《英美文学选读》英美文学选读仿真题及答案解析.docVIP

英美文学选读仿真试题 I. Multiple Choice (40 points,1 point for each) Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement.Mark your choice by blackening the corresponding letter A,B,C or D on the answer sheet.1. The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events，which one of the following is NOT such an event? 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. 2. _________ is the successful religious allegory in the English language. A. The Pilgrim’s Progress B. Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners C. The Life and Death of Mr. Badman D. The Holy War 3. Among the representatives of the Enlightenment，who was the first to introduce rationalism to England? A. John Bunyan B. Daniel Defoe C. Alexander Pope D. Jonathan Swift 4. Of all the eighteenth-century novelists，who was the first to set out，both in theory and practice，to write specially a “comic epic in prose”， the first to give the modern novel its structure and style ? A. Thomas Gray B. Richard Brinsley Sheridan C. Johathan Swift D. Henry Fielding 5. Generally，the Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries，its essence is _________ 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，Sonnets 18) What does “this” refer to? A. Lover B. Time C. Summer D. Poetry 7. The giant Moby Dick may symbolize all EXCEPT _________. A. mystery of the universe B. sin of the whale C. power of the Great Nature D. evil of the world 8. It is _________ alone who，for the first time in English literature，presented to us a comprehensive realistic picture of the English society of his time and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from ail walks of li