欧洲文化入门 历年真题(英语本科自考).doc

1、2009 年 10 月高等教育自学考试北京市命题考试欧洲文化入门 试卷(课程代码 10017)第一部分选择题 (共 40 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

2、the question by blackening the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points, 2 points each)1. The Olympic Games began in ancient Greece and was revived in _A. the 1Th century B. the 18th centuryC. the early 19thcentury D. the late 19th century2. Platos philosophy is called_ _A. pragmatism B.

3、 idealismC. cynicism D. materialism3. The language used in the western half of the Roman Empire was _A. Latin B. GreekC. Persian D. Latin and Greek4. King Solomon was known for_ _A. being the son of Moses B. being a brave fighterC. his wisdom D. his devotion to God5. The first English version of who

4、le Bible was translated and copied out by hand by a group of reformers led by_ A. St. Jerome B. John WycliffeC. King James D. William Tyndale6. The trinity in Christianity refers to the Father, _ _ and the Holy Spirit.A. the Pope B. the Virgin MaryC. the Bible D. the Son7. Dante wrote The Divine Com

5、edy in _ _A. Greek B. ItalianC. Latin D. English8. The Act of Supremacy, passed by the British Parliament in 1534, made the king the head of _ _A. the kingdom B. the Presbyterian governmentC. the church D. army9. Don Quixote is recognized as _ _A. the father of the modern European novel B. the best

6、known novel of the worldC. the father of modern world literature D. the best written prose10. The Ptolemaic system said that _ _A. the sun is the center of the universeB. the earth is the center of the universeC. each planet moves in an ellipse, with the sun at one focusD. there is gravitation betwe

7、en the heavenly bodies11. Leibniz considered space and time as _ _A. absolute B. relativeC. system of relationship or order D. tangible12. Which of the following is NOT Hobbess view?A. Our knowledge comes from experience.B. When a thing lies still, it will lie still for ever, unless something else s

8、tirs it.C. Men are by nature equal in bodily and mental capacity.D. People need the Great Instauration.13. In Lettres Anglaise, Voltaire made a contrast between _ _ liberty and toleration and French arbitrary government.A. English B. SpanishC. Italian D. Portugese14. The author of A Journal of the P

9、lague Year was _ _A. Diderot B. FieldingC. Swift D. Defoe15. There is a striking difference of style between Bach and _ _A. Haydn B. HandelC. Beethoven D. Mozart16. The slogan of the French revolution was liberty, _ _ and universal brotherhood.A. freedom B. humanityC. equality . D. democracy17. Beet

10、hovens _ _ marked the beginning of 19th century program music.A. Symphony No. 3 B. Symphony No. 5C. Symphony No. 6 D. Symphony No. 918. When Napoleon invaded Moscow, his army was defeated by _ _A. the Russian army B. shortage of supplyC. illness D. coldness and hunger19. _ _ was considered by many t

11、o be the greatest of all American poets.A. Walt Whitman B. Virginia WoolfC. Allen Ginsberg D. Ezra Pound20. D. H. Lawrences work was a challenge to _ _A. symbolism B. conventional moralityC. Freuds psychoanalysis D. modernism第二部分 非选择题 (共 60 分)PART TWOII. In the following part there are two columns.

12、The left hand column consists of a list of names. The right hand column consists of a list of titles, names of organizations, works or remarks. Match each name in the left hand column with corresponding title, organization, work or remark in the right hand column and put the number a or b or c etc.

13、on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points, 1 point each)21. Plato (a) school of Athens22. St. Benedict (b) the first French realist23. Raphael (c) Tom Jones24. Descartes (d) German Nobel Prize winner25. Fielding (e) the Republic26. James Watt (f) representative of Cubism27. Flaubert (g) Norwegian playwright28

14、. Ibsen (h) steam engine29. Thomas Mann (i) a great monk30. Picasso (j) Discourse on MethodIII Give a one-sentence answer to each of the following questions. Write your answer on the ANSWER SHEET. (20 points, 2 points each)31. According to Aristotle, how could people achieve happiness?32. Why do we

15、say that the year 27 B.C. divided the history of Rome into two periods?33. What was the greatest contribution of Charlemagne?34. How will you define the Reformation in the 16th century?35. What did the Puritan principle emphasize?36. What does induction-mean to Bacon?37. What did romantic music stre

16、ss?38. According to Marx and Engels, how could Socialism be realised?39. What is the novel to a naturalist?40. What are the three functional parts into which Freud divided human personality?IV. Explain each of the following terms in English. Write your answer on the ANSWER SHEET in around 40 words.

17、(20 points, 5 points each)41. Industrial Revolution42. the Cynies43. the Beat Generation44. Charles DickensV. Write between 100 - 120 words on the following topic on the ANSWER SHEET. ( 10 points )45. What are the differences between Hobbes and Locke on “social contract“ ?2010 年 10 月高等教育自学考试北京市命题考试欧

18、洲文化入门 试卷第一部分 选择题 (共 40 分 2 points each)1The Romans conquered Greece in A146 BC B500 B CC700 B C D1200 B C2The playwright who contributed greatly to Greek tragic art was ASophocles BAristophanes CHerodotus DHomer3The greatest of Latin poets was AHorace BVirgil CHomer DCicero4Daniel was taken prisoner

19、 to after the fall of Jerusalem.AEgypt BPersia CBabylon DAssyria5David was Aa Hebrew king Bthe boy who killed GoliathCthe man who made Jerusalem the capital Dall of the above6In the formative period of feudalism, the bishops were themselves Ascholars Bhermits Cfeudal lords Dknights7As a result of th

20、e Crusades，luxuries of the East poured into the WestThey were spicesperfume handwoven carpets and Atea BChinaware Csilk Dsilverware8Martin Luther held that was the supreme authorityAthe Church Bthe Bible Cthe Pope DJesus9Ophelia is a character in Shakespeares AHamlet B Othello CMacbeth DMerchant of

21、Venice10The Reformation shattered Medieval Churchs stifling control over manthus paving theway for Aeconomic development Bfree thinking Ccapitalism Dprogress11Galile0，because he refused to compromise was tried by Athe College of Cardinals Bthe Italian courtCthe Spanish court Dthe Inquisition12To New

22、ton ，space and time are absolute，to Einstein ，motion and space are Arelative Bunlimited Cinfinite D1imited13 “A Modest Proposal” was written by ADefoe BSwift CDiderot DFielding14Shelley called poets “the unacknowledged legislators of the world” in his APrometheus unbound BDefence of PoetryC1yrics DO

23、de to the West Wind15Schumann stood as the typical example of the influence of upon musicArevolutionary ideals Bphilosophy C1iterature Dreligion16According to Darwin， becomes a mechanism for evolutionary changeAnatural selection Bprocess Cadaptation Dvariation17Zola believed almost blindly ASocial D

24、arwinism BUtopian SocialismCpragmatism Dscientific determinism18The writer who devoted himself to the novel of social condition in England in the 19 th cen-tury was AThomas Hardy BWilliam Makepeace ThackerayCGeorge Eliot DCharles Dickens 19The contribution made by Pierre and Maris Curie is Athe disc

25、overy of atomic nucleus Bthe discovery of radiumCthe discovery of Xrays Dthe discovery of relativity20To the New Novelists，plot，action，narrative，ideas and analysis of characters are Ano longer important Bstill very importantCof equal importance Dnone of the above第二部分 非选择题 (共 60 分)PART TWOIIIn the fo

26、liowing part there are two columnsThe left hand column consists of a list ofnamesThe right hand column consists of a list of titles，names of organizations ，works or remarksMatch each name in the left hand column with corresponding ti-tie，organization，work，or remark in the right hand column and put t

27、he number aor b or e in the bracket on the ANSWER SHEET(10 points，1 point each)21StJerome (a)“The die is cast ”22Schiller (b)Lettres Anglaise23Keats (C)Mother24Francois Rabelais (d)Gargantua and Pantagruel25Walt Whitman (e)Fathers and Sons26Thomas Hobbes (f)Ode to a Nightingale27Corky (g)Leaves of G

28、rass28Turgenev (h)the Vulgate29Julius Caesar (i)founder of modem German literature30Voltaire (j)author of LeviathanIIIGive a one-sentence answer to each of the following questionsWrite your answer inthe corresponding space on the ANSWER SHEET(20 points，2 points each)31Which are the most famous templ

29、es in ancient Greece?32What did Horace mean when he said “Captive Greece took her rude conqueror captive ”?33Why were Christians persecuted under the Roman Empire?34HOW shall we define the Catholic Church?35What made Italy lose its supremacy in world trade in the late l5th century?36What was Hobbess

30、 view of the nature of man?37What kind of a novel is Les Miserables7 38What did Kant try to reconcile in “Critique of Pure Reason”?39Why did literature become the voice of the people in Russia in the l 9 th century?40What are the major interests of new novelists?IVExplain each of the following terms

31、 in EnglishWrite your answer in the corresponding space on the ANSWER SHEET in around 40 words(20 points，5 pointseach) 41Platos and Democritus views of the world42Noahs Ark43John Wyclif44Mark TwainV. Write between l00120 words on the following topic in the corresponding space onthe ANSWER SHEET(10 p

32、oints)45What is the role of Turgenev in Russian literature?2001 年下半年北京市高等教育自学考试 欧洲文化入门试卷I. Multiple Choice (40%)1. _ believed that the highest good in life was pleasure, freedom from pain and eraotional upheaval.A. Sophists B. Cynics C. Skeptics D. Epicureans2 _ is said to have told the king of Syra

33、cuse: “Give me a place to stand, and I will move the world.“A. Archimedes B. Aristotle C. Plato D. Euclid3. Increasingly troubled by the inroads of northem tribes such as Goths, the West Roman Empire finally collapsed in _A. 395 B. 27 C. 1453 D. 4764. The City of God was written by _璤_, the most imp

34、ortant of all the leaders of Christian thought.A. Jesus B. Augustine C. Thomas Aquinas D. Martin Luther5. _ was a painter, a sculptor, an architect, a musician, an engineer, and a scientist- a Renaissance man in the true sense of the word.A. Michelangelo B. Raphael C. Shakespeare D. da Vinci6. In _,

35、 Cervantes satirized a very popular type of literature at the time, the romance of chivalry.A. Don Quixote. B. Hamlet C. leviathan D. The Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe7. The best- known book written by Thomas More is _ , which describes an ideal non Christian state where everybod

36、y lives a simple life and shares the goods in common, possesses a good knowledge of Latin, fights no war and enjoys full freedom in religious belief.A. The Praise of the Folly B. As You Like ItC. Divine Comedy D. Utopia8. _, author of Prince, is regarded as “father of political science“ in the West.

37、A. Machiavelli B. Dante C. Bacon D. Locke9. In The Revolution of Heavenly Orbs,_ put forward his theory that the sun, not the earth, is the center of the universe.A. Kepler B. Galileo C. Newton D. Copernicus10. During the _ century, the modem scientific method began to take shape, which emphasized o

38、bservation and“ experimentation before formulating a final explanation or generalization.A. 18th B. 15 th C. 16 th D. 17 th11. _ said, “Knowledge is power.“A. Isaac Newton B. Francis Bacon C. John Locke D. Marx12. In Faust,_ drew on an immense variety of cultural material-theological, mythological,

39、philosophical, political, economic, scientific, aesthetic, musical, and literary.A. Goethe B. Defoe C. Rousseau D. Byron13. Which of the following is not regarded as a romantic writer?A. Wordsworth B. Shelley C. Pushkin D. Balzac14. The most frequent themes of Romanticism include all of the followin

40、g except _.A. the power of reason B. individual freedomC. spontaneity D. love of nature15. “If winter comes, can Spring be far behind?“ is the ending line of “Ode to the West Wind“ by _.A. Wordsworth B. KeatsC. Pushkin D. Shelley16. The composer of Swan Lake was _, a genius in symphonic music.A. Tchaikovsky