英语专八人文知识模拟试题Word格式.docx

1、C Anne BradstreetD Nathaniel Morton3. A Funeral Elegy upon That Pattern and Patron of Virtue was written by John Norton in the memory of _.B Anne Bradstreet C Nathaniel MortonD Benjamin Franklin4.Edward Taylor was a poet of _.A Local ColorismB American RomanticismC New England TranscendentalismD Col

2、onial American5. Poor Richards Almanac was written by _ who also wrote _.A Benjamin Franklin Autobiography B Washington Irving Autobiography C Washington Irving History of New York D Benjamin Franklin History of New York6. All the following but _ are the works of John Woolman.A Journal of John Woolm

3、an B Some considerations upon the keeping of Negroes C A plea for the PoorD Poor Richards Almanac7. The series of “poems of romantic fancy” are poems written by _.A Washington IrvingB James Fenimore Cooper C Edgar Allan PoeD Philip Freneau8. _ was the first black woman who published her collection o

4、f poems.A Philis WheatleyB Ralph Ellison C James BaldwinD Alex Haley9. Escape: or A Leap for Freedom written by black author John Wells Brown was a（n） _.A poemB novel C playD essay10. Charles Brockden Brown wrote all the following novels but _.A WielandB Ormond C Edgar HuntleyD The Pioneers答案1. 选A一般

5、认为，约翰.史密斯 John Smith 是美国文学的第一位作者，他的关于弗吉尼亚的真实叙述（A True Relation of Virginia）则是美国文学的“第一书”，其实也是整个美国历史的“第一书”。2. 选C安妮.布拉德斯特里特Anne Bradstreet 是殖民地时期的第一位诗人，她的第一部诗集最近在北美出现的第十位缪斯The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung up in America是移民在北美创作的第一部诗集。3. 选B安妮.布拉德斯特里特Anne Bradstreet 去世后，人们纷纷以“哀歌”的形式来表达对这位北美首位殖民地诗人的敬仰和哀悼，其中较著名

6、的有约翰.诺顿的葬礼哀歌（A Funeral Elegy upon That Pattern and Patron of Virtue），以及约翰.罗斯杰的致安妮. 布拉德斯特里特（Anne Bradstreet）。这两首诗后来都被收入了布拉德斯特里特诗集作为该诗集序言的一部分。4. 选D艾德华.泰勒Edward Taylor 是北美殖民时期的重要诗人之一，他的诗作体现了宗教精神和诗歌艺术的高度结合，主要诗作有内省录（Preparatory Meditations），上帝对其选民有影响的决定（Gods Determinations Touching His Elect），诗体基督教史（Metr

7、ical History of Christianity）。5. 选A穷查理历书（Poor Richards Almanac）是富兰克林（Benjamin Franklin）广受欢迎的第一部作品，他的另一部代表作是自传（Autobiography）。6. 选D约翰伍尔曼的作品有日记（Journal of John Woolman），关于占有黑人的几点思考（Some considerations upon the keeping of Negroes），为穷人请愿（A plea for the Poor），穷查理历书（Poor Richards Almanac）是富兰克林（Benjamin Fr

8、anklin）的作品。7. 选D菲力普.福瑞诺（Philip Freneau）创作的一系列描述美国美丽自然风光的诗歌被成为“浪漫奇想诗”，作品有美丽的圣克鲁斯（The beauties of Anta Curz）,印第安人墓地（The Indian Burying Ground），乡间小舍废墟旁有感（Stanzas Occasioned by the Ruins of a Country Inn）。8. 选A菲丽丝.惠特利（Philis Wheatley）是美国文学史上第一位出版诗集的黑人女诗人，由于可以想见的原因，在相当的一段时间内被有意无意地无视了。9. 选C黑人作家布朗John Well

9、s Brown 所创作的逃亡；又名奔向自由（Escape; or A Leap for Freedom）是废奴时期较受欢迎的黑人戏剧。10.选D查尔斯.布朗（Charles Brockden Brown）是美国18、19世纪之交的重要作家之一，因毕生从事文学创作和 评论而被誉为“美国第一职业文学家”，他创作的小说有威兰德（Wieland），奥蒙德（Ormond），艾德加.亨特利（Edgar Huntley），开拓者是库柏（James Fenimore Cooper）的小说。英语专八人文知识模拟试题（2）_is a fork legend brought to England by Anglo-

10、Saxons from their continental homes, it is a long poem of over 3000 lines and the national epic of the English people.A BeowulfB 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 JulietB

11、 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 itB the tempest, pericles, the winters tale C Romeo and Juliet, antonym and Cleopatra 4. Which of the following are regarded as

12、Shakespeares four great tragedies?A Romeo and Juliet, hamlet, Othello, King LearB 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 learnin

13、gB 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 JohnsonB john Milton C john Bunyan D john Donne 7. Daniel Defoe is a famous_.A poetB novelist C playwright D essayist 8. “He has a servant called Friday.” “he”in the quoted sentence is a character in_.A Henry fieldings tom jonesB john Bunyan the pilgrims progress C Richard brinsley Sheridans the school for scandal D Daniel Defoes Robinson Crusoe