单选题1.Mrs.Warren’sProfessionisoneofGeorgeBernardShaw’splays.WhatisMrs.Warren’sprofessionthen?A.Realestate.B.Prostitution.C.House-keeping.D.Farming.答案:B2.Ofalltheeighteenth-centurynovelists,whowasthefirsttosetout,bothintheoryandpractice,towritespeciallya“comicepicinprose”,thefirsttogivethemodernnovelitsstructureandstyle?A.ThomasGrayB.RichardBrinsleySheridanC.JohathanSwiftD.HenryFielding答案:D3.Itisalonewho,forthefirsttimeinEnglishliterature,presentedtousacomprehensiverealisticpictureoftheEnglishsocietyofhistimeandcreatedawholegalleryofvividcharactersfromallwalksoflife.A.GeoffreyChaucerB.MartinLutherC.WilliamLanglandD.JohnGower答案:A4.Generally,theRenaissancereferstotheperiodbetweenthe14thandmid-17thcenturies,itsessenceis.A.scienceB.philosophyC.artsD.humanism答案:D5.TheRenaissanceisactuallyamovementstimulatedbyaseriesofhistoricalevents,whichoneofthefollowingisNOTsuchanevent?A.TherediscoveryofancientRomanandGreekculture.B.England’sdomesticrest.C.Newdiscoveryingeographyandastrology.D.Thereligiousreformationandtheeconomicexpansion.答案:B6.Thetermtoneinliteraturemeans__________.A.soundeffectsuchasrhymeandmetricaldeviceB.thepitchofawordusedtodetermineitsmeaninginthegivencontextC.themannerofexpressiontoindicatethespeaker’sattitudetowardsthesubjectD.ashadeofcolourtoreflectthechangeofthelight答案:C7.Dr.FaustusisaplaybasedontheGermanlegendofamagicianaspiringforandfinallymeetinghistragicendasaresultofsellinghissoultotheDevil.A.immortalityB.politicalC.moneyD.knowledge答案:D8.TheRomanticPeriod,oneofthemostimportantperiodsinthehistoryofAmericanliterature,stretchesfromtheendof______________totheoutbreakof____________.A.the17thcentury…theAmericanWarofIndependenceB.the18thcentury…theAmericanCivilWarC.the17thcentury…theAmericanCivilWarD.the18thcentury…theU.S.–MexicanWar答案:B9.ThegiantMobyDickmaysymbolizeallEXCEPT.A.mysteryoftheuniverseB.sinofthewhaleC.poweroftheGreatNatureD.eviloftheworld答案:B10