刘炳善《英国文学简史》（第3版）配套题库【章节题库（含名校考研真题）＋模拟试题】

第一部分　章节题库（含名校考研真题）

第1章　早期和中世纪的英国文学

填空题

1. Geoffrey Chaucer’s famous work _____ contains 20-odd stories unified by a fictitious pilgrimage.（天津外国语2008研）

【答案】The Canterbury Tales查看答案

2. _____ is generally considered to be Chaucer’s masterpiece.（国际关系学院2007研）

【答案】The Canterbury Tales查看答案

【解析】《坎特伯雷故事集》被公认为是乔叟的代表作。

3. The English great writer Geoffrey Chaucer was born in 1343 and died in 1400. His most important work is _____, a long poem made up of a general introduction and 24 stories.（南开大学2007研）

【答案】The Canterbury Tales查看答案

【解析】乔叟的代表作是《坎特伯雷故事集》，是一首由一篇序言和24个故事组成的长诗。

4. The most magnificent prose work of the 15th century is Le Morte D’ Arthur concerning with _____ legend.

【答案】Arthurian查看答案

【解析】15世纪左右公认的集大成作品为《亚瑟王之死》，是关于亚瑟王的传奇故事。

5. The only important prose writer in the 15th century is Sir _____.

【答案】Thomas Malory查看答案

【解析】十五世纪最著名的散文家是托马斯·马洛礼爵士，他将众多的关于亚瑟王的传奇故事收录为集大成之作《亚瑟王之死》，是英国第一部重要的散文。

6. The fifteenth century has been traditionally described as the barren age in English literature. But it is the spring tide of English _____.

【答案】ballads查看答案

【解析】十五世纪英国歌谣开始兴起。

7. _____ is Chaucer’s longest complete poem (about 8, 000 lines) and his greatest artistic achievement.

【答案】Troilus and Criseyde查看答案

【解析】《特罗勒斯和克丽西德》是乔叟最长的一首完整诗篇，长达8000多行。

8. The Canterbury Tales contains in fact a general prologue and only _____ tales, of which two are left unfinished.

【答案】24查看答案

【解析】乔叟的代表作《坎特伯雷故事集》计划写120个故事，但最后只完成总序和24个故事，其中两个未完成。

9. Critics tend to divide Chaucer’s literary career into three periods: the _____ period, the _____ period and the _____ period.

【答案】French, Italian, English查看答案

10. Among the Middle English poets, three are the greatest. One is the author of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. The other two are _____ and _____.

【答案】William Langland, Geoffrey Chaucer查看答案

11. The Canterbury Tales contains the _____ and 24 tales, two of which left unfinished.

【答案】General Prologue查看答案

12. Chaucer employed the _____ couplet in writing his greatest work The Canterbury Tales.

【答案】heroic查看答案

13. The framework in The Canterbury Tales is a _____.

【答案】pilgrimage查看答案

14. When Chaucer died on the 25th of October 1400, he was the first to be buried in _____.

【答案】Westminster Abbey查看答案

15. Besides Chaucer, King James I also wrote in verses of seven lines, so this kind of verse came to be called the _____.

【答案】rhyme royal查看答案

16. The _____ is an important stream of the British literature in the 15th century.

【答案】popular ballad查看答案

17. The _____ century has traditionally been described as the barren age in English literature.

【答案】15^th

18. In the 14th century, the two most important writers are _____ and Langland.

【答案】Geoffrey Chaucer查看答案

【解析】乔叟和兰格伦是英国14世纪两位最重要的作家。

19. Today Chaucer is acclaimed not only as “the father of English poetry” but also as “the father of English fiction”. His masterpiece is _____.

【答案】The Canterbury Tales查看答案

【解析】乔叟被誉为“英国诗歌和英国小说之父”，其代表作是《坎特伯雷故事集》。

20. The fifteenth century has been traditionally described as the barren age in English literature. But it is the spring tide of English _____.

【答案】ballads查看答案

【解析】十五世纪英国歌谣开始兴起。

21. The _____ provides a framework for the tales in The Canterbury Tales, and it comprises a group of vivid pictures of various medieval figures.

【答案】Prologue查看答案

【解析】《坎特伯雷故事集》的序言部分提供整本书的基本框架，生动地刻画了一群各种各样的中世纪人物画卷。

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