第6册高级英语复习题

1. The basic tone of the text “ How to Get the Poor off Our Conscience “ is _______.

A) humorous B) optimistic C) pessimistic D) ironic

2. All except ______ are the characteristics of

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American character .

A) Ambition B) Individualism

C) Consideration D) Self-reliance

3. Herbert Spencer and his followers hold that human society is an evolutionary

process

in which the fittest ---- which happen to be those who can make lots of money ---- are

selected to dominate. Their idea is called_______.

A) supply-side economics B) Social Darwinism

C) Malthusianism D) utilitarianism

4. There are two major national parties in Britain: the Conservative party and ______.

A) the Liberal Party B) The Democratic Party

C) the Labour Party D) The Republican Party

5. _______ was the foremost southern writer of the 20th century. His theme is essentialy an

analysis of the underlying cause for the failure and decay of the South before the Civil

War. His fiction carries a strong sense of fragmentation in social community and within

the individual himself due to loss of love and lack of emotional response.

A) William Faulkner B) Toni Morrison

C) Ernest Hemingway D) F. Scott Fitzgerald

6. “The torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans” is a citation from the speech of ________.

A) Franklin Roosevelt B) Thomas Jefferson

C) George Washington D) J.F. Kennedy

7. The most important message E.B.White conveys in his Death of a Pig is _____.

A) life is insecure, displaced, transitory

B) animals should be treated as our friends

C) one may feel depressed by his failure in raising a pig

D) people showed much concern for the sick pig

8. According to Arthur M. Schlesinger, author of The One Against the Many , the

following elements facilitated the rapid social and economic development of America

except________.

A) the national faith in self-government and representative institutions

B) the national adherence to ideology

C) the national commitment to education

D) the national rejection of dogmatism

9. since the human attack on the ecosphere has instigated an ecological counterattack,

Barry Commoner advocates ___________.

A) industrialization B) modernization

C) sustainable development D) afforestation

10. As he believes that _______ has been the dominant force in the English

community,

E.M Forster narrows down his discussion of the English national character to

that of

this social section.

A) the upper class B) the low class

C) the aristocracy D) the middle class

16. Social Darwinism was put forward by______.

A. Darwin

B. Herbert Spencer

C. Jack London

D. Calvin Coolidge

17. The world’s worst nuclear power accident occurred at Chernobyl, 80 miles north of

Kiev, ______.

A. Poland

B. Germany

C. Ukraine

D. Russia

18. In The One Against the Many, the author regards _____ as the key factor which

contributed to the rapid development of the United States.

A. rationalism

B. absolutism

C. Empricism

D. pragmatism

19. New England includes Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island

and _________.

A. New York State

B. New Hampshire

C. Maryland

D. Nevada

20. The mood in Death of a Pig is _______.

A. tragic

B. cheerful

C. boisterous

D. depressed

21. Inaugural Day in the United States is on _______.

A. January 1

B. January 20

C. March 4

D. January 13

22. A Rose for Emily is _______’s famous short story.

A. Washington Irving

B. Ernest Hemingway

C. Mark Twain

D. William Faulkner

23. The Spirit of the Chinese People was written by _____.

A. Lin Yutang

B. Bo Yang

C. Gu Hongming

D. Lu Xun

24. In Notes on the English Character, the author is actually talking about _____’s

character.

A. the middle classes

B. the lower classes

C. the upper classes

D. the intellectuals

25. The sirens are beautiful half-woman, half-birdlike creatures in _______.

A. Roman mythology

B. Arabian mythology

C. German fairy story

D. Greek Mythology