【正文】 rhaps will be still better, for as you are as handsome as any of them, Mr. Bingley might like you the best of the party.” The figure of speech used in the sentence is .正確答案： C. B. irony6 Of the following four novels by Austen_______is the most popular and dramatic one.正確答案： Pride and Prejudice 7 All the following statements about “Ode on a Grecian Urn” are true EXCEPT 正確答案：A. In this poem, the poet spoke as bitterly of human 。Old and Middle English Period main in The Canterbury Tales is especially interesting, in which Chaucer draws a group of vivid sketches of typical medieval figures from different walks of life, 正確答案： General Prologue beginning of settlement in Britain took place in about 700 B. C. The settlers were Celticspeaking tribes called . 正確答案： Britons Langland’s is written in the form of a dream vision. 正確答案： A. Piers the Plowman tend to divide Chaucer’s literary career into three periods: the French period, the period and the English period. 正確答案： Italian Was once influenced by Italian Literature. His major work during this period is _____. 正確答案： A. Troilus and Criseyde6. captured the spirit of the medieval period just as it was ending. 正確答案： D. Geoffrey Chaucer7. In the 14th century, the two most famous are and Langland. 正確答案： Geoffrey Chaucer8. Chaucer employed the _____ couplet in writing his greatest work The Canterbury Tales. 正確答案： Heroic9. The most important work of Alfred the Great is ____, which is regarded as the best monument of the Old English prose. 正確答案： B. The AngloSaxon Chronicles 410, the Romans abandoned the island, which marks the end of “ ”. 正確答案： Roman Conquest11. In 55 B. C., Britain was invaded by the Roman general 正確答案： B. Julius Caesar’s active career provided him not only with knowledge but also experiences, which accounted for the wide range of his writings. The following are all his career EXCEPT . 所選答案： B. businessman and churchman 13. Which of the following does not happen in the Middle English period? 正確答案： D. The accepting of Christianity. 14. is a 3182line alliterative verse, considered the monumental work in English poetry of the AngloSaxon period, or the national epic of the English people. 正確答案： A. Beowulf most important romance of the Middle English period is about It was written in Latin. 正確答案： A. King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table 16. Which of the following is not the effect of “Norman Conquest”? 正確答案： C. The decline of Christianity. 17. 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 ____正確答案： A. Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales 18. The narrative poems in the Middle English period fell roughly into three subject groups: “The Matter of ”, “The Matter of Britain” and“The Matter of Rome”. 正確答案： France 19. The spirit of knighthood is reflected in the literature, especially in the , based on the stories of King Arthur. 正確答案： A. Round Table Legends 15th century saw the development of popular literature, chiefly popular , and miracle and morality plays in the later part of the century. 正確答案： ballads21. _____is the most prevailing literary form in the Middle Ages. 正確答案： Romance22. Today Chaucer is regarded as the father of English poetry. His masterpiece is . 正確答案： The Canterbury Tales’s masterpiece is 正確答案： A. The Canterbury Tales24. Beowulf is a ______ poem, describing an allround picture of the tribal society. 正確答案： C. pagan the withdrawal of the Roman troops, England was soon invaded by three Germanic (Teutonic) tribes: the Angles, the and the Jutes. 正確答案： Saxons is of heritage, and contains evidently preChristian elements. 正確答案： Germanic two important prose works of the Old English period are The Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede and founded by King Alfred the Great.正確答案： D. AngloSaxon Chronicle unfolds a picture of an early society, of its public life, its customs, rituals and cultural activities. 正確答案： A. Danish 29. is the most important writer of the 14th cent ury. 正確答案： a. Chaucer 30. In the year 1066, the Normans defeated the AngloSaxons at the battle of 正確答案： Hastings 31. Among the Middle English poets, three are the greatest. One is the author of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. The other two are William Langland and 正確答案： Geoffrey Chaucer 32. In English poetry, a fourline stanza is called____. 正確答案： B. Quatrain33. The Vision Concerning Piers the Plowman is ’s famous poem. 正確答案： William Langland34. The Canterbury Tales contains the ____ and 24 tales, two of which left unfinished. 正確答案： General Prologue fifteen century has been traditionally described as the barren age in English literature. But it is the spring tide of English 正確答案： ballads36. The accelerated the development of feudalism in England. 正確答案： Norman Conquest 37. For nearly two centuries into the Old English period, pagan poetry and pagan spirit remained dominant on the poetic scene. It was essentially a body of .正確答案： heroic poetry38. In 1066, led the Norman army to invade and defeat England.正確答案： D. William the Conqueror39. The provides a framework for the tales in The Canterbury Tales, and it prises a group of vivid pictures of various medieval figures. 正確答案： General Prologue40. is the best of Arthurian romances, the most attractive and beautiful romance of chivalry, and one of