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一、单项选择题（共20题,共100分） 1.In the Norman conquest of England, the Germanic tribes from the Northern Europe brought with them not only the ________ language, the basis of Modern English, but also a specific poetic tradition.A. Mediterranean B. ChristianC. Anglo-Saxon D. Roman 2.In which of the following works can you find the proper names “Lilliput,” “Brobdingnag,” “Houyhnhnm,” and “Yahoo”?A. James Joyce’s Ulysses.B. Charles Dickens’s Bleak House.C. Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels.D. D. H. Lawrence’s Women in love. 3.The most important representative work by Jonathan Swift is _______.A. a Tale of a Tub B. the Battle of the BooksC. A Modest ProposalD. Gulliver’s Travels 4.William Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies are: Hamlet, _______, King Lear, and _______.A. Romeo and Juliet/OthelloB. Othello/MacbethC. The Tempest/MacbethD. The Merchant of Venice/Romeo and Juliet 5.Crusoe is the hero in Robinson Crusoe by _______.A. Jonathan Swift B. Daniel DefoeC. George Eliot D. D. H. Lawrence 6._______ is the typical feature of Swift’s writing.A. Elegant styleB. Casual narrationC. Bitter satireD. Complicated sentence structure 7.Geoffrey Chaucer’s reputation has been securely established as one of the best English ________ for his wisdom, humor, and humanity.A. novelists B. dramatistsC. poets D. A and B 8.“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” this is the beginning line of one of Shakespeare’s _______. A. songs B. sonnetsC. plays D. comedies 9.The eighteenth-century England is known as the Age of _______.A. RomanticismB. ClassicismC. RenaissanceD. Enlightenment 10.Daniel Defoe describes _______ as a typical English middle-class man of the 18th century, the very prototype of the empire builder or the pioneer colonist.A. Robinson CrusoeB. Moll FlandersC. GulliverD. Tom Jones 11.One of the major results of the reformation in England was the fact that the ________ in English was placed in every church and services were he