《美国文学》期末考试试卷(A卷)

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题号一二三四五六七八九十总分

分数

得分I.ChooseTENofthefollowingworksandwritethe

namesoftheauthors.(10%)

1.Octopus()

2.Maggie,AGirloftheStreets()

3.Babbitt()

4.WhiteFang()

5.“LegendofSleepyHollow”()

6.MyAntonia()

7.“Birches"()

8.PoorRichard'sAlmanac()

9.LightinAugust()

10.TwiceToldTales()

11.TheDeclarationofIndependence^

12.“RipVanWinkle"()

13.Nature^)

14.TheSongofHiawatha()

15.UncleTomfsCabin()

16.TheAdventuresofHuckleberry^Finn(

17.SisterCarrie()

18.TheWasteLand()

19.ForWhomtheBellTolls()

20.TheEmperorJones{)

得分

II・ChooseFIVEofthefollowingandfillintheblanks.

(10%)

1.wasoneofthefoundersofthe

JamestowncolonyinVirginiain1607andisknownforhiswork

describingthecolonies.

2.wasadeterminedrevolutionarywhose

workhelpedthecauseoftheAmericanRevolutionconsiderably,but

wholosthispopularitylongbeforehisdeath.

3.Thetermreferstothegroupofpeople,someofthem

importanttoAmericanliterature(especiallysecularessaywriting),who

ledtheAmericanRevolutionandhelpedcreatetheearlyAmerican

Republic.

4.wasanearlyformofhorrorfictionthat

originatedin18,hcenturyEuropeandwasverypopularinAmerica

duringtheRomanticPeriod.

5.,knownforherdeeplypersonal

poemsandradicallydifferentpoeticthemesandform,didn'tachieve

fameasapoetuntillongafterherdeath.

6.ThefirstofAmericanliteraturewasnotwrittenbyanAmerican,butby

,aBritishcaptain,whothusbecamethefirst

Americanwriter.

7.hasbeenentitledthe“FatherofAmerican

Poetry.

8.wasthefirstgreatprosestylistof

Americanromanticism,authorofthefirstAmericanshortstoriesand

familiaressays,thefirstAmericanauthortoachieveinternational

distinction,andhasasignificantpositioninthehistoryofAmerican

literature.

9.isthefirstAmericanprofessionalwriterand

thefirstwriterofthedetectivestoryintheworld.

10.isalsocallednoveloftheroad,itstrings

theincidentsonthelineofthehero'stravel.

得分HI.Chooseonlyoneanswerformthefourchoicesasthe

mostappropriateanswer.(30%)

1.AnneBradstreetwasaPuritanpoet.Whenherpoemswerepublishedin

England,shebecameknowasthe""whoappearedinAmerica.

ANinthMuse

BTenthMuse

CBestMuse

DFirstMuse

2.isthesometimesexaggerateduseoflocallanguage,charactersand

customsinregionalliterature.

Apurpleprose

Bwaste-landimagery

Clocalcolor

Dsymbolism

3.ThefirstgreatflourishingofAfricanAmericanliteraturethatappealedtoa

relativelylargeliterateBlackreadershipwasknownas.

ATheHolocaust

BTheHarlemRenaissance

CAbolitionism

DTheCivilRightsMovement

4.wasaleading19thcenturyfeministandoneofthecoremembersof

theTranscendentalistmovement.

AMargaretFuller

BSylviaPlath

CHildaDoolittle

DGloriaStein

5.Whichofthefollowingisnottypicalofmodernpoetry?

Agushingsentimentalismandcomfortableimages

Babandonmentofearlierverseforms

Cuseoffreeverse

Danefforttofindand/orexploreanewrolefbrthepoetinachanging

world

6.Whowasperhapsthemostpopularofall20lhcenturyAmericanpoets?

AEzraPound

BWaltWhitman

cRobertFrost

AllenGinsburg

7.TheFitzgeraldslivedsoextravagantlythattheyfrequentlyspentmoremoney

thanF.ScootFitzgeraldearnedfbrparties,liquor,entertainingtheirfriendsand

traveling.Itwasthislivingstylethatnicknamedthedecadeofthe1920sas

ATheJazzAge

BTheGildedAge

CTheRoaringAge

DTheBeatAge

8.Whichistrueofthe“FiresidePoets”？

ATheyweregenerallystronglyinfavorofabolishingslavery.

BTheyweredeeplyinvolvedintheTranscendentalistmovement.

CTheywereagroupof19lhcenturyNewEnglandpoetswhowere

tremendouslypopularandrespectedatthetimetheywrote.

DTheyopposedtotraditionandwereinfavorofradicalchange.

9.ErnestHemingwaywasbadlywoundedinItalyandsenttoahospitalwhere

hefellinlovewithanurse.Thesetwopersonslaterbecamethecharactersofhis

novel・

ATheOldManandtheSea

BForWhomtheBellTolls

CTheSunAlsoRises

DAFarewelltoArms

10.TheBrahmistsorBostonBrahmi,inAmericanliterature,refersto.

AThehighestrankingoftheHinducastes.

BAmovementthatemergedfromrebellionagainstPuritanreligious

ideasandsystems.

CAgroupofNewEnglandwritersknownfortheirscholarshipand/or

conservativephilosophy.

DAschoolofimaginativewriting.

11.WhichofthefollowingisoneofBenFranklin'sfamousproverbs?

A“Astitchintimesavesnine”

B"Godhelpsthosewhohelpthemselves^^

C“AFriendinneedisafriendindeed,,

D"Asknotwhothebelltolls,thebelltollsforthee”

12.wasareactiontotheideasoftheAgeofReasonandthe

Enlightenment.

ARomanticism

BRealism

CNaturalism

DModernism

13.Althoughfewofherpoemswerepublishedinherlifetimeandacomplete

collectionofthemdidn'tappearuntilthe1950's,hadamajorimpacton

20thcenturypoetry.

AAnneBradstreet

BGertrudeStein

CEmilyDickinson

DAmyLowell

14.Whichofthefollowingwritersdiedanaturaldeathinhisoldage?

AJackLondon

BErnestHemingway

CStephenCrane

DMarkTwain

15.WhoofthefollowingisNOTa20,hcenturyAmericanpoet?

AHenryWordsworthLongfellow

BAmyLowell

CEzraPound

DRobertFrost

IV.ChooseTENofthefollowinganddecidewhetherthe

Hstatementsaretrueorfalse.(10%)

1.HawthornewasafirmbelieverinPuritanprinciplesandmournedtheir

passinginhisworks.

2.FrederickDouglaswasamajor19lhcenturyblackwriter.

3.ThesoundofWhitman'swordscastsamagic,romanticspellover

readers.Histoneisawesome,sadandmelancholy.

4.Haiku,aformoftraditionalJapanesepoetry,greatlyinfluencedthe

Imagistmovement.

5.LeavesofGrassisWhitman'slifework.

6.ThanksinparttotheeffortsofEzraPound,RobertFrostwaspublished

inEnglandandquicklybecamerecognizedasamajorAmericanpoet.

7.In1954,T.S.EliotwasawardedaNobelPrizeforhis“masteryofthe

artofmodernnarration/'

8.Hemingwaybelievedthatamancouldfindmeaninginlifebyfacinghis

deathwithdignityandcourage.

9.ThomasJeffersonwasfamousforpowerful,persuasiveessays,suchas

hispamphletCommonSense,whichpersuadedmanypeopletosupport

theAmericanRevolution.

10.WilliamHillBrown'sThePowerofSympathy,writtenin1789,isoften

called“thefirstAmericannovel”.

11.TheliterarymovementofAmericanromanticismwasgenerallydivided

intotwostages:pre-romanticismandpost-romanticism.

12.Realiststhoughthighlyofindividualstatusandroleintheworld.The

romanticistsprefeiTedtheinnateorintuitiveperceptionbytheheartof

man.Theythoughtthatmanwasessentiallyofgoodwill,onlythe

civilizedsocietymadehimdegenerate.Theypointedout,themeansto

uprootevilsandtosavemankindwashabits,andtoreturnto“natural

primitivestate”.

13.TheScarletLetteriscalledaneconomicalnovelbecausethereareonly

threechiefcharacters-orfourifweincludethechildPearl.

14.PresidentLincolnpraisedAnneBradstreetas“thelittlewomanwho

wrotethebookthatmadethisgreatwar.”

15.EdgarAllanPoewrotetwopoemsbothentitled"ToHelen^^.

16.Literarynaturalismmayberegardedasthenewdevelopmentofliterary

realism,andwassometimescalled''pessimisticrealism."The

naturalisticwriterswerephilosophicalpessimists.

17.Hemingway,Pound,Cummings,DosPassos,andFitzgerald,belongto

theschoolof“BeatGeneration^^.

18.F.ScottFitzgeraldiscalledtheleaderandpoetlaureateoftheJazzAge

whowrotethenovelsoftheJazzAge.

19.YoknapatawphasagaisanameforJohnSteinbeck'snovels.

20.“Thanatopsis“isawordBryantborrowedfromLatinmeaning

"meditationondeath”.

V.ChooseTHREEofthefollowingfragmentsandanswer

Hthequestions.(20%)

Passage1

Theapparitionofthesefacesinthecrowd;

Petalsonawet,blackbough.

Questions:

1.Whoisthewriterofthispoem?(1%)

2.Whatisthetitleofthispoem?(1%)

3.WhatimagesinthispoemsuggestHaikupoetryandwhatimagesare

“modem”？(2%)

4.Whatistheeffectoftheparallelbetweenlinesoneandtwoofthepoem?

Andwhatfeelingandmeaningdoesthepoemexpresstoyou?(2%)

Passage2

Itwaslateandeveryonehadleftthecafeexceptanoldmanwhosatinthe

shadowtheleavesofthetreemadeagainsttheelectriclight.Inthedaytimethe

streetwasdusty,butatnightthedewsettledthedustandtheoldmanlikedtosit

latebecausehewasdeafandnowatnightitwasquietandhefeltthedifference.

Questions:

1.Thispartisfromthenovel,writtenby.

(2%)

2.Whydoestheoldmangetdrunkeverynightandwhydidhecommit

suicide?(2%)

3.Whatdoestheyoungwaiterthinkoftheoldmanandhowdoeshetreat

him?(3%)

Passage3

IwenttothewoodsbecauseIwishedtolivedeliberately,tofrontonlythees­

sentialfactsoflife,andseeifIcouldnotlearnwhatithadtoteach,andnot,

whenIcametodie,discoverthatIhadnotlived.Ididnotwishtolivewhatwas

notlife,livingissodear;nordidIwishtopractiseresignation,unlessitwas

quitenecessary.Iwantedtolivedeepandsuckoutallthemarrowoflife,tolive

sosturdilyandSpartan-likeastoputtoroutallthatwasnotlife,tocutabroad

swathandshaveclose,todrivelifeintoacorner,andreduceittoitslowestterms,

and,ifitprovedtobemean,whythentogetthewholeandgenuinemeannessof

it,andpublishitsmeannesstotheworld;orifitweresublime,toknowitby

experience,andbeabletogiveatrueaccountofitinmynextexcursion.For

mostmen,itappearstome,areinastrangeuncertaintyaboutit,whetheritisof

thedevilorofGod.

Questions:

1.Thispassageistakenfromafamousworkentitled.(1%)

2.Theauthoroftheworkis.(1%)

3.Listbyyourselfatleastfivereasonsthattheauthorgivesforgoingto

liveinthewoods.(5%)

Passage4

But,ononesideoftheportal(入口)，androotedalmostatthethreshold,wasa

wildrose-bush,covered,inthismonthofJune,withitsdelicategems,which

mightbeimaginedtooffertheirfragranceandfragilebeautytotheprisoneras

hewentin,andtothecondemnedcriminalashecameforthtohisdoom,in

tokenthatthedeepheartofNaturecouldpityandbekindtohim.

Questions:

1.Thispartisfromthenovel,writtenby.

(2%)

2.Whatdoes“thewildrosebush“symbolizeaccordingtoyouropinion?

(5%)