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圣才电子书 十万种考研考证电子书、题库视频学习平台 第二部分 章节题库
第1章 早期和中世纪的英国文学
一、填空题
1. _____ is generally considered to be Chaucer’s masterpiece. [国际关系学院2007研] 【答案】The Canterbury Tales
【解析】《坎特伯雷故事集》被公认为是乔叟的代表作。
2. In the 14th century, the two most important writers are _____ and Langland. 【答案】Geoffrey Chaucer
【解析】乔叟和兰格伦是英国14世纪两位最重要的作家。
3. Today Chaucer is acclaimed not only as “the father of English poetry” but also as “the father of English fiction”. His masterpiece is _____. 【答案】The Canterbury Tales
【解析】乔叟被誉为“英国诗歌和英国小说之父”，其代表作是《坎特伯雷故事集》。
4. The _____ provides a framework for the tales in The Canterbury Tales, and it comprises a group of vivid pictures of various medieval figures. 【答案】Prologue
【解析】《坎特伯雷故事集》的序言部分提供整本书的基本框架，生动地刻画了一群各种
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圣才电子书 十万种考研考证电子书、题库视频学习平台 5. The Canterbury Tales is Chaucer’s greatest work and the greater part of it was written in _____ couplets. 【答案】heroic
【解析】《坎特伯雷故事集》大部分采用的是英雄双行体。
6. The pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales are on their way to the shrine of St. Thomas a Becket at a place named _____. 【答案】Canterbury
【解析】《坎特伯雷故事集》讲述的是诗人和其他29名朝觐者一起去坎特伯雷朝拜的故事。
7. 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. 【答案】The Canterbury Tales
【解析】在《坎特伯雷故事集》中，乔叟淋漓尽致地揭露了宗教的腐败，贵族的骄奢以及当时社会的其他丑恶现象，同时也表达了他的人文主义思想。
8. _____ is Chaucer’s longest complete poem (about 8, 000 lines) and his greatest artistic achievement.
【答案】Troilus and Criseyde
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圣才电子书 十万种考研考证电子书、题库视频学习平台 【解析】《特罗勒斯和克丽西德》是乔叟最长的一首完整诗篇，长达8000多行。
9. In The Canterbury Tales, from the character of _____, we may see a very vivid sketch of a woman of the middle class, and a colorful picture of the domestic life of that class in Chaucer’s own day. 【答案】the Wife of Bath
【解析】《坎特伯雷故事集》中，乔叟通过对来自中产阶级的巴斯夫人的生动细腻的描写，展示了当时中产阶级多彩的生活画卷。
10. The only organic whole poem to come out of the Anglo-Saxons period is _____, an example of the mingling of nature myths and heroic legends. [天津外国语2010研] 【答案】Beowulf
【解析】《贝奥武甫》是盎格鲁-撒克逊时期英国文学中伟大的英雄叙事长诗，讲述了斯堪的纳维亚的英雄贝奥武甫的英勇事迹。
11. Beowulf is the national epic of the _____. [国际关系学院2007研] 【答案】England
【解析】《贝奥武甫》是英格兰的民族史诗。
12. _____ is the oldest poem in the English language, and also the oldest surviving epic in the English language.
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www.100xuexi.com 【答案】Beowulf
圣才电子书 十万种考研考证电子书、题库视频学习平台 【解析】《贝奥武甫》是被保留下来的古老的英语史诗。
13. The early inhabitants on the island now we call England were _____, a tribe of Celts. From the Britons the island got its name of Britain, the land of Britons. The Britons were a _____ people. 【答案】Britons, primitive
【解析】作为凯尔特一个部族的不列颠人是英格兰的早期定居者，不列颠岛也因此而得名。
14. In the year 1066, the Normans defeated the Anglo-Saxons at the battle of _____. 【答案】Hastings
【解析】1066年黑斯廷之战盎格鲁-撒克逊人溃败，诺曼征服开始。
15. By the time when England entered into feudal society, the society was divided into two classes: _____ and _____. 【答案】landlords; peasants
【解析】英国进入封建社会后社会分为地主和农民两大阶级。
二、选择题
1. _____, the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born in London about 1340.
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www.100xuexi.com A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. Sir Gawain C. Francis Bacon D. John Dryden 【答案】A
圣才电子书 十万种考研考证电子书、题库视频学习平台 【解析】乔叟被誉为“英国诗歌之父”；培根被认为是现代科学的奠基人，他的《培根散文集》被誉为英国散文发展的里程碑。
2. Chaucer died on the 25th October 1400, and was buried in A. Flanders B. France C. Italy
D. Westminster Abbey 【答案】D
【解析】1400年10月25日，乔叟逝世，被安葬于威斯敏斯特大教堂，从此威斯敏斯特大教堂一角为文学大师所留。
3. _____ was the first to be buried in the Poet’s Comer of Westminster Abbey. A. Chaucer B. Shakespeare C. Marlowe D. Spenser
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