英国文学史及选读__期末试题及答案
2、 What’s the main idea of the whole work、 (7’)
V、 Topic Discussion (30 points in all,15 points for each)、 Write no less than 100 words on each of the following topics in English , in the corresponding space on the answer sheet、
1、 Based on Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, discuss the theme of her works, the image of woman protagonists and what and how her novels truthfully present、(15’)
2、 In Pride and Prejudice, Jane Aasten explored three kinds of motivations of marriage that the middle-class people had in the second half of the 18th century、 Try to make a brief discussion about them with specific examples from the novel、 Make comments on Austen’s attitude towards these motivations、(15’)
英国文学史及选读__期末试题及答案
200x－200x学年度第一学期期末考试试卷
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考试课程:英国文学史及选读 考核类型:A 卷 考试方式:闭卷 出卷教师: XXX
考试专业:英语 考试班级:英语xx班 I、 Multiple Choice (1’×30=30’)
01-05 C C B A D 06-10 D B B C A 11-15 A B C B C 16-20 D B D B B 21-25 D A C B C 26-30 A D A B D
II、 Find the relevant match from column B for each item in colamn A (1’×10=10’)
1-E 2-C 3-F 4-G 5-A 6-B 7-D 8-I 9-H 10-J III、 Fill in the following blanks (1’×10=10’)
1、 1066 2、 Anglo-Saxons 3、 Romeo and Juliet 4、 Tories 5、 1688 6、18th
7、Lyrical Ballads 8、novelists 9、Tennyson 10、Chartist IV、 Questions and Answers (20 points in all ) (1) A Poem Questions(10’)
1、 A Song: Men of England(1’) Shelley(1’) 2、 aabb ccdd (1’)
3、 This poem is a war cry calling upon all working people to rise up against their political oppressors, it points out the intolerable injustice of economic exploitation、 The poet calls the exploiters “ungrateful drones”, Who drain the sweat and drink the blood of the labouring people, He illustrates with concrete examples the relationship of economic exploitation between the ruling class and the working people、(7’)
(2) A Selection from a work
1、 Of Studies(1’) Bacon(1’)
2、 It analyzes the use and abuse of studies ,the different ways adopted by different people to pursue studies、 And how studies exert influence over human character、
V 、Topic Discussion (30 points in all, 15 points for each)
A、 Charlotte’s works are all about the struggle of an individual consciousness towards self-realization, about some lonely and neglected young women with a fiece longing for love, understanding and a full, happy life、
B、 All ber heroines’ highest joy arises from some sacrifice of self or some human weakness overcome、
C、 The image of woman protagonists in her works are mostly the life of the middle-calss working women, particularly governesses、t0
D、 Her works present a vivid realistic picture of the English society by exposing the cruelty, hypocrisy and other evils of the upper calsses, and by showing the misery
英国文学史及选读__期末试题及答案
and suffering of the poor、 Especially in Jane Eyre by her, she sharply criticises the existing society, e、g、 religious hypocrisy of charity institutions、
(2) In the novel ,three kinds of attitudes towards marriage are presented for manifestation: marriage merely for material wealth and social position; marriage just for beauty, attraction and passion regardless of economic condition or personal merits; and the ideal marriage for true love with a consideration of the partner’s personal merit as well as his economic and social status、 What jane Aasten tries to say is that it is wrong to marry just for money or for beauty, but it is also wrong to marny without consideration of economic conditions、
英国文学史及选读__期末试题及答案
