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1、英美文学历年真题全国4月英美文学选读试题请将答案填在答题纸相应旳位置上(所有题目用英文作答)I. Multiple Choice(40 points in all, 1 for each) Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement and write the corresponding letter on the answer sheet.1. In Renaissance, the European humanist t
2、hinkers 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 of the rising bourgeoisieD. recovering the purity of the early church, from the corrupti
3、on of the Roman Catholic Church2. The Petrarchan sonnet was first introduced into England by _.A. Surrey B. WyattC. Sidney D. Shakespeare3. As the best of Shakespeares final romances,_ is a typical example of his pessimistic view towards human life and society in his late years. A. The Tempest B. Th
4、e Winters Tale C. Cymbeline D. The Rape of Lucrece4. John Miltons greatest poetical work _ is the only generally acknowledged epic in English literarure since Beowulf.A. AreopagiticaB. Paradise LostC. LycidasD. Samson Agonistes5. The British bourgeois or middle class believed in the following notion
5、s EXCEPT _.A. self - esteem B. self - relianceC. self - restraint D. hard work6. “Graveyard School”writers are the following sentimentalists EXCEPT _.A. James Thomson B. William CollinsC. William Cowper D. Thomas Jackson7. The best model of satire in the whole English literary history is Jonathan Sw
6、ifts _.A. A Modest Proposal B. A Tale of a TubC. Gullivers Travels D. The Battle of the Books8. As a representative of the Enlightenment,_ was one of the first to introduce rationalism to England.A. John Bunyan B. Daniel DefoeC. Alexander Pope D. Jonathan Swift9. For his contribution to the establis
7、hment of the form of the modern novel,_ has been regarded by some as “Father of the English Novel”.A. Daniel Defoe B. Henry FieldingC. Jonathan Swift D. Samuel Richardson10. Which of the following descriptions of Gothic Novels is NOT correct?A. It predominated in the early eighteenth century.B. It w
8、as one phase of the Romantic movement.C. Its principal elements are violence, horror and the supernatural.D. Works like The Mysteries of Udolpho and Frankenstein are typical Gothic romance. 11. “Byronic hero” is a figure of the following traits EXCEPT _.A. being proud B. being of humble originC. bei
9、ng rebellious D. being mysterious12. Robert Browning created _ by adopting the novelistic presentation of characters.A. the verse novel B. the blank verseC. the heroic couplet D. the dramatic poetry13. Charles Dickens novel _ is famous for its vivid descriptions of the workhouse and life of the unde
10、rworld in the nineteenth- century London. A. The Pickwick Paper B. Oliver Twist C. David Copperfield D. Nicholas Nickleby14. Charlotte Brontes works are all about the struggle of an individual consciousness towards _ about some lonely and neglected young women with a fierce longing for love, underst
11、anding and a full, happy life. A. self - reliance B. self - realization C. self - esteem D. self - consciousness15. The symbolic meaning of “Book” in Robert Brownings long poem The Ring and the Book is _.A. the common sense B. the hard truthC. the comprehensive knowledge D. the dead truth16. Thomas
12、Hardys pessimistic view of life predominated most of his later works and earns him a reputation as a _ writer.A. realistic B. naturalisticC. romantic D. stylistic17. After the First World War, there appeared the following literary trends of modernism EXCEPT _.A. expressionism B. surrealismC. stream
13、of consciousness D. black humour18. The masterpieces of critical realism in the early 20th century are the three trilogies of _.A. Galsworthys Forsyte novels B. Hardy s Wessex novelsC. Greenes Catholic novels D. Woolfs stream-of-consciousness novels19. In the mid - 1950s and early 1960s, there appea
14、red “_” who demonstrated a particular disillusion over the depressing situation in Britain and launched a bitter protest. against the outmoded social and political values in their society.A. The Beat Generation B. The Lost GenerationC. The Angry Young Men D. Black Mountain Poets20.The following are
15、English stream-of-consciousness novels EXCEPT _.A.Pilgrimage B. UlyssesC.Mrs.Dalloway D. A Passage to Inida21. The leader of the Irish National Theater Movement in the early 20th century was _.A. W.B.Yeats B. Lady GregoryC. J.M.Synge D. John Galworthy22. T.S.Eliots most popular verse play is _.A. Murder in the Cathedral B. The Cocktail PartyC. The Family Reunion D. The Waste Land23. The American writer _ was awarded the Nobel Prize for the anti-racist Intruder in the D
