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英语专业八级考试人文知识练习题 练习题1 1、 “The Graveyard Poets” got the name because ___. A they chose to live near graveyards B they often wrote about death and melancholy C they always wrote about dead people D they often use “graveyard” as the title 2、 It is generally understood that the recurrent theme in many of Thomas Hardy’s novel is ___. A man against nature B love and marriage C social criticism D fate and destiny 3、The Romantic Period in English literature began with the publication of ___. A William Blake’s Songs of Innocence B Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice C Wordsworth’s and Coleridge’s Lyrical Ballads D a piece of land 4、 It is generally regarded that Keats’ most important and mature poems are in the form of ___. A ode B elegy C epic D sonnet 5、G.B. Shaw’s play Mrs. Warren’s Profession is a realistic exposure of the ___ in the English society. A slum landlordism B inequality between men and women C political corruption D economic exploitation of women 6、The Preface to Shakespeare and Lives of the Poets are the works of critic ___. A G.B. Shaw B Samuel Johnson C Ben Johnson D E.M. Foster 7、The Ring and the Book is a masterpiece of ___. A Alfred Tennyson B Robert Browning C Thomas Hardy D Ralph Waldo Emerson 8、Matthew Arnold is the writer of ___. A Dover Beach B My last Duchess C Break, Break, Break D The Eagle 9、The writer of Heart of Darkness is also the one of ___. A Time of Machine B Jim C Lord Jim D A Passage to India 10、Of Human Bondage is a novel by ___. A Herbert George Wells B Arnold Bennett C William Somerset Maugham D John Galsworthy 练习题2 1、“Pamela”by Samuel Richardson is written in forms of ____. A diary B letter C autobiography D reminiscences 2、“Clarissa harlowe” by Samuel Richardson is written in forms of ____. A diary B letter C autobiography D reminiscences 3、The adventure of Roderick random is written by___. A Samuel Richardson B Tobias smolett C Lawrence sterne D henry fielding 4、The life and opinions of Tristan shandy is written by___. A Sam