專八人文知識模擬試題(2)
1. _____is a folk legend brought to England by Anglo-Saxons from their continental homes, it is a long poem of over 3000 lines and the national epic of the English people.
A Beowulf
B sir Gawain
C the Canterbury tale
D king Arthur and his knights
2. The father of English poetry, the author of Troilus and Criseyde is also the one of ____.
A Romeo and Juliet
B the faerie queen
C Tamburlainc
D the Canterbury tales
3. The group of Shakespeare plays known as “romance”or “reconciliation plays” is ______.
A merchant of Venice, as you like it
B the tempest, pericles, the winter’s tale
C Romeo and Juliet, antonym and Cleopatra
D as you like it, Romeo and Juliet
4. Which of the following are regarded as Shakespeare’s four great tragedies?
A Romeo and Juliet, hamlet, Othello, King Lear
B Romeo and Juliet, hamlet, Othello, Macbeth
C hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth
D Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Macbeth, Timon of Athens
5. Which of the following is not the work of Francis bacon?
A advancement of learning
B new instrument
C songs of innocence
D essays
6. At the beginning of 17th century appeared a school of poets called metaphysics by Samuel Johnson, ____is the founder of metaphysical poetry.
A Ben Johnson
B john Milton
C john Bunyan
D john Donne
7. Daniel Defoe is a famous____.
A poet
B novelist
C playwright
D essayist
8. “He has a servant called Friday.” “he”in the quoted sentence is a character in______.
A Henry fielding’s tom jones
B john Bunyan’ the pilgrim’s progress
C Richard brinsley Sheridan’s the school for scandal
D Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe
9. Guiiliver’ travel was written by____.
A Daniel Defoe
B Charles dickens
C Jonathan swift
D Joseph Addison
10. William Wordsworth is generally known as a ____poet.
A romantic
B realistic
C naturalistic
D neo-classic
答案詳解：
1. A
Beowulf是Anglo-Saxon時代留下的重要的古英語文學作品，它被認為是英國的民族史詩。sir Gawain and the green knight，king Arthur and his knights of the round table是中古英語時期的浪漫傳奇。the Canterbury tale是英國大詩人喬叟的一部詩體短篇小說集。
2. D
喬叟被譽為英國詩歌之父，Troilus and Criseyde是他的重要作品之一。
3. D
1608-1612被認為是莎翁的浪漫劇創(chuàng)作時期，包括四部浪漫劇和解劇the tempest, pericles, the winter’s tale，Cymbeline 。 merchant of Venice, as you like it，twelfth night，the merry wives of Windsor為莎翁的喜劇，Romeo and Juliet, antonym and Cleopatra為悲劇。
4. C
莎翁最杰出的四大悲劇為hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth。
5. C
songs of innocence是英國18世紀末19世紀初浪漫主義詩人William Blake的著作。
6. D
john Donne是17世紀玄學派詩人的重要代表人物，Ben Johnson是莎翁同時代的劇作家，john Milton，john Bunyan雖都是17世紀著名作家，但作品風格與玄學派大相徑庭。
7. B
Daniel Defoe創(chuàng)作的魯賓遜漂流記為他贏得了英國小說之父的稱號。
8. D
Daniel Defoe創(chuàng)作的魯賓遜漂流記中的主人公Robinson Crusoe有個同伴和仆人叫Friday。
9. C
Guiiliver’ travel是Jonathan swift一部極具魅力的兒童故事，同時包含深刻的思想內(nèi)容。
10. A
William Wordsworth為英國浪漫派詩人
