苏州新动态国际英语提供专八人文知识模拟试题(三).docx

专八人文知识模拟试题(三) 苏州新动态国际英语提供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 Hardy11. The sentence “shall I compare thee to a summers day?” is the beginning line of one of Shakespeares_.A comediesB tragediesC sonnetsD histories12. 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, welsh13. 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 Spensers14. Spenserian stanza is a form of poetry first employed by Edmund Spenser in his long poetry_.A the faerie queeneB the shepherds calendarC epithalamionD amoretti15. Francis bacon is a _.A poetB playwrightC essayistD novelist16. 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 wild17. 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 prejudice18. 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 Galsworthys19. “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