美国文学自测题及答案文档格式.docx

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c.LifeontheMississippi

d.TheAdventuresofTomSawyer

5.StephenCrane’sstylehasbeencalledrealistic,______andimpressionistic.

a.romanticb.naturalistic

c.classicald.imagining

6.______isthesceneofDreiser’sSisterCarrie.

a.NewYorkb.Chicago

c.Californiad.Washington

7.WhichisgenerallyregardedastheBibleofNewEnglandTranscendentalism?

a.Natureb.Walden

c.OnBeautyd.Self-Reliance

8.Melville’s_______isanencyclopediaofeverything,history,philosophy,religion,etc,inadditiontoadetailedaccountoftheoperationsofthewhalingindustry.

a.TheOldManandtheSeab.MobyDick

c.WhiteJacketd.BillyBudd

9.MarkTwaincreated,in_______,amasterpieceofAmericanrealismthatisalsooneofthegreatbooksofworldliterature.

a.HuckleberryFinn

b.TomSawyer

c.TheManThatCorruptedHadleyburg

d.TheGildedAge

10.Americanliteratureproducedonlyonefemalepoetduringthe19thcentury.Thiswas_______.

a.AnneBradstreetb.JaneAusten

c.EmilyDickinsond.HarrietBeecher

11.WithHowells,James,andMarkTwainactiveonthescene,______becamethemajortrendintheseventiesandeightiesofthe19thcentury.

a.sentimentalismb.Romanticism

c.realismd.naturalism

12.LeavesofGrasshas_______editions.

a.nineb.five

c.sixd.seven

13._______isnotamongtheartisticfeaturesofWhitman’swriting.

a.Theuseofthepoetic“I”b.Freeverse

c.Musicalityorrhythmd.Allegory

14.Melville’s_______isasemi-autobiographicalnovelconcerningthesufferingsofagentleyouthamongbrutalsailors.

a.Typeeb.Redburn

15._______isnotamongthewritingfeaturesofMelville’sworks.

a.symbolismb.allgory

c.psychologicalanalysesd.Dramaticmonologue

16.Therealisticperiodisreferredtoas“theGildedAge”by_______.

a.MarkTwainb.HenryJames

c.EmilyDickinsond.TheodoreDreiser

17._______isregardedbyH.L.Menkenas“thetruefatherofAmericannationalliterature.”

a.EmilyDickinsonb.HenryJames

c.MarkTwaind.TheodoreDreiser

18._______,beingaboy’sbookspeciallywrittenfortheadults,isMarkTwain’smostrepresentativebook.

a.RoughingIt

b.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn

c.LifeontheMississippi

d.TheAdventuresofTomSawyer

19.HenryJames’sfamegenerallyrestsuponhisnovelsandstorieswith________.

a.theloveandmarriagetheme

b.thethemeofhumorandsatireonlife

c.thethemeofrevealingthemiserablelifeofthepoorandcriticizingthecapitalism

d.theinternationaltheme

20.WithinDickinson’slittlelyrics,sheaddressesthoseissuesthatconcernthewholehumanbeings,whichexclude________.

a.religionb.Friendship

c.loved.immortality

II.Match.（20points,1pointforeach）

ChoosethecorrectlettersfromthelistoftheauthorsforthefollowingworksandputthemontotheAnswerSheet.

A.RalphWaldoEmersonB.HenryDavidThoreau

C.HermanMelvilleD.HenryW.Longfellow

E.WaltWhitmanF.EmilyDickinson

G.MarkTwainH.StephenCrane

I.HenryJames1.A2.E3.E4.C5.C

6.G7.I8.I9.F10.F

11.H12.B13.D14.G15.D

16.H17.G18.F19.A20.E

1.Self-reliance（）

2.ThereWasaChildWentForth（）

3.ThereWasaChildWentForth（）

4.WhiteJacket（）

5.MobyDick（）

6.LifeontheMississippi（）

7.DaisyMiller（）

8.WhatMaisieKnew（）

9.ThisisMyLettertotheWorld（）

10.ILiketoSeeItLaptheMiles（）

11.ARedBadgeofCourage（）

12.CivilDisobedience（）

13.VoicesoftheNight（）

14.TheGildedAge（）

15.Hiawatha（）

16.Maggie,AGirloftheStreets（）

17.TheAdventuresofTomSawyer（）

18.IHeardaFlyBuzz—WhenIDied（）

19.TheAmericanScholar（）

20.SongofMyself（）

III.Terms（20points,4pointsforeach）

Inthispartofthetest,therearefiveterms.Pleasegivethedefinitionfortheseterms.Scoreswillbegivenfortherelatedcontents.Fourindividualcontentswillbeenoughforfourpoints.

1.FreeVerse

2.Transcendentalism

3.AmericanRealism

4.AmericanNaturalism

5.LocalColor

IV.Appreciation（10points,5pointsforeach）

Inthispartofthetest,therearetwoexcerpts.Eachoftheexcerptsisfollowedbythreequestions.ReadtheexcerptsandanswerthequestionsontheAnswerSheet.

PartA

Success

Successiscountedsweetest

Thosewhone’ersucceed.

Tocomprehendanectar

Requiressorestneed.

Notoneofallthepurplehost

Whotooktheflagtoday

Cantellthedefinition,

Soclear,ofvictory,

Ashe,defeated,dying,

Onwhoseforbiddenear

Thedistantstrainsoftriumph

Break,agonizedandclear.

1.Whoistheauthorofthepoem?

（1’）

2.Accordingtothepoem,whatbestunderstandssuccess?

3.Inyouropinion,whowantsmosttosucceed?

4.TranslatethefirststanzaintoChinese.（2’）

PartB

IheardthetrailinggarmentsoftheNight

Sweepthroughhermarblehalls!

Isawhersableskirtsallfringedwithlight

Fromthecelestialwalls!

Ifeltherpresence,byitsspellofmight,

Stoopo’ermefromabove;

Thecalm,majesticpresenceoftheNight,

AsoftheoneofIlove.

Iheardthesoundsofsorrowanddelight,

Themanifold,softchimes,

ThatfillthehauntedchambersoftheNight,

Likesomeoldpoet’srhymes.

Fromthecoolcisternsofthemidnightair

Myspiritdrankrepose;

Thefountainofperpetualpeaceflowsthere,--

Fromthosedeepcisternsflows.

OholyNight!

fromtheeIlearntobear

Whatmanhasbornebefore!

Thoulayestthyfingeronthelipsofcare,

Andtheycomplainnomore.

Peace!

Peace!

Orestes-likeIbreathethisprayer!

Descendwithbroad-wingedflight,

Thewelcome,thethrice-prayedfor,themostfair,

Thebest-belovedNight!

1.Whatisthetitleofthepoem?

Whoistheauthor?

2.HowdoesthepoetpersonifytheNight?

3.Whatdoeshelearnfromher?

V.Identification（20points,2pointforeach）

Inthispartofthetest,therearetenexcertps.JudgetheauthorsandtitlesoftheseworksandfillthemontheAnswerSheet.

1.AsthedoorofMrs.Pocock’ssalonwaspushedopenforhim,thenextday,wellbeforenoon,hewasreachedbyavoicewithacharmingsoundthatmadehimjustfalterbeforecrossingthethreshold.MadamedeVionnetwasalreadyonthefield…

2.Letusconsiderthewayinwhichwespendourlives.

Thisworldisaplaceofbusiness.Whataninfinitebustle!

Iamawakedalmosteverynightbythepantingofthelocomotive.Itinterruptsmydreams.ThereisnoSabbath.Itwouldbeglorioustoseemankindatleisureforonce.Itisnothingbutwork,work,work.

3.Comeupfromthefieldsfather,here’saletterfromourPete,

Andcometothefrontdoormother,here’saletterfromthydearson.

4.Thusadvanceoftheenemyhadseemedtotheyouthlikearuthlesshunting.Hebegantofumewithrageandexasperation.Hebeathisfootupontheground,andscowledwithhateattheswirlingsmokethatwasapproachinglikeaphantomflood.

5.I’mnobody!

Whoareyou?

Areyounobody,too?

Thenthere’sapairofus—don’ttell!

They’dbanishus,youknow.

6.Itastealiquorneverbrewed,

Fromtankardsscoopedinpearl;

NotallthevatsupontheRhine

Yieldsuchanalcohol!

7.NowIhadoftenseenpilotsgazingatthewaterandpretendingtoreaditasifitwereabook;

butitwasabookthattoldmenothing.Atimecameatlast,however,whenMr.Bixbyseemedtothinkmefarenoughadvancedtobearalessononwater-reading.

8.Whosowouldbeamanmustbeanonconformist.Hewhowouldgatherimmortalpalmsmustnotbehinderedbythenameofgoodness,butmustexploreifitbegoodness.Nothingisatlastsacredbuttheintegrityofyourownmind…

9.Whetherfaggedbythethreedays’runningchase,andtheresistancetohisswimmingintheknottedhamperhebore;

orwhetheritwassomelatentdeceitfulnessandmaliceinhim:

whicheverwastrue,theWhiteWhale’swaynowbegantoabate,asitseemed,fromtheboatsorapidlynearinghimoncemore;

thoughindeedthewhale’slaststarthadnotbeensolongaoneasbefore.

10.Ah!

whatpleasantvisionshauntme

AsIgazeuponthesea!

Alltheoldromanticlegends,

Allmydreams,comebacktome.

VI.Comment.（10points）

Inthispartofthetest,youaregiventwoselections.ChooseONEofthemandgiveacommentontheAnswerSheet.Scoreswillbegivenaccordingtothecontent,grammarandthecompletenessoftherelatedknowledge.

ThisIsMyLettertotheWorld

Thisismylettertotheworld,

Thatneverwrotetome,--

ThesimplenewsthatNaturetold,

Withtendermajesty.

Hermessageiscom