Living at the turn of 19th century,（ ） is regarded as a transitional writer.

（）is one of the best and most popular work by Hardy.

In Thomas Hardy’s Wessex novels, there is an apparent（ ）touch in his description of the simple and beautiful though primitive rural life.

Thomas Hardy wrote novels of（ ）.

All the following Thomas Hardy's works are known as "novels of character and environment" EXCEPT（ ）.

Reading Comprehension：Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English.

I grow old...I grow old...
I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.
Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach?
I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.
I do not think that they will sing to me.

Reading Comprehension: Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space.

The following quotation is from one of the poems by T. S. Eliot:
No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be;
Am an attendant lord, one that will do
To swell a progress, start a scene or two
Advise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool,
Deferential, glad to be of use,
Politic, cautious, and meticulous,
Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse;

Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet

The following quotation is from one of the poems by T. S. Eliot： 

No! I am not Prince Hamlet，nor was meant to be;
Am an attendant lord,one that will do To swell a progress，start a scene or two

Advise the prince；no doubt,an easy tooU Deferential，glad to be of use，
Politic，cautious, and meticulous，
Full of high sentence,but a bit obtuse； 

Reading Comprehension 

Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English.

​" And when I am formulated, sprawling on a pin,/ When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall,/ Then how should I begin/ To spit out all the butt-ends of my days and ways?"

Topic Discussion

Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.

"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" is T. S. Eliot's most striking achievement. Briefly discuss the theme, the writing style, the characteristics of the protagonist, and the setting. 

Reading Comprehension: Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space.

Let us go then, you and I,
When the evening is spread out against the sky
Like a patient etherized upon a table;
Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets,
The muttering retreats
Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels
And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells

Reading Comprehension
Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. 

Let us go then, you and I,
When the evening is spread out against the sky
Like a patient etherized upon a table;
Let us go, through certain half- deserted streets,
The muttering retreats
Of restless nights in one -night cheap hotels
And sawdust restaurants with oyster- shells:
(The lines above are taken from “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T. S Eliot. )

Reading Comprehension Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English.

In the room the women come and go
Talking of Michelangelo.

The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the windowpanes,
The yellow smoke that rubs its muzzle on the windowpanes
Licked its tongue into the corners of the evening,
Lingered upon the pools that stand in drains,
Let fall upon its back the soot that falls from chimneys,
Slipped by the terrace, made a sudden leap,
And seeing that it was a soft October night,
Curled once about the house, and fell asleep.

Reading Comprehension:Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English．Write your answers in the corresponding space．

Let us go then, you and I,
When the evening is spread out against the sky
Like a patient etherized upon a table;
Let us go, through certain half -deserted streets,
The muttering retreats
Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels
And sawdust restaurants with oyster shells:
Streets that follow like a tedious argument
Of insidious intent
To lead you to an overwhelming question.…
Oh, do not ask, “What is it?”
Let us go and make our visit.

Tess is a character of（）.

（）best describes the nature of Thomas Hardy’s later works.

The pessimistic view of life predominates most of Thomas Hardy’s later works and earns him a reputation as a（）writer.

"Wessex novels" by Thomas Hardy described the simple and beautiful though primitive（）,which was gradually declining and disappearing.

Thomas Hardy's pessimistic view of life predominates most of his later works and earns him reputation as a（ ）writer.

The（ ）view of life predominates most of Thomas Hardy's later works and earns him a reputation as a naturalistic writer.