在职申硕英语考试

【单选题】The Vikings have left many traces of their settlement which are still visible today.Archaeology provides physical evidence of their conquests, settlement and daily life. The study of place names and language shows the lasting effect which the Viking settlements had in theBritish Isles, andDN
A、analysis provides some insights into the effect the Vikings had on the genetic stock of the countries where they settleD、All of this provides valuable information, but the only reason that we have an idea of the "Vikings" as a people is their appearance in the written sources.
Unfortunately, the value of the written evidence is limiteD、Not a lot of evidence survives, and much of what we have is either uninformative or unreliable. Many popular ideas about Vikings are nineteenth-century inventions. Others are the result of early historians accepting sources which modern scholars now regard as completely unreliable. In Scandinavia the VikingAge is regarded as part of prehistory because there are practically no contemporary written sources.Even in westernEurope, the VikingAge is often seen as part of the "DarkAges", from which comparatively few historical records have surviveD、
Surviving accounts of Viking activity were almost exclusively written by clergymen (神职人员). These monastic chronicles (编年史) outline broadly what happened, at what date. There are also sources of a more directly religious nature, such as the much-quoted letters ofAlcuin, and Wulfstan’s famous "Sermon of the Wolf ", both of which chose to interpret the Viking raids as God’s punishment on theAnglo-Saxons for their sins.Even the chronicles reflect the fact that the Vikings often attacked monasteries for their wealth, which created an obvious bias against them, and the hostile tone of these contemporary accounts has done much to create the popular image of Viking atrocities. However, modern historians have noted that the same sources showChristian rulers behaving equally unpleasantly, but without being condemned on religious grounds.
We tend to think of the Vikings as a race of Scandinavian warriors, but the reality is more complex. Raids on theBritish Isles and the coasts of France and Spain were the work of Vikings from Norway andDenmark. The word Viking means one who lurks in a "vik" or bay, in effect, a pirate.
The word "Viking" has come to describe a whole new age inEurope between about 800 and 1150. This is despite the fact that Vikings were not just pirates and warriors but also traders and colonists.But at the start of the VikingAge in the last decade of the 8th century, loot and adventure were the main goals of the Norwegians who raided in Scotland and Ireland and of theDanes who attackedEnglanD、Gold and silver treasures accumulated by the great monasteries could be converted into personal wealth and thus power, and captives could be sold as slaves. What better way for the young sons of good families to earn their way and see the world
The Vikings atrocious image has been created by ______ .
A、Anglo Saxons

B、Christian rulers
C．Alcuin
D．churchmen

网考网参考答案：D
网考网解析：
文章第三段第一句Surviving accounts of Viking activity were almost exclusively written bv churchmen.(幸存的有关维京人活动的记载几乎无一例外是由教士们写的。)因此D项正确。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>