【期末高分题集】[北京语言大学]《英美文学选读》考核必备77

奥鹏期末考核

31975–《英美文学选读》2022年北京语言大学期末复习题集

单选题：
（1）Charles Dicken＇s early years were___
A.happy
B.difficult
C.rich
D.sunny
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（2）It is generally regarded that Keats＇s most important and mature poems are in the form of _______ .
A.ode
B.elegy
C.epic
D.sonnet
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（3）The Victorian Age was largely an age of___ , eminently represented by Dickens and Thackeray.
A.poetry
B.drama
C.prose
D.epic prose
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（4）The Romantic writers would focus on all the following issues EXCEPT the in the American literary history.
A.individual feelings
B.idea of survival of the fittest
C.strong imagination
D.return to nature
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（5）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 19th century.
A.Sentimentalism
B.romanticism
C.realism
D.naturalism
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（6）When did William Faulkner win Nobel Price for Literature?
A.1939
B.1949
C.1940
D.1950
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（7）Which of the following is NOT written by Defoe?
A.Captain Singleton
B.Sailor
C.Moll Flanders
D.Rubinson Crusoe
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（8）David＇s second father＇s name is___
A.Micawber
B.Michael
C.Murdstone
D.Stone
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（9）What＇s the name of Hester and Dimmesdale ＇s daughter?
A.Amy
B.Pearl
C.Nina
D.Berry
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（10）In David Copperfield, who got married with David at last?
A.Agnes
B.Dora
C.Amy
D.Beth
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（11）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
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（12）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.bland verse
B.heroic couplet
C.free verse
D.iambic pentameter
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（13）Virginia Woolf was born in a____
A.poor family
B.small family
C.rich family
D.talented family
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（14）Dreiser＇s Trilogy of Desire includes three novels. They are The Financier, The Titan and _______ .
A.The Genius
B.The Tycoon
C.The Stoic
D.The Giant
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（15）"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
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（16）Virginai Woolf has a____ health.
A.good
B.stable
C.poor
D.normal
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（17）Mark Twain, one of the greatest 19th century American writers, is well known for his ____.
A.international theme
B.waste-land imagery
C.local color
D.symbolism
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（18）As a naturalist writer, Theodore Dreiser was greatly influenced by _______.
A.Nathaniel Hawthorne
B.Charles Darwin
C.Henry James
D.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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（19）The poem Ode to a Nightingale was written by___
A.William Wordsworth
B.John Keats
C.Shelley
D.Coleridge
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（20）In Shakespeare＇s Merchant of Venice, Antonio could not pay back the money he borrowed from Shylock, because ______.
A.his money was all invested in the newly-emerging textile industry
B.his enterprise went bankrupt
C.Bassanio was able to pay his own debt
D.his ships had all been lost
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（21）Of the following American poets in the twentieth century, the one who has the best knowledge of Chinese culture is _______.
A.Robert Frost
B.Allen Ginsberg
C.Ezra Pound
D.E. E. Cummings
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（22）In Hawthorne＇s novels and short stories, intellectuals usually appear as _______.
A.commentators
B.observers
C.villains
D.saviors
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（23）Who is NOT the major character in To the Lighthouse?
A.Mrs. Ramsay
B.Mr.Ramsay
C.David
D.James
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（24）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
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（25）"Two roads diverged in a yellow wood And sorry I could not travel both …"In the above two lines of Robert Frost＇s The Road Not Taken, the poet, by implication, was referring to _______.
A.a travel experience
B.a marriage decision
C.a middle-age crisis
D.one＇s course of life
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（26）The term tone in literature means__________.
A.sound effect such as rhyme and metrical device
B.the pitch of a word used to determine its meaning in the given context
C.the manner of expression to indicate the speaker＇s attitude towards the subject
D.a shade of colour to reflect the change of the light
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（27）The name of the hero in Jane Eyre was___
A.Heathcliff
B.Rochester
C.James
D.David
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（28）Whitman＇s poems are characterized by all the following features EXCEPT ______ .
A.the strict poetic form
B.the free and natural rhythm
C.the easy flow of feelings
D.the simple and conversational language
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（29）After reading the first chapter of Pride and Prejudice, we may come to know that Mrs. Bennet is a woman of _______ .
A.simple character and quick wit
B.simple character and poor understanding
C.intricate character and quick wit
D.intricate character and poor understanding
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（30）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
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（31）How many lines are there in a sonnet?
A.16
B.18
C.14
D.12
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（32）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
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（33）The poem I wandered Lonely as a Cloud was written by ___
A.Dorothy Wordsworth
B.William Wordsworth
C.Coleridge
D.John Keats
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（34）You may have meet the term "Yahoo" on internet, but you may also have met it in English literature .It is found in _____
A.John Bunyan＇s Pilgrim＇s Progress
B.Samuel Johnson＇s The Vanity of Human Wishes
C.Jonathan Swift＇s Gulliver＇s Travels
D.Henry Fielding＇s tom Jones
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（35）Great Gatsby, written by Fitzgerald in 1925, is a story about ______ who was destroyed by the 　　influence of the wealthy, pleasure-seeking people around him.
A.a vagabond
B.an idealist
C.an eccentric
D.an opportunist
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（36）The story of the Scarlet Letter is set in___
A.New York
B.England
C.Boston
D.Salt lake City
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（37）Which of the following is a comedy?
A.King lear
B.Macbeth
C.Hamlet
D.The Merry Wives of Windsor
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（38）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.
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（39）In David Copperfield, little David＇s second father treated him and his mother___
A.badly
B.kindly
C.nicely
D.well
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（40）Which of the following is a tragedy?
A.Antony and Cleopatra
B.Twelfth Night
C.Julius Caesar
D.Much ado about Nothing
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（41）Virginia Woolf was born in___
A.1882
B.1767
C.1678
D.1890
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（42）which of the following is NOT written by Dreiser?
A.Jennie Gerhardt
B.Go down, Moses
C.An American Tragedy
D.Sister Carrie
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（43）Which of the following statements about writers in 1920s 奥鹏期末考核is true?
A.Mark Twain published his last and most important novel.
B.F. Scott Fitzgerald received the Nobel Prize.
C.Freudian psychology influenced many modern writers.
D.Most writers were politically radical.
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（44）What kind of girl is Dora? _________________
A.pretty and clever
B.pretty and empty-headed
C.plain-looking and understanding
D.lovely and clever
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（45）After reading the first chapter of Pride and Prejudice, we may come to know that Mrs. Bennet is a woman of _________________.
A.simple character and quick wit
B.simple character and poor understanding
C.intricate character and quick wit
D.intricate character and poor understanding
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（46）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 pray”
C.“Earth has not anything to show more fair”
D.“Beauty is truth, truth beauty”
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（47）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.
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（48）"Not on thy sole but on thy soul, harsh Jew,/Thou mak'st thy knife keen." In the above quotation taken form The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare employs a（n）_________________ .
A.oxymoron
B.pun
C.simile
D.synecdoche
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（49）“For a week after the commission of the impious and profane offence of asking for more, Oliver remained a close prisoner in the dark and solitary room …”(Dickens, Oliver Twist) What did Oliver ask for? _________________
A.More time to play
B.More food to eat
C.More book to read
D.More money to spend
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（50）In Hardy＇s Wessex novels, there is an apparent _________________ touch in his description of the simple and beautiful though primitive rural life.
A.humorous
B.romantic
C.nostalgic
D.sarcastic
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（51）In "After Apple- Picking," Robert Frost wrote: "For I have had too much / Of apple -picking: 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
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（52）G.B.Shaw's play Mrs.Warren's Profession is a realistic exposure of the _________________ in the English society.
A.slum landlordism
B.inequality between men and women
C.political corruption
D.economic exploitation of women
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（53）Crusoe is the hero in The life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Grusoe, of York, Mariner (also known as Robinson Crusoe)by_________________
A.Jonathan Swift
B.Daniel Defoe
C.George Eliot
D.D.H.Lawrence
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（54）Who exerts the single most important influence on literary naturalism, of which Theodore Dreiser and Jack London are among the best representative writers?
A.Freud
B.Darwin
C.Howells
D.Emerson
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（55）He was afraid of her -the small, severe woman with greying hair suddenly bursting out in such frenzy. The postman came running back, afraid something had happene[D] /they saw his tripped cap over the short curtains. Mrs Morel rushes to the door. The above passage id taken from _________________.
A.CharlotteBronte’sTheProfessor
B.CharlesDickens’sDomebeyandSon
C.D.H.Lawrence’sSonsandLovers
D.JohnGalsworthy’sTheForsyteSaga
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（56）The typical feature of Robert Browning's poetry is the _________________
A.bitter satire
B.larger-than-life caricature
C.Latinized diction
D.dramatic monologue
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（57）Mrs. Warren’s Profession is one of George Bernard Shaw’s plays. What is Mrs. Warren’s profession then ? _________________
A.Real estate
B.Prostitution
C.House-keeping
D.Farming
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（58）Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeare's Sonnet 18?
A.ThespeakereulogizesthepowerofNature
B.Thespeakersatirizeshumanvanity
C.Thespeakerpraisesthepowerofartisticcreation
D.Thespeakermeditatesonman'ssalvation
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（59）“Drive my dead thought over the universe Like withered leaves to quicken a new birth.” (Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Ode to the West Wind”) What rhetorical device does the poet use in the quoted lines? _________________
A.Synecdoche
B.Metaphor
C.Simile
D.Onomatopoeia
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判断题：
（1）Hardy is the founder of the "stream of consciousness" school of novel writing.
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（2）George Hurstwood is a friend of Drouet’s who steals a great deal of money from his employer and actually kidnaps Carrie to Canada.
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（3）The preface to the Lyrical Ballads is best read as a statement of Keats’s principles of poetry.
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（4）Fitzgerald’s fictional world is the best embodiment of the spirit of the Jazz age.
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（5）Renaissance had its beginning in Italy in the middle of the fifteenth century.
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（6）Mr. Micawber, the character of David Copperfield, is a rich squire who lives a comfortable life.
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（7）Besides novel writing, Hawthorne is also a very good writer of short stories.
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（8）Shelley's greatest achievement is his four – act poetic drama, "Prometheus Unbound".
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（9）Robert Frost’s poems are New England in their setting, and are characterized by the familiar speaking voice
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（10）The most distinguishing feature of Charles Dickens’s works lies in his character-portrayal.
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（11）In his poetry, Donne frequently applies conceits, i. e. extended metaphors involving dramatic contrasts.
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（12）The most important contribution Byron has made is that he has not only started the modern poetry, the poetry of the growing inner self, but also changed the course of
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（13）Robert Frost’s poems are New England in their setting, and are characterized by the familiar speaking voice.
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（14）American romanticism was in a way derivative; American romantic writing was some of them modeled on English and European works.
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简答题：
（1）Please explain the originate of the Renaissance.
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（2）What's Nathaniel Hawthorne's "black" vision of life and human beings?
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（3）What's the theme of "Jane Eyre"?
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Another theme of the novel is Jane and Rochester's love. Jane Eyre's love view deepen her personality. On the pursuit of happiness, Jane showed unusual pure, simple thoughts and feelings and indomitable courage. Her love is pure, noble.
In the novel, there are two basic melody of Jane's pursuit of life: passion, fantasy, resistance and perseverance ;desire for the happiness and freedom of life and the higher realm of spirit pursuit. The theme of the novel is expressed through the rough life experiences of the orphan girl, success in making an heroin who is courageous and tough.

（4）What is your understanding of the relationship between money and marriage after reading the Pride and Prejudice?
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（5）Why is the story of David Copperfield told from David’s point of view?
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（6）Why is Jane Eyre one of the most popular and important novels of the Victorian Age?
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名词解释：
（1）Romanticism
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（2）The Jazz Age
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“Jazz age”: in the words of Malcolm Cowley, it is “not so much a historical period as a legend of glitter, of recklessness, and of talents in such a profusion that it was sown broadcast like wild oats.” It was a legend of “America’s adolescence before pain set in.” Fitzgerald became “the angel of the twenties” and his writings those of a man inside that legendary period.

（3）Bloomsbury
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（4）Satire
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（5）Stream of Consciousness
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（6）Naturalism
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（7）realism
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