美国文学史和选读试卷(B卷)包含评分标准答案

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：得分评分人得分评分人题号一一三四五六总分得分11. 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 published his first

2、 edition of in 1855.a. Leaves of Grassb. The Scarlet Letterc. Hymn to The Night d. The Secretthe Sea ”2. Dreiser naturalism and his choice of subject often echo his predecessor, but his style and method are very different.a. Mark Twainb. Stephen Cranec. Henry Jamesd. Emerson3. Sister Carrie written

3、by is considered as one of the representative naturalistic novel in the American literature.a. Sinclair Lewisb. Theodore Dreiserc. F. Scott Fitageraldd. H.L.Mencken4. Mark Twain s tells a story of his boyhood ambitious to become a riverboat pilot, up and down the Mississippi.a. Roughing Itb. The Adv

4、entures of Huckleberry Finnc. Life on the Mississippid. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer5. Stephen Crane sstyle has been called realistic, and impressionistic.a. romanticb.naturalisticc. classicald.imagining6. is the scene of Dreiser Sister Carise .a. New Yorkb.Chicagoc. Californiad.Washington7. Which i

5、s generally regarded as the Bible of New England Transcendentalism?a. Natureb. Waldenc. On Beautyd. Self-Reliance8. Melville s is an encyclopedia of everything, history, philosophy, religion, etc, in addition to a detailed account of the operations of the whaling industry.a. The Old Man and the Sea

6、b. Moby Dickc. White Jacketd. Billy Budd9. Mark Twain created, in , a masterpiece of American realism that is also one of the great books of world literature.a. Huckleberry Finnb. Tom Sawyerc. The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburgd. The Gilded Age10. American literature produced only one female poet dur

7、ing the 19th century. This was.a. Anne Bradstreetb. Jane Austenc. Emily Dickinsond. Harriet Beecher11. With Howells, James, and Mark Twain active on the scene, became the major trend in the seventies and eighties of the 19 th century.a. sentimentalismb. Romanticismc. realismd. naturalism12. Leaves o

8、f Grass has editions.a. nineb. fivec. sixd. sevens writing.13.is not among the artistic features of Whitmana. The use of the poetic b： Free versec. Musicality or rhythmd. Allegorya. Typee14. Melville ，s is a semi-autobiographical novel concerning the sufferings of a gentle youth among brutal sailors

9、.b. Redburns works.a. symbolismc. psychological analyses16. The realistic period is referred to as a. Mark Twainc. Emily Dickinsonb. allgoryd. Dramatic monologue“the Gilded Age byb. Henry Jamesd. Theodore Dreiserc. White Jacketd. Billy Budd15. is not among the writing features of Melville17. is rega

10、rded by H. L. Menken as“the true father of Americannational literature.”a. Emily Dickinsonb. Henry Jamesc. Mark Twaind. Theodore Dreiser18. , being a boy s book specially written for the adults, is MarkTwain s most representative book.a. Roughing Itb. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finnc. Life on the

11、 Mississippid. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer19. Henry James s fame generally rests upon his novels and stories witha. the love and marriage themeb. the theme of humor and satire on lifec. the theme of revealing the miserable life of the poor and criticizing the capitalismd. the international theme20.

12、 Within Dickinson little lyrics, she addresses those issues that concern the whole human beings, which exclude.a. religionb. Friendshipc. loved. immortality得分评分人II. Match. (20 points, 1 point for each) Directions: Choose the correct letters from the list of the authors for the following works and pu

13、t them onto the Answer Sheet.A. Ralph Waldo EmersonC. Herman MelvilleE. Walt WhitmanG. Mark TwainI. Henry JamesB. Henry David ThoreauD. Henry W. LongfellowF. Emily Dickinson1. Stephen Crane) ) ) ) )5.6.Moby DickLife on the Mississippi()7.Daisy Miller(8.What Maisie Knew()9.This is My Letter to the Wo

14、rld(10.I Like to See It Lap the Miles()11.A Red Badge of Courage(12.Civil 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 Buzz When I Died()19.The American Scholar()20.Song of Myself(2. Self-reli

15、ance(3. ThereWas a Child WentForth(4. ThereWas a Child WentForth(5. WhiteJacket(得分评分人III. Terms (20 points, 4 points for each)Directions: 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 content

16、s will be enough for four points.1. Free Verse2. Transcendentalism3. American Realism4. American Naturalism5. Local Color得分评分人IV. Appreciation (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 exc

17、erpts and answer the questions on the Answer Sheet.Part ASuccessSuccess is counted sweetest Those who ne er succeed. To comprehend a nectar Requires 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 forbidde

18、n ear The distant strains of triumph Break, agonized and clear.1. Who is the author of the poem? (1)2. According to the poem, what best understands success? (13. 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

19、Night Sweep through her marble halls!I saw her sable skirts all fringed with light From the celestial walls!I felt her presence, by its spell of might, Stoop o er 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, s

20、oft chimes,That fill the haunted chambers of the Night, Like some old poet s rhymes.From the cool cisterns of the midnight airMy spirit drank repose;The fountain of perpetual peace flows there,- From those deep cisterns flows.O holy Night! from thee I learn to bear What man has borne before!Thou lay

21、est 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 welcome, 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 personif

22、y 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 excertps. Judge the authors and titles of these works and fill them on the Answer Sheet.1. As the door of Mrs. Pocock salon was pushed open for him, the

23、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 Vionnet 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 awake

24、d 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 for once. It is nothing but work, work, work.3. Come up from the fields father, here s a letter from our Pete,And come to the front door mother, here s

25、a letter from thy dear son.4. Thus advance of the enemy had seemed to the youth like a ruthlesshunting. He began to fume with rage and exasperation. He 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 y

26、ou nobody, too?Then there s a pair of us don t tell!They d banish us, you know.6. I taste a liquor never brewed,From tankards scooped in pearl;Not all the vats upon the Rhine Yield 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

27、it was a book that told me nothing. Atime came at last, however, when Mr. Bixby seemed to think me far enough advanced to bear a lesson on water-reading.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

28、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 resistanceto his swimming in the knotted hamper he bore; or whether it was some latent deceitfulness and malice in him: whichever was true, the White Whale s way

29、now began to abate, as it seemed, from the boat so rapidly nearing him once more; though indeed the whale last start had not been so long a one as before.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 poi

30、nts)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 given 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 ne

31、ver 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, 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 b

32、lithe 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 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

33、singing as he stands,The wood- cutter s song, the plowboy s on his way in the morning, or at noon intermission or at sundown,The delicious singing of the 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 bel

34、ongs to the day - at 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：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. a6. b11. c16.a2.b7.a12.a17.c3.b8.b13.d18.b4.b9.a14.b19.d5.b10.c15.d20.bII.Match (20%)（每题1分,，共20分，答错/、给分）1.A2.E3.E4.C5.C6.G7. I8.I9. F10.F11. H12.B13. D14.G15. D16. H17.G18.F19. 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, nat