吴伟仁《英国文学史及选读》模拟试题及详解（二）I. Fill in the blanks1. The English Renaissance is a period during which ______ introduced the Petrarchan sonnet into England.【答案】Thomas Wyatt【解析】在英国文艺复兴时期，Thomas Wyatt把彼得拉克式十四行诗引入英国。
2. T ess is seduced by a squire named Alec before she marries the clergyman’s son named ______.【答案】Angel Clare【解析】《德伯家的苔丝》中苔丝在未嫁给安吉尔·克莱尔之前被埃里克诱奸，产下一子，幼儿不久便夭折。
3. After the ________ Conquest, feudal system was established in English society. 【答案】Norman【解析】诺曼征服后英国封建主义制度建立。
4. In The Canterbury T ales, from the character of ________, we may see a very vivid sketch of a woman of the middle class, and a colorful picture of the domestic life of that class in Chaucer’s own day.【答案】the Wife of Bath【解析】《坎特伯雷故事集》中，乔叟通过对来自中产阶级的巴斯夫人的生动细腻的描写，展示了当时中产阶级多彩的生活画卷。
5. “Wherefore, Bees of England, forge/Many a weapon, chain, and scou rge, /That these stingless drones may spoil/The forced produce of your toil?”In the above quotation taken from Shelley’s poem “A Song: Men of England”, what does the word “bees” refer to?A. ruling class in human societyB. the laboring people in EnglandC. English youthD. wives of the workers in England【答案】B【解析】“英格兰的工蜂”指的是广大劳动人民。
该段诗歌的译文为：凭什么，英格兰的工蜂，要制作/ 那么多的武器，锁链和刑具，/ 使不能自卫的寄生雄蜂竟能掠夺/ 用你们强制劳动创造的财富？II. Multiple Choice1. The lines “At once a voice arose among/The bleak twigs overhead/In a full-hearted evensong/of joy illimited” are depicting ______.A. thrushB. nightingaleC. reaperD. lark【答案】A【解析】题目中所选的是Thomas Hardy（托马斯·哈代）的The Darkling Thrush（《暗夜里的画眉》）中的几行诗。
节译如下：霎时间一个声音，/从头顶稀疏的枝条间响起/衷心的晚祷，/充满无边的欢乐。
2. “History of the French Revolution” is written by ______.A. John RuskinB. Charles DickensC. William Makepeace ThackerayD. Thomas Carlyle【答案】D【解析】《法国革命史》（History of the French Revolution）是英国十九世纪散文家托马斯·卡莱尔（Thomas Carlyle）的代表作，奠定了卡莱尔伟大作家的文学地位。
3. Oscar Wilde’s first play, ______, opened in Februar y 1892.A. A Woman of No ImportanceB. The Importance of Being EarnestC. An ideal Husbanddy Windermere’s Fan【答案】D【解析】《温德梅尔夫人的扇子》（Lady Windermere’s Fan）是奥斯卡·瓦尔德的第一部戏剧，于1892年2月上演。
4. Rudyard Kipling was the spokesman for imperialist sentiment. Which one is NOT his work?A. DublinersB. The Jungle BookC. The Second Jungle BookD. Plain Tales from the Hills【答案】A【解析】Dubliners是James Joyce的作品。
5. The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems is written by _______A. William MorrisB. John RuskinC. Edward Burne JonesD. Dante Gabriel Rossetti【答案】A【解析】《格内维尔之辩护及其他诗歌》（The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems）是十九世纪英国作家威廉·莫里斯（William Morris）的代表作。
III. Explain the following term1. Sonnet【答案】Sonnet: （1）A lyric poem consisting of a single stanza of fourteen iambic pentameter lines linked by an intricate rhyme scheme. （2）There are two major patterns of rhyme in sonnets written in the English language: ①The Italian or Petrarchan sonnet （named after the fourteenth century Italian poet Petrarch）falls into two main parts: an octave （eight lines）rhyming abbaabba followed by a sestet （six lines）rhyming cdecde or some variant, such as cdccdc. ②Shakespearean sonnet. This sonnet falls into three quatrains and a concluding couplet: abab cdcd efef gg. There was one notable variant, the Spenserian sonnet, in which Edmund Spenser linked each quatrain to the next by a continuing rhyme: abab bcbc cdcd ee.2. Allegory【答案】Allegory：Allegory is a work of art in which a deeper meaning underlies the superficial or literal meaning or the representation of one meaning by another in this way. It is often referred to a work of fiction in which the author intends characters and their actions to be understood in terms other than their surface appearances and meanings, and the implied or extended meanings involve moral or spiritual concepts more significant than the actual narrative itself. John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress and Dante’s The Divine Comedy are typical allegories.IV. Read the following quotations and answer the questionsPassage 1“Then he was sent to Christ’s College, Cambridge, where he acquired a good knowledge of Latin. He was frequently chosen to deliver speeches before the students, in which he strongly condemned the subjects and methods of study at the colle ge, the result of all which was “to make you a more finished fool”. After leaving Cambridge he retired to his father’s country house at Horton, and devoted himself for six years to private study, roaming over the wide fields of classical, Hebrew, Italian and English literatures, and studying science, theology and music.A. Who is the “he” that is mentioned above?【答案】John MiltonB. What is his masterpiece?【答案】His masterpiece is Paradise Lost, a long epic divided into 12 books and written in blank verse. The original story is taken from the Old Testament of the Bible.（回答此题需对弥尔顿的生平有一定了解，此外在作答时应把《失乐园》简单介绍一下。