whｅｎ on mｙ couch I ｌie In ｖａcaｎt or in peｎsivｅ mood, They ｆlash upon that inward ｅｙｅ Which is ｔhe ｂliｓs of ｓｏlituｄe;
Aｎd then my heart wｉｔh pleaｓｕrｅ fｉｌls, And ｄaｎcｅs wiｔh tｈe daffｏｄils。
(Ｗillｉam Woｒｄswortｈ, “I Waｎｄerｅd Lonely ａs ａ Clｏud”) Queｓtions:
1、 Ｗｈat iｓ ｔhe centｒal ｉmage of ｔhiｓ poｅｍ？ Whaｔ is the poeｔ’s ｒeaction ａs revｅａled in tｈｅ ｐoｅｍ？
2. Wordsｗoｒth beｌiｅveｓ that “Ａll ｇｏod pｏｅｔry iｓ the ｓpontａｎｅous overflow of ｐｏweｒfｕl feelinｇｓ” aｎd poetｒy “takes its orｉgin from eｍotion ｒeｃollｅctｅd ｉn trａnｑuility\、 Hｏw does ｔｈｉs ｐｏem ｒｅｆｌｅcｔ tｈｅ pｏet's philｏsoｐｈy of coｍｐｏsitｉoｎ？ Excerpｔ ２:
The proper stuｄy ｏf mankinｄ is man、 Ｐlaced on this isｔhmus oｆ a ｍidｄlｅ stａte, A bｅiｎg ｄarｋly wise, anｄ rudelｙ greaｔ:
With ｔoo muｃh knoｗｌedge for tｈｅ Sｋeptic sｉde, Wiｔh too ｍｕch weａkｎess foｒ the Stoic's ｐridｅ, He hangs bｅtween; iｎ ｄouｂt to aｃt, ｏｒ ｒｅst; In doｕbｔ ｔo deeｍ himsｅlf a Gｏd, ｏｒ ｂｅast; In doubt his miｎd ｏr body ｔo prefｅr; Ｂｏrn buｔ to diｅ, aｎd reasoｎｉｎg sｕｃh, Whｅｔher he thｉnks ｔoo ｌitｔle or ｔoo ｍuch; Cｈａoｓ of ｔhouｇht aｎd pasｓion, ａll confusｅd;
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