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[单选题]Ode to the West Wind is concluded with mood. A triumphant and hopeful 。B pessimistic and skeptical C desperate and sad 。D indifferent |
[单选题]The English Romantic Age produced two major novelists. They are ________. A Byron and Shelley 。B Wordsworth and Coleridge C Scott and Austen 。D Lamb and Hazlitt 。 |
[单选题]Romantic writers employ all the following EXCEPT as their poetic materials. A the commonplace 。B the natural C the simple 。D the abstract |
[单选题]is Shelley’s well-known political lyric, which calls upon the working class to fight against their rulers and exploiters. A Don Juan 。B The Cenci C Prometheus Unbound 。D Song to the Men of England |
[单选题]In Shakespeare’s The 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 |
[单选题]Claudius, Ophelia and Laertes are characters in _________ . A King Lear 。B Hamlet 。C Julius Caesar 。D Henry IV 。 |
[单选题]Besides an essayist, Francis Bacon is also a scientist and _____. A doctor 。B teacher C philosopher 。D clerk |
[单选题]was the first to introduce the sonnet into English literature. A Thomas Wyatt 。B William Shakespeare 。C Philip Sidney 。D Thomas Campion |
[单选题]Which play is not a comedy? A A Midsummer Night’s Dream B The Merchant of Venice C Twelfth Night D Romeo and Juliet |
[单选题]In the English renaissance period, scholars began to emphasize the capacities of the human mind and the achievements of human culture. The most significant intellectual movement was __________. A reformation B geographical explorations C humanism D the Italian revival |
[判断题]A noun phrase must contain a noun, but other elements are optional. 正确 、正确。 错误 、错误。 |
[单选题]Which two terms can best describe the following pairs of words: table---tables; day break---daybreak? A Inflection and compound B Compound and derivation C Inflection and derivation 。D Derivation and inflection 。 |
[单选题]“-s” in the word “books” is _______. A a derivative affix B a stem 。C an inflectional affix D a root 。 |
[判断题]A phone is a phonetic unit that distinguishes meaning. 正确 、正确。 错误 、错误。 |
[单选题]A(n) ___________ is a unit that is of distinctive value. It is an abstract unit, a collection of distinctive phonetic features. A phone 。B sound 。C allophone 。D phoneme |
[判断题]Speech act theory was originated with the British philosopher John Searle. 正确 、正确。 错误 、错误。 |
[判断题]Contextualism is based on the presumption that one can derive meaning from or reduce meaning to observable contexts. 正确 、正确。 错误 、错误。 |
[判断题]In the study of linguistics, hypotheses formed should be based on language facts and checked against the observed facts. 正确 、正确。 错误 、错误。 |
[判断题]Linguistics studies a particular language instead of languages in general. 正确 、正确。 错误 、错误。 |
[单选题]A historical study of language is a _______ study of language. A synchronic 。B diachronic 。C prescriptive 。D comparative 。 |
[单选题]Daniel Defoe did not write ______ A Captain Singleton 。B Moll Flanders C Colonel Jack D Joseph Andrews |
[单选题]Which of the following is NOT true about Robinson Crusoe? A It is written in the autobiographical form. 。B It is a record of Defoe’s own experience. C Robinson spends 28 years on the island 。D It is set in the middle of the 17th century. |
[单选题]The unquenchable spirit of Robinson Crusoe struggling to maintain a substantial existence on a lonely island reflects____. A man’s desire to return to nature B the author’s criticism of the colonization C the ideal of the rising bourgeoisie D the aristocrats’ disillusionment of the harsh social reality |
[单选题]Modern English novel arose in the ___ century. A 16th 。B 17th 。C 18th 。D 19th 。 |
[单选题]“The father of English novel” is ____. A Henry Fielding B Daniel Defoe C Jonathan Swift 。D John Donne 。 |
[单选题]____was a progressive intellectual movement going on throughout Europe in the 18th century. A The Renaissance 。B Puritan Movement 。C Romantic Movement 。D The Enlightenment |
[单选题]All the novels adopt the first person narrative perspective except____. A Robinson Crusoe 。B Gulliver’s Travels 。C Great Expectations 。D Pride and Prejudice |
[单选题]Friday is a character in the novel____. A Gulliver's Travels 。B Captain Singleton 。C Robinson Crusoe 。D The Battle of the Book |
[单选题]Which one is regarded as the first criminal novel? A Captain Singleton B Colonel Jack C Robinson Crusoe D Moll Flanders |
[单选题]Defoe's masterpiece ________ is based upon the experiences of Alexander Selkirk, who had been marooned in the island of Juan Fernadez off the coast of in solitude for five years. A Captain Singleton 。B Robinson Crusoe 。C Moll Flanders 。D Gulliver’s Travels 。 |
[判断题]The Bronte sisters are Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte and Anne Bronte. 正确 、正确。 错误 、错误。 |
[单选题]English critical realism found its expression chiefly in the form of _________. A novel 。B drama 。C poetry 。D sonnet |
[单选题]Charlotte’s works are famous for the depiction of the life of the middle-class working women, particularly_____. A governesses 。B clerks 。C baby-sitters 。D managers |
[单选题]In the novel Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte ____. A pours a lot of her own experience B criticises the bourgeois system of education C shows that women should have equal rights with men D all of the above |
[单选题]In the novel Jane Eyre, the title character stays with her aunt, suffers immensely from neglect and malice of her aunt’s family at ___. A Thornfield B Lowood 。C Ferndean D Gateshead |
[单选题]The success of Jane Eyre is not only because of its sharp criticism of the existing society, but also due to its introduction to the English novel the first ____heroine. A explorer 。B peasant C worker D governess |
[单选题]The Victorian Age was largely an age of____eminently represented by Dickens and Thackeray. A poetry 。B drama C novel 。D prose |
[单选题]Ellis Bell is the pseudonym of ____. A Charlotte Bronte B Emily Bronte C Anne Bronte D Mary Ann Evans |
[单选题]Who is not the writer in the Victorian period? A William Wordsworth B Charlotte Bronte C Charles Dickens D William Makepeace Thackeray
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[单选题]The novel written by Charlotte Bronte is ____. A Pride and Prejudice B The Tenant of the Wildfell Hall C Villette D Wuthering Heights |
[判断题]Shelley’s famous poetic drama Prometheus Bound was borrowed from the Greek play. 正确 、正确。 错误 、错误。 |
[单选题]The Romantic Age began in____ and came to an end in _____. A 1789…1821 。B 1778…1823 。C 1798…1832 。D 1768…1819 |
[单选题]The publication of ______ marks the beginning of the Romantic Movement in England. A Lyrical Ballads 。B Ode to the West Wind 。C Lucy Poems D I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud |
[单选题]“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.” This sentence is borrowed from____. A Great Expectations 。B Lord of the Flies C Tess of the D’Urbervilles 。D Pride and Prejudice |
[单选题]After reading the first chapter of Pride and Prejudice, we may come to know that Mrs. Bennet is a woman of_______. A simple character and poor understanding B simple character and quick wit C intricate character and quick wit 。D intricate character and poor understanding |
[单选题]At the beginning of Pride and Prejudice, the attitude of Darcy and Elizabeth toward each other is that of . A mutual affection 。B mutual repulsion C mutual hatred 。D mutual indifference |
[单选题]The Romantic period is a great age of all literary genres EXCEPT . A poetry 。B prose C drama 。D novel |
[单选题]Which is Shelley’s lyric on nature? A To a Skylark 。B When We Two Parted 。C Ode to the Nightingale 。D I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud |
[单选题]The prevailing tone in Pride and Prejudice is . A bitter satire 。B mild satire C strong approval 。D strong disapproval |
[单选题]Among the following, _______is an elegy. A Lamis 。B Isabella C Adonais 。D Queen Mab 。 |
[判断题]The Canterbury Tales is Chaucer’s greatest work and written for the greater part in heroic couplets. 正确 、正确。 错误 、错误。 |
[判断题]In the 14th century, the two most famous writers are Chaucer and Shakespeare. 正确 、正确。 错误 、错误。 |
[判断题]The Canterbury Tales contains in fact a general Prologue and only 24 tales, of which two are left unfinished. 正确 、正确。 错误 、错误。 |
[单选题]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 (1359-1372) B the period of Italian influence (1372-1386) C the period of English influence (1386-1400) D the period of Latin influence(1371-1382) |
[单选题]Chaucer died on the 25th of October 1400, and was buried in . A Flanders 。B C D Westminster Abbey |
[单选题] , the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of A Geoffrey Chaucer B Sir Gawain 。C Francis Bacon D John Dryden 。 |
[单选题]Chaucer’s earliest work of any length is his , a translation of the French poem “Roman de la Rose”. A Romance of the Rose 。B A Red, Red Rose C Piers the Plowman 。D Troilus and Criseyde |
[单选题]Chaucer composes a long narrative poem named based on Boccaccio’s poem Filostrato. A The Legend of Good Women B Troilus and Criseyde C Sir Gawain and the Green Knight D Beowulf |
[单选题]creative work vividly reflected the changes which had taken root in English culture of the second half of the 14th century. A Chaucer’s 。B Byron’s 。C Shelley’s 。D Eliot’s |
[单选题]In his life time, Chaucer served in a great variety of occupations which had impact on the wide range of his writings. Which one is not his career? A engineer 。B courtier C office-holder 。D ambassador 。 |
[判断题]John Milton’s Paradise Lost ends with the departure of Satan from the Garden of Eden. 正确 、正确。 错误 、错误。 |
[判断题]The main literary form in literature of Revolution Period is drama. 正确 、正确。 错误 、错误。 |
[判断题]Satan is the hero in Milton’s masterpiece Prometheus Unbound. 正确 、正确。 错误 、错误。 |
[判断题]Paradise Lost took its material from Greek mythology. 正确 、正确。 错误 、错误。 |
[判断题]In the field of prose writing of the Puritan Age, John Milton occupies the most important place. 正确 、正确。 错误 、错误。 |
[单选题]“To wage by force or guile eternal war, Irreconcilable to our grad Foe.” (John Milton, Paradise Lost) By what means were Satan and his followers to wage this war against God? A By planting a tree of knowledge in the Garden of Eden. B By turning into poisonous snakes to threaten man’s life. C By removing God from His throne. D By corrupting man and woman created by God. |
[单选题]Which devil is Satan’s second-in-command as stated in Paradise Lost? A Mammon 。B Sin 。C Moloch 。D Beezlebub 。 |
[单选题]John Milton’s masterpiece Paradise Lost was written in the poetic style of _____. A rhymed stanzas B blank verse 。C alliteration D sonnets |
[单选题]Because of the success of Paradise Lost, John Milton produced in 1671 another epic, . A Samson Agonistes B The Defense of the English People 。C Paradise Regained D Of Education |
[单选题]In John Milton’s Paradise Lost, Adam and Eve are forbidden to eat the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of _________. A Love and Hate 。B Good and Evil C Faith and Betrayal 。D Scene and Sensibility |
[单选题]____essays is the first example of that genre in English literature, which has been recognized as an important landmark in the development of English prose. A John Milton’s B Francis Bacon’s C Montaigne’s D Daniel Defoe’s |
[单选题]From the following, choose the one which is not Francis Bacon’s work. A The Advancement of Learning 。B The New Instrument C Essays D Venus and Adonis |
[单选题]_____ is considered to be the summit of Shakespeare’s art. A King Lear 。B Macbeth C Hamlet D Othello 。 |
[单选题]Which of the following plays does not belong to Shakespeare’s four great tragedies? A Othello 。B Macbeth C Romeo and Juliet D Hamlet |
[单选题]The epoch of Renaissance witnessed a particular development of English drama. It was who made blank verse the principal vehicle of expression in drama. A Christopher Marlowe 。B Thomas Loge C Edmund Spenser 。D Thomas More |
[单选题]Of Beauty is one of the essays written by . A Chaucer 。B Shakespeare 。C Bacon 。D Defoe 。 |
[单选题]The writing style of Bacon’s works are directness, ____ and forcefulness. A looseness B complexity C terseness D obscurity 。 |
[单选题]____ lays the foundation for modern science with his insistence on scientific way of thinking and fresh observation rather than authority as a basis for obtaining knowledge. A Francis Bacon 。B Thomas Hardy 。C Charles Dickens 。D William Blake |
[单选题]Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies are ____. A Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth B Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Romeo and Juliet 。C Hamlet, Coriolanus, King Lear and Macbeth D Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Othello and Macbeth 。 |
[单选题]In Novum Organum (New Instrument), Bacon discussed the method of ______. A deduction 。B induction 。C analogy 。D reading |
[判断题]Open class words can accept new words regularly. 正确 、正确。 错误 、错误。 |
[判断题]Derivational morphemes always change the grammatical class of words. 正确 、正确。 错误 、错误。 |
[判断题]Words are the smallest meaningful units of language. 正确 、正确。 错误 、错误。 |
[判断题]Three criteria are usually employed to determine a word’s category. They are meaning, derivation and distribution. 正确 、正确。 错误 、错误。 |
[判断题]Syntactically, speicfiers typically mark a phrase boundary. 正确 、正确。 错误 、错误。 |
[单选题]The sentence “They were wanted to remain quiet and not to expose themselves.” is a __________ sentence. A simple 。B coordinate 。C compound 。D complex 。 |
[单选题]Which of the following lexical categories does not belong to the major lexical categories? A Noun B Preposition C Adjective 。D Adverb |
[单选题]_________ is a branch of grammar which studies the internal structure of words and the rules by which words are formed. A Syntax 。B Grammar C Morphology 。D Morpheme |
[单选题]In the phrase land the airplane with caution, “with caution” is _________. A head 。B modifier 。C specifier 。D complement |
[单选题]The word ______ is not a compound. A sunflower 。B friendship 。C moonwalk 。D raincoat 。 |
[判断题]English consonants can be classified in terms of place of articulation and the part of the tongue that is raised the highest. 正确 、正确。 错误 、错误。 |
[判断题]The rules governing the phonological patterning are language specific. 正确 、正确。 错误 、错误。 |
[判断题]Phonetics is different from phonology in that the latter studies the combinations of the sounds to convey meaning in communication. 正确 、正确。 错误 、错误。 |
[判断题]In linguistic evolution, speech is prior to writing. 正确 、正确。 错误 、错误。 |
[判断题]English is a tone language while Chinese is not. 正确 、正确。 错误 、错误。 |
[单选题]Since /p/ and /b/ are phonetically similar, occur in the same environments and they can distinguish meaning, they are said to be ___________. A in phonemic contrast 。B in complementary distribution C the allophones 。D minimal pair 。 |
[单选题]Of all the speech organs, the _______ is/are the most flexible. A mouth 。B lips 。C tongue 。D vocal cords 。 |
[单选题]The sounds produced without the vocal cords vibrating are ____ sounds. A voiceless 。B voiced 。C vowel 。D consonantal 。 |
[单选题]________ is a voiced alveolar stop. A /z/ 。B /d/ 。C /k/ 。D /b/ |
[单选题]The different phones which can represent a phoneme in different phonetic environments are called the ____ of that phoneme. A phones B sounds 。C phonemes 。D allophones 。 |