【正文】 boys54. countryside55. master56. adaptation (revision)57. Renaissance58. masterhand (能手) 59. fullbloodⅣ. Say true or false. 1. The old English aristocracy having been exterminated (wiped out) in the course of the War of the Roses, a new nobility, totally dependent on King’s power, e to the fore.2. Absolute monarchy in England reached its summit during the reign of Queen Elizabeth. 3. The progress of bourgeois economy made England a powerful state and enabled her in 1588 to inflict a defeat on the Spanish Invincible Armada.4. The Protestant Reformation was in essence a religious movement in a political guise. 5. Before the Reformation, the English Bible was universally used by the Catholic churches.6. Walter Raleigh wrote his History of the World in imprisonment. 7. More the man is even more interesting than More the writer. 8. Utopia, Book One, describes an ideal munist society. 9. Translations occupied an important place in the English Renaissance. 10. Philip Sidney’s collection of love sonnets is Astrophel and Stella. 11. The Miracle plays were not forbidden to perform in churches after the actors introduced secular and even ical elements into the performance. 12. The writer of Gammer Gurton’s Needle is unknown. 13. Two lawyers who wrote Gorboduc were Thomas Sackville (托馬斯 Latin45. Structure。 poverty37. private ownership38. Italian/Petrarchan 。 ababbcbcc25. Lancaster。 human mind。 culture 20. 14th。 literature13. First14. Shakespeare15. Printer。 King James Bible.7. Language。Part One Early and Medieval English Literature Ⅰ. Fill in the blanks. 1. In 1066, ____, with his Norman army, succeeded in invading and defeating England.A. William the Conqueror B. Julius Caesar C. Alfred the Great D. Claudius2. In the 14th century, the most important writer (poet) is ____ . A. Langland B. Wycliffe C. Gower D. Chaucer3. The prevailing form of Medieval English literature is ____.A. novel B. drama C. romance D. essay4. The story of ___ is the culmination of the Arthurian romances.A. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight B. BeowulfC. Piers the Plowman D. The Canterbury Tales5. William Langland’s ____ is written in the form of a dream vision.A. Kubla Khan B. Piers the PlowmanC. The Dream of John Bull D. Morte d’Arthur6. After the Norman Conquest, three languages existed in England at that time. The Normans spoke _____.A. French B. English C. Latin D. Swedish7. ______ was the greatest of English religious reformers and the first translator of the Bible.A. Langland B. Gower C. Wycliffe D. Chaucer8. Piers the Plowman describes a series of wonderful dreams the author dreamed, through which, we can see a picture of the life in the ____ England.A. primitive B. feudal C. bourgeois D. modern9. The theme of ____ to king and lord was repeatedly emphasized in romances.A. loyalty B. revolt C. obedience D. mockery10. The most famous cycle of English ballads centers on the stories about a legendary outlaw called _____.A. Morte d’Arthur B. Robin Hood C. The Canterbury Tales D. Piers the Plowman11. ______, the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born in London in about 1340.A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. Sir Gawain C. Francis Bacon D. John Dryden12. Chaucer died on October 25th, 1400, and was buried in ____.A. Flanders B. France C. Italy D. Westminster Abbey13. Chaucer’s earliest work of any length is his _____, a translation of the French Roman de la Rose by Gaillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meung, which was a love allegory enjoying widespread popularity in the 13th and 14th centuries not only in France but throughout Europe.A. The Romaunt of the Rose B. “A Red, Red Rose”C. The Legend of Good Women D. The Book of the Duchess14. In his lifetime Chaucer served in a great variety of occupations that had impact on the wide range of his writings. Which one is not his career? ____.A. engineer B. courtier C. office holder D. soldier E. ambassador F. legislator (議員)15. Chaucer poses 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. BeowulfKey to the multiple choices： 15 ADCAB 610 ACBAB 1115 ADAAB自考真題20024l .Romance,which uses narrative verse or prose to tell stories of ___ adventures or other heroic deeds, is a popular literary form in the medieval period. （B）l Among the great Middle English poets, Geoffrey Chaucer is known for his production of ___. Plowman Gawain and the Green Knight Amantis Canterbury Tales（D）l The work that presented, for the first time in English literature, a prehensive realistic picture of the medieval English society and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life is most likely ______________.A．William Langland’ s Piers Plowman B．Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury TalesC．John Gower’s Confession Amantis D．Sir Gawain and the Green Knight（B）Ⅱ. Questions1. What are the features of Beowulf?2. Comment on the social significance and language in The Canterbury Tales.Part Two The English RenaissanceⅠ. Match the writer and his works.91. Thomas More 2. Holinshed 3. Hakluyt 4. Richard Tottel 5. Philip Sidney 6. Walter Raleigh A. Apology for PoetryB. Miscellany of Songs and SonnetsC. UtopiaD. Discovery of GuianaE. Principal Navigations, Voyages and DiscoveriesF. ChroniclesThe key: (1—C 2—F 3—E 4—B 5—A 6—D)Ⅱ. Choose the best answer.1. _____ founded the