專八考試人文知識精講(26)

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1. "Utopia" was written by ___.
    A Thomas More
    B Francis Bacon
    C Daniel Defoe
    D Jonathan Swift
    2. William Blake wrote all the following except ___.
    A Poetical Sketches
    B Songs of Innocence
    C The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
    D The Tree of Liberty
    3. "Auld Lang Syne" was written by the author of ___.
    A A Red, Red Rose
    B The Sick Rose
    C A Rose for Emily
    D Tigar
    4. All of the following poets except ___ are called “Lake Poets”.
    A William Wordsworth
    B Robert Southey
    C Samuel Taylor Coleridge
    D Percy Bysshe Shelley
    5. Love for love is a comedy written by ___.
    A William Shakespeare
    B Ben Jonson
    C William Conger
    D Christopher Marlowe
    6. Which of the following group of writers are the playwrights of the 17th century?
    A Ben Jonson and John Dryden
    B Christopher Marlowe and Daniel Defoe
    C John Milton and Oscar Wilde
    D Ben Jonson and George Bernard Shaw
    7. "The poet's poet" is ___.
    A Geoffrey Chaucer
    B Edmund Spenser
    C Francis Bacon
    D John Donne
    8. "The founder of English poetry" is ___.
    A Geoffrey Chaucer
    B Edmund Spenser
    C Francis Bacon
    D John Donne
    9. "The founder of English materialist philosophy" is ___.
    A Geoffrey Chaucer
    B Edmund Spenser
    C Francis Bacon
    D John Donne
    10."The founder of metaphysical school" is ___.
    A Geoffrey Chaucer
    B Edmund Spenser
    C Francis Bacon
    D John Donne
    答案:
    1 選A.托馬斯莫爾(Thomas More)是英國最主要的早期人文主義者,他的《烏托邦》批評了當時的英國和歐洲社會,設(shè)計了一個社會平等,財產(chǎn)公有,人們和諧相處的理想國。烏托邦現(xiàn)已成為空想社會主義的代名詞。
    2 選D.《自由樹》(The Tree of Liberty)是羅伯特.彭斯(Robert Burns)的詩作。
    3 選A.“A Red, Red Rose”(《一朵紅紅的玫瑰》)是英國蘇格蘭的農(nóng)民詩人Robert Burns羅伯特.彭斯根據(jù)蘇格蘭民謠創(chuàng)作的一首膾炙人口的愛情詩篇,彭斯在仔細研究蘇格蘭民謠的基礎(chǔ)上,創(chuàng)作了大量抒情詩,如《我心在高原》(My Heart's in the Highlands), 《一朵紅紅的玫瑰》(A Red, Red Rose),《約翰.安德生.我的愛人》(John Anderson, My Jo),《昔日時光》(Auld Lang Syne)
    4 選D.湖畔派三詩人有:William Wordsworth, Robert Southey和Samuel Taylor Coleridge.三人均為英國浪漫派詩歌的杰出代表。
    5 選C.17世紀出現(xiàn)的風俗喜劇是當時喜劇的成就,威廉.康格里夫的《以愛還愛》(Love for Love),《如此世道》(The Way of the World)等劇作是風俗喜劇的代表作品。
    6 選A.奧斯卡.王爾德(Oscar Wilde),是19世紀劇作家(George Bernard Shaw)蕭伯納是20世紀劇作家。笛福(Daniel Defoe)是小說家,彌爾頓(John Milton)是詩人。
    7 選B.Geoffrey Chaucer被稱為“英國詩歌之父”。培根被馬克斯譽為“英國唯物主義及現(xiàn)代實驗科學之父”。而鄧恩是玄學詩歌的奠基人,斯賓塞被稱為“詩人中的詩人”。
    8 選A.Geoffrey Chaucer被稱為“英國詩歌之父”。
    9 選C.培根被馬克斯譽為“英國唯物主義及現(xiàn)代實驗科學之父”。
    10 選D.鄧恩是玄學詩歌的奠基人。