英语专业八级人文知识练习附讲解第30期

【练习】

1__ Percy Bysshe Shelly is famous for ___.
　　A Ode to a Skylark and Ode to a Nightingale
　　B Ode on a Grecian Urn and Ode to the West Wind
　　C Ode to a Nightingale and Ode on a Grecian Urn
　　D Ode to the West Wind and Ode to a Skylark

2. “Three of four families in a country village is something to work.” This statement was presented by ___.
　　A Emily Bronte
　　B Jane Austen
　　C Mrs. Gaskell
　　D George Eliot

3. George Eliot wrote all the following except ___.
　　A The Mill of Floss
　　B Silas Marner
　　C Middlemarch
　　D Agnes Grey

4. The novel Vanity Fair was written by ___.
　　A William Makepeace Thackeray
　　B Charles Dickens
　　C O. Henry
　　D Henry James

5. Vanity Fair was a novel written by William Makepeace Thackeray, and the term “vanity fair” firstly appeared in ___ by ___.
　　A Canterbury Tales … Geoffrey Chaucer
　　B The Pilgrim’s Progress … John Bunyan
　　C Tome Jones … Henry Fielding
　　D Dubliners … James Joyce

6. The novel Vanity Fair was written by William Makepeace Thackeray who also wrote ___.
　　A The Way of all life
　　B The History of Henry Esmond
　　C Sister Carrie
　　D Howard’s End

7. Barchester Series is a series of novels written by ___.
　　A Barchester
　　B Thomas Hardy
　　C Anthony Trollope
　　D Mark Twin

8.  Erehwon is a satiric novel written by ___.
　　A Samuel Butler
　　B Henry Fielding
　　C Thomas More
　　D Mark Twin

9.  In “the lake Isle of Innisfree” William Butler Yeats Express his ___?
　　A desire to escape from the materialistic society
　　B fear caused by the impending war
　　C interest in the Irish legend
　　D Love for Maud Gonne, a beautiful Irish actress

10.  Walter Scott’s historical novels cover a long period of time, from the Middle Ages to 18th century. His work Ivanhoe deals an epoch of ___ history.
　　A English
　　B French
　　C Scotland
　　D Irish