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1、美国文学期末考试试卷模拟试题一I. Fill in the following blanks and put your answers on the Answer Sheet. (15%, 1point for each)publication of established Emerson as the most eloquent spokesman of NewEngland Transcendentalism.work, thrift, and sobriety were the Puritan values that dominated much of theearliest Ameri
2、can writing.87, read his poetry at the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy.London's masterwork is somewhat autobiographical., the tragic hero ofMoby Dick , burning with a baleful fire, becomes evil himself inhis thirst to destroy evil.Pound was the leader of a new movement in poetry which
3、he called the “movement.7. “The Custom House is an introductory note to the novel .the works attacki ng the “American Dream, by Fitzgerald is a powerfulpiece.Whitman was a pioneering figure of American poetry. His innovation first of all liesin his use of , poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhy
4、me scheme.1954, won the Nobel Prize for Literature for his “mastery of the art ofmodern narration .American literary history, is called “the Recluse of Amherst since sheisolated herself from the outside almost for life.12. “The Fall of the House of Usher is a short story written by .launched two kin
5、ds of immensely popular stories: the sea adventure and the frontiersaga, represented by The Leatherstocking Tales.publication of T. S. Eliot's in 1922, the most significant American poem ofthe 20th century, helped to establish a modern tradition of literature rich withlearning and allusive thoug
6、ht.15. “The Cop and the Anthem is a short story written by .II. Each of thefollowing statements is followed byfour alternative answers.Choosethe one that would best complete the statement. Then put your answers on the Answer Sheet. (20%, 1 point for each)Melville, as well as for the reader and , the
7、 narrator, Moby Dick is still amystery, an ultimately mystery of the universe.A. Stubb B. Ishmael C. Ahab D. Starbuckof the poems in Whitman's Leaves of Grass sing of the “en- mass and the asB. self-well.A. nature of the following is Not one of the main ideas advocated by Ralph EmersonrelianceC.
8、 selfD. lifeA. Importance of the Individual B. Faith in ChristianityC. The OverSoul D. SelfRelianceHawthorne's novels and short stories,intellectuals usually appear as .A.saviorsB. villainsC.comme ntatorsD. observersAmerica n literature.escaping from the society and returningto nature is a com m
9、onsubject. The following titles are all related, in one way or another, to the subject except.'s Sister CarrierTwain' s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn's Leatherstocking Tales's Waldenof the followi ng is Not optimistic about huma n n atureA.RalphEmers onB. Walt WhitmanC.Natha nie
10、lD. He nryHawthor neThoreauIrving was best known for his famous short stories such as.Van Win kle and Moby DickVan Win kle and The Lege nd of Sleepy HollowGoodman Brownand Moby DickFall of the House of Usher and Rip Van Win kleDickinson wrote many of her poems on various aspects of life. Which of th
11、e followingis Not a usual subject of her poetic expressi onA.Religio nB. Life and death marriage D. War and peaceJames is mostly concerned with in his fiction.A. the inner life of human beingsB. small town life in backward regionsC. suffering of the agedD. violent events in historyis called by Hemin
12、gway the one from which“all modern American literature comes.A. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer B. Life on the MississippiC. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn D. The Gilded AgeFaulkner 's works mainly concern the American .A. New England B. South C. Mid West D. Westof Mark Twain's contribution
13、s to American literature is that he made anaccepted standard literary medium.A. talltaleB.localcolorismC. humorDcolloquial speechDickinson wrote 1775 poems, but only _ of which had appeared during her life time.A. 7B8C9D. 10writing In a Station of the Metro, Pound got his inspiration from A.EnglishB
14、.sonnetD. FrenchJapanese haikuC. Chinese classical poetrythe following American writers,has Not won the Nobel Prize for Literature.A.WilliamFaulknerB.Ernest HemingwayC.JohnSteinbeckD. F. S. FitzgeraldFrost is a regional poet in the sense that his poems are mainly concerned about theA.lifeinNewB.York
15、 country life in New EnglandC.seaadventuresD. lifeon the Mississippi Riverworks ofrevealthe misery of the migrant workers becauseofthe AmericanDepression.A.F.S.FitzgeraldB. John SteinbeckC.ErnestHemingwayD. WilliamHowellsMrs.George kill or tobeMarkTheodoreD.C.1862, President Lincoln exclaimed: “So y
16、ou are the littlewoman who wrote the bookthat started this great war! Who is this woman referred to A.StoweB. Emily DickinsonC.EliotC. Jane Austenis not surprising to find in 's fiction a world of jungle, wherekilled was the law.A.TwainB. Emily DickinsonC.DreiserHenry James20.“Let's portray
17、man and woman in a way that we meet them in our real life. may be a principle for the characterization of .A. romanticism B. realismnaturalismC. modernismIII. Explain the following and put your answers on the Answer Sheet. (15%, 5 points for each)color fictionJohn Smith3. “Annabel Lee IV. Answer the
18、 following questions briefly, and put your answers on the Answer Sheet.(30%, 10 points for each)' s the difference between Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson' s the symbolic significance ofThe Scarlet Letter美国文学期末考试试卷模拟试题二I. Fill in the following blanks and put your answers on the Answer Sheet
19、. (15%, 1 point for each)was a founding figure of American poetry, whose innovation first of all lies in his use of the free verse, poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme.publication of Nature established as the most eloquent spokesman of New EnglandTranscendentalism.work, thrift, and s
20、obriety were the Puritan values that dominated much of theearliest American writing.is considered to be the founder of psychological realism, who believed that reality lies in the impressions made by life on the spectator.Eden is the novel into which put most of himself.publication of written by T.
21、S. Eliot helped to establish a modern traditionof literature rich with learning and allusive thought.7. “The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough. This isthe shortest poem written by .the publication ofThe Sun Also Rises , became the spokesman for what GertrudeStein h
22、ad called “a Lost Generation .9. “The Custom House is an introductory note to the novel .the works attacking the “American Dream, by Fitzgerald is a powerfulpiece.Dickinson wrote 1775 poems, but only of which had appeared during her life time., the tragic hero ofMoby Dick , burning with a baleful fi
23、re, becomes evil himself inhis thirst to destroy evil.a poet, heralded American literary independence: his close observation ofnature distinguished his treatment of indigenous wild life and other native Americansubjects, e. g:The Wild Honey Suckle .publication of Washington Irving 's , a collect
24、ion of essays, sketches andtales, marks the beginning of American romanticism.15. “The Cop and the Anthem is a short story written by .II. Each of the following statements is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement. Put your answers on the Answer S
25、heet. (30%, 1 point for each)Leaves of Grass , is all that concerned Whitman.A.individualismB. freedomC. democracyD. all the aboveis the narrator ofA.Moby Dick.AhabB.C.FlaskIshmaelD. Queequeg1837, Ralph Emerson made a speech entitled at Harvard, which was hailed byB. Self-RelianceD.A. Declaration of
26、 IndependenceC. Divinity School AddressThe American ScholarTranscendentalistsindividual is believe that,first, nature is ennobling;and second, theA.viciousbynatureB.insignificantC.forward-lookingD. divineHawthorne' s novels and short stories, intellectuals usually appear as .A. saviors B.villain
27、sC. commentatorsD.observersAmerican literature,escaping from the society and returningto nature is a commonsubject. The following titles are all related, in one way or another, to the subjectexcept s Sister CarrierTwain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn's Leather-Stocking Tales's Wald
28、en 7. “I celebrate myself, and sing myself,And what I assume you shall assume,For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.Who could have written these lines .PoeRalph EmersonC.WhitmanD. Henry Thoreauof the following is Not optimistic about human natureA.EmersonB. Walt WhitmanC.HawthorneTho
29、reauof the following statements aboutThe Scarlet Letter is Not true .explores man 's never -ending search for the satisfaction of materialistic desires. relates the conflicts between the society and the individual.presents a psychological analysis of the inward tensions of the characters. is abo
30、ut the effect of sin on the people involved and the society as a whole.Irving was best known for his famous short stories such as .Van Winkle and Moby DickVan Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Goodman Brownand Moby DickFall of the House of Usherand Rip Van WinkleB.WaltRalphNathanielD. HenryDick
31、inson wrote many of her poems on various aspects of life. Which of the following is Not a usual subject of her poetic expression .A.ReligionB. Life and deathC.LoveandmarriageD. Warand peaceTwain wrote most of his literary works with a language.A. grandpompousC. vernacularperiod ranging from 1865 to
32、1914 has been referred to as A. the Age of RomanticismB.D. simpleB. the Age ofRealismC.theAgeofModernismColonialismD. the Age ofis called by Hemingway the one from whichall modern American literature comes.A. The Adventures of Tom SawyerB. Life on theMississippiC. The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnD
33、. The Gilded Agemain theme of's The Art of Fictionreveals his literarycredo thatrepresentation of life should be the main object of the novel.A.MarkTwainB. Henry JamesTheodoreC.D.DreiserWilliam Dean Howellsis not surprising to find in killed was the law.'s fiction a world of jungle, wherekil
34、l or to beA.TwainMarkB. Emily Dickinson C.DreiserTheodoreD.Henry Jamesto Hawthorne, the scarlet LetterA which originally stands for, finallyobtains the meaning ofable or “angel through Hester ' s efforts.A.arroganceB. adulteryC.agonyC. accomplishmentthe period after the Civil War, the American s
35、ociety entered in what Mark Twainreferred to asA.Agethe Modern AgeC.thetheGoldenB.GildedAgeC. thePuritan AgeFrost is generally considered to be a regional poet in the sense that his subject22. “In a Station of the MetroimagistB.D.RenaissanceB. the NeoclassicalJazzEngland D. Mid WestFaulkner 's w
36、orks mainly concern the American .A. New England B. South C. Mid West D. West1954, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for his“ mastery of the art ofmodern narration. A. T. S. EliotB. Ernest HemingwayC. JohnSteinbeckD. William Faulkneris regarded by critics as a classic specimen of A. the poe
37、try the absurd poetryC. the romantic poetrythe transcendental poetry' s fictional world is the best embodiment of the spirit of A. the PeriodPeriodC. the AgeC. the Romantic Periodusually was regarded as the first American writer.A.WilliamBradfordB. Anne BradstreetEmilyC.Dickinsonworks ofC. Capta
38、in John Smithreveal the misery of the migrant workers because of the AmericanDepression.A.FitzgeraldB. John SteinbeckC.HemingwayWilliam Howellsis NOT a fictional character inA.PearlF.S.ErnestD.The Scarlet LetterB. Arthur DimmesdaleRogerD.C.ChillingworthSantiago87, read his poetry at the inauguration
39、 of President John F. Kennedy.A.EdwinRobinsonB. Wallace StevensC.CarlSandburgC. Robert Frost28.“Let's portray man and woman in a way that we meet them in our real life. Thismay be a principle for the characterization of .A. romanticism B. realism C. naturalism D. modernism1862, President Lincoln
40、 exclaimed: “So you are the littlewoman who wrote the bookthat started this great war! Who is this woman referred to .A. Mrs. StoweB. Emily DickinsonC. George EliotD. Jane Austenhis novels reveal that, as time went on, Mark Twain became increasingly .A. optimistic B. pessimistic C. confidentD. conte
41、ntedIII. Explain the following and put your answers on the Answer Sheet. (15%, 5 points for each)1. New England literary renaissance2. “My Lost Youth (by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)3. William Dean HowellsIV. Make a brief comment on the following and put your answers on the Answer Sheet.(20%, 10 poin
42、ts for each)Romanticism.Meeber in Sister Carrier美国文学期末考试试卷模拟试题三I. Complete eachof the following statements with properwords orphrases. (20%, 1point for each)1817, the statelypoem called “Thanatopsis introducedthe bestpoet, toappear in America up to that time.Fennimore Cooper launched two kinds of im
43、mensely popularstories:the sea adventureandEmerson was recognized throughout his life as the leaderofmovement, yet henever applied the term to himself or to his beliefs and ideas.Melville 's novelis a tremendous chronicleof a whaling voyage in pursuit of aseemingly supernatural white whale.the e
44、arly 19 th century, Washington Irving wrote which became the first work byan American writer to win financial success on both sides of the Atlantic.1845, Henry David Thoreau began a two-year residence at Pond.his death, became the only American to be honored with a bust in the Poet'sCorner of We
45、stminster Abbey.American Romantic period stretches from the end of the 18th century through the outburst of the .arbiter of 19 th century literary realism in America was .poetic style Walt Whitman devised is now called , which is poetry without afixed beat or regular rhyme scheme.is considered the f
46、ounder of psychological realism. He believed that reality lies inthe impressions made by life on the spectator.is the novel into which Jack London put most of himself. Henry' s is a very moving story of a young couple who sell their bestpossessions in order to get money for a Christmas present for each other.was the leader of a