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B
1. The earliest settlers in
the UK were ______, a
tribe
部落
of
Celts.
凯尔特人
A. Angles
B.
Britons
英国人；大不列颠人
C. Danes
D.
Normans
A
2. Britain was
invaded by the Romans under the leadership of
______ in 55 BC.
A.
Caesar
凯撒
B. Hannibal
C. Antony
D.
Octavianus
B
3. In old
mythology of Northern Europe, the chief god is
___, who is in charge of war, poetry,
knowledge and wisdom (for which he gave
an eye).
A. Thor
B.
Odin
欧丁神
C. Freyr
D. Tyr
D
4. During
the time of the Danish Invasion, ______ succeeded
in driving off the Danes.
A. William Wallace
B. King Arthur
C. Robin Hood
D.
King Alfred the Great
英国国王
5.
猜词：
What is the
conquest
争霸传奇
?
The
Norman conquest
（
中土大战也叫诺曼底征服<
/p>
)
French-speaking
Normans, under the leadership of Duke William
(William the Conqueror)
came in 1066.
After defeating the English at Hastings, William
was crowned as the King of
England.
The
conquest
marks
the
establishment
of
feudalism
in
England.
It
also
greatly
influenced the
English language.
6. In the
middle of the 5th century, Britain was invaded by
three Germanic tribes: the
Angles
,
the
Saxons and the Jutes.
D
7. Which of the following
is NOT true of the English Ballads?
A.
Flourished in the 15th century.
B. Originally oral literature.
C. Collective creation.
D. Mainly on kinship.
8.
猜词：
Who is
he?
Robin hood
(
罗宾逊
)
He is an English folk hero.
民间英雄
He is a
legendary
传说的
outlaw
亡命之徒
of the 12th century.
He is
said to have robbed the rich to help the poor.
9
．选读
“There lived a wife at Usher's
well,
And a wealthy wife was
she;
She had three stout and stalwart
sons,
And sent them o'er the
sea.”
Questions:
A. Identify the poem.
Geoffrey Chaucer
《
the wife
of usher
’
s well
woman
》
B. What
does the word
“
wife
”
mean?
A woman
C
.10. The Twelve Olympians
are the most important gods of
___mythology
神话
, who lived on
top of Mount Olympus.
奥林匹斯山
A. Roman
B.
British
C.
Greek
希腊
D. Norse
A
11. ___was the supreme god
of the Olympians. He was the father of the heroes
Perseus and
Heracles.
A. Zeus
B. Hera
C. Apollo
D. Ares
B
12.
______
was
the
goddess
of
marriage.
She
was
the
wife
of
Zeus
and
Queen
of
the
Olympians.
A. Athena
B.
Hera
赫拉，宙斯之妻）
C.
Aphrodite
D.
Demeter
B
13. In Greek
mythology, ______ was the son of Zeus and Alcmene.
He was the greatest of the
mythical
Greek heroes, best known for his superhuman
strength.
A. Jason
B.
Heracles
赫拉克勒斯
C.
Odysseus
D. Prometheus
D
14. In Greek
mythology, ______, one of the
Titans
泰坦巨神
, stole fire from
Olympus
奥林
匹斯山
and
gave it to mankind.
A.
Heracles
B. Achilles
C.
Theseus
D. Prometheus
普罗米修斯
1
15. The following
paragraph explains the term
“
Homeros
荷马
”
.
Achilles is a mythical Greek hero of
the
Iliad
. He is a foremost
Greek warrior at the siege
of Troy.
When he was a baby his mother tried to make him
immortal by bathing him in a
magical
river, but the heel by which she held him remained
vulnerable.
A
16. ______, a
blind Greek poet, is the author of
The
Iliad
and
The
Odyssey
.
奥德赛
A. Homer
B.
Sappho
女诗人
C. Aeschylus
D.
Sophocles
悲剧诗人
17.
The Iliad
is
a Greek epic poem describing the siege of
Troy
.
18.
The Odyssey
is the second of the two great Greek
epic poems written by Homer. It is the
story of Odysseus' return from
Troy
to his home.
19.
猜词：
Who are they?
塞壬（
Siren
）
< br>
In
Greek
mythology,
they
are
creatures
with
the
head of
a
female
and
the body
of a
bird,
living
on
an
island.
Approaching
sailors
were
drawn
to
them
by
their
enchanting
singing,
causing them to sail on the cliffs and
drown.
B
20.
Greek drama evolved from the song and dance in the
ceremonies honoring ___ at Athens.
A.
Hermes
B.
Dionysus
迪奥尼索斯，希腊神话中的酒神
C. Artemis
D. Athen
B
21. Which of the following
is NOT a playwright
剧作家
of
Greek Tragedies
悲剧
?
A. Aeschylus
B.
Aristophanes
喜剧的
C. Sophocles
D.
Euripides
22.
译名及作品连线：
Euripides
Medea
埃斯库罗斯
Sophocles
Prometheus Bound
欧里庇得斯
Aeschylus
索福克勒斯
Oedipus Rex
23.
猜词：
Who is she?
(
萨福
)
Sappho
She is the only woman from ancient
Greece whose writing has survived.
She
lived on the island of
Lesbos in the 600’s
BC.
She may have run a sort of school for
girls in their early teens.
She wrote short poems about beauty,
nature, and love.
24
．猜词：
Who is he?
He was an important figure in the
feudal system of the Middle Ages.
He was a warrior. He defended his king,
his country and his church.
He was a strong, courageous figure.
He protected women,
children, the poor and the weak.
He fought for justice.
He was courageous with everyone.
This was the Code of
Chivalry, which he obeyed.
(
威廉，马歇尔
) the
knight
25.
猜词：
What is the term?
Chivalry
骑士精神
It is a term
for the social codes of knighthood that originated
in France in the Middle Ages. It
was
based
on
brave,
courteous
and
honorable
behavior
–
what
came
to
be
known
as
“gentlemanly conduct” –
and
was the subject of much medieval literature.
26
．猜词：
Who is he?
He is a legendary king of the Britons.
He becomes king by pulling
the sword Excalibur from the stone.
He is the founder of the Knights of the
Round Table.
But
he
is
deceived
by
his
right-hand
knight,
Lancelot;
betrayed
by
his
wife,
Guinevere;
and
murdered by his nephew,
Mordred.
(
亚瑟王
)king Arthur
27.
猜词：
What are they looking
for?
2
In
Arthurian legend, all the knights wanted to travel
to distant lands to find it.
King Arthur was very worried.
He knew that the quest for
it was dangerous.
In fact,
many knights died during the quest.
Only three knights found it.
They were Galahad, Percival
and Bors.
(
圣杯
)
Saint Grail
28
．
In the legend
of King Arthur, ______ was a mystical table in
Camelot around which King
Arthur and
his knights sat to discuss crucial matters.
(
圆桌
) the around
table
D
29.
Le
Mo
rte
D’Arthur
(The
Death
of
Arthur)
is
______
compilation
of
some
French
and
English Arthurian romances.
A. William Caxton’s
B. Layamon’s
C.
Geoffrey of Monmouth’s
D. Thomas
Malory’s
30.
猜词：
What is
the literary genre (
文学类型
)?
Romance
In the
Middle Ages, it was a tale in prose or poetry
dealing with the adventures of a knight and
filled with chivalric deeds and courtly
love.
31
．填空：
King Arthur had a large round table.
Because it was round, the
positions of all the seats were equal.
The bravest knights were allowed to sit
at the round table.
They
were known as the
“
亚瑟王和他的圆桌骑士
”.
Knights of the Round Table
32.
猜词：
What is
the period? (
中世纪
)middle
age
The period of European history between
roughly between the fall of Rome and the
Renaissance
(
500--
1500
). It is often referred to as the
Dark Ages or the Medieval period.
33.
猜词：
What is
the cultural movement
？
(
文艺复兴
)Renaissance
The
period
of
European
history
at
the
close
of
the
Middle
Ages
and
the
rise
of
the
modern
world. It is a
cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle
of the 17th centuries.
D
34. The main sources of
English Literature DONOT include ______.
A. the Bible
B.
the Greek and Roman Mythology
C. the
legend of King Arthur
D. the old mythology of
Northern Europe
35. The
the
Bible(
圣经
)_
contains two main books
—
the
Old Testament and New Testament.
36
．选读
The following passage is taken from
Genesis
.
“In the beginning God created the
heavens and the earth.
Now
the earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on
the surface of the deep. God's Spirit
was hovering over the surface of the
waters.
God said,
God saw
the light, and saw that it was good. God divided
the light from the darkness.”
37.
猜词：
What is the important
work?
(
贝奥武夫
Beowul
f)
It is a traditional
heroic epic poem written in Old English.
It is the most
important work of Old English literature.
It tells the
story of a Scandinavian prince who rids the
monster Grendel, his mother and a
dragon.
38
．猜词：
What is the
literary term?
Oedipus complex
恋母情结
3
Attachment
of
the
child
to
the
parent
of
the
opposite
sex,
accompanied
by
envious
and
aggressive feelings toward the parent
of the same sex.
B
39. From 55BC to 407AD the
British Isles were under the rule of ______.
A. the Ottoman Empire
B. the Roman Empire
C. the
Persian Empire
D. the Austro-Hungarian
Empire
40.
十字军东征
Crusade
were
eight
military
campaigns
that
took
place
during
the
11th
through
13th
centuries.
In
particular,
the
European
wanted
to
take
Jerusalem
away
from
the
Islamic Fatimids.
C
41.__
(1343-1400) was an outstanding English poet who is
often called the father of English
poetry.
A.
Philip Sidney
B. Francis Bacon
C. Geoffrey
Chaucer
杰弗里乔叟
D. Edmund Spencer
42.
坎特伯雷故事集
The
Canterbury
Tales
is
a
collection
of
stories
written
by
Geoffrey
Chaucer in the 14th
century.
B
43.
Geoffrey Chaucer’
s
______
ranks as one of the
greatest poetic works in English.
A.
Piers the Plowman
B.
The Canterbury Tales
C.
Troilus and Criseyde
D.
Le Morte D
’
Arthur
C
44.
Chaucer
served
in
the
Hundred
Years
War
(1337-1453)
between
England
and
______,
both
as a soldier and as a diplomat.
A. Spain
B. Germany
C.
France
D. Italy
B
45.
The
Canterbury Tales
was written in
________.
A. Old English
B. Middle English
C. Modern English
D.
Current Modern English
B
46.
Pilgrims travel to the shrine of St. Thomas Becket
at Canterbury in ________.
A.
March
B. April
C. May
D. June
C
47.
____
pilgrims
plus
Chaucer
are
assembled
at
the
Tabard
Inn
in
the
southern
part
of
London.
A. 25
B. 27
C. 29
D. 31
C
48. Chaucer was a master of
the heroic couplet which consists of two rhyming
lines in iambic
pentameter. Iambic
pentameter means ________.
A. the line has 6 feet, and an
unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed
syllable.
B. the line has 6 feet, and a
stressed syllable is followed by an unstressed
syllable.
C. the line has 5 feet, and
an unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed
syllable.
D. the line has 5 feet, and a
stressed syllable is followed by an unstressed
syllable.
A
49.
Chaucer’s original plan for
The Canterbury Tales
was for
each character to tell ______
tales.
That would be ______ tales altogether, but only
______ were written.
A. 4, 120, 24
B. 2, 60, 48
C. 3, 90, 20
D.
6, 180, 96
D
50.
At the Tabard Inn in Southwark, near London, the
narrator joins a company of 29 pilgrims.
A. 20
B. 24
C. 29
D. 30
51.
猜词：
What is the form of
poetry?
It is a traditional form for
English poetry, particularly for epic and
narrative poetry.
It is two
lines of rhyming iambic pentameter.
The rhyming scheme occurs in pairs of
aa, bb, cc, etc.
It
was
introduced
by
Chaucer
and
was
often
used
in
poetry
in
the
17th
and
18th
centuries.
Heroic couplet
52.
猜词：
Who is he?
William Shakespeare
威廉莎士比亚
He is the
greatest dramatist of the Elizabethan or any other
age.
He is the most
written-about author in the history of Western
civilization.
His works
include 38 plays, 154 sonnets, and 2 epic
narrative poems.
B
53. William Shakespeare was
born in ______ and died in ______.
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