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         Chapter One (一般掌握)

  Chapter Two English Literature of the Late Medieval Ages

  I.可出选择题有:

  (   ) 1. Apart from original poems, Chaucer translated various works of French authors, among them is the famous __________________

  A. The Canterbury Tales

  B. The Romance of the Rose

  C. The Parliament of Fowls1

  D. The House of Fame

  (   ) 2. Generally speaking, Chaucer's works fall into three main groups corresponding roughly to the three periods of his adult life, which period is wrong?

  A. The period of French influence

  B. The period of Italian influence

  C. The period of his maturity2

  D. The period of American influence

  (   )  3. Which of the following information about Chaucer is wrong?

  A. He died on the 25th of October 1400, he was the first to be buried in the writer's corner of Westminster Abby

  B. He was considered as “father of English Poetry”

  C. He was one of the narrative3 poets of England

  D. His masterpiece is The Canterbury Tales

  (   )  4. Of the following, the one which employs the form of romance is____.

  A. Amoretti      B. Venus and Adonis

  C. The Tempest   D. Sir Gawain and Green Knight4

  (   )  5. The characters in the Canterbury Tales can be divided into the following groups except_____.

  A. rural dwellers   B. church members   C. tradesman   D. nobles

  (   )  6. Piers5 the Plowman is similar in form to the work written by

  A. Chaucer   B. Shakespeare   C. Marlowe   D. Bunyan

  Chapter Three English Literature in the Renaissance6

  I.可出选择题有:

  (   )  1. English Renaissance Period was an age of ______________

  A. prose and novel

  B. poetry and drama

  C. essays and journals

  D. ballads7 and songs

  (   )  2. “Romeo, Romeo, Wherefore art thou Romeo?” is one of the most famous lines from Romeo and Juliet. Which of the following comments on the line is NOT true?

  A. Juliet speaks the line in the balcony scene.

  B. She is unaware8 of Romeo's presence.

  C. She asks him to deny his family for her love.

  D. A major theme in Romeo and Juliet is the tension between social and family identity and one's inner identity (represented by one's name).

  (   )  3. The Elizabethan literature____________

  A. had a marked unity9 and the feeling of patriotism10 and devotion to the queen.

  B. witnessed a decline of degeneration

  C. expressed age and sadness, even the brightest hours were followed by gloom and pessimism11.

  D. was not romantic.

  (   )  4. One of the following plays takes its subject matter from Chinese history

  A. Henry IV   B. Macbeth   C. Tamburlaine   D. Alchemist

  (   )  5. Dr Faustus sells his soul to the devil because he_________.

  A. is faced by Mephistopheles

  B. wants to gain more money

  C. wants to live an extravagant12 life

  D.     wants to know more about the world

  (   )  6. Shakespeare is a poet , playwright13 and ______.

  A. critic   B. novelist   C. an actor   D. both b and c

  (   )  7. Of the following, the one which employs the form of romance is____.

  A. Amoretti      B. Venus and Adonis

  C. The Tempest   D. Sir Gawain and Green Knight

  (   )  8. The difference of Surrey's contribution to English poetry from that of Wyatt lies in that Surrey________.

  A. wrote the first English sonnet14

  B. introduce the couplet into England

  C. wrote the first English blank verse

  D. made the sonnet popular

  (   )  9. The one who first made blank verse the principal instrument of English drama is

  A. Surrey   B. Marlowe   C. Shakespeare   D. Jonson

  (   )  10. The recurrent theme of Marlowe' s play is the praise of ____.

  A. capitalism   B. feudalism   C. individualism   D. nationalism

  II.可出填空题有:

  1. Rough winds do shake the _______________of May,

  And _____________has all too short a date.

  2. Sometimes too hot the ______________shines, and often is his __________dimmed.

  3. Shakespeare produced __________plays and ____________sonnet.

  4. ___________is praised by Marx as “the progenitor15 of English Materialism”.

  III.可出简答题有:

  Analyze16 Shakespeare's four periods of career concisely17.

 


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1 fowls 4f8db97816f2d0cad386a79bb5c17ea4     
鸟( fowl的名词复数 ); 禽肉; 既不是这; 非驴非马
参考例句:
  • A great number of water fowls dwell on the island. 许多水鸟在岛上栖息。
  • We keep a few fowls and some goats. 我们养了几只鸡和一些山羊。
2 maturity 47nzh     
n.成熟;完成;(支票、债券等)到期
参考例句:
  • These plants ought to reach maturity after five years.这些植物五年后就该长成了。
  • This is the period at which the body attains maturity.这是身体发育成熟的时期。
3 narrative CFmxS     
n.叙述,故事;adj.叙事的,故事体的
参考例句:
  • He was a writer of great narrative power.他是一位颇有记述能力的作家。
  • Neither author was very strong on narrative.两个作者都不是很善于讲故事。
4 knight W2Hxk     
n.骑士,武士;爵士
参考例句:
  • He was made an honourary knight.他被授予荣誉爵士称号。
  • A knight rode on his richly caparisoned steed.一个骑士骑在装饰华丽的马上。
5 piers 97df53049c0dee20e54484371e5e225c     
n.水上平台( pier的名词复数 );(常设有娱乐场所的)突堤;柱子;墙墩
参考例句:
  • Most road bridges have piers rising out of the vally. 很多公路桥的桥墩是从河谷里建造起来的。 来自辞典例句
  • At these piers coasters and landing-craft would be able to discharge at all states of tide. 沿岸航行的海船和登陆艇,不论潮汐如何涨落,都能在这种码头上卸载。 来自辞典例句
6 renaissance PBdzl     
n.复活,复兴,文艺复兴
参考例句:
  • The Renaissance was an epoch of unparalleled cultural achievement.文艺复兴是一个文化上取得空前成就的时代。
  • The theme of the conference is renaissance Europe.大会的主题是文艺复兴时期的欧洲。
7 ballads 95577d817acb2df7c85c48b13aa69676     
民歌,民谣,特别指叙述故事的歌( ballad的名词复数 ); 讴
参考例句:
  • She belted out ballads and hillbilly songs one after another all evening. 她整晚一个接一个地大唱民谣和乡村小调。
  • She taught him to read and even to sing two or three little ballads,accompanying him on her old piano. 她教他读书,还教他唱两三首民谣,弹着她的旧钢琴为他伴奏。
8 unaware Pl6w0     
a.不知道的,未意识到的
参考例句:
  • They were unaware that war was near. 他们不知道战争即将爆发。
  • I was unaware of the man's presence. 我没有察觉到那人在场。
9 unity 4kQwT     
n.团结,联合,统一;和睦,协调
参考例句:
  • When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结,并非一团和气。
  • We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前,我们必须加强团结。
10 patriotism 63lzt     
n.爱国精神,爱国心,爱国主义
参考例句:
  • His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
  • They obtained money under the false pretenses of patriotism.他们以虚伪的爱国主义为借口获得金钱。
11 pessimism r3XzM     
n.悲观者,悲观主义者,厌世者
参考例句:
  • He displayed his usual pessimism.他流露出惯有的悲观。
  • There is the note of pessimism in his writings.他的著作带有悲观色彩。
12 extravagant M7zya     
adj.奢侈的;过分的;(言行等)放肆的
参考例句:
  • They tried to please him with fulsome compliments and extravagant gifts.他们想用溢美之词和奢华的礼品来取悦他。
  • He is extravagant in behaviour.他行为放肆。
13 playwright 8Ouxo     
n.剧作家,编写剧本的人
参考例句:
  • Gwyn Thomas was a famous playwright.格温·托马斯是著名的剧作家。
  • The playwright was slaughtered by the press.这位剧作家受到新闻界的无情批判。
14 sonnet Lw9wD     
n.十四行诗
参考例句:
  • The composer set a sonnet to music.作曲家为一首十四行诗谱了曲。
  • He wrote a sonnet to his beloved.他写了一首十四行诗,献给他心爱的人。
15 progenitor 2iiyD     
n.祖先,先驱
参考例句:
  • He was also a progenitor of seven presidents of Nicaragua.他也是尼加拉瓜7任总统的祖先。
  • Schoenberg was a progenitor of modern music.勋伯格是一位现代音乐的先驱。
16 analyze RwUzm     
vt.分析,解析 (=analyse)
参考例句:
  • We should analyze the cause and effect of this event.我们应该分析这场事变的因果。
  • The teacher tried to analyze the cause of our failure.老师设法分析我们失败的原因。
17 concisely Jvwzw5     
adv.简明地
参考例句:
  • These equations are written more concisely as a single columnmatrix equation. 这些方程以单列矩阵方程表示会更简单。 来自辞典例句
  • The fiber morphology can be concisely summarized. 可以对棉纤维的形态结构进行扼要地归纳。 来自辞典例句

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