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1、一盎格鲁-撒克逊时期 1. The most important work of _a _is The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, which is regarded as the best monument of the English prose.a. Alfred the Great b. Caedmon c. Cynewulf d. Venerable Bede 2. Who is the monster half-human who had mingled thirty warriors in The Song of Beowulf ？_c_a. Hrothgat
2、 b. Heorot c. Grendel d. Beowulf 3. _b_ is the first important religious poet in English literature.a. Cynewulf b. Caedmon c. Shakespeare d. Adam Bede 4. The epic, The Song of Beowulf, represents the spirit of _d_.a. monks b. romanticists c. sentimentalists d. Pagan（异教徒） 5. When we speak of the old
3、English prose, the first name that comes into our minds is_ d_, who is the first scholar in English literature and has been regarded as father of English learning.a. William Shakespeare b. Beowulf c. Julius Caesar d. Venerable Bede 6. _a_ is not only a prose writer but also a king of Wessex.a. Alfre
4、d the Great b. venerable Bede c. Adam Bede d. King Arthur 7. Prose literature did not show its appearance until the _c_ century.a. 6th b. 7th c. 8th d. 10th 8. The Anglo-Saxons were Christianized in the _c_ century.a. 5th b. 6th c. 7th d. 8th 9. Beowulf describes the exploits of a _d_ hero, Beowulf,
5、 in fighting against the monster Grendel, his revengeful mother, and a fire-breathing dragon.a. Danish b. Scandinavian c. English d. Norwegian 10. The Roman occupation lasted for about 400 years in Britain, and in _d_, all the Roman troops went back to the continent and never returned.a. 55 B.C. b.
6、78 A.D. c. 400 A.D. d. 410 A.D. 11. English literature began with the _a_ settlement in English. Of old English literature, Beowulf, the national epic of the English people, is an example of the mingling of nature myths and heroic legends.a. Anglo-Saxon b. Roman c. Norman d. Britain 二盎格鲁-诺曼时期 1. In
7、1066, _a_, with his Norman army, succeeded in invading and defeating English.a. William the Conqueror b. Julius Caesar c. Alfred the Great d. Claudius 2. In the 14th century, the most important writer is _d_a. Langland b. Wycliffe c. Gower d. Chaucer 3. The prevailing from of Medieval English litera
8、ture is the _c_.a. novel b. drama c. romance a. essay 4. The story of _a_ is the culmination of the Arthurian romances.a. Sir Gawain and the Green Knights b. The story of Beowulfc. Piers the plowman d. The Canterbury 5. William Langlands _b_ is written in the form of a dream vision.a. Kubla Khan b.
9、Piers the Plowman c. The Dream of John Bull d. Morte d Arthur6. After the Norman Conquest, three languages existed in English at that time. The Normans spoke _a_.a. French b. English c. Latin d. Swedish 7._c_ was the greatest of English religious reformers and the first translator of the Bible. a. L
10、angland b. Gower c. Wycliffe d. Chaucer 8. Piers the Plowman describes a serous of wonderful dreams the author dreamed, through which, we can see a picture of the life in the _b_ English. a. primitive b. feudal c. bourgeois d. modern 9. The theme of _a_ to king and lord was repeatedly emphasized in
11、romances. a. loyalty b. revolt c. obedience d. mockery 10. The most famous cycle of English ballads centers on the stories about a legendary outlaw called _b_. a. Morte d Aryhur b. Robin Hood c. The Canterbury Tales d. Piers the Plowman 三乔叟时期 1. Who is the “father of English poetry” and one of the g
12、reatest narrative poets of England? _b_ a. Christopher Marlow b. Geoffrey Chaucer c. W. Shakespeare d. Alfred the Great 2. When he died, Chaucer was buried in a the Poets Corner. a. Westminster Abbey b. Normandy c. Canterbury d. Southwark 3. Chaucers earliest work of any length is his “ c ” a transl
13、ation of the French “ Roman de la Rose ” by Gaillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meung, which was a love allegory enjoying widespread popularity in the 13th and 14th centuries not only in France but throughout Europe. a. Troilus and Criseyde b. A Red, Red Rose c. Romance of the Rose d. Piers the Plowman
14、4. Chaucer composes a long narrative poem named “ b ” based on Boccaccios poem “ Filotrato”. a. The Legend of Good Women b. Troilus and Cirseyde Sir Gawain and the Green Knight d. Beowulf5. In his literary development, Chaucer was influenced by three literatures, Which one is not true? _d_ French li
15、terature b. Italian literature c. English literature d. German literature 6. _a_ creative work vividly reflected the changes which had taken root in English culture of the second half of the 14th century.a. Chaucers b. Byrons c. Shelleys d. Eliots 四文艺复兴时期 1. The cradle of Renaissance is_ D_. A. Germany B. England C. America D. Italy 2. English Renaissance Period was not an age of prose, but Thomas More wrote his famous prose work_ A_. A. Utopia B. Song and Sonne
