专八人文知识精讲练习4
1_no.10 downing street is_.
a office of british navy
b official residence of prime minster
c seat of english parliament
d official residence of king
2 increasingly troubled by the inroads of northern tribes such as goths, the west empire finally collapsed in.
a 395
b 27 b.
c.
c 476
d 1453
3 who wrote “i came, i saw, i conquered”?
a horace
b virgil
c marcus tullius cicero
d julius casar
4when the hundred year’s war ended in 1453, the only part of france that was still in the hands of english is_.
a calais
b paris
c aquitaine
d anjor
5 big ben is the nickname of_.
a sir benjamin hall
b benjamin franklin
c 315-foot clock tower
d sir charles barry
6 in england, the most famous of the catholic conspiracies was.
a the cobham’s plot
b the murder of thomas becket
c the execution of mary queen of scots
d the gunpowder plot
7 the author of on the origin of species is.
a george baron
b charles darwin
c john baldwin
d winston churchill
8the author of on the nature of things is .
a horace
b virgil
c lucretius
d julius caesar
9which of the following is by far the most influential in the west?
a christianity
b buddhism
c islamism
d judaism
10 the old testament consists of 39 books, the oldest and most important of which are the first fie books, called .
a exodus
b commandments
c amos
d pentateuch
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参考答案及解析:
1-5 bcdac 6-10 dbcad
1. 选b. no.10 downing street(唐宁街10号,是首相官邸,) downing street位于伦敦中部,no.11 downing street是英国财政大臣的官邸,因此唐宁街常作为英国政府的代名词。
2. 选 c。注意这几个时间:公元476年西罗马帝国灭亡,公元395年罗马帝国分裂为东罗马帝国和西罗马帝国;公元1453年东罗马帝国灭亡,而公元前27年罗马帝国正式建立。
3. 选d。julius caesar(恺撒,100-44 bc,罗马统帅,政治家)于49-44bc成为罗马独裁者,后被共和派贵族刺杀,著有《高卢战记》 (commentaries)marcus tullius cicero (西塞罗104-43bc)罗马政治家,哲学家和雄辩家。
4. 选a。 1453年英法百年战争结束时,只有法国北部的calais加莱港还被英军占领。
5. 选c。big ben(大本钟)是指伦敦英国议会大厦钟楼上的大钟,也谕指放置大本钟的钟楼。该钟是由英国政府官员sir benjamin hall于1859年主持建造的。
6. 选d。the gunpowder plot (火药阴谋)是指1605年英国发生的由guy fawkes等企图炸毁议会大厦,扎死国王的天主教火药硬煤案。这一阴谋的guy fawkes和其他7名同谋在犯罪现场被捉获。后国会决定每年的11月5日为”guy fawkes day”,在这一天人们燃放烟火和烧福克斯的模拟象,晚上英国人会用bonfire night “篝火之夜”来庆祝这一天。
7. 选b。charles darwin (达尔文1809-1882)英国博物学家,进化论的创始,进化生物学的奠基人,提出以自然选择为基础的进化论学说和人类起源于类人猿。著有on the origin of species《物种起源》
8. 选c。lucretius (卢克莱修约94-95bc)古罗马诗人和哲学家。the nature of things<物性论>,他认为物质是永恒的(matter is eternal.)
9. 选a。到目前为止,christianity(基督教)仍然是西方国家最有影响力的。
10. 选d。 pentateuch《魔西五书》是 the old testament《旧约全书》中最古老,最重要的五部。pentateuch《魔西五书》,包括genesis《创始记》, exodus《出埃及记》 leviticus 《利未记》numbers《民数记》 deuteronomy《申命记》。