人文知识练习附讲解 5

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1.The national epic1 of the Anglo-Saxons is ____.
 
A Robin2 Hood3 B Sir Gawain and the Green Knight4
 
C The Canterbury Tales D Beowulf
 
2. ____was the most outstanding single romance on the Arthurian legend written in alliterative verse.
 
A The Canterbury Tales B Piers5 the Plowman
 
C Sir Gawain and the Green Knight D Beowulf
 
3. ____was the most famous for The Canterbury Tales.
 
A Geoffrey Chaucer B John Milton
 
C William Shakespeare D Francis Bacon
 
4. Most of the ballads6 of the 5th century focused on the legend about ____ as a heroic figure.
 
A Green Nights B Gawain
 
C Robin Hood D Hamlet
 
5.In the 16th century, Thomas More's work ____became immediately popular after its publication.
 
A Paradise Lost B A Pleasant Satire7 of the Three Estates
 
C Of Beauty D Utopia
 
6. ____was Edmund Spencer's masterpiece which has been regarded as one of the great poems in the English language.
A Amoretti B The Shepherd's Calendar
 
C The Faerie Queen D Four Hymns8
 
7. ____ is from Shakespeare's sonnet9 No.18.
 
A “Let me not to the marriage of true minds”
 
B “To be or not to be: that is the question”
 
C “Shall I compare thee to a summer's day”
 
D “No longer mourn for me when I am dead”
 
8. The vivid portrayal10 of ____ by Shakespeare in Henry IV has earn for him an enviable place in the history of English literature.
 
A Julius Caesar B Falstaff
 
C Hamlet D King Henry
 
9.The four great tragedies written by Shakespeare are Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello and ____.
 
A. Antony and Cleopatra B. Julius Caesar
 
C Twelfth Night D King Lear
 
10. Which of the following does not belong to Shakespeare's romantic love comedies?
 
A Twelfth Night B The Tempest
 
C As You Like It D The Merchant of Venice
 
答案及讲解
 
1.D
 
《贝奥武夫》是英国一部著名的英国史诗，也是英国文学中的一部重要作品，用古英语写成。
 
2.C
 
《高文爵士和绿衣》以亚瑟王和他的骑士为题材，歌颂勇敢、忠贞、美德，是中古英语传奇文学最优秀的作品之一。
 
3. A
 
Chaucer被誉为“英国诗歌之父”，他的代表作是《坎特伯雷故事集》，它是以本土文学为主流的英国书面文学历史开始的重要标志。
 
4. C
 
英国15十几民谣大部分是关于流传于英国民间家喻户晓的传奇人物罗宾汉和他的伙伴们的故事。民谣中的罗宾汉是一个仗义疏财，劫富济贫的绿林好汉。
 
5.D
 
托马斯.莫尔是英国重要的早期人文主义者。他的著作《乌托邦》勾画出了一个社会平等，财产共有，人民和谐相处的理想大同国。
 
6. C
 
长诗《仙后》是英国杰出诗人Edmund Spencer的杰作，它是英国诗歌创作的典范。Spencer在《仙后》一诗中创造了著名的“斯宾塞诗体”，其影响深远。
 
7. C
 
"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day"源自莎士比亚著名的第十八首诗。
 
8. B
 
喜剧人物福斯坦福是莎士比亚在《亨利四世》中创造的一个为百姓喜闻乐见的不朽的艺术形象。福斯坦福是个50多岁的破落骑士，爱冒险又胆怯，喜欢吹牛又贪婪，说谎欺诈，浑水摸鱼，无所不能。同时他生性幽默，喜剧情节和笑料通过他的所言所行妙趣横生。
 
9. D
 
莎士比亚的四大悲剧一般指：Hamlet，Macbeth，Othello 以及King Lear。
 
10. B
 
The Tempest 是莎士比亚后期一部浪漫主义传奇剧，莎士比亚在创作中坚持人文主义理想，以宽恕仁爱为主要精神，期创作风格添加了不少浓郁的浪漫空幻色彩。

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1 epic ui5zz     
n.史诗，叙事诗；adj.史诗般的，壮丽的
参考例句：
  • I gave up my epic and wrote this little tale instead.我放弃了写叙事诗，而写了这个小故事。
  • They held a banquet of epic proportions.他们举行了盛大的宴会。
2 robin Oj7zme     
n.知更鸟，红襟鸟
参考例句：
  • The robin is the messenger of spring.知更鸟是报春的使者。
  • We knew spring was coming as we had seen a robin.我们看见了一只知更鸟，知道春天要到了。
3 hood ddwzJ     
n.头巾，兜帽，覆盖；v.罩上，以头巾覆盖
参考例句：
  • She is wearing a red cloak with a hood.她穿着一件红色带兜帽的披风。
  • The car hood was dented in.汽车的发动机罩已凹了进去。
4 knight W2Hxk     
n.骑士，武士；爵士
参考例句：
  • He was made an honourary knight.他被授予荣誉爵士称号。
  • A knight rode on his richly caparisoned steed.一个骑士骑在装饰华丽的马上。
5 piers 97df53049c0dee20e54484371e5e225c     
n.水上平台( pier的名词复数 )；（常设有娱乐场所的）突堤；柱子；墙墩
参考例句：
  • Most road bridges have piers rising out of the vally. 很多公路桥的桥墩是从河谷里建造起来的。 来自辞典例句
  • At these piers coasters and landing-craft would be able to discharge at all states of tide. 沿岸航行的海船和登陆艇，不论潮汐如何涨落，都能在这种码头上卸载。 来自辞典例句
6 ballads 95577d817acb2df7c85c48b13aa69676     
民歌，民谣，特别指叙述故事的歌( ballad的名词复数 )； 讴
参考例句：
  • She belted out ballads and hillbilly songs one after another all evening. 她整晚一个接一个地大唱民谣和乡村小调。
  • She taught him to read and even to sing two or three little ballads,accompanying him on her old piano. 她教他读书，还教他唱两三首民谣，弹着她的旧钢琴为他伴奏。
7 satire BCtzM     
n.讽刺，讽刺文学，讽刺作品
参考例句：
  • The movie is a clever satire on the advertising industry.那部影片是关于广告业的一部巧妙的讽刺作品。
  • Satire is often a form of protest against injustice.讽刺往往是一种对不公正的抗议形式。
8 hymns b7dc017139f285ccbcf6a69b748a6f93     
n.赞美诗，圣歌，颂歌( hymn的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • At first, they played the hymns and marches familiar to them. 起初他们只吹奏自己熟悉的赞美诗和进行曲。 来自英汉非文学 - 百科语料821
  • I like singing hymns. 我喜欢唱圣歌。 来自辞典例句
9 sonnet Lw9wD     
n.十四行诗
参考例句：
  • The composer set a sonnet to music.作曲家为一首十四行诗谱了曲。
  • He wrote a sonnet to his beloved.他写了一首十四行诗，献给他心爱的人。
10 portrayal IPlxy     
n.饰演；描画
参考例句：
  • His novel is a vivid portrayal of life in a mining community.他的小说生动地描绘了矿区的生活。
  • The portrayal of the characters in the novel is lifelike.该书中的人物写得有血有肉。

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