英语专业美国文学试题exercise 2

ExerciseTwoⅠ.Writethenamesoftheauthors.(10%)1.ThePrinceandthePauper2.TheRedBadgeofCourage3.“AClean,WellLightedRoom”4.CalloftheWild5.“LegendofSleepyHollow”6.“AStationattheMetro”7.“FireandIce”8.TheAutobiography9.“One’sSelfIsing”10.TheScarletLetterⅡ.Fillinthefollowingblanks.(10%)1.Inthenovel,HemingwaydescribedthedignityandcourageofthecommonpeopleduringtheSpanishCivilWar.2.wasagreatinventor,diplomat,andfoundingfatheroftheUnitedStatesofAmerica.3.,theearliestwell-knownAmericannaturalistwriter,wroteanovelabouttheAmericanCivilWar.4.WiththepublicationofTheSunAlsoRises,HemingwaybecamethespokesmanforwhatGertrudeSteinhadcalled“”.5.____________________,writingwellbeforetheModernPoetrymovementsofthe20thcentury,isoftenconsideredthe“fatherofmodernpoetry.”Ⅲ.Chooseonlyoneanswerformthefourchoicesasthemostappropriateanswer.(15%)1.WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutTheScarletLetterisNOTtrue?AItisanearlyexpressionofnaturalistwriting.BItisfullofsymbolism.CItisarguesthedistinctionbetween“sinsofpassion”and“sinsofprinciple”DItisconsidereda“romance”byitswriterbecauseitshowsfantasticeventsanddoesnotlimititselftostrict,literalreality.2.MarkTwain,oneofthegreatest19thcenturyAmericanwriters,iswellknownforhis______.得分得分AInternationalthemeBWaste-landimageryCLocalcolorDSymbolism3._____wasknownasthefounderoftheAmericanshortstory.AWashingtonIrvingBMarkTwainCJackLondonDO.Henry4.EzraPound,HildaDolittleandAmyLowellhelpfoundandpromoteamovementinModernPoetryknownas_______.AFrenchsymbolismBTheBeatGenerationCconfessionalpoetryDImagism5.WithHowells,James,andMarkTwainactiveontheliteraryscene,__becamethemajortrendinAmericanliteratureintheseventiesandeightiesofthe19thcentury.AsentimentalismBromanticismCrealismDnaturalism6.WaltWhitmanwasapioneeringfigureofAmericanpoetry.Hisinnovationfirstofallliesinhisuseof__,poetrywithoutafixedbeatorregularrhyme.AblankverseBheroiccoupleCfreeverseDiambicpentameter7.TheFitzgeraldslivedsoextravagantlythattheyfrequentlyspentmoremoneythanF.ScootFitzgeraldearnedforparties,liquor,entertainingtheirfriendsandtraveling.Itwasthislivingstylethatnicknamedthedecadeofthe1920sas_______.ATheJazzAgeBTheGildedAgeCTheRoaringAgeDTheBeatAge8.___wroteaseriesofhistoricalnovelssetintheAmericanMidwestandwasknownas“theAmericanSirWalterScot.”ANathanielHawthorneBMaryRenaltCStephanCraneDJamesFenimoreCooper9.Hemingway’sidealhero,whofacedlife,fateanddeathcourageously,canbecalledthe__.A“lostgeneration”manBmodernmanCnaturalmanDtrueindividual10.Transcendentalistdoctrinesfoundtheirgreatestliteraryadvocatesin_______andThoreau.AJeffersonBEmersonCFreneauDOver-soul11.WhichofthefollowingwritersinfluencedthedevelopmentofFrenchsymbolistpoetry?AWaltWhitmanBEdgarAllenPoeCEzraPoundDRobertFrost12.WhichfamousgraduationspeechturnedTranscendentalismintoamajorintellectualandliterarymovement?ATheAmericanScholarBTheDivinitySchoolAddressCTheConductofLifeDRepresentativeMen13.Althoughherpoemswereneverpublishedinherlifetimeandacompletecollectionofthemdidn’tappearuntilthe1950’s,_____hadamajorimpacton20thcenturypoetry.AAnneBradstreetBGertrudeSteinCEmilyDickinsonDAmyLowell14.Whichofthefollowingfictionwriterswantedtoalwaysliveanactive,masculinelifeandcommittedsuicidein1961,whenhewastoooldtodosoanymore?AMarkTwainBErnestHemingwayCStephenCraneDJackLondon15.WhoofthefollowingisNOTa20thcenturyAmericanpoet?AEzraPoundBAmyLowellCEdgarAllanPoeDRobertFrostIV.Decidewhetherthestatementsaretrueorfalse.(10%)1.Allhisliterarylife,Hawthorneseemedtobehauntedbyhissenseofsinandevilinlife.2.Transcendentalism,inexaltingfeelingoverreasonandindividualexpressionovertherestraintsoflawandcustom,verymuchreflectsthespiritofRomanticism.3.ThesoundofWhitman’swordscastsamagic,romanticspelloverreaders.Histoneisawesome,sadandmelancholy.4.EzraPoundwasfamousnotonlyforhisownpoetrybutalsoasatranslatorofChinesepoetryandotherclassicalChineseliterature.5.MostofthepoemsinLeavesofGrassareabouttheNewEnglandcountryside.6.EzraPound’spoetryevokedthedeeplypersonalworldofamanwhowithdrewfromtheworldaroundhimandspentmostofhistimeinhisroom.7.In1954,T.S.EliotwasawardedaNobelPrizeforhis“masteryoftheartofmodernnarration.”8.Hemingwaybelievedthatamancouldfindmeaninginlifebyfacingisdeathwithdignityandcourage.9.ThomasJeffersonwasfamousforpowerful,persuasiveessays,suchashispamphletCommonSense,whichpersuadedmanypeopletosupporttheAmericanRevolution.10.WilliamHillBrown’sThePowerofSympathy,writtenin1789,isoftencalled“thefirstAmericannovel”.V.Identifythefollowingfragmentsandthenanswerquestions.(20%)PassageOneThewoodsarelovely,darkanddeep.ButIhavepromisestokeep,AndmilestogobeforeIsleep,AndmilestogobeforeIsleep.Questions:1.Whoisthewriterofthispoem?_______________2.Whatisthetitleofthispoem?_______________3.Whydoesthewriterrepeatthelastline?4.Whatkindoffeelingdoesthisstanzashow?Howdoesthewritershowitinthepoemasawhole?得分得分5.Whydopeoplesaythatthiswriter’spoemsshowtraditionalformandcontentcombinedwithmodernthemeandfeeling?Passage2Theyoungwomanwastall,withafigureofperfectelegance,onalargescale.Shehaddarkandabundanthair,soglossythatitthrewoffthesunshinewit