2008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

PART ONE

I. 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 the question by blackening the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points, 2 points each)

1.

A. port facilities B. population C. library D. architecture

2. Which of the following is true about Plato?

A. He adopted the dialectical method in argument B. He was the author of Ethics

C. He built up a comprehensive system of philosophy D. He was friend of Socrates

gave birth to Christianity.

A. Palestine B. Jewish tradition C. The Bible D. None of the above

4. Abraham was told by God to lead the Hebrews to the Promised Land, which roughly corresponds to the

A. Egypt B. Sinai C. Jordan D. Palestine

was made the official language of the Catholic Church.

A. Greek B. Latin C. Hebrew D. Italian

the Anglo-Saxon cultural center.

A. London B. Essex C. Edingburg D. Wessex

7. A. balance B. power C. vigor D. knowledge

8. A. the Pope B. the Church C. the Parliament D. the Sovereign

9. In the century Europe advanced from the Middle Ages to the modem times.

A. 15th B. 16th C. 17th D. 18th

A. Copernicus B. Newton C. Kepler D. Galileo

11.

A. Bacon B. Hobbes C. Locke D. Newton

12.

A. farming B. textile C. commerce D. slave trade

A. France B. Spain C. England D. Italy

was considered to be a child prodigy.

A. Haydn B. Bach C. Mozart D. Handel

A. Satanic B. Heroic C. Byronic D. none of the above

16. A. Lermontov B. Pushkin C. Hugo D. Tehaikovsky

A. Yan Fu B. Charles Darwin C. Thomas Huxley D. Herbert Spencer

A. ethics B. image C. plot D. characterization

19. Which of the following is a social satire?

A. Hard Times B. Bleak House C. Vanity Fair D. Jude the Obscure

20. Aller Ginsberg is an American poet who best represents A. the Beat Generation B. the Last Generation C. the X Generation D. the Angry Young Men PART TWO

II. In the following part there are two columns. The left hand column consists of a list of names. The right hand