刘意青《简明英国⽂学史》配套题库
模块⼀ 考研真题精选
⼀、填空题
1. Bacon has been called the father of _____, for his works established and popularized inductive methodologies for scientific inquiry, often called the Baconian method.（武⼤2015研）
【答案】modern science查看答案
【解析】培根被称为“现代科学之⽗”。
2. _____ is considered the first great English dramatist and the most important Elizabethan playwright before Shakespeare.（北京邮电⼤学2016研）
【答案】Christopher Marlowe查看答案
【解析】本题考查克⾥斯托弗·马洛的相关知识。克⾥斯托弗·马洛是英国诗⼈，剧作家，他⾰新了中世纪的戏剧，在舞台上创造了反映时代精神的巨⼈性格和“雄伟的诗⾏”，为莎⼠⽐亚的创作铺平了道路。
3. Geoffrey Chaucer’s work The Canterbury Tales gives us a picture of the condition of English life of his day, such as its work and play, its deeds and dreams, its fun and sympathy. _____ contains the story about the three rioters as narrated by the pardoner and his long moralizings and attempts to ll fake, “relics” to other pilgrims.（⼤连外国语2010研）
【答案】The Pardoner’s Tale查看答案
【解析】赎罪僧的故事——关于死神降临贪财者⾝上的劝世寓⾔故事。为了杀死“死亡”，三个年轻⼈遇到了⼀个⽼⼈，他说他们会在附近的树下找到他。当他们到达的时候，他们发现了⼀堆宝藏，决定呆在那⾥直到天⿊，然后在⿊暗的掩护下把它带⾛。出于贪婪，他们互相残杀。
4. Virginia Woolf experimented with the _____ technique in her novel To the _____. （国际关系学院2010研）
【答案】stream of consciousness, Lighthou查看答案
【解析】在⼩说《到灯塔去》中，伍尔夫⼤量使⽤了意识流的创作⼿法。
5. Doctor Faustus, is a play by Christopher Marlowe, bad on the German story Faust, in which a man lls his soul to the devil for _____.（武⼤2015研）
【答案】knowledge and power查看答案
人民币大幅升值【解析】浮⼠德是魔法师和炼⾦术⼠，为获得知识和权⼒，向魔⿁出卖了⾃⼰的灵魂。
6. _____ is regarded as the third greatest English poet after Chaucer and Shakespeare, and the greatest in the 17th century.（天津外国语2014研）
【答案】John Milton查看答案
【解析】弥尔顿是继乔叟和莎⼠⽐亚之后第三位伟⼤的英国诗⼈，也是17世纪英国最杰出的诗⼈。
7. “Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested” is found in Francis Bacon’s _____.（北京邮电⼤学2016研）
【答案】Of Studies查看答案
【解析】本题考查培根作品。论读书是《培根随笔》中的⼀篇重要的⽂章，收于《培根随笔》⼀书中。《培根随笔》是英国随笔⽂学的开⼭之作，以其简洁的语⾔、优美的⽂笔、透彻的说理、迭出的警句，在世界⽂学史上占据了⾮常重要的地位。
8. The Rape of the Lock is a(n) _____ compod by Alexander Pope, which satirizes a minor incident by comparing it to the grand world of the gods.（武⼤2015研）
【答案】mock epic查看答案
【解析】蒲柏的《夺发记》是最**的英语讽刺史诗之⼀。
9. The school of _____ in English literature and art in the last decades of the _____ century is mainly reprented by Walter Paler and Oscar Wilde, with _____ as its chief authority and source of inspiration and _____ as its most popular spokesman. （国际关系学院2010研）
【答案】aestheticism, 19th, Walter Pater, Oscar Wilde
【解析】唯美主义运动（Aesthetic movement）是于19世纪后期出现在英国艺术和⽂学领域中的⼀场运动。⽡尔特·佩特的⼀系列⽂章激发了当时的颓废主义者们的思想，这种思想继⽽在英国发展，其中最有名的代表则是奥斯卡·王尔德。西红柿盅
10. In more than one n Alexander Pope was the most important English poet to come out of the 18th century. For one thing, he was the best known and the most influential not only in England but in the Europe of his time, and his
_____, in rhymed iambic pentameter, took the stage and became the dominant vogue in poetic creation on both sides of the English Channel.（天津外国语2014研）
【答案】heroic couplet查看答案
【解析】蒲柏的诗多⽤“英雄双韵体”。他的许多词句写得⼯整、精练、富有哲理性，有些诗⾏⼏乎成为格⾔。蒲柏是**位受到欧洲⼤陆关注的英国诗⼈，他的著作被翻译成欧洲许多国家的⽂字。
11. The novel _____ written by Dickens deals with the adventures of Mr. Pickwick, a retired old merchant, who is the founder and chairman of the Pickwick Club.（⼤连外国语2010研）
【答案】The Pickwick Papers查看答案
【解析】《匹克威克外传》是狄更斯的**部长篇⼩说，写⽼绅⼠匹克威克⼀⾏五⼈到英国各地漫游的故事。闪付
含反义词的词语12. _____ are primitive creatures obsd with “pretty stones” they find by digging in mud, thus reprenting the distasteful materialism and ignorant elitism Jonathan Swift encountered in Britain.（武⼤2015研）诗歌有哪些
【答案】The Yahoos查看答案
匀强磁场
【解析】《格列佛游记》中的肮脏卑劣的⼈性兽“耶胡”。
13. Beowulf probably existed in its oral form as early as the _____ century and its hero and his adventures are placed in _____ and southern Sweden rather than in England. （国际关系学院2010研）
【答案】5th, Denmark
【解析】《贝奥武甫》最早在公元五世纪开始⼝头传诵，故事发⽣在丹麦和瑞典南部，诗中并没有提及英国。
写人物作文14. Cordelia is a character in _____, one of the four great tragedies written by _____.（⼤连外国语2010研）
【答案】King Lear; William Shakespeare查看答案
【解析】《李尔王》是莎⼠⽐亚的四⼤悲剧之⼀。故事讲述了年事已⾼的国王李尔王退位后，被⼤⼥⼉和⼆⼥⼉赶到荒郊野外，成为法兰西皇后的三⼥⼉考狄利娅率军救⽗，却被杀死，李尔王伤⼼地死在她⾝旁。
山东济南旅游景点有哪些
15. In The Second Coming, W. B. Yeats us _____ regarding the Apocalyp and cond coming allegorically to describe the atmosphere of post-war Europe.（武⼤2015研）
【答案】Christian imagery查看答案
【解析】叶芝在《第⼆次圣临》中使⽤了基督教意象，指基督教在未来的再⽣。
