中山大学国际翻译学院《841英语写作与百科知识》历年考研真题及详解.pdf

2015年中山大学846英语写作与百科知识考研真题及详解 PART Ⅰ　GENERAL CULTURAL CONCERN [60 MIN] (50 POINTS) I
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the question. 1 Who wrote The Canterbury Tales, which describes a group of pilgrims traveling to Canterbury to visit Thomas Becket’s tomb. A. Thomas Stear
Eliot B. Geoffrey Chaucer C. William Wordsworth D. John Keats 【答案】B查看答案 【解析】乔叟生活在十四世纪，是现代英语的奠基人，被誉为“英国诗歌之父”。最著名的作品是《坎特伯雷故事集》，描写一群香客在去坎特伯雷朝圣途中在一家小酒馆讲的故事。 2 Homer’s Iliad recounts the _____. A. Jason’s War agai
t the Argonauts. B. Peloponessian War. C. Pe
ian War. D. Trojan War. 【答案】D查看答案 【解析】《伊利亚特》为《荷马史诗》之一，主要内容是叙述希腊人远征特洛伊城的故事。它通过对特洛伊战争的描写，歌颂英勇善战、维护集体利益、为集体建立功勋的英雄。 3 The greatest seventeenth-century English poet was _____. A. Thomas Carew. B. John Milton. C. Andrew Marvel. D. John Dryden. 【答案】B查看答案 【解析】约翰·弥尔顿是英国17世纪最著名的诗人，代表作品有长诗《失乐园》《复乐园》和《力士参孙》。汤玛斯·卡鲁是与莎士比亚同时期的，晚年被封为桂冠诗人。安德鲁·马维尔是17世纪英国著名的玄学派诗人。约翰·德莱顿17世纪英国诗人、剧作家、文学批评家。一生为贵族写作，为君王和复辟王朝歌功颂德，被封为桂冠诗人。 4 The intellectual and artistic flowering known as the Italian Renaissance, and the e
uing Cultural Revolution in Europe, was made possible, at least in part, by _____. A. the preservation of much classical learning during the Medieval period by Arab schola
. B. Christopher Columbus’ discovery of the Americas. C. the literary example set by playwright William Shakespeare. D. the i
piration of art objects imported from Pe
ia. 【答案】A查看答案 【解析】没有古希腊古罗马典籍的传入，新兴的资产阶级中的一些先进的知识分子也就没办法研究古希腊、古罗马的艺术文化，并通过文艺创作来宣传人文精神了。 5 The impact of Darwin’s evolutionary theory on the American thought, together with the influence of the 19th century French literature on the American men of lette
, gave rise to another school of realism: American _____. A. Romanticism. B. Tra
cendentalism.