专业英语八级(人文知识)模拟试卷12(题后含答案及解析)题型有: 3. GENERAL KNOWLEDGEPART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN)Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question.1.Break, Break, Break was written byA.Alfred Tennyson.B.Robert Browning.C.John Keats.D.Elizabeth Browning.正确答案:A解析:《拍吧,拍吧,拍吧》(Break,Break,Break)的作者是阿尔弗雷德.丁尼生(Alfred Tennyson),选A。
知识模块:英美文学2.Alfred Tennyson wrote a lament named ______ for the death of his friend Hallam.A.LycidasB.AdonaisC.Elegy Written in a Country ChurchyardD.In Memoriam正确答案:D解析:《悼念》(In Memoriam)是阿尔弗雷德.丁尼生(Alfred Tennyson)为纪念友人哈勒姆(Hallam)而作的挽歌,选D。
《墓园挽诗》(Elegy Written in aCountry Churchyard)是托马斯.格雷(Thomas Gray)的作品,注意排除C。
知识模块:英美文学3.Mary Barton was a masterpiece ofA.Jane Austen.B.Mrs. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell.C.George Eliot.D.Elizabeth Browning.正确答案:B解析:《玛丽.巴顿)(Mary Barton)是盖斯凯尔夫人(Mrs.Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell)的作品,选B。
知识模块:英美文学4.Great Expectations was written byA.William M. Thackeray.B.Alfred Tennyson.C.Charles Dickens.D.George Eliot.正确答案:C解析:《远大前程》(Great Expectations)是查尔斯.狄更斯(Charles Dickens)的作品,选C。
知识模块:英美文学5.Thomas De Quincey’s ______ has impacted influence on James Joyce and T. S. Eliot.A.On the Knocking at the Gate in MacbethB.On Murder Considered as One of the Fine ArtsC.Confessions of an English Opium-EaterD.Literary Reminiscences正确答案:C《一个抽鸦片的英国人的自白)(Confessions of an English Opium—Eater)解析:是托马斯.德.昆西(Thomas De Quincey)的作品,对后来的詹姆斯.乔伊斯(JamesJoyce)和T.S.艾略特(T.S.Eliot)都产生一定的影响,所以选C。
知识模块:英美文学6.In ______, Dickens has made good use of his own experience to expose the social evils of the day and given readers a broad picture of the society of his day.A.David CopperfieldB.The Old Curiosity ShopC.Sketches by BozD.Oliver Twist正确答案:A解析:《大卫.科波菲尔)(David Copperfield)全书采用第一人称叙事语气,其中融进了作者本人的许多生活经历,故选A。
知识模块:英美文学7.Dickens took the French Revolution as the subject inA.Great Expectations.B.Hard Times.C.A Tale of Two Cities.D.Bleak House.正确答案:C解析:《双城记》(A Tale of Two Cities)用法国革命前后法国的情况来暗示当时英国国内情况,故选C。
知识模块:英美文学8.All the following works were written by Thackeray EXCEPTA.The Newcomes.B.Vanity Fair.C.Henry Esmond.D.American Notes.正确答案:D解析:《美国札记)(American Notes)是狄更斯(Dickens)的作品,不是萨克雷(Thackeray)的作品,选D。
知识模块:英美文学9.Robert Browning was a(n)A.playwright.B.novelist.C.essayist.D.poet.正确答案:D解析:罗伯特.布朗宁(Robert Browning)是个诗人,选D。
知识模块:英美文学10.George Eliot was the pen-name ofA.Mark Twain.B.Mary Ann Evans.C.Ellis Bell.D.Samuel Langhorne Clemens.正确答案:B解析:乔治.艾略特(George Eliot)的原名是玛丽.安.伊万斯(Mary Ann Evans),选B。
知识模块:英美文学11.Among his famous novels, Tess of the D’Urbervilles and ______ are regarded as the summit of Hardy’s realism.A.Jude the ObscureB.The Mayor of CasterbridgeC.Far from the Madding CrowdD.The Return of the Native正确答案:A解析:哈代(Hardy)的作品中,和《德伯家的苔丝》(Tess of the D’Urbervilles)齐名的是《无名的裘德)(Jude the Obscure),选A。
知识模块:英美文学12.Lawrence’s representative work ______ was positively taken as a typical example and lively manifestation of the Oedipus Complex in fiction.A.Sons and LoversB.The Waste LandC.Lady Chatterley’s LoverD.Women in Love正确答案:A解析:《儿子与情人)(Sons and Lovers)体现了弗洛伊德精神分析理论中典型的恋母情结(Oedipus Complex),选A。
知识模块:英美文学13.Which of the following plays deals with the story that a linguist trains a flower girl to speak the so-called civilized English?A.Major Barbara.B.Pygmalion.C.Mrs. Warren’s Profession.D.Man and Superman.正确答案:B解析:《皮格马利翁》(Pygmalion)讲述一个满口伦敦土语的卖花女如何在一位语言学教授的教导和培训下变成一位上流社会的贵妇,选B。
知识模块:英美文学14.George Bernard Shaw’s ______ is a commentary on Ibsen’s dramatic works and also served as the author’s own program of dramatic creation.A.Widower’s HousesB.Mrs. Warren’s ProfessionC.Saint JoanD.The Quintessence of Ibsenism正确答案:D解析:《易卜生主义精华》(The Quintessence of Ibsenism)是萧伯纳(George BernardShaw)对易卜生剧作的赏析与评论,也是他自己戏剧创作思想的表白与宣言,选D。
知识模块:英美文学15.All the following works were written by W.B.Yeats EXCEPTA.The Wild Swans at Coole.B.The Waste Land.C.The Wind Among the Reeds.D.Sailing to Byzantium.正确答案:B解析:《荒原》(The Waste Land)是T.S.艾略特(T.S.Eliot)的作品,选B。
知识模块:英美文学16.D.H. Lawrence wrote all the following EXCEPTA.Sons and Lovers.B.The Rainbow.C.A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.D.Lady Chatterley’s Lover.正确答案:C解析:《一个青年艺术家的画像》(A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man)是詹姆斯.乔伊斯(James Joyce)的作品,选C。
知识模块:英美文学17.All the following works were written by T. S. Eliot EXCEPTA.The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.B.The Waste Land.C.Four Quartets.D.To the Lighthouse.正确答案:D解析:《到灯塔去》(To the Lighthouse)是弗吉尼亚.伍尔芙(Virginia Woolf)的作品,选D。
知识模块:英美文学18.______ is Maugham’s best-known work which is also regarded as his autobiographical novel.A.The Razor’s edgeB.The Moon and SixpenceC.Cakes and AleD.Of Human Bondage正确答案:D解析:《人性的枷锁》(of Human Bondage)是威廉-萨默赛特.毛姆(William SomersetMaugham)最重要的作品,也是自传性小说,选D。