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 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. 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. Plato's philosophy is called_ _ A. pragmatism 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 English 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. Dante 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 modern European novel B. the best known novel of the world C. the father of modern world literature D. the best written prose 10. 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 one focus D. there is gravitation between the heavenly bodies 11. Leibniz considered space and time as _ _ A. absolute B. relative C. system of relationship or order D. tangible 12. Which of the following is NOT Hobbes's view? A. Our knowledge comes from experience.
B. When a thing lies still, it will lie 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. Portugese 14. The author of A Journal of the Plague Year was _ _ A. Diderot B. Fielding C. Swift D. Defoe 15. There is a striking difference of style between Bach and _ _ A. Haydn B. Handel C. Beethoven D. Mozart
16. The slogan of the French revolution was liberty, _ _ and universal brotherhood. A. freedom B. humanity C. equality . D. democracy
17. Beethoven's _ _ marked the beginning of 19th century program music. A. Symphony No. 3 B. Symphony No. 5 C. Symphony No. 6 D. Symphony No. 9 18. When Napoleon invaded Moscow, his army was defeated by _ _ A. the Russian army B. shortage of supply C. illness D. coldness and hunger 19. _ _ was considered by many to be the greatest of all American poets. A. Walt Whitman B. Virginia Woolf C. Allen Ginsberg D. Ezra Pound 20. D. H. Lawrence's work was a challenge to _ _ A. symbolism B. conventional morality C. Freud's psychoanalysis D. modernism 第二部分 非选择题 (共60分)
PART TWO
II. 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 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 Athens
22. St. Benedict (b) the first French realist 23. Raphael (c) Tom Jones
24. Descartes (d) German Nobel Prize winner 25. Fielding (e) the Republic
26. James Watt (f) representative of Cubism 27. Flaubert (g) Norwegian playwright 28. Ibsen (h) steam engine 29. Thomas Mann (i) a great monk
30. Picasso (j) Discourse on Method
III 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 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 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. Write your answer on the ANSWER SHEET in around 40 words. (20 points, 5 points each) 41. Industrial Revolution 42. the Cynies
43. the Beat Generation 44. Charles Dickens
V. 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 \
2010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
第一部分 选择题 (共40分2 points each)
1．The Romans conquered Greece in ． A．146 B．C． B．500 B．C． C．700 B．C． D．1200 B．C．
2．The playwright who contributed greatly to Greek tragic art was A．Sophocles B．Aristophanes C．Herodotus D．Homer 3．The greatest of Latin poets was A．Horace B．Virgil C．Homer D．Cicero
4．Daniel was taken prisoner to after the fall of Jerusalem. A．Egypt B．Persia C．Babylon D．Assyria 5．David was ．
A．a Hebrew king B．the boy who killed Goliath C．the man who made Jerusalem the capital D．all of the above
6．In the formative period of feudalism, the bishops were themselves A．scholars B．hermits C．feudal lords D．knights
7．As a result of the Crusades，luxuries of the East poured into the West．They were spices． perfume．hand．woven carpets and ．
A．tea B．Chinaware C．silk D．silverware 8．Martin Luther held that was the supreme authority． A．the Church B．the Bible C．the Pope D．Jesus 9．Ophelia is a character in Shakespeare’s ．
A．Hamlet B．Othello C．Macbeth D．Merchant of Venice
10．The Reformation shattered Medieval Church’s stifling control over man．thus paving the way for
A．economic development B．free thinking C．capitalism D．progress 11．Galile0，because he refused to compromise．was tried by ． A．the College of Cardinals B．the Italian court C．the Spanish court D．the Inquisition
12．To Newton，space and time are absolute，to Einstein，motion and space are ． A．relative B．unlimited C．infinite D．1imited 13．“A Modest Proposal” was written by ． A．Defoe B．Swift C．Diderot D．Fielding
14．Shelley called poets “the unacknowledged legislators of the world” in his ． A．Prometheus unbound B．Defence of Poetry
C．1yrics D．Ode to the West Wind
15．Schumann stood as the typical example of the influence of upon music． A．revolutionary ideals B．philosophy C．1iterature D．religion
16．According to Darwin， becomes a mechanism for evolutionary change． A．natural selection B．process C．adaptation D．variation 17．Zola believed almost blindly A．Social Darwinism B．Utopian Socialism C．pragmatism D．scientific determinism
18．The writer who devoted himself to the novel of social condition in England in the 19 th cen- tury was ．
A．Thomas．Hardy B．William Makepeace Thackeray C．George Eliot D．Charles Dickens
19．The contribution made by Pierre and Maris Curie is ． A．the discovery of atomic nucleus B．the discovery of radium C．the discovery of X—rays D．the discovery of relativity
20．To the New Novelists，plot，action，narrative，ideas and analysis of characters are A．no longer important B．still very important C．of equal importance D．none of the above 第二部分 非选择题 (共60分) PART TWO
II．In the foliowing 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 ti- tie，organization，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) 21．St．Jerome (a)“The die is cast．” 22．Schiller (b)Lettres Anglaise 23．Keats (C)Mother
24．Francois Rabelais (d)Gargantua and Pantagruel 25．Walt Whitman (e)Fathers and Sons 26．Thomas Hobbes (f)Ode to a Nightingale 27．Corky (g)Leaves of Grass 28．Turgenev (h)the Vulgate
29．Julius Caesar (i)founder of modem German literature 30．Voltaire (j)author of Leviathan
III．Give a one-sentence answer to each of the following questions．Write your answer in the corresponding space on the ANSWER SHEET．(20 points，2 points each) 31．Which are the most famous temples in ancient Greece?
32．What did Horace mean when he said．“Captive Greece took her rude conqueror captive．”? 33．Why were Christians persecuted under the Roman Empire? 34．HOW shall we define the Catholic Church?
35．What made Italy lose its supremacy in world trade in the late l5th century? 36．What was Hobbes’s view of the nature of man? 37．What kind of a novel is Les Miserables7 ．
38．What did Kant try to reconcile in “Critique of Pure Reason”?
39．Why did literature become the voice of the people in Russia in the l 9 th century?
40．What are the major interests of new novelists?
IV．Explain each of the following terms in English．Write your answer in the corre sponding space on the ANSWER SHEET in around 40 words．(20 points，5 points each)
41．Plato’s and Democritus’ views of the world 42．Noah’s Ark 43．John Wyclif 44．Mark Twain
V. Write between l00—120 words on the following topic in the corresponding space on the ANSWER SHEET(10 points)
45．What 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. Epicureans
2 _________ is said to have told the king of Syracuse: \ the world.\ A. Archimedes B. Aristotle C. Plato D. Euclid
3. 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. 476
4. 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 Luther
5. _________ 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 Vinci 6. 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 Crusoe
7. The best- known book written by Thomas More is ________ , 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 Prince, is regarded as \
A. Machiavelli B. Dante' C. Bacon D. Locke
9. 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. Copernicus
10. During the _________ century, the modem scientific method began to take shape, which emphasized observation and\
A. 18th B. 15 th C. 16 th D. 17 th 11. _______ said, \
A.. Isaac Newton B. Francis Bacon C. John Locke D. Marx
12. In Faust,_______ drew on an immense variety of cultural material--theological, mythological, philosophical,
欧洲文化入门历年真题（英语本科自考）
