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北语17秋《英美文学选读》作业1 一、单选题

1、B 2、B 3、B 4、C 5、A

一、单选题（共 20 道试题，共 100 分。）V 1. The poem I wandered Lonely as a Cloud was written by ___ A. Dorothy Wordsworth B. William Wordsworth C. Coleridge D. John Keats 正确答案：B

2. Charles Dickens takes the French Revolution as the background of his novel ______.

A. Great Expectations B. A Tale of Two Cities C. Bleak House D. Oliver Twist 正确答案：B

3. Which of the following is NOT written by Defoe? A. Captain Singleton B. Sailor

C. Moll Flanders D. Rubinson Crusoe 正确答案：B 4. In Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennet finds out some weak points about herself in the process of judging others. Which of the following is NOT a weak point of hers? A. Blindness B. Partiality C. Snobbishness D. Prejudice. 正确答案：C

5. \ Which is as dear to me as life itself; But life itself, my wife, and all the world, Are not with me esteem＇d above thy life; I would lose all, ay, sacrifice them all, Here to the devil, to deliver you. Portia: Your wife would give you little thanks for that, If she were by to hear you make the offer.\ The above is a quotation taken from Shakespeare＇s comedy The Merchant of Venice. The quoted part can be regarded as a good example to illustrate___ A. dramatic irony B. personification C. allegory D. symbolism

正确答案：A

6. How many periods are divided into in the creation years of Shakespeare?

A. three B. four C. two D. five

正确答案：A

7. In Shakespeare＇s Merchant of Venice, Antonio could not pay back the money he borrowed from Shylock, because ______.

A. his money was all invested in the newly-emerging textile industry B. his enterprise went bankrupt

C. Bassanio was able to pay his own debt D. his ships had all been lost 正确答案：D

8. William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all the following EXCEPT A. the use of everyday language spoken by the common people

B. the expression of the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings C. the use of humble and rustic life as subject matter

D. the use of elegant wording and inflated figures of speech 正确答案：D

9. The excerpt The Other Side of the Island was chosen from Chapter___ in Rubinson Crusoe. A. Ⅸ B. Ⅺ C. Ⅹ D. Ⅷ

正确答案：A

10. Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeare＇s Sonnet 18?

A. The speaker eulogizes the power of Nature B. The speaker satirizes human vanity

C. The speaker praises the power of artistic creation D. The speaker meditates on man＇s salvation. 正确答案：C

11. The essence of humanism is to ______. A. restore a medieval reverence for the church B. avoid the circumstances of earthly life

C. explore the next world in which men could live after death D. emphasize human qualities 正确答案：D

12. It is generally regarded that Keats＇s most important and mature poems are in the form of _______ . A. ode B. elegy C. epic D. sonnet

正确答案：A

13. Which of the following is a comedy? A. King lear B. Macbeth C. Hamlet

D. The Merry Wives of Windsor 正确答案：D

14. The term tone in literature means__________. A. sound effect such as rhyme and metrical device

B. the pitch of a word used to determine its meaning in the given context

C. the manner of expression to indicate the speaker＇s attitude towards the subject D. a shade of colour to reflect the change of the light 正确答案：C

15. Defoe＇s Robinson Crusoe created the image of an enterprising Englishman, typical of the English bourgeoisie in the ______ century. A. 17th B. 18th C. 19th D. 20th

正确答案：B

16. All the following poets belong to lake poets EXCEPT A. Wordsworth B. Coleridge

C. Robert Southey D. Shelley

正确答案：D

17. \and heartless?…And if God had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you.\above quoted p

A. Pride and Prejudice B. Jane Eyre

C. Wuthering Heights D. Great Expectations 正确答案：B

18. In English poetry the _______ is regarded as the most common foot. A. iamb B. anapest C. trochee D. dactyl

正确答案：A

19. The poem Ode to a Nightingale was written by___ A. William Wordsworth B. John Keats