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一、连线题(G)1. John MiltonA. The Canterbury Tales (E)2. Samuel JohnsonB. Mrs. Warren's Profession (A)3. Geoffrey ChaucerC. Joseph Andrews (H)4. Jane AustenD. She Stoops to Conquer (D)5. Richard Brinsley SheridanE. A Dictionary of the English Language (B)6. George Bernard ShawF. Song of Innocence (F)7. William BlakeG. Samson Agonistes (I)8. Robert BurnsH. Pride and Prejudice (J)9. Thomas HardyI. My Heart ’s in the Highlands (C)10. Henry FieldingJ. Tess of the D ’Urbervilles二、选择题B1. Which type of the text would you consider as literature? A. newspaper stories B. short storie C. business letter D. memo. A2. The greatest poet of the Middle English period is ______,the father of English poetry.A.Geoffrey ChaucerB.John LylyC.William LanglandD.John MiltonA3. “A Red Red Rose” is known as “ballad stanza”. This poetic form usually contains ______ rhymed lines in each stanza.A. 4B. 6C. 2D. 8D4. Hamlet, Othello and King Lear are well-known tragedies by Shakespeare, together with ______.A. Merchant of VeniceB. Midsummer Night’s dreamC. As you Like itD. MacbethB5. “Wuthering Heights” is a house where the main characters live ______ according to the novel.A. on a plainB. on a moorC. in a valleyD. in a hillA6. In 1066, _________led the Norman army to invade and defeat England.A. William the ConquerorB. Julius CaesarC. Alfred the GreatD. ClaudiusB7. Modern English poetry begins with __________. A. Shakespeare B. Geoffrey Chaucer C. John MiltonD8. Among the great Middle English poets, Geoffrey Chaucer is known for his production of____.A. Piers PlowmanB. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightC. Confessio AmantisD. The Canterbury TalesC9. During the Renaissance, _______ was the first one to introduce the sonnet into English poetry.A. ChaucerB. John DonneC. Thomas WyattD. Earl of SurreyA10. Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between ______ and ______ centuries.A. 14th...mid-17thB. 14th...mid-18thC. 16th...mid-18thD. 16th...mid-17thC11. "If Winter comes,can Spring be far behind?"This is written by ______,one of the leading Romantic poets.A.John KeatsB.William WordsworthC.Percy Bysshe ShelleyD.William BlakeB12. John keats' famous poem______expresses the contrast between the happy world of natural loveliness and human world of agony.A."Endymion"B."Ode to a Nightingale"C."Ode on a Grecian Urn"D."Ode to Psyche"D13. The Victorian Age was largely an age of________ eminently represented by Dickens and Thackeray.A. poetryB. dramaC. novelD. proseC14. _______ is known as “the poet’s poet”.A. William Shakespeare B. Christopher Marlowe C. Edmund Spenser D. John Donne A15. John Milton’s masterpiece—Paradise Lost was written in the poetic style of _____.A. rhymed stanzasB. blank verseC. alliterationD. sonnetsC16. Tales form Shakespeare was written by _____.A. Charles LambB. William HazlittC. Charles Lamb and Mary LambD. Wordsworth and ColeridgeA17. Charles Dickens’ works are characterized by a mingling of _______ and pathos .A. humor B. satire C. passion D. metaphor A18. A typical Forsyte, according to John Galsworthy, is a man with a strong sense of_______, who never pays any attention to human feelings.A. property B. justice C. morality D. humorA19. For his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel, ________ has been rega rded as “Father of the English Novel”.A. Henry Fielding B. Daniel Defoe C. John Bunyan D. James JoyceA20. Walden is a ________.A. Transcendentalist work B. epic in prose C. lyric poem D. short storyA21. ________ is considered Mark Twain's greatest achievement.A. The Gilded AgeB. Innocents AbroadC. The Adventures of Tom SawyerD. Adventures of Huckleberry FinnD22. Shelley's greatest achievement is his four-act poetic drama ________.A. AdonaisB. To a SkylarkC. A Song: Men of EnglandD. Prometheus UnboundD23. In his novel, Robinson Crusoe, Defoe eulogizes the hero of the ________?A. aristocratic classB. enterprising landlordsC. rising bourgeoisieD. hard-working peopleA24. “Beauty is truth, truth beauty ” is an epigrammatic line by___.A. John KeatsB. William BlakeC. William WordsworthD. Percy ShelleyB25. At the beginning of Pride and Prejudice, the attitude of Darcy and Elizabeth toward each other is that of ___.A. mutual affectionB. mutual repulsionC. mutual hatredD. mutual indifferenceA26. “art for art’s sake” was put forth by ______.A. aestheticism B. naturalism C. realism D. neo-romanticismB27. James Joyce is the author of all the following novels EXCEPT________.A. DublinersB. Jude the ObscureC. A portrait of the Artist as a Young ManD. UlyssesC28._________ belonged to the stream of consciousness .A. D. H. Lawrence B. James Joyce C. Virginia Woolf D. T. S. EliotA29. “Ode to the W est Wind” was written in ________ combined with sonnet form, which was a great artistic creation by Shelley.A. Terza RimaB. Blank VerseC. Dramatic MonologueD. OdeD30. Which of the following statements best describes Gulliver's Travels?A. Gulliver's Travels is a book of satire.B. Gulliver's Travels is a book of adventurous journeys.C. Gulliver's Travels is a realistic representation of 18th century England.D. Both A and B.A31. Which of the following novels by Virginia Woolf cannot be subsumed into the “Stream of consciousness” category?AB WritersWorks (d )1.Oscar Wildea.Lucky Jim (f )2.John Osborneb.Life of Ma Parker (a )3.Kingsley Amisc.A passage to India (b )4.Katherine Mansfieldd.An Ideal Husband (e )5.William Somerset Maughame.Of Human Bondage (c)6.Edward Morgan Forsterf.Look Back in Anger (h )7.John Galsworthyg.The Heart of the Matter (i)8.Jane Austenh.The Forsyte Saga (j)9.William Blakei.Pride and prejudice (g )10.Graham Greene j.The TygerA. The Voyage OutB. Jacob’s RoomC. Mrs. DallowayD. To the LighthouseC32. The theme of "A Woman on a Roof" is the relationship between men and women as well as the relationship between ______ in modern society.A. parents and children B. neighbors C. classes D. workersA33. Shakespeare is known to have used ______ different words. His coinage of new words and distortion of the meaning of the old ones also create striking effects on the reader.A. 16,000 B. 1600 C.20,000 D. 2000A34. Paradise Lost, the only generally acknowledged epic in English literature since Beowulf, is divided into ______ books.A. 12B. 6C. 4D. 10C35. English Romanticism is generally said to have begun in 1798 with the publicat ion of ______’s Lyrical Ballads.A. Wordsworth and SoutheyB. Coleridge and SoutheyC. Wordsworth and ColeridgeD. Southey and Blake三、名词解释1. Enlightenment: Enlightenment is an intellectual movement in Europe in 18th century. It was an expression of the struggle of the bourgeoisie against feudalism. The enlighteners fought against class inequality, stagnation, prejudices and other feudal survivals. It was so called because it considered the chief means for the betterment of the society was the “enlightenment” or “education” of the people.2. Neo-classicism: It was initiated by Dryden, culminated in Pope and continued by Johnson. Neo-classicists modeled themselves on classical, ancient Greek and Latin authors. They wanted to achieve perfect form in literature. They general tended to look at social and political life critically. They emphasize on intellect rather than imagination. They observed fixed laws and rules in literary creation. Poets preferred heroic couplet. In drama, they adhered to three unities, time, place and action. They emphasized on the didactic function of literature.3. (Critical) Realism: Realism is a mode of writing that gives the impression of recording or “reflecting” faithfully an actual way of life. The term refers, sometimes confusingly, both to a literary method based on detailed accuracy of description (i. e. verisimilitude) and to a more general attitude that rejects idealization, escapism, and other extravagant qualities of romance in favor of recognizing soberly the actual problems of life.4. Romanticism is a movement that flourished in literature, philosophy, music and art in Western culture during most of the nineteenth century, beginning as a revolt against classicism. There have been many varieties of Romanticism in many different times and places. Many of the ideas of English romanticism were first expressed by the poets William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.5. Lake poets: refer to the first generation of romanticism including Wordsworth Coleridge and Southey. They once lived around the lake districts and traversed the similar attitude toward literature, politics and society, beginning as radicals and ending in conservatives.7. Stream of consciousness:（or interior monologue）In literary criticism, stream of consciousness is a narrative mode that seeks to portray an individual's point of view by giving the written equivalent of the character's thought processes, either in a loose interior monologue, or in connection to his or her actions. The introduction of the term to describe literature - transferred from psychology - is attributed to May Sinclair, and is mostly a dead metaphor8. Ballad: A story told in verse and usually meant to be sung. In many countries, the folk ballad was one of the earliest forms of literature. Folk ballads have no known authors. They were transmitted orally from generation to generation and were not set down in writing until centuries after they were first sung. The subject matter of folk ballads stems from the everyday life of the common people. Devices commonly used in ballads are the refrain, incremental repetition, and code language. A later form of ballad is the literary ballad, which imitates the style of the folk ballad.10. Epic: A long narrative poem telling about the deeds of a great hero and reflecting the values of the society from which it originated. Many epics were drawn from an oral tradition and were transmitted by song and recitation before they were written down.四、简答题1．How do you understand “To be, or not to be”? Give your evidence to support your ideas.We all know that, Shakespeare's tragedy almost all have occurred in the noble class, from prince Hamlet, to the old king Lear, from the power of aspiring Macbeth, to Venice. All of them have their extremely inner world, and they lost in their own world.In this kind of drama, hope and despair coexistence, good and evil is complementary, bright and dark opposites. This series of letters are full of the human values, and they stick up Shakespeare's tragedies advocate tone.In fact, in Shakespeare's tragedies, all definitions are ambiguous. Hamlet's death is accompanied by the death of his enemy, lovers, friends and all sorts of ordinary people. The lady Macbeth, King Lear is also faced with the complicated factors of life and world. Everything is under the sort of twisted equation -- "to be or not to be?" Here will never find the answer.2．What are Chaucer’s contributions to English literature?Chaucer's contribution to English poetry lies chiefly in the fact that he introduced from France the rhymed stanzas of various types, especially the rhymed couplet of iambic pentameter to be called later the "heroic couplet"to English poetry, instead of the old Anglo-Saxon alliterative verse.Though drawing influences from French, Italian and Latin models, he is the first great poet who wrote in the current English language. His production of so much excellent poetry was an important factor in establishing English as the literary language of the country. The spoken English of the time consisted of several dialects, and Chaucer did much in making the dialect of London the foundation for modern English speech.5．What are the unique features of Shakespeare’s sonnets?Shakespeare's sonnets are attracted through the ages of many readers because his poems are "sweet". He uses musical beautiful language praises the world’s most beautiful feelings--friendship and love. Poetry mainly involves three characters: poet, "young friends" and "black skin young woman". Shakespeare's sonnets mainly sing and demonstrate the love, the friendship and it expresses the belief to life..6. About “Ode to the Autumn Wind” ?This is one of Shelley’s best known lyrics. The poet describes vividly the activities of the west wind on the earth in the sky and on the sea and the expresses his envy for the boundless freedom of the west wind and his wish to be free like it and to scatter his words among mankind. The celebrate final line of the poem “If winter comes, can spring be far behind?” has often been cited to illustrate Shelley’s optimistic belief in the future of mankind.雪莱Shelly（1792-1822）他的作品有：Ozyma nolias，Ode to the west wind，To a skylark，The masque of anarchy，To harriet。

西方文化期末考试题

西方文化期期末考试试题班级：姓名：分数：一、写出下面单词或短语的中文意思。

(20%)1. apology______2. company_______3. appreciate_______4. attendto_______5.somewhat_______6.neglect______7.favor_______8.awkward _______9.stay out of one’s way_______10.gratitude______rm____ 12.by all means______13.decline______14.drop in_____15.in a mess_____ 16.punctual______17.overnight______18.courtesy_______19.vacant______20.hesitation______二、判断题（20分)1.At the dinner table when you want some salt, you say “please pass me the salt” instead of stretching out your arms to reach for it.2. Americans say “excuse me”more often and on more occasions than the Chinese people.3.We say “sorry” when we need to pass in front of someone.4.”Thank you”means that you appreciate what someone has done for you very often, very small and most ordinary things.5.People in the West thank people all day long.6.Some Japanese students make excessive expressions of gratitude, which give Westerners the sense of empty thanks and insincerity.7.Over doing apology actually is a right behavior in the American8.Americans often plan social gatherings on short notice.9.If a friend has invited you to drop in by any time, it is best to call before visiting to make sure it is convenient for them.10.If you have accepted the invitation, you should get to the place at the fixed time, or 15 minutes after that.三、把下面句子翻译成中文（20分）1. If the guest is a lady, most men in the room will stand up when she comes in.2.On the street, men almost always walk or cross the street on the side of the ladies which is closer to the traffic.3.A man is introduced to a woman, unless he is much older and more senior. As a general rule, younger ones are introduced to elder ones.4.The ladies in the sitting room will not stand up whether the new comer is a man or a woman..5.It is considered bad manners in the West to leave one’s food on the plate.6.In the United States, it is impolite to keep asking someone again and again or press something on him.7.Americans are very direct. If they want something, they will ask for it. If not, they will say, “No, thanks.”8.Americans are taught that “Honesty is the policy.”9.When you go to the United States, you had better “do as the Romans do.”10.In America, public restrooms are located in gasoline stations, airports, and bus and railroad stations, restaurants, libraries, large stores, theaters.四、选择正确的单词填空。

英国文学期末考试题目（英语专业必备）

英国⽂学期末考试题⽬（英语专业必备）⼀．中古英语时期?Beowulf is theoldestpoem intheEnglishlanguage,andthemostimportantspecimen (范例、典范)ofAnglo-Saxonliterature,andalsotheoldestsurvivingepicintheEnglishlangua ge.Theromance isapopularliteraryforminthemedievalperiod（中世纪）.Itusesverseorprosetosing knightly adventuresorotherheroicdeeds.GeoffreyChaucer,oneofthegreatestEnglishpoets,whosemasterpiece,TheCanterA.EdmundSpenserB.WilliamShakespeareC.FrancisBaconD.GeoffreyChaucer3.____isnotaplaywrightduringtheRenaissanceperiodonEngland.A.WilliamShakespeareB.GeoffreyChaucerC.ChristopherMarloweD.BenJohnson三．莎⼠⽐亚WilliamShakespeare“Alltheworld'sastage,andallthemenandwomenmerelyplayers.”——WilliamShakespeare WilliamShakespeareisconsideredthegreatestplaywrightintheworldandthefinestpo etwhohaswrittenintheEnglishlanguage.Shakespeareunderstoodpeoplemorethananyotherwriters.Hecouldcreatecharactersthathavemeaningbeyondthetimeandplaceo fhisplays.Hisfourtragediesare Hamlet(《哈姆雷特》),Othello(《奥赛罗》),KingLear(《李尔王》)andMacbeth(《麦克⽩》).Shakespeare’s sonnets,154innumber,aretheo nlydirectexpressionofthepoet’sownfeelings;Sonnet18deservesitsfamebecauseitisoneofthemostbeautifullywrittenvers esintheEnglishlanguage诗选Sonnet18A.GeographicalexplorationB.ReligiousreformationC.PublishingandtranslationD.Humanism.3.In“Sonnet18”,Shakespeare_________________.A.Meditateonthedestructivepoweroftimeandeternalbeautybypoetry.B.Satirize(讽刺)human’svanity.C.Predict(预测)theeternityoflove.D.Eulogize(颂扬)thepowerofthebeauty.4.WhichofthefollowingstatementbestillustratesthethemeofShakespeare’sSonnet1 8A.ThespeakereulogizesthepowerofNature.B.Thespeakersatirizeshumanvanity.C.Thespeakerpraisesthepowerofartisticcreation.D.Thespeakermeditatesonman’ssalvation.5.TheRenaissancereferstobetween14th-mid-17thcentury,whichwasunderthereignofQueen___andabsolutemonarchyinEnglandreacheditssummit,andinwhichthe’re almainstream(真正的⽂学主流)’was____.A.Victoria/poetryB.Elizabeth/dramaC.Mary/novelGulliver'sTravels,JonathanSwift'sbestfictionalwork,containsfourparts,eachab outoneparticularvoyageduringwhichGulliverhasextraordinaryadventuresonsomer emoteislandafterhehasmetwithshipwreckorpiracyorsomeothermisfortune.相关练习1.Inwhichofthefollowingworkscanyoufindthepropernames"Lilliput","Brobdingn ag",Houyhnhnm"and"Yahoo”A.ThePilgrim’sProgressB.TheFarrieQueeneC.Gulliver’sTravelsD.TheSchoolofScandal2.______isatypicalfeatureofSwift’swritings.A.ElegantstyleB.Causalnarration/doc/786579943.htmlplicatedsentencestructure3.TheHouyhnhnmsdepictedbyJonathanSwiftinGulliver’sTravelsare________.A.horsesthatareendowedwithreason.B.pigmiesthatareendowedwithadmirablequalitiesC.giantsthataresuperiorinwisdom.D.Hairy,wild,lowanddespicablecreatures,whoresemblehumanbeingsnotonlyinappe arancebutalsoinsomeotherways.五．浪漫主义诗歌（⼀）先驱：RobertBurns罗伯特·彭斯，WilliamBlake威廉·布莱克RobertBurns is anationalpoetofScotland,apoetofpeasants,hispoemsarewritteninesthedominantsubjectmatter.A.loveB.manC.natureD.death3.IntheRomanticperiod,____isthemostprosperousliteraryform.A.proseB.poetryC.fictionD.play4.RomanticismisaperiodofBritishliteratureroughlydatedfrom__.A.1660-----1798B.1798----1832C.1483-----1546D.1836-----19015.ThetwomajornovelistsoftheEnglishRomanticPeriodare_____andWalterScott. A.WashingtonIrving B.JaneAustenC.HermanMelvilleD.CharlesDickens6.WilliamWordsworth,aromanticpoet,advocatedallthefollowingEXCEPT___.A.theuseofeverydaylanguagespokenbythecommonpeopleB.theexpressionofthespontaneousoverflowofpowerfulfeelingsC.theuseofhumbleandrusticlifeassubjectmatterD.theuseofelegantwordingandinflatedfiguresofspeech7.Thepublicationof“_______”markedthebeginningofRomanticAge.A.DonJuanB.TheRimeoftheAncientMarinerC.TheLyricalBalladsD.QueenMab8.ThemajorrepresentativesofthepoeticrevolutioninEnglishRomanticperiodwereSTheyflashuponthatinwardeyeWhichistheblissofsolitude;Andthenmyheartwithpleasurefills,Anddanceswiththedaffodils.我好似⼀朵孤独的流云，⾼⾼地飘游在⼭⾕之上，突然我看到⼀⼤⽚鲜花，是⾦⾊的⽔仙遍地开放。

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1.The ancestors of the Welsh are _____.A. the Celts B. the Romans C.the Angles D. the Normans2.Which of the following is not one of the three Germanic tribes that came tobe the basis of modern English race? A. the Viking Danes B. the Ang les C. the Saxons D. the Jutes3.The historical Arthur is believed by most historians as a ____ warrior.A. Celtic B Anglo C Saxon D Norman1.For much of the Middle Ages, Britain was ruled by a(n) ______-speaking aristocracy.A. EnglishB. FrenchC. GermanD. Gaelic1.Normans under William the Conqueror invaded England from France, defeating the Saxon king Harold at the Battle of _ Hastings _ in 1066.2.The full name of the United Kingdom is _ The United Kingdom of GreatBritain and the Northern Ireland _.3.The two largest islands of the British Isles are _Britain_ and _ Ireland_.,4.All the kings of the Middle Ages in Britain spoke _ French_ as their mother tongue, and after the Hundred Years’ War, the _English_ language tookits place.5.What are the main consequences of the Norman Conquest?The significance of Norman Conquest lies in the following aspects: the fou ndation of aristocracy, the final unification of England, the great administr ative process, and a link to France.Unit 2 Textbook P64-65 Shakespeare and Dickens10. One of the following took place during the Elizabethan age:A. the making of the Magna CartaB. the defeat of the Spanish Armada by the English navyC. the rule of Alfred the GreatD. the defeat of King Harold by France11. In England, the monarch, , declared that the Pope was no longer head of the Church of England.A. Bloody Mary C. King Henry VB. Queen Elizabeth I. D. King Henry VIII12. Three of the following were characteristics of the Elizabethan age. Which of the four is the exception?A. Queen Elizabeth advocated the Divine Right and quarreled with Parliam ent.B. Protestantism gradually became the dominant faith.C. This was the age of literature when Shakespeare lived and when English literatur e blossomed.D. This was the age of adventure on the sea.13. Victorianism was characterized by the following exceptA. It was in an age of imperialismB. It saw the great progress in sciences with Charles Darwin as a prominent figure.C. It was the age when the great progress was made in the field of communication s.D. It was an age when the Battle of Hastings was won by the Duke of W ellington.14. The Origin of Species was written by _Charles Darwin(1809-92)_.15. All English official documents bear the initials OHMS which stands for _On Her / His Majesty’s Service_.16. In Britain, the executive(行政的) power is in the hands of _The Queen_.17. Queen Victoria takes the credit of the longest reign in British history.18. In the “Grab for Africa” Britain got the lion’s share, which confirmed its suprem acy.19. What were the main features of the Elizabethan age?The Elizabethan age is often remembered by two things. The first is literature, espe cially the literature of Shakespeare. It was at the age that Shakespeare lived and E nglish literature blossomed. The second is adventure on the sea. The victory of Eng lish fleets marked the beginning of an English naval tradition.20. Explain the atmosphere of Victorianism.Victorianism was an age of national development and national optimism. Tremendou s social reform took place. The greatest progress of all was made in the field of co mmunications. Victorian family life had the quality of stability and the Victorians wer e extremely religious. It was also an age of imperialism.Unit 5I. Blank-filling1. The nickname for the USA national flag is “__Old Glory__”.2. The state of __virginia__ was named in honor of Queen Elizabeth I.3. As US national motto, “E Pluribus Unum” means _"out of many, one"_5. As pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, Mark Twain means _Mark Numbe r 2_.6. The largest state in terms of area is _Alaska_ and the largest state in terms of population is _California _.7. The meaning of Mississippi is “_ Father of Waters_”.8. Some _ Puritans__, called the Pilgrims, crossed the Atlantic in the ship Mayflo wer and settled at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620.9. The writer O. Henry called _Thanksgiving Day_ the one holiday that is purely American.10. The first shot in the American War of Independence was heard at the village of _Lexington_ on April 19, 1775.11. In May, 1775, _2nd Continental Congress_ met in Philadelphia and began to assume the functions of a national government.12. On June 14, 1776, the second Continental Congress officially appointed _George Washington_ as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.13. _Thomas Jefferson_ was instructed by the Committee of Five to write the De claration of Independence.14. The Independence Day of the United States is on _July 4th_.15. On January 1, 1863, President Lincoln issued the _Emancipation Proclamatio n_, which granted freedom to all slaves in areas still controlled by the Confederacy.16. The famous “that this government of the people, by the people, for the people”was from _The Gettysburg Address_17. The 2nd Amendment in the Bill of Rights granted the American people the right to keep and bear _arms__.18. The most extreme form of Jim Crow violence is _lynching_.19. _Chinked-out_ is a new musical style created by Lee-Hom Wang, which blen ds Chinese traditional music with Western hip-hop rhythms.20. _The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882_ serves as the first in US history to ban a specific racial group from entering America.II. Multiple-Choice21. Which of the following states is called “the Old Colony State”?A. PennsylvaniaB. MassachusettsC. DelawareD. G eorgia22. The term “Father of Waters” is used to refer to __________.A. the Amazon River C. the Mississippi RiverB. the Nile River D. the Hud son River23. Which of the following was not first grown by Native Americans?A. potato C. pumpkinB. cabbage D. corn24. The first colony at Jamestown in Virginia survived because the colonists discover ed a way to earn money. Which of the following was discovered by the Virginians?A. shipping cotton to EuropeB. growing tobacco in VirginiaC. making a profit by fishingD. growing cotton25. Three of the following were the motives of the English Puritans who went to N ew England as immigrants. Which was the exception?A. They believed that the Church of England was not Catholic enough.B. They believed that the Church of England was too Catholic in religious practices.C. They were persecuted in England.D. They wanted to established a colony based on their own religious ideals.26. Thanksgiving Day is originally celebrated by people for _____.A. healthB. safetyC. freedomD. harvest27. _____ was the only Founding Father to sign the Declaration of Independence, t he United States Constitution, the Treaty of Alliance with France, and the Treaty of Paris.A. George WashingtonB. Thomas JeffersonC. Benjamin FranklinD. John A dams28. The following words of wisdom were given by Benjamin Franklin except _____A. A penny saved is a penny earned.B. All for one, one for all. ([法] Dumas pére大仲马)C. Time is money.D. Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.29. George Washington served _B. two_ term(s) as US President.30. The author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin was ____________.A. Thomas PaineB. Barbara SmithC. Harriet Beecher StoweD. Mark Twain31.The following people played a great role in Civil Rights Movement except _____.A. Emmett TillB. Rosa ParksC. Oprah WinfreyD. Martin Luther King, Jr.32. Angel Island was destroyed by _____ in 1940 and was never reopened.A. an earthquakeB. a thunderstormC. a fireD. a flood33. Which Act removed the last barriers to Chinese immigration initiating a new era in the history of America’s melting pot?A. The Chinese Exclusion ActB. The Chinese Exclusion Repeal ActC. The Immigration ActD. The Walter-McCarren Act34. Which of the following is not a slur word?A. blondeB. chinkC. niggerD. round-eye。

英美文化考试试题附答案

1.What are the differences in political system between the UK and the USA? DifferencesF irst the political party system .Britain appears the earliest bourgeois partyin the world and it is the first country to establish and implement two-party system: two-party system combined with the British cabinet system. The cabinet consists of the political party which gains the majority at a general election. The largest opposition party is the House of Commons which can establish a shadow cabinet. The organization of British Party is strict and there are many party members. Britain's two political parties are two different political factions in the parliament at first. On the contrary, the internal organization of American political party is very loose. The ruling par ty masters executive power, but doesn’t master the legislative power. American's two political parties aim at supporting and opposing federalism. The party's main activity is the presidential campaign. The two-party system is stable. This kind of system will cause the United States parties which are in the middle of the internal organization is very weak.S econd comparison is the Constitution. Up until now, t the Britain does not havea single document called the Constitution but its constitutional provisions are scattered over various Acts of Parliament. The British constitution is the product of a long-term historical evolution. It is the sum total of the common law over the years. The basic principle of the British Constitution is obscure. However, the United States has a written constitution which is very difficult to change. The United States Constitution is the fundamental law of America, which establishes the legal basis for the American political system.The US Constitution has four major principles: separation of powers, federal system, doctrine of constitutional supremacy and equality. The two purposes of the United States constitution are limiting the power of the government and protecting people's freedom.T hird is the legal system. American and British legislative systems have the sameprinciples in general Parliament is the center of the British political stage and is Britain's top legislative branch. The government is elected from the parliament and it should be responsible for the parliament. Parliament is a bicameral legislature. The House of Commons and the House of Lords constitute the British Parliament. In the meantime, the U.S. congress is the highest legislative branch, which consists of the senate and the House of Representatives. The main powers of congress are legislative power, supervisory power of judicial administration, examination and approval authority and amending power. In addition, congress can pass the resolution which does not need the president to sign.2.What is the role of the Monarch in the UK?Monarchy is the oldest form of government in the United Kingdom.In a monarchy, a king or queen is Head of State. The British monarchy is known as a constitutional monarchy. This means that, while The Sovereign is Head of State, the ability to make and pass legislation resides with an elected Parliament.Although the British Sovereign no longer has a political or executive role, he or she continues to play an important part in the life of the nation.As Head of State, The Monarch undertakes constitutional and representational duties which have developed over one thousand years of history. In addition to these State duties, The Monarch has a less formal role as 'Head of Nation'. The Sovereign acts as a focus for national identity, unity and pride; gives a sense of stability and continuity; officially recognises success and excellence; and supports the ideal of voluntary service.3.How do you comment on the British education system?课本66页简述+First，these deucation can develop their creativity and imagination maybe that is why there are so mang Nobel Prize's winners and plenty of inventions.Second,these education can give them a chance to enter a famous college like Oxford and Cambridge which is the best single way to guarantee them a successful career.Third these education can develop their patriotism which is important to a country.Of course ,this will lead to a peaceful society.These education can also inspire their passion to make countribution to their society to make a more prosperoty country. These education make a fully developed person who always knows what he wants to do and how to do it well,and then he can live a happy life.4. What do you think of the Open University in Britain?5. How do you comment on the American education system?7题补充：18. How do people celebrate Halloween?P277Every October 31, both children and adults slip into the night as ghosts, princesses and pirates, and tell tales of witches and ghosts. Pumpkins are carved into glowering (怒视的) jack-o'-lanterns (a kind of lantern南瓜做的杰克灯笼). Children parade from house to house, knocking on doors and calling out "Trick or treat!" hoping to have their bags filled with candy. It can be a night of fun for those who participate.17. What does Guy Fawkes’ Day celebrate? P26316.Discuss the development in the US magazine industry and identify the strengths and weaknesses of the magazine medium.P24915.Discuss the main services of the British national public broadcaster the BBC.P23014.List the famous broadcasters in the UK and the USA and try to make a comparison between the broadcasting systems in the two countries.Media of the United Kingdom consist of several different types of communications media: television, radio, newspapers, magazines, and Web sites. The country also has a strong music industry. The United Kingdom has a diverse range of providers, the most prominent being the state-owned public service broadcaster, the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation). Regional media is covered by local radio, television and print newspapers.USA Broadcasting was an American media company owned by veteran entertainment industry executive Barry Diller. This network was the over-the-air broadcasting arm of USA Network.。

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Part I Blank Filling (60 blanks, 0.5 point each) 1. The United States of America is situated in the southern part of North America (except________________ and Hawaii). The continental United States stretches 4,500 kilometers from the Atlantic on the east to the ________________ on the west. It is bounded by ________________ on the north and by ________________ and the Gulf ofMexico on the south, with a distance of 2,575 kilometers in between.2. The United States is the ________________ (rank) largest country in the world in terms ofarea. Its land area is 9,166， 601 square kilometers.3. The whole country is divided into ________________ (number) states and a federal district,________________, in which the capital city of Washington is located on the Potomac River.________________ is the largest in area of all the states, and Texas is the second.4. The highest peak contained by the Appalachian Mountains is ________________. TheSierras Range contains ________________, the highest peak in the US outside Alaska. The highest mount of the United States is ________________, which lies in Alaska.________________ in eastern California, 85 meters below sea level, is the lowest point in the whole of North America.5. The five Great lakes are Lake Superior, Lake ________________, Lake ________________,Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. They form the most important system of inland waterways in the world. Of the five Great Lakes, only Lake ________________is wholly within the United States. The famous ________________ Falls is located on the US-Canadian boundary between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.6. ________________ is the largest city and chief port of the United States lying at the mouthof the Hudson River. ________________, a gift from the French people in 1886, was placed in the center ofNew York Harbor.7. The most densely populated state is ________________, while the most sparsely populatedstate is ________________.8. Since World War II, people have moved to the Southeast, Southwest, and West Coast, whichis collectively called ________________.9. The Ivy League refers to eight private institutions of higher education located in theNortheastern United States. They are ________________ University, ________________ University, University of Pennsylvania, ________________, Columbia University, Brown University, Dartmouth College, Cornell University. All these universities were founded before American Revolution except ________________ University.10. ________________ is the United States ’central bank, charged with ensuring the stability andflexibility of the nation ’s monetary and financial systems.11. The largest airports in the United States by passenger arrivals and departures are________________ International Airport in Illinois.12. ________________ is a district in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., situated west-northwestofDowntown. Due to its fame and cultural identity as the historical center of movie studios and stars, its name is often used as a metonym for the American film and television industry.13. ________________ theater refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 largeprofessional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York in Manhattan, New York City.14. The top daily newspapers in the United States according to circulation were the________________ Journal, ________________, ________________, and the Los Angeles Times, each with a circulation in excess of 1 million.15. The US Constitution is composed of a Preamble, ________________ (number) articles, and________________ (number) amendments, among which the first ten amendments is collectively called as ________________.16. Congress is the legislative body, which is divided into two chambers: ________________with ________________ (number) members and ________________ (number) with ______________________ members.17. The president of the Senate is the vice president of the United States. When he is absent,________________, usually the senior senator of the majority party, carry out his duties. 18. The US President elect is ________________. He will take his power on ________________(date), 2009.19. The president of the House of Representatives is ________________, who presides over thechamber, refers bills to committees, appoints representatives to special committees, and grants representatives the right to speak during chamber debates.20. The Supreme Court of the United States consists of ________________ of the United Statesand ________________ (number) Associate Justices, who are nominated by the President and confirmed with the“advice and consent ”of the Senate. Justices serve“ during good behaviour, ”21. The logo of the Republican Party is ________________ while that of the Democratic Partyis ________________. The color of the Republican Party is ________________ while that of the Democratic Party is ________________.22. During the General Presidential Election, if no presidential candidate receives a majority inthe Electoral College, then the president-elect will be selected by a vote of ________________, with each state receiving a single vote. If no vice presidential candidate receives a majority, then the vice president-elect will be selected by a vote of ________________.23. General Elections take place on ________________________________________ in theElection Year (although in many states early and absentee voting begins several weeks before Election Day).24. The Mississippian culture dominated much of the area along the Mississippi River inPre-Columbian history. One of the distinguishing features of this culture was the construction of large earthen ________________. The people there grew ________________ and other crops intensively, participated in an extensive trade network, and had a complex stratified society.25. The New World is one of the names used for the non-Eurasian/non-African parts of the Earth,specifically ________________ and Australia.26. The discoverer of the New World was ________________. He and his team made fourvoyages to the New World. Their vessels were named as Santa Maria.27. Spanish navigator ________________ became the first European to round the tip of SouthAmerica during a 1519-1522 voyage that became the first circumnavigation of the world.28. The first successful English colony was ________________, established in 1607, on a smallriver near Chesapeake Bay. The venture was financed and coordinated by the ________________, a joint stock company looking for gold. Its first years were extremely difficult, with very high death rates from disease and starvation, wars with local Indians, and little gold. The colony survived, barely, by turning to ________________ as a cash crop.29. In 1620 the first group of Puritans arrived from England. In order to escape from religiouspersecution at home, a group of Puritans set sail for America on a ship called the ________________.30. Among the thirteen colonies, Province ofNew Hampshire, Province ofMassachusetts Bay,Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, and Connecticut Colony, the four colonies in the north were collectively referred to as ________________.Part II Multiple Choice (20 Items, 1 point each)1. Alaska was bought by the United States from Russia ________.[A] during the War of American Independence.[B] when Abraham Lincoln was the President[C] during the American CivilWar[D] after the end of the American Civil War2. ________ River flows through New York City.[A] Missouri [B] St. Lawrence[C] Colorado [D] Hudson3. The coasts of ________ are among the rainiest places in the world.[A] California [B] Oregon and Washington[C] Florida [D] New England4. The greatest wonder is found in the forests of sequoia and fir trees on the ________ coast ofthe United States.[A] eastern [B] southern[C] northwest [D] southwestern5. Which of the following is NOT in Washington D.C?[A] the US Capitol [C] Pentagon building [B] the White House [D] the UN headquarters6. The ________ constitute the largest ethnic-racial minority group in the United States.[A] American Indians [B] Hispanics[C] Blacks [D] Asian Americans7. The state of ________ is the largest in population today.[A] New York [B] Colorado[C] Arizona [D] California8. ________ along with it branches is the longest river in the United States and it also ranks thefourth in the world.[A] Mississippi River [B] Columbia River[C] Missouri River [D] Ohio River9. The poor exist in the United States because ________.[A] the nation cannot generate the wealth to support the poor[B] there are regular economic depressions[C] its distribution of wealth is fundamentally unequal[D] the country is densely populated10. Modern corporations in the United States are anything BUT ________.[A] diversified [B] multinational[C] competitive [D] monopolistic11. Which of the following cities is NOT on the Pacific coast?[A] Baltimore [B] Los Angeles[C] San Francisco [D] Seattle12. The Constitution of the United States was framed in ________ in 1787.[A] Washington [B] Boston[C] New York [D] Philadelphia13. Congress can overturn the President ’s veto by a ________ vote of the full membership of bothhouses.[A] two-fifths [C] three-fourths [B] two-thirds [D] three-fifths14. The Department of ________ advises the President on foreign relations.[A] Defense [B] State[C] Commerce [D] Labor15. A Senator must be ________.[A] over 25 years old and must have been an American citizen for at least nine years.[B] over 30 years old and must have been an American citizen for at least seven years.[C] over 30 years old and must have been an American citizen for at least nine years.[D] over 25 years old and must have been an American citizen for at least seven years.16. Representatives in the United States are elected ________.[A] annually [B] every two year[C] every three years [D] every four years17. The state legislature usually consists of two houses except the state of ________.[A] North Dakota [B] South Dakota[C] Nebraska [D] Oklahoma18. Although no Congressmen come from Washington DC., the capital city has ________ votes inthe General Election.[A] 2 [B] 3[C] 4 [D] 519. The New World discovered by Columbus was named after ________.[A] Amerigo V espucci [C] Ferdinand Magellan [B] Christopher Columbus [D] Marco Polo20. The Constitutional Convention was held in ________ in May 1787.[A] Boston [B] New York[C] Philadelphia [D] Washington D.C.Part III Term Defining (6 Items, 5 points each)1. New England2. The Declaration of Independence3. The French and Indian War4. Boston Massacre5. The Rust Belt6. The Stamp ActPart IV Questions for discussion (2 Items, 10 point each)1. What’s your idea about the diversity of US population?2. What’s your idea about the significances of Columbus ’s discovery of the New World? And wha t about its influence on the life of American Indians?题号 Part I Part II Part III Part IV 总分总分人得分Part I Blank Filling 1.________________________________2.________________3.________________4.________________________________ 5.________________________________6.________________7.________________8.________________9.________________________________10.________________11.________________12.________________(60 blanks, 0.5 point each) ________________________________得分得分人13.________________14.________________ ________________ ________________15.________________ ________________ ________________16.________________ ________________ ________________17.________________18.________________ ________________19.________________20.________________ ________________21.________________ ________________ ________________________________22.________________ ________________23.________________________________________24.________________ ________________25.________________26.________________27.________________28.________________ ________________ ________________29.________________30.________________Part II Multiple Choice1—5 ____________________________ 11— 15 ____________________________Part III Term Defining1. New England2. The Declaration of Independence(20 Items, 1 point each) 6— 10____________________________ 16—20 ____________________________(6 Items, 5 points each)得分得分人得分得分人3. The French and Indian War4. Boston Massacre5. The Rust Belt6. The Stamp Act得分得分人Part IV Questions for discussion(2Items,10point each)1. What’s your idea about the diversity of US population?2. What’s your idea about the significances of Columbus’s discovery of the New World? Andwhat about its influence on the life of American Indians?I.Blank filling(总分30 分，每个空格0.5 分；拼写错误可酌情扣分)1. Alaska; Pacific; Canada2. fourth3. 50; Washington DC. (Columbia District); Alaska4. Mitchell; Whitney; McKinley; Death V alley5. Michigan; Huron; Michigan; Niagara6. New York; Statue ofLiberty (Liberty Statue)7. New Jersey; Alaska8. the Sun Belt9. Harvard; Yale; Princeton (顺序可调); Cornell 10. Federal Reserve11. Chicago-O’Hare (Chicago) 12. Hollywood13. Broadway14. the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, the New ork Times (顺序可调)15. ; 27; Bill of Rights16. the Senate, 100; the House of Representatives, 435 ( 两个house 顺序可调)17. President pro tempore 18. Obama; January 2019. Mr. Speaker 20. Chief Justice; eight21. elephant; donkey; red; blue ( 顺序不可调) 22. the House of Representatives; the Senate23. the first Tuesday after the first Monday (in November)24. mounds; corn (maize) 25. America26. Christopher Columbus 27. Magellan28. Jamestown; the London Virginia Company (Virginia Company of London), tobacco29. Mayflower 30. New EnglandII.Multiple Choice共20 题，每题一分1-5. DDBCD 6-10. BDAAC 11-15. ADBBC 16-20. BCBACIII.Term definition每题5 分，语法和拼写错误看酌情扣分1. New England要点A. Northeastern America ( 如果能具体指出哪几个州，可酌情加分)B. earliest settlements; industrial center2. The Declaration of Independence要点A. who draftedB. where it was adoptedC. significance3. French and Indian War要点A. timeB. two partiesC. significance4. Boston Massacre要点A. time and placeB. what happenedC. significance5. Rust Belt要点A. Area around the Great LakesB. source of the population movementC. the past and the present6. Stamp Act要点A. the time and the issuerB. contentsC. consequencesIV.Questions for discussion本题是自由发挥题目，考查学生根据所学知识，分析问题的能力。

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山东经济学院2010--2011学年第 1学期期末试题英美文化概况（110126）试卷（5）注意事项：所有的答案都必须写在答题纸上，答在试卷上一律无效Ⅰ. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). （本大题共20小题，每小题1分，共20分）1. Britain is both a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy.2. The divine right of the king means the sovereign derived his authority from his subjects.3. In Britain, Grammar schools select children at the age of 11 and provide them with a general education.4. The Prime Minister and Cabinet decide on the general direction of Britain’s foreign policy.5. The origin of Bowling lies in the victory celebration ceremony by the ancient warriors.6. Americans have to join a political party in order to vote or to be a candidate for public office.7. The Clinton Administration made national security, economic prosperity and promotion of democracy the three pillars of the American foreign policy.8.It takes at least fours years to get a bachelor’s degree from an institution ofhigher learning in the US.9. In Britain, Grammar schools select children at the age of 11 and provide them with a general education.10. The president has the authority to appoint federal judges, and all such court appointments are subject to confirmation by the House of Representatives.11.The main duty of the Congress is to make laws, including those which levytaxes that pay for the work of the federal government.12.Most people in Scotland speak the old Celtic language, called “Gaelic”13. When George W. Bush became President, his foreign policy has two prominent elements: isolationism and faith in military strength.14. Harvard College was originally founded to train government officials.15. There are about 60 members of the Commonwealth.16. The state of Pennsylvania used to be inhabited by the Quakers.- 1 - （共页）17. The UK was awarded a seat on the UN Security Council in recognition of its contribution in setting up the United Nations.18. The Prime Minister and Cabinet decide on the general direction of Britain’s foreign policy.19. George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Abraham Lincoln were regarded as the founding fathers of the United States of America.20. Easter is the biggest and best loved British holiday.Ⅱ. Choose the answer that best completes the statement or answers the question. （本大题共20小题，每小题1分，共20分）21. Why does Britain have its nuclear naval force?A. Because it’s one of the developed countries in the world.B. Because it’s a traditional sea power.C. Because it has an advanced industryD. Because it’s able to produce submarines.22. Which of the following is NOT true about Britain?A.I t used to be a powerful imperial country in the world.B. It plays an active role as a member of European Union.C. It is a relatively wealthy and developed country.D.It used to be one of the superpowers in the world.23. The expenditure in American public schools is guided or decided by _____.A. teachersB. studentsC. headmastersD. boards of education24. Which of the following sports was NOT invented in Britain?A. Football.B. Tennis.C. Basketball.D. Cricket.25. Which of the following statements is NOT correct?A. There are no legal restraints upon Parliament.B. Strictly speaking, the Queen is part of the Parliament.C. Parliament has the supreme power of passing laws.D. Parliament has no power to change the terms of the Constitution.26. In Britain, the great majority of parents send their children to _____.A. private schoolsB. independent schools.C. state schools.D. public schools.27. The present British foreign policy is mainly influenced by some of the following factors. Which one is an exception?A. Its imperial history.B. Its geopolitical traits.- 2 -C. Its special relationship with the United States.D. Its schizophrenic attitude to Europe.28. In order to go to university, secondary school students must meet the following requirements except that ______.A. they have high school records and recommendations from their teachersB. they make good impressions during the interviewsC. they get good scores in the scholastic Aptitude TestsD. they pass the college entrance examinations29. Which of the following countries does not have nuclear weapons capabilities?A. Britain.B. The United States.C. Italy.D. Russia.30 Which of the following sports was NOT invented in Britain?A. Football.B. Tennis.C. Basketball.D. Cricket.31. Which of the following was NOT one of the three forces that led to the modern development of Europe?A. The growth of capitalism.B. The Renaissance.C. The Religious Reformation.D. The spiritual leadership of the Roman Catholic Church.32. Which of the following is NOT a power of the president?A.The president can veto any bill passed by Congress.B.The president has the authority to appoint federal judges whenvacancies occur.C.The president can make laws.D.The president has broad powers, with the executive branch, to issueregulations and directives regarding the work of the federaldepartments.33. In the United States systems, which of the following divisions is true?A. Elementary school, grammar school.B. Elementary school, junior high school.C. Elementary school, secondary school.D. Junior high school, senior high school.34. Nearly all students want to get into more desirable institutions because ______.A. they find it easy for them to get jobs after having graduated from one ofthemB. they enjoy the high prestige of these institutionsC. they like the teachers and surroundings in these institutionsD. they prefer to have the Scholastic Aptitude Tests- 3 -35. “No taxation without representation” was the rallying cry of _______.A. the settlers of VirginiaB. the people of PennsylvaniaC. the colonists in New EnglandD. the people of 13 colonies on the Eve of the American Revolution.36. Both public and private universities depend on the following sources ofincome except _____.A. investmentB. student tuitionC. endowmentsD.government funding37. What did the US mean by containment?A. It would use whatever means to prevent the Soviet Union frombreaking out of its sphere of influence.B. It wanted to reverse the situation in which the Soviet Union reachedparity with the US in nuclear force.C. It planned to drag the Soviet Union into another round of arms race.D. It intended to shift the balance of terror.38. Which of the following American values did NOT come from Puritanism?A. Separation of state and church.B. Respect of education.C. Intolerant moralism.D. A sense of mission.39. Colored eggs and bunny are traditional symbols of ___.A. EasterB. ChristmasC. ValentineD. New Year’s Da y40. The theory of American politics and the American Revolution originated mainly from ___________.A. George WashingtonB. Thomas JeffersonC. John AdamsD. John LockeⅢ.Tell what you know about the following in your own words. （本大题共5小题，每小题8分，共40分）41. Comprehensive schools42. The Bill of Rights (US)43. Puritanism44. The House of Commons45. The making of Britain’s foreign policyⅣ. Answer one of the following two questions. （本大题任选一题，20分）46. “British history is a history of invasion”. Please illustrate this point. How did each of the invasion influence English culture?- 4 -47. What are the some of the major powers of each of the three branches of the USgovernment? How are the three branches supposed to check and balance each other?- 5 -。

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《英美文学选读》期末考试练习一、搭配题二、判断题1.( F ) Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Antony and Cleopatra are Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies.2.(T ) The Elizabethan Drama is the real mainstream of the English Renaissance.3.( T) Paradise Lost is a long epic divided into 12 books.4.( F) Captain Singleton, Moll Flanders, Colonel Jack, and A Journal of the Plague Year are the first literary works devoted to the study of problems of the lower-class people.5.( T) Jonathan Swift defined a good style as “proper words in proper places.”6.( T ) Henry Fielding has been regarded by some as “Father of the English Novel.”7.( F) William Blake, William Wordsworth, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge are regarded as the “Lake Poets.”8.( T ) The British Romantic period is an age of prose.9.( T ) The major theme of Jane Austen’s novels is love and marriage.10.( T ) The Victoria period has been generally regarded as one of the most glorious in the English history.11.( F ) Far from the Madding Crowd is Thomas Hardy’s first novel.12.( T ) Modernism rose out of skepticism and disillusion of capitalism.13.( T ) The major themes of the modernist literature are the distorted, alienated and ill relationships between man and nature, man and society, man and man, and man and himself. 14.( T) The early poems of Pound and Eliot and Yeats’s matured poetry marked rise of “modern poetry.”15.( T ) Shaw’s plays have one passion, and one only, that is, indignation.16.( F) Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare’s four greatest tragedies.17.( T ) The first period of the English Renaissance was one of imitation and assimilation.18.( T ) Paradise Lost is John Milton’s masterpiece.19.( F ) Captain Singleton, Moll Flanders, Colonel Jack, and A Journal of the Plague Year are the first literary works devoted to the study of problems of the lower-class people.20.( T ) In Jonathan Swift’s opinion, human nature is seriously and permanently flawed.21.( T) Henry Fielding was the first to write specifically a “comic in prose.”22.( F ) William Blake, William Wordsworth, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge are regarded as the “Lake Poets.”23.( F ) The British Romantic period is an age of poetic drama.24.( T ) Shelley’s greatest achievement is his four-act poetic drama, Prometheus Unbound.25.( T ) Oscar Wilde and Walter Pater are advocators of the theory of “art for art’s sake.”26.( F ) From Under the Greenwood Tree, the tragic sense becomes the keynote of Thomas Hardy’s novels.27.( T ) The French symbolism heralded modernism.28.( T ) The modernist writers pay more attention to the psychic time than the chronological one.29.( T) Kingsley Amis was the first to start the attack on middle-class privileges and power in his novel Lucky Jim.30.( T ) The Waste Land is a poem concerned with the spiritual breakup of a modern civilization in which human life has lost its meaning, significance and purpose.31.( F) Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy is Romeo and Juliet.32.( T) In the early stage of the English Renaissance, poetry and poetic drama were the most outstanding literary forms.33.( T ) Samson Agonistes is the most perfect example of the verse drama after the Greek style in English.34.( F ) Captain Singleton, Moll Flanders, Colonel Jack, and A Journal of the Plague Year are the first literary works devoted to the study of problems of the lower-class people.35.( T ) Jonathan Swift is a master satirist.36.( T ) Henry Fielding was the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.37.( F ) William Blake, William Wordsworth, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge are regarded as the “Lake Poets.”38.( F ) Novel was the most popular literary form in the British Romantic period.39.( T ) “A Song: Men of England” was written in 1819, the year of the Peterloo Massacre.40.( T) Charles Dickens and the Bronte Sisters are representatives of critical realism.41.( F ) Thomas Hardy belongs to one of the English romantic poets.42.( T ) Modernism takes the irrational philosophy and the theory of psycho-analysis as its theoretical base.43.( T ) The modernist writers are mainly concerned with the inner being of an individual.44.( T ) James Joyce is the most outstanding stream-of-consciousness novelist.45.( T ) D. H. Lawrence was one of the first novelists to introduce themes of psychology into his works.三、名词解释1.Antagonist: A person or force opposing the protagonist in a narrative; a rival of thehero or heroine.2.Allegory: A tale in verse or prose in which characters, actions, or settings representabstract ideas or moral qualities. An allegory is a story with two meanings, a literalmeaning and a symbolic meaning.3.Alliteration: The repetition of the initial consonant sounds in poetry.4.Canto: A section or division of a long poem.5.Characterization: the means by which a writer reveals that personality.edy: In general, a literary work that ends happily with a healthy, amicablearmistice between the protagonist and society.7.Critical Realism: The critical realism of the 19th century flourished in the forties andin the beginning of fifties. The realists first and foremost set themselves the task ofcriticizing capitalist society from a democratic viewpoint and delineated the cryingcontradictions of bourgeois reality. But they did not find a way to eradicate socialevils.8.Elegy: A poem of mourning, usually over the death of an individual. An elegy is atype of lyric poem, usually formal in language and structure, and solemn or evenmelancholy in tone.9.Epic: A long narrative poem telling about the deeds of a great hero and reflectingthe values of the society from which it originated. Many epics were drawn from anoral tradition and were transmitted by song and recitation before they were writtendown.10.Flashback: A scene in a short story, novel, play, or narrative poem that interruptsthe action to show an event that happened earlier.11.Imagery: Words or phrases that create pictures, or images, in the reader’s mind.Images can appeal to other senses as well: touch, taste, smell, and hearing.12.Lyric: A poem, usually a short one, which expresses a speaker’s personal thoughts orfeelings. The elegy, ode, and sonnet are all forms of the lyric.13.Metaphor: A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things whichare basically dissimilar. Unlike simile, a metaphor does not use a connective wordsuch as like, as, or resembles in making the comparison.14.Protagonist: The central character of a drama, novel, short story, or narrative poem.The protagonist is the character on whom the action centers and with whom thereader sympathizes most. Usually the protagonist strives against an opposing force,or antagonist, to accomplish something.15.Setting: The time and place in which the events in a short story, novel, play ornarrative poem occur. Setting can give us information, vital to plot and theme. Often,setting and character will reveal each other.16.Simile: It refers to a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two thingsthrough the use of a specific word of comparison, such as “like, as, or resemble”.The comparison must be between two essentially unlike things.17.Soliloquy: In drama, an extended speech delivered by a character alone onstage.The character reveals his or her innermost thoughts and feelings directly to theaudience, as if thinking aloud.18.Sonnet: A fourteen-line lyric poem, usually written in rhymed iambic pentameter. Asonnet generally expresses a single theme or idea.19.Tragedy: In general, a literary work in which the protagonist meets an unhappy ordisastrous end. Unlike comedy, tragedy depicts the actions of a central characterwho is usually dignified or heroic.四、简答题1.What do the William Shakespeare’s tragedies have in common?Each portrays some noble hero ,who faces the injustices of human life and is caught in a difficult situation and whose fate is closely connected with the fate of the whole nation .Each hero has his weakness is made used of the nature: Hamlet the melancholic scholar-prince,faces the dilemma between action and mind ; Othello`s inner weakness is made use of by the outside evil force; the king lear who is unwilling to totally give up his power makes himself suffer from treachery and infidelity; and Macbeth`s lust for power stirs up his ambitions and leads him to incessant crimesShakespeare dramatizes the whole world around the hero.2.“Never did sun more beautifully steepIn his first splendour, valley, rock, or hill;Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!The river glideth at his own sweet will:Dear God! the very houses seem asleep;And all that mighty heart is lying still!”(from Wordsworth’s sonnet Composed upon Westminster Bridge)Questions:A.What does this sonnet describe?A vivid picture of a beautiful morning in LondonB. What does the word “mighty heart” refer to？LondonB.The sonnet follows strictly the Italian form. What is the feature of the Italian form sonnet?There is a clear division between the octave and the sestet; the rhyme scheme is abbaabba, cdcdcd.3.“Wherefore feed and clothe and saveFrom the cradle to the graveThose ungrateful drones who wouldDrain your sweat- nay, drink your blood?”Questions:A. Identify the poet and the title of the poem from which the stanza is taken.Percy Bysshe Shelley ; A song :Men of England.B. What figure of speech is used in Line 2?MetonymyC. Whom does “drones” refer to?Parasitic class in human society .4.Hardy is often regarded as a transitional writer. In him we see the influence from both the pastand the modern. Some critics believe that he is intellectually advanced and emotionally traditional. How do you understand this idea?5.What is the theme of Wuthering Heights?From the social point of view, it is a story about a poor man abused,betrayed and distorted by his social betters because he is a poor nobody . As a love story, this is one of the most moving : the passion between Heathcliff and Catherine proves the most in tense , the most beautiful and at the same time the most horrible passion ever to be found possible in human beings.6.“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate:Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And summer’s lease hath all too short a date:”Questions:A. Identify the poet and the poem from which the quoted lines are takenWilliam Shakespeare; Sonnet 18.B. Name the figure of speech employed in the poem.The first line: rhetorical question ,C. What is the theme of the poem?He has a profound meditation on the destructive power of time and the eternal beauty brought forth by poetry to the one he loves .7.“When the stars threw down their spears,And water’d heaven with their tears,Did he smile his work to see?Did he who made the Lamb make thee?”Questions:A. Identify the poet and the poem from which the quoted lines are takenWilliam Blake , The TygerB. Whom does the “he’’ refer to?The god who create the Tyger.C. What does the “Lamb” symbolize?Symbol of peace and purity8.“Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and he artless? —Youthink wrong!… 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…—it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God’s feet, equal—as we are!”Questions:A.Identify the author and the novel from which the quoted part is taken.Charlotte Bronte ; Jane Eyer.B. To whom is the speaker speaking?Mr RochesterShe want to tell the Mr Rochester that don`t judge her by the outlooking, she desperately and opening declares her equality with him and her love for him.C. What does the quoted part imply about the speaker?9.The following quotation is from one of the poems by T. S. Eliot:“No! I am not Princ e Hamlet, nor was meant to be;Am an attendant lord, one that will doTo swell a progress, start a scene or twoAdvise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool,Deferential, glad to be of use,Politic, cautious, and meticulous,Full of high sen tence, but a bit obtuse;”Questions:A. Identify the title of the poem from which the quoted part is taken.The love song of J Afred prufrock ,T. S. Eliot.B. Who's the speaker of the quoted lines?Mr Alfred prufrock.C. What does the first line show about the speaker?The speaker has something in common with the hamlet, he is neurotic,self-important,illogical and incapable of action.五、论述题1.2.Daniel Defoe’s novel Robinson Crusoe was a great success partly because theprotagonist was a real middle-class hero. Discuss Crusoe, the protagonist of the novel,as an embodiment of the rising middle-class virtues in the mid-eighteenth centuryEngland.Robinson is here a real hero :a typical eighteenth century english middle-class man; he is the very prototype of empire builder,the pioneercolonist. In describing Robinson`s life on the island , Defoe glorifies humanlabor and the puritan fortitude,which save Robinson from despair and are asource of pride and happiness.3.4.Elizabeth Bennet, the heroine in Pride and Prejudice, is often regarded as the mostsuccessful character created by Jane Austen. Make a brief comment on Elizabeth’scharacter.5.6.Discuss Charles Dickens’s art of fiction: the setting, the character-portrayal,the language, etc., based on his novel Oliver Twist.Charles Dickens is a master story teller:①②In language, he is often compared with Shakespeare for his adeptness with the vernacular and large vocabulary.③④His humor and wit seem inexhaustible.⑤⑥Character-portrayal is the most distinguishing feature of his works .⑦⑧Among a vast range of various characters marked out by some peculiarity in physical traits,speech or manner, are both types and individuals.⑨His best -depicted characters are thoseinnocent ,virtuous,persecuted ,helpless child characters such as Oliver twist , Fagin.7.Jane Eyre is one of the most popular and important novels of the Victorian Age. Why isJane Eyre such a successful novel?①Its sharp criticism of existing society ,e.g.the religious hypocrisy of charity institutions.②③Its introduction to the English novel the first governess heroine.。

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英语欧美文化期末练习题英语欧美文化期末练习题2006-2007学年第一学期欧美文化期末练习题班级_________ 姓名__________ I.Multiple choices (80%)1.Which of the following works described the war led by Agamemnon againstthe city of Troy?A. OdysseyB. Iliad C Agamemnon D. Trojan Womenth2.In the 20 century, the Irish writer James Joyce?s Ulysses is a parallel to Homer?s epic_______.A. OdysseyB. Iliad C Agamemnon D. Trojan Women 3.Which of the following is not written by Aeschylus?A. Prometheus BoundB. AntigoneC. Persians D Agamenon4.The Austrian psych iatrist Siugmund Freud …s term “the Oedipus complex”was derived from ________?s play Oedipus the King.A. AeschylusB. EuripdesC. SophoclesD. Aristophane5.Among ancient Greek dramatist, ______may be called the first writer of“problem plays”.A. AeschylusB. EuripdesC. SophoclesD. Aristophane6.In which comic play did Aristophanes attack Socrates?A. WaspsB. BirdsC. CloudsD. Frogs7.Who initiated the concept of point, line, surface, bpdy, etc. and was regardedas the founder of scientific mathematics?A. AristotleB. ArchimedesC. PythagorasD. Democritus8.Socrates …s teaching method is well known as the _________.A.dialectic methodB. dialoguesC.Cartesian doubtD. doubting method9.Which is Plato?s belief?A. Men have knowledge because of the existence of certain general“ideas”.B. Men have knowledge because of experience.C. Mind and matter are completely apart from each otherD. The world is matter and acrivity.10.Among the Greek philosophers, who believed that form and matter togethermade up concrete individual realities?A. AristotleB. PlatoC. SocratesD. Epicurus11.Among Greek scientists, who dicovered the principle of the lever and onceclaimed that “Give me a place to stand, and I will move the world.”?A. EuclidB.ArchimedesC. DemocritusD. Pythagoras 12.________ is one of the finest representatives of ancient Greek sculpture.A. Venus de MiloB. Constantine the GreatC. She-wolfD. Moses13. Ancient Roman writer _____ was noted for his oratory and fine writingstyle and had an enormous influence on the development of European prose.A. LucretiusB.CiceroC. CaesarD. Virgil14. ____ is the greatest Latin poet, who wrote the great epic Aeneid.A. LucretiusB.CiceroC. CaesarD. Virgil 15. ______ is the best preserved Roman temple.A. ParthenonB.PantheonC. the ColosseumD. the temple in jerusalem16.________ is a statue which illustrates the legend of creation of Rome.A. Venus de MiloB. Constantine the GreatC. She-wolfD. Moses17. Both Judaism and Christianity originated in ___________. It wasthe_________tradition that gave birth to Christianity.A. Egypt; JewishB. Turkey; IslamicC. Palestine; JewishD. Israel; Islamic18.The Old Testament consists of ___books, while the New Testament consistsof ___books.A. 39; 27B. 27; 39C. 30; 27D. 5; 3419.The first five books of the Old Testament is called_____.A. PentateuchB. GenesisC. DeuteronomyD. Exodus20.According to the Old Testament, when the wandering Hebrew tribesleft thedesert and entered the mountainous Sinai, _______ climbed to the top of themountain to receive from God message, which came to be known as Ten Commandments.A. DavidB. SolomonC. SaulD. Moses 21. By 305 the Roman emperor stopped the persecution of Christians. And in313, ______issued the Edict of Milan and made Christianity.A. ConstantineB. NeroC. DiocletianD. Theodosius.22. In _____, the Roman Emperor Theodosius made Christianity the officialreligion of the empire.A. 305B. 313C. 392D. 47623. At the age of 30, Jesus Cxhrist received the baptism at the hands of _____.A. JosephB. St. PaulC. John BaptistD. St. Peter24. The four accounts of Jesus? birth, teaching, death and resurrection were believed to have been written byA. Matthew , Mark, Luke and JohnB. Paul, Peter, Luke and JohnC. Joseph, Mark, Paul and PeterD. Matthew , Mark, Peter and Joseph25.The most important and influential of English Bible is _________.A. The Great BibleB. the Good News BibleC. the “authorized” or King James’ versionD. the Vulgate 26. The most ancient extant Latin version of the whole Bible is the _____ edition.A. the SeptuagintB. the VulgateC. The Great BibleD. the Good News Bible27. What is the Middle Ages also called for?________________A. “Age of Reason”B. “Age of Art”C. “Age of Faith”D. “Age of science” 28. When did the Western Roman Empire fall and the Middle Ages began?A. In A. D. 476B. In A. D. 27C. In B.C. 27D.In B. C. 47629. To become a knight, a noble began his education as a ____ at 7, then hebecame a ___ to a knight at about 14. If he proved to be agood fighter, hecould be made a knight at the ceremony of dubbing.A. squire, pageB. page, squireC. soldier, pageD. assistant, protector 30. ________, ruler of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Wessex, made Wessex theAnglo-Saxon cultural centre and contributed greatly to the medieval Europeanculture.A. CharlemagneB. CarolusC. Alfred the GreatD. Henry VIII31. _______, the writer of Opus Maius, was one the earliest adovocates of scientific research.A. Francis BaconB. Roger BaconC. Thomas AquinasD. Dante 32._________ is an Anglo-Saxon epic telling about how the hero fightedagainst the monster Grendel and the fire dragon.A. Song of RolandB. BeowulfC. AfricaD. Canzoniers33.__________is the soul of Renaissance.A. New sciencesB. HumanismC. New literatureD. the interest in ancient Greek and Roman art34. _____ is the birthplace of Renaissance.A. EnglandB. ItalyC. SpainD. France35. Of the four major artists in High Renaissance, ___was best known for hisMadonnas.A. da VinciB. MichelangeloC. RaphaelD. Titian.36. ________ established the pictorial tradition in western art by using oil coloron canvas and was ranked the father of the modern mode of painting.A. da VinciB. MichelangeloC. RaphaelD. Titian.37.Da Vinci, _____ and Raphael are the best representatives of highRenaissance in Florence.A. GiottoB. GiorgioneC. MichelangeloD. David38. _________ …s open protest agains t t he indulgence in 1517started theReformation movement in Europe.it challenged the absolute authority of the theChurch and replaced it with the absolute authority of the ______.A. Martin Luther; BibleB. John Calvin; the GodC. Jan Hus; BibleD. John Wycliffe; the God39. Which is John Calvin?s belief?A. Men are redeemed by faith and not by the purchase of indulgences.B. The bible should be translated into vernacular so that the Bible can beaccessible to evbery man.C. All believers are priests and all occupations are holy and thus equal.D. Any form of sinfulness is a likely sign of damnatiom whereas ceaselesswork could be sign of salvation.40. From which of Shakespear?s plays comes the sentence:”To be, or not to be,that is the quest ion.”A. OthelloB. King LearC.MacbethD.Hamlet 41. With the great progess in science, in the___century Europe advanced fromthe Middle ages to the Modern times.A. 15ththththB. 16C. 17D. 1842. “I think therefore I am” is ________?s motto. A. So cratesB. DescartesC. LockeD. Kantth43. The major literary form of neoclassicism in france in the 17 century was_________.A. novelB. proseC. dramaD. poetry 44. __________ rejected the traditional deductive method and founded theinductive method.A. John LockeB. Thomas HobbsC. Francis BaconD. John Milton45. ______said:”Knowledge is power.” A. Plato B. LockeC. BaconD. Kant46. There were two leaders in the English revolution,Cromwell was the man ofaction and ___the man of thought.A. John LockeB. Thomas HobbsC. Francis BaconD. John Milton 47. Phaedra is one of the masterpeices of ________________.A. Pierre CorneilleB. Jean RacineC. MoliereD. Lessing 48. The Enlightenment is also called ___________.A. “Age of Reason”B. “Age of Art”thC. “Age of Faith” D. “Age of science”49. The most important forerunners of the Enlightenment were two17Englishmen________.A. Francis Bacon and John MiltonB. John Locke and Isaac NewtonC. Thomas Hobbs and John LockeD. Francis Bacon and Rene Descartes50. In art and literature, what coincided with the Age of Reason wasa periodcalled_________.A. classicismB. neoclassicism c. romanticism D. realism51.Which book discussed the spearation of the legislative, executive and judicalpowers?A. The Spirit of the LawsB. Lettres AnglaiseC. The Origin of Human InequalityD.Rameau’s Nephew52. In Rousseau?s opinion, _____ was the origin of social inequality.A. human natureB. absoute monarchyC. vices in th esocietyD. private property53. Rousseau?s __________ is an important work on education; and hisautobiography __________ foreshadows the trend of Romanticism.A. New Heloise; EmileB.Emile; The ConfessionsC. On Education; Poetry and TruthD. Philosophical Thoughts; Persian Letters54. Who represented the rationalistic neoclassical tendency inEnglish literatureand has often been called the spokesman in verse of the Age of Reaon? One ofhis masterpieces is The Rape of the Lock.A. Samuel JohnsonB. Henry FieldingC. Alexander PopeD. William Blake55. In ______, Swift bitterly criticized theBritish government by suggestingthat the children be fattened and eaten.A. Essay on CriticismB. A Modest Proposal c. Essay on ManD.Gulliver?s Travels 56._________ is often called the founder of English domestic novel, orepistolary novel. One of his masterpieces is Pamela. A. Samuel Johnson B. Henry FieldingC. Walter ScottD. Samuel Richardson57.Goethe? epistolary novel _________played an enormous role in the spreadof Romanticism.A. The Sorrows of Young WertherB. Wilhelm Meis ter’s ApprenticeshipC. Nathan the WiseD. Poetry and Truth58. _______ , written by Goethe, is the greatest work of German literature.A. The Sorrows of Young WertherB. Wilhelm Meister’s Apprentices hipC. FaustD. Poetry and Truth59. _______ is the key figure of the German philosophy and sometimes calledthe “waterhead of Modern philosophy”.A.Martin lutherB. HegelC. LessingD. Kant 60. Romanticism devoped in the late _____ and early ___centuryies.thththththththth A. 18; 19 B. 17; 18 C. 16; 17 D. 19; 20 61.______________ is not a Lake poet.A. SoutheyB. KeatsC. WordsworthD. Coleridge62 “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” is from the ending of _____. A. Ode on a Grecian Urn B. Ode to the West WindC. Don JuanD. Ode to a Nightingale63. Which of the following writers is a female writer and tried hard to proveherself equal to the challenge of a woman?A. Victor HugoB. John KeatsC. George SandD. Mikhail Y. Lemontov64. The preface of the play ________, written by ________ is a veritablemanifesto of French Romanticism in Literature.A. Cromwell; HugoB.Hernati; HugoC. Atala; ChateaubriandD. Rene; Chateaubriand 65. Wordsworth and Colerridge were well known for their collective work,__________, the preface of which marked the beginning of romanticism inEnglish literature.A. Ballads and RomancesB. Lyrical BalladsC. Ballads/doc/4f18198997.htmlkers67. _______ was generally considered Byron?s masterpiece.A.CainB. ManfredC. Child e Harold’s PilgrimageD. Don Juan 69. In_________,_________ created the first “superfluous man” in Russianliterature.A. Eugene Onegin; PushkinB. A Hero of Our Times; Mikhail Y. LemontovC. The Betrothed; ManzoniD. To Sylvia; Leopardi 70. John Keats, a telented English poet, is best known for his beautiful poems, such as ________.A.To a SkylarkB. To ItalyC. Odes to a NightingaleD. The Lady of the LakeII. Connect the names of the writers to their respective masterpieces20%Chauccer Gargantua and PantagruelFielding Utopia Boccaccio The New Method Petrach Paradise Lost Rabelais Les MiserablesThomas More The Canterbury Tales Hugo Le CidMilton DecameronBacon Don QuixoteCorneille CanzoniersCervantes The History of T om Jones, a FoundlingWordsworth Divine ComedyDante AeneidSchiller Cabal and LoveMoliere Robinson Crusoe Pushikin FaustVirgil Lyrical BalladsDefoe Eugene Onegin Goethe TartuffeShelley Prometheus UnboundGiotto Mona LisaTitian Sleeping Venus Michalangelo The Sistine MadonnaRaphael Flight into Egypt Giorgione David Da Vinci Sacred and Profane Love。