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1、1. In the medieval period，it is Chaucer alone who，for the first time in English literature ， presented to usa comprehensive _ picture of the English society of his time and created a whole galery of vivid _ from all walks of life in his masterpiece “the Canterbury Tales ”。A. visionary / women B. rom
2、antic /men C. realistic / characters D. natural / figures2. Humanism spmg from the endeavor to restore a medieval reverence for the antique authors and is frequently taken as the beginning of the Renaissance on its conscious， intellectual side ，for the Greek and Roman civilization was based on the c
3、onception that man is the _ of all things .A. measure B. king C. lover D. rule3. Many people today tend to regard the play “ The Merchant of Venice ” as a satire of the hypocrisy of _ and their false standards of friendship and love ， their cunning ways of pursuing worldliness and their unreasoning
4、prejudice against _ .A. Christians / Jews B. Jews / Christian C. oppressors / oppressed D. people / Jews4. In “ Sonnet 18 ”，Shakespeare has a profound meditation on the destructive power of _ and the eternal _ brought forth by poetry to the one he loves . A. death/ life B. death/ love C. time / beau
5、ty D. hate / love5. In the 18th century English literature ， the representative writer of neo-classicism is _ . A. Pope B. Swift C. Defoe D. Milton6. The _ was a progressive intellectual movement throughout western Europe in the 18th century .A. Renaissance B. Enlightenmrent C. Religious Reformation
6、 D. Chartist Movement7. Blake，Wordsworth ， _ ， Byron，Shelley and _ are the major Romantic poets A. Coleridage / Southey B. Coleridge / Keats C. Keats / Scott D. Scott / Coleridge8. Best of all the well -known lyric pieces written by P.B. Shelley is the poet “_” ， for here his rhapsodic and declamato
7、ry tendencies find a subject perfectly suited to him .A. To a skylark B. The Cloud C. Ode to the West Wind D. Men of England9.In his early novels，Charles Dickens attacks one or more specific social evils in each ：for example，the dehumanizing workhouse system and the dark ， criminal underworld life i
8、n “_” . A.The pickwich Paper B.David Copperfield C.Oliver Twist D.A Tale of Two Cities10. The title of the novel “ Vanity Fair ” was taken from Bunyans masterpiece _. A. The pilgrims Progres B. Gullivers Travels C. Hard Times D. Wuthering Heights11. G.B. Shaws plays have plots ，but they do not work
9、by plots . It is the vitality of the _ that takes primacy over mere story .A. characterization B. Depiction C. talk D. metaphor12. The title of the novel “ A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man ” written by James Joyce suggests a character study with strong _ elements .A. autobiographical B. senti
10、mental C. joyful D. bitter13. A typical Forsyte，according to John Galsworthy ， is a man with a strong sense of _ ，who never pays any attention to human feelings .A. property B. justice C. morality D. humor14. According to D.H. Lawrence，the _ is most resposible for the alienation of the human relatio
11、nships and the perversion of human personality .A. pride of the aristocratic class B. vanity of the middle classC. mans desire for power and money D. capitalist mechanical civilization15. G.B. Shaws play，Mrs . Warrens frofession is a grotesquely realistic exposure of the _.A. slum landlordism B. pol
12、itical corruption in EnglandC. economic oppression of women D. religious corruption in England16.In Shaw s play，Mrs Warrens Profession ， Mrs. Warren once said ：“ If there is a thing I hate in a woman ，its want of character. ” The word “want ” here means _. A.desire B. lack C.possession D. need17. Ac
13、cording to the ideas discussed in Chapter 13 of The Man of Property ， the tense relationship between Soames ， the husband ，and Irene ， the wife ， is caused by _.A.Irenes free-minded way of thinking B.Irenes love for BosinneyC. Soamess love for Irene D. Soamess strong desire to possess Irene18. Thema
14、tically Yeatss poem，“ The Lake Isle of Innisfree ”，_.A. celebrates the rich and colorful life of the modern peopleB.criticizes the emptiness of the hermits life in the remote country .C. laments the loss of the Irish legendary traditionD. laments the emptiness of the urban life and advocates a retur
15、n to the simple and serene life of nature documentary precision are main features of his writing .19. Eliots poem0，The Waste Land，is mainly concerned with the _ of a modern civilization . A. social corruption B. spiritual breakup C. physical breakup D. religious corruption20. Eliot s “ The love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock ” is presented as a （n ） _，suggesting an ironic contrast be
