45. _____ inner weakness is made use of by the outside evil force. A. Hamlet’s B. Othello’s C. King Lear’s D. Macbeth’s 46. About Shakespeare’s romantic comedies, which of the following is true? A. He takes an optimistic attitude toward love and truth. B. The romantic elements are not brought into full play at all.

C. He presents the patriotic spirit when engaging intellectual excitement and emotion. D. There is a wonderful balance of characters.

47. About Shakespeare’s romantic comedies, which of the following is not true? A. He takes an optimistic attitude toward love and truth. B. The romantic elements are brought into full play.

C. He praises the patriotic spirit when engaging intellectual excitement and emotion. D. His youthful Renaissance spirit of jollity is fully reflected.

48. The most important play among Shakespeare’s comedies is _____. A. A Midsummer Night’s Dream B. The Merchant of Venice C. As You Like It D. Twelfth Night

49.Here are two lines taken from The Merchant of Venice: “Not on thy sole, but on thy soul, harsh Jew/Thou mak’st thy knife keen.” What kind of figurative device is used in the above lines?（ ） A. Simile. 直喻、明喻 B. Metonymy.隐喻 C. Pun.双关语 D. Synecdoche. 50.“Bassanio:Antonio,I am married to a wife Which is as dear to me as life itself;

But life itself, My wife, and all the world. Are not with me esteem'd above thy life; I would lose all, ay, sacrifice them all, Here to the devil, to deliver you.

Portia: Your wife would give you little thanks for that, If she were by to hear you make the offer.”

The above is a quotation taken from Shakespeare's comedy The Merchant of Venice. The quoted part can be regarded as a good example to illustrate ____. A.dramatic irony戏剧反讽 B.personification拟人 C.allegory 寓言 D.symbolism象征

52.In Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice, Antonio could not pay back the money he borrowed from Shylock, because ______. A. his money was all invested in the newly-emerging textile industry B. his enterprise went bankrupt

C. Bassanio was able to pay his own debt D. his ships had all been lost

53. The Tempest is a typical example of Shakespeare’s__________view of life towards human life and society in his late years. A. pessimistic B. optimistic C. satirical D. none of the above

54. As the best of Shakespeare's final romances, ______ is a typical example of his pessimistic view towards human life and society in his late years. A. The Tempest B. The Winter's Tale C. Cymbeline D. The Rape of Lucrece

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55. Shakespeare’ s ______, an elaborate and fantastic story, is known as the best of his final romances. A. The Winter’s Tale B. The Tempest

C. The Taming of the Shrew D. Love’ s Labour’ s Lost

56. Shakespeare’s ______ are mainly written under the principle that national unity under a mighty and just sovereign is a necessity. A. comedies B. tragedies C. history plays D. dark comedies

57. Which of the following is William Shakespeare’s history play? A. Macbeth B. Henry IV C. Romeo and Juliet D. King Lear

58. Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18? A. The speaker eulogizes the power of Nature. B. The speaker satirizes human vanity.

C. The speaker praises the power of artistic creation. D. The speaker meditates on man’s salvation.

59．The sentence “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” is the beginning line of oneofShakespeare’s______________.

A．comedies B．tragedies C．sonnets D．histories

60.“So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, / So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 includes three stanzas according to the content with these last two lines as a（ ）, which completes the sense of the above lines. A. prelude序 B. couplet双韵 C. epigraph题词 D. exposition说明 61. In his tragedy Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare eulogizes _____. A. the faithfulness of loveB. the spirit of pursuing happiness C. the heroine's great beauty , wit and loyalty D. both A and B John Milton

62．Paradise Lost is actually a story taken from ______________. A．the Renaissance B．the Old Testament C．Greek Mythology D．the New Testament

63. The story of Paradise Lost is taken from____. It tells about___. (浙0810) A. the Old Testament … …Satan’s rebellion against God.

B. the Bible… …the expulsion of Adam and Eve out of the garden of Eden. C. Greek Mythology … …a young prince’s revenge on his father’s murderer. D. both A and B

64. Paradise Lost tells the story of _____. A. a young prince's revenge on his father's murderer

B. the expulsion of Adam and Eve out of the garden of Eden C. Satan's rebellion against GodD. both B and C

65 Which of the following statements about Paradise Lost is true?

A. Adam and Eve were driven out of Paradise for their conspiracy with Satan.

B. The writer intended to expose the ways of Satan and to justify the ways of God to men.

C. Satan, as a rebel to God, was finally defeated and surrendered.

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D. Satan was finally reconciled with God.

66. In heaven, _____ led a rebellion against God. Defeated, he and his rebel angels were cast into Hell. A. Adam B. Eve C. Satan D. Samson

67. John Milton’s ______ is the only generally acknowledged epic in English literature since Beowulf. A. Paradise Lost B. Paradise Regained C. Samson Agonistes D. Areopagitica

68.John Milton wrote ______ to expose the way of Satan and to “justify the ways of God to men”. A. Paradise Lost B. Paradise Regained C. Lycidas D. Samson Agonistes 69. “To wage by force or guile eternal war,

Irreconcilable to our grand Foe.”（John Milton, Paradise lost)

By what means were Satan and his followers to wage this war against God? A. By planting a tree of knowledge in the Garden of Eden. B. By turning into poisonous snakes to threaten man’s life. C. By removing God from His throne.

D. By corrupting man and woman created by God.

70. John Milton’ s most powerful dramatic poem on the Greek model is ______. A. Paradise Lost B. Paradise Regained C. Samson Agonistes D. Lycidas

71. The most perfect example of the verse drama after Greek style in English is Milton’s _____. A. Paradise Lost B. Paradise Regained C. Samson Agonistes D. Areopagitica

72. Samson Agonistes by ______ is the most perfect example of the verse drama after the Greek style in English. A. John Milton B. William Blake

C. Henry Fielding D. William Wordsworth

73. The hero of one his main works is an Israel’s mighty champion, blind, alone and fighting against his thoughtless enemies. This hero’s experience is in close resemblance to the poet himself. This poet’s name is ________. A．John Milton B．John Bunyan

C．Edmund Spenser D．Christopher Marlowe

74. Which of the following is not John Milton’s works? A. Paradise Lost B. Paradise Regained C. Samson Agonistes D. Othello

75. Which of the following works does not belong to John Milton? A. Paradise Lost B. Paradise Regained C. Adonais D. Llycidas

II. Reading Comprehension (16 points in all, 4 for each) 77 Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate:

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Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May， And summer’s lease hath all too short a date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimmed, And every fair from fair sometime declines,

By chance, or nature’s changing course untrimmed: But thy eternal summer shall not fade, Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st,

Nor shall death brag thou wander’st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st, So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this ,and this gives life to thee.

1. What kind of poem is this, blank verse, sonnet, pastoral poem, or ode? Who is the author?

SONNET, William Shakespeare

2. What is the central idea of this poem?

A nice summer’s day is usually transient, but the beauty in poetry can last forever. 78. “Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st; Nor shall death brag thou wander’st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st: So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”

Questions: A. Identify the author and the title of the poem from which this part is taken. William Shakespeare; SONNET 18

B. What does the word “this” in the last line refer to? “this” refers the poem C. What idea do the quoted lines express?

When you are in my eternal poetry, you are even with time. A nice summer’s day is usually

transient, but the beauty in poetry can last forever. 79．“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate:

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer’s lease hath all too short a date:” Questions:

A.Identify the poet and the poem from which the quoted lines are taken.

William Shakespeare; Sonnet 18

B. Name the figure of speech employed in the poem. ----Personification C．What is the theme of the poem?

A nice summer’s day is usually transient, but the beauty in poetry can last forever. 80. “To be, or not to be —— that is the question; Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,

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