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1、精選優(yōu)質(zhì)文檔-傾情為你奉上2009年10月高等教育自學(xué)考試北京市命題考試歐洲文化入門(mén) 試卷(課程代碼10017)第一部分選擇題 (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 a

2、nswers 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 century C. the early 19thcentury D. the late 19th century 2. Platos philosophy is called_ _ A. p

3、ragmatism B. idealism C. cynicism D. materialism 3. The language used in the western half of the Roman Empire was _ A. Latin B. Greek C. Persian D. Latin and Greek 4. King Solomon was known for_ _ A. being the son of Moses B. being a brave fighter C. his wisdom D. his devotion to God 5. The first En

4、glish version of whole Bible was translated and copied out by hand by a group of reformers led by_ A. St. Jerome B. John Wycliffe C. King James D. William Tyndale 6. The trinity in Christianity refers to the Father, _ _ and the Holy Spirit. A. the Pope B. the Virgin Mary C. the Bible D. the Son 7. D

5、ante wrote The Divine Comedy in _ _ A. Greek B. Italian C. Latin D. English 8. The Act of Supremacy, passed by the British Parliament in 1534, made the king the head of _ _ A. the kingdom B. the Presbyterian government C. the church D. army 9. Don Quixote is recognized as _ _ A. the father of the mo

6、dern European novel B. the best known novel of the world C. the father of modern world literature D. the best written prose10. The Ptolemaic system said that _ _ A. the sun is the center of the universe B. the earth is the center of the universe C. each planet moves in an ellipse, with the sun at on

7、e focus D. there is gravitation between the heavenly bodies11. Leibniz considered space and time as _ _ A. absolute B. relative C. 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 li

8、e still for ever, unless something else stirs 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. Spanish C. Italian D.

9、Portugese14. The author of A Journal of the Plague Year was _ _ A. Diderot B. Fielding C. Swift D. Defoe15. There is a striking difference of style between Bach and _ _ A. Haydn B. Handel C. Beethoven D. Mozart16. The slogan of the French revolution was liberty, _ _ and universal brotherhood. A. fre

10、edom B. humanity C. equality . D. democracy17. Beethovens _ _ marked the beginning of 19th century program music. A. Symphony No. 3 B. Symphony No. 5 C. Symphony No. 6 D. Symphony No. 918. When Napoleon invaded Moscow, his army was defeated by _ _ A. the Russian army B. shortage of supply C. illness

11、 D. coldness and hunger19. _ _ was considered by many to be the greatest of all American poets. A. Walt Whitman B. Virginia Woolf C. Allen Ginsberg D. Ezra Pound20. D. H. Lawrences work was a challenge to _ _ A. symbolism B. conventional morality C. Freuds psychoanalysis D. modernism第二部分 非選擇題 (共60分)

12、 PART TWOII. In the following part there are two columns. 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

13、the right hand column and put the number a or b or c etc. 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) repre

14、sentative of Cubism27. Flaubert (g) Norwegian playwright28. 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 Ar

15、istotle, how could people achieve happiness?32. Why do we 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 doe

16、s induction-mean to Bacon?37. What did romantic music stress?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.

17、Write your answer on the ANSWER SHEET in around 40 words. (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 a

18、nd Locke on social contract ?2010年10月高等教育自學(xué)考試北京市命題考試歐洲文化入門(mén) 試卷第一部分 選擇題 (共40分2 points each)1The Romans conquered Greece in A146 BC B500 BC C700 BC D1200 BC2The playwright who contributed greatly to Greek tragic art was ASophocles BAristophanes CHerodotus DHomer3The greatest of Latin poets was AHorace

19、BVirgil CHomer DCicero4Daniel was taken prisoner to after the fall of Jerusalem. AEgypt BPersia CBabylon DAssyria5David was Aa Hebrew king Bthe boy who killed Goliath Cthe man who made Jerusalem the capital Dall of the above6In the formative period of feudalism, the bishops were themselves Ascholars

20、 Bhermits Cfeudal lords Dknights7As a result of the Crusades，luxuries of the East poured into the WestThey were spices perfumehandwoven carpets and Atea BChinaware Csilk Dsilverware8Martin Luther held that was the supreme authority Athe Church Bthe Bible Cthe Pope DJesus9Ophelia is a character in Sh

21、akespeares AHamlet BOthello CMacbeth DMerchant of Venice10The Reformation shattered Medieval Churchs stifling control over manthus paving the way for Aeconomic development Bfree thinking Ccapitalism Dprogress11Galile0，because he refused to compromisewas tried by Athe College of Cardinals Bthe Italia

22、n court Cthe Spanish court Dthe Inquisition12To Newton，space and time are absolute，to Einstein，motion and space are Arelative Bunlimited Cinfinite D1imited 13“A Modest Proposal” was written by ADefoe BSwift CDiderot DFielding 14Shelley called poets “the unacknowledged legislators of the world” in hi

23、s APrometheus unbound BDefence of Poetry C1yrics DOde to the West Wind15Schumann stood as the typical example of the influence of upon music Arevolutionary ideals Bphilosophy C1iterature Dreligion16According to Darwin， becomes a mechanism for evolutionary change Anatural selection Bprocess Cadaptati

24、on Dvariation17Zola believed almost blindly ASocial Darwinism BUtopian Socialism Cpragmatism Dscientific determinism18The writer who devoted himself to the novel of social condition in England in the 19 th cen- tury was AThomasHardy BWilliam Makepeace Thackeray CGeorge Eliot DCharles Dickens 19The c

25、ontribution made by Pierre and Maris Curie is Athe discovery of atomic nucleus Bthe discovery of radium Cthe discovery of Xrays Dthe discovery of relativity 20To the New Novelists，plot，action，narrative，ideas and analysis of characters are Ano longer important Bstill very important Cof equal importan

26、ce Dnone of the above第二部分 非選擇題 (共60分)PART TWOIIIn the foliowing part there are two columnsThe left hand column consists of a list of namesThe 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，orga

27、nization，work，or remark in the right hand column and put the number a or 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 Sons26T

28、homas Hobbes (f)Ode to a Nightingale27Corky (g)Leaves of Grass28Turgenev (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 in the corresponding space on the ANSWER SHEE

29、T(20 points，2 points each)31Which are the most famous temples 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 i

30、n world trade in the late l5th century?36What was Hobbess 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 interes

31、ts of new novelists?IVExplain each of the following terms in EnglishWrite your answer in the corre sponding space on the ANSWER SHEET in around 40 words(20 points，5 points each) 41Platos and Democritus views of the world42Noahs Ark43John Wyclif44Mark TwainV. Write between l00120 words on the followi

32、ng topic in the corresponding space on the ANSWER SHEET(10 points)45What is the role of Turgenev in Russian literature?2001年下半年北京市高等教育自學(xué)考試 歐洲文化入門(mén)試卷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. Skep

33、tics D. Epicureans2 _ is said to have told the king of Syracuse: 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

34、 D. 4764. The City of God was written by _璤_, the most important 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

35、. Michelangelo B. Raphael C. Shakespeare D. da Vinci6. In _, 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 _

36、, which describes an ideal non Christian state where everybody 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 It C. Divine Comedy D. Utopia 8. _, author of P

37、rince, is regarded as father of political science in the West. 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

38、modem scientific method began to take shape, which emphasized observation 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 imme

39、nse variety of cultural material-theological, mythological, 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 mos

40、t frequent themes of Romanticism include all of the following except _. A. the power of reason B. individual freedom C. 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. Keats C. Pushkin D. Shelley16. The com

41、poser of Swan Lake was _, a genius in symphonic music. A. Tchaikovsky B. Chopin C. Beethoven D. Mozart17. The naturalist school founded by Zola in late 19 th century intended _ A. to attack the industrial injustice and urban evils B. to give full play to the imagination of individuals C. to uphold t

42、he classical values such as harmony, balance, proportion and retraint D. to demonstrate the law of human conduct by a scientific study of a slice of life18. Which of the following novels was not written by Tolstoy? A. Resurrection B. War and Peace C. Crime and Punishment D. Anna Karenina19. In his p

43、oems, Walt Whitman sang praises of all of the following value except _. A. democracy B. the dignity of the individual C. the idyllic way of life D. the brotherhood of man20. Modernism was characterized by _. A. a conscious rejection of established rules, traditions and conventions B. the exploration

44、 of the inner life of the individual and the psychopathology of human relations C. its intense interest in the bizarre, the mysterious, the unpredictable and the formless D. all of the above.II. True - False (20%)1. Once every five years, ancient Greeks had a big sports festival on Mount Olympus, wh

45、ich marked the beginning of Olympic Games.2. The greatest names in Western philosophy are Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, who were active in Athens in the 6 th century A. D.3. The body of ideas the Greek philosophers expressed, and the variety of questions they raised about the nature of the world an

46、d of human thought, knowledge and conduct, have had an abiding interest for later generations.4. Christianity remained an object of oppression throughout the history of Roman Empire.5. During the Medieval times there was no central government to keep the order; the only organization that seemed to u

47、nite Europe was the Christian church.6. Calvinism stressed the absolute authority of the Roman Catholic church, holding that only those especially selected by God will be saved.7. According to Locke, once a representative is chosen by majority vote, his power is absolute.8. The Declaration of the Rights of Man which was enacted by the English Parliament in 1689 established the supremacy of the Parliament and put an end to divine monarchy in England. 9. Descartes be