《中国文化通览》第一单元测试卷.doc

《中国文化通览》第一单元测试卷
Part I Gap-filling (30%)
1. ___________________ is the natural economic pattern in ancient China.
2. ___________________ is the main stream of the ancient Chinese culture based on.
3. ___________________ was instrumental in molding the basic social outlook of ancient China.
4. The scale of production of the economy in ancient China is _____________________..
5. The notion of _____________________ was in nature a methodology.
6. Lao Zi’s ideal society is ___________________, in which people live within hail but never visit each other.
7. The culture includes the ______________ and ______________as well as their ______________.
8. The unique thinking pattern of the Chinese is ___________________ and the thinking in the mode of Confucian classics’ study.

Part II Multiple Choices (30%)
1. What is the “oneness of man and nature” means in the Confucianism?
A The naturalization of personality B The moralization of personality
C. The sublime morality and spirit D. The elevation of moral quality to a state hard of access
2. Which policy adopted by the rulers of the Northern Song Dynasty?
A. Encourage farming and limit commerce
B. Lay stress on the cultural achievement while make light of the military exploits
C. Internal defense and external slackening
D. Burn books and bury Confucian scholars alive
3. Who’s ideal society is a small state with a small population?
A. Lao Zi B. Confucius C. Mencius D. Xun zi
4. Which is not the characteristic of Xuan Xue ?
A. Xuan Xue combines Confucianism with Taoism
B. Xuan Xue dealt with the ontological problems of the world
C. Xuan Xue protested the rule of inaction
D. Xuan Xue resorted to the differentiation and analysis method to differentiate things and to find out the “motivation”
5. Which statement is wrong?
A. Dao Xue—Song and Ming Dynasties B. Buddhism—Sui and Tang Dynasties
C. Tao Metaphysics—Qing Dynasties D. Imperial Confucianism—Han Dynasties
6. What is the spiritual life of Chinese?
A. sincerity, freedom and intellectual cultivation B. sincerity, integrity and intellectual cultivation
C .freedom, integrity and intellectual cultivation D. sincerity, equality and intellectual cultivation
7. What does the golden mean stress?
A. the unity of opposites B. the separation of opposites
C. the unity of alternatives D. the separation of alternatives
8. Which opinion below accords with Taoism?
A. All the land under the sky belongs to the king; all the people within this country are the king’s subjects
B. the golden mean
C. benevolent government
D. defeat the strong by the weak
9. “Six realms” is whose opinion?
A. Confucianism B. Zhuang Zi C. Xun Zi D. Lao zi
10. Which statement is wrong?
A. “the golden mean” —Confucianism
B. “out of depth of misfortune comes bliss” —Confucianism
C. “benevolent government”—Zhuang Zi
D. “people come first, the state comes second and the king third” —Confucianism

Part III Questions (40%)
1. Explain “Culture is like the water a fish swim in”? (12%)
2. How did Confucianism and Taoism explain “Heaven”? (16%)
3. The roles agriculture played in ancient China. (12%)

Keys:
Part 1 Gap Filling
1. The small-scale peasant economy
2. Agricultural Civilization
3. Farming
4. small
5. "the golden mean"
6. a small state with a small population
7. spiritual culture; behavioral culture; materialized presentations
8. the dialectical thinking
Part 2 Multiple Choices
1-5 BCACC 6-10 BADBC
Part 3 Questions
Question 1
1. We are surrounded by it and we take it for granted so we cannot imagine another environment.
2. It is a must.
3. We are seldom aware of its existence and can’t describe the water even if we want to.
Question 2
1）In Confucianism it means the moralization of personality, “Heaven” indicating sublime morality and spirit. It stresses moral cultivation.
2）In Taoism it means the naturalization of personality, “Heaven” being a pristine and natural spirit in its original state. And it returns to the nature.
Questions 3
1) Agriculture was fundamental to the development of ancient China;
2) Farming was instrumental in molding the basic social outlook of ancient China.
3) Agriculture shaped the political system and ideology: encouraging farming but limiting commerce.