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美国文学试 题库 doc摄影基础题库高中语文题库及参考答案安全生产模拟考试平台题库选择大学英语b统考题库消防知识竞赛题库   I. Each of the following below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement. 1. All of the following are the features of Puritans EXCEPT _____. A. wanting to make pure their religious beliefs and practices B. looking upon themselves as a chosen people C. tolerating others’ beliefs and sought for a happy and an easy life D. wishing to restore simplicity to church serves and emphasized the image of a wrathful God 2. The secular ideals of the American Enlightenment were exemplified in _____. A. James Fennimore Cooper B. Thomas Paine C. Benjamin Franklin D. Ralph Waldo Emerson 3. Of the following works, ______ was not written by Thomas Paine. A. Rights of Man B. Civil Disobedience C. The Age of Reason D. Common Sense 4. The “Father of American Poetry” is ____. A. William Cullen Bryant B. Philip Freneau C. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow D. Allan Poe 5. The most outstanding writer of the Post-Revolutionary period, who wrote in his poems the indigenous wild life and other native American subjects, is _____. A. William Cullen Bryant B. Philip Freneau C. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow D. Allan Poe 6. The Romantic writers would focus on all the following issues EXCEPT the _____ in the American literary history. A. individual feelings B. idea of survival of the fittest C. strong imagination D. return to nature 7. Cooper’s story of the “frontier saga” is made up of 5 famous novels that comprise the ________ Tales, in which the main character is Natty Bumppo. A. Leaterstoking B. The Deer Slayer C. Sea Adventure D. The Romantic 8. Most of Herman Melville’s novels are based on sea voyages and sea adventures. But in the following ______is NOT the case. A. Typee B. Moby Dick C. Omoo D. The Confidence Man 9. The following are correct for transcendentalism EXCEPT _____. A. It is a systematized philosophical and literary movement. B. It exalted feeling over reason, individual expression over the restraints of law and custom. C. It spoke for cultural rejuvenation against the materialism of American society. D. It appealed to those who scorned the pale deity of New England Unitarianism. 10. Henry David Thoreau’s work, ______, has always been regarded as a masterpiece of New England Transcendentalism. A. Walden B. The pioneers C. Nature D. Song of Myself 11. Which essay of Emerson is regarded as an unofficial manifesto for the “Transcendental Club”? A. Self-reliance B. Nature C. The American Scholar D. The Oversoul 12. Emerson based his religion on an intuitive belief in an ultimate unity, which he called ________. A. the Spirit B. the Over-lord C. the oversoul D. the Self 13. _______ is not a fictional character in The Scarlet Letter. A. Hester B. Arthur Dimmersdale C. Roger Chillingworth D. Ishmael 14. Hester Pryme，Dimmesdale，Chillingworth and Pearl are most likely the names of the characters in_____. A. The Scarlet Letter B. The House of the Seven Gables C. The Portrait of a Lady D. The Pioneers 15. The giant Moby Dick may symbolize all EXCEPT________. A. mystery of the universe B. sin of the whale C. power of nature D. evil of the world 16. Most of Herman Melville’s novels are based on sea voyages and sea adventures. Which of the following is NOT the case? A. Typee B. Moby Dick C. Omoo D. The Confidence Man 17. Ahab’s ship, the Pequod, may symbolize all EXCEPT________. A. a miniature of the world B. a society C. the United States D. evil of the world 18. Of the following works _____ concerns most concentratedly about the Calvinistic view of original sin. A. The Wasteland B. The Scarlet Letter C. Leaves of Grass D. As I Lay Dying 19. The New England transcendentalism was from the very beginning a local phenomenon restricted only to those people living in New England, who carried out the movement as a reaction against the cold, rigid rationalism of _____ in Boston. A. Puritanism B. Calvinism C. Classicism D Unitarianism 20. The period before the American Civil War is commonly referred to as ____. A. the Romantic Period B. the Realistic Period C. the Naturalist Period D. the Modern Period 21. Realism supported by William Dean Howells, ________, was described as “nothing more and nothing less than the truthful treatment of material.” A. the major advocate of the 19th century American realism B. the major advocate of the 20th century American realism C. the major advocate of the 19th century British realism D. the major opponent of the 19th century American realism 22. The first American writer of local color to achieve wide popularity in the 1860s was ______. A. Bret Harte B. Mark Twain C. Beecher Stowe D. O’Henry 23. The period ranging from 1865 to 1914 has been referred to as _____. A. the Age of Colonialism B. the Age of Romanticism C. the Age of Realism D. the Age of Modernism 24. Statement _______ is NOT true in describing American naturalists. A. They were deeply influenced by Darwinism. B. They were identified with French novelist and theorist Emile Zola. C. They chose their subjects from the lower ranks of society. D. They used more serious and more sympathetic tone in writing than realists. 25. “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed” is most probably a poem ______. A. that celebrates the burgeoning life of cities B. that sings highly freedom and democracy C. that condemns violence and bloodshed D. that mourns for the death of Lincoln 26. ______ is not among the artistic features of Whitman's writing. A. The use of the poetic “I” B. Free verse C. Musicality or rhythm D. Allegory 27. Walt Whitman was a pioneering figure of American poetry. His innovation first of all lies in his use of _______, poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme. A. blank verse B. heroic couplet C. free verse D. iambic pentameter 28. We can perhaps summarize that Walt Whitman’s poems are characterized by all the following features EXCEPT _______. A. conversational and casual B. lyrical and well-structured C. simple and rather crude D. free-flowing 29. Emily Dickinson wrote many short poems on various aspects of life. Which of the following is NOT a usual subject of her poetic expression? A. Religion and immortality. B. Life and death. C. Love and marriage. D. War and peace. 30. Emily Dickinson’s verse is most aptly characterized as _______. A. exposing the evils of the society B. paving the way for the following generation of free verse poets C. sharing the same poetic conventions as Walt Whitman D. exhibiting sensitiveness to the symbolic implications of experience, such as love, death, immortality, etc. 31. _____ describes realism as “nothing more and nothing less than the truthful treatment of martial.” A. Frank Norris B. William Dean Howells C. Mark Twain D. Henry James 32. The arbiter of the 19th century American realism was _____, who defined realism as “nothing more and nothing less than the truthful treatment of martial.” A. Frank Norris B. William Dean Howells C. Mark Twain D. Henry James 33. _______ is not a dominant figure of the Realistic Period. A. William Dean Howells B. Mark Twain C. Henry James D. James F. Cooper 34. With Howells，Henry James，and Mark Twain active on the literary scene, ____ became the major trend in American literature in the seventies and eighties of the 19th century. A. sentimentalism B. romanticism C. realism D. naturalism 35. Mark Twain, one of the greatest 19th century American writers, is well known for his________. A. international theme B. waste-land imagery C. local color D. symbolism 36. Who exerts the single most important influence on literary naturalism, of which Theodore Dreiser and Jack London are among the best representative writers? A. Freud B. Darwin C. W.D. Howells D. Emerson 37. _____ exerts the single most important influence on literary naturalism, of which Theodore Dreiser and Jack London are among the best representative writers? A. Freud B. Darwin C. W.D. Howells D. Emerson 38. The phrase “cathedral of frosted glass” was used to describe the latest works of _____. A. Henry James B. Ezra Pound C. T. S. Eliot D. Robert Frost 39. Henry James’s fame generally rests upon his novels and stories with________. A. the love and marriage theme B. the theme of humor and satire on life C. the theme of revealing the miserable life of the poor and criticizing the capitalism D. the international theme 40. Generally speaking，all those writers with a naturalistic approach to human reality tend to be____. A. transcendentalists B. idealists C. pessimists D. impressionists 41. Writers such as Stephen Crane, Frank Norris, and Theodore Dreiser could be called the naturalists whose works are full of ______. A. optimistic and successful stories B. success rewarded by characters’ hard-working spirits C. pessimism and deterministic ideas D. love of nature and nature’s love for man 42. Stephen Crane, Frank Norris, and Theodore Dreiser could be called _______ whose works are full of pessimism and deterministic ideas. A. optimistic and successful writers B. romantic writers C. naturalistic writers D. writers full of love for nature 43. In fiction writing, Henry James’s primary concern is to present the _______. A. inner life of human beings B. American Civil War and its effects C. life on the Mississippi River D. Calvinistic view of original sin 44. The Financier, The Titan, and The Stoic make up the “Trilogy of _____”. A. Money B. Desire C. Marriage D. Power 45. The writers of the fifties used a prose style modeled on the works Earnest Hemingway and Fitzgerald, narrative techniques derived from ________, and psychological insight taken from the writing Sigmund Freud and his followers. A. Theodore Dreiser B. Henry James C. William Faulkner D. Eugene O’Neill 46. The book from which “all modern American literature comes” (Hemingway) refers to _______. A. Moby Dick B. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn C. The Sun Also Rises D. The Great Gatsby 47. With the works of T. S. Eliot, Sinclair Lewis, Theodore Dreiser, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Earnest Hemingway, William Faulkner appearing in the _____, the American literature achieved a new diversity and reached its greatest heights. A. 1900s B. 1910s C. 1920s D. 1930s 48. After…there was a widespread discontentment among the postwar generation, whose voice was one of protest against the ______culture. A. the Second World War in the 50s in the U.S….mainstream American B. the First World War in the 50s in the U.S….mainstream American C. the Second World War in the 50s in Great Britain….mainstream Britain D. the Second World War in the 50s in the U.S….minor American 49. Of the following aspects, ____ is NOT a typical feature of Modernism？ A. To elevate the individual and inner being over the social being. B. To put the stress on traditional values. C. To portray the distorted and alienated relationships between man and his environment. D. To advocate a conscious break with the past. 50. Writers such as F. Scott Fitzgerald of the period after the First World War were called “Lost Generation” ______. A. for their being devoid of faith and alienation from civilization B. for their being stout in faith and alienation from civilization C. for their determination in faith harmony with the society D. for their strong belief in religion 51. Strong affinity to the Chinese and Oriental literature can be found in the works of _______. A. Mark Twain B. Ezra Pound C. Emily Dickinson D. Arthur Miller 52. Chinese poetry and philosophy have exerted great influence over____. A. Ezra Pound B. Ralph Waldo Emerson C. Robert Frost D. Emily Dickinson 53. “In a Station of the Metro” is regarded by critics as a classic specimen of _______. A. the absurd poetry B. the transcendental poetry C. the romantic poetry D. the imagist poetry 54. In “After Apple-Picking”，Robert Frost wrote：”For I have had too much/Of apple-picking：I am overtired /Of the great harvest I myself desired.” From these lines we can conclude that the speaker is_____. A. happy about the harvest B. still very much interested in apple-picking C. expecting a greater harvest D. indifferent to what he once desired 55. Robert Frost, living in the 20th century, deliberately rejected the revolutionary poetic principles of his contemporaries ______. A. by dislike the traditional forms of lyric and narrative B. by adopting the traditional forms of lyric and narrative C. by arguing against the traditional forms of lyric and narrative D. by not always observing the traditional forms of lyric and narrative 56. Which is of the following poems is NOT composed by Robert Frost? A. Success B. After Apple-Picking C. The Road Not Taken D. Mending Wall 57. Experimental American playwrights after the First World War, ______, created works of tragedy, stark realism, and social protest. A. hostile to outworn and timid theatrical convention B. hostile to outworn convention and new American theater C. eager to use outworn and timid European theatrical convention D. dependent on the European theatrical convention 58. The founder of the American drama is _______. A. Arthur Miller B. Eugene O’Neill C. Tennessee Williams D. Clifford Odets 59. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock draws a vivid picture of _____. A. a renaissance man…whose life is characteristic by strong longing for achievements B. a modern man who is helpless, submissive, slow in actions and whose life is full of boredom C. a medieval man…whose life is full of interesting adventures D. a man living in neoclassical time who emphasized reason 60. The Hemingway Code heroes are best remembered for their____. A. indestructible spirit B. pessimistic view of life C. war experiences D. masculinity 61. F. Scott Fitzgerald is not the author of _______. A. This Side of Paradise B. Tender is the Night C. The Great Gatsby D. In Our Time 62. Fitzgerald summarized the experiences and attitudes of the 1920s in his short stories and famous novel _______. A. Tender Is the Night B. This Side of Paradise C. The Great Gatsby D. Tales of the Jazz Age 63. In 1920, Fitzgerald’s first novel _______ was published, which brought him, reputation, wealth but also Zelda, an embodiment of his romantic notions of a Southern Belle. A. The Great Gatsby B. This Side of Paradise C. The Beautiful and Damned D. Tender is the Night 64. Babylon Revisited is the short story written by ___. A. Allan Poe B. F. Scot Fitzgerald C. Washington Irving D. Henry James 65. Modernist writers feel symbols _____ and could better express their inexpressible experiences. A. are more suggestive and more complex B. are clear in meaning C. could avoid ambiguity D. would not be open to different interpretations 66. Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Modernism？ A. To elevate the individual and inner being over the social being. B. To put the stress on traditional values. C. To portray the distorted and alienated relationships between man and his environment. D. To advocate a conscious break with the past. 67. In The Emperor Jones and The Hairy Ape，O’Neill adopted the expressionist techniques to portray the ____ of human beings in a hostile universe. A. helpless situation B. uncertainty (or problem of modern man’s identity) C. profound religious faith D. courage and perseverance 68. Most of ______stories described the sweat drenched lives of factory workers and migrant farmers. A. O. Henry’s B. John Steinbeck’s C. Theodore Dreiser’s D. Jack London’s 69. In the 1930s John Steinbeck and other writers described _______ in journalistic reports, in short stories, and in novels. A. the hopeful and promising lives of factory workers and migrant farmers B. confident and proud lives of factory workers and migrant farmers C. the sweat-drenched lives of factory workers and migrant farmers D. the happy lives of factory workers and migrant farmers 70. William Faulkner wrote all of the following except_____. A. Light in August B. The Sound and the Fury C. Anna Christie D. Go Down, Moses 71. By idealizing the past William Faulkner highlights in his The Sound and the Fury _______. A. the present decadent and loveless world B. the present energetic and loving world C. the present decadent, yet lovable world D. the present world as decadent and lovable as the past 72. At the beginning of Faulkner’s A Rose for Emily, there is detailed description of Emily’s old house. The purpose of such description is to imply that the person living in it _______. A. is a wealth lady B. has good taste C. is a prisoner of the past D. is a conservative aristocrat 73. At the beginning of A Rose for Emily, Faulkner uses a figurative language to describe the place where Emily lives. The house is a perfect mirror image of the owner who is supposed to be ___and deliberately detaches herself from the communal life in this small town. A. friendly and generous B. wealthy and conservative C. polite and dignified D. stubborn and coquettish II. Choose one or more answers from the choices to complete the statement. 74. Before the War of Independence, the conflicts between (American) Colonies and the mother country mainly are in _______. A. politic B. economy C. culture D. religion 75. The following poems were written by Phillip Freneau EXCEPT _____. A. Thanatopsis B. The Wild Honey Suckle C. The Raven D. The Indian Burying Ground E. To a Caty-Did 76. American enlightenment to some extent is different from other countries’ in that one of the task of the Americans was _______. A. to disseminate knowledge among the people B. to advocate revolutionary ideas C. to aim at bring to life secular education and literature D. to make the English language in America more invigorating 77. Transcendentalism took their ideas from ___. A. neo-Platonism B. romantic literature of Europe C. oversoul D. German idealistic philosophy E. oriental mysticism F. Darwinism 78. Which of the following is/are written by Arlington Robinson? A. The Hollow Man B. Richard Cory C. Miniver Chevy D. The Wild Honey Suckle 79. Death, love, nature, human emotions are the favorite subject of the two poets ______ and _____, though the treatment in attitude and form is entirely different. A. Frost B. Whitman C. Dickinson D. T. S. Eliot E. Allan Poe 80. Which of the following terms belong to modernism? A. expressionism B. surrealism C. naturalism D. realism E. dadaism F. individualism 81. American naturalism was shaped by ______，beside the influence of French naturalism. A. American Civil War B. American social upheavals C. the teachings of Charles Darwin D. the blind forces of nature 82. Which of the following writers DONOT belong to naturalism? A. Jack London B. Theodore Dreiser C. T. S. Eliot D. Frank Norris E. Henry James F. Stephen Crane III. Match the following into pairs. ?Part A: 83. T. S. Eliot A. The Golden Bowel 84. John Steinbeck B. Of Mice and Men 85. Henry James C. Tales of the Jazz Age 86. Jack London D. For Whom the Bell Tolls 87. William Faulkner E. Light in August 88. F. Scott Fitzgerald F. Billy Budd 89. Theodore Dreiser G. The Gift of Magi 90. Ernest Hemingway H. The Law of Life 91. Herman Melville I. An American Tragedy 92. O. Henry J. The Hollow Man ? Part B: 93. T. S. Eliot A. The Wings of Dove 94. John Steinbeck B. The Four Million 95. Henry James C. This Side of Paradise 96. Jack London D. The Green Hills of Africa 97. William Faulkner E. As I lay Dying 98. F. Scott Fitzgerald F. Main Street 99. Theodore Dreiser G. Of Mice and Men 100. Ernest Hemingway H. The Sea Wolf 101. Sinclair Lewis I. The Financier 102. O. Henry J. Four Quartets IV. Reading comprehension: Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions. 103. “We passed the School, where Children strove/ At Recess—in the Ring—/We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain—/We passed the Setting Sun—” 1) What is the title of the poem? 2) Who does “we” refer to? 3) What does “the School”, “the Fields of Gazing Grain”, and “the Setting Sun” imply respectively? 4) Where are “we” going? 104. Trust no Future, h