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英美文学选读期末样题二 2006——2007学年第一学期《英美文学选读》期末试题B 考试课程：英美文学选读 考核类型：B 卷 考试方式：闭卷 出卷教师: 公共课部 考试专业：公共英语 考试班级：英语平行班 I.Multiple choice (30 points, 1 point for each) select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. 1.___C__，a typical example of old English poetry ,is regarded today as the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons. A.The Canterbury Tales（坎特伯雷故事集） B.The Ballad of Robin Hood（罗宾之歌） C.The Song of Beowulf（贝奥武夫之歌） D.Sir Gawain and the Green Kinght（高文爵士与绿骑士） 2.__C___is the most common foot in English poetry. A.The anapest（抑抑扬格） B.The trochee（扬抑格） C.The iamb（抑扬格） D.The dactyl（扬抑抑格） 3.The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events, which one of the following is NOT such an event __B___ A.The rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture. B.England’s domestic rest C.New discovery in geography and astrology D.The religious reformation and the economic expansion 4.__A___is the most successful religious allegory in the English language. A.The Pilgrims Progress（天路历程） B.Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners（罪犯受恩记） C.The Life and Death of Mr.Badman（拜德门先生生死录） D.The Holy War 5.Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries, its essence is __D___. A.science B.philosophy C.arts D.humanism 6.“So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,/So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”(Shakespeare, Sonnets18)What does“this”refer to __D__ A.Lover. B.Time. C.Summer. D.Poetry. 7.“O prince, O chief of my throned powers, /That led th’ embattled seraphim to war/Under thy conduct, and in dreadful deeds/Fearless, endangered Heaven’s perpetual king”In the third line of the above passage quoted from Milton’s Paradise Lost, the phrase“thy conduct”refers to __B___conduct. A.God’s B.Satan’s C.Adam’s D.Eve’s 8. It is generally regarded that Keats’s most important and mature poems are in the form of __B____. A.elegy（挽歌） B.ode（颂歌） C.epic（史诗） D.sonnet 9.“Shall I comp