2004 年 4 月英美文学选读试卷及答案PART ONE （40 POINTS） .Multiple Choice (40 points in all, 1 for each) Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Write your correct answer on the answer sheet. 1.“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 taken from _. A. Miltons Paradise Lost B. Marlowes “The Passionate shepherd to His Love” C. Shakespeares “Sonnet 18” D. John Donnes “The Sun Rising” 2.The English Renaissance period was an age of _ . A. poetry and drama B. drama and novel C. novel and poetry D. romance and poetry 3.Here are four lines taken from Edmund Spensers The Faerie Queene: “But on his brest a bloudie Crosse he bore,/The deare remembrance of his dying Lord,/For whose sweete sake that glorious badge he wore,/And dead as living ever him adored.” Who is the “dying Lord” discussed in the above lines? A. Beowulf B. King Arthur C. Jesus Christ D. Jupiter 4.In Shakespeares 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 5. Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeares 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 mans salvation. 6. In English poetry, a four-line stanza is called _. A. heroic couplet B. quatrain C. Spenserian stanza D. terza rima 7. “Let not Ambition mock their useful toil,/Their homely joys, and destiny obscure;/Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile /The short and simple annals of the poor.” The above lines are taken from . A. Alexander Popes Essay on Criticism B. Coleridges “Kubla Khan” C. John Donnes “The Sun Rising” D. Thomas Grays “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” 8. By making the truth-seeking pilgrims suffer at the hands of the people of Vanity Fair, John Bunyan intends to show the prevalent political and religious _of his time. A. persecution B. improvement C. prosperity D. disillusionment 9. The 18th century witnessed a new literary formthe modern English novel, which, contrary to the medieval romance, gives a _ presentation of life of the common people. A. romantic B. realistic C. prophetic D. idealistic 10. As a whole, _is one of the most effective and devastating criticisms and satires of all aspects in the then English and European life socially, politically, religiously, philosophically, scientifically, and morally. A. Moll Flanders B. Gullivers Travels C. Pilgrims Progress D. The School for Scandal 11. An honest, kind-hearted young man, who is full of animal spirit and lacks prudence, is expelled from the paradise and has to go through hard experience to gain knowledge of himself and finally to have been accepted both by a virtuous lady and a rich relative . The above sentence may well sum up the theme of Fieldings work . A. Jonathan Wild the Great B. Tom Jones C. The Coffe-House Politician D. Amelia 12. In Sheridans The School for scandal, the man who wins the hand of his beloved as well as the inheritance of his rich uncle is _ . A. Charles Surface B. Joseph Surface C. Sir Peter Teazle D. Sir Benjamin Backbite 13. Which of the following works best represents the national spirit of the 18th-century England? A. Robinson Crusoe B. Gullivers Travels C. Jonathan Wild the Great D. A Sentimental Journey 14. Shelleys masterpiece, Prometheus Unbound, is a verse drama, which borrows the basic story from _ . A. the Bible B. a German legend C. a Greek play D. One Thousand and One Nights 15. In the first part of the novel Pride and prejudice, Mr. Darcy has a (n) _ of the Bennet family . A. high opinion B. great admiration C. low opinion D. erroneous view 16. In Byrons poem “Song for the Luddites,” the word “Luddite” refers to the _ . A. workers who destroyed the machines in their protest against unemployment B. rising bourgeoisie who fights against the aristocratic class C. descendents of the ancient king ,Lud D. poor country people who suffered under the rule of the landlord class 17. Mr. Micawber in David Copperfield and Sam Well in Pickwick Papers are perhaps the best _ characters created by Charles Dickens. A. comic B.tragic C. round D.sophisticated 18. A typical feature of the English Victorian literature is that writers became social and moral _ , exposing all kinds of social evils. A. revolutionaries B. idealists C. critics D. defenders 19. “Is it not sufficient for your infernal selfishness, that while you are at peace I shall writhe in the torments of hell?”(Heathcliff uttered the sentence in the death scene of Catherine from Chap