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一、连线题

(G)terburyTales

(E)'sProfession

(A)Andrews

(H)opstoConquer

(D)onaryoftheEnglishLanguage

(B)Innocence

(F)Agonistes

(I)ndPrejudice

(J)t’sintheHighlands

(C)theD’Urbervilles

二、选择题

ypeofthetextwouldyouconsiderasliterature?.

atestpoetoftheMiddleEnglishperiodis______,thefatherofEnglishpoetry.

lton

A3.“ARedRedRo”isknownas“balladstanza”.Thispoeticformusuallycontains______rhymedlinesineachstanza.

A.4B.6C.2D.8

,OthelloandKingLeararewell-knowntragediesbyShakespeare,togetherwith______.

merNight’h

B5.“WutheringHeights”isahouwherethemaincharacterslive______accordingtothenovel.

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1066,_________ledtheNormanarmytoinvadeanddefeatEngland.

us

Englishpoetrybeginswith__________.lton

hegreatMiddleEnglishpoets,GeoffreyChaucerisknownforhisproductionof____.

terburyTales

theRenaissance,_______wasthefirstonetointroducethesonnetintoEnglishpoetry.

Surrey

lly,theRenaissancereferstotheperiodbetween______and______centuries.

A.14th...mid-17thB.14th...mid-18thC.16th...mid-18thD.16th...mid-17th

C11."IfWintercomes,canSpringbefarbehind?"Thisiswrittenby______,oneoftheleadingRomanticpoets.

mBlake

ats'famouspoem______expressthecontrastbetweenthehappyworldofnaturallovelinessandhumanworldofagony.

A."Endymion"B."OdetoaNightingale"C."OdeonaGrecianUrn"D."OdetoPsyche"

torianAgewaslargelyanageof________eminentlyreprentedbyDickensandThackeray.

C14._______isknownas“thepoet’spoet”.nne

lton’smasterpiece—ParadiLostwaswritteninthepoeticstyleof_____.

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ormShakespearewaswrittenby_____.

orthandColeridge

sDickens’worksarecharacterizedbyaminglingof_______or

alForsyte,accordingtoJohnGalsworthy,isamanwithastrongnof_______,whoneverpaysanyattentiontohuman

contributiontotheestablishmentoftheformofthemodernnovel,________hasbeenregardedas“FatheroftheEnglish

Novel”.oyce

isa________.tory

A21.________isconsideredMarkTwain'sgreatestachievement.

uresofHuckleberryFinn

y'sgreatestachievementishisfour-actpoeticdrama________.

:heusUnbound

ovel,RobinsonCrusoe,Defoeeulogizestheheroofthe________?

-workingpeople

A24.“Beautyistruth,truthbeauty”isanepigrammaticlineby___.

helley

eginningofPrideandPrejudice,theattitudeofDarcyandElizabethtowardeachotheristhatof___.

indifference

A26.“artforart’ssake”wasputforthby______.-romanticism

oyceistheauthorofallthefollowingnovelsEXCEPT________.

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C28._________

A29.“OdetotheWestWind”waswrittenin________combinedwithsonnetform,whichwasagreatartisticcreationbyShelley.

fthefollowingstatementsbestdescribesGulliver'sTravels?

er'er'sTravelsisabookofadventurousjourneys.

er'ndB.

fthefollowingnovelsbyVirginiaWoolfcannotbesubsumedintothe“Streamofconsciousness”category?

AB

WritersWorks

(d)im

(f)MaParker

(a)getoIndia

(b)lHusband

(e)nBondage

(c)ckinAnger

(h)rtoftheMatter

(i)syteSaga

(j)ndprejudice

(g)er

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meof"AWomanonaRoof"istherelationshipbetweenmenandwomenaswellastherelationshipbetween______inmodern

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peareisknowntohaveud______nageofnewwordsanddistortionofthemeaningoftheoldones

alsocreatestrikingeffectsonthereader.A.16,000B.1600C.20,000D.2000

Lost,theonlygenerallyacknowledgedepicinEnglishliteraturesinceBeowulf,isdividedinto______books.

A.12B.6C.4D.10

hRomanticismisgenerallysaidtohavebegunin1798withthepublicationof______’sLyricalBallads.

yandBlake

三、名词解释

tenment:nexpressionofthestruggleofthe

ightenersfoughtagainstclassinequality,stagnation,

wassocalledbecauitconsideredthechiefmeansforthebettermentofthesocietywasthe“enlightenment”or“education”ofthe

people.

-classicism:ItwasinitiatedbyDryden,-classicistsmodeledthemlvesonclassical,

neraltendedtolookatsocialandpolitical

a,theyadheredtothreeunities,time,phasizedonthedidacticfunctionof

literature.

3.(Critical)Realism:Realismisamodeofwritingthatgivestheimpressionofrecordingor“reflecting”faithfullyanactualway

mrefers,sometimesconfusingly,bothtoaliterarymethodbadondetailedaccuracyofdescription(militude)

andtoamoregeneralattitudethatrejectsidealization,escapism,andotherextravagantqualitiesofromanceinfavorofrecognizing

soberlytheactualproblemsoflife.

icismisamovementthatflourishedinliterature,philosophy,musicandartinWesterncultureduringmostofthenineteenth

century,avebeenmanyvarietiesofRomanticisminmanydifferenttimesandplaces.

ManyoftheideasofEnglishromanticismwerefirstexpresdbythepoetsWilliamWordsworthandSamuelTaylorColeridge.

ets:refertothefircelivedaroundthelake

districtsandtraverdthesimilarattitudetowardliterature,politicsandsociety,beginningasradicalsandendinginconrvatives.

ofconsciousness:（orinteriormonologue）Inliterarycriticism,streamofconsciousnessisanarrativemodethateksto

portrayanindividual'spointofviewbygivingthewrittenequivalentofthecharacter'sthoughtprocess,eitherinaloointerior

monologue,roductionofthetermtodescribeliterature-transferredfrompsychology

-isattributedtoMaySinclair,andismostlyadeadmetaphor

:countries,thefolkballadwasoneoftheearliestformsofliterature.

retransmittedorallyfromgenerationtogenerationandwerenottdowninwritinguntil

jscommonly

udinballadsaretherefrain,incrementalrepetition,formofballadistheliteraryballad,whichimitates

thestyleofthefolkballad.

:Alongnarrativepoemtellingaboutthedeedsofagreatheroandreflectingthevaluesofthesocietyfromwhichitoriginated.

Manyepicsweredrawnfromanoraltraditionandweretransmittedbysongandrecitationbeforetheywerewrittendown.

四、简答题

1．Howdoyouunderstand“Tobe,ornottobe”?Giveyourevidencetosupportyourideas.

Weallknowthat,Shakespeare'stragedyalmostallhaveoccurredinthenobleclass,fromprinceHamlet,totheoldkingLear,fromthe

powerofaspiringMacbeth,hemhavetheirextremelyinnerworld,andtheylostintheirownworld.

Inthiskindofdrama,hopeanddespaircoexistence,goodandeviliscomplementary,riesofletters

arefullofthehumanvalues,andtheystickupShakespeare'stragediesadvocatetone.

Infact,inShakespeare'stragedies,'sdeathisaccompaniedbythedeathofhinemy,lovers,

yMacbeth,hing

isunderthesortoftwistedequation--"tobeornottobe?"Herewillneverfindtheanswer.

2．WhatareChaucer’scontributionstoEnglishliterature?

Chaucer'scontributiontoEnglishpoetrylieschieflyinthefactthatheintroducedfromFrancetherhymedstanzasofvarioustypes,

especiallytherhymedcoupletofiambicpentametertobecalledlaterthe"heroiccouplet"toEnglishpoetry,insteadoftheoldAnglo-Saxon

alliterativever.

ThoughdrawinginfluencesfromFrench,ItalianandLatinmodels,heisthefirstgreatpoetwhowroteinthecurrentEnglishlanguage.

Hisproductionofsomuchexcellentpoetrywasanimport

spokenEnglishofthetimeconsistedofveraldialects,andChaucerdidmuchinmakingthedialectofLondonthefoundationformodern

Englishspeech.

5．WhataretheuniquefeaturesofShakespeare’ssonnets?

Shakespeare'ssonnetsareattractedthroughtheagesofmanyreadersbecauhispoemsare"sweet".Heusmusicalbeautifullanguage

praistheworld’mainlyinvolvesthreecharacters:poet,"youngfriends"and

"blackskinyoungwoman".Shakespeare'ssonnetsmainlysinganddemonstratethelove,thefriendshipanditexpressthebelieftolife..

“OdetotheAutumnWind”?

ThisisoneofShelley’tdescribesvividlytheactivitiesofthewestwindontheearthintheskyandon

theaandtheexpresshinvyfortheboundlessfreedomofthewestwindandhiswishtobefreelikeitandtoscatterhiswords

ebratefinallineofthepoem“Ifwintercomes,canspringbefarbehind?”hasoftenbeencitedtoillustrate

Shelley’soptimisticbeliefinthefutureofmankind.

雪莱Shelly（1792-1822）他的作品有：Ozymanolias，Odetothewestwind，Toaskylark，Themasqueofanarchy，Toharriet。

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Copycat山寨Anappleoflove西红柿Havetwoleftfeet笨手笨脚Blacktea红茶

Blackstranger完全陌生的人Confidenceman骗子Busybody爱管闲事的人

命里有时终须有，命里无时莫强求。

Youwillhaveitifitbelongstoyou,whereasyoudon’tkvetchforitifitdoesn’tappearinyoulife.

如果只是遇见，不能停留，不如不见。

Ifwecanonlyencountereachotherratherthanstaywitheachother,thenIwishwehadneverencountred.

天空没有翅膀的痕迹，而鸟儿已飞过。

Therearenotrailsofthewingsinthesky,whilethebirdshasfiledaway.