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31、果戈理是俄國十九世紀批判現實主義文學的奠基人之一，其代表作是五幕喜劇《欽差大臣》、長篇小說《死魂靈》 。
32、列夫·托爾斯泰是俄國偉大的批判現實主義作家，其代表作有長篇小說《戰爭與和平》、《安娜·卡列尼娜》、《復活》等 。
33、契訶夫是十九世紀俄國杰出的批判現實主義作家，其代表作有中篇小說《草原》、《第六病室》、短篇小說《變色龍》、《萬卡》、《套中人》、劇本《萬尼亞舅舅》、《三姊妹》、《櫻桃園》等 。
1. The work that presented , for the first time in English literature, a comprehensive realistic picture of the medieval English society and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life is most likely______. A. William Langland ' Piers PlowmanB. Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury TalesC. John Gower'Confessio AmantisD. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightAnswer: B2. The tragedy of Dr.Faustus, the protagonist in Christopher Marlowe's The Tragic History of Dr.Faustus, is the very face that_____.A. man is confined to timeB. he tried to join Africa to SpainC. he became a man without soul after he sold itD. he conjured up Helen, the lady who was the very course of the Trojan WarAnswer: A3. Here are two lines from a ling poem: "Upon a great adventure he was bond, That greatest Gloriana to him gave." The poem must be_____.A. BeowulfB. John Milton's Samson AgonistesC. Thomas Gray's Elegy Written in a County ChurchyardD. Edmund Spenser's The Faerie QueeneAnswer: D4. Literature of Neoclassicism is different from that of Romanticism in that ______.A .the former celebrates reason, rationality , order and instruction while the latter sees literature as an expression of an individual's feeling and experiencesB. the former is heavily religious but the latter secularC. the former is an intellectual movement the purpose of which is to arouse the middle class for political rights while the latter is concerned with the personal cultivation.D. the former advocates the "return to nature" whereas the latter turns to the ancient Greek and Roman writers for its modelsAnswer: A5. When he writes, in An Essay on Criticism, "A vile conceit in pompous words expressed, / Is like a clown in regal purple dressed", Alexander Poppe means that __________.A. pompous words are always destructive to good tasteB. the purple colour is for the royal only and it is ridiculous to dress a clown in purpleC. conceits are always misleadingD. true wit is best in a plain styleAnswer: D 。
一 。（一）美國貨幣
美國貨幣由美元dollar和美分cent組成，one dollar等于100 cents 。其紙幣bill有一、二、五、十、二十、五十和一百美元等面值；硬幣（coin）有一美分（或a penny）、五美分（或a nickel）、十美分（或a dime）和二十五美分（或a quarter）等 。在數字前加$表示美元，如：$500表示五百美元；在數字后加C表示美分，如：50C表示50美分；表示由美元和美分組成的錢數時，常用$表示，如：$6.50 。
（二）英國貨幣
英國貨幣由英鎊（pound）和便士（pence）組成，也分為紙幣notes和硬幣coins 。紙幣有面值五鎊、十鎊、二十鎊和五十鎊；而硬幣，即金屬貨幣有一便士、二便士、五便士、十便士、二十便士、五十便士和一鎊等 。若指一定數額的硬幣，通常用piece，如2P(pieces)；隨身帶的硬幣可用change表示 。100 pence等于1 pound 。在數字前加￡表示多少英鎊，如：￡800為800英鎊；在數字后加P表示多少便士，如：5P表示五便士（penny的復數）；表示由英鎊和便士組成的錢數時通常不說出pence，如3鎊50便士可說成￡3.50或three pounds and fifty 。
1. The work that presented , for the first time in English literature, a comprehensive realistic picture of the medieval English society and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life is most likely______. A. William Langland ' Piers PlowmanB. Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury TalesC. John Gower'Confessio AmantisD. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightAnswer: B2. The tragedy of Dr.Faustus, the protagonist in Christopher Marlowe's The Tragic History of Dr.Faustus, is the very face that_____.A. man is confined to timeB. he tried to join Africa to SpainC. he became a man without soul after he sold itD. he conjured up Helen, the lady who was the very course of the Trojan WarAnswer: A3. Here are two lines from a ling poem: "Upon a great adventure he was bond, That greatest Gloriana to him gave." The poem must be_____.A. BeowulfB. John Milton's Samson AgonistesC. Thomas Gray's Elegy Written in a County ChurchyardD. Edmund Spenser's The Faerie QueeneAnswer: D4. Literature of Neoclassicism is different from that of Romanticism in that ______.A .the former celebrates reason, rationality , order and instruction while the latter sees literature as an expression of an individual's feeling and experiencesB. the former is heavily religious but the latter secularC. the former is an intellectual movement the purpose of which is to arouse the middle class for political rights while the latter is concerned with the personal cultivation.D. the former advocates the "return to nature" whereas the latter turns to the ancient Greek and Roman writers for its modelsAnswer: A5. When he writes, in An Essay on Criticism, "A vile conceit in pompous words expressed, / Is like a clown in regal purple dressed", Alexander Poppe means that __________.A. pompous words are always destructive to good tasteB. the purple colour is for the royal only and it is ridiculous to dress a clown in purpleC. conceits are always misleadingD. true wit is best in a plain styleAnswer: D 。

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