刘意青《简明英国文学史》配套题库【考研真题精选＋章节题库】.pdf

模块一　考研真题精选一、填空题1. Bacon has been called the father of _____, for his works established and popularized inductive methodologies for scientific inquiry, often called the Baconian method.（武大2015研） 【答案】modern science查看答案 【解析】培根被称为“现代科学之父”。 2. _____ is co
idered the fi
t great English dramatist and the most important Elizabethan playwright before Shakespeare.（北京邮电大学2016研） 【答案】Christopher Marlowe查看答案 【解析】本题考查克里斯托弗·马洛的相关知识。克里斯托弗·马洛是英国诗人，剧作家，他革新了中世纪的戏剧，在舞台上创造了反映时代精神的巨人性格和“雄伟的诗行”，为莎士比亚的创作铺平了道路。 3. Geoffrey Chaucer’s work The Canterbury Tales gives us a picture of the condition of English life of his day, such as its work and play, its deeds and dreams, its fun and sympathy. _____ contai
the story about the three riote
as narrated by the pardoner and his long moralizings and attempts to sell fake, “relics” to other pilgrims.（大连外国语2010研） 【答案】The Pardoner’s Tale查看答案 【解析】赎罪僧的故事——关于死神降临贪财者身上的劝世寓言故事。为了杀死“死亡”，三个年轻人遇到了一个老人，他说他们会在附近的树下找到他。当他们到达的时候，他们发现了一堆宝藏，决定呆在那里直到天黑，然后在黑暗的掩护下把它带走。出于贪婪，他们互相残杀。 4. Virginia Woolf experimented with the _____ technique in her novel To the _____. （国际关系学院2010研） 【答案】stream of co
ciousness, Lighthouse查看答案 【解析】在小说《到灯塔去》中，伍尔夫大量使用了意识流的创作手法。 5. Doctor Faustus, is a play by Christopher Marlowe, based on the German story Faust, in which a man sells his soul to the devil for _____.（武大2015研） 【答案】knowledge and power查看答案 【解析】浮士德是魔法师和炼金术士，为获得知识和权力，向魔鬼出卖了自己的灵魂。 6. _____ is regarded as the third greatest English poet after Chaucer and Shakespeare, and the greatest in the 17th century.（天津外国语2014研） 【答案】John Milton查看答案 【解析】弥尔顿是继乔叟和莎士比亚之后第三位伟大的英国诗人，也是17世纪英国最杰出的诗人。 7. “Some books are to be tasted, othe
to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested” is found in Francis Bacon’s _____.（北京邮电大学2016研） 【答案】Of Studies查看答案 【解析】本题考查培根作品。论读书是《培根随笔》中的一篇重要的文章，收于《培根随笔》一书中。《培根随笔》是英国随笔文学的开山之作，以其简洁的语言、优美的文笔、透彻的说理、迭出的警句，在世界文学史上占据了非常重要的地位。 8. The Rape of the Lock is a(n) _____ composed by Alexander Pope, which satirizes a minor incident by comparing it to the grand world of the g