(2014）
35. “Grace under pressure” is an outstanding virtue of_____ heroes.
A. Scott Fitzgerald’s B. William Faulkner’s C. Ernest Hemingway’s D. Eugene O'Neill’s 36. Widowers’ House was written by_____.
A. John Galsworthy B. George Bernard Shaw C. William Butler Yeats D. T. S. Eliot 37. Who wrote The Canterbury Tales?
A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. William Shakespeare C. John Donne D. William Blake (2013）
35. Which of the following clusters of words is an example of alliteration?
A. A weak seat. B. Safe and sound. C. Knock and kick. D. Coat and boat. 36. Who wrote Mrs. Warren’s Profession?
A. John Galsworhty. B.William Butler Yeats. C. T.S.Eliot D. George Bernard Shaw. 37. Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser is a(n) . A. novel B. short story C. poem D. autobiography (2012）
35. Who is the author of The Waste Land?
A. George Bernard Shaw B. W. B.Yeats C. Dylan Thomas D. T.S.Eliot 36. Which of the following novelists wrote The Sound and the Fury?
A.William Faulkner B. Ernest Hemingway C. Scott Fitzgerald D. John Steinbeck
37. “The lettuce was lonely without tomatoes and cucumbers for company” is an example of .
A. exaggeration B. understatement C. personification D.synecdoche (2011）
35. Virginia Woolf was an important female in the 20th-century England. A. poet B. biographer C. playwright D. novelist
36. refers to a long narrative poem that records the adventures of a hero in a nation’s
history .
A. Ballad B. Romance C. Epic D. Elegy
37. Which of the following best explores American myth in the 20th century?
A. The Great Gatsby B. The Sun Also Rises
C. The Sound and the Fury D. Beyond the Horizon (2010）
35. is best known for the technique of dramatic monologue in his poems.
A. William Blake B. W. B. Yeats C. Robert Browning D. William Wordsworth 36. The Financier is written by .
A. Mark Twain B. Henry James C. William Faulkner D. Theodore Dreiser 37. In literature a story in verse or prose with a double meaning is defined as .
A. allegory B. sonnet C. blank verse D. rhyme (2009)
35. Ode to the West Wind was written by
A. William Blake. B. William Wordsworth. C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge. D. Percy B. Shelley. 36. Who among the following is a poet of free verse? A. Ralph Waldo Emerson. B. Walt Whitman C. Herman Melville D. Theodore Dreiser 37. The novel Sons and Lovers was written by A. Thomas Hardy B. John Galsworthy C. D. H. Lawrence D. James Joyce (2008)
35. The Canterbury Tales, a collection of stories told by a group of pilgrims on their way to Canterbury is an important poetic work by
A. William Langland B. Geoffrey Chaucer C. William Shakespeare D. Alfred Tennyson 36. Who wrote The American?
A. Herman Melville B. Nathaniel Hawthorne C. Henry James D. Theodore Dreiser
37. Which of the following are well-known female writers in 20th-century Britain Except A. George Eliot B. Iris Jean Murdoch C. Doris Lessing D. Muriel Spark (2007)
35. Which of the following novels was written by Emily Bronte? A. Oliver Twist B. Middlemarch C. Jane Eyre D. Wuthering Heights
36. William Butler Yeats was a(n) poet and playwright. A. American B. Canadian C. Irish D. Australian
37. Death of a Salesman was written by
A. Arthur Miller B. Ernest Hemingway C. Ralph Ellison D. James Baldwin (2006)
35. Which of the following writers is a poet of the 20th century?
A. T.S. Eliot B. D.H. Lawrence C. Theodore Dreiser D. James Joyce 36. The novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is written by ______. A. Scott Fitzgerald B. William Faulkner C. Eugene O’Neill D. Ernest Hemingway
37. ______ is defined as an expression of human emotion which is condensed into 14 lines. A. Free Verse B. Sonnet C. ode D. Epigram (2005)
35. The novel Emma is written by _______ .
A. Mary Shelley B. Charlotte Bronte C. Elizabeth C. Gaskell D. Jane Austen 36. Which of the following is NOT a romantic poet? A. William Wordsworth B. George Elliot
C. George C. Byron. D. Percy Bysshe Shelley .
37. William Sidney Porter, known as O. Henry, is most famous for______ . A. his poems B. his plays C. his short stories D. his novels (2004)
35. Of all the 18th century novelists, ______ was the first to set out , both in theory and practice , to write specifically a “comic epic in prose”, and the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.
A. Daniel Defoe B. Samuel Johnson C. Oliver Goldsmith D. Henry Fielding 36. Mark Twain, one of the greatest 19th century American writers, is well known for his ______. A. International theme B. waste-land imagery C. local color D. symbolism
37. Hemingway’s writing style, together with his theme and the hero, is greatly and permanently influenced by his experiences______.
A. in his childhood B. in the war C. in America D. in Africa (2003)
35. Which of the following writings is not the work by Charles Dickens?
A. A Tale of Two Cities. B. Hard Times. C. Oliver Twist. D. Sons and Lovers. 36. _____ is a dramatist who holds the central position in American drama the modernistic period. A. Sinclair Lewis B. Eugene O’Neill C. Arthur Miller D. Tennessee Williams 37. ______ is often acclaimed literary spokesman of the Jazz Age.
A. Ernest Hemingway B. F. Scott Fitzgerald C. William Faulkner D. Ezra Pound (2002)
35. The 18th century England is known as the ______ in the history.
A. Romanticism B. Classicism C. Renaissance D. Enlightenment 36. Which of the following figures does not belong to “The Lost Generation”?
A. Ezra Pound B. William Carlos Williams. C. Robert Frost D. Theodore Dreiser 37. Who, one of the most important poets in his time, is a leading spokesman of the “Imagist Movement”?
A. J.D. Salinger B. Ezra Pound C. Richard Wright D. Ralph Ellison (2001)
35. The Transcendentalist group includes two of the most significant writers America has produced so far, Emerson and ______.
A. Henry David Thoreau B. Washington Irving C. Nathaniel Hawthorne D. Walt Whitman
36. Of the following poems by T. S. Eliot, which is hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th century English poetry?
A. Poems 1909-1925. B. The Hollow Men. C. Prufrock and Other Observations. D. The Waste Land.
37. The book from which “all modern American literature comes” refers to ______ . A. The Great Gatsby B. The Sun Also Rises C. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn D. Moby-Dick (2000)
35. ______ is not the representative writer in the Age of Realism in the literary history of the United States.
A. Henry James B. Emily Dickinson C. William Dean Howells D. Mark Twain
36. Ezra Pound’s long poem contained more than one hundred poems loosely connected. A. The Waste Land B. The Cantos C. Don Juan D. Queen Mab
37. Of the following writings by James Joyce, which is a prime example of modernism in literature?
A. Ulysses B. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man C. Dubliners D. Finnegans Wake (1999)
35. not only continued to express and criticize all sorts of social iniquities, but finally came to question and attack the Victorian conventions and morals. A. George Eliot B. Thomas Hardy C. D. H. Lawrence D. Charles Dickens 36. The main theme of Emily Dickinson is following except______ . A. religion B. love and marriage C. life and death D. war and peace
37. In 1954,______ was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature for his “mastery of the art of modern narration”.
A. T.S. Eliot B. Ernest Hemingway C. John Steinbeck D. William Faulkner (1998)
35. In the first part of Gulliver’s Travels, Gulliver told his experience in ______ . A. Lilliput B. Brobdingnag C. Houyhnhnm D. England
36. In Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, “A” may stands for ______ . A. Adultery B. Angel C. Amiable D. All the above
37. Who is the author of the work The Grapes of Wrath? A. John Steinbeck. B. Eugene O’Neil. C. F. Scott Fitzgerald. D. Theodore Dreiser.
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