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一、选择题
()1.AboutWashingtonIrving,FatherofAmericanshortstories,whichofthefollowingstatementisright?
A.Asawriter,heremainedademocraticandalwaysexaltedadisappearingpast.
B.HepreferredtheOldWorldtotheNew.
C.ManyofhiswritingsarefocusedonAmericansubjects,landscapes,particularlythelegendsoftheHudsonRiverregionofthefreshyoungland.
D.Heiswell-knownforhisinternationalthemeacrosstheAtlantic.
()2.Despitestrongforeigninfluences,AmericanromanticwritingsaretypicallyAmericanwhichcanberevealedinthefollowing______.
A.adesireforanescapefromcivilizedsocietyandareturntotheennoblingnature
B.theAmericannationalexperienceof“pioneeringintothewest”
C.Americantypeofcharactersspeakinglocaldialectsappearedinthefiction
D.alloftheabove
()3.Inthewell-knownstoryRipVanWinkle,Ripisasleepfor20yearsduringwhich______takesplace.
A.WorldWarIB.theCivilWar
C.WorldWarIID.theRevolutionaryWar
()4.AccordingtoEmerson,whichofthefollowingisnotmentionedasthespecialtermsinhisNature?
A.“unityofNature”B.“Over-Soul”
C.“supernature”D.“atransparenteyeball”
()5.RalphWaldoEmersonhates______.
A.UnitarianismB.Puritanism
C.ProtestantismD.Transcendentalism
()6.WhichofthefollowingstatementsissaidaboutmostofthepoemsinWhitman’sLeavesofGrass?
A.TheyidentifyhisegowiththeconservativeAmerica.
B.Theysingofthe“en-masse”andtheselfaswell.
C.Theycelebratetheselfandignoresexuality.
D.Theyrejectthepursuitofloveandhappinessofindividuals.
()7.RealismwasareactionagainstRomanticismandpavedthewayto______.
A.PuritanismB.Modernism
C.PostmodernismD.Materialism
()8.______isconsidered“thetruefatherofAmericannationalliterature.”
A.MarkTwainB.WashingtonIrving
C.RalphEmersonD.WaltWhitman
()9.HenryJames’mostdistinguishedliterarytechniqueishis______.
A.narrativepointofview
B.author’sparticipationinnarrating
C.firstpersonnarrative
D.techniqueofstreamofconsciousness
()10.ThesubjectsofEmilyDickinson’spoemsaremainlyaboutthefollowingexcept______.
A.religionB.deathandimmortality
C.manandmoralityD.loveandnature
()11.MarkTwaincreatedin______,amasterpieceofAmericanrealismthatisalsooneofthegreatbooksofworldliterature.
A.TheManThatCorruptedHadleyburyB.TomSawyer
C.HuckleberryFinnD.TheGildedAge
()12.HenryJames,thegreatAmericanrealist,treatedwithgreatcare______inthefirstperiod.
A.ancientEuropeancivilizationwhichissatirizedseverelyinhiswritings
B.theemotionalandmoralproblemsofAmericansinEurope,orEuropeansinAmerica
C.theclashesbetweentwodifferentcultures,EuropeanandAmerican
D.bothBandC
()13.WhichofthefollowingstatementscanbesaidaboutthenovelSisterCarrie?
A.ItsheroineisaSouthernaristocraticwoman,whorefusestocometotermswiththepresent.
B.Itsheroineisacountrygirl,whostrivestogainhermaterialriseinbigcitiesbutsoongetstiredofhersuccess.
C.Theheroineisayoungvaingirl,whoindulgesherselfingrandpartiesandluxurioustripsbutsoonbecomespenniless.
D.Ittellsaboutayoungsailor,whostrugglestoreachtheuppersocietybutsoongetsdisillusioned.
()14.ThefinestexampleofNathanielHawthorne’ssymbolismistherecreationofPuritanBostonin______.
A.TheScarletLetterB.YoungGoodmanBrown
C.TheMarbleFaunD.TheAmbitiousGuest
()15.Duringthefirstpartofthe20thcentury,withaseriesofwarsthewholeworldhadundergoneadramaticsocialchange,atransformation______.
A.fromordertodisorderB.fromdisordertoorder
C.fromdisordertochaosD.fromchaostodisorder
()16.TheAmericansocialupheavalsandtheliteraryconcernsoftheGreatDepressionyearsendedwiththeprosperityandturmoilbroughtby______.
A.WorldWarIB.WorldWarII
C.theCivilWarD.theWarofIndependence
()17.AstotheAmericanrealists,whichofthefollowingstatementsisright?
A.Theytriedtoexploretheharshrealitiesoflifeaswellastheillusionofheroism.
B.Theirattentionwasdirectedtothegreateventsofthecontemporarytime.
C.Theyaimedattheinterpretationoftheactualitiesofanyaspectoflife,freefromsubjectiveprejudice,idealism,orromanticcolor.
D.alloftheabove.
()18.Inthe1960sand1970s,thereappearedthewritersofthe“newfiction”inAmerica,whosharedalmostthesamebeliefthat______.
A.humanbeingsarelivinginaprosperousandlivelyworld
B.humanbeingsaretrappedinameaninglessworld
C.neitherGodnormancanmakesenseofthehumancondition
D.bothBandC
()19.Inthe1920s,O’Neillestablishedaninternationalreputationwiththeplays______.
A.TheEmperorJonesB.AnnaChristle
C.TheHairyApeD.alloftheabove
()20.In1954,______wasawardedtheNobelPrizeforliteratureforhis“masteryoftheartofmodernnarration.”
A.T.S.EliotB.JohnSteinbeck
C.ErnestHemingwayD.WilliamFaulkner
()21.WhichoffollowingisnotrightaboutthethematicconcernsofRobertFrost?
A.Hissenseoffailureandmeaninglessnessabouthumanlife.
B.Theterrorandtragedyinnature,aswellasitsbeauty.
C.Thelonelinessandpovertyoftheisolatedhumanbeing.
D.Hisloveoflifeandhisbeliefinaserenitycomingfromworking.
()22.Typicalofthe“iceberg”analogyis______writingstyle.
A.EugeneO’Neill’sB.ErnestHemingway’s
C.WilliamFaulkner’sD.ScottFitzgerald’s
()23.TheJazzAgeofthe1920scharacterizedbyfrivolityandcarelessnessisbroughtvividlytolifein______works.
A.EugeneO’Neill’sB.ErnestHemingway’s
C.WilliamFaulkner’sD.ScottFitzgerald’s
()24.Themodernstream-of-consciousnesstechniquewasfrequentlyandskillfullyexploitedby______toemphasizethereactionsandinnermusingsofthenarrator.HecapturedthedialectsoftheMississippicharacters,includingNegroesandtheredneck,aswellasmorerefinedandeducatednarratorslikeQuentin.
A.FaulknerB.FitzgeraldC.HemingwayD.Steinbeck
()25.______wonthePulitzerPrizefourtimesandwastheonlydramatistevertowinaNobelPrize.Heiswidelyacclaimed“founderoftheAmericandrama,”andrecognizedevenmoreasamajorfigureinworldliterature.
A.MillerB.WilliamC.HellerD.O’Neill
()1.Theperiodof____startedwiththepublicationofWashingtonIrving’sTheSketchBookandendedwithWaltWhitman’sLeavesofGrass.
A.AmericanRomanticismB.AmericanRealism
C.AmericanTranscendentalismD.AmericanClassicism
()2.ThedesireforanescapefromsocietyandareturntonaturebecameapermanentconventionofAmericanliterature.Suchadesireisparticularlyevidencein____Leather-StockingTales.
A.WashingtonIrving’sB.WaldoEmerson’s
C.JamesFennimoreCooper’sD.WaltWhitman’s
()3.NewEnglandTranscendentalismwasstartedbyagroupofpeoplewhoweremembersofaninformalclub,i.e.theTranscendentalClubinNewEnglandinthe____.
A.1850sB.1840sC.1830sD.1860s
()4.TheAmerican____asaculturalheritageexertedgreatinfluencesoverAmericanmoralvalues.
A.PuritanismB.UnitarianismC.DeismD.Protestantism
()5.InhisfamouspoemSongofMyself,WaltWhitmansetsforthtwoprincipalbeliefs:
thebeliefinthesingularityandequalityofallbeingsinvalue,andthetheoryof____,whichisillustratedbylengthycataloguesofpeopleandthings.
A.nationalityB.universality
C.natureD.community
()6.WhichofthefollowingisNOTwhatEmersonputforwardinhisessays?
A.theOver-SoulB.theformalreligionofthechurchesandtheDeisticphilosophy
C.NatureD.theimportanceofindividual
()7.Moby-Dickisamixtureoffantasyand____basedupontheSouthPacificwhalingindustry.
A.romanticismB.naturalism
C.realismD.surrealism
()8.WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutHawthorneisNOTright?
A.Theambiguityisoneofthesalientcharacteristicsofhisart.
B.Heisamasterofrealism.
C.Heisagreatallegorist.
D.Heisamasterofsymbolism.
()9.WhichofthefollowingisNOTregardedasthecharacteristicsofWhitman’spoeticstyle?
A.theuseof“freeverse”
B.hisstrongtendencytouseofformallanguage
C.theuseofparallelismandphoneticrecurrenceatthebeginningothelines
D.theuseofthepoetic“I”
()10.____andEmersonianTranscendentalismproducedsomepositiveeffectonMelville’swriting.
A.WashingtonIrving’sconservativeB.Hawthorne’smoralcourage
C.Thoreau’sRomanticismD.Shakespeariantragicvision
()11.Theperiodrangingfrom1865to1914hasbeenreferredtoas____intheliteraryhistoryoftheUnitedStates.
A.theAgeofRomanticismB.theAgeofEnlightenment
C.NewEnglandTranscendentalismD.theAgeofRealism
()12.ThethreedominantfiguresoftheperiodofRealisminAmericanliteratureare____.
A.MarkTwain,HenryJames,andJackLondon
B.MarkTwain,HenryJames,andTheodoreDreiser
C.WilliamDeanHowells,MarkTwain,andJackLondon
D.WilliamDeanHowells,MarkTwain,andHenryJames
()13.____oncedescribedthenovel,TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn,theonebookfromwhich“allmodernAmericanliteraturecomes.”
A.ErnestHemingwayB.HenryJames
C.MarkTwainD.TheodoreDreiser
()14.____wasthefirstAmericanwritertoconceivehiscareerininternationalthemes.
A.WashingtonIrvingB.HenryJames
C.RalphWaldoEmersonD.MarkTwain
()15.WithinherlittlelyricsDickinsonaddressesthoseissuesthatconcernthewholeh
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