08年欧文真题

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. During the height of the development of Greek culture, Alexandria was noted for its

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

3. 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 present-day A. Egypt B. Sinai C. Jordan D. Palestine

5. was made the official language of the Catholic Church. A. Greek B. Latin C. Hebrew D. Italian

6. Alfred the Great made the Anglo-Saxon cultural center. A. London B. Essex C. Edingburg D. Wessex

7. In Raphael's works, there is the exquisite harmony and of the High Renaissance.

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

8. In England, the question of reform was chiefly one of rejection of the supremacy of

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 10. The law of inertia was discovered by A. Copernicus B. Newton C. Kepler D. Galileo

11. \"Every man is enemy to every man. \" is the view held by A. Bacon B. Hobbes C. Locke D. Newton

12. One major source of primitive accumulation of capital was A. farming B. textile C. commerce D. slave trade

13. The Enlightenment was an intellectual movement originating in A. France B. Spain C. England D. Italy 14. was considered to be a child prodigy. A. Haydn B. Bach C. Mozart D. Handel

15. To the conservative and reactionary forces in society, Byron's

poetry was called

A. Satanic B. Heroic C. Byronic D. none of the above 16. \"Ruslan and Liudmila\" was written by A. Lermontov B. Pushkin C. Hugo D. Tehaikovsky 17. The author of the book Evolution and Ethics is

A. Yan Fu B. Charles Darwin C. Thomas Huxley D. Herbert Spencer 18. The realists tended to regard as the center of the novel. 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 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 eta. on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points, 1 point each)

21. Aristophanes (a) summary of music of the Baroque era 22. Shakespeare (b) leader of slave uprising 23. Charles I \\ (c\\) Dutch painter 24. Joseph Conrad (d ) Lucky Jim 25. Spartacus (e) Major Barbara 26. Kingsley Amis (f) Wasps

27. George Bernard Shaw (g) Twelfth Night

28. van Gogh (h) beheaded in the Civil War 29. Hugo (i) Lord Jim

30. Bach (j) a staunch French Republican

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. What did Herodotus describe in his history?

32. What is the meaning of Pax Romana? 33. Why was Jesus crucified?

34. As a result of the Crusades, what Arabic knowledge was introduced to the West?

35. What role did intellectuals play beginning from the late 15th century?

36. Who is the author of the line \"Beauty is truth, truth beauty\" ?

37. Who was the writer who spent great effort on finding the fight word in the fight place? 38. What feeling was expressed in Whitman's \"When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd\" ? 39. What question did Gide try to look into in many of his works? 40. What did Hegel maintain?

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. Illiad

42. Descartes's Dualism

43. the Theatre of the Absurd 44. Jonathan Swift

V. Write between 100 - 120 words on the following topic on the ANSWER SHEET. ( 10 points ) 45. What is the significance of the 17th century?