英美文学练习题库及答案

1、英美文学练习测试题库及答案本科IOfthefouralternativeanswer,choosetheonethatwouldbestcompletethestatement:1. BenjaminFranklinwasborninthefamilyofasmall.A. LandlordB.merchantC.lawyerD.clergyman2. RalphWaldoEmerson'sleadingreputationbeganwiththepublicationof.A. EssaysB.NatureC.OversoulD.Self-Relience3. EllenPoewas

2、bothapoetanda.A.dramatistB.essayistCactorD.fictionwriter.4. NathanielHawthorne'sviewofmanandhumanhistoryoriginatesin.A.PuritanismB.SocialismC.TranscendentalismD.naturalism5. WaltWhitmanwasbornandbroughtupinafamilyofa.A.PeasantB.carpenterC.captainD.printer6. MarkTwain'sfirstsuccessfulliterary

3、workis.A.TheCelebratedJumpingFrogofCalaverasCountyB.LifeontheMississippiC.TheAdventureofTomSawyerD.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn7. CloselyrelatedtoEmilyDickinson'sreligiouspoetryareherpoemsconcerning.A.ChildhoodandhappinessC.lonelinessD.deathandimmortality8. AmongtheworksofDreiser,thebetknownto

4、theChinesereadersis.A.AnAmericanTragedyB.SisterCarrieC.ThFinancierD.TheTitan9. RobertFrost'sworksmainlyfocusonthelandscapeandpeoplein.A.theWestB.AmericanSouthC.NewEnglandD.Mississippi10. MostoftheplaysEugeneO'Neillwroteare.A.comediesB.romancesC.historicalplaysDtragedies11.ScottFitzgeraldisof

5、tenacclaimedliteraryspokesmanofthe.A.moderntimeB.youngAmericansC.JazzAgeD.GuildedAge12.isHemingwaysmasterpiece,whichisabouttheoldfishermanSantiagoandhislosingbattlewithagiantmarlin.A. FarewelltoArmsB.ForwhomtheBellTollsC.TheSunAlsoRisesD.TheOldManandTheSea13. Asagreatfictionwriter,WilliamFaulkerdevo

6、tesmostofhisworkstothedescriptionofthelifeandthepeopleinthe.A. AmericanWestB.NewEnglandinAmericaC.AmericanSouthD.AmericanNorth14. Whenhewasyoung,BenjaminFranklinbecameanapprenticeina.A.printinghouseB.storeC.Tailor'sshopD.factory15. RalphEmersonwasborninafamilyofa.A.merchantB.businessmanC.clergym

7、anD.writer16. EllenPoebeganhisliterarycareerbywriting;A.shortstoriesB.playsC.essaysD.poems17. AccordingtoNathanielHawthorne,thereisineveryhearer,whichmayremainlatent,perhaps,throughthewholelife;butcircumstancesmayrouseittoactivity.A.evilB.virtueC.kindnessD.tragedy18. Whitmanisradicallyinnovativeinte

8、rmofformofhispoetry.Whatheprefersforhisnewsubjectsandnewfeelingsis.A.blankverseB.freeverseC.heroiccoupletD.sonnet19. MarkTwainshapedtheworld'sviewofAmericaandmadeacombinationofseriousliteratureand.A.AmericanfolkhumorB.EnglishfolkloreC.AmericantraditionalvaluesD.funnyjokes20. Altogether,EmilyDick

9、insonwrotepoems,ofwhichonlysevernhadappearedduringherlifetime.A.1145B.1775C.897D.78521. TheodoreDreiserisgenerallyacknowledgedasoneofAmerica'sliteraryA.realistsB. naturalistsC.romantistsD.modernists22. InFrost'spoems,imagesandmetaphorsinhispoemsaredrawnfromA.thesimplecountrylifeB.theurbanlif

10、eC. thelifeontheseaD.theadventuresandtrips23.ScottFitzgeraldneversparedanintimatetouchinhisfictiontodealwiththebankruptcyofthe.A.AmericanDreamB.rulingclassesB.AmericanCapitalistsbourgeoisie24.EugeneO'NeillisregardedasthefounderofAmerican.A.poetryB.dramaC.fictionD.literature25.isHemingway'sma

11、sterpiece,whichtellsastoryaboutthetragicloveofawoundedAmericansoldierwithaBritishnurse.A.AFarewelltoArmsB.TheSunAlsoRisesC.ForWhomtheBellTollsD.InOurTime26. WilliamFaulknerwasborninafamilyofa.A.merchantB.colonelC.managerD.doctor27. Inhisessays,putforwardhisphilosophyoftheoversoul,theimportantoftheIn

12、dividualandNature.A.NathanielHawthorneB.WashingtonIrvingC.MarkTwainD.RalphWaldoEmerson28. ThechiefspokesmanofNewEnglandTranscendentalismisA.NathanielHawthorneB.RalphWaldoEmersonC.HenryDavidThoreauD.WashingtonIrving29.literaryworldturnsouttobeamostdisturbed,tormentedandproblematicalone,whichhasmuchto

13、dowithhis“black”visionoflifeandhumanbeings.A.HermanMelville'sB.WashingtonIrving'sC.NathanielHawthorne'sD.WaltWhitman's30.Mostofthepoemsinsingofthe“en-masse”andtheselfaswell.A.LeavesofGrassB.DrumTapsC.NorthofBostonD.TheCantos31.In,WhitmanairshissorrowatPresidentLincolnsdeath.A.“Cavalr

14、yCrossingaFord”B.“APact”C.WhenLilacsLastintheDooryardBloomdD.TherewasaChildWentForth32.InWhitman'sownearlyexperiencemaywellbeidentifiedwiththechildhoodofaA.“APact”B.SongofMyself”younggrowingAmerica.33.InA.“TheCustom-House”B.“YoungGoodmanBrownC.“Rappaccini'sDaughter”D.TheBirthmark"iscall

15、edbyHemingwaytheonefromwhichallmodernAmericanliteraturecomes.A.TheadventuresofHuckleberryFinnB. TheAdventuresofTomSawyerC.TheGildedAgeD.LifeontheMississippi35.TheodoreDreiser'sforgivingtreatmentofthecareerofhisheroineinalsodrawsheavilyuponthenaturalisticunderstandingofsexuality.AMcTeagueB.AnAmer

16、icanTragedyC.SisterCarriD.TheGenius36.isagreatgiantofAmerican,whomconsiders“thetruefatherofournationalCavalryCrossingaFord”C. “TherewasaChildWentForth"D.,Hawthornesetsouttoprovethateveryonepossessessomeevilsecret.literature."A.HenryJamesB.WashingtonIrvingC.MarkTwainD.TheodoreDreiser37.isus

17、uallyregardedasaclassicbookwrittenforboysabouttheirparticularhorrorsandjoys.A.TheAdventuresofTomSawyerB.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnC.InnocentsAbroadD.LifeontheMississippi38.isdescribedbyMarkTwainasaboywith“asoundheartandadeformedconscience."A.TomSawyerB.HuckleberryFinnC.Jim39.isconsideredtob

18、eTheodoreDreisersgreatestwork.A.AnAmericanTragedyB.SisterCarrieC.TheFinancierD.TheTitan40.TheleadingplaywrightofthemodernperiodinAmericanliterature,ifnotthemostsuccessfulinallhisexperiments,isNeilA.ArthurMillerB.TennesseeWilliamC.GeorgeBernardShawD.EugeneOshowshis41.Thewell-knownsoliloquybyHamlet&qu

19、ot;Tobe,ornottobeA. hatredforhisuncleB.loveforlifeC.resolutionofrevengeD.inner-strife42.isaplaythatconcernstheproblemofmodernman'sidentity.A.TheHairyApeB.LongDay'sJourneyIntoNightC.TheIcemanComethD.TheEmperorJones43.Inatragicsense,isarepresentationoflifeasastruggleagainstunconquerableforcesi

20、nwhichonlyapartialvictoryispossible.A.ForWhomtheBellTollsB.InOurTimeC.TheOldManandtheSeaD.AFarewelltoArms44.Faulkneroncesaidthatisastoryoflostinnocence,'whichprovesitselftobeandintensificationofthethemeofimprisonmentinthepast.A.TheSoundandtheFuryB.LightinAugustC.GoDown,MosesD.Absalom,Absalom!45.

21、InARoseforEmily,Faulknermakesbestuseofthedevicesinnarration.A.RomanticB.RealisticC.GothicD.Modernist46.isHemingwaysfirsttruenovelinwhichhedepictsavividportraitof“ThelostGeneration.”A.TheSunAlsoRisesB.AFarewelltoArmsC.InOurTimeD.ForWhomtheBellTolls47. TheonlydramatistevertowinaNobelPrizewas.A.Bernard

22、ShawB.EugeneO'NeilC.RichardBrinsleySheridanD.WilliamShakespeare48. Bymeansof“freeverse,”believesthathehasturnedthepoemintoanopenfield,anareaofvitalpossibilitywherethereadercanallowhisownimaginationtoplay.A.EmilyDickinsonB.WaltWhitmanC.RobertFrostD.EzraPound49. Aneccentricwomanwhorefusestoacceptt

23、hepassageoftime,ortheinevitablechangeandlossthataccompaniesitmayprobablyreferto.A.IreneinTheManofPropertyB.EmilyinARoseforEmilyC.CatherineinWutheringHeightsD.thewidowDouglasinAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn50.OnesourceofevilthatNathanielHawthorneisconcernedmostisoverreachingintellect.Whichofthefollowing

24、storiesisoneofthiskindA.Rappaccini'sDaughterB.YoungGoodmanBrownC.TheMinister'sBlackVeilD.TheBirthmark51.“Inyourrocking-chair,byyourwindow,shallyoudreamsuchhappinessasyoumayneverfeel.”Thisisthelastsentenceof.A.SisterCarrieB.AnAmericanTragedyC.TheGeniusD.JaneEyre52.InWaltWhitman's“Therewas

25、aChildWentForth,”thechildrefersto.A.thepoethimselfasachildB.anyAmericanchildC.theyoungAmericaD.oneofthepoet'sneighbor53. ThetechniquesareusedinsomeofEugeneO'Neil'splaystohighlightthetheatricaleffectoftherupturebetweenthetwosidesofanindividualhumanbeing,theprivateandthepublic.A.naturalist

26、icB.expressionisticC.stream-of-consciousnessD.metaphysical54. WhichofthefollowingistrueasfarasEmilyDickinson'spoetryisconcernedA.Sheseldomusesdashes.B.Allherpoemsareaboutdeathorimmorality.C.HerpoemsareverypersonalandmeditativeD.Herpoemsusuallyhavewell-chosentitles.55.Inhispoems,Whitmantendstouse

27、.A.oralEnglishB.theKing'sEnglishC.AmericanEnglishD.oldEnglish56. AsfarasNathanielHawthorne'sartisconcerned,whichofthefollowingstatementistrueA. HisTheScarletLettertellsalovestory.B. HisartisdeeplyinfluencedbyPuritanismbecausehewasapuritanhimself.C. YoungGoodmanBrownisastoryaboutsuperstition.

28、D. Ambiguityisoneofthesalientcharacteristicsofhisart.57. “IliketoseeitlaptheMilesAndlicktheValleysupAndstoptofeeditselfatTanksAndthen”(EmilyDickinson,TliketoseeitlaptheMiles“)Here“it"refersto.A.loveB.deathC.aflyD.thetrain58. WhichofthefollowingstatementsconcerningTheodoreDreiser'sstyleiscor

29、rectA. Dreiser'sCowperwoodtrilogyincludesTheFinancier,TheTitanandTheGeniusB. Hisnovelshavelittledetaildescriptionsofcharactersandevents.C. Hisnovelsarewritteninrefinedlanguage.D. Hisstyleisnotpolishedbutveryserious.59. haslongbeenwellknownasapoetwhocanhardlybeclassifiedwiththeoldorthenew.A.EzraP

30、oundB.RobertLeeFrostC.T.S.EliotD.EmilyDickinson60. F.ScottFitzgeraldskillfullyemploysthedeviceofhavingeventsobservebytohisgreatadvantage.A.a“centralconsciousness”B.hisdoublevisionC.morethanonewitnessD.theprotagonists61. Shakespearewrotesonnets.A.125B.154C.245D.13862. FrancisBaconisnotonlyagreat,buta

31、lsothefounderofmodernscience.A.poetB.essayistC.dramatistD.novelist63. JohnMiltonbecameblindmainlybecauseofA.readingB.diseaseC.hardworkD.accident64. Paradiselostisagreatconsistingof12books.A.epicB.storyC.lyricpoemD.narrativepoemmostimportantrepresentativeworkbyJonathanSwiftisA.ATaleofaTubB.TheBattleo

32、ftheBooksC.AModestProposalD.Gulliver'sTravels66. ThefirstcomedySheridanwroteis.A.TheSchoolforScandalB.TheCriticC.ATriptoScarboroughD.TheRivals67. ”isthecooperativeworkofWilliamWordsworthandSamuelColeridge.A.TinternAbbeyB.TheRimeoftheAncientMarinerC.LyricalBalladsD.Prelude68. “TheIslesofGreece&qu

33、ot;isapartofByron'smasterpiece“A.DonJuanB.ChildeHarold'sPrigrimageC.OrientalTalesD.ManfredShelly'sgreatestachievementishisfour-actpoeticdrama“:.A.MenofEnglandB.PrometheusUnboundC.OdetotheWestWindD.TheRevoltofIslamtheageoffifteen,Keatsbecameanapprenticetoa.A.landlordB.apothecaryC.stableke

34、eperD.doctorAustenwasthedaughterofa.A.landlordB.merchantC.lawyerD.rectornovelPrideandprejudicebyAustenmainlycentresroundtherelationshipbetweenA.andB.DarcyandElizabethC.BingleyandJaneD.SirWilliamandLuccas73.BronteSistersarealloutstanding.A.essayistsB.playwrightsC.poetsD.novelistsofHardy'slaterwor

35、ksshowhisviewoflife.A.optimisticB.pessimisticC.practicalD.ironical75.StructurallyandthematicallyBernadShawfollowedthegreattraditionsofA.realismB.romanticism.C.modernismD.classicismisoneofthegreatestplaywrightsandtheworldhaseverknown.A.poetsB.novelistsC.essayistsD.criticsgreatestplaysShakespearecreat

36、esare.A.historiesB.comediesC.tragediesD.tragicomedies78.Baconisnotonlyaessayistandphilosopher,butalsoa.A.lawyerB.scientistC.historianD.dramatistMiltonisagreatpoetinthePeoriD.A.RenaissanceB.NeoclassicalC.RomanticD.RealiststoryofParadiselostistakenfrom.A.alegendB.BibleC.anepicD.afolklore1689JonathanSw

37、iftbecametheofSirWilliam.A.House-keeperB.servantC.privatesecretaryD.steward82. TherepresentativeplaySheridanwroteisA.TheSchoolforScandalB.TheCriticC.ATriptoScarboroughD.TheRivals83. LyricalBalladsisthecooperativeworkofWilliamWordsworthandA.SamuelColeridgeB.RobertSoutheyC.JohnKeatsD.PercyByssheShelle

38、y84. TheIslesofGreeceofByronistakenfromA.HoursofIdlenessB. DonJuanC.ChildeHaroldPilgrimageD.Cain85. ThefirstlongseriousworkofShellyis.A.TheNecessityofAtheismB.QueenMabSpiritofSolitudeD.OdetotheWestWind86. Keats'fatherwasa.A.landlordB.apothecaryC.stablekeeperD.doctor87. JaneAustenwasthedaughterof

39、a.A.landlordB.merchantC.lawyerD.rector88. Asanovelist,EmilyBrontewasalsogoodatwriting.A.essaysB.playsC.poemsD.stories89. ThefirstnovelwrittenbyThomasHardyis“A.DesperateRemediesB.UndertheGreenwoodc.TheReturnoftheNativeD.TheMayorofCasterbridgewasthesonofa.A.clerkB.landlordC.traderD.lawyer91.”isNOToneo

40、fthefourgreattragediesofShakespeare.A.OthelloB.KingLearC.RomeoandJulietD.MacbethtotalnumberoftheessayspublishedbyBaconis.26CD.58Miltonbecameblindattheageof48,mainlybecauseof.A.readingB.deseaseC.hardworkD.accident94.Paradiselostisagreatepicconsistingbooks.A.8B.10C.12D.141689JonathanSwiftbecametheofSi

41、rWilliam.A.House-keeperB.servantC.privatesecretaryD.steward96. ThefirstcomedySheridanwroteis.A.TheSchoolforScandalB.TheCriticC. ATriptoScarboroughD.TheRivals97. ”isthecooperativeworkofWilliamWordsworthandSamuelColeridge.A.TinternAbbeyB.TheRimeoftheAncientMarinerC.LyricalBalladsD.Prelude98. Thefirstv

42、olumeofpoemsofByronis“.A.HoursofIdlenessB.DonJuanC.ChildeHaroldPilgrimageD.Cain99. PercyShellywasexpelledfromOxfordUniversitybecausehewroteapamphlet“OntheNecessityof”.A.AtheismB.AestheticsC.AthleticsD.Ethics100. Keatswasborninthefamilyofa.A.landlordB.apothecaryC.stablekeeperD.doctor选择：15B.B.D.A.B.61

43、0A.D.B.C.D1115C.D.C.AC1620DABAB2125BAAB.A2630AD.B.C.A.3135C.C.B.A.C.3640C.A.B.A.D.4145DA.C.A.C.4650A.B.B.B.A.5155A.C.B.C.A.5660D.D.D.B.A.6165BBCAD6670DCABB7175DBDBA7680ACBAB8185CAABB8690BDCAC9195CDCCC96100DCAAC判断：110TFTTFFFFTF1120FFTTFFTTFF2130FFTTFTFTFT3140FFFTTFFFTFn.Decidewhetherthefollowingstate

44、mentsaretrueorfalseandwriteyouranswersinthebrackets.()1.LeavesofGrassestablishedWaltWhitmanasthemostpopularAmericanpoetofthe19thcentury.()2.Thepoem“SongofMyself"gotthistitlefromthefirstedition.()3.PuritanismandCalvinisticdoctrinehavegreateffectsonHawthorne'swriting.()4.AccordingtoEmerson,ma

45、nisdivineinnatureandthereforeforeverperfectible.()5.WaltWhitmanisgrantedthehonorofbeing“theAmericanGoldsmith"forhisliterarycraftsmanship.()6.EmersonianTranscendentalisminspiredawholegenerationoffamousauthorslikeWhitman,DickinsonandMarkTwain.()7.AsaPuritan,HawthorneembracedthePuritanicaldoctrine

46、sandexpressestheminhisnovels.()8.InTheScarletLetter,Hawthorneintendstotellalovestoryandastoryofsin.()9.Hawthorneisamasterofsymbolism,whichhetookfromthePuritantraditionandbequeathedtoAmericanliteratureinarevivifiedform.()10.WaltWhitmanfollowsonlyonethemeinhisLeavesofGrass,thatis,theburgeoninglifeinci

47、ties.()11.MostofthepoemsinLeavesofGrassarewritteninheroiccouplet.()12.LifeontheMississippitellsastoryofHenryJame§sboyhoodambitiontobecomeariverboatpilotupanddowntheMississippi.()13.EmilyDickinson'spoemsareusuallybasedonherownexperiences,hersorrowsandjoys.()14.TheodoreDreiserisgreatlyinfluen

48、cedbyDarwinismanditisnotsurprisingtofindinhisfictionaworldofjungle,where“killortobekilled"isthelaw.()15.In“ThisismylettertotheWorld”Dickinsonexpressedherreluctancetocommunicatewiththeoutsideworld.()16.EachofEmilyDickinson'spoemshasawell-chosentitle.()17.EmilyDickinson'spoetryisuniqueand

49、unconventionalinitsownway,coveringlove,deathandnature.()18.InRobertLeeFrost'spoems,profoundideasaredeliveredunderthedisguiseoftheplainlanguageandthesimpleform.()19.RobertLeeFrosthaslongbeenwellknownasapoetwhobelongstothenew.()20.RobertFrostwrotemostofhispoemsinfreeverse.()21.EugeneO'Neil,Art

50、hurMillerandTennesseeWilliamsaretogethercalledfoundersoftheAmericandrama.()22.Fitzgeraldshowsaninterestbothintheupper-classsocietyandinthelower-classsociety.()23.HemingwaydevelopsthestyleofcolloquialisminitiatedbyMarkTwain.()24.Inhisnovels,WilliamFaulknerexploitsthemodernsteam-of-consciousnesstechni

51、quetoemphasizethereactionsandinnermusingsofthenarrator.()25.BenjaminFranklinisaearlyfeminist,becausehethinksthatwomenshouldreceiveeducation.()26.Emerson'slastingreputationwasestablishedbyhismasterpieceEssays.()27.EllenPoewrotemanypoems,sohehasaveryimportantpositionaspoet;hewroteabout70shortstori

52、esandisregardedasapioneerofthedetectivefictionandthehorrorfictioninthewest.()28.Instyle,herpoemsarecharacterizedbytheirbrevity,directnessandplainness()29.Philosophically,thenaturalistsbelievethattherealandtrueisalwayscompletelyhiddenfromtheunderstandingoftheindividualorbeyondhiscontrol.()30.Thedefin

53、ingformalcharacteristicsofthemodernisticworksarediscontinuityandfragmentation.()criticalrealismfounditsexpressionchieflyintheformofdrama.()greatestEnglishplaywrightofthe18thcenturywasGoldsmith,whosebestplayis"TheSchoolforScandal".()33.In1805,Southeycompletedalongautobiographicalpoementiled

54、"ThePrelude".()34.TheRomanticAgebeganin1789whenWordsworthandColeridgepublishedtheirjointwork"TheLyricalBallads".()35.ParadiseLostisMilton'smasterpiece;thestoryistakenfromtheOldTestament:SatanandotherangelsrebelagainstGod.()36.GeorgeBernardShawwasborninDublin,Scotland.()37.Byr

55、on'smasterpieceisTomJones.()38.Novelwritingmadeabigadvanceinthe18thcentury.themaincharactersinthenovelswerenolongercommonpeople,butthekingsandnobles.()39.Shakespeare'aprimecreatingperiodliesinhisthirdperiodwhenhisgreatesttragedieswerewritten.()40.Tessisarrestedandhangedbecauseshemurdersherse

56、ducerClare.III.Paraphrasethefollowingquotations:1. TheEyesaroundhadwrungthemdryAndBreathsweregatheringfirmForthatlastOnsetwhentheKingBewitnessedintheRoom(Dickinson:IheardaflybuzzwhenIdied)答案：Myrelativesandfriendshadcriedsothattherewerenotearsanymore.IholdmybreathandgotreadyforthelastattackofDeathwhe

57、nheappearedintheroom.2. Togointosolitude,amanneedstoretireasmuchfromhischamberasfromsociety.IamnotsolitarywhilstIreadandwrite,thoughnobodyiswithme.Butifamanwouldbealone,lethimlookatthestars.Theraysthatcomefromthoseheavenlyworlds,willseparatebetweenhimandvulgarthings.(Emerson:Nature)答案：Tobesolitary,a

58、manshouldalsoleavehisIamreadingorwriting,Iamnotalone.Whenamanlooksatthestars,hismindcanbepurifiedandabovethedirtythings.3. IshallbetellingthiswithasighSomewhereagesandageshence;Tworoadsdivergedinawood,andIItooktheoneIlesstraveledby,AndthathasmadeallthedifferenceRobertFrost:TheRoadNotTaken答案：InthefutureIshalltellthiswithsomeregr