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专八人文知识模拟练习题(1) 时间：2011-12-12来源：嗨考网责任编辑：1. _is a fork legend brought to England by Anglo-Saxons from their continental homes, it is a long poem of over 3000 lines and the national epic of the English people.A BeowulfB sir GawainC the Canterbury taleD king Arthur and his knights2. The father of English poetry, the author of Troilus and Criseyde is also the one of _.A Romeo and JulietB the faerie queenC TamburlaincD the Canterbury tales4. Which of the following are regarded as Shakespeares four great tragedies?A Romeo and Juliet, hamlet, Othello, King LearB Romeo and Juliet, hamlet, Othello, MacbethC hamlet, Othello, King Lear, MacbethD Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Macbeth, Timon of Athens5. Which of the following is not the work of Francis bacon?A advancement of learningB new instrumentC songs of innocenceD essays6. At the beginning of 17th century appeared a school of poets called metaphysics by Samuel Johnson, _is the founder of metaphysical poetry.A Ben JohnsonB john MiltonC john BunyanD john Donne7. Daniel Defoe is a famous_.A poetB novelistC playwrightD essayist8. “He has a servant called Friday.” “he”in the quoted sentence is a character in_.A Henry fieldings tom jonesB john Bunyan the pilgrims progressC Richard brinsley Sheridans the school for scandalD Daniel Defoes Robinson Crusoe9. Guiiliver travel was written by_.A Daniel DefoeB Charles dickensC Jonathan swiftD Joseph Addison10. William Wordsworth is generally known as a _poet.A romanticB realisticC naturalisticD neo-classic答案详解：1. ABeowulf是Anglo-Saxon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 the round table是中古英语时期的浪漫传奇。the Canterbury tale是英国大诗人乔叟的一部诗体短篇小说集。2. D乔叟被誉为英国诗歌之父，Troilus and Criseyde是他的重要作品之一。3. D1608-1612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 tempest, pericles, the winters tale，Cymbeline 。 merchant of Venice, as you like it，twelfth night，the merry wives of Windsor为莎翁的喜剧，Romeo and Juliet, antonym and Cleopatra为悲剧。4. C莎翁最杰出的四大悲剧为hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth。5. Csongs of innocence是英国18世纪末19世纪初浪漫主义诗人William Blake的著作。6. Djohn 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，john Bunyan虽都是17世纪著名作家，但作品风格与玄学派大相径庭。7. BDaniel Defoe创作的鲁宾逊漂流记为他赢得了英国小说之父的称号。8. DDaniel 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。9. CGuiiliver travel是Jonathan swift一部极具魅力的儿童故事，同时包含深刻的思想内容。10. AWilliam Wordsworth为英国浪漫派诗人专八人文知识模拟练习题(2) 时间：2011-12-12来源：嗨考网责任编辑：1. “Ode to the west wind” was written by the author of _.A “I wandered lonely as a cloud”B “Kubla Khan”C “Childe Harolds Pilgrimage”D “As Defense of Poetry”2. Which of the following poets does not belong to the school of romantic poets?A William WordsworthB Percy Bysshe ShelleyC George Gordon ByronD John Donne3. Charles Dickens wrote all of the following except _.A Oliver TwistB David CopperfieldC A Tale of Two CitiesD Heart of Darkness4. “A Red, Red Rose” was written by _.A Alexandra PopB Robert BurnsC William BlakeD John Keats5. Pip is the character of Charles Dickens novel _.A Oliver TwistB David CopperfieldC A Tale of Two CitiesD Great Expectations6. Sense and Sensibility is a _ by _.A play Jane AustenB novel Jane AustenC play Emily BronteD novel Anne Bronte7. In reading Shakespeare, you must have come across the line “To be or not to be-that is the question” by_.A Iago in OthelloB Lear in King LearC Shylock in the Merchant of VeniceD Hamlet in Hamlet8. Robert Brownings “My last Duchess” is composed in the form of a(n) _.A dramatic monologueB extended metaphorC syllogistic argumentD dialogue9. Thomas Hardy wrote novels of _.A character and environmentB pure romanceC “stream of consciousness”D psychoanalysis10. “Wessex novels” refers to the novels written by _.A Charles DickensB D.H. LawrenceC James JoyceD Thomas Hardy答案详解：1 选D“I wandered lonely as a cloud” 的作者是William Wordsworth; “Kubla Khan” 的作者是 Samuel Taylor Coleridge; “Childe Harolds Pilgrimage” 的作者是 George Gordon Byron.西风颂（Ode to the west wind）是 Percy Bysshe Shelley(雪莱)的代表作，他的文论著作有诗辩（A Defense of Poetry。2 选DWilliam Wordsworth, Percy Bysshe Shelley, George Gordon Byron都是19世纪浪漫派诗人的代表人物， John Donne 则是17世纪玄学派诗人的代表。3 选DCharles Dickens(查尔斯.狄更斯)是19世纪英国著名的现实主义小说家，代表作有Oliver Twist（雾都孤儿）， David Copperfield（大卫.科波菲尔），A Tale of Two Cities（双城记），Great Expectations(远大前程)等。 Heart of Darkness（黑暗心灵）为Joseph Conrad 的小说。4 选B“A Red, Red Rose” 一朵红红的玫瑰是英国苏格兰著名的农民诗人Robert 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 Hearts 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 Sygn）。5 选DCharles Dickens(查尔斯.狄更斯)是19世纪英国著名的现实主义小说家，代表作有Oliver Twist（雾都孤儿）， David Copperfield（大卫.科波菲尔），A Tale of Two Cities（双城记），Great Expectations(远大前程)等。 Pip是Great Expectations(远大前程)中的主人公，该作品是一部成长小说，采用第一人称叙述，展现了主人公匹普（Pip）的成长过程。6 选B理智与情感（Sense and Sensibility）,原名为埃莉诺与玛丽安娜（Elinor and Marriane）,曼斯菲尔德庄园（Mansfield Park）,诺桑觉寺(Northanger Abbey),爱玛（Emma）等。7 选D“To be or not to be-that is the question” 选自哈姆雷特（Hamlet）第三幕第一场，是哈姆雷特中最脍炙人口的独白之一。8 选A受戏剧创作的影响，Robert Browning 善于在诗中运用dramatic monologue(“戏剧独白”)，“戏剧独白”并非布朗宁首创，但“戏剧独白”诗体却是他对英国诗歌的一大贡献。 “My last Duchess” 是布朗宁“戏剧独白”诗中很有代表性的一首，诗歌语言口语化，夹叙夹议，通过公爵以个人的独白揭示其心理活动。9 选A哈代的小说是维多利亚时期的作品，其最具地方色彩的作品就是人们常说的“性格与环境小说”，其中包括：还乡（The Return of the Native）, 德伯家的苔丝（Tess of the DUrbervilles）,无名的裘德（Jude the Obscure）,卡斯特桥市长（Mayor of the Casterbridge）等。10 选D哈代的小说中，大多数是以一个名为Wessex(威塞克斯)的乡村为场景的，实际上这个地方就是哈代既爱又恨的家乡。Wessex因此扬名天下，以致于人们常常把哈代以这一地区为场景，描述资本主义发展过程中农村地区渐受资本主义扩张影响的作品称为“Wessex novels”(威塞克斯小说)。专八人文知识模拟练习题(3) 时间：2011-12-12来源：嗨考网责任编辑：1. The sentence “shall I compare thee to a summers day?” is the beginning line of one of Shakespeares_.A comediesB tragediesC sonnetsD histories2. The three dialects spoken by_ _and _mixed into a single language called Anglo-Saxon, or old English.A Anglos, Saxons jutesB Anglos, Saxons, IrishC Anglos, Saxons, ScottishD Anglos, Saxons, welsh3. contribution to English lies chiefly in the fact that he introduced from France the rhymed stanza of various types, especially the rhymed couplet of 5 accents in iambic meter-the heroic couplet to English poetry.A William ShakespearesB Geoffrey ChaucersC Thomas moresD Edmund Spensers4. Spenserian stanza is a form of poetry first employed by Edmund Spenser in his long poetry_.A the faerie queeneB the shepherds calendarC epithalamionD amoretti5. Francis bacon is a _.A poetB playwrightC essayistD novelist6. We can perhaps describe the west wind in shellys poem “ode to the west wind” with all the following terms except_.A tamedB swiftC proudD wild7. The novel starts with “it is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune ,must be in want of a wife.” The novel is Jane Austen_.A EmmaB persuasionC sense and sensibilityD pride and prejudice8. The major concern of _ fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological development of his characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature.A Charles dickenssB D.H .LawrencesC Thomas hardysD john Galsworthys9. “do you think,because I am poor ,obscure ,plain and little ,I am soulless and heartless? And if god had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me , as it is now for me to leave you .” the above Is quoted from_.A pride and prejudiceB Jane EyreC Wuthering heightsD great expectations10. Which of the following is not one of the Bronte sisters?A charlotte BronteB Anne BronteC jenny BronteD Emily Bronte答案详解：1. C这句诗来自莎士比亚十四行诗第十八首。2. A公元五世纪，Anglos, Saxons， jutes开始迁入不列颠，这个部落融合成统一的民族英格兰，他们的语言也发展成一种叫Anglo-Saxon, 或者 old English.3. BGeoffrey Chaucer被誉为英国诗歌之父，是第一位用中古英语写作的大诗人。他的诗行以五音部抑扬格为基本节奏，每两行押韵，被称为heroic couplet4. ASpenser的长诗仙后每节有九行，具有音乐性，被称为Spenserian stanza。5. C培根是文艺复兴最重要的散文家。6. Aode to the west wind是雪莱最著名的抒情诗歌，西风是破坏旧世界，创造新世界的革命力量。7. Dpride and prejudice的名言。8. BD.H .Lawrence将视线投向两性，对西方文明进行反思，将社会批评与性心理探索结合在一起，抨击资本主义工业文明。9. B简爱中的片断。10. C除jenny Bronte其他为在英国文学史占独特地位的Bronte三姐妹专八人文知识模拟练习题(4) 时间：2011-12-12来源：嗨考网责任编辑：1. _is the worlds largest exporter of lamb and mutton.A. New ZealandB. AustraliaC. CanadaD. America2. _ is popularly known in the West as the Land Down Under.A. BritainB. CanadaC. AustraliaD. New Zealand3. Shakespeare wrote all the following works EXCEPT _.A. HamletB. King LearC. OthelloD. Wuthering Heights4. Mark Twain is most famous for _.A. poemsB. NovelsC. DramasD. science fiction5. _was NOT written by Charles Dickens.A. David CopperfieldB. Oliver Twist、C. Sons and LoversD. A Tale of Two Cities6. British prime minister normally serves a _ term.A. two-yearB. five-yearC. four-yearD. six-year7. _ is sometimes called the birthplace of America.A. New EnglandB. the SouthC. the WestD. the Midwest38. Semantics is the study of _.A. linguistic competenceB. language functionsC. meaningsD. social behavior9. Which of the following is not generally believed to be area of linguistics?A. syntaxB. semanticsC. phonologyD. etiology10. TG grammar was advanced by_.A. SearleB. WhorfC. HallidayD. Noam Chomsky参考答案：15： A C D B C610：B A C D D专八人文知识模拟练习题(5) 时间：2011-12-12来源：嗨考网责任编辑：1._is the home of golf.A EnglandB ScotlandC WalesD Ireland2.Which of the follwing languages is NOT spoken in Scotland?A EnglishB ScottishC GaelicD Denish3.The election of _ made Margaret Thatcher to power and shebecame the first woman prime minister.A 1979B 1980C 1982D 19924.To its full sense, the British Parliament consist of _A the House Lord and the House of CommonsB the House and the SenateC the Queen and the Hosue of LordsD the Sovereign, the House of Lords and the House of Commons5.The Tower of London, a historical sight, located in the center of London, was built by _A King HaroldB Robin HoodC Oliver CromwellD William the Conqueror6.There are _ state churches in Britain.A twoB threeC fourD five7.When Oliver Cromwell died in 1658, and was succeeded by his son_, the regime began immediately to collapse.A HenryB HamiltonC RichardD Charles8._ birthday is a great event in Britain since it marks the beginning of full manhood or womanhood.A The twenty-firstB The eighteenthC The nineteenthD The twentieth9.Reuters was founded in _A 1715B 1751C 1851D 181510. What is (are) the nickname(s) of the U.S.A.?A Uncle SamB Brother JonathanC YankeeD All of the above答案详解：1.B 高尔夫是一项古老的贵族的运动，源于十五世纪或更早以前的苏格兰，苏格兰地区山多，气候湿润，多雾，非常适合牧草生长，这里的工业文明以前是连绵不断的牧场。相传当时牧羊人放牧闲暇时，用木板玩游戏，将石子击入兔子窝或洞中。久而久之形成了使用不同的球杆并按一定的规则击球。2.D Gaelic苏格兰盖尔语是高地苏格兰人的传统语言；更多人使用的语言是英语。一直到15世纪末，盎格鲁人仍然以他们的语言称苏格兰盖尔语为苏格兰语（盎格鲁语：Scottish）。3.A Margaret Thatcher 在1979年成为英国首相，为英国史上第一个女首相。4.D 具体的说，英国的议会是有元首，上议院和下议院组成。其中，元首没有实权，上议员由大法官（Lord Chancellor）掌权，是由神职议员（the Lord Spiritual）和世俗议员（the Lord Temporal），下议院的成员是通过选举产生的651名议员,以首相为首。5.D 伦敦塔名为“塔”，实际上是公元11世纪处于罗马统治时期的一座城堡式建筑。6.A英国有两大国教： 在英格兰是英格兰教（Church of England）或者英国圣公会，在苏格莎白的头衔全称为“托上帝宏恩，大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合国和她的其他领土和领地的女王、英联邦元首、基督教的保护者伊丽莎白二世”。可见，英/女王是基督教的保护者。7.C Oliver Cromwell的儿子在父亲过世后继承王权，但是不久后掌控的政体瓦解。1660年，议会扶植流浪法国的前国王儿子Charle二世当国王。8.A 在英国,21岁生日是个大生日,因为他们认为21岁是大人开始的年龄。9.C 路透社是世界四大通讯社之一，也是英国创办最早的通讯社。1850年由保罗朱利叶斯路透 （paul julius reuter）在德国亚琛创办，1851年迁址到伦敦。创办人路透原为德国人，后加入英国籍。1865年，路透把他的私人通讯社扩展成为一家大公司。10.D “山姆大叔”（Uncle Sam），“乔纳森大哥”和“扬基老”都是美国和美国人的绰号专八人文知识模拟练习题(6) 时间：2011-12-12来源：嗨考网责任编辑：1.The Old Man and the Sea is one of the great works by _A Jack LondonB Charles DickensC Samuel ColeridgeD Ernest Hemingway2.In which novel can Yahoo be found?A John Bunyans Pilgrims ProgressB Edmund Spencers The Faerie QueenC Jonathan Swifts Gullivers TravelsD Henry Fieldings Tom Jones3.The Catcher in the Rye is written by _A J.D. SalingerB Jack LondonC Flannery OConnorD Saul Bellow4.The image of the famous henpecked husband is created by_A Washington IrvingB Fennimore CooperC Edith WhartonD William Dean Howells5.The literary spokesman of the Jazz is often thought to be _A ONeilB PoundC Robert FrostD Scott Fitzgerald6._ is the most important person of the transcendental club.A HawthornB WhitmanC EmersonD Hemingway7. The main theme of Emily Dickinson is the following except_A fridendshipB love and marriageC life and deathD war and peace8.Robert Frost is a famous _A novelistB playwrightC poetD literary critic9.Dover Beach is written by _A Robert BrowningB Alfred TennysonC Mathew ArnoldD Dylan Thomas10.The period from 1865-1914 has been referred to as the _ in the literary history of the United States.A Age of RealismB Age of ClasicalismC Age of RomanticismD Age of Renaissance答案详解：1.D 老人与海是海明威的作品。2.C Jonathan Swift的Gullivers Travels（格列弗游记）中yahoo暗指人类，集人类丑陋面于一身，服务于动物的一类生物。3.A The Catcher in the Rye（麦田里的守望者）是J.D. Salinger（J.D. 赛琳格）的名著。4.A henpecked husband 是指“怕老婆的男人”，改典型形象出自Washington Irving 的Rip Van Winkle。5.D 二十世纪出现Jazz Age，这一代的年轻人物欲膨胀，沉迷酒色。Scott Fitzgerald的 Great Gatsby了不起的盖茨比根据时代特征，对深深讽刺了所谓的美国梦。6.C Emerson是超验主义的重要代表，所著Nature论自然代表了他的哲学观。7.D Emily Dickinson（1709-1784），美国女诗人，终生未嫁。主要诗歌包括：I Could Not Sto for Death还有，Im Nobody. Who Are You?诗歌主题为：爱情，自然，友谊，死亡与不朽。8.C Robert Frost是十九世纪的美国诗人，后因父亲过世已经英国，在新英格兰享有很高名望。主要作品有：The Road Not Taken，Mending Wall。9.C Dover Beach（多弗的海滩）是Mathew Arnold 的作品。10.A 1865-1914，也就是美国内战结束之后，第一次世界大战爆发之前。这个时候涌现的作家，比如Mark Twain刻画出美国经济政治发展引发的社会现实问题，包括“Gold Rush”。专八人文知识模拟题（1） 时间：2011-12-12来源：嗨考网责任编辑：1. Its generally known that the “First book of American” is _ by John Smith.A A True Relation of VirginiaB The True Travels of Captain John SmithC Map of the Bay and the RiversD A Description of New England2. The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung up in America was written by _.A John Smith B John EllisC Anne Bradstreet D Nathaniel Morton3. A Funeral Elegy upon That Pattern and Patron of Virtue was written by John Norton in the memory of _.A John Smith B Anne BradstreetC Nathaniel Morton D Benjamin Franklin4. Edward Taylor was a poet of _.A Local ColorismB American RomanticismC New England TranscendentalismD Colonial American5. Poor Richards Almanac was written by _ who also wrote _.A Benjamin Franklin AutobiographyB Washington Irving AutobiographyC Washington Irving History of New YorkD Benjamin Franklin History of New York6. All the following but _ are the works of John Woolman.A Journal of John WoolmanB Some considerations upon the keeping of NegroesC A plea for the PoorD Poor Richards Almanac7. The series of “poems of romantic fancy” are poems written by _.A Washington Irving B James Fenimore CooperC Edgar Allan Poe D Philip Freneau8. _ was the first black woman who published her collection of poems.A Philis Wheatley B Ralph EllisonC James Baldwin D Alex Haley9. Escape: or A Leap for Freedom written by black author John Wells Brown was a(n) _.A poem B novelC play D essay10. Charles Brockden Brown wrote all the following novels but _.A Wieland B OrmondC Edgar Huntley D The Pioneers答案1. 选A一般认为，约翰.史密斯 John Smith 是美国文学的第一位作者，他的关于弗吉尼亚的真实叙述（A True Relation of Virginia）则是美国文学的“第一书”，其实也是整个美国历史的“第一书”。2. 选C安妮.布拉德斯特里特Anne Bradstreet 是殖民地时期的第一位诗人，她的第一部诗集最近在北美出现的第十位缪斯The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung up in America是移民在北美创作的第一部诗集。3. 选B安妮.布拉德斯特里特Anne Bradstreet 去世后，人们纷纷以“哀歌”的形式来表达对这位北美首位殖民地诗人的敬仰和哀悼，其中较著名的有约翰.诺顿的葬礼哀歌（A Funeral Elegy upon That Pattern and Patron of Virtue），以及约翰.罗斯杰的致安妮. 布拉德斯特里特（Anne Bradstreet）。这两首诗后来都被收入了布拉德斯特里特诗集作为该诗集序言的一部分。4. 选D艾德华.泰勒Edward Taylor 是北美殖民时期的重要诗人之一，他的诗作体现了宗教精神和诗歌艺术的高度结合，主要诗作有内省录（Preparatory Meditations），上帝对其选民有影响的决定（Gods Determinations Touching His Elect），诗体基督教史（Metrical History of Christianity）。5. 选A穷查理历书（Poor Richards Almanac）是富兰克林（Benjamin Franklin）广受欢迎的第一部作品，他的另一部代表作是自传（Autobiography）。6. 选D约翰伍尔曼的作品有日记（Journal of John Woolman），关于占有黑人的几点思考（Some considerations upon the keeping of Negroes），为穷人请愿（A plea for the Poor），穷查理历书（Poor Richards Almanac）是富兰克林（Benjamin Franklin）的作品。7. 选D菲力普.福瑞诺（Philip Freneau）创作的一系列描述美国美丽自然风光的诗歌被成为“浪漫奇想诗”，作品有美丽的圣克鲁斯（The beauties of Anta Curz）,印第安人墓地（The Indian Burying Ground），乡间小舍废墟旁有感（Stanzas Occasioned by the Ruins of a Country Inn）。8. 选A菲丽丝.惠特利（Philis Wheatley）是美国文学史上第一位出版诗集的黑人女诗人，由于可