The Merry Wives of Windsor
罗密欧与朱丽叶 英文版介绍
All‘s Well That Ends Well 皆大欢喜 As You Like It 如愿 Comedy of Errors 错中错 Love‘s Labour’s Lost 空爱一场 The Merchant of Venice威尼斯商人 Measure for Measure 一报还一报 The Merry Wives of Windsor 温莎的风流夫人 Much Ado About Nothing 无事生非 A Midsummer Night‘s Dream 仲夏夜之梦 The Taming of the Shrew 驯悍记 The Tempest 暴风雨 Twelfth Night 第十二夜 Two Gentlemen of Verona 维洛那二绅士 The Winter‘s Tale 冬天的故事
House of Montague
• Montague is the patriarch of the house of
• • Montague. Lady Montague is the matriarch of the house of Montague. Romeo is the son of Montague, and the play's male protagonist. Benvolio is Romeo's cousin and best friend. Abram and Balthasar are servants of the Montague household
Shakespeare & Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) is considered to be the greatest writer in the history of English literature. From 1590 to 1613, he totally wrote 38 plays. Along with Shakespeare’ plays, his 154 sonnets and several lyrical poems have been translate into over 80 different languages throughout the world.
the merry wives of windsor
This thesis will be divided into four parts, the background and introduction of the play; thematic and theatrical functions of Merry Wives of Windsor and the significance and implication of appearance and reality of Merry Wives of Windsor, last is the conclusion.I,the background and introductionThe Merry Wives of Windsor is a comedy by William Shakespeare, first published in 1602. The Windsor of the play's title is a reference to Windsor Castle in Berkshire, England, and though nominally set in the reign of Henry IV, the play makes no pretence to exist outside contemporary Elizabethan era English middle class life. It features the character Sir John Falstaff, the fat knight who had previously been featured in Henry IV Parts 1 and 2.The play has two parallel clues: a series foolish and greedy actions of the declining knight Sir John Falstaff; the marriage of Ann Page.Falstaff arrives in Windsor very short on money. He decides, to obtain financial advantage, that he will court two wealthy married women, Mistress Ford and Mistress Page. Falstaff decides to send the women identical love letters and asks his servants – Pistol and Nym – to deliver them to the wives. When they refuse, Falstaff sacks them, and, in revenge, the men tell Ford and Page (the husbands) of Falstaff's intentions. Page is not concerned, but the jealous Ford persuades the Host of the Garter tointroduce him to Falstaff as a 'Master Brook' so that he can find out Falstaff's plans.Meanwhile, three different men are trying to win the hand of Page's daughter, Mistress Anne Page. Mistress Page would like her daughter to marry Doctor Caius, a French physician, whereas the girl's father would like her to marry Master Slender. Anne herself is in love with Master Fenton, but Page had previously rejected Fenton as a suitor due to his having squandered his considerable fortune on high-class living. Hugh Evans, a Welshparson, tries to enlist the help of Mistress Quickly (servant to Doctor Caius) in wooing Anne for Slender, but the doctor discovers this and challenges Evans to a duel. The Host of the Garter prevents this duel by telling both men a different meeting place, causing much amusement for himself, Justice Shallow, Page and others. Evans and Caius decide to work together to be revenged on the Host.When the women receive the letters, each goes to tell the other, and they quickly find that the letters are almost identical. The "merry wives" are not interested in the aging, overweight Falstaff as a suitor; however, for the sake of their own amusement and to gain revenge for his indecent assumptions towards them both, they pretend to respond to his advances.This all results in great embarrassment for Falstaff. Mr. Ford poses as 'Mr. Brook' and says he is in love with Mistress Ford but cannot woo her as she is too virtuous. He offers to pay Falstaff to court her, sayingthat once she has lost her honor he will be able to tempt her himself. Falstaff cannot believe his luck, and tells 'Brook' he has already arranged to meet Mistress Ford while her husband is out. Falstaff leaves to keep his appointment and Ford soliloquies that he is right to suspect his wife and that the trusting Page is a fool.When Falstaff arrives to meet Mistress Ford, the merry wives trick him into hiding in a laundry basket ("buck basket") full of filthy, smelly clothes awaiting laundering. When the jealous Ford returns to try and catch his wife with the knight, the wives have the basket taken away and the contents (including Falstaff) dumped into the river. Although this affects Falstaff's pride, his ego is surprisingly resilient. He is convinced that the wives are just "playing hard to get" with him, so he continues his pursuit of sexual advancement, with its attendant capital and opportunities for blackmail.Again Falstaff goes to meet the women but Mistress Page comes back and warns Mistress Ford of her husband's approach again. They try to think of ways to hide him other than the laundry basket which he refuses to get into again. They trick him again, this time into disguising himself as Mistress Ford's maid's obese aunt, known as "the fat woman of Brentford". Ford tries once again to catch his wife with the knight but ends up beating the "old woman", whom he despises, and throwing her out of his house. Black and blue, Falstaff laments his bad luck.Eventually the wives tell their husbands about the series of jokes they have played on Falstaff, and together they devise one last trick which ends up with the Knight being humiliated in front of the whole town. They tell Falstaff to dress as "Herne, the Hunter" and meet them by an old oak tree in Windsor Forest (now part of Windsor Great Park). They then dress several of the local children, including Anne and William Page, as fairies and get them to pinch and burn Falstaff to punish him. Page plots to dress Anne in white and tells Slender to steal her away and marry her during the revels. Mistress Page and Doctor Caius arrange to do the same, but they arrange Anne shall be dressed in green. Anne tells Fenton this, and he and the Host arrange for Anne and Fenton to be married instead.The wives meet Falstaff, and almost immediately the "fairies" attack. Slender, Caius, and Fenton steal away their brides-to-be during the chaos, and the rest of the characters reveal their true identities to Falstaff.Although he is embarrassed, Falstaff takes the joke surprisingly well, as he sees it was what he deserved. Ford says he must pay back the 20 pounds 'Brook' gave him and takes the Knight's horses as recompense. Slender suddenly appears and says he has been deceived –the 'girl' he took away to marry was not Anne but a young boy. Caius arrives with similar news –however, he has actually married his boy! Fenton and Anne arrive and admit that they love each other and have been married.Fenton chides the parents for trying to force Anne to marry men she did not love and the parents accept the marriage and congratulate the young pair. Eventually they all leave together and Mistress Page even invites Falstaff to come with them: "let us every one go home, and laugh this sport o'er by a country fire; Sir John and all".II, thematic and theatrical functionsKey themes of Merry Wives include love and marriage, jealousy and revenge, conflicts in social class and wealth. Explored with irony, sexual innuendo, sarcasm, and stereotypical views of classes and nationalities, these themes help to give the play something closer to a modern-day view than is often found in Shakespeare's plays.The Merry Wives of Windsor, as its name suggests, mainly highlights the female, especially the women in the Windsor, including Mrs Ford and Mrs Page are the soul female character who have comedic conflicts with Falstaff, the main male character. Mrs Ford and Mrs Page are beautiful, cheerful and clever, who have a new moral standard. They fight for the liberation of personality, equality between men and women, have their own views towards marriage and love, romantic but not frivolous. They set a serial of traps to fight against the patriarchal society and the double insult and the persecution of women: one is the evil deeds of evil Falstaff and his ilk, one is Mr Ford’s jealousy.These two women are optimistic meanwhile strict with themselves, sticking up for the dignity of women, fighting the battle of wits and courage. After receiving the love letters from Falstaff, their reaction are almost the same. Mrs. Page makes a joke about this: " Never receive any letters when I was young and beautiful, now there's someone sending love letter to me ?" After she read the letter, things didn’t go as Falstaff imagined, Mrs.Page didn’t appreciate him, quite on the contrary, she rethink herself about what caused Falstaff’s misunderstanding and planned to teach this ungrateful fellow a lesson. When Mrs. Ford received the letter, she immediately found Mrs.Page, also makes a joke of this "If I’m happy to go to hell, I can be knighted". Then she also planned to make a revenge on Falstaff. The ladies began their "revenge" after knowing Falstaff's intentions, and there the comedy began to expand, which is absolutely out of F alstaff’s plan.In the whole process of the revenge, two ladies showed their bravery and resourceful mind, even the suspicious and jealous Mr Ford was being tricked at the same time. At that period, women still live under the male chauvinism, however, Mrs Ford is an independent and strong woman knows how to defend her dignity, thus won a big victory during the fight with Falstaff and her husband.In "the Merry Wives of Windsor" Miss Ann Page and the servantMistress Quickly also occupy a certain weight, Ann has the characteristics of the new era women who is not satisfied with the marriages that parents arrange for and brave enough to pursue her own love and seeking the freedom of marriage with her wisdom and courage. The servant Mistress Quickly who is different from the other three women in the play, is a glib talker, in pursuit of her own interest, she deceives the three young men who are in love with Ann; also plays a key role in the process of the revenge towards Falstaff . She uses her own "quickly" mouth to lobby Falstaff, making him once again be deceived. She plays a key role in the whole drama and contributes to the comedy effect.III,significance and implication"The Merry Wives of Windsor" is not a typical comedy of Shakespeare, however, it is recognized as the style of Shakespeare. This is a concise, creative, tense comedy. Although Shakespeare finished this play within only fourteen days, it still has the same effects with other comedy shows, to some extent, even better. The comedy is more like a farce. Shakespeare’s comedy, is nothing but through various twists and turns then leads to a happy ending, this play, however, is not that circuitous, it's full of humor and joke, which can be recognized as the funniest play of Shakespeare’s comed ies. In the mean time, the play also gives a strong irony during the funny plot, which is another bigcharacteristic of the play.The play is centered on the class prejudices of middle-class England. The lower class is represented by characters such as Bardolph, Nym, and Pistol, and the upper class is represented by Sir John Falstaff and Master Fenton. Shakespeare uses both Latin and misused English to represent the attitudes and differences of the people of this era. For example, much humor is derived from the exaggerated accents of Dr. Caius and Sir Hugh Evans. For example, Caius speaks in an exaggerated French dialect ; when he finds out he has married a page instead of Mistress Anne he exclaims that he has married "oon garcon", and Evans speaks in a thick Welsh accent to the point that Falstaff complains that he "makes fritters of English". Much of the comedic effect of the play is derived from misunderstandings between characters.The key themes of Merry Wives include love and marriage, jealousy and revenge, social class and wealth. Explored with irony, sexual innuendo, sarcasm, and stereotypical views of classes and nationalities, these themes help to give the play something closer to a modern-day view than is often found in Shakespeare's plays.IV,conclusionThe tale of Falstaff attempting to seduce two mischievous Windsor ladies is a great affirmation of late middle-age. Falstaff may be an absurdbottom pincher, but it is cheering to think that long before Viagra or even Spanish Fly a fat old man could be depicted as so libidinous. From his lechery the play draws its energy and bounce. It's a great show for midsummer.The image shaped in the comedy "the Merry Wives of Windsor" has the features both boast and lying, and at the same time, fills with humor and optimism. Neither does Falstaff have the morality of honor nor a bad heart, which is a successful comedy image. In the feudal society, he dropped from aristocratic class to a normal civilian, he has good relations with both the prince and the thieves, the robbers,the prostitutes. He is a bankrupt feudal nobility -- Sir John Falstaff. Carried with him are strong characteristics of the feudal parasitic life : be fond of wine, indulge in sensual pleasures. He is a soldier, however lacks of the concept of honor and brave as a feudal knight . At the same time, he lived in a transition phase which develops from feudal society to modern and civilized society, he d oesn’t have the initiative of the new townspeople class but contracts their sense of optimism and self enjoyment. He makes a living on flattery, bragging and laughter. Through his activities, Shakespeare shows the audience a wide social background from royal palace to hotels, brothels, a colorful civilian society, which provides a broad, vivid, rich background for shaping the image and setting the conflicts in the play. WhenFalstaff appears in the play "Henry IV", he is known as an ugly mountain thief and one of the idle prince's intimate partner, however, in the "Merry Wives of Windsor", he is already an ugly old man, but age didn’t affect his carnality, thus the audience can see him in this play still as an old goat. So for a long time, he is crowned with "immorality" and "parasites". However,on the other hand Shakespeare tries to shape Falstaff with affection as a firm individualism and hedonism, which is a representative of strong personal realization mode and the value during the Renaissance period . "For their own lives is the choice" was his creed. He paid attention to the real world, praised life, no one can intervene in his faith. However, what is worth exploring is that such a blowing, being indulged in prostitution, robbing, cheating and evil character should cause audience’s hatred, but on the contrary, people who live around him didn’t put him in prison, even a little fond of him, the true essence on him is Falstaffian spirits. During the Renaissance, humanism and personal liberation were advocated, asceticism on the other hand, is opposed , people advocate life against the worship of the divine, believe in science and practice. As one of a member in the transition period, Falstaff was also influenced by the Renaissance. These characters are similar with the optimism of the earlyemerging bourgeois.The distinctive character of Falstaff gives off a new atmosphere in the age of humanism."The Merry Wives of Windsor" is a quite different kind of comedy. It shows the audience the Renaissance impact on Shakespeare in a quite relaxed and pleasant atmosphere, Shakespeare praises the braveness of people who want to break the feudal fetters and traditional habits,endless struggles for marriage and love freedom.。
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北语19春《英美文学选读》作业4
(单选题)1: William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all the following EXCEPT A: the use of everyday language spoken by the common peopleB: the expression of the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelingsC: the use of humble and rustic life as subject matterD: the use of elegant wording and inflated figures of speech标准答题:(单选题)2: What kind of girl is Dora?A: pretty and cleverB: pretty and empty-headedC: plain-looking and understadingD: lovely and clever标准答题:(单选题)3: Which of the following is a comedy?A: King learB: MacbethC: HamletD: The Merry Wives of Windsor标准答题:(单选题)4: which of the following is NOT written by Dreiser?A: Jennie GerhardtB: Go down, MosesC: An American TragedyD: Sister Carrie标准答题:(单选题)5: Walt Whitman was a pioneering figure of American poetry. His innovation first of all lies in his use of , poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme.A: bland verseB: heroic coupletC: free verseD: iambic pentameter标准答题:(单选题)6: Which of the following statements about writers in 1920s is true?A: Mark Twain published his last and most important novel.B: F. Scott Fitzgerald received the Nobel Prize.C: Freudian psychology influenced many modern writers.D: Most writers were politically radical.标准答题:(单选题)7: Mr. Micawber in David Copperfield and Sam Well in Pickwick Papers are perhaps the best ______ characters created by Charles Dickens.A: comicB: tragicC: roundD: sophisticated标准答题:(单选题)8: In Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennet finds out some weak points about herself in the process of judging others. Which of the following is NOT a weak point of hers?A: BlindnessB: PartialityC: SnobbishnessD: Prejudice.标准答题:(单选题)9: Virginia Woolf was born in a____A: poor familyB: small familyC: rich familyD: talented family标准答题:(单选题)10: After reading the first chapter of Pride and Prejudice, we may come to know that Mrs. Bennet is a woman of _______ .A: simple character and quick witB: simple character and poor understandingC: intricate character and quick witD: intricate character and poor understanding标准答题:(单选题)11: All the following poets belong to lake poets EXCEPTA: WordsworthB: ColeridgeC: Robert SoutheyD: Shelley标准答题:(单选题)12: Mark Twain, one of the greatest 19th century American writers, is well known for his ____.A: international themeB: waste-land imageryC: local colorD: symbolism标准答题:(单选题)13: The Hemingway Code heroes are best remembered for theirA: indestructible spiritB: pessimistic view of lifeC: war experiencesD: masculinity标准答题:(单选题)14: Charles Dicken＇s early years were___A: happyB: difficultC: richD: sunny标准答题:(单选题)15: Which of the following is a tragedy?A: Antony and CleopatraB: Twelfth NightC: Julius CaesarD: Much ado about Nothing标准答题:(单选题)16: The sentence "Shall I compare thee to a summer＇s day?" is the beginning line of one of Shakespeare＇s ________ .A: comediesB: tragediesC: sonnetsD: histories标准答题:(单选题)17: Auld Lang Syne was written byA: William WordsworthB: John KeatsC: Walt WhitemanD: Robert Burns标准答题:(单选题)18: You may have meet the term "Yahoo" on internet, but you may also have met it in English literature .It is found in _____A: John Bunyan＇s Pilgrim＇s ProgressB: Samuel Johnson＇s The Vanity of Human WishesC: Jonathan Swift＇s Gulliver＇s TravelsD: Henry Fielding＇s tom Jones标准答题:(单选题)19: Defoe＇s Robinson Crusoe created the image of an enterprising Englishman, typical of the English bourgeoisie in the ______ century.A: 17thB: 18thC: 19thD: 20th标准答题:(单选题)20: In the first part of the novel Pride and prejudice, Mr. Darcy has a （n）______ of the Bennet family .A: high opinionB: great admirationC: low opinionD: erroneous view标准答题:(单选题)1: William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all the following EXCEPT A: the use of everyday language spoken by the common peopleB: the expression of the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelingsC: the use of humble and rustic life as subject matterD: the use of elegant wording and inflated figures of speech标准答题:(单选题)2: What kind of girl is Dora?A: pretty and cleverB: pretty and empty-headedC: plain-looking and understadingD: lovely and clever标准答题:(单选题)3: Which of the following is a comedy?A: King learB: MacbethC: HamletD: The Merry Wives of Windsor标准答题:(单选题)4: which of the following is NOT written by Dreiser?A: Jennie GerhardtB: Go down, MosesC: An American TragedyD: Sister Carrie标准答题:(单选题)5: Walt Whitman was a pioneering figure of American poetry. His innovation first of all lies in his use of , poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme.A: bland verseB: heroic coupletC: free verseD: iambic pentameter标准答题:(单选题)6: Which of the following statements about writers in 1920s is true?A: Mark Twain published his last and most important novel.B: F. Scott Fitzgerald received the Nobel Prize.C: Freudian psychology influenced many modern writers.D: Most writers were politically radical.标准答题:(单选题)7: Mr. Micawber in David Copperfield and Sam Well in Pickwick Papers are perhaps the best ______ characters created by Charles Dickens.A: comicB: tragicC: roundD: sophisticated标准答题:(单选题)8: In Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennet finds out some weak points about herself in the process of judging others. Which of the following is NOT a weak point of hers?A: BlindnessB: PartialityC: SnobbishnessD: Prejudice.标准答题:(单选题)9: Virginia Woolf was born in a____A: poor familyB: small familyC: rich familyD: talented family标准答题:(单选题)10: After reading the first chapter of Pride and Prejudice, we may come to know that Mrs. Bennet is a woman of _______ .A: simple character and quick witB: simple character and poor understandingC: intricate character and quick witD: intricate character and poor understanding标准答题:(单选题)11: All the following poets belong to lake poets EXCEPTA: WordsworthB: ColeridgeC: Robert SoutheyD: Shelley标准答题:(单选题)12: Mark Twain, one of the greatest 19th century American writers, is well known for his ____.A: international themeB: waste-land imageryC: local colorD: symbolism标准答题:(单选题)13: The Hemingway Code heroes are best remembered for theirA: indestructible spiritB: pessimistic view of lifeC: war experiencesD: masculinity标准答题:(单选题)14: Charles Dicken＇s early years were___A: happyB: difficultC: richD: sunny标准答题:(单选题)15: Which of the following is a tragedy?A: Antony and CleopatraB: Twelfth NightC: Julius CaesarD: Much ado about Nothing标准答题:(单选题)16: The sentence "Shall I compare thee to a summer＇s day?" is the beginning line of one of Shakespeare＇s ________ .A: comediesB: tragediesC: sonnetsD: histories标准答题:(单选题)17: Auld Lang Syne was written byA: William WordsworthB: John KeatsC: Walt WhitemanD: Robert Burns标准答题:(单选题)18: You may have meet the term "Yahoo" on internet, but you may also have met it in English literature .It is found in _____A: John Bunyan＇s Pilgrim＇s ProgressB: Samuel Johnson＇s The Vanity of Human WishesC: Jonathan Swift＇s Gulliver＇s TravelsD: Henry Fielding＇s tom Jones标准答题:(单选题)19: Defoe＇s Robinson Crusoe created the image of an enterprising Englishman, typical of the English bourgeoisie in the ______ century.A: 17thB: 18thC: 19thD: 20th标准答题:(单选题)20: In the first part of the novel Pride and prejudice, Mr. Darcy has a （n）______ of the Bennet family .A: high opinionB: great admirationC: low opinionD: erroneous view标准答题:。
关于莎士比亚作品常识的所有题型汇总及答案
单选1. The most important and popular comedy written by Shakespeare is ___.A. Romeo and JulietB. Twelfth NightC. The Merchant of VeniceD. As You Like It2. Which writing is a typical example of Shakespeare's pessimistic view towards human life and society in his late years?A. TempestB. King LearC. HamletD. Othello3. Which one IS NOT one of Shakespeare's four tragedies?A. Romeo and JulietB. King LearC. HamletD. Othello4. _____, the first of the great tragedies, is generally regarded as Shakespeare's most popular play on the stage.A. The Merchant of VeniceB. HamletC. King LearD. Julius Caesar5. Shakespeare has established his giant position in world literature with his ____ plays.A. 47B. 27C. 52D. 376. 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 meditated on man’s salvation7. Which play is regarded as the best English comedy since Shakespeare?A. She Stoops to ConquerB. The RivalsC. The School for ScandalD. The Conscious Lovers8.The sentence "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" is the beginning line of one of Shakespeare's ________ .ediesB.tragediesC.sonnetsD.histories9. 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.10.―Bassanio:Antonio,I am married to a wifeWhich 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 ironyB.personificationC.allegoryD.symbolism11.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 industryB. his enterprise went bankruptC. Bassanio was able to pay his own debtD. his ships had all been lost12.Shakespeare’s tragedies include all the following except ______.A. Hamlet and King LearB. Antony and Cleopatra and MacbethC. Julius Caesar and OthelloD. The Merchant of Venice and A Midsummer Night’s Dream13. ―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, ／And by opposing end them?‖ The quoted lines are taken from ______.A. King LearB. Romeo and JulietC. OthelloD. Hamlet14. 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 TempestB. The Winter's TaleC. CymbelineD. The Rape of Lucrece15. In ______,Shakespeare has not only made a profound analysis of the social crisis in which the evils can be seen everywhere,but also criticized the bourgeois egoism.A.HamletB.OthelloC.King LearD.Macbeth16. Many peop le today tend to regard the play “ The Merchant of Venice ” as a satire of the hypocrisy of _________ and their false standards of friendship and love, their cunning ways of pursuing worldliness and their unreasoning prejudice against _________ .A. Christians / JewsB. Jews / ChristianC. oppressors / oppressedD. people / Jews17_____is not written by William Shakespeare.A.Henry VB. The TempestC. As You Like ItD. Paradise Lost18.In “Sonnet 18”, Shakespeare_________________.A.Meditate on the destructive power of time and eternal beauty by poetry.B.Satirize human’s vanity.C.Predict the eternity of love.D.Eulogize the power of the beauty.19.Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies are the following works except____.A.HamletB.King LearC.Romeo and JulietD.Othello20.The Renaissance refers to between 14th----mid-17th century, which was under the reign of Queen___and absolute monarchy in England reached its summit, and in which the ’real mainstream (真正的文学主流)’ was ____.A.Victoria/poetryB.Elizabeth/ dramaC.Mary/ novelD.James/ drama21. _____, the first of the great tragedies, is generally regarded as Shakespeare’s most popular play on the stage, for it has the qualities of a “blood-and-thunder” thriller and a ’philosophical exploration’ of life and death.A.The Merchant of VeniceB.HamletC.King LearD.The Winter’s Tale22.“And we will make thee beds of roses / And a thousand fragrant posies/ A cap of flowers, and a kirtle/ Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle.” The above lines are probably taken from______.A.Spenser’s The Faerie QueeneB.John Donne’s The Sun RisingC.Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18D.Marlow’s The Passionate Shepherd to His Love23.The rhyme scheme of The Passionate Shepherd to His Love is______ .A.aabbB.ababC.abccD.abacually there are __ groups of characters in Shakespeare’s comedies.A. 2B. 3C. 4D. 525.Shakespeare produced __comedies in all.A. 14B. 15C. 16D. 1726.The story of The Merchant of Venice is of ___origin.A. ItalianB. FrenchC. GermanD. English27.The story of Hamlet comes from a ____ legend.A. FrenchB. ItalianC. DanishD. Chinese28.Of all Shakespeare’s tragedies, ____ is the mos t complex in plot and also the most painful.A. HamletB. King LearC. OthelloD. Macbeth29. The hero Macbeth is a famous general of ____.A. RussiaB. IndiaC. EnglandD. Scotland30.Shakespeare’s historical plays are ____plays.A. PoliticalB. CulturalC. SportD. Love31.Shakespeare’s historical plays reflect the historical events of ____ centuries from RichardⅡto Henry Ⅷ.A. OneB. TwoC. ThreeD. Four32.In Shakespeare’s historical plays the ideal king is ___, though his real prototype differs little from the others kings.A. HenryⅤB. HenryⅣC. HenryⅧD. Richard33.Shakespeare wrote _B__ historical plays in all.A. 10B. 11C. 12D. 1334. HenryⅣ and HenryⅤ deal with the events of the ___ century.A. 14thB. 15thC. 16thD. 17th35.The play HenryⅣcontains ___ parts.A. TwoB. ThreeC. FourD. Five36.The first __ sonnets are addressed mainly to a young man of great beauty and promise.A. 124B. 125C. 126D. 12737. Each of Shakespeare’s plays consists of ___ parts.A. 3B. 4C. 5D. 638.“ Neither a borrower nor a lender be; for loan oft loses both itself and fr iend” is from ____.A. King LearB. HamletC. Venus and AdonisD. The Two Noble Kinsmen39.Shakespeare belonged to the ___ period.A. RevolutionB. RestorationC. RenaissanceD. Romantic40. In the year of __, Shakespeare retired from the stage and return to his hometown.A. 1609B. 1612C. 1615D. 161841.___ embraces almost all of the important characteristics of a comedies.A. As You Like ItB. The Merchant of VeniceC. The Twelfth NightD. The Winter’s Tale42.___ and ___ ar e mainly relied on Holinshed’s Chronicles.A. King Lear and MacbethB. King Lear and As You Like ItC. As You Like It and The Winter’s TaleD. The Twelfth Night and As You Like It43.Each character in Shakespeare’s works is a representative of a gr oup of men, for example, Hamlet represents the ___.A. UsurersB. HumanistsC. ChivalryD. Governors44. The most important play among Shakespeare’s comedies is _____A HamletB The Twelfth NightC The Merchat of VeniceD The Merchant of Venice45.Which of the following plays written by Shakespeare is history play ?A. A Midsummer Night’s DreamB. The Merry Wives of WindsorC. Henry IVD. King Lear46.William Shakespeare is one of the giants of________ .A. RomanticismB. Critical RealismC. AestheticismD. the Renaissance47.___ is from Shakespeare’s sonnet No.18.A “Let me not to the marriage of true minds”B “To be or not to be: that is the question”C “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day”D “No longer mourn for me when I am dead”48. The vivid portrayal of ____ by Shakespeare in Henry IV has earn for him an enviable place in the history of English literature.A Julius CaesarB FalstaffC HamletD King Henry49.The four great tragedies written by Shakespeare are Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello and ______.A. Antony and CleopatraB. Julius CaesarC Twelfth NightD King Lear50. Which of the following does not belong to Shakespeare’s ro mantic love comedies?A Twelfth NightB The TempestC As You Like ItD The Merchant of Venice51.What is the relationship between Claudius and Hamlet ?A. CousinsB. Uncle and nephew .C. Father-in-law and son-in-law .D. Father and son .52.Which of the following plays does not belong to Shakespeare's great tragedies ?A. Romeo and JulietB. King LearC. HamletD. Macbeth53.In Hamlet's soliloquy , when he says , " To sleep , perchance to dream : --ay, there's the rub . " What is the primarily thinking about ?A . The bad dreams that have recently been troubling him .B. The fact that if dying is like going to sleep , then perhaps after death we have bad dreams .C. The sinful behavior of Gertrude , whose guilty dreams he would like to know .D. His desire to sleep so that he will not have to take vengeful action .54.In " Not on thy sole , but on thy soul , harsh Jew , / Thou mak'st thy knife keen " , Gratiano ( a character in The Merchant of Venice ) uses a rhetorical device called____.A. hyperboleB. homonymC. paradoxD. pun55.Which of the following plays by Shakespeare is NOT a comedy ?A. The Merchant of VeniceB.A Midsummer Night's DreamC .As you like ItD. Romeo and Juliet56." In a dream vision , Arthur witnessed the loveliness of Gloriana , and upon awakening resolves to seek her." The two literary figures "Arthur " and " Gloriana " are from _____ .A. The Fairie QueeneB. Romeo and JulietC. Dr. FaustusD. Paradise Lost57. In " Sonnet 18 " , Shakespeare has a profound meditation on the destructive power of _________ and the eternal __________ brought forth by poetry to the one he loves .A. death/ lifeB. death/ loveC. time / beautyD. hate / love58. Which one is Shakespeare's longest play?A HamletB Henry VIIIC Romeo and JulietD The Merchant of Venice59. So long as men can breath , or eyes can see ,/So long lives this ,and this gives life to thee (Shakespeare,Sonnets18) What does ”this” refer to?A . LoverB . Time C. Summer D . Poetry60. The character of the Merry Wives of Windsor is ____.A . Miranda B. Mistress Ford C. Ariel61. In King Lear，Shakespeare also described a family where members had no contact besides naked money, who was the unfilial son in this family?A .Edgar B. Edmund C .The Duke of Cornwall62. Shakespeare is the representative of period.A EnlightenmentB ClassicC Renaissance63. Which is not a tragedy in the following?A HamletB Romeo and JulietC King Lear64. Which is a work written in Shakespeare’s old time.A As You Like ItB Twelfth NightC The Tempest65. Which i s not the character in Shakespeare’s comedy.A ShylockB HermiaC Othello66. has ever translated Shakespeare’s works.A Fu LeiB Zhu ShenghaoC Yang Xianyi67. Who is not the contemporary writer with Shakespeare.A MarloweB BaconC Chaucer68. Which is the name of Shakespeare’s wife.A Anne BoleynB Anne HathawayC Anne Sullivan69. Which form is not always used by Shakespeare.A Free VerseB Blank verseC Sonnet70. is the most famous sonnet of Shakespeare.A Sonnet 15B Sonnet 17C Sonnet 1871. Which play is originated from Chronicles of Scotland.A MacbethB King LearC Hamlet72. Which is the lover of Portia in The Merchant of Venice.A BassanioB AntonioC Shylock73. Portia disguises a to save Antonio in The Merchant of Venice.A JudgeB LawyerC Policewoman74. What’s the relationship between Hamlet and Claudius.A FriendB EnemyC Strange75 is the most notable characteristics of Hamlet.A HumbleB HasteC Hesitate76. Hamlet is about the history ofA NorwayB EnglandC Denmark判断题True or False1. The traditional theme of The Merchant of Venice is to praise the friendship between Antonio and Bassanio, to idealize Portia as a great beauty, wit and loyalty, and to expose the insatiatable greed and brutality of the Jew.2. It is reg arded now as a satire of the Christians’ hypocrisy and their false standards of friendship and love, their cunning ways of pursuing worldliness and their unreasoning prejudice against Irish.3. Each hero has his weakness of nature: Macbeth, the melancholic scholar-prince, faces the dilemma between action and mind; the old King Lear’s inner weakness is taken advantage of by the outside evil force; Othello, unwilling to totally give up his power, makes himself suffer fromtreachery and infidelity, and Hamlet’s lust for power stirs up his ambition and leads him to crimes.4. The Shakespearean or English sonnet rhymed abab cdcd efef gg.5. A Shakespearean, or English sonnet consists of 14 lines, each line contains ten syllables, and each line is written in heroic couplet in which a pattern of a non-emphasized syllable followed by an emphasized syllable is repeated five times.6. For such a figure as Hamlet, soliloquy is a natural medium, a necessary release of his anguish; and some of his questioning monologues possess surpassing power and insight, which have survived centuries of being torn from their context.7. Shakespeare was one of the founders of realism in world literature as well as in English literature.8. In Hamlet, Claudius is the current King of Denmark, Hamlet’s uncle, who succeeded to the throne upon the death of his brother.9. Not all of Shakespeare’s histories are political plays.10. Contrast is an important structural principle in Hamlet.11. William Shakespeare was a great humanist, writing two narrative poems and 221 sonnets.16.S hakespeare has never written sonnets.17.The Renaissance in England Focused on poetry and play.18.The language in Shakespeare’s time was different from thatnowadays.19.Shakespeare just creates comedy and tragedy.20.I n Shakespeare’s time, England was mainly controlled by Tudor dynasty.21.Shakespeare is regarded as the father of poetry in England.22.In King Lear, Shakespeare shows that tyrants must be defeated.23.Many of Shakespeare’s works were taken from stories of Greek and Rome.24.Othello is a tragedy of humanism.25.Except comedy and tragedy, Shakespeare also creates history plays.26.A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a very romantic comedy.27.The Merchant of Venice is a comedy full of irony.28.Shakespeare firstly uses blank verse in England.29.Iambic pentameter is used in Sonnet 18.30.Sonnet 18 praises the immortality of arts.填空题1.William Shakespeare, in cooperation with John Fletcher, wrote two plays:_______and _______.2.The success of Shakespeare’s comedies owns much to _________________.3.Shakespeare’s well-known long poems are: ________and ________.4.Venus and Adonis is a poem written in the form of ________stanzas.5.Each line of a Shakespearian sonnet is an _____________.6._______ is the principle form of his dramas.7.____ and ____ are two main characters in As You Like It.8.Shakespeare wrote ___ tragedies in all, and ____, _____, _____ and _____are four great tragedies.9.The story of Macbeth was borrowed from ___________.10.A mong Shakespeare’s all historical plays, HenryⅣand HenryⅤare two remarkable plays, as HenryⅤ is the ____ of HenryⅣ11.S hakespeare’s ____ are associated with a period of gloomy and sorrow in his life.12."Richard ii" red rose is the_________; white roses is the ______.13.The theme of "A Midsummer Night's Dream " are: _______________________________________________________.14.Shakespeare was a great _______ of the English language.15. Shakespeare's standard poetic form was _____, composed in ______.16.In 1593 and 1594, Shakespeare published two narrative poems on erotic themes, ____________ and ____________.20.S hakespeare is the greatest of all______ dramatists.21.______ is considered as one of the best lyrics in English Literature.22.______ is the greatest tragedy of Shakespeare’s.23.______ is a tragedy of humanism.24.______ is a tragedy of all ambitions adventures who become the prey of their ambition.25.______ is a based on an old British legend.26.______ is a play eulogizing the friendship between Antonio and Bassanio, idealizing Portia as a heroine of great beauty, wit and loyalty, and exposing the insatiable greed and brutality of the Jew represented by Shylock.27.The allusion “pound of flesh”comes from______ .28.Shakespeare wrote______ plays and ______ sonnets.问答题：1.“ Nor lose poss ession 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.”A.Identify the author and the title of the poem from which this part is taken.B.What does the word“this”in the last line refer to?C.What idea do the quoted lines express?2．William Shakespeare is one of the most remarkable playwrights the world has ever known.(1)Name his four greatest tragedies.(2)What are the characteristics of the four tragedies in common?(3)Briefly summarize each hero‘s weakness of nature.3. 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, ／And by opposing end them?A. How do you understand the last two lines?4.Give a brief analysis of Shylock, a character in Shakespeare’s play, The Merchant of Venice.5.Read the quoted part and answer the questions:“For herein Fortune shows herself more kindThan is her custom. It is still her useTo let the wretched man outlive his wealth,To view with hollow eye and wrinkled browAn age of poverty; from which ling’ring penanceOf such misery doth she cut me off”A.Identify the title of the works and author.B.Explain “from which…cut me off”.C.What happened to him, which caused the words?6.Please give a brief analysis of Hamlet’s “To be or not to be” soliloquy (独白).7.What are the main themes of Shakespeare’s plays?8.”Kiss me, Kate!” Katherina Minora is the character in which literary work?9.When Shakespeare died ?10.In Shakespeare’s drama which one has the only sub-title “arbitrariness”11. What principle is Shakespeare's tragedy based on?12.Shakespeare's four great tragedies are13.Shakespeare's two narrative long poems are:17.In the comedy "As you like it” who represent the negati ve life style:18.The heroines’s characteristics in the comedy twelfth night is:19.Why sleep is so frightening, according to Hamlet, since it can “end”the heartache and the thousand natural shocks”?20.What, after all, makes people lose their determination to take action? Please explain in relation to the so-called hesitation of Hamlet.21.What is Romeo and Juliet’s attitude toward being a Montague or a Capulet?22.What does Romeo mean when he says “Look thou but sweet, /And I am proof against their enmity”?23.What does Romeo mean when he says “Look thou but sweet, /And I am proof against their enmity”?24.What does Romeo compare Juliet to in the beginning passage of the s election?25. What are the characteristics of four tragedies in common?。
莎士比亚英文名言
莎士比亚英文名言篇一：学英语的人多少都知道一些莎士比亚的名句学英语的人多少都知道一些莎士比亚的名句，各类媒介也会传播不少据说出自莎翁的名言。
可是，有些所谓的莎翁名言根本不是他说的。
以下这12句就是代表。
1. “When I saw you I fell in love and you smiled because you knew.”“我初次见你，一见钟情；你莞尔一笑，早已知晓。
”Where it’s actually from: An 1893 Italian opera, Falstaff, with a libretto by Arrigo Boito. The opera itself is based on The Merry Wives Of Windsor, written by the Bard himself, but the line is not found in the play itself, only in the opera.真正出处：1893年的意大利歌剧，《福斯塔夫》，脚本作者为阿里格·博伊托。
歌剧根据莎翁创作的戏剧《温莎的风流娘们儿》改编，但这句话并非出自于这部戏剧，而只在歌剧中出现。
2. “Love is a wonderful terrible thing.”“爱是一件美妙而可怕的事。
”Where it’s actually from: Gabriela, Clove, and Cinnamon by Jorge Amado. Also the quote is actually, “Love—the most wonderful and most terrible thing in the world.”真正出处：《加布里埃拉、康乃馨和桂皮》，作者是若热·亚马多。
此外原句应该是“爱是世上最美妙而最可怕的事。
”3. “The earth has music for those who listen.”“世上的音乐为听音乐的人而存在。
英语专八人文知识精选试题1
专八人文：英国文学部分精选习题The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events, which one of the following is not such an event?A. The rediscovery of ancient Rome and Greek culture.B. England's domestic rest.C. New discovery in geography and astrology.D. The religious reformation and the economic expansion.Which of the following is regarded as the most successful religious allegory in the English language.A. The Pilgrim's ProgressB. Grace Abounding to the Chief of SinnersC. The Life and Death of Mr. BadmanD. The Holy WarIt is alone who, for the first time in English literature, presented to us a comprehensive realistic picture of the English society of his time and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Martin LutherC. William LanglandD. John GowerAll of the following four except are the most eminent dramatists in the Renaissance England.A. Francis BaconB. Christopher MarloweC. William ShakespeareD. Ben JonsonIt is generally regarded that Keats's most important and mature poems are in the form of .A. elegyB. odeC. epicD. sonnetDaniel Defoe's novels mainly focus on .A. the struggle of the unfortunate for mere existenceB. the struggle of the shipwrecked persons for securityC. the struggle of the pirates for wealthD. the desire of the criminals for propertyIn Beowulf, fought against the monster Grendel and a five breathing dragon.A. the Anglo-SaxonsB. BeowulfC. the ScandinavianD. the Winter DragonFrancis Bacon is best known for his which greatly influenced the development of this literary form.A. essaysB. poemsC. works D playsMost of Thomas Hardy's novels are set in Wessex .A. a crude region in EnglandB. a fictional primitive regionC. a remote rural areaD. Hardy's hometownWe can perhaps describe the west wind in Shelley's poem "Ode to the West Wind" with all the following terms except .A. swiftB. proudC. tamedD. wild"Blindness", "partiality", "prejudice", and "absurdity" in the novel "Pride and Prejudice" are most likely the characteristics of .A. ElizabethB. DarcyC. Mr. BennetD. Mrs. BennetThe modern English novel came into being in .A. the middle of the 17th centuryB. the 17th centuryC. the late 18th centuryD. the middle of the 18th centuryWho is not the major figure of modernist movement?A. EliotB. JoyceC. Charles DickensD. PoundWho is considered to be the best known English dramatist since Shakespeare?A. Oscar WildeB. John GalsworthyC. W.B. YeatsD. George Bernard ShawOf the following poets, which is not regarded as "Lake Poets"?A. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB. Robert SouthyC. William Words worthD. William Shakespeare In the first part of Gulliver's Travels, Gulliver told his experience in .A. LilliputB. BrobdingnagC. HouyhnhnmD. EnglandWhich of the following cannot describe "Byronic hero"?A. proudB. mysteriousC. noble origin D progressiveIn the history of literature, Romanticism is generally regarded as .A. the thought that designates a literary and philosophical theory which tends to see the individual as the very center of all life and all experience.B. the thought that designates man as a social animalC. the orientation that emphasizes those features which men have in commonD. the modes of thinkingThe term "metaphysical poetry" is commonly used to name the work of the 17th century writers who wrote under the influence of .A. John MiltonB. John DonneC. John KeatsD. John Bunyan"The Vanity Fair" is a well-known part in .A. The Pilgrim's ProgressB. Grace Abounding to the Chief of SinnersC. The Life and Death of Mr. BadmanD. The Holy WarIn Oliver Twist, Charles criticizes .A. money worshipping tendencyB. dehumanizing of workhouse systemC. hypocrisy of the upper societyD. distortion of human heartWhich of the following plays by Shakespeare is history play?A. Julius CaesarB. The Merry Wives of WindsorC. Henry IVD. King LearWho is regarded as a "worshipper of nature".A. John KeatsB. William BlakeC. William WordsworthD. Jane AustenWhich of the following writing is not the work by Charles Dickens?A. A Tale of Two CitiesB. Hard TimesC. Oliver TwistD. Sons and LoversThe 18th century England is known as the in the history.A. RomanticismB. ClassicismC. RenaissanceD. Enlightenment专八人文：美国文学部分精选习题In American literature, the eighteen century was the age of the Enlightenment. was the dominant spirit.A. HumanismB. RationalismC. RevolutionD. EvolutionWhich statement about Franklin is not true?A. He instructed his countrymen as a printer.B. He was a scientist.C. He was a master of diplomacy.D. He was a Puritan.Who is regarded as the first American prose epic.A. NatureB. The Scarlet LetterC. WaldenD. Moby-DickThe Romanic Period of American literature started with the publication of Washington Irving's and ended with Whiteman's Leaves of Grass.A. The Sketch BookB. Tales of a TravelerC. The AlhambraD. A history of New YorkIn Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, "A" may stand for .A. AdulteryB. AngelC. AmiableD. All the aboveThe period before the American Civil War is generally referred to as .A. the Naturalist PeriodB. the Modern PeriodC. the Romantic PeriodD. the Realistic PeriodThe Age of Realism is the literary history of the United States refers to the period from to .A. 1861 – 1914B. 1863 – 1918C. 1865 – 1914D. 1865 – 1918Who is described by Mark Twain as a boy with "a sound heart and a deformed conscience?"A. Tom SawyerB. Huckleberry FinnC. JimD. TonyMark Twain, one of the greatest 19th century American writers, is well known for his .A. international themeB. waste-land imageryC. local colorD. symbolismThe impact of Darwin's evolutionary theory on the American thought and the influence of the nineteenth-century French literature on the American men of letters gave rise to yet another school of realism: American .A. modernismB. naturalismC. vernacularismD. local colorismIn 1900, London published his first collection of short stories, named .A. The son of the WolfB. The Sea WolfC. The Law of LifeD. White FangIn which of the following works, Hemingway presents his philosophy about life and death through the depiction of the bull-fight as a kind of microcosmic tragedy?A. The Green Hills of Africa.B. The Snows of Kilimanjaro.C. To Have and Have Not.D. Death in the Afternoon.Which of the following figures does not belong to "The Lost Generation"?A. Ezra PoundB. William Carlos WilliamsC. Robert FrostD. Theodore DreiserWho is a dramatist that holds the central position in American drama the modernistic period?A. Sinclair LevisB. Eugene O'NeilC. Arthur MillerD. Tennessee WilliamsThe following writers were awarded Nobel Prize for literature except .A. William FaulknerB. F. Scott FitzgeraldC. John SteinbeckD. Ernest HemingwayIn 1954, was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature for his "mastery of the art of modern narration".A. T.S. EliotB. Ernest HemingwayC. John SteinbeckD. William FaulknerWho is the author of the work: "The Grapes of Wrath"?A. John SteinbeckB. Eugene O'NeilC. F. Scott FitzgeraldD. Theodore DreiserIn 1920 Sinclair Lewis published his memorable denunciation of American small-town provincialism in .A. Main StreetB. An American TragedyC. Winesburg, OhioD. Sister Carrie专八人文知识：语言学部分精选试题Which of the following statements about language is NOT true?A. Language is a systemB. Language is symbolicC. Animals also have languageD. Language is arbitraryWhich of the following features is NOT one of the design features of language?A. SymbolicB. DualC. ProductiveD. ArbitraryWhat is the most important function of language?A. InterpersonalB. PhaticC. InformativeD. MetalingualWho put forward the distinction between Langue and Parole?A. SaussureB. ChomskyC. HallidayD. AnonymousAccording to Chomsky, which is the ideal user's internalized knowledge of his language?A. competenceB. paroleC. performanceD. langueThe function of the sentence "A nice day, isn't it?" is .A. informativeB. phaticC. directiveD. performativeArticulatory phonetics mainly studies .A. the physical properties of the sounds produced in speechB. the perception of soundsC. the combination of soundsD. the production of soundsThe distinction between vowels and consonants lies in .A. the place of articulationB. the obstruction of airstreamC. the position of the tongueD. the shape of the lipsWhich is the branch of linguistics which studies the characteristics of speech sounds and provides methods for their description, classification and transcription?A. PhoneticsB. PhonologyC. SemanticsD. PragmaticsWhich studies the sound systems in a certain language?A. PhoneticsB. PhonologyC. SemanticsD. PragmaticsMinimal pairs are used to .A. find the distinctive features of a languageB. find the phonemes of a languageC. compare two wordsD. find the allophones of languageUsually, suprasegmental features include ,length and pitch.A. phonemeB. speech soundsC. syllablesD. stressWhich is an indispensable part of a syllable?A. CodaB. OnsetC. StemD. PeakWhich is the smallest unit of language in terms of relationship between expression and content? A. Word B. Morpheme C. Allomorph D. RootWhich studies the internal structure of words, and the rules by which words are formed?A. MorphologyB. SyntaxC. PhonologyD. SemanticsLexeme is .A. a physically definable unitB. the common factor underlying a set of formsC. a grammatical unitD. an indefinable unitWhich of the following sounds does not belong to the allomorphs of the English plural morpheme ?A. [s]B. [iz]C. [ai]D. [is]All words contain a .A. root morphemeB. bound morphemeC. prefixD. suffixThe relationship between "fruit" and "apple" is .A. homonymyB. hyponymyC. polysemyD. synonymyThe part of the grammar that represents a speaker's knowledge of the structure of phrases and sentences is called .A. lexiconB. morphologyC. syntaxD. semanticsWhich of the following items is not one of the grammatical categories of English pronouns?A. genderB. numberC. caseD. voiceThe pair of words "lend" and "borrow" are .A. gradable oppositesB. converse oppositesC. co-hyponymsD. synonyms"Big" and "Small" are a pair of opposites.A. complementaryB. gradableC. completeD. converseAccording to C. Morris and R. Carnap, which is studies the relationship between symbols and their interpreters?A. syntaxB. semanticsC. pragmaticsD. sociolinguisticsThere are deixis in the sentence she has sold it here yesterday.A. 3B. 4C. 5D. 6In the following conversation:- Beirut is in Peru, isn't it?- And Rome is in Romania, I suppose.The second person violates the .A. Quantity MaximB. Quality MaximC. Relation MaximD. Manner MaximThe maxim of requires that a participant's contribution be relevant to the conversation.A. quantityB. qualityC. mannerD. relation专八人文知识考前模拟试题１．Which one of the four is NOT correct?A) English-speaking countries are UK, USA, Canada, Barbados, etc.B) English-speaking countries are UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, etc.C) English-speaking countries are USA, Canada, Australia, the Republic of Ireland, etc.D) English-speaking countries USA, Canada, Australia, Egypt, etc.２．The famous short story The Fall of the House of Usher was written byA) Charles Dickens B) Edgar Allen PoeC) John Richardson (Canadian novelist) D) Henry Savery３．Which one of the following Ivy League Schools is situated in Connecticut?A) Yale University. B) Harvard.C) Princeton. D) Columbia.４．The branch of linguistics which studies the forms of words is __ MORPHOLOGY..A) phoneme B) morphemeC) semantics D) morphology５．Who wrote a highly-acclaimed Novel Moby Dick?A) William James. B) Herman Melville.C) Ernest Hemingway. D) Cooper.６．What is the name of the Lake in northern Utah of the U.S.A.?A) Lake Michigan. B) Lake Superior.C) Lake Erie. D) the Great Salt Lake.７．Who wrote Pygmalion which later was transformed into the highly popular New York Broadway musical My Fair Lady in 1956?A) Edgar Allen Poe. B) Charles Lamb.C) George Bernard Shaw. D) Alfred Tennyson.８．Among the four pillars of English literature, who was NOT born and raised in Ireland?A) Jonathan Swift. B) W'filiam Buffer Yeats.C) James Joyce. D) Robert Browning.９．Alaska lies in the of North America, stretching southward from the Arctic Ocean to the Pacific.A) northwestern part B) southwestern partC) northeastern part D) southeastern part１０．Who is a satirist and the first writer in America to win the Nobel Prize in literature.A) Eugene O' Neill B) Sinclair LewisC) TS. Eliot D) W'dliam Fanlkner专八人文知识考前模拟试题2The first capital of the young nation of the USA is .A) Boston B) Philadelphia C) New York D) WashingtonWhich one of the following American cities is the birthplace of jazz?A) New Orleans. B) New York. C) Boston. D) Chicago.Who wrote one of the most enduring classic poem Ode to the West Wind ?A) Wifiliam Wordsworth. B) Alfred Tennyson. C) Percy Shelley. D) David Bum.When was Elizabeth I came to the throne of England?A) 1538. B) 1548. C.1568. D) 1558.When was Oxford University founded?A) 1167 in Oxford, B) 1267 in Oxford.C) 1367 in Oxford. D) 1467 in Oxford.Canada is often described as a huge ~ centered on the Hudson and James Bay.A) plate B) saucer C) cup D) bowlIn the literature of sociolinguistics, refers to a group of institutionalized social situations typically con strained by a common set of behavioural rules.A) domain B) distribution C) dissimilation D) discourseis a process in which part of the form is native and part is borrowed, but the meaning is fully borrowed.A) loanshifting B) loanblending C) loan translation D) logical connectionWhat is the name of the woman poet who had her The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung up in America?A) Anne Bradstreet. B) Maria Edgeworth. C) Jane Austen. D) Emily Dickinson.Who wrote and published the philosophical work Essay Concerning Human Understanding?A) John Milton. B) John Locke. C) Richard Steele. D) Joseph Addison.专八人文知识考前模拟试题3_ is the branch of linguistics which studies the characteristics of speech sounds and provides methods for their description, classification and transportation.A) Phonetics B) Phonology C) Phoneme D) Phonetic typologyThe sounds in the production of which there is an obstruction of the air-stream at some point the vocal tract are called .A) consonance B) consonant cluster C) consistency D) consonantsIn its technical sense here, __ deals with the analysis and creation of words, idioms and collocations.A) pictogram B) lexicon C) word-formation D) ideogramWhen was Longrnan Group UK Ltd was founded?A) 1721. B).1722. C) 1723. D).1724.What is the name of the dictionary compiled by Samuel Johnson?A) First English Dictionary. B) Dictionary of English Language.C) A Dictionary of the English Language. D) Dictionary of the English Language.Who wrote and publish Poor Richard's Almanack?A) Benjamin Franklin. B) John Gay. C) David Hume. D) Samuel Richardson.Which one of the following four books was written by Harriet Stowe?A) Roughing It in the Bush. B) Walden, or Life in the Woods.C) Adam Bede. D) Uncle Tom's Cabin._ _ the capital of New South Wales, is the oldest and largest city in Australia.A) Melbourne B) Sydney C) Darwin D) Canberra, Valentine's Day, is sweethearts' day, on which people in love with each other express their tender emotions.A) February 10th B) February 12th C) February 14th D) February 16thMajor Newspapers and Magazines in the USA are , etc.A) New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, TimesB) New York Times, Washington Post, The Sun, TimesC) New York Times, Washington Post, The Evening Post, TimesD) New York Times, Washington Post, Sunday Times, Times答案：ＡＤＢＤＣＡＤＢＣＡ。
the merry wives of windsor简介
the merry wives of windsor简介"The Merry Wives of Windsor" is a delightful comedy play written by William Shakespeare. This play is said to have been written at the request of Queen Elizabeth I, who was so pleased with the character of Sir John Falstaff in the Henry IV plays that she desired to see him in love.Set in the charming town of Windsor, the play revolves around the mischievous antics of Sir John Falstaff, a roguish and overweight knight. Falstaff, in his attempt to pursue two married women, Mistress Ford and Mistress Page, finds himself entangled in a web of hilarious misunderstandings and clever schemes.The merry wives, both witty and clever, quickly discover Falstaff's intentions and decide to teach him a lesson. With their quick thinking and united front, they plot a series of comical pranks on Falstaff, causing him constant embarrassment and ridicule.Woven into the tale of Falstaff's failed seductions are various subplots involving a cast of colorful characters. These include young lovers, jealous husbands, and mischievous servants, all contributing to the chaotic and vibrant atmosphere of the play."The Merry Wives of Windsor" stands out among Shakespeare's works as his only play to focus primarily on the lives of middle-class characters. It portrays a world filled with humor, wit, and the triumph of cleverness over deceit.Through its light-hearted comedy and lively interactions, the play explores themes of love, trust, and the power dynamics between men and women. It showcases the resourcefulness and wit of the women who outsmart the foolish knight, highlighting their agency and ability to navigate their lives and relationships."The Merry Wives of Windsor" is a joyful and entertaining play that continues to charm audiences with its wit and humor. Its memorable characters, clever plot twists, and Shakespeare's mastery of language make it a delightful addition to his comedic repertoire.。