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__2__The French lieutenant’s woman is the masterpiece of _ john Fowles ___.
__3__The golden notebook was written by__ Doris lessing __.
__4__Waiting for Godor is a(an)__ play __by Samuel beckett.
__5__ “kitchen sink realism”is referred to as the works of ___. A novel B poem C play D essay
__6__Seamus Heaney won the Nobel Prize of literature in 1995 and most of his poems focused on the _ country __.
__7__an article on “the observer 旁观者”describes the bursting of all these young _ poets __as a kind of “the movement”.
__8__The novel _ time’s arrow时光之箭 __told a story of a Nazi war criminal, in this novel Martin Amis set the narrative clock in reverse.
__9__satanic verses was written by_ Salman Rushdie __who was born in a muslin family in Bombay, India.
__10 Kazoo Ishguro 石黑一熊 __the novel The Remains Of The Day won the booker prize for its author ___who was born in Japan.

1 Rip Van Winkle 瑞普 凡 温克尔is a short story written by _ Washington Irving __
2 The Legend of Sleeping Hallow 睡谷的传说is a short novel by Washington Irving .
3 Cooper’s Leather Stocking Tales 皮裹腿的故事consists of _5___stories. (The Pioneers, The Last of the Mohicans, The Prairie, The Pathfinder, The Deerslayer)
1. 4 Which of the following is not one of the Leather Stocking Tales by James F. Cooper.
A The Pioneers B The Last of the Mohicans C The Pathfinder D The Crater
5 The Purloined Letter is a detective story by __ Edgar Allan Poe ___.
A Arthur Conan Doyle B Edgar Allan Poe C Washington Irving D James F. Cooper
6 The Romantic Period in American Literary history started with the publication of ____.
A Washington Irving’s The Sketch Book B Washington Irving’s Tales of A Traveller
C Whitman’s Leaves of Grass D James Fenimore Cooper’s Leather Stocking Tales
7 “The American Renaissance” is the period of _ Washington Irving ___in the history of American literature.
8 Edgar Allan Poe is known as a poet and critic but most famous as the first master of the _ short story __ form.
9 The Raven is a poem by _ Edgar Allan Poe ___.
10 The Philosophy of Composition 创作哲学 was written by __ Edgar Allan Poe __who also wrote The Poetic Principle 诗歌原理
1 Percy Bysshe Shelly is famous for _ Ode to the West Wind and Ode to a Skylark __.
2“Three of four families in a country village is something to work.” This statement was presented by _ Jane Austen __.
3 George Eliot wrote all the following except The Mill of Floss , Silas Marner , Middlemarch
4 The novel Vanity Fair名利场 was written by __ William Makepeace Thackeray _.
5 Vanity Fair was a novel written by William Makepeace Thackeray, and the term “vanity fair” firstly appeared in ___ by __ B The Pilgrim’s Progress(天路历程) … John Bunyan _.
6 The novel Vanity Fair was written by William Makepeace Thackeray(萨克雷) who also wrote The History of Henry Esmo

nd
7 Barchester Series “巴塞特郡系列小说”is a series of novels written by _ Anthony Trollope __.
8 Erehwon is a satiric novel written by _ Samuel Butler __.
9 In “the lake Isle of Innisfree伊尼斯弗里河” William Butler Yeats 叶芝 Express his __ desire to escape from the materialistic society
__10__ Walter Scott’s historical novels cover a long period of time, from the Middle Ages to 18th century. His work Ivanhoe deals an epoch of __ English _ history.
1 “The Graveyard Poets墓畔派” got the name because __ they often wrote about death and melancholy _.
代表作有托马斯.格雷《墓园挽歌》(Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard),托马斯.巴奈尔的《死亡之夜》(Night Piece on Death),爱德华. 扬《夜思》(Night Thoughts)和罗伯特.布莱尔的《坟墓》(The Grave)。
2 It is generally understood that the recurrent theme in many of Thomas Hardy’s novel is _ fate and destiny __.
3 The Romantic Period in English literature began with the publication of Wordsworth’s and Coleridge’s Lyrical Ballads
4 It is generally regarded that Keats’ most important and mature poems are in the form of _ ode __.
济慈的代表作品有《夜莺颂》(Ode to a Nightingale),《希腊古瓮颂》(Ode on a Grecian Urn),《忧郁颂》(Ode on Melancholy),《秋颂》(To Autumn)等
5 G.B. Shaw’s play Mrs. Warren’s Profession 华伦夫人的职业 is a realistic exposure of the _ economic exploitation of women __ in the English society.
6 The Preface to Shakespeare 莎士比亚戏剧集序言and Lives of the Poets诗人传are the works of critic _ Samuel Johnson __.
7 The Ring and the Book指环与书is a masterpiece of _ Robert Browning __.
8 Matthew Arnold is the writer of _ Dover Beach __.
9 The writer of Heart of Darkness黑暗的心is also the one of __ Lord Jim吉姆老爷_.by 约瑟夫.康德拉
10 Of Human Bondage人性的枷锁is a novel by _ William Somerset Maugham __.
A Herbert George Wells B Arnold Bennett C D John Galsworthy
__1__ “Pamela”by Samuel Richardson is written in forms of _ letter ___.
__2__ “Clarissa harlowe” by Samuel Richardson is written in forms of __ letter __.
__3__The adventure of Roderick random is written by_ Tobias smolett __.
__4__The life and opinions of Tristan shandy is written by__ Lawrence sterne _.
__5_ Henry fielding _____ named his own realistic novels as “comic epic in prose”.
__6__ “Lyrical ballads” were written by__ William wordsworth _ and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
__7__George Gordon byron was most famous for__ don juan ___.
__8__George Gordon byron created a “Byronic hero” firstly in his__ childe herald’s pilgrimage __.
__9__Prometheus unbound was written by___ who also wrote__ percy bysshe shelley…ode to west wind __.
__10__John keats is the author of__ ode on a Grecian urn and ode to a nightingale __.
Dubious ecstatic encounter volve fa

llacyn gullible liable miserly pessimist

Exercises:
以下的练习不仅是巩固这一期的词汇,里面还包含了前面一期的词汇噢! 所以大家都把所学的单词联系起来记忆,这样才能学有所成啊!
When my sister visited California, she __11__(e)d Denzel Washington in a department store. Despite feelings of awe, she managed to get up enough nerve to get his autograph, and she has been __12__ ever since.
Angel is so __13__ that her friends often tell her totally__14__stories and then tease her about believing them.
A __15__person is __16__ to end up with lots of money and few friends.
An extreme __17__believes that bad luck can’t be escaped and that it is a __18__to expect good luck. If such a person were the recipient of a million dollars, he or she would complain about the taxes.
At first I was __19__about the prospects of our school’s basketball team; I did not think that they would win even one game. But as the season progresses, the team surpassed all my expectations and __20__(e)d into championship material.
11.encounter 12.ecstatic 13. gullible 14.fictitious 15.miserly
16.liable 17.pessimist 18.fallacy 19.dubious 20.evolve
1 In Britain, _ the House of Commons __ has the ultimate authority of legislation.
__2__ The three largest cities in Canada :Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.
__3__ Aboriginal culture in Australia is said to be more than _40,000__ years old.
__4 __ It is known that Irish landscape in featured by _ bogs 沼泽__.
__6__ “The novel is structured around the discovery of the hero’s origin.” Probably this refers to the novel _ The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling __.
__7__ Richard B. Sheridan was considered to be the greatest dramatist in the 18th century.
__8_ pragmatics _ The branch of linguistics that studies how context influences the way speakers interpret sentences is called ___.
__10__ Which of the following is NOT considered part of semantic change?
A Semantic broadening B Compounding C Semantic narrowing D Semantic shift b
CBBDA ACCAD
__1__ The leading ___ state in the United States is Wisconsin.
A wheat B rice C dairy D maize
__2__ The city of ___, which was formerly known as Port Jackson, is the place of the earliest colonial settlement in Australia.
A Melbourne B Sydney C Perth D Darwin
__3__ According to statistics, ___ employer in Australia is the manufacturing industry.
A the fourth largest B the third largest C the second largest D the largest
__4__ The most important economic activity in Canada is ___.
A mining B fishing C farming D manufacturing
__5__ Wordsworth’s poetry, divided by the subjects, falls into two major groups: one about ___ and the other about ___..
A nature, human life B society, human nature
C human life, social system D universe, human spirit
__6__ The reading of the first chapter of the novel Pride and Prejudice ha

s led the reader to the understanding of Mrs. Bennet as a woman of ___.
A simple character and mean understanding
B intricate character and short temper
C simple character and good education
D intricate character and outstanding talent
__7__ As a romantic poet, William Wordsworth advocated the following EXCEPT ___.
A the expression of the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings
B the use of colloquialism spoken by the masses
C elegant wordings and inflated figures of speech
D the humble and rustic life as subject matter
__8__ The study of language acquisition is generally known as ___.
A theoretical linguistics B psycholinguistics C applied linguistics D historical linguistics
__9__ The history of English is usually divided into ___ major periods.
A three B four C five D two
__10__ The morpheme “scope” in the common word “telescope” is a(n) ___.
A bound morpheme B bound form C inflectional morpheme D free morpheme
DBDCA CBDDB
1 What country is known as the Land of Maple Leaf?
A United States of America
B United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
C New Zealand
D Canada
2 The national anthem of Canada is ____
A Canada The Beautiful B O Canada C God Defend Canada D Advance Canada Fair
3 The capital city of Canada is ____
A Montreal B Toronto C Albert D Ottawa
4 According to the Official Language of Act of Canada, there are two official language in this country: they are____
A English and Spanish B English and Portuguese C English and French D English and Celtic
5Canada is a world ____producer of nickel, zinc, and asbestos……
A primary B second C third D fourth
6 The highest peak in Canada is ____, which is the Yukon Territory of northwest Canada.
A. Mount Lawrence B. Mount Superior C. Mount Logan D Mount Huron
7 St. Lawrence and River Columbia are shared by both ____
A. America and Mexico B. America and Canada C. America and Cuba D. America and Brazil

8 Apart from Paris, France, Montreal is regarded as the largest____city in the world, known as “Paris the Second”.
A. Spanish-speaking B. Portuguese-speaking C. German-speaking D. French-speaking
9____, the third largest city in Canada, is well known as Ice-Free Harbor.
A. Montreal B. Quebec C. Toronto D. Vancouver

10.Canada is the world’s ____country in terms of land area.
A. largest B. second largest C. third largest D. fourth largest
CCACD BACBB
1. In area, the United States is the ____ largest country in the world.
A 2nd B 3rd C 4th D 5th
2.The 50th state in America is ____
A Alaska B Texas C Hawaii D Rhode Island

3. Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, is located in ____
A Hawaii B Alaska C Texas D Perth

4. Richard Nixon resigned in 1974 because of ____.
A the Great Depression B the Black Power Movement C the Watergate Scandal D the Isolation policy
5.All the follo

wing universities are located in New England EXCEPT____
A Yale B Harvard C MIT D Berkeley
6.The United States has less than 6% of the world’s population; yet it produces about ____ of the total world output.
A 20% B 25% C 30% D 35%
7.What forms a natural boundary between Mexico and the United States?
A The Rio Grande River B The southern Rocky Mountains
C The Colorado River D The Gulf of California

8. The US formally entered the Second World War in ____
A 1937 B 1939 C1941 D 1943
9. The Presidents during the American Civil War was .
A Andrew Jackson B Abraham Lincoln
C Thomas Jefferson D George Washington
10 The emblem of the Democratic Party is ____.
DCAAD CDCCA
1.The Old Man and the Sea is one of the great works by ____
A Jack London B Charles Dickens C Samuel Coleridge D Ernest Hemingway
2.In which novel can "Yahoo" be found?
A John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress
B Edmund Spencer's The Faerie Queen
C Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels
D Henry Fielding's Tom Jones
3.The Catcher in the Rye is written by ____
A J.D. Salinger B Jack London C Flannery O'Connor D Saul Bellow
4.The image of the famous "henpecked husband" is created by____
A Washington Irving B Fennimore Cooper C Edith Wharton D William Dean Howells
5.The literary spokesman of the Jazz is often thought to be ____
A O'Neil B Pound C Robert Frost DScott Fitzgerald
6.____ is the most important person of the transcendental club.
A Hawthorn B Whitman C Emerson D Hemingway
7. The main theme of Emily Dickinson is the following except____
A fridendship B love and marriage C life and death D war and peace
8.Robert Frost is a famous ____
A novelist B playwright C poet D literary critic
9.Dover Beach is written by ____
A Robert Browning B Alfred Tennyson C Mathew Arnold D Dylan Thomas
10.The period from 1865-1914 has been referred to as the ____ in the literary history of the United States.
A Age of Realism B Age of Clasicalism C Age of Romanticism D Age of Renaissance
BDADD ACACD
1.____is the home of golf.
A England B Scotland C Wales D Ireland
2.Which of the follwing languages is NOT spoken in Scotland?
A English B Scottish C Gaelic D Denish
3.The election of ____ made Margaret Thatcher to power and she became the first woman prime minister.
A 1979 B 1980 C 1982 D 1992
4.To its full sense, the British Parliament consist of ____
A the House Lord and the House of Commons
B the House and the Senate
C the Queen and the Hosue of Lords
D the Sovereign, the House of Lords and the House of Commons
5.The Tower of London, a historical sight, located in the center of London, was built by ____
A King Harold B Robin Hood C Oliver Cromwell D William the Conqueror
6.There are ____ state churches in Britain.
A two B three C four D five
7.When Oliver Cromwell died in 1658, and was succeeded by his son____, the regime began immediately to collapse.
A Henry B Hamilton C Richard D Charles
8.____ birthday is a great event in Britain since it marks the be

ginning of full manhood or womanhood.
A The twenty-first B The eighteenth C The nineteenth D The twentieth
9.Reuters was founded in ____
A 1715 B 1751 C 1851 D 1815
10. What is (are) the nickname(s) of the U.S.A.?
A Uncle Sam B Brother Jonathan C Yankee D All of the above
A C D B C B A C D D
1. _____________________ is the world’s largest exporter of lamb and mutton.
A. New Zealand B. Australia C. Canada D. America
2. _____________________ is popularly known in the West as the Land Down Under.
A. Britain B. Canada C. Australia D. New Zealand
33. Shakespeare wrote all the following works EXCEPT ____________________.
A. Hamlet B. King Lear C. Othello D. Wuthering Heights
4. Mark Twain is most famous for ____________________________________.
A. poems B. Novels C. Dramas D. science fiction
5. ______________________________was NOT written by Charles Dickens.
A. David Copperfield B. Oliver Twist、C. Sons and Lovers D. A Tale of Two Cities
36. British prime minister normally serves a ______ term.
A. two-year B. five-year C. four-year D. six-year
7. __________________________ is sometimes called the birthplace of America.
A. New England B. the South C. the West D. the Midwest
38. Semantics is the study of ______________________.
A. linguistic competence B. language functions C. meanings D. social behavior
9. Which of the following is not generally believed to be area of linguistics?
A. syntax B. semantics C. phonology D. etiology
10. TG grammar was advanced by_______________________________.
A. Searle B. Whorf C. Halliday D. Noam Chomsk
DDDBD BDAAD CABAC ADBBC
1. “Ode to the west wind” was written by the author of ___.
A “I wandered lonely as a cloud”
B “Kubla Khan”
C “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage”
D “As Defense of Poetry”
2. Which of the following poets does not belong to the school of romantic poets?
A William Wordsworth
B Percy Bysshe Shelley
C George Gordon Byron
D John Donne
3. Charles Dickens wrote all of the following except ___.
A Oliver Twist
B David Copperfield
C A Tale of Two Cities
D Heart of Darkness
4. “A Red, Red Rose” was written by ___.
A Alexandra Pop
B Robert Burns
C William Blake
D John Keats
5. Pip is the character of Charles Dickens’ novel ___.
A Oliver Twist
B David Copperfield
C A Tale of Two Cities
D Great Expectations
6. Sense and Sensibility is a ___ by ___.
A play… Jane Austen
B novel… Jane Austen
C play… Emily Bronte
D novel… Anne Bronte
7. In reading Shakespeare, you must have come across the line “To be or not to be---that is the question” by___.
A Iago in Othello
B Lear in King Lear
C Shylock in the Merchant of Venice
D Hamlet in Hamlet
8. Robert Browning’s “My last Duchess” is composed in the form of a(n)

___.
A dramatic monologue
B extended metaphor
C syllogistic argument
D dialogue
9. Thomas Hardy wrote novels of __.
A character and environment
B pure romance
C “stream of consciousness”
D psychoanalysis
10. “Wessex novels” refers to the novels written by ___.
A Charles Dickens
B D.H. Lawrence
C James Joyce
D Thomas Hardy
11. The sentence “shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” is the beginning line of one of Shakespeare’s_____.
A comedies
B tragedies
C sonnets
D histories
12. The three dialects spoken by____ _____and _____mixed into a single language called Anglo-Saxon, or old English.
A Anglos, Saxons jutes
B Anglos, Saxons, Irish
C Anglos, Saxons, Scottish
D Anglos, Saxons, welsh
13. contribution to English lies chiefly in the fact that he introduced from France the rhymed stanza of various types, especially the rhymed couplet of 5 accents in iambic meter---the heroic couplet to English poetry.
A William Shakespeare’s
B Geoffrey Chaucer’s
C Thomas more’s
D Edmund Spenser’s
14. Spenserian stanza is a form of poetry first employed by Edmund Spenser in his long poetry_____.
A the faerie queene
B the shepherd’s calendar
C epithalamion
D amoretti
15. Francis bacon is a ____.
A poet
B playwright
C essayist
D novelist
16. We can perhaps describe the west wind in shelly’s poem “ode to the west wind” with all the following terms except_____.
A tamed
B swift
C proud
D wild
17. The novel starts with “it is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune ,must be in want of a wife.” The novel is Jane Austen’____.
A Emma
B persuasion
C sense and sensibility
D pride and prejudice
18. The major concern of ____ fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological development of his characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature.
A Charles dickens’s
B D.H .Lawrence’s
C Thomas hardy’s
D john Galsworthy’s
19. “do you think, because I am poor ,obscure ,plain and little ,I am soulless 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 .” the above Is quoted from_______.
A pride and prejudice
B Jane Eyre
C Wuthering heights
D great expectations
20. Which of the following is not one of the Bronte sisters?
A charlotte Bronte
B Anne Bronte
C jenny Bronte
D Emily Bronte
ADDCC DBDCA
1. _____is a fork legend brought to England by Anglo-Saxons from their continental homes, it is a long poem of over 3000 lines and the na

tional epic of the English people.
A Beowulf
B sir Gawain
C the Canterbury tale
D king Arthur and his knights
2. The father of English poetry, the author of Troilus and Criseyde is also the one of ____.
A Romeo and Juliet
B the faerie queen
C Tamburlainc
D the Canterbury tales
3. The group of Shakespeare plays known as “romance”or “reconciliation plays” is ______.
A merchant of Venice, as you like it 
B the tempest, pericles, the winter’s tale
C Romeo and Juliet, antonym and Cleopatra
4. Which of the following are regarded as Shakespeare’s four great tragedies?
A Romeo and Juliet, hamlet, Othello, King Lear
B Romeo and Juliet, hamlet, Othello, Macbeth
C hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth
D Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Macbeth, Timon of Athens
5. Which of the following is not the work of Francis bacon?
A advancement of learning
B new instrument
C songs of innocence
D essays
6. At the beginning of 17th century appeared a school of poets called metaphysics by Samuel Johnson, ____is the founder of metaphysical poetry.
A Ben Johnson
B john Milton
C john Bunyan
D john Donne
7. Daniel Defoe is a famous____.
A poet
B novelist
C playwright
D essayist
8. “He has a servant called Friday.” “he”in the quoted sentence is a character in______.
A Henry fielding’s tom jones
B john Bunyan’ the pilgrim’s progress
C Richard brinsley Sheridan’s the school for scandal
D Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe
9. Guiiliver’ travel was written by____.
A Daniel Defoe
B Charles dickens
C Jonathan swift
D Joseph Addison
10. William Wordsworth is generally known as a ____poet.
A romantic
B realistic
C naturalistic
D neo-classic
ADBDC 6~10 ADBCA
1. ______ is the branch of linguistics which studies the characteristics of speech sounds and provides methods for their description, classification and transportation.
A) Phonetics B) Phonology C) Phoneme D) Phonetic typology
2.The sounds in the production of which there is an obstruction of the air-stream at some point the vocal tract are called _______ .
A) consonance B) consonant cluster C) consistency D) consonants
3.In its technical sense here, ______ deals with the analysis and creation of words, idioms and collocations.
A) pictogram B) lexicon C) word-formation D) ideogram
4.When was Longrnan Group UK Ltd was founded?
A) 1721. B).1722. C) 1723. D).1724.
5.What is the name of the dictionary compiled by Samuel Johnson?
A) First English Dictionary. B) Dictionary of English Language.
C) A Dictionary of the English Language. D) Dictionary of the English Language.
6.Who wrote and publish Poor Richard's Almanack?
A) Benjamin Franklin. B) John Gay. C) David Hume. D) Samuel Richardson.
7.Which

one of the following four books was written by Harriet Stowe?
A) Roughing It in the Bush. B) Walden, or Life in the Woods.
C) Adam Bede. D) Uncle Tom's Cabin.
8.______is the capital of New South Wales and the oldest and largest city in Australia.
A) Melbourne B) Sydney C) Darwin D) Canberra
9. ______ , Valentine's Day, is sweethearts' day, on which people in love with each other express their tender emotions.
A) February 10th B) February 12th C) February 14th D) February 16th
10.Major Newspapers and Magazines in the USA are ________ , etc.
A) New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Times
B) New York Times, Washington Post, The Sun, Times
C) New York Times, Washington Post, The Evening Post, Times
D) New York Times, Washington Post, Sunday Times, Times


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