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22.In Samuel Taylor Coleridge′s “Kubla Khan,” “A sunny pleasure dome with caves of ice” . [A]refers to the palace where Kubla Khan once lived [B]vividly describes a building of poor quality
[C]is the gift given to a beautiful girl called Abyssinian
[D]symbolizes the reconciliation of the conscious and the unconscious
23.The hightide of Romanticism in American literature occurred around . [A]1820 [B]1850 [C]1880 [D]1920 24.The subject matter of Robert Frost’s Poems focuses on .
[A] ordinary country people and scenes [B]battle scenes of ancient Greek and Roman legends [C]struggling masses and crowded urban quarters [D]fantasies and mythical happenings
25. Which group of writers are among those who may be called early pioneers of American literature? [A]Mark Twain and Henry James. [B] Fenimore Cooper and Washington lrving. [C]Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner [D] Jack London and O’Henry.
26. To Theodore Dreiser, life is “so sad, so strange, so mysterious and so inexplicable.” No wonder the characters in his books are often subject to the control of the natural forces, especially those of and heredity. [A]fate [B]morality [C]social conventions [D]environment 27. Hawthorne generally concerns himself with such issues as in his fiction. *A+the evil in man’s heart [B]the material pursuit [C]the racial conflict [D]the social inequality 28. provides the main source of influence on American naturalism. [A]The puritan heritage [B] Howells’ ideas of realism
*C+Darwin’s theory of evolution [D] The pioneer spirit of the wild west
29. In Mark Twain’s The Adventures of huckleberry Finn, Huck writes a letter to inform against Jim, the escaped slave, and then he tears the letter up. This fact reveals that . [A]Huck has a mixed feeling of love and hate [B]there is a conflict between society and conscience in Huck [C]Huck is always an indecisive person [D]Huck has very little education
30.Which terms can best describe the modernists’ concern of the human situation in their fiction?
[A]Fragmentation and alienation. [B]Courage and honor. [C]Tradition and faith. [D]Poverty and desperation. 31. Whitman’s poems are characterized by all the following features except .
[A]a strict poetic form [B]a simple and conversational language [C]a free and natural rhythmic pattern [D]an easy flow of feelings
32. All his novels reveal that, as time went on, Mark Twain became increasingly . [A]prolific [B]artistic [C]optimistic [D]pessimistic
33.The poem “I like to see it lap the Miles－” is an interesting poem written by Emily Dickinson. What does “it” in the poem stand for?
[A]The hound. [B]The star. [C]The horse. [D]The train. 34. Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Henry James’s writing style? [A] exquisite and elaborate language [B]minute and detailed descriptions [C]lengthy psychological analyses [D]American colloquialism
35. In the beginning paragraph of Chapter 3, The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald describes a big party by saying that “men and girls came and went like moths.” The author most likely indicates that .
[A]there was a crowd of party-goers [B]such life does not have real meaning [C]these people were light-hearted [D]these were crazy and ignorant characters 36.In Hemingway’s “Indian Camp,” Nick, the main character, witnesses [A]a tragic killing of the Indians by the white men [B]real friendship between the white men and the Indians [C]a senseless killing of each other [D]terrible scenes of birth and death 37.Which one of the following statements is NOT true of William Faulkner?
[A]He is master of stream-of-consciousness narrative. [B]His writing is often complex and difficult to understand. [C]He often depicts slum life in New York and Chicago. [D]He represents a new group of Southern writers.
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38.American “Transcendentalists most typically believe that . [A]man is divine in name [B]art is superior to life [C]man can transform nature [D]poetry is the highest form of art 39.By the end of Sister Carrie, Dreiser writes, “It was forever to the pursuit of that radiance of delight which tints the distant hilltops of the world.” Dreiser implies that .
[A]there is a bright future lying ahead *B+there is no end to man’s desire [C]one should always be forward-looking [D]happiness is found in the end
40.We can perhaps describe Emily Grierson in Faulkner’s short story “A Rose for Emily” in all the following ways except
that .
[A]she is psychologically deformed [B]she is wicked and morally corrupted [C]she is a symbol of the Old South [D]she is a prisoner and victim of the past
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1.Romance,which uses narrative verse or prose to tell stories of ___ adventures or other heroic deeds, is a popular literary form in the medieval period.
A.Christian B.knightly C.Greek D.primitive
2. Among the great Middle English poets, Geoffrey Chaucer is known for his production of ___. A. Piers Plowman B. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight C. Confessio Amantis D. The Canterbury Tales
3. Which of the following historical events does not directly help to stimulate the rising of the Renaisssance Movement? A.The rediscovery of ancient Greek and Roman culture. B.The new discoveries in geography and astrology. C.The Glorious revolution.
D.The religious reformation and the economic expansion.
4. Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeare's Sonnet 18? A.The speaker eulogizes the power of Nature. B.The speaker satirizes human vanity.
C.The speaker praises the power of artistic creation. D.The speaker meditates on man's salvation.
5. “And we will sit upon the rocks,/Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks,/By shallow rivers to whose falls/Melodious
birds sing madrigals.”The above lines are probably taken from __.
A.Spenser's The Faerie Queene B.John Donne's “The Sun Rising”
C.Shakespeare's “Sonnet 18” D.Marlowe's “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” 6. “Bassanio:Antonio,I am married to a wife Which is as dear to me as life itself;
But life itself, My wife, and all the world. Are not with me esteem'd above thy life; I would lose all, ay, sacrifice them all, Here to the devil, to deliver you.
Portia:Your wife would give you little thanks for that, If she were by to hear you make the offer.”
The above is a quotation taken from Shakespeare's comedy The Merchant of Venice. The quoted part can be regarded as a good example to illustrate ____.
A. dramatic irony B. personification C. allegory D. symbolism 7.The ture subject of John Donne's poem,“The Sun Rising,” is to ___. A. attack the sun as an unruly servant
B. give compliments to the mistress and her power of beauty C. criticize the sun's intrusion into the lover's private life D. lecture the sun on where true royalty and riches lie
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英美文学选读Multiple Choice (40 points in all, 1 for each) 2002-2012 4月真题集 8. Of all the 18thcentury novelists Henry Fielding was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a “___ in prose,”the first to give the modern novel its structure and style. A.tragic epic B.comic epic C.romance D.lyric epic 9. The Houyhnhnms depicted by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver's Travels are ___. A.horses that are endowed with reason
B.pigmies that are endowed with admirable qualities C.giants that are superior in wisdom
D.hairy,wild, low and despicable creatures, who resemble human beings not only in appearance but also in some
other ways.
10. Here are four lines from a literary work:“Others for language all their care express,/And value books,as women men, for dress.”The work is ___.
A.Thomas Gray's “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” B.John Milton's Paradise Lost
C.Alexander Pope's Essay on Criticism D.Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream 11. The phrase “to urge people to abide by Christian doctrines and to seek salvation through constant struggles with their
own weaknesses and all kinds of social evils” may well sum up the implied meaning of ___.
A.Gulliver's Travels B.The Rape of the Lock C.Robinson Crusoe D.The pilgrim's Progress 12. William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all the following EXCEPT ___. A.the use of everyday language spoken by the common people B.the expression of the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings C.the use of humble and rustic life as subject matter
D.the use of elegant wording and inflated figures of speech
13. Which of the following is taken from John Keats’ “Ode on a Grecian Urn”?
A.“I fall upon the thorns of life! I bleed!” B.“They are both gone up to the church to pary.” C.“Earth has not anything to show more fair.” D.“Beauty is truth, truth beauty”. 14.“If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind!” is an epigrammatic line by __. A.J.Keats B.W.Blake C.W.Wordsworth D.P.B.Shelley
15.“Ode o na Grecian Urn”shows the contrast between the ___ of art and the ___ of human passion.
A.glory ?ugliness B.permanence?transience C.transience?sordidness D.glory?permanence
16.In the statement“—oh,God! would you like to live with your soul in the grave?” the term“soul” apparently refers to ___.
A.Heathcliff himself B.Catherine C.one's spiritual life D.one's ghost 17. The typical feature of Robet Browning's poetry is the ___.
A.bitter satire B.larger-than-life caricature C.Latinized diction D.dramatic monologue 18. The Victorian Age was largely an age of ____,eminently represented by Dickens and Thackeray. A.poetry B.drama C.prose D.epic prose 19.___is the first important governess novel in the English literary history.
A.Jane Eyre B.Emma C.Wuthering Heights D.Middlemarch
20. The major concern of ______ fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological development of his characters and in his
energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature. A.D.H.Lawrence's B.J.Galsworthy's C.W.Thackeray’s D.T.Hardy’s
21.___is considered to be the best-known English dramatist since Shakespeare, and his representative works are plays inspired by social criticism.
A.Richard Sheridan B.Oliver Goldsmith C.Oscar Wilde D.Bernard Shaw 22. Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Modernism? A.To elevate the individual and inner being over the social being. B.To put the stress on traditional values.
C.To portray the distorted and alienated relationships between man and his environment. D.To advocate a conscious break with the past.
23. The Romantic writers would focus on all the following issues EXCEPT the ___ in the American literary histrory. A. individual feelings B. idea of survival of the fittest C. strong imagination D. return to nature
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英美文学选读Multiple Choice (40 points in all, 1 for each) 2002-2012 4月真题集 24. Henry David Thoreau's work,__,has always been regarded as a masterpiece of New England Transcendentalism. A.Walden B.The pioneers C.Nature D.Song of Myself 25.The famous 20-years sleep in “Rip Van Winkle”helps to construct the story in such a way that we are greatly affected
by Irving's ___.
A.concern with the passage of time B.expression of transient beauty
C.satire on laziness and corruptibility of human beings D.idea about supernatural manipulation of man's life
26. Walt whitman was a pioneering figure of American poetry. His innovation first of all lies in his use of __,poetry
without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme.
A.blank verse B.heroic couplet C.free verse D.iambic pentameter
27. The literary characters of the American type in early 19th century are generally characterized by all the following
features EXCEPT that they ___.
A.speak local dialects B.are polite and elegant gentlemen
C.are simple and crude farmers D.are noble savages( red and white) untainted by society 28. Hester Pryme, Dimmsdale,Chillingworth and Pearl are most likely the names of the characters in ___.
A.The Scarlet Letter B.The House of the Seven Gablest C.The Portrait of a Lady D.The pioneers 29.“This is my letter to the World” is a poetic expression of Emily Dickinson's __ about her communication with the outside world. A.indifference B.anger C.anxiety D.sorrow
30. With Howells,James,and Mark Twain active on the literary scene, __ became the major trend in American literature
in the seventies and eighties of the 19thcentury.
A.sentimentalism B.romanticism C.realism D.naturalism
31. After The adventures of Tom Sawyer, Twain gives a literary independence to Tom's buddy Huck in a book entitled ___. A. Life on the Mississippi B. The Gilded Age
C. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn D. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
32. However,___,the keynote of Daisy Miller's character,turns out to be an admiring but a dangerous quality and her
defiance of social taboos in the Old World finally brings her to a disaster in the clash between two different cultures. A. experience B. sophistication C. worldliness D. innocence 33. Generally speaking,all those writers with a naturalistic approach to human reality tend to be ___. A. transcendentalists B. idealists C. pessimists D. impressionists
34. Emily Dickinson wrote many short poems on various aspects of life.Which of the following is NOT a usual subject
of her poetic expression?
A. Religion and immortality. B. Life and death. C. Love and marriage. D. War and peace.
35.In “After Apple-Picking,”Robert Frost wrote:“For I have had too much/Of applepicking:I am overtired/Of the great
harvest I myself desired.”From these lines we can conclude that the speaker is ___.
A. happy about the harvest B. still very much interested in apple-picking C. expecting a greater harvest D. indifferent to what he once desired 36. Chinese poetry and philosophy have exerted great influence over ____.
A. Ezra Pound B. Ralph Waldo Emerson C. Robert Frost D. Emily Dickinson 37. The Hemingway Code heroes are best remembered for their __.
A. indestructible spirtie B. pessimistic view of life C. war experiences D. masculinity
38. IN The Emperor Jones and The Hairy Ape,O'Neill adopted the expressionist techniques to portray the ___ of human
beings in a hostile universe.
A. helpless situation B. uncertainty C. profound religious faith D. courage and perseverance 39.In Hemingway's “Indian Cmap”,Nick's night trip to the Indian village and his experience inside the hut can be taken as ____. A. an essential lesson about Indian tribes B. a confrontation with evil and sin
C. an initiation to the harshness of life D. a learning process in human relationship
40.which of the following statements about Emily Grierson, the protagonist in Faulkner's story “A Rose for Emily,” is NOT true? A. She has a distorted personality. B. She is physically deformed and paralyzed. C. She is the symbol of the old values of the South. D. She is the victim of the past glory.
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