英国文学史及选读试卷(A卷)(共6页).doc

精选优质文档-----倾情为你奉上苏州科技学院期末考试试题（卷）院系： 专业： 考试科目：英国文学史及选读考试形式：闭   卷                                考试时间：  100 分钟姓名： 学号：题号一二三四五总分总分人得分        得分评分人  I. In this section, there are 15 items. Write in the blanks the letter representing the correct answer from the four options given. 1%*15=15%1.  John Bunyan’s style was modeled after that of ____________.a.  Chaucer b.  English Biblec.  Church service d.  French poetry2.  ___________ is the most successful religious allegory in the English language.a.  The Pilgrim’s Progress b.  The Holy Warc.  The Life and Death of Mr. Badman d.  The Vanity Fair3.  Daniel Defoe had a gift for organizing _______ in such a vivid way that his stories could be both credible and fascinating.a. minute details         b. beautiful words         c. imaginations              d. exciting event4.  Jonathan Swift’s satire is usually masked by _______, so it becomes even more bitter.a.  a smile b.  an outward gravityc.  kindnessd.  praise5.  Henry Fielding has been regarded by some as “Father of the English _____________.”a. poetry                   b. novel                        c. drama                       d. fiction6.  “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife” is the first sentence in the novel _______________.a.  Gulliver’s Travels b.  Wuthering Heightsc.  Jane Eyre d.  Pride and Prejudice7.  William Wordsworth’s short poems can be classified into two groups: poems about nature and poems about _________________.a. love                      b. human life                 c. freedom                    d. social activities8.  Don Juan is Byron’s masterpiece, a great ________ of the early 19th century.a. comedy                 b. tragedy                            c. comic epic                d. novel9.  The name of the heroine in the play The Merchant of Venice is ______________.a. Emily                    b. Catherine                  c. Portia                       d. Helen10.  John Donne is the leading figure of the English _________________.a.  romantic poets b.  realistic poetsc.  metaphysical poets d.  impressionist poets11.  Paradise Lost is regarded as the greatest and the only generally acknowledged _________ in English literature since Beowulf.a. epic                      b. elegy                        c. eulogy                      d. lyric12.  In Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe glorifies _______________.a.  adventures on the sea b.  human laborc.  English sailors d.  universal love13. Thomas Gray’s poems as a whole are mostly devoted to a sentimental ____________.a.  meditation on life b.  exposure of the evilsc.  comments on the society d.  revelation of the darkness14. William Blake writes his poems in _____________ language.a.  rich and colorful b.  plain and directc.  formal and serious d.  elegant and graceful15.  “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” is the beginning line of one ofShakespeare’s  _______________.a.  songs             b. plays                 c. comedies           d. sonnets得分评分人  II. Define the following terms. 5%*3=15%1.  sonnet 2.  Byronic hero 3.  heroic couplet得分评分人  III. For each of the quotations listed below please give the name of the author and the title of the literary work from which it is taken and then briefly interpret the italicized parts. If no part is italicized in a quotation, you are required to interpret the whole quotation. There are altogether 6 items in this part. You are required to choose any 5 of them to answer. If you have done all the 6 items, only the first 5 will be assessed.  6%*5=30%1.  …What though the field be lost?All is not lost: the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate,And courage never to submit or yield:…  2.      The curfew tolls the knell of parting day,The lowing herd wind slowly o’er the lea,The plowman homeward plods his wary way,And leaves the world to darkness and to me.  3.       I wandered lonely as a cloudThat 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.  4.            Make me thy lyre, even as the forest is,What if my leaves are falling like its own!The tumult of thy mighty harmoniesWill take from both a deep, autumnal tone,Sweet though in sadness.  5.    Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them, for they teach not t。