1、.美国文学史及选读考试试题（卷）B 卷院系： 专业： 考试科目：美国文学史及选读考试形式：闭 卷 考试时间： 100 分钟姓名： 学号：题号 一 二 三 四 五 六 总分得分 得分 评分人I. Multiple choice:(20 points, 1 point for each)Directions: In this part of the test, there are twenty items. Choose the best answer and write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.1. Whitman publish
2、ed his first edition of _ in 1855.a. Leaves of Grass b. The Scarlet Letterc. “Hymn to The Night” d. “The Secret of the Sea”2. Dreisers naturalism and his choice of subject often echo his predecessor, _, but his style and method are very different.a. Mark Twain b. Stephen Cranec. Henry James d. Emers
3、on3. Sister Carrie written by _ is considered as one of the representative naturalistic novel in the American literature.a. Sinclair Lewis b. Theodore Dreiserc. F. Scott Fitagerald d. H.L.Mencken4 Mark Twains _ tells a story of his boyhood ambitious to become a riverboat pilot, up and down the Missi
4、ssippi.a. Roughing Itb. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finnc. Life on the Mississippid. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer5. Stephen Cranes style has been called realistic, _ and impressionistic.a. romantic b. naturalisticc. classical d. imagining6. _ is the scene of Dreisers Sister Carrie.a. New York b. C
5、hicagoc. California d. Washington7. Which is generally regarded as the Bible of New England Transcendentalism?a. Nature b. Waldenc. On Beauty d. Self-Reliance8. Melvilles _ is an encyclopedia of everything, history, philosophy, religion, etc, in addition to a detailed account of the operations of th
6、e whaling industry.a. The Old Man and the Sea b. Moby Dickc. White Jacket d. Billy Budd9. Mark Twain created, in _, a masterpiece of American realism that is also one of the great books of world literature.a. Huckleberry Finn b. Tom Sawyerc. The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg d. The Gilded Age10. Ame
7、rican literature produced only one female poet during the 19th century. This was _.a. Anne Bradstreet b. Jane Austenc. Emily Dickinson d. Harriet Beecher11. With Howells, James, and Mark Twain active on the scene, _ became the major trend in the seventies and eighties of the 19th century.a. sentimen
8、talism b. Romanticismc. realism d. naturalism12. Leaves of Grass has _ editions.a. nine b. fivec. six d. seven13. _ is not among the artistic features of Whitmans writing.a. The use of the poetic “I” b. Free versec. Musicality or rhythm d. Allegory14. Melvilles _ is a semi-autobiographical novel con
9、cerning the sufferings of a gentle youth among brutal sailors.a. Typee b. Redburn.c. White Jacket d. Billy Budd15. _ is not among the writing features of Melvilles works.a. symbolism b. allgoryc. psychological analyses d. Dramatic monologue16. The realistic period is referred to as “the Gilded Age”
10、by _.a. Mark Twain b. Henry Jamesc. Emily Dickinson d. Theodore Dreiser17. _ is regarded by H. L. Menken as “the true father of American national literature.”a. Emily Dickinson b. Henry Jamesc. Mark Twain d. Theodore Dreiser18. _, being a boys book specially written for the adults, is Mark Twains mo
11、st representative book.a. Roughing It b. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finnc. Life on the Mississippid. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer19. Henry Jamess fame generally rests upon his novels and stories with _.a. the love and marriage themeb. the theme of humor and satire on lifec. the theme of revealing
12、 the miserable life of the poor and criticizing the capitalismd. the international theme 20. Within Dickinsons little lyrics, she addresses those issues that concern the whole human beings, which exclude _.a. religion b. Friendshipc. love d. immortality得分 评分人II. Match. (20 points, 1 point for each)D
13、irections: Choose the correct letters from the list of the authors for the following works and put them onto the Answer Sheet.A. Ralph Waldo Emerson B. Henry David ThoreauC. Herman Melville D. Henry W. LongfellowE. Walt Whitman F. Emily DickinsonG. Mark Twain H. Stephen CraneI. Henry James1. Self-re
14、liance ( )2. There Was a Child Went Forth ( )3. There Was a Child Went Forth ( )4. White Jacket ( )5. Moby Dick ( )6. Life on the Mississippi ( )7. Daisy Miller ( )8. What Maisie Knew ( )9. This is My Letter to the World ( )10. I Like to See It Lap the Miles ( )11. A Red Badge of Courage ( )12. Civi
15、l Disobedience ( )13. Voices of the Night ( )14. The Gilded Age ( )15. Hiawatha ( )16. Maggie, A Girl of the Streets ( )17. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ( )18. I Heard a Fly BuzzWhen I Died ( )19. The American Scholar ( )20. Song of Myself ( )得分 评分人III. Terms (20 points, 4 points for each)Directions
16、: In this part of the test, there are five terms. Please give the definition for these terms. Scores will be given for the related contents. Four individual contents will be enough for four points.1. Free Verse2. Transcendentalism3. American Realism4. American Naturalism5. Local Color得分 评分人IV. Appre
17、ciation (10 points, 5 points for each)Directions: In this part of the test, there are two excerpts. Each of the excerpts is followed by three questions. Read the excerpts and answer the questions on the Answer Sheet.Part ASuccessSuccess is counted sweetestThose who neer succeed.To comprehend a necta
18、rRequires sorest need.Not one of all the purple hostWho took the flag todayCan tell the definition,So clear, of victory,As he, defeated, dying,On whose forbidden earThe distant strains of triumphBreak, agonized and clear.1. Who is the author of the poem? (1)2. According to the poem, what best unders
19、tands success? (1)3. In your opinion, who wants most to succeed? (1)4. Translate the first stanza into Chinese. (2).Part BI heard the trailing garments of the NightSweep through her marble halls!I saw her sable skirts all fringed with lightFrom the celestial walls!I felt her presence, by its spell o
20、f might,Stoop oer me from above;The calm, majestic presence of the Night,As of the one of I love.I heard the sounds of sorrow and delight,The manifold, soft chimes,That fill the haunted chambers of the Night, Like some old poets rhymes.From the cool cisterns of the midnight airMy spirit drank repose
21、;The fountain of perpetual peace flows there,-From those deep cisterns flows.O holy Night! from thee I learn to bearWhat man has borne before!Thou layest thy finger on the lips of care,And they complain no more.Peace! Peace! Orestes-like I breathe this prayer!Descend with broad-winged flight,The wel
22、come, the thrice-prayed for, the most fair, The best-beloved Night!1. What is the title of the poem? Who is the author?2. How does the poet personify the Night?3. What does he learn from her?.得分 评分人V. Identification (20 points, 2 point for each)Directions: In this part of the test, there are ten exc
23、ertps. Judge the authors and titles of these works and fill them on the Answer Sheet.1. As the door of Mrs. Pococks salon was pushed open for him, the next day, well before noon, he was reached by a voice with a charming sound that made him just falter before crossing the threshold. Madame de Vionne
24、t was already on the field2. Let us consider the way in which we spend our lives.This world is a place of business. What an infinite bustle! I am awaked almost every night by the panting of the locomotive. It interrupts my dreams. There is no Sabbath. It would be glorious to see mankind at leisure f
25、or once. It is nothing but work, work, work.3. Come up from the fields father, heres a letter from our Pete,And come to the front door mother, heres a letter from thy dear son.4. Thus advance of the enemy had seemed to the youth like a ruthless hunting. He began to fume with rage and exasperation. H
26、e beat his foot upon the ground, and scowled with hate at the swirling smoke that was approaching like a phantom flood.5. Im nobody! Who are you?Are you nobody, too?Then theres a pair of usdont tell!Theyd banish us, you know.6. I taste a liquor never brewed,From tankards scooped in pearl;Not all the
27、 vats upon the RhineYield such an alcohol!7. Now I had often seen pilots gazing at the water and pretending to read it as if it were a book; but it was a book that told me nothing. A .time came at last, however, when Mr. Bixby seemed to think me far enough advanced to bear a lesson on water-reading.
28、 8. Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind9. Whether fagged by the three days running chase, and the resistance to
29、his swimming in the knotted hamper he bore; or whether it was some latent deceitfulness and malice in him: whichever was true, the White Whales way now began to abate, as it seemed, from the boat so rapidly nearing him once more; though indeed the whales last start had not been so long a one as befo
30、re.10. Ah! what pleasant visions haunt meAs I gaze upon the sea!All the old romantic legends,All my dreams, come back to me.得分 评分人VI. Comment. (10 points)Directions: In this part of the test, you are given two selections. Choose ONE of them and give a comment on the Answer Sheet. Scores will be give
31、n according to the content, grammar and the completeness of the related knowledge. This Is My Letter to the WorldThis is my letter to the world,That never wrote to me,-The simple news that Nature told,.With tender majesty.Her message is committedTo hands I cannot see;For love of her, sweet coutrymen
32、,Judge tenderly of me!I Hear America SingingI hear America singing, the varied carols I hear,Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong,The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam,The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work,The
33、boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat, the deck-hand singing on the steamboat deck,The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench, the hatter singing as he stands, The wood-cutters song, the plowboys on his way in the morning, or at noon intermission or at sundown,The delicious singing of t
34、he mother, or of the young wife at work, or of the girl sewing or washing,Each singing what belongs to him or her and to none else, The day what belongs to the dayat night the party of young fellows, robust, friendly,Singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs.美国文学史及选读考试试题（卷）评分标准及标准答案B 卷院系
35、： 专业： 考试科目：美国文学史及选读考试形式：闭 卷 考试时间： 100 分钟I. Multiple Choice: ( 20%)(每题 1 分，共 20 分，答错不给分 )1. a 2.b 3.b 4.b 5.b6. b 7.a 8.b 9.a 10.c11. c 12.a 13.d 14.b 15.d16.a 17.c 18.b 19.d 20.bII. Match (20%)（每题 1 分，共 20 分，答错不给分）1.A 2.E 3.E 4.C 5.C6.G 7. I 8.I 9. F 10.F11. H 12.B 13. D 14.G 15. D16. H 17.G 18.F 19
36、. A 20.EIII. Terms (20%)（每题 4 分，共 20 分。 ）1. Free VerseKey words: without fixed beat, regular rhyme scheme, Whitman, Leaves of Grass, etc.2. TranscendentalismKey words: Emerson, Thoreau, nature, intuition, oversoul, individualism, spirit, idealism, Romanticism, etc.3. American RealismKey words: Mark
37、Twain, Henry James and Howells; reality; the depressed; tragedy, etc4. American NaturalismKey words: Darwins Evolutionary Theory; environment and heredity; Theodore Dreiser; Sister Carrie, Stephen Crane, etc.5. Local ColorismKey words: Mark Twain, local, people and landscape, realism, language, cust
38、om, etc.IV. Appreciation (10%)（每题 5 分，共 10 分。 ）Part A1. Emily Dickinson（1）2. the defeated person(1)3. the man who never succeeds(1)4. 略(2)Part B1. Henry Wadsworth Longfellows Hymn to the Night.(2)2. He personified the night as a female figure.(1)3. He learns to bear what man has borne before!(2)V. I
39、dentification. (20%)（每空 1 分，共 20 分，答错不给分）1. Henry James The Ambassadors2. Henry D. Thoreau Life Without Principle3. Walt Whitman Come Up From the Fields Father4. Stephen Crane The Red Badge of Courage5. Emily Dickinson Im Nobody! Who Are You?6. Emily Dickinson I Taste a Liquor Never Brewed7. Mark Twain Life on the Mississippi8. Ralph Waldo Emerson Self-reliance9. Herman Melville Moby Dick10. Henry W. Longfellow The Secret of the SeaVI. Comment (10%)此题共十分答案：（略）
