英语文化常识题大学生英语竞赛(6)

269. Which work described the war led by Agamemnon against the city of Troy?

A. Antigone. B. Odyssey. C. Iliad. D. Oedipus the king. 270. ______ was considered as “father of English Novel”.

A. Swift B. Fielding C. Chaucer D. Jane Austin

271. By making the truth-seeking pilgrims suffer at the hands of the people of Vanity

Fair, John Bunyan intends to show the prevalent political and religious ______of his time.

A. persecution B. improvement C. prosperity D. Disillusionment 272. Jane Austen s practical idealism is that love should be justified by ______ and

disciplined by self-control.

A. reason B. sense C. rationality D. sensibility 273. John Milton s most powerful dramatic poem on the Greek model is ______.

A. Paradise Lost B. Paradise Regained

C. Samson Agonists D. Lycidas

274. Because of her sensitivity to universal patterns of human behavior, ______ has

brought the English novel, as an art of form, to its maturity.

A. Charlotte Bronte B. Jane Austen

C. Emily Bronte D. Henry Fielding

275. When we say that a poor young man from the West tried to make his fortune in

the East but was disillusioned in the quest of an idealized dream, we are probably discussing about ______'s thematic concern in his fiction writing.

A. Henry James B. Scott Fitzgerald

C. Ernest Hemingway D. William Faulkner

276. Dickens s first child hero is ______.

A. Little Nell B. David Copperfield

C. Oliver Twist D. Little Dorrit

277. The Sun Also Rises casts light on a whole generation after WWI and the effects

of the war by way of a vivid portrait of “______.”

A. the Beat Generation B. the Lost Generation

C. the Baby booming Age D. the Jazz Age

278. H. L. Mencken, a famous American critic, considered ______ “the true father of

our national literature.”

A. Hamlin Garland B. Joseph Kirkland

C. Mark Twain D. Henry James

279. Which one of the following is not written by E.B.White?

A. Stuart Little. B. Charlotte's Web.

C. The Trumpet of the Swan. D. Anne of Green Gables.

280. Who is the earliest English children s writer in 19th century?

A. Lewis Carroll B. Thomas Malory

C. Charlotte Bronte D. Jane Austen

281. When did Neil Alden Armstrong completed the Moon Landing?

A.In 1969. B.In 1968. C.In 1966. D.In 1970.

282. was also a politician while he was a scientist.

A. Theodore Roosevelt B. Albert Einstein

C. Benjamin Franklin D. Winston Churchill

283. A scramjet engine is different from a rocket engine in that ______.

A. it gets oxygen from the air B. it carries its own oxygen supply

C. it consumes only a little oxygen D. it doesn t use any oxygen

284. Which kind of unit does “Light year” belong to?

A. Length unit. B. Time unit. C. Weight unit. D. Volume unit

285. Why is the earth round?

A. Because of the temperature. B. Because of the gravitational.

C. Because of the atmosphere. D. Because of the pollution.

286. Since the dawn of history, the most serious nuclear leakage happened in ______.

A. Japan B. Ukraine

C. Russia D. Chinese Soviet Republic

287. is the sign of the nature perpendicular partition of the land.

A. Heat quantity B. Vegetation and soil

C. Rock D. River

288. was the first country which could use electricity.

A. Ancient Egypt B. Ancient China

C. Ancient India D. Ancient Greek

289. What does not include in the development of the Information technique?

A. Remote sensing technology. B. Cloning technology.

C. Fiber Technology. D. Communication technique.

290. In which year was the first telephone invented by Bell?

A. In 1873. B. In 1874. C. In 1875. D. In 1876.