英语专业八级考试人文知识点

英语专业八级考试人文知识点
英语专业八级考试人文知识点

英语专业八级考试人文知识点(1)

__1__ Who was the first to apply the telescope to the study of the skies?

A Kepler

B Copernicus

C Galileo

D Newton

__2__ Whose discovery of the law of the universal gra vitation is the most importa nt of all his achievement in physics?

A Kepler

B Issac Newton

C Galileo

D Copernicus

__3__The three biggest new spapers are of the following except ___.

A New York Times

B Was hington Post

C Los Angele s Times

D Reader’s Digest

__4__Metropolitan Museum is in__.

A Washington D.C.

B Bost on

C New York

D Philadel phia __5__The New Frontier wa

s put forward by __.

A Kennedy

B Johnson

C N

ixon D Benjamin Franklin

__6__Who resigned because

of Watergate Scandal, the

first president to do so in

American history?

A Kennedy

B Johnson

C R

ichard Nixon D Truman

__7__Empire State Building

is in___.

A Chicago

B New York C

Washington D.C. D Detroi

t

__8__ “Knowledge is powe

r.” Was said by__.

A Francis Bacon

B Shakes

peare C Thomas Hobbes D

John Locke

__9__Which of the followin

g philosophers believed that

man is selfish by nature?

A John Locke

B Descartes

C Pierre Gassendi

D Thom

as Hobbes

__10__Jazz, a great contrib

ution to the world popular

music, was originated from

the music of __.

A Indians

B Spanish

C Ne

groes D Portuguese

答案解析:

1选C。Galileo (伽利略,15

64-1642),意大利数学家,天

文学家和物理学家,现代学

和实验物理学创始人,最大

用自制望远镜观察天体,证

明地球围绕太阳转,否定地

心说,遭到罗马教延宗教法

庭的审判和迫害。

2.选B。Issac Newton(牛顿,

1642-1727),英国物理学家、

数学家和天文学家,提出万

有引力定律、力学三大定律

并开创微积分学,著有《自

然科学的数学原理》和《光

学》等,其万有引力定律的

发现是最重要的。

3。选D。Reader’s Digest

《读者文摘》是由Wallace

Dewitt(德维特?华莱士)创办的。1920年他编出《读者文摘》样本,但无人愿意出版。1922年2月在纽约自己出版第一期《读者文摘》。1938年英国版在伦敦出版。到80年代《读者文摘》已以17种语言在163个国家发行,销售量达3050万册,超过美国人和其他杂志。New York Times《纽约时报》美国最具有权威性的日报;Washington Post《华盛顿邮报》美国最具有权威性、最有影响力的报纸之一;Los Angeles Time s《洛杉矶时报》,于《纽约时报》和《华盛顿邮报》一起称为美国“三大日报”。

4.选C。Metropolitan Muse um(大都会艺术博物馆),位于纽约市曼哈顿第五大街上,创建于1870年。是目前西半球最大的艺术博物馆以及收藏人类历史五千年艺术杰作的大宝库。

5.A.Kennedy(肯尼迪,1919-1963),美国第25届总统(19 61-1963).1961年获民主党总统候选人提名,并击败共和党选任尼克松,成为美国历史上最年轻的总统(43岁)和第一个罗马天竺教徒。1963

年11月,肯尼迪总统为促进

得克萨斯州民主党内部的团

结前住在得克萨斯州,22日

中午坐敞篷车从达拉斯机场

进入市区后,在迪利广场被

两颗子弹击中头部和颈部,

半小时内死亡。The New Fr

ontier“新边疆政策”源于肯

尼迪1960年接受民主党总

统候选人提名时所作的演

讲。当时,他称美国正处于

“一个新边疆的边界”,20世

纪的美国人应像19世纪的

美国人一样迎接新挑战。该

政策的主要目标有:探索宇

宙空间,加强科学教育,扩

大民权保护以及改善老人医

疗条件等。

6.选C。Richard Nixon(尼克

松,1913-1991),美国第37

届总统(1964-1974).1969年

再度获共和党总统候选人提

名,战胜民主党候选人当选

总统。1972年以压倒优势战

胜民主党候选人George Mc

Govern 乔治?麦戈文连任总

统。1974年8月,因Water

gate Scandal (水门事件)被

迫辞职,成为美国历史上第

一个辞职的总统。

7.选B。Empire State Build

ing (帝国大厦),坐落于纽约

市曼哈顿第五大街上的办公

大楼。建于1930-1931年,

帝国大厦有102层,该楼高

381米(1,250英尺),是现代

建筑史上的一个奇迹,是曼

哈顿建筑群的中心,也是纽

约市最具有吸引力的景点之

一。

8.选A.Francis Bacon(培根,

1561-1626),英国哲学家、英

语语言大师,英国唯物主义

和实验科学的创始人,反对

经院哲学,提出Knowledge

is power“知识就是力量”,主

要著作有Essays《论说文

集》,New Method《新工具》

以及The Advancement of L

earning《学术的进步》等。

9.选D.Thomas Hobbes(霍布

斯1588-1679),英国政治哲学

家,机械唯物主义者,哲学

对象是物体,排除神学,从

运动解释物质现象,拥护君

主专制,提出社会契约论,

他认为人的知识源于经验,

相信人天生就是自私的,主

要著作有Leviathan〈利维

坦〉。

10.选C。Jazz(爵士乐)是由黑人奴隶和南方黑人居住区的劳动歌谣、田间号子、挽歌和圣歌演变而成的。(上期我们已经有介绍过。^_^)

英语专业八级考试人文知识点(2)

__1__ The backbone of Ca nada’s economy is ___.

A crude oil

B cereal export

C manufacturing

D timber

__2__ The longest river in Canada is ___.

A the St. Lawrence

B the Mackenzie

C the Severn

D the Yukon

__3__ The name “Canada” is thought to be derived fro m kanata, an Indian word meaning ___.

A a settlement

B a guitar

C a meeting place

D a pie ce of land

__4__ Canada has become the world’s ___ exporter of fish. A second B largest C forth

D fifth

__5__ Who is the most infl

uential person in the Canad

ian government?

A the Queen

B the Prime

Minister C the Parliament

D the Governor-General

__6__ The Queen is repres

ented by ___ in Canada.

A The leader of the majorit

y party B the Prime Minist

er

C the Parliament

D the Go

vernor-general.

__7__ In Canada the Head

of State is ___.

A the Prime Minister

B the

leader of the majority part

y

C the government-General

D Queen Elizabeth II

__8__ What is the other of

ficial language besides Engl

ish in Canada?

A German

B Japanese

C F

rench D Finnish

__9__ Since 1971, the Can

adian Government has adop

ted a policy of ___, recogn

izing that cultural pluralism

within a bilingual framewo

rk was the essence of the

Canadian identity.

A assimilation

B multicultur

alism C integration D bend

er equality

__10__ The first European

settlement on the continent

of Australia?

A 1901

B 1851

C 1788 D

1770

答案:

1. 选C。加拿大经济的主要

支柱是制造业。

2. 选B。加拿大最长的河为

the Mackenzie(马更些河),

位于加拿大的西北部。

3. 选A。“Canada”加拿大一词出于kanata, (休伦)——易洛魁(Iroquois)语,意为“村落,小房”。1535年法国探险家卡蒂埃(Jacques Cartier)到加拿大时,向易洛魁(Iroquoi s)部落酋长问此地的名称,酋长说kanata(Canada)意为

附近的村落,卡蒂埃以为是指整个地区,从此便称之为“加拿大”。

4. 选B。加拿大是世界上最大的鱼类出口国。

5. 选B。the Prime Minister (加拿大总理),为政府首脑,由众议院多数党领袖或赢得众议院多数议员支持的人担任,并由总督(the Governor-General)任命。尽管宪法没有规定,但总理一直是加拿大政府中最具有权利的人物,由他控制政党,并为其代言人。总理对议会有重大影响,是唯一能建议总督解散议会和进行大选的人。加拿大总理无固定任期,只要众议院支持,可一直连任。

6. 选D。the Governor-Gene ral(总督)加拿大议会的组成部分,是英国女王在加拿大的带边以及加拿大武装部队

的总司令,由女王根据总理

的提名任命。任期5年,形

式上,总督有权任命总理和

任命国家及军队的高级官

员,代表女王签署法案等,

但实际上,总督按内阁总理

的建议和意见行事。总督的

活动大多属于礼仪性质。

7. 选D。加拿大国家元首(th

e Head o

f State)为英国女

王Queen Elizabeth II(伊丽

莎白二世),由女王任命的总

督代表女王行使权利。如今,

总督由加拿大总理提名,女

王任命,现总督都为加拿大

人,但在1926年前,总督由

英国委派英国人担任。

8. 选C。法语French是加拿

大除了英语外的官方语言。

9. 选B。加拿大和美国一样

也是有许多移民的国家,与

美国被称作“大熔炉”相比,

加拿大常被形容为“马赛

克”。从最初英国人允许战败

的法国人保留他们的语言、

宗教和风俗起,就没有任何

一种文化在加拿大占有压倒

一切的地位。所以加拿大采

取“多元文化主义”和“双语

制”来确定自身的独特文化

特点。

10.选C。澳大利亚最初为英

国罪犯的流放地。最早居住

于澳大利亚的英国首任总

督、海军上将菲力普(Philip)。

1788年,由他率领534名男

犯和192名女犯及其他人共

1030人从英国来到澳大利亚

开拓殖民地。此后,许多自

由殖民者和许多英国移民来

到这里,从事畜牧业和农业。

英语专业八级考试人文知识

点(3)

__1__ _____is a fork legen

d brought to England by A

nglo-Saxons from their cont

inental homes, it is a long

poem of over 3000 lines an

d th

e national epic o

f the

English people.

A Beowulf

B sir Gawain

C the Canterbury tale

D king Arthur and his knig

hts

__2__ The father of Englis

h poetry, the author of Troi lus and Criseyde is also the one of ____.

A Romeo and Juliet

B the faerie queen

C Tamburlainc

D the Canterbury tales

__3__The group of Shakesp eare plays known as “roma nce”or “reconciliation plays”is ______.

A merchant of Venice, as y ou like it

B the tempest, pericles, the winter’s tale

C Romeo and Juliet, antony m and Cleopatra

__4__Which of the followin g are regarded as Shakespe are’s four great tragedies?

A Romeo and Juliet, hamlet, Othello, King Lear

B Romeo and Juliet, hamlet,

Othello, Macbeth

C hamlet, Othello, King Le

ar, Macbeth

D Romeo and Juliet, Othell

o, Macbeth, Timon of Athe

ns

__5__ Which of the followi

ng is not the work of Fran

cis bacon?

A advancement of learning

B new instrument

C songs of innocence

D essays

__6__ At the beginning of

17th century appeared a sch

ool of poets called metaphy

sics by Samuel Johnson, __

__is the founder of metaph

ysical poetry.

A Ben Johnson

B john Milton

C john Bunyan

D john Donne

__7__Daniel Defoe is a fa

mous____.

A poet

B novelist

C playwright

D essayist

__8__ “He has a servant ca

lled Friday.” “he”in the quo

ted sentence is a character

in______.

A Henry fielding’s tom jon

es

B john Bunyan’ the pilgri

m’s progress

C Richard brinsley Sherida

n’s the school for scandal

D D aniel Defoe’s Robinson

Crusoe

__9__Guiiliver’ travel was

written by____.

A Daniel Defoe

B Charles dickens

C Jonathan swift

D Joseph Addison

__10__10 William Wordswo rth is generally known as a ____poet.

A romantic

B realistic

C naturalistic

D neo-classic

答案解析:

解答 A Beowulf是Anglo-S axon时代留下的重要的古英语文学作品,它被认为是英国的民族史诗。sir Gawain and the green knight,king Arthur and his knights of t he round table是中古英语时期的浪漫传奇。the Canter bury tale是英国大诗人乔叟的一部诗体短篇小说集。

解答 D 乔叟被誉为英国诗

歌之父,Troilus and Criseyd

e是他的重要作品之一。

解答 D 1608-1612被认为是

莎翁的浪漫剧创作时期,包

括四部浪漫剧和解剧the te

mpest, pericles, the winter’s

tale,Cymbeline 。mercha

nt of Venice, as you like i

t,twelfth night,the merry

wives of Windsor为莎翁的

喜剧,Romeo and Juliet, an

tonym and Cleopatra为悲

剧。

解答C莎翁最杰出的四大

悲剧为hamlet, Othello, Kin

g Lear, Macbeth。

解答 C songs of innocence

是英国18世纪末19世纪初

浪漫主义诗人William Blak

e的著作。

解答 D john Donne是17世

纪玄学派诗人的重要代表人

物,Ben Johnson是莎翁同时

代的剧作家,john Milton,j

ohn Bunyan虽都是17世纪

著名作家,但作品风格与玄

学派大相径庭。

解答 B Daniel Defoe创作

的鲁宾逊漂流记为他赢得了

英国小说之父的称号。

解答 D Daniel Defoe创作

的鲁宾逊漂流记中的主人公

Robinson Crusoe有个同伴

和仆人叫Friday。

解答 C Guiiliver’ travel是J

onathan swift一部极具魅力

的儿童故事,同时包含深刻

的思想内容。

解答 A William Wordswort

h为英国浪漫派诗人。

英语专业八级考试人文知识

点(4)

__1__ The representatives o

f European utopian socialist

s were the three thinkers__

__.

A Owen, Fourier and Marx

B Darwin, Saint-Simon and

Fourier

C Owen, Fourier and Darwi

n

D Owen, Fourier and Saint-

Simon

__2__ Who is the author o f on the principle of popula tion?

A Darwin

B Thomas Huxley

C Malthus

D Herbert Spencer

__3__Whose book Evolutio n and Ethics was translated into Chinese in 1897 by y an fu?

A Darwin

B Thomas Huxley

C Malthus

D Herbert Spencer

__4__ As far as Australian culture is concerned, the h istory of Australia can be d ivided into the following ph ases with exception of ____. A the period of the original

culture of aboriginal peopl

e

B the period of the domina

nt British culture

C the period of Asian cultu

re

D the period of a multicult

ural society

_5__ Who was the father o

f psychoanalysis and the au

thor of the interpretation of

dreams?

A Monet

B Sigmund Freud

C Yeats

D James Joyce

__6__ ____ is the most im

portant work by Mark abou

t Marxist economics.

A thesis on feuerbach

B the German ideology

C capital

D the capital

__7______ was once the pr

esident of the Royal Societ

y for 23 years.

A William Harvey

B Francis bacon

C Isaac Newton

D john Dalton

__8__Detroit is famous for

the production of____.

A bamboo

B timber

C airplanes

D automobiles

__9__When the republican

party was founded in 1854,i

t was chiefly made up of__

_.

A northern capitalist

B farmers

C merchants

D workers

__10__Ronald Reagan used to be a ____.

A basketball player

B football player

C sports radio announcer

D sports writer

答案解析:

1.解答D 欧洲空想社会主义的三个代表思想家是Owe n, Fourier and Saint-Simon.

2.解答C 马尔萨斯1766-18 34,英国经济学家,以所著《人口论》著名,认为人口按几何级数增长而生活资料按算术级数增长,如不控制人口增长,必将引起罪恶和贫困.

3.解答B赫胥黎1825-1895,

英国博物学家,教育改革家,

支持达尔文学说,第一个提

出人类起源问题,主要著作

天演论1897被严复翻译成

中文.

4.解答C 就澳大利亚文化

史而言,可分为原始土著文

化,1788后的以英国传统为

主的文化,少数民族文化期,2

0世纪的文化传统和影响的

澳大利亚文化.

5.解答B弗洛伊德1856-193

9奥地利亚精神病学原理创

始人,提出潜意识理论,认为

性本能冲动是行为的基本原

因,他将人格分为id(本我),e

go(自我),supergo(超我),主要

著作有梦的解析和精神分析

引论.

6.解答C资本论是马克思最

重要的经济学著作,资本论

里的剩余价值学说是马克思

主义经济理论的基石.

7.解答C Royal Society全

称为伦敦皇家自然知识促进

学会,作为世界上历史最悠

久的学会之一,成立于1660

年,相当于其他国家的科学

院,牛顿任会长长达23年.

8.解答D 底特律是世界上

著名的汽车工业中心.

9.解答A republican party

共和党成立于1854年,当时

主要由北部工业资本阶级构

成.与democratic party (民

主党)一起为轮流执政党之

一.

10.解答C 里根,1932-1937

在一家广播台担任体育播音

员.

英语专业八级考试人文知识

点(5)

__1__The representatives of

the enlightenment in Engli

sh literature were the follo

wing writers but _____.

A Joseph Addison

B Richard Steele

C William Blake

D Alexander pope

__2__Joseph Addison,Richa

rd Steele and Alexander po

pe belonged to the school

of _____.

A classic

B romanticism

C realism

D modernism

__3_______ is a didactic p oem written in heroic coupl ets by Alexander pope. It s ums up the art of poetry as taught by Aristotle, Horace, Boileau and the 18th cent ury classicists. It tells the p oets and critics to write an d appreciate poetry accordin g to the principles set up b y the old Greek and roman writers.

A the Dunciad

B the rap of the rock

C essay on criticism

D essay on man

__4__“The three unites”, fo rmulated by renaissance dra matists, are the unites of th

e following elements but___

_.

A time

B place

C action

D character

__5__ “The father of the E

nglish novel” is______.

A Geoffrey Chaucer

B Edmund Spenser

C Francis bacon

D Henry fielding

__6__ “Tom Jones” was wr

itten by___.

A Henry fielding

B Daniel Defoe

C Jonathan swift

D Samuel Richardson

__7__Why is Samuel Johns

on called “dictionary johnso

n”?

A because he knows a lot

more than other writers in

words

B because he often consults

an encyclopedia while writ

ing.

C because he is a master o

f English language

D because he is the author

of the first English diction

ary.

__8__The school for scanda

l is a ____written by____.

A tragedy. Richard Brimley

Sheridan

B comedy…Richard Brimle

y Sheridan

C comedy…Samuel Johnson

D tragedy…samuel Johnson

__9__Oliver goldsmith’s “th e deserted village” is a poe m of ____.

A Transcendentalism

B romanticism

C sentimentalism

D realism

__10__ Oliver goldsmith’s “the citizen of world” was originally published as____.

A English letters

B Chinese letters

C French letters

D American letters

答案:

解答C Joseph Addison,Ri chard Steele和Alexander po pe都是英国启蒙时期文学的代表,他们从各个角度评判当时英国社会,讨论社会问题,甚至涉及道德伦理和个人生活,崇尚新古典主义,William Blake是浪漫主义

诗人。

解答 A 三人同为英国启蒙

时期文学的代表,崇尚新古

典主义。

解答C Alexander pope为英

国启蒙时期新古典主义诗歌

的代表,essay on criticism

用英雄双韵体写成,总结了

古代和十八世纪欧洲古典主

义者所倡导德诗歌艺术规

则。

解答 D 三一律,要求戏剧

描写的时间,地点和情节相

统一。

解答 D Spenser 是诗人中

的诗人,Geoffrey Chaucer

是英国诗歌之父,Henry fiel

ding是英国小说之父。

解答A Tom Jones是Henry

fielding写的一部现实主义

小说,展示了当时英国社会

的全景。

解答 D Samuel Johnson 是

诗人,剧作家,更是一位伟

大的词典编撰家,他编了第

一部英国人的英语辞

书―――英语大辞典。

解答 B The school for sca

ndal是十八世纪剧作家谢立

丹所创作的喜剧。

解答C 长诗荒村是感伤主

义诗歌的杰作

解答 B 世界公民原为中国

人信札。

英语专业八级考试人文知识

点(6)

__1__ “Utopia” was writte n

by ___.

A Thomas More

B Francis Bacon

C Daniel Defoe

D Jonathan Swift

__2__ William Blake wrote

all the following except _

__.

A Poetical Sketches

B Songs of Innocence

C The Marriage of Heaven

and Hell

D The Tree of Liberty

__3__ “Auld Lang Syne” w as written by the author of ___.

A A Red, Red Rose

B The Sick Rose

C A Rose for Emily

D Tigar

__4__ All of the following poets except ___ are calle d “Lake Poets”.

A William Wordsworth

B Robert Southey

C Samuel Taylor Coleridge

D Percy Bysshe Shelley

__5__ Love for love is a c omedy written by ___.

A William Shakespeare

B Ben Jonson

C William Conger

D Christopher Marlowe

__6__ Which of the followi

ng group of writers are the

playwrights of the 17th ce

ntury?

A Ben Jonson and John Dr

yden

B Christopher Marlowe and

Daniel Defoe

C John Milton and Oscar

Wilde

D Ben Jonson and George

Bernard Shaw

__7__ “The poet’s poet” is

___.

A Geoffrey Chaucer

B Edmund Spenser

C Francis Bacon

D John Donne

__8__ “The founder of Eng

lish poetry” is ___.

A Geoffrey Chaucer

B Edmund Spenser

C Francis Bacon

D John Donne

__9__ “The founder of Eng

lish materialist philosophy”

is ___.

A Geoffrey Chaucer

B Edmund Spenser

C Francis Bacon

D John Donne

__10__ “The founder of me

taphysical school” is ___.

A Geoffrey Chaucer

B Edmund Spenser

C Francis Bacon

D John Donne

答案:

1选A。托马斯莫尔(Thomas More)是英国最主要的早期人文主义者,他的《乌托邦》批评了当时的英国和欧洲社会,设计了一个社会平等,财产公有,人们和谐相处的理想国。乌托邦现已成为空想社会主义的代名词。

2选D。《自由树》(The Tr ee of Liberty)是罗伯特.彭

斯(Robert Burns)的诗作。

3选A。“A Red, Red Rose”(《一朵红红的玫瑰》)是英国苏格兰著名的农民诗人Rob ert Burns罗伯特.彭斯根据

苏格兰民谣创作的一首脍炙人口的爱情诗篇,彭斯在仔细研究苏格兰民谣的基础上,创作了大量抒情诗,如《我心在高原》(My Heart’s in the Highlands),《一朵红红的玫瑰》(A Red, Red Rose),《约翰.安德生.我的爱人》(John Anderson, My Jo),《昔日时光》(Auld Lang Sy ne) 4 选D。湖畔派三诗人有:

William Wordsworth, Rober

t Southey和Samuel Taylor

Coleridge。三人均为英国浪

漫派诗歌的杰出代表。

5 选C。17世纪出现的风俗

喜剧是当时喜剧的最高成

就,威廉.康格里夫的《以爱

还爱》(Love for Love),《如

此世道》(The Way of the

World)等剧作是风俗喜剧的

代表作品。

6 选A。奥斯卡.王尔德(Osc

ar Wilde),是19世纪剧作家

(George Bernard Shaw)萧伯

纳是20世纪剧作家。笛福(D

aniel Defoe)是小说家,弥尔

顿(John Milton)是诗人。

7 选B。Geoffrey Chaucer

被称为“英国诗歌之父”。培

根被马克斯誉为“英国唯物

主义及现代实验科学之父”。

而邓恩是玄学诗歌的奠基

人,斯宾塞被称为“诗人中的

诗人”。

8 选A。Geoffrey Chaucer

被称为“英国诗歌之父”。

9 选C。培根被马克斯誉为

“英国唯物主义及现代实验

科学之父”。

10 选D。邓恩是玄学诗歌的

奠基人。

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点(7)

__1__ “The Graveyard Poet

s” got the name because __

_.

A they chose to live near

graveyards

B they often wrote about d

eath and melancholy

C they always wrote about

dead people

D they often use “graveyar

d” as the title

__2__ It is generally unders

tood that the recurrent them

e in many o

f Thomas Hard

y’s novel is ___.

A man against nature

B lo

ve and marriage C social c

riticism D fate and destiny

__3__ The Romantic Period

in English literature began with the publication of __ _.

A William Blake’s Songs o f Innocence

B Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice

C Wordsworth’s and Coleri dge’s Lyrical Ballads

D a piece of land

__4__ It is generally regard ed that Keats’ most importa nt and mature poems are in the form of ___.

A ode

B elegy

C epic

D s onnet

__5__ G.B. Shaw’s play M rs. Warren’s Profession is a realistic exposure of the _ __ in the English society.

A slum landlordism

B ineq uality between men and wo men

C political corruption

D ec onomic exploitation of wom en __6__ The Preface to Shak

espeare and Lives of the P

oets are the works of critic

___.

A G.B. Shaw

B Samuel Jo

hnson C Ben Johnson D E.

M. Foster

__7__ The Ring and the B

ook is a masterpiece of __

_.

A Alfred Tennyson

B Robe

rt Browning C Thomas Har

dy D Ralph Waldo Emerso

n

__8__ Matthew Arnold is t

he writer of ___.

A Dover Beach

B My last

Duchess C Break, Break, B

reak D The Eagle

__9__ The writer of Heart

of Darkness is also the one

of ___.

A Time of Machine

B Jim

C Lord Jim

D A Passage

to India

__10__ Of Human Bondage

is a novel by ___.

A Herbert George Wells B

Arnold Bennett C William

Somerset Maugham D Joh

n Galsworthy

答案:

1. 选B。“墓畔派”是指18世

纪那些描写死亡的哀挽的诗

人。代表作有托马斯.格雷

《墓园挽歌》(Elegy Written

in a Country Churchyard),

托马斯.巴奈尔的《死亡之

夜》(Night Piece on Death),

爱德华. 扬《夜思》(Night

Thoughts)和罗伯特.布莱尔

的《坟墓》(The Grave)。

2. 选D。在哈代(Thomas Ha

rdy)的作品中,他那悲剧色彩

的哲学观告诉我们,人生的

一切都是命运安排,是不可

抗拒的。人在命运的面前束

手无策,无论人们怎样努力,

都很难逃脱命运的折磨和戏

弄。

3. 选C。威廉.华兹华斯(Wil

liam Wordsworth),于1798

同柯勒律治(Samuel Tayor

Coleridge)合作出版了著名

的《抒情歌谣集》(Lyrical B

allads),该诗第二版的“序”

被认为是英国浪漫主义的宣言。

4. 选A。济慈的代表作品有《夜莺颂》(Ode to a Nighti ngale),《希腊古瓮颂》(Od e on a Grecian Urn),《忧郁颂》(Ode on Melancholy),《秋颂》(To Autumn)等。“颂”被认为是济慈最具有代表性和最为成功的诗歌形式。

5. 选D。萧伯纳的剧作《华伦夫人的职业》(Mrs. Warre n’s Profession)塑造了一个

在经济重压下普通妇女的形象,该剧揭露了一个令人愤怒的事实:在资本主义社会,娼妓业也成了一种剥削方式。

6. 选B。塞缪尔.约翰逊18世纪英国人文主义文学批评的巨匠,《莎士比亚戏剧集序言》(The Preface to Shak espeare),和《诗人传》(Liv es of the Poets)是他对文学批评做出的饿突出贡献。

7. 选B。《指环与书》(The Ring and the Boo)是罗伯特.勃郎宁(Robert Browning)的诗作。

8. 选A。《多佛海滩》(Dov er Beach)是阿诺德(Matthew Arnold)诗歌中的名篇之一,反映了19世纪西方社会中

的宗教信仰在新知识的冲击下普遍沦丧的时代风貌。

9. 选C。《黑暗的心》(Hea rt of Darkness)和《吉姆老爷》(Lord Jim)都是约瑟夫.康德拉的小说,《吉姆》(Ji m)是同时期另一位作家迪亚德.吉卜林的作品。

10.选C。威廉.萨默塞特.毛姆(William Somerset Maugha m)的创作深受法国自然主义的影响,他的长篇小说《人性的枷锁》(Of Human Bon dage)展现了主人公摆脱精

神枷锁的过程。

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