1、1美国文学作业选择：1The scarlet letter “A” in the novel The Scarlet Letter at first stands for _. B.adultery2Among the following stories written by Poe, only one belongs to the category of the detective story. It is _.A.The Purloined Letter3The famous pamphlet Common Sense appearing in 1776 was written by _.
2、 B.Thomas Paine4the sound nd the fury is a novel written by _. D.William Faulkner5The Wasteland is a long modern poem written by -. C. T. S. Eliot6the lines “to the glory that was greece, nd the grndeur that was rome” were quoted rom poes poem _. B.To Helen7Among the following titles, only one is no
3、t among the Leather-Stoking Tales series. It is_.D.Moby Dick8 “I become a transparent eye-ball. i am nothing. i see all. the currents of the universal being circulate through me; i am part r particle of god.” the passage above is quoted rom emersons essay _. B.Nature9The short poem “The Red Wheelbar
4、row” was written by _. B.William Carlos Williams10The Author of the short story “A Gift for Maggie“ is -. A. O. Henry11 “by natures self in white arrayed she bade thee shun the vulgar eye, nd planted here the guarding shade, nd sent soft waters murmuring by; thus quietly thy summer goes, thy days de
5、clining to repose.” the rhyme scheme of the lines above is _. B.ababcc12In Poes tale “The Fall of the House of Usher”, the major female character Madeline is the titular hero Ushers _. D.sister13Of Mice nd Men is a novel written by -. A. John Steinbeck14The central characters name in James Fenimore
6、Coopers novel series The Leatherstocking Tales is _. B.Natty Bumpo15Puritans emphasized a _God. B.wrathful16 In 1881, Henry James published his novel_, which is generally considered as his masterpiece.D.The Portrait of a Lady17_, the ruthless, amoral protagonist of the The Sea Wolf, best realizes th
7、e ideal of the “Superman.”B.Wolf Larsen18_ is not a name to refer to Natty Bumppo in Coopers frontier saga. D.Mohican19The School Room Poets did not include _. D.Poe20According to Mathew Arnold, one poem written by William Cullen Bryant was the “most perfect brief poem in the language”. The title of
8、 the poem is _. B.“To a Waterfowl”21 “Civil Disobedience” is a famous essay written by _. B.Henry David Thoreau22The first American writer to win an international fame is _. C.Washington Irving23A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court was written by _. B.Mark Twain24Among the following writers, o
9、nly one does not belong to the naturalistic school. He is_. A.Henry James25The American writer whose one essay greatly influenced later civil right leader Martin Luther King is _.C.Henry David Thoreau26 “all sappy as maples nd flat as the prairie” is a comment made by james russell lowell on the fem
10、ale characters in novels written by_. B.James Fenimore Cooper27Among the following short stories, only one is not written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It is _.2D.the pit nd the pendulum28Among the following works written by T. S. Eliot, only one is not a poem. It is _.D.Murder in the Cathedral29Billy Bud
11、d was a short novel written by the American novelist -. B.Herman Melville30Martin Eden was an autobiographical novel written by -. B.Jack London31In Hawthornes novel The Scarlet Letter, the central character Hester Prynne had a secret affair with _. C.Dimmesdale32Sister Carrie is a noel written by _
12、. A.Theodore Dreiser33robert frost once said that a poem should begin with delight nd end in_. D.wisdom 34Ernest Hemingways Last important literary work is -. A.the old man nd the sea35among the following three american writers, only one has never been married in his r her life. the person is _. C.E
13、mily Dickinson36 Among the following fictions, only one is not written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It is _.D.The Fall of the House of Usher37_ wrote Rights of Man in 1792 to suggest the overthrow of the British monarchy. A.Thomas Paine38Hawthornes _ deals with the effects of a curse. B.The House of Seve
14、n Gables39The sentence “whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist” is quoted rom Emersons essay _. C.Self-Reliance40 Among the following authors, only one has been called the American Scott. He is _.B.James Fenimore Cooper41William Sidney Porter was the real name of _. B.O Henry42Emily Grierson,
15、the protagonist in Faulkners story A Rose for Emily, can be regarded as a symbol for all the following qualities except_. D.harmony nd integrity43Which of the following works best illustrates the Calvinistic view of original sin?D.Hawthornes The Scarlet Letter.44 “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood
16、s” is the first line in a poem written by Robert Frost entitled _. A.The Road Not Taken 45The novel Sister Carrie opens with a description of Carrie on a train trip to the city of _ looking for a factory job. D.Chicago1According to Mathew Arnold, one poem written by William Cullen Bryant was the “mo
17、st perfect brief poem in the language”. The title of the poem is _. B.“To a Waterfowl”2“The American Scholar“ is an essay written by the famous philosopher -. C. Ralph Waldo Emerson3Among the following, only one can not be a possible theme of the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. It is _. D.
18、spiritual emptiness4Among the following 3 authors the one who later became a naturalized British citizen was -. C.Henry James5Ernest Hemingways Last important literary work is -. A.the old man nd the sea6The leader of the American Transcendentalism is _. B.Ralph Waldo Emerson7The “green light” in Th
19、e Great Gatsby symbolizes _. D.the American dream8the lines “to the glory that was greece, nd the grndeur that was rome” were quoted rom poes poem _. B.To Helen9The short novel The Turn of the Screw was written by _. A.Henry James10The Author of the short story “A Gift for Maggie“ is -. A. O. Henry1
20、1Henry David Thoreau built his cabin beside the lake of Walden in the year _. B.184512The first American writer who propounded that a piece of literary work should focus on the production of a single emotional effect is _. C.Edgar Ellan Poe313Among the following 3 poets the one who was once imprison
21、ed for political reasons is -. C.Ezra Pound14Among the following authors the one who once visited China was -. C.Ernest Hemingway15Emily Grierson, the protagonist in Faulkners story A Rose for Emily, can be regarded as a symbol for all the following qualities except_. D.harmony nd integrity16william
22、 faulkner once declared that _ was the first truly american writer from whom we are descended. D.Mark Twain17_ was considered to be the first American writer. C.John Smith18William Sidney Porter was the real name of _. B.O Henry19The poem “The Indian Burying Ground” was written by the American poet
23、-. C.Philip Freneau20_ is not written by Ralph Waldo Emerson. D. The Bells21_was the only American of his generation who could chide the British with humor. B.Washington Irving22Among the following philosophers, only one did not have an influence over the writings of Jack London. He is_. D.Foucault2
24、3The Waste Land was dedicated to another poet who was _. B.Ezra Pound24 Among the four novels written by Henry James, the one written first in chronological order is _.A.The Portrait of a Lady25The most popular novel to do with the abolition movement written by Harriet Beecher Stowe is _.B.Uncle Tom
25、s Cabin26The most famous sea story written by Jack London is _. C.The Sea Wolf27the village near boston in which both emerson nd thoreau lived was called _. B.Concord28Martin Eden was an autobiographical novel written by -. B.Jack London29The writer who once said that all american literature came ro
26、m Mark Twains Huck Finn is _.C.Ernest Hemingway30 “The Black Cat” written by Poe is a _. A.gothic Story31Benjy is a central character in Faulkners novel -. C.the sound nd the fury32Among the following fictions written by John Steinbeck, only one is about the Second World War. It is _. C. “The Moon I
27、s Down”33among the following three american writers, only one has never been married in his r her life. the person is _. C.Emily Dickinson34The famous pamphlet Common Sense appearing in 1776 was written by _. B.Thomas Paine35 Among the following fictions, only one is not written by Nathaniel Hawthor
28、ne. It is _.36 “Ishmale” is the name of the narrator in the novel _. A. Moby Dick37The American writer whose one essay greatly influenced later civil right leader Martin Luther King is _.C.Henry David Thoreau38 “I become a transparent eye-ball. i am nothing. i see all. the currents of the universal
29、being circulate through me; i am part r particle of god.” the passage above is quoted rom emersons essay _. B.Nature39The Iceberg style is most thoroughly reflected in the writings of the American novelist _.B.Ernest Hemingway40_ Bryants best-known poem, was written when he was only sixteen years ol
30、d. B.Thanatopsis41After the success of _, Herman Melville became known as a man who lived among cannibals. A.Typee42Jack London did not write _. C.The Ambassadors43. the jazz age, characterized by frivolity nd carelessness, refers to _. B.1920s44_, the ruthless, amoral protagonist of the The Sea Wol
31、f, best realizes the ideal of the “Superman.”B.Wolf Larsen45_ is not a name to refer to Natty Bumppo in Coopers frontier saga. D.Mohican4判断：46 american naturalism, like romanticism, had come rom germany. 答案:错误47Puritan influence over American Romanticism was conspicuously noticeable. 答案:正确48Coopers
32、claim to greatness in American literature lies in the fact that he created a myth about the formative period of the American nation. 答案:正确49The 19th century female poet Emily Dickinson was a forerunner of the modern Imagist poetry. 答案: 正确50The short story writer O.Henry was once put into prison beca
33、use he was a Nazi. 答案: 错误51Though Emily Dickinson married twice in her life, love had never been a major theme in her poetry.答案: 错误52“In a Station of the Metro“ is a short poem written by Ezra Pound. 答案: 正确53Henry David Thoreau once built a cabin beside the lake of Walden on the land of his neighbor
34、 Ralph Waldo Emerson. 答案 :正确46 emerson always applied the term transcendentalist to himself r to his beliefs, fr he was the acknowledged leader of the movement. 答案:错误 47The famous philosopher Williams James was the novelist Henry James brother. 答案:正确48Puritan influence over American Romanticism was
35、conspicuously noticeable. 答案:正确49 The Second World War led the American intellectuals to a bitter disillusionment, breeding what is called modernism. 答案:错误50The foundation of American national literature was laid by the early American romanticists. 答案:正确51Coopers claim to greatness in American liter
36、ature lies in the fact that he created a myth about the formative period of the American nation. 答案:正确52 Hawthorne, who seemed to be haunted by his sense of sin nd veil, never showed a positive part of the life.答案:错误53 “The Premature Burial” is a detective story written by Poe. 答案:错误填空：54The iceberg
37、 style refers to the writing style of the American writer _. 答案:Ernest Hemingway55Isabel Archer is the heroine of the novel _, Henry Jamess masterpiece. 答案:The Portrait of a Lady56Ezra pounds major work of poetry is a long poem called _. 答案:The Cantos57the title of the novel the sound nd the fury co
38、mes rom a play written by _.答案:William Shakespeare58The first edition of Walt Whitmans Leaves of Grass was published in the year_. 答案:185559The short novel The Mysterious Stranger was written by _. 答案:Mark Twain60 “The Young Housewife” is a poem written by _. 答案:William Carlos Williams61The poet who
39、 won Nobel Prize in 1948 was _. 答案: T. S. Eliot62The novelist Henry James had a brother who was famous for his study in psychology. The brothers name is _. 答案:William James63The poem “The Slaves Dream” was written by _. 答案:Henry Wadsworth Longfellow64One of Edwin Arlington Robinsons early books, Cap
40、tain Craig, came to the attention of president _, who then offered him a clerks job in a customhouse. 答案:Theodore Roosevelt65Sister Carrie traces the material rise of carrie meeber nd the tragic decline of _.答案:G. W. Hurstwood66in the 1920s, faulkner wrote a novel the first part of which was narrate
41、d rom the view point of an idiot. the 5novel is _. 答案:the sound nd the fury67The American author who was a direct predecessor of Conan Doyle was _.答案:Edgar Allan Poe68Ezra Pounds most famous short poem “In the Station of the Metro” has only _ lines. 答案:two54The first permanent English settlement in
42、North was established at _ , Virginia. 答案:Jamestown55 _ is the novel into which Jack London put most of himself. 答案:Martin Eden56The iceberg style refers to the writing style of the American writer _. 答案:Ernest Hemingway57According to the Chinese scholar 钱钟书, the first English poem to be translated
43、into Chinese was _. 答案:A Psalm of Life58“Out of the Cradle, Endlessly Rocking” is a poem written by _. 答案:Walt Whitman59The novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne that bears a direct allusion to the notorious Salem witchcraft trials is _. 答案 :The House of the Seven Gables60The first line in the poem “
44、Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” is _.答案:Whose woods these are I think I know61 After his publication of _, Whitman was praised by Emerson, who saw some transcendentalist trace in the poet. 答案:Leaves of Grass62 At the inauguration of John F. Kennedy, _ was invited to read his poetry when he was
45、 eighty-seven.答案:Robert Frost63. The novelist Henry James had a brother who was famous for his study in psychology. The brothers name is _. 答案:William James64 “he was a gentleman rom sole to crown,/ clean favored, nd imperially slim” are lines quoted rom edwin arlington robinsons poem _. 答案:Richard
46、Cory65The American writer who won Nobel Prize for literature in 1962 was _. 答案:Ernest Hemingway66In Dickinsons poem “Because I could not stop for Death”, the image of the “School” in the third stanza stands for _. 答案:youth67The second line in Pounds poem “In a Station of the Metro” is _.答案:Petals on a wet, black bough.68The famous poem “The British Prison Ship” was written by _.答案:Philip Freneau阅读理解题 第 69 题 during the whole of a dul
