美国文学课堂测验答案1 (2).doc

浙江财经学院英语系美国文学课堂测验（1）学号： 班级： 姓名： 成绩In thus _(1) myself I shall yield to the inclination so natural to old men of talking of themselves and their own actions, and I shall indulge it, without being _(2) to those who, from respect to my _(3), might conceive themselves obliged to listen to me, since they will be always free to read me or not. And lastly (I may as well confess it, as the denial of it would be believed by nobody) I shall perhaps not a little gratify my own vanity. Indeed, I never heard or saw the introductory words, Without Vanity I may say, etc., but some _(4) thing immediately followed. Most people dislike vanity in _(5) whatever share they have of it themselves, but I give it fair _(6) wherever I meet with it, being persuaded that it is often productive of good to the possessor and to others who are within his _(7)of action. And therefore, in many cases it would not be altogether absurd if a man were to thank God for his vanity among the other comforts of life. And now I speak of thanking God, I desire with all humility to _(8) that I owe the mentioned happiness of my past life to His divine providence, which led me to the means I used and gave them success. My belief of this induces me to hope, though I _(9)not presume, that the same goodness will still be exercised toward me in continuing that happiness or enabling me to bear a fatal reverse, which I may experience as others have done-the complexion of my future _being known to him only, and in whose power it is to bless to us even our afflictions.1) A applying B using C employing D persuading2) A tiresome B awe C sorrow D unhappiness3）A education B status C inclination D age4）A vain B vanity C obscure D unexpected5）A senior citizens B others C men D those6）A standing B means C quarter D reason7）A sphere B domain C own D ability8）A appreciate B acknowledge C thank D think9）A shall B must C should D would10）A fortune B fate C destiny D lot浙江财经学院英语系美国文学课堂测验（1）学号： 班级： 姓名： 成绩I have been the more _particular_(1) in this description of my journey, and shall be so of my first _entry_(2) into that city, that you may in your mind compare such unlikely beginnings with the figure I have since made there. I was in my _ working _(3) dress, my best cloaths being to come round by sea. I was dirty from my journey; my pockets were stuffed out with shirts and stockings, and I knew no _soul_(4), nor where to look for lodging. Fatigued with walking, rowing, and want of sleep, I was very _hungry_(5), and my whole stock of cash consisted of a Dutch dollar and about a shilling in copper coin, which I gave to the boatmen for my passage. At first they refused it on account of my having rowed, but I insisted on their taking it. A man is sometimes more _generous_(6) when he has little money than when he has plenty, perhaps through fear of being thought to have but little. I walked towards the top of the street, gazing about till near Market Street, _where_(7) I met a boy with bread. I had often made a meal of dry bread, and inquiring where he had bought it, I went immediately to the bakers he directed me to. I asked for biscuit meaning such as we had in Boston, but that sort, it seems, was not made in Philadelphia. I then asked for a three-penny loaf and was told they had none such. Not knowing the different prices nor the _names_(8)of the different sorts of any bread, I told him to give me three-penny worth of any sort. He gave me accordingly three great puffy rolls. I was surprised at the quantity but took it, and having no room in my pockets, walked off with a roll under each arm and eating the other. Thus I went up Market-street as far as Fourth-street, passing by the door of Mr. _Read_(9), my future wifes father; when she, standing at the door, saw me, and thought I made, as I certainly did, a most awkward, ridiculous appearance. Then I turned and went down Chestnut-street and part of Walnut-street, eating my roll all the way, and, corning round, _found_(10) myself again at Market-street wharf near the boat I came in, to which I went for a draught of the river water; and being filled with one of my rolls, gave the other two to a woman and her child that came down the river in the boat with us, and were waiting to go farther. 1) A happy B serious C particular D furious2) A entry B person C time D one3) A casual B working C apprentice D Sunday4) A soul B natives C relatives D city5) A frustrated B hungry C fatigued D worried6) A happy B satisfied C proud D generous7) A which B there C where D then8) A shapes B names C prices D making9) A Read B Henryson C Franklin D Hood10) A located B found C went D turned浙江财经学院英语系美国文学课堂测验（1）学号： 班级： 姓名： 成绩Rip Van Winkle, however, was one of those happy _(1), of foolish, well-oiled dispositions, who take the world easy, eat white bread or _(2), whichever can be got with least thought or trouble, and would rather _(3) on a penny than work for a pound. If left to himself, he would have _(4) life away, in perfect contentment; but his wife kept continually dinning in his ears about his idleness, his carelessness, and the ruin he was bringing on his family. Morning, noon, and night, her _(5) was incessantly going, and everything he said or did was sure to produce a torrent of household eloquence. Rip had but one way of replying to all lectures of the kind, and that, by frequent use, had grown into a habit. He shrugged his _(6), shook his head, cast up his eyes, but said nothing. This, however, always provoked a fresh volley from his wife; so that he was fain to draw _(7) his forces, and take to the outside of the house-the only side which, in truth, belongs to a hen-pecked husband.Rips sole domestic adherent was his dog _(8), who was as much henpecked as his master; for Dame Van Winkle regarded them as companions in idleness, and even looked upon Wolf with an evil eye, as the cause of his masters going so often astray. True it is, in all points of spirit befitting an honorable dog, he was as courageous an animal as ever scoured the woods-but what courage can withstand the ever-during and all-besetting terrors of a womans tongue? The moment Wolf entered the house his _(9) fell, his tail drooped to the ground or curled between his legs, he sneaked about with a gallows air, casting many a sidelong glance at Dame Van Winkle, and at the least flourish of a broom-stick or _ (10), he would fly to the door with yelping precipitation.1) A persons B husbands C souls D mortals2)A wine B water C brown D milk3)A earn B save C starve D budget4)A whistled B mooned C killed D wasted5)A words B tongue C curse D complaint6)A shoulders B arms C clothes D eyes7)A on B off C away D down8)A Tiger B Franklin C Lion D Wolf9) A crest B body C mask D legs10) A Stick B knife C ladle D chops浙江财经学院英语系美国文学课堂测验（1）Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle as years of matrimony _ _(1) on; a tart temper never _(2) with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. For a long while he used to console himself, when driven from home, by frequenting a kind of perpetual club of the _(3), philosophers, and other idle personages of the village; which held its sessions on a bench before a small inn, designated by a rubicund portrait of His Majesty George the _(4). Here they used to sit in the shade, of a long lazy _(5) day, talking listlessly over village gossip, or telling endless sleepy stories about nothing. But it would have been worth any statesmans money to have heard the profound discussions that sometimes took place, when by chance an old newspaper fell into their hands, from some passing traveler. How solemnly they would listen to the contents, as drawled out by Derrick Van Bummel, the schoolmaster, a dapper learned little man, who was not to be daunted by the most _(6) word in the dictionary; and how sagely they would deliberate upon public events some months after they had taken place.The opinions of this junto were completely controlled by Nicholas Vedder, a patriarch of the village, and landlord of the inn, at the door of which he took his seat from morning till night, just moving sufficiently to avoid the _(7), and keep in the shade of a large tree; so that the neighbors could tell the hour by his movements as accurately as by a _(8). It is true he was _(9) heard to speak, but smoked his pipe incessantly. His adherents, however (for every great man has his adherents), perfectly understood him, and knew how to gather his opinions. When anything that was read or related displeased him, he was observed to smoke his pipe vehemently, and send forth short, frequent and angry _ (10); but when pleased, he would inhale the smoke slowly and tranquilly, and emit it in light and placid clouds; and sometimes, taking the pipe from his mouth, and letting the fragrant vapor curl about his nose, would gravely nod his head in token of perfect approbation.1) A rolled B came C cumulated D grew2)A softened B mellows C dies D disappears3) A old B wise C wizards D sages4) A First B Second C Third D Fourth5) A Springs B Summers C Falls D Winters6) A unfamiliar B big C gigantic D difficult7) A sun B noise C wife D shadow8) A clock B alarm C sundial D ben9)A frequently B the last C often D rarely10)A smoke B puffs C sniff D snare浙江财经学院英语系美国文学课堂测验（1）1) What is the name of Rips dog? Wolf2) Where was Washington Irving born? The New York City3) Irvings taste was essentially conservative. The story set against