2015模拟题2.docx

I. Choose the best answers to complete the statements. (30%)1. Literature in Anglo-Saxon period falls into two divisions -- __________ and __________.A. pagan and ChristianB. pagan and RomanC. English and FrenchD. realistic and romantic2. The greatest epic in Elizabethan age is _____________, which was written by Edmund Spenser.A.Piers the PlowmanB.The Fairy QueenC. A Modest ProposalD. Utopia3. The keynote of Renaissance is humanism; the essence of humanism is to _____________. A. restore a medieval reverence for the church B. overthrow the rule of the capitalist class C. emphasizeand eulogize human qualities D. explore the next world in which men could live after death4. The greatest poet in the second half of the nineteenth century is __________, who, adhering to the ideas of humanism, created in his poems a gallery of inspired painters, musicians and scientist.A. Robert BrowningB. Charles Algernon SwinburneC. Charles LambD. Alexander Pope5. Which of the following events happened in 1066? _________A. Norman ConquestB. Glorious RevolutionC. death of King ArthurD. birth of Shakespeare6. English Romanticism is generally said to have begun in 1798 with the publication of _________’s Lyrical Ballads.A. Wordsworth?and?SoutheyB. Coleridge?and?SoutheyC. Wordsworth?and?ColeridgeD. Southey?and?Blake7. The Song of Beowulf can be justly called the English national _______.A. novelB. balladC. romanceD. epic8.“Metaphysical poetry” refers to the poems marked by bold and ingenious conceits, incongruous imagery and frequent use of paradox, which were mostly influenced by ________.A. Alfred TennysonB. Robert BrowningC. John DonneD. Francis Bacon9. __________ is NOT written by Charles Dickens.A. Pickwick PapersB. Great ExpectationsC. IvanhoeD. A Tale of Two Cities10. “All is not lost: the unconquerable will,And study of revenge, immortal hate,And courage never to submit or yield:And what is else not to be overcome?”The above quote is from a famous epic in the 17th century, ____