年月英美文学选读试卷及答案.doc

2006年4月英美文学选读试卷 I. Multiple choice (40 points in all, 1 for each) Select from the four choke, of each item the one that best I. Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, and writing a (n) ________ man. The sentence is quoted from Bacon s Of Studies. A intelligent B. exact C. thrifty D. eloquent 2. Though John Donne s poems were not well accepted in his life time, the early 2Oth century saw a renewed interest in him and ether poets. A. sentimental B. rational C. metaphysical D. neoclassical 3. in of Gulliver s Travels, Jonathan Swift satirizes the western civilization including false illusions about science, philosophy, history and even immortality. A. the flint voyage to Lilliput B. the second voyage to Brobdingnag C. the third voyage to the Flying Island D. the fourth voyage to Houyhnhnm land 4. As a realist dramatist, George Bernard Shaw is contented with social, economic, moral and religious problems in his works. The general mood he expresed in his plays is A. indignation B. satisfaction C. optimism D. pessimism 5. Christian, Faithful and Pliable are. the literary figures in _________. A. Daniel Defoes Moll Flanders B. John Bunyans The Pilgrim s Progress C. Richard Brinsley Sheridans The School for Scandal D. Jonathan Swift s Gulliver s Travels 6. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty. all that wealth eer gave, Awaits alike the inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave. This stanza is quoted from _________ A. John Miltons Paradise Lost B. Edmund Spensers The Faerie Queene C. Thomas Grays Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard D. John Keats s Ode on a Grecian Urn 7. In Thomas Hardys works, the conflict between the old and the modem is very pervasive. ills attitude toward those, traditional characters is A. contempt B. sympathetic C. indifferent D. interested 8. Do you think, because I am poor. obscure, pla