刘炳善《英国文学简史》(第3版)模拟试题及详解(二)
I.Fill in the blanks
1.Two English poets,_____and_____published a book of poems Lyrical Ballads.【答案】William Wordsworth;Samuel Taylor Coleridge
【解析】1798年,华兹华斯和柯勒律治联合出版了《抒情歌谣集》,标志着英国浪漫主义的诞生。
2.Samson Agonistes was written by_____.
【答案】John Milton
【解析】《力士参孙》是英国作家John Milton的一部悲剧。
3.Of the four novels that Charlotte Brontëwrote,_____has achieved lasting fame.【答案】Jane Eyre
【解析】在夏洛特·勃朗特所写的四部小说中,《简·爱》获得了持久的名声。
4.Through the military life experience of Guy,and disillusionment of his dream of elimination of the evils through just wars,Evelyn Waugh explores in his work, _____,the nature of war.
【答案】Unconditional Surrender
【解析】伊夫林·沃在小说《无条件投降》(Unconditional Surrender)写到,盖伊希望通过战争消除罪恶的梦想最终破灭,从而以此来探索自己对战争本质的认识。
5.The famous English critic Mathew Arnold called the18th century in Britain“an age of prose”.In this period,no novelists were as popular and well known as _____.
【答案】Daniel Defoe
【解析】18世纪是英国小说兴起的时代,这一时期最著名的小说家是丹尼尔·笛福,他的代表作是《鲁滨逊漂流记》。
steele6.The English Renaissance is a period during which_____introduced the Petrarchan sonnet into England.
【答案】Thomas Wyatt
【解析】在英国文艺复兴时期,Thomas Wyatt把彼得拉克式十四行诗引入英国。
7.Tess is seduced by a squire named Alec before she marries the clergyman’s son named_____.
【答案】Angel Clare
【解析】《德伯家的苔丝》中苔丝在未嫁给安吉尔·克莱尔之前被埃里克诱奸,产下一子,幼儿不久便夭折。
8.“Wherefore,Bees of England,forge/Many a weapon,chain,and scourge,/That these stingless drones may spoil/The forced produce of your toil?”
In the above quotation taken from Shelley’s poem“A Song:Men of England”,
what does the word“bees”refer to?
A.ruling class in human society
B.the laboring people in England
C.English youth
D.wives of the workers in England
【答案】B
【解析】“英格兰的工蜂”指的是广大劳动人民。该段诗歌的译文为:凭什么,英格兰的工蜂,要制作/那么多的武器,锁链和刑具,/使不能自卫的寄生雄蜂竟能掠夺/用你们强制劳动创造的财富?
9.After the_____Conquest,feudal system was established in English society.
【答案】Norman
【解析】诺曼征服后英国封建主义制度建立。
10.In The Canterbury Tales,from the character of_____,we may see a very vivid
sketch of a woman of the middle class,and a colorful picture of the domestic life of that class in Chaucer’s own day.
【答案】the Wife of Bath
【解析】《坎特伯雷故事集》中,乔叟通过对来自中产阶级的巴斯夫人的生动细腻的描写,展示了当时中产阶级多彩的生活画卷。
II.Multiple Choice
1.Joseph Addison and Sir Richard Steele are famous English essayists.They developed a new type of English writing,periodic essays.They often publish their writings in a journal which is called_____.
A.The Guardian
B.The Atlantic
C.New Yorker
D.The Spectator
【答案】D
【解析】约瑟夫·艾迪生和他的好朋友理查德·斯蒂尔是18世纪初期英国两位著名的办期刊的散文家,他们共同创办了两份著名的杂志:The Tatler(《闲谈者》)和The Spectator (《旁观者》)。The Guardian(《卫报》)是英国的全国性综合内容日报,创刊于1959年,因总部设于曼彻斯特而称为《曼彻斯特卫报》。The Atlantic(《大西洋月刊》)和New Yorker(《纽约客》)都是美国很有影响的报刊。
2.All the following novels are written by the Bronte sisters except_____.
A.Jane Eyre
B.Wuthering Heights
C.Emma
D.Professor
【答案】C
【解析】Emma(《爱玛》)是Jane Austen(简·奥斯汀)的作品,Jane Eyre(《简爱》)和Professor(《教授》)都是Charlotte Bronte(夏洛蒂·勃朗特)的作品,Wuthering
Heights(《呼啸山庄》)是Emily Bronte(艾米丽·勃朗特)的作品。
3.In1066,_____,with his Norman army,succeeded in invading and defeating England.
A.William the Conqueror
B.Julius Caesar
C.Alfred the Great
D.Claudius
【答案】A
【解析】1066年征服者威廉率领他的诺曼底军队打败英军成为英伦三岛的统治者。
4.“Liberty,Fraternity and Equality”were first uttered in the book_____.
A.The Shepherd’s Calendar
B.Utopia
C.The Rights of Man
D.The Declaration of Independence
【答案】B
【解析】“乌托邦”是人类思想意识中最美好的社会:美好、人人平等、没有压迫、就像世外桃源。
5._____founded a new school of poetry by the name of metaphysical school.
A.John Smith
B.John Bunyan
C.John Milton
D.John Donne
【答案】D
【解析】John Donne是17世纪玄学派诗人的重要代表人物,Ben Johnson是与莎翁同时代的剧作家,John Milton,John Bunyan虽都是17世纪著名作家,但作品风格与玄学派大相径庭。
6.The lines“At once a voice arose among/The bleak twigs overhead/In a full-hearted evensong/of joy illimited”are depicting_____.
A.thrush
B.nightingale
D.lark
【答案】A
【解析】题目中所选的是Thomas Hardy(托马斯·哈代)的The Darkling Thrush(《暗夜里的画眉》)中的几行诗。节译如下:霎时间一个声音,/从头顶稀疏的枝条间响起/衷心的晚祷,/充满无边的欢乐。
7.“History of the French Revolution”is written by_____.
A.John Ruskin
B.Charles Dickens

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