2002年下半年北京市高等教育自学考试欧洲文化入门试题注意：本试题共六题。

请将全部答案写在试题所附的答卷上，否则不记分．PART ONEI. Read the following unfinished statements or questions carefully. For each unfinished statement or question, four suggested answers marked [ A ], [ B ], [ C ] and [ D are given. Choose the one which best completes the statement or answers the question by blackening the corresponding letter on the answer sheet. (40 points, 2 points each)1. Greek culture reached a high point of development in _________.A. 1,200B.C. B. 5th century B. C.C. 4th century B.C.D. 146 B. C.2. The masterpiece .of engineering in Roman architecture is _________.A. the PathenonB. the ColossseumC. She - wolfD. the Ionic style of temple3. The Old Testament of the Bible is about _________.A. GodB. the doctrine of Jesus ChristC. the Laws of GodD. A and C4. Which of the following statements is true?A. Jesus was born in Galilee.B. Jesus was born in a synagogue.C. Jesus was born into a poor carpenter’s family.D. Jesus was born into a merchant’s family.5. Feudalism in Europe was mainly a system of _________.A. military serviceB. land holdingC. governmentD. B and C6. Which of the following statements is true about the Gothic style in architecture?A. The Gothic style flourished in the 18th century.B. The Gothic style started in France.C. Sculpture of Gothic style churches were based on the natural forces.D. Gothic style churches were solid but small.7. Renaissance means the revival of interest in _________.A. ancient Greek cultureB. ancient Roman cultureC. the BibleD. A and B8. The reasons for the decline of renaissance in Italy are _________.A. wars and class conflictsB. loss of supremacy in world trade as a result of the discovery of the new world and routes to IndiaC. the tightening of control of the Roman Catholic Church over thought, speech and publicationD. all of the above9. Which of the following died a prisoner?A. CopernicusB. NewtonC. KeplerD. Galileo10. The theory of the social contract was expounded by _________.A. Thomas HobbesB. Francis BaconC. John LockeD. A and C11. In economic thought, the enlightenment thinkers favored _________.A. government interventionB. balanced developmentC. the policy of laissezfaireD. strict regulation12. The author of "The Sorrows of Young Werther" is _________.A. GoetheB. DefoeC. SchillerD. Kant13. The Lakers refer to _________.A. Wordsworth and ColeridgeB. Byron and ShellyC. William Blake and KeatsD. None of the above14. The later Romantics in music refer to _________.A. Schuman and ChopinB. Verdi and WagnerC. Beethoven and MozartD. Haydn and Bach15. In Capital, Marx, after long and careful study, discovered that _________.A. it is men’s social being that determines their consciousnessB. activity is basicC. socialism would be realized through class struggleD. surplus value is the source of the wealth of the capitalist class16. The essence of Darwin’s theory of evolution is _________.A. immutable fixity of speciesB. natural selectionC. artificial selectionD. none of the above17. "The Cherry Orchard" was written by _________.A. DostoyevskyB. GogolC. CorkyD. Chekhov18. Which of the following was not written by Charles Dickens?A. David CopperfieldB. Hard TimesC. Vanity FairD. Oliver Twist19. The author of "Sons and Lovers" is _________.A. Henry JamesB. Virginia WoolfC. T.S. EliotD.D.H. Lawrence20. One of the chief representatives of the Theatre of the Absurd is _________.A. Kinsley AmisB. John OsborneC. Allen GinsbergD. Samuel BeckettIn the following part there are two columns. The left hand column consists of a list of names. The right hand colnmn consists of a list of titles, names of organizations or works. Match each name in the left hand column with corresponding title or organization or work in the right hand column and put the number a or b or c etc. in the bracket on the answer sheet. (10 points, I point each)(21) Cicero (a) Madame Bovary(22) Chaucer (b) A Modest Proposal(23) John Wyclif (c) Candide(24) Cervantes (d) Roman statesman and prose writer(25) Niccolo Machiavelli (e) the Wealth of Nations(26) V oltaire (f) the Canterbury Tales(27) Swift (g) Don Quixote(28 ) Adam Smith (h) author of "Prince"(29) Flaubert (i) Lord Jim(30) Joseph Conrad (j) translator of the first English BiblePART TWOGive a one - sentence answer to each* of the following questions. Write your answer in the corresponding space on the answer sheet. (20 points, 2 points each)31. Why was Socrates put to death at the age of 70?32. What are the two great reservoirs of modern English?33. What was the goal of the reformation movement in the 16th century?34. What are the three levels of understanding as expounded by Leibniz?35, What does Moliere expose in "Tartuffe"?36. What is the main theme of "Persian Letters" by Montesquieu?27. What is the concluding line of "Ode to the West Wind"?38, What is the text Beethoven chose for his Ninth Symphony?39. When and in what country did the realist movement arise?40. What marks out Hemingway’s writing?IV. Explain each of the following terms in English. Write your answer in the corresponding space on the answer sheet in around40 words. (20 points, 5 points each)41. Diogenes42. Middle Ages43. Wilhelm Tell44. ExistentialismV. Write between I00 - 120 words on the following topic in the corresponding space on the answer sheet. ( 10 points) 45. What are the similarities and difference of the Greeks and Romans?。