英语专业八级人文知识精讲NO.25

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　　__1__ The sentence “shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” is the beginning line of one of Shakespeare’s_____.
　　A comedies
5 c% H5 C' h& n/ \: ~9 n　　B tragedies
( j8 W% a9 }2 C8 T7 Y2 M; ^9 C2 Q　　C sonnets
　　D histories
0 r3 t0 L( o2 E: V　　__2__ The three dialects spoken by____ _____and _____mixed into a single language called Anglo-Saxon, or old English.
$ B1 i5 ?' i8 w　　A Anglos, Saxons jutes
　　B Anglos, Saxons, Irish
　　C Anglos, Saxons, Scottish
　　D Anglos, Saxons, welsh
　　__3______contribution to English lies chiefly in the fact that he introduced from France the rhymed stanza of various types, especially the rhymed couplet of 5 accents in iambic meter---the heroic couplet to English poetry.
- m, v  p" }7 ?$ \. Z0 ~　　A William Shakespeare’s　　我要收藏
$ t$ p4 F, z/ t$ q! o: V4 m　　B Geoffrey Chaucer’s
0 ^' [$ ]* a# }0 e8 {. `7 U6 Z　　C Thomas more’s
; G. v( S! h4 }　　D Edmund Spenser’s
　　__4__Spenserian stanza is a form of poetry first employed by Edmund Spenser in his long poetry_____.
　　A the faerie queene
　　B the shepherd’s calendar
0 h6 x0 @5 b1 l( e  D　　C epithalamion
　　D amoretti
6 \$ R+ Z% h0 h0 B　　__5__ Francis bacon is a ____.
　　A poet
　　B playwright
　　C essayist
　　D novelist
　　__6__We can perhaps describe the west wind in shelly’s poem “ode to the west wind” with all the following terms except_____.
4 q6 L# K$ M3 Y9 U1 u; z: l　　A tamed
　　B swift
% h: h* W9 u: c　　C proud
3 ]# y. W! [3 f( L0 x2 i0 P2 i　　D wild
2 H0 F( O% N' A2 q* k' p& H5 h$ ]  @　　__7__The novel starts with “it is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune ,must be in want of a wife.” The novel is Jane Austen’____.
5 e+ h7 s) {: q. y+ j$ H　　A Emma
　　B persuasion
　　C sense and sensibility
) E7 [- L3 R4 `; z　　D pride and prejudice
) Y( p  c7 ^4 y  j7 k! Y　　__8__The major concern of ____ fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological development of his characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature.
　　A Charles dickens’s
$ f5 m% [/ s0 ~- z" r; b2 {/ Q1 T% r　　B D.H .Lawrence’s
5 C7 C, H, o# C# u& Q　　C Thomas hardy’s
　　D john Galsworthy’s
: b# M" |" p! Y; R' {1 K3 k$ p　　__9__ “do you think, because I am poor ,obscure ,plain and little ,I am soulless and heartless? And if god had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me , as it is now for me to leave you .” the above Is quoted from_______.
) w+ E5 @3 G5 M: p　　A pride and prejudice
　　B Jane Eyre
　　C Wuthering heights
' x8 q' I  }! `　　D great expectations
　　__10__ Which of the following is not one of the Bronte sisters?
　　A charlotte Bronte
　　B Anne Bronte
0 c3 f0 [& D# ~5 N9 }　　C jenny Bronte
7 T# J5 e( \/ S) f1 ?8 M　　D Emily Bronte
, O2 Y+ ~; v# G9 y　　答案：
　　1 解答 c。这句诗来自莎士比亚十四行诗第十八首。
- S: L4 T; b1 r　　2解答 A 公元五世纪，Anglos, Saxons， jutes开始迁入不列颠，这个部落融合成统一的民族英格兰，他们的语言也发展成一种叫Anglo-Saxon, 或者 old English.
　　3解答 B Geoffrey Chaucer被誉为英国诗歌之父，是第一位用中古英语写作的大诗人。他的诗行以五音部抑扬格为基本节奏，每两行押韵，被称为heroic couplet
　　4解答 A Spenser的长诗仙后每节有九行，具有音乐性，被称为Spenserian stanza。
0 w$ X7 [' N5 p) r6 S9 @　　5解答 C 培根是文艺复兴最重要的散文家。
　　6解答 A ode to the west wind是雪莱最着名的抒情诗歌，西风是破坏旧世界，创造新世界的革命力量。
　　7解答 D pride and prejudice的名言。
9 S3 ?" H( y5 |* V2 n% B' [, q　　8解答 B D.H .Lawrence将视线投向两性，对西方文明进行反思，将社会批评与性心理探索结合在一起，抨击资本主义工业文明。
　　9解答 B 简爱中的片断。
　　10 解答C 除jenny Bronte其他为在英国文学史占独特地位的Bronte三姐妹。