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1、英美文学选读练习（一）I. Multiple Choice Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Write the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet.1. Shelley s political lyrics _ is not only a war cry calling upon all working people to rise up
2、against their political oppressors, but an address to them pointing out the intolerable injustice of economic exploitation. A. “Ode to Liberty” B. “Ode to Naples” C. “Ode to the West Wind” D. “Men of England”2. Jane Austen s practical idealism is that love should be justified by _ and disciplined by
3、 self-control. A. reason B. sense C. rationality D. sensibility3. Shakespeare s _, an elaborate and fantastic story, is known as the best of his final romances. A. The Winters Tale B. The Tempest C. The Taming of the Shrew D. Love s Labour s Lost4. “To be, or not to be - that is the question;/Whethe
4、r tis nobler in the mind to suffer / The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,/Or to take arms against a sea of troubles ,/And by opposing end then?” These lines are taken from _. A. King Lear B. Romeo and Juliet C. Othello D. Hamlet5. John Milton s most powerful dramatic poem on the Greek model
5、is _. A. Paradise Lost B. Paradise Regained C. Samson Agonistes D. Lycidas6. Because of her sensitivity to universal pattens of human behavior, _ has brought the English novel, as an art of form, to its maturity. A. Charlotte Bronte B. Jane Austen C. Emily Bronte D. Henry Fielding 7. Poetry is defin
6、ed by _ as “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings, which originates in emotion recollected in tranquility”. A. William Wordsworth B. William Blake C. Percy Bysshe Shelley D. Robert Southey8. Jonathan Swift s _ is generally regarded as the best model of satire, not only of the period but also
7、 in the whole English literary history. A. Gullivers Travels B. The Battle of the Books C. “A Modest Proposal” D. A Tale of a Tub9. Of all the eighteenth - century novelists _ was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a “comic epic in prose”, the first to give the
8、modern novel its structure and style. A. Henry Fielding B. Daniel Defoe C. Jonathan Swift D. Laurence Sterne10. The belief of the eighteenth - century neoclassicists in England led them to seek the following EXCEPT _. A. proportion B. unity C. harmony D. spirit11. The Renaissance marks a transition
9、from _ to the modern world. A. the old English B. the medieval C. the feudalist D. the capitalist12. The great political and social events in the English society of neoclassical period were the following EXCEPT _. A. the Restoration of King Charles II in 1660 B. the Great Plague of 1665 C. the Great
10、 London Fire in 1666 D. the Wars of Roses in 168913.In Renaissance, the European humanist thinkers and scholars made attempts to do the following EXCEPT _.A.getting rid of those old feudalist ideasB.getting control of the parliament and governmentC.introducing new ideas that expressed the interests
11、of the rising bourgeoisieD.recovering the purity of the early church, from the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church14.The Petrarchan sonnet (彼特拉克体十四行诗) was first introduced into England by _.A.SurreyB.WyattC.SidneyD.Shakespeare15.As the best of Shakespeares final romances,_ is a typical example o
12、f his pessimistic view towards human life and society in his late years.A.The TempestB.The Winters TaleC.CymbelineD.The Rape of Lucrece16.John Miltons greatest poetical work _ is the only generally acknowledged epic in English literarure since Beowulf.A.AreopagiticaB.Paradise LostC.LycidasD.Samson A
13、gonistes17.“Graveyard School”writers are the following sentimentalists EXCEPT _.A.James ThomsonB.William CollinsC.William CowperD.Thomas Jackson18.The best model of satire in the whole English literary history is Jonathan Swifts _.A.A Modest ProposalB.A Tale of a TubC.Gullivers TravelsD.The Battle o
14、f the Books19.As a representative of the Enlightenment, _ was one of the first to introduce rationalism to England.A.John BunyanB.Daniel DefoeC.Alexander PopeD.Jonathan Swift20.For his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel,_ has been regarded by some as “Father of the Eng
15、lish Novel”.A.Daniel DefoeB.Henry FieldingC.Jonathan SwiftD.Samuel Richardson21. Which of the following descriptions of Gothic Novels is NOT correct?A.It predominated in the early eighteenth century.B.It was one phase of the Romantic movement.C.Its principal elements are violence, horror and the sup
16、ernatural.D.Works like The Mysteries of Udolpho and Frankenstein are typical Gothic romance.Gothic Novel, a type of romantic fiction that predominated in the early eighteenth century, was one phase of the Romantic movement. Its principal elements are violence, horror and the supernatural. P166, para.222. William Blakes central concern in the Songs of
