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英国文学期末考试试题（广东外语外贸大学）Instructions：Thisexaminationconsistsof5parts，andthetotaltimefortheexaminationis2hours.AlltheanswersshouldbeenteredontotheAnswerSheet.PartI：MultipleChoices（10%）Choosethebestanswertothefollowingsentences.1.WhichofthefollowingisNOTafeatureofBeowulf？A.AlliterationB.Anglo-Saxons’earlylifeinEnglandC.GermaniclanguageD.ThenationalepicofAnglo-Saxonpeople2.EnglishRenaissancePeriodwasanageof.A.proseandnovelB.poetryanddramaC.essaysandjournalsD.balladsandsongs3.Themainliteraryformoftheearly17thcenturywaspoetry.JohnMiltonwasacknowledgedasthegreatest.Besideshim，thereweretwogroupsofpoets.TheyweretheCavalierpoetsand.A.thelakepoetsB.theuniversitywitsC.theMetaphysicalpoetsD.theRomanticpoets4.Pamelaiswidelyconsideredtobethefirstnovelandwaswrittenby___________.A.ThomasHardyB.JamesJoyceC.SamuelRichardsonD.HenryFielding5.Thepublicationof，whichwasthejointworkofWilliamWordsworthandSamuelT.Coleridge，markedthebeginningoftheRomanticAgeinEngland.A.DonJuanB.TheRimeoftheAncientMarinerC.LyricalBalladsD.QueenMab6.AmongthemostfamousrealisticnovelistsoftheVictorianageare，W.M.Thackeray，Brontesisters，etc.A.JosephConradB.HenryFieldingC.CharlesDickensD.D.H.Lawrence7.InJamesJoyce’s____________thestory“Eveline”paintsaportraitofayoungwomanfromDublindecidingwhetherornottoleaveherhometown.A.UlyssesB.OrlandoC.DublinersD.APortraitoftheArtistasaYoungMan8.Inthe18thcenturyEngland，satirewasmuchusedinwriting.Literatureofthisageproducedsomeexcellentsatirists，suchasJonathanSwift，HenryFieldingand.WilliamBlakeB.RobertBurnsC.AlexanderPopeD.DanielDefoe9.WilliamWordsworthneverused“gaudyandinanephraseology”becausehefeltthatpoetryshould____________.A.bereadonlybythewell-educatedB.usedifficultvocabularytoexpresscomplicatedemotionsC.usesimplespeechtocommunicatethetruthsofhumanexperienceD.relyonstrangeanduncommonwordstobringpeoplenewexperiences10.VirginiaWoolfisrenownedforadoptingthetechnique，whichdisplaysthesequenceofthoughtsandimpressionsinaperson’smind.A.mind-readingB.third-personnarrationC.stream-of-consciousnessD.feministPartII：GapFilling（10%）CompletethefollowingsentencesandwriteyouranswersontheAnswerSheet.1.GeoffreyChaucer’sworkgivesusapictureoftheconditionofEnglishlifeofhisday，suchasitsworkandplay，itsdeedsanddreams，itsfunandsympathy.2.DuringtheNormanConquest，themostimportantformofliterarycompositionis，therepresentativeofwhichisthelegendofKingArthurandtheroundtableknights.3.EpochofRenaissancewitnessedaparticulardevelopmentofEnglishdrama.ItwasWilliamShakespeareandwhomadeblankversetheprincipalvehicleofexpressionindrama.4.Hamlet，Othello，MacbethandaregenerallyregardedasWilliamShakespeare’sfourgreattragedies.5.EdmundSpenserisgenerallyregardedasthegreatestnondramaticpoetoftheElizabethanAge.Hisfameischieflybasedonhismasterpiece.6.InElizabethanPeriod，wrotemorethan50excellentessays，whichmadehimoneofthebestessayistsinEnglishliterature.7.ThewasaprogressiveintellectualmovementthroughoutwesternEuropeinthe18thcentury.8.Inthelatterpartofthe18thcentury，thereappeared，asareactionagainstReason，___________novelandliteratureofsentimentality.9.ThomasGray’shighlypraisedpoemshowsthepoet’ssympathyforthepoor，andcondemnsthegreatoneswhodespisethepoorandbringsufferingstothecommonpeople.10.TheRomanticmovementinEnglandhadtwosignificantmovementsasitsbackground：theFrenchRevolutionand.11________isperhapsthemosttalentedearlynovelist.Shewroteanumberofbooksconcerningyoung，relativelywealthywomenpursuingmarriage，suchasPrideandPrejudiceandEmma.12.GeorgeByronischieflyknownforhistwolongpoems.OneisChildeHarold’sPilgrimageandtheotheris.13JohnKeatswroteseveralfamous___________，atypeoflyricpoemthatismeditativeandformal.14._________，theeldestofthetwofamousnovelistsisters，wroteJaneEyreinthemiddleofthe19thcentury.15._____________monologuewasfirstsuccessfullyusedinpoetrybyRobertBrowning.16.Oneofthemoststrikingfeaturesofinthe20thcenturyliteratureisanti-past，anti-tradition，anti-novel，anti-hero，etc.17.__________，themanifestoofmodernistpoetryinthe20thcentury，waswrittenbyT.S.Eliot.18.APassagetoIndia，Howard’sEnd，andARoomwithaViewarethreeofthemostfamousnovelsby___________.19.LordJimisoneofthemostfamousnovelsby_________，whowasborninPolandandlearnedEnglishashisthirdlanguage.20.ManandSupermanandPygmalionaretwoofmostfamousplaysby__________.PartIII：DefinitionofTerms（15%）ChooseTHREEoutofthefollowingtermsandexplainthemintwoorthreesentences.Sonnet；Pointofview；Soliloquy；Setting；HeroiccoupletPartIV：Appreciation（40%）ChooseTWOofthefollowingthreeexcerptsandwriteapassageofcomment（about80words）oneachone.Yourcommentshouldcoverthequestionsaftereachexcerpt.Excerpt1：IwanderedlonelyasacloudThatfloatsonhigho’ervalesandhills，WhenallatonceIsawacrowd，Ahost，ofgoldendaffodils；Besidethelake，beneaththetrees，Flutteringanddancinginthebreeze.…Foroft，whenonmycouchIlieInvacantorinpensivemood，TheyflashuponthatinwardeyeWhichistheblissofsolitude；Andthenmyheartwithpleasurefills，Anddanceswiththedaffodils.（WilliamWordsworth，“IWanderedLonelyasaCloud”）Questions：1.Whatisthecentralimageofthispoem？Whatisthepoet’sreactionasrevealedinthepoem？2.