智慧树知到《现代大学英语之文化悦读》章节测试答案

绪论

1、The sentence, “Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability”, is spoken by

A.Francis Bacon

B.William Shakespeare

C.Mark Twain

D.T. S. Eliot

答案: Francis Bacon

2、The course consists of ____ units, _ lectures.

A.7, 46

B.6, 48

C.7, 48

D.6, 46

答案: 7, 48

3、The reading materials of the course include “Goods Move. People Move. Ideas Move. And Cultures Change.” “Two Kinds” “The Bluest Eye” “Professions for Women” “The Way to Rainy Mountain” “The Merely Very Good” and “Love is a Fallacy”.

A.对

B.错

答案: 对

4、“Two Kinds” “The Bluest Eye” “The Way to Rainy Mountain” are respectively the masterpieces of the Chinese American literature, African American literature, Native American literature.

A.对

B.错

答案: 对

5、__ says, Love is a serious mental disease.

A.Aristotle

B.Plato

C.Socrates

D.Einstein

答案: Plato

第一章

1、Since the early 1990s, globalization has developed rapidly and brought great change to the world.

A.对

B.错

答案: 对

2、The author feels passively towards globalization.

A.对

B.错

答案: 错

3、What are the examples used by the author to prove that cultures are resourceful, resilient, and

unpredictable?

A.Hollywood High School in Los Angeles

B.Sesame Street in Shanghai

C.McDonald’s in India

D.Pizza Hut in China

答案: Hollywood High School in Los Angeles,Sesame Street in Shanghai ,McDonald’s in India

4、Significant changes come as a result of conflict.

A.对

B.错

答案: 对

5、Globalization is inevitable—linking is humanity’s natural impulse.

A.对

B.错

答案: 对

第二章

1、“Two Kinds” is taken from_____________.

A.The Joy Luck Club (1989)

B.The Kitchen God's Wife (1991)

C.The Hundred Secret Senses (1995)

D.The Bonesetter's Daughter

答案: The Joy Luck Club (1989)

2、Amy Tan is one of the prominent ____ American writers.

A.Native

B.African

C.Chinese

D.Japanese

答案: Chinese

3、The time and location in which a story takes place is called point of view.

A.对

B.错

答案: 错

4、In the sentence of paragraph 1, “My mother believed you could be anything you wanted to be in America”, “you” refers to the narrator.

A.对

B.错

答案: 错

5、The last sentence of “Two Kinds” is significant because it contains the narrator’s epiphany, a moment of insight, discovery or revelation, by which the character’s view is greatly altered.

A.对

B.错

答案: 对

第三章

1、Which is not Tony Morrison’s work?

A.Song of Solomon

B.Tar Baby

C.The Color Purple

D. Beloved

答案:C

2、In 1993, Tony Morrison won_____.

A.the Nobel Prize

B.the Pulitzer Prize

C. the National Book Critics Circle Award

D.the Faulkner Prize

答案:A

3、What is the relationship between Pecola and Junior?

A.siblings

B.classmates

C.probably neighbors

D.schoolmates

答案:C

4、What does Pecola dream to have?

A.blonde hair

B. blue eyes

C. brown skin

D.green eyes

答案:B

5、Junior hates the cat because ____.

A.the cat is ugly and naughty

B. his dad doesn’t like the cat

C.her mother spends more time with the cat

D. her mother engages more affection to the cat more than him

答案:D

第四章

1、Which of the following works are written by Virginia Woolf?

A.Emma

B. To the Lighthouse

C. The Waves

D.Mrs. Dalloway

答案:BCD

2、Bloomsbury group was a group of associated English writers, intellectuals, philosophers and artists who worked together near Bloomsbury, London, during the first half of the 20th century.

A.对

B.错

答案:A

3、In this essay, Virginia Woolf gives a clear and convincing presentation of the __facing professional women.

A.advantages

B.obstacles

C.suggestions

答案:B

4、What image does the author use in describing her second experience as a novelist ?

A.an angel

B.a fisherman

C. a poet

答案:B

5、In order to understand this essay, it is necessary to know something about Victorian values.

A.对

B.错

答案:A

第五章

1、The Kiowas often fought just because they needed extra lands or material gains for the sake of surviving and thriving.

A.对

B.错

答案:B

2、The mode of writing of this piece is narrative because it shows the three stages of the Kiowas’ history－emergence, evolution and decline.

A.对

B.错

答案:B

3、The Kiowas came into possession of Tai-me, the object and symbol of their worship－the Sun Dance religion. This object was worshiped by all tribes that regarded the sun as deity.

A.对

B.错

答案:A

4、My grandmother experienced the humiliation of those high gray walls for eight or ten years.

A.对

B.错

答案:B

5、The Kiowa myths reveal the foundations for a cultural value system：one based on reverence for the sun, the horse and the buffalo, which are the fundamental elements required to sustain their lives.

A.对

B.错

答案:A

第六章

1、The author accepted it immediately when he was invited to lecture at a writer’s conference?

A.对

B.错

答案:

2、The author is very interested in the topic about the connection between physics and writing.

A.对

B.错

答案:B

3、Because of Oppenheimer’s talent in physics, he was very welcomed by his teacher and fellow students in Germany.

A.对

B.错

答案:

4、Only to please his girlfriend, the author finally accepted the invitation.

A.对

B.错

答案:B

5、The author was very frustrated with the conference because only a small number of audiences attended his lecture.

A.对

B.错

答案:A

6、Dirac considered that people can do well both in physics and poetry.

A.对

B.错

答案:B

7、The author was very disappointed with the lecture of Spender.

A.对

B.错

答案:A

8、When the author asked Spender what he thought was the most beautiful line in the English language, Spender wrote the line of T. S. Eliot.

A.对

B.错

答案:B

9、As a well-known figure, Spender paid much attention to his dressing.

A.对

B.错

答案:A

10、The author was very interested in Spender’s poetry, so he finally accepted the invitation.

A.对

B.错

答案:B

第七章

1、What did Dobie give Petey in exchange for Polly?

A.a baboon coat

B.a raccoon coat

答案:B

2、Which is the logical conclusion for the following premises：

All students in this university live on campus

Jack is a student in this university

A.Jack lives on campus

B.Jack is in this university

答案:A

3、Which logical fallacy does the follow conclusion commit?

All American people can speak English

I can speak English

I am American

A. Hasty Generalization

B.Dicto Simpliciter

答案:A

4、There are two main types of arguments. One is deductive, the other is______?

A.syllogism

B.inductive

答案:B

5、Why did Polly choose to date Petey at last?

A.Because Polly thinks she is as smart as Dobie now.

B.Because Petey has a raccoon coat which makes him more attractive.

答案:B