人文知识练习附讲解 26

时间:2021-10-19 10:45:01

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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
  B tragedies
  C sonnets1
  D histories
 
2. The three dialects spoken by____ _____and _____mixed into a single language called Anglo-Saxon, or old English.
  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 stanza2 of various types, especially the rhymed couplet of 5 accents in iambic meter---the heroic couplet to English poetry.
  A William Shakespeare's  
  B Geoffrey Chaucer's
  C Thomas more's
  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
  C epithalamion
  D amoretti
 
5. Francis bacon is a ____.
  A poet
  B playwright3
  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_____.
  A tamed
  B swift
  C proud
  D wild
 
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'____.
  A Emma
  B persuasion4
  C sense and sensibility
  D pride and prejudice
 
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
  B D.H .Lawrence's
  C Thomas hardy's
  D john Galsworthy's
 
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_______.
  A pride and prejudice
  B Jane Eyre
  C Wuthering heights
  D great expectations
 
10. Which of the following is not one of the Bronte sisters?
  A charlotte Bronte
  B Anne Bronte
  C jenny Bronte
  D Emily Bronte
 
答案
 
【答案】
 
1 C
 
这句诗来自莎士比亚十四行诗第十八首。
 
2 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 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. A
 
Spenser的长诗仙后每节有九行,具有音乐性,被称为Spenserian stanza。
 
5. C
 
培根是文艺复兴最重要的散文家。
 
6. A
 
ode to the west wind是雪莱最著名的抒情诗歌,西风是破坏旧世界,创造新世界的革命力量。
 
7. D
 
pride and prejudice的名言。
 
8. 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. B
 
简爱中的片断。
 
10. C
 
除jenny Bronte其他为在英国文学史占独特地位的Bronte三姐妹

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1 sonnets a9ed1ef262e5145f7cf43578fe144e00     
n.十四行诗( sonnet的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Keats' reputation as a great poet rests largely upon the odes and the later sonnets. 作为一个伟大的诗人,济慈的声誉大部分建立在他写的长诗和后期的十四行诗上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He referred to the manuscript circulation of the sonnets. 他谈到了十四行诗手稿的流行情况。 来自辞典例句
2 stanza RFoyc     
n.(诗)节,段
参考例句:
  • We omitted to sing the second stanza.我们漏唱了第二节。
  • One young reporter wrote a review with a stanza that contained some offensive content.一个年轻的记者就歌词中包含有攻击性内容的一节写了评论。
3 playwright 8Ouxo     
n.剧作家,编写剧本的人
参考例句:
  • Gwyn Thomas was a famous playwright.格温·托马斯是著名的剧作家。
  • The playwright was slaughtered by the press.这位剧作家受到新闻界的无情批判。
4 persuasion wMQxR     
n.劝说;说服;持有某种信仰的宗派
参考例句:
  • He decided to leave only after much persuasion.经过多方劝说,他才决定离开。
  • After a lot of persuasion,she agreed to go.经过多次劝说后,她同意去了。

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