美国文学选读试题

第1页美国文学史及作品选读模拟试题一I.MultipleChoice(1’×15=15’)1.C______wasthefirstcolonyinAmericanhistory.A.MassachusettsB.NewJerseyC.VirginiaD.Georgia2._B_____wastheonlygoodAmericanauthorbeforetheRevolutionaryWar.OneofhisfellowAmericanssaid,“Hisshadowliesheavierthananyotherman’sonthisyoungnation.”A.JohnSmithB.BenjaminFranklinC.ThomasJeffersonD.ThomasPaine3.RomanticsputemphasisonthefollowingEXCEPT__A____.A.commonsenseB.imaginationC.intuitionD.individualism4.TheRavenwaswrittenin1844by__B______A.PhilipFreneauB.EdgarAllanPoeC.HenryWadsworthLongfellowD.EmilyDickinson5.Theship__C____carriedaboutonehundredPilgrimsandtook66daystobeatitswayacrosstheAtlantic.InDecemberof1620,itputthePilgrimsashoreatPlymouth,Massachusetts.A.SunflowerB.ArmadaC.MayflowerD.Titanic6.Melville’snovel__D____isatremendouschronicleofawhalingvoyageinpursuitofaseeminglysupernaturalwhitewhale.A.TypeeB.OmooC.WhiteJacketD.MobyDick7.Asaphilosophicalandliterarymovement,__D____flourishedinNewEnglandfromthe1830stotheCivilWar.A.ModernismB.RationalismC.SentimentalismD.Transcendentalism8.Thethemeoforiginalsinisfullyreflectedin___A______.A.TheScarletLetterB.SisterCarrieC.TheGreatGatsbyD.TheOldManandSea9.InallhisnovelsTheodoreDreisersetshimselftoprojectthe___B___Americanvalues.Forexample,inSisterCarrie,thereisnotonecharacterwhosestatusisnotdeterminedeconomically.第2页A.PuritanB.materialisticC.psychologicalD.religious10.Realismwasareactionagainst____B__oramoveawayfromthebiastowardsromanceandself-creatingfictions,andpavedthewaytoModernism.A.RationalismB.RomanticismC.NeoclassicismD.Enlightenment11.__C______wasapoetinAmericanmodernperiodwhowasdeeplyinfluencebyeasternculture.A.T.SEliotB.RobertFrostC.EzraPoundD.WaltWhitman12.WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutEmilyDickinsonisNOTtrue?DA.After1862shebecameatotalrecluse,notleavingherhousenorseeingclosefriends.B.SheoncefeltadeepaffectionforCharlesWadsworth,amarriedagedminister,butitprovedtobeafrustratedloveaffairforDickinson.C.Shewroteaboutdeath,immortality,nature,successandfailure.D.Duringherlifetime,allherpoemsarepublished.13.Therealisticperiodisreferredtoas“theGildedAge”by__A_____.A.MarkTwainB.HenryJamesC.EmilyDickinsonD.TheodoreDreiser14.WhichofthefollowingworksisNOTbyErnestHemingway?CA.TheOldManandSeaB.AFarewelltoArmsC.SoundandFuryD.ForWhomtheBellTolls15.WhichoneisNOTthecharacteristicofmodernism?DA.Modernisminliteratureischaracterizedbyexperimentation,anti-realism,individualismandastressonthecerebralratherthanemotiveaspects.B.Modernismisgreatlyinfluencedbythetwoworldwars.C.TheworkofMarx,andFreud,hadmountedanassaultagainstorthodoxreligiousfaiththatlastedintothetwentiethcentury.D.Modernistsbelievethathumannatureiskind.II.MatchtheColumnAwithColumnB(1’×10=10’)ColumnAColumnB(c)1.Dimmesdalea.RobertFrost(e)2.Ahabb.MarkTwain第3页(i)3.Drouetc.TheScarletLetter(a)4.PulitzerPrizerd.ThomasJefferson(h)5.Reclusivepoete.MobyDick(b)6.humoristandsatiristf.ErnestHeminway(d)7.TheDecalrationofIndepenenceg.HenryDavidThoreau(g)8.transcendentalisth.EmilyDickinson(j)9.TheGreatGatsbyi.SisterCarrie(f)10.TheLostGenerationj.F.ScottFitzgeraldIII.Definethefollowingwordswithinonephrase(2’×5=10’)1.freeverse2.RalphWaldoEmerson3.MarkTwain4.BenjaminFranklin5.EzraPoundIV.Simplequestions(5’×4=20’)1.WhatarePuritanthoughts?2.WhatisTranscedentalismandlistsomerepresentativefigures?3.Explainthesymbolicmeaningsof“A”inTheScarletLetter.4.IllustratethethreeprinciplesofImagistPoetry.V.Interpretingthefollowingtexts(45’)Text1Whenagirlleavesherhomeateighteen,shedoesoneoftwothings.Eithershefallsintosavinghandsandbecomesbetter,orsherapidlyassumesthecosmopolitanstandardofvirtueandbecomesworse.Ofanintermediatebalance,underthecircumstances,thereisnopossibility.Thecityhasitscunningwiles,nolessthantheinfinitelysmallerandmorehumantempter.Therearelargeforceswhichallurewithallthesoulfulnessofexpressionpossibleinthemostculturedhuman.Thegleamofathousandlightsisoftenaseffectiveasthepersuasivelightinawooingandfascinatingeye.Halftheundoingoftheunsophisticatedandnaturalmindisaccomplishedbyforceswhollysuperhuman.Ablareofsound,aroaroflife,avastarrayofhumanhives,appealtotheastonishedsensesinequivocalterms.Withoutacounsellorathand第4页towhispercautiousinterpretations,whatfalsehoodsmaynotthesethingsbreatheintotheunguardedear!Unrecognisedforwhattheyare,theirbeauty,likemusic,toooftenrelaxes,thenweakens,thenpervertsthesimplerhumanperceptions.Questions1.Pleaseuseonephrasetosummarizetheaboveparagraph(2’)2.Whatarethetwopossibilitiesforagirlofeighteenleavingherhome?(2’)3.Pleasefindoutthefiguresofspeech(2’)4.Whataretheattractiveforcesmentionedinabigcity?(4’)5.Howarenaturalistviewsarereflectedinthisparagraph?Illustrateyourpointswithexamples(5’)Text2BecauseIcouldnotstopforDeath–Hekindlystoppedforme--TheCarriageheldbutjustOurselves--AndImmortality.Weslowlydrove--HeknewnohasteAndIhadputawayMylaborandmyleisuretoo,ForHisCivility–WepassedtheSchool,whereChildrenstroveAtRecess--intheRing--WepassedtheFieldsofGazingGrain--WepassedtheSettingSun–…Sincethen--'tisCenturies--andyetFeelsshorterthantheDayIfirstsurmisedtheHorses'He