单选题-美国文学

1.WilliamFaulkneristheauthorof______.B

a.FarFromtheMaddingCrowdb.SoundandFury

c.ForWhomtheBellTollsd.ScarletLetter

2.RobertFrostisafamous_______.C

a.novelistb.playwrightc.poetd.literarycritic

3.TheOldManandtheSeaisoneofthegreatworksby________.D

a.JackLondonb.CharlesDickens

c.SamuelColeridged.EarnestHemingway

4.ThegreattranscendentalworkbyHenryDavidThoreauis______.B

a.Natureb.Walden

c.Experienced.Essays

5.MarkTwainshapedtheworld’sviewofAmericaandmadeacombinationof_____andseriousliterature.A

a.Americanfolkhumorb.funnyjokes

c.Englishfolklored.Americanvalues

6.IHaveaDreamisaddressedby_____.C

a.AbrahamLincolnb.JohnF.Kennedy

c.MartinLutherKingd.RalphWaldoEmerson

7.Theperiodfrom1865—1914hasbeenreferredtoasthe_______intheliteraryhistoryoftheUnitedStates.A

a.AgeofRealismb.AgeofClassicalism

c.AgeofRomanticismd.AgeofRenaissance

8.With“CollectedPoems”,______wonthesecondPulitzerPrize.C

a.EzraPondb.e.e.cummings

c.RobertFrostd.WilliamCullenBryant

9.MobyDickisthemostimportantworkby______.B

a.JackLondonb.HermanMelville

c.SinclairLewisd.RalphEllison

10.O.Henryearnedhisfamemainlyforhis______.C

a.novelsb.poems

c.shortstoriesd.dramas

11.______isNOTanovelofFrancisScottFitzgerald.B

a.TenderIstheNightb.AnnaChristie

c.TheBeautifulandDammedd.TheGreatGatsby

12.The1954NobelPrizeforliteraturewasawardedto______forhis“masteryoftheartofmodernnarration”.D

a.WilliamFaulknerb.JohnSteinbeck

c.SaulBellowd.EarnestHemingway

13.SisterCarrieisamasterpieceof_______work.D

a.romanticb.classic

c.neo-classicd.naturalistic

14.TheRoadNotTakenisapoemwrittenby______.A

a.RobertFrostb.Longfellow

c.EzraPondd.CarlSandburg

15.T.S.Eliot’smostfamouslongpoemis______.C

a.TheLoveSongofJ.AlfredPrufrockb.ABoy’sWill

c.TheWasteLandd.TheGoldenBough

16.DaisyMillerisagreatworkby_____.A

a.HenryJamesb.MarkTwain

c.Dreiserd.Stowe

17.TheblackmanJimisacharacterinMarkTwain’s_______.B

a.TheAdventuresofTomSawyerb.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn

c.LifeontheMississippid.ThePrinceandthePauper

18.TheGrapesofWrathisthemasterpieceof______.A

a.JohnSteinbeckb.JohnCheever

c.JohnUpdiked.JohnDosPassos

19.Theimageofthefamous“henpeckedhusband”iscreatedby_____.A

a.WashingtonIrvingb.FennimoreCooper

c.EdithWhartond.WilliamDeanHowells

20._____wasthemostimportantpersonofthetranscendentalclub.C

a.Hawthornb.Whitman

c.Emersond.Thoreau

21．Whitman’spoemsarecharacterizedbyallthefollowingfeaturesEXCEPT_____.A

a.astrictpoeticform

b.asimpleandconversationallanguage

c.afreeandnaturalrhythmicpattern

d.aneasyflowoffeelings

22．ThehightideofRomanticisminAmericanliteratureoccurredaround______.A

a.1820b.1850

c.1880d.1920

23．Thepublicationof_______establishedEmersonasthemosteloquentspokesmanoftheNewEnglandTranscendentalism.A

a.Natureb.Self-Reliance

c.TheOver-Sould.TheAmericanScholar

24．Chinesepoetryandphilosophyhaveexertedgreatinfluenceover____.A

a.EzraPound

b.RalphWaldoEmerson

c.RobertFrost

d.EmilyDickinson

25．______isNOTwrittenbyEdgarAllanPoe.D

a.TheRavenb.AnnabelLee

c.TheFalloftheHouseofUsherd.SongtoCelia

(C)26.InadditiontoNature,RalphWaldoEmersonisalsonotedforhisfamousessay,___,whichhasoftenbeencalledthesecondAmericanDeclarationofIndependence---adeclarationofculturalindependencefortheUnitedStates.

A.TheDial

B.TheDivinitySchoolAddress

C.TheAmericanScholar

D.TheOver-Soul

(D)27.WhichofthefollowingisNOTwrittenbyNathanielHawthorne?

A.TheHouseoftheSevenGables

B.TheScarletLetters

C.YoungGoodmanBrown

D.Self-Reliance

(A)28.Inhis___and___,MarkTwainshowshisnostalgicrecollectionsofhisearlyboyhood.

A.AdventuresofTomSawyerandAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn

B.AdventuresofTomSawyerandTheGildedAge

C.AdventuresofHuckleberryFinnandTheGildedAge

D.LifeontheMississippiandTheGildedAge

(C)29.OneofthedifferencesbetweenWaltWhitmanandEmilyDickinsonistheirintentionofwritingpoems.EmilyDickinsonwrotepoemschieflyfor___.

A.displayingherpoetictalent

B.expressingherviewonpublicaffairs

C.psychologicaltherapy

D.widereputation

(C)30.___byTheodoreDreiserisastory,tracingthematerialriseofanactressandthetragicdeclineofamanwhousedtogivetheactressindispensablehelp.

A.AnAmericanTragedy

B.TrilogyofDesire

C.SisterCarrie

D.NiggerJeff

(D)31.HemingwayusedGertrudeStein'sremarkthat"Youareallalostgeneration."asamottoinhisnovel________.

A.ForWhomtheBellTolls

B.TheOldManandtheSea

C.AFarewelltoArms

D.TheSunAlsoRises

(B)32.In1920,Fitzgerald'sfirstnovel_______waspublished,whichbroughthim,notonlyreputation,wealthbutalsoZelda,anembodimentofhisromanticnotionsofaSouthernBelle.

A.TheGreatGatsby

B.ThisSideofParadise

C.TheBeautifulandDamned

D.TenderistheNight

(C)33.Ezrapoundwrote70booksofhisown,andedited70booksofotherwriters.Hismajorworkofpoetryis_____,alongpoemwhichheworkedonoveralongperiodoftime,andwhichtracestheriseandfallofeasternandwesternempires.

A.MakeItNew

B.TheABCofReading

C.TheCantos

D.InaStationoftheMetro

(A)34.WhichisofthefollowingpoemsisNOTcomposedbyRobertFrost?

A.Success

B.AfterApple-Picking

C.TheRoadNotTaken

D.MendingWall

35.

MarkTwaincreated,in____________,amasterpieceofAmericanrealismthatisalsooneofthegreatbooksofworldliterature.A

A.

HuckleberryFinn

B.

TomSawyer

C.

TheManThatCorruptedHadleyburg

D.

TheGildedAge

36.ChoosetheworkNOTwrittenbyMarkTwain.D

A.

TheAdventuresofTomSawyer

B.

InnocentsAbroad

C.

LifeontheMississippi

D.

TheRiseofSilasLapham

37.

WithWilliamDeanHowells,James,andMarkTwainactiveonthescene,_______becamethemajortrendintheseventiesandeightiesofthenineteenthcentury.C

A.sentimentalism

B.romanticism

C.realism

D.naturalism

38.

EzraPound'slongpoem____________containedmorethanonehundredpoemslooselyconnected.B

A.TheWasteLand

B.TheCantos

C.DonJuan

D.QueenMab

39.TheFitzgeraldslivedsoextravagantlythattheyfrequentlyspentmoremoneythanF.ScootFitzgeraldearnedforparties,liquor,entertainingtheirfriendsandtraveling.Itwasthislivingstylethatnicknamedthedecadeofthe1920sas______.B

A.TheRoaringTwenties

B.TheJazzAge

C.TheDollarDecade

D.alloftheabove

40.

InParis,ErnestHemingway,alongwith_____________,accomplishedarevolutioninliterarystyleandlanguage.D

A.JamesJoyce

B.EzraPound

C.ThomasStearnsEliot

D.alloftheabove

41.__________tellstheJoadfamily'slifefromthetimetheywereevictedfromtheirfarminOklahomauntiltheirfirstwinterinCalifornia.B

A.OfMiceandMen

B.TheGrapesofWrath

C.TheGreatGatsby

D.ForWhomtheBellTolls

42.InAmericanliterature,the18thcenturywastheageofEnlightenment.______wasthedominant.B

A.humanismB.rationalism

C.romanticismD.evolution

43.Theshortstory“TheLegendofSleepyHollow”istakenfromIrving’sworknamed______.B

A.TheLeatherstockingTales

B.TheSketchBook

C.TheAutobiography

D.TheHistoryofNewYork

44.WhichofthefollowingisnotthecharacteristicofAmericanRomanticism?A

A.RationalismB.innerself

C.personalfeelingsD.individualism

45.Stylistically,HenryJames’fictionischaracterizedby_____.D

A.short,clearsentences

B.abundanceoflocalimages

C.ordinaryAmericanspeech

D.highlyrefinedlanguage

46．Transcendentalistdoctrinesfoundtheirgreatestliteraryadvocatesin_____andThoreau.B

A.JeffersonB.Emerson

C.FreneauD.MarkTwain

47.Whichisregardedasthe“DeclarationofIntellectualIndependence”?A

A.TheAmericanScholarB.EnglishTraits

C.OversoulD.Self-reliance

48.____isconsideredMarkTwain’sgreatestachievement.D

A.TheGildedAge

B.InnocentAbroad

C.TheAdventuresofTomSawyer

D.AdventuresofHuckleberryFinn

49._____isnotamongthosegreatestfiguresin“LostGeneration”.C

A.EzraPoundB.RobertFrost

C.WaltWhitmanD.Hemingway

50.Naturalismisevolvedfromrealismwhentheauthor’stoneinwritingbecomeslessseriousandlesssympatheticbutmoreironicandmore____.D

A.rationalB.humorous

C.optimisticD.pessimistic

51.______isthefatherofAmericanLiterature.D

A.BenjaminFranklinB.PhilipFreneau

C.PaineD.WashingtonIrving

52._____isafantasytaleaboutamanwhosomehowsteppedoutsidethemainstreamoflife.A

A.“RipVanWinkle”

B.“ThePioneers”

C.“TheLegendofSleepyHollow”

D.“TheFalloftheHouseofUsher”

53._____wasthemostleadingspiritoftheTranscendentalClub.B

A.ThoreauB.Emerson

C.HawthorneD.Whitman

54.WhichoffollowingisNOTatypicalfeatureofMarkTwain’slanguage?C

A.vernacularB.colloquial

C.elegantD.humorous

55.FromThoreau’sjailexperience,camehisfamousessay,_____whichstateshisbeliefthatnomanshouldviolatehisconscienceatthecommandofagovernment.C

A.WaldenB.Nature C.CivilDisobedienceD.CommonSense

56.MostofthepoemsinWhitman’sLeavesofGrasssingofthe“en-mass”andthe____aswell.C

A.natureB.self-reliance

C.selfD.life

57.WhatdidFitzgeraldcallthe1920s?C

A.TheRoaring20sB.TheGay20s

C.TheJazzAgeD.TheLostGeneration

AnEnglishshipbrought102peoplefromPlymouth,EnglandonSeptember16,1620andarrivedinthepresentProvincetownharboronNovember21inthesameyear.Thisshipwasnamed____________.B

a.ThePilgrimsb.Mayflowerc.Americad.Titanic

59._________wasthefirstAmericanwritertowriteentirelyAmericanliterature.C

a.AnneBradstreetb.WashingtonIrving

c.MarkTwaind.ErnestHemingway

60._______wastheleaderofAmericantranscendentalism.C

a.BenjaminFranklinb.WashingtonIrving

c.RalphWaldoEmersond.HenryDavidThoreau

61._________isfatherofthedetectivestoryandofpsychoanalyticcriticism.D

a.WashingtonIrvingb.RalphWaldoEmerson

c.WaltWhitmand.EdgarAllanPoe

63.Whichofthefollowingisanaturalisticwriter?D

a.WilliamDeanHowellsb.MarkTwain

c.ErnestHemingwayd.TheodoreDreiser

64.HemingwaywroteaboutAmericancompatriotsinEuropewhereas________wroteabouttheJazzage,lifeinAmericansociety.D

a.WilliamCarlosWilliamsb.WilliamFaulkner

c.JohnSteinbeckd.F.ScottFitzgerald

65.Dreiser’sTrilogyofDesireincludesthreenovels.TheyareTheFinancier,TheTitanand_____.

A.TheGeniusB.TheTycoon

C.TheStoicD.TheGiant

66.TheimpactofDarwin’sevolutionarytheoryontheAmericanthoughtandtheinfluenceofthenineteenth-centuryFrenchliteratureontheAmericanmenoflettersgaverisetoyetanotherschoolofrealism:American___________.

A.localcolorismB.vernacularism

C.modernismD.naturalism

67.RobertFrostcombinedtraditionalverseforms-thesonnet,rhymingcouplets,blankverse-withaclearAmericanlocalspeechrhythm,thespeechof_______farmerswithitsidiosyncraticdictionandsyntax.

A.SouthernB.Western

C.NewHampshireD.NewEngland

68.Apartfromthedislocationoftimeandthemodernstream-of-consciousness,theothernarrativetechniquesFaulknerusedtoconstructhisstoriesinclude_________,symbolismandmythologicalandbiblicalallusions.

A.impressionismB.expressionism

C.multiplepointsofviewD.firstpersonpointofview

69.OneofthecharacteristicsthathavemadeMarkTwainamajorliteraryfigureinthe19thcenturyAmericaishisuseof____________.

A.vernacularB.interiormonologue

C.pointofviewD.photographicdescription

70.Itisonhis____________thatWashingtonIrving’sfamemainlyrested.

A.childhoodrecollectionsB.sketchesabouthisEuropeantours

C.earlypoetryD.talesaboutAmerica

71.Asaphilosophicalandliterarymovement,themainissuesinvolvedinthedebateofTranscendentalismaregenerallyconcerning____________________.

A.nature,manandtheuniverse

B.therelationshipbetweenmanandwoman

C.thedevelopmentofRomanticisminAmericanliterature

D.thecold,rigidrationalismofUnitarianism

72.AboutthenovelTheScarletLetter,whichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTright?

A.It’sveryhardtosaythatitisalovestoryorastoryofsin.

B.It’sahighlysymbolicstoryandtheauthorisamasterofsymbolism.

C.It’smainlyaboutthemoral,emotionalandpsychologicaleffectsofthesinuponthemaincharactersandthepeopleingeneral.

D.InittheletterAtakesthesamesymbolicmeaningthroughoutthenovel.

73.ThegreatseaadventurestoryMoby-Dickisusuallyconsidered____________.

A.asymbolicvoyageofthemindinquestofthetruthandknowledgeoftheuniverse.

B.anadventurousexplorationintoman’srelationshipwithnature

C.asimplewhalingtaleorseaadventure

D.asymbolicvoyageofthemindinquestoftheartistictruthandbeauty

74.Inhispoems,WaltWhitmanisinnovativeinthetermsoftheformofhispoetry,whichiscalled“____________________.”

A.freeverseB.blankverse

C.alliterationD.endrhyming

75.WhichofthefollowingissaidoftheAmericannaturalism?

A.Theypreferredtohavetheirownregionandpeopleattheforefrontofthestories.

B.Theircharacteristicsettingisusuallyanisolatedtown.

C.Humansshouldbeunitedbecausetheyhadtoadaptthemselvestochangingharshenvironment.

D.Theircharacterswereconceivedmoreorlesscomplexcombinationsofinheritedattributes,theirhabitsconditionedbysocialandeconomicforces.

76.WhichofthefollowingisnotrightaboutMarkTwain’sstyleoflanguage?

A.Hissentencestructuresarelong,ungrammaticalanddifficulttoread.

B.Hiswordsarecolloquial,concreteanddirectineffect.

C.Hishumorisremarkableandcharacterizedbypuns,straight-facedexaggeration，repetitionandanti-climax.

D.Hisstyleoflanguagehadexertedratherdeepinfluenceonthecontemporarywriters.

77.AsagreatinnovatorinAmericanliterature,WaltWhitmanwrotehispoetryinanunconventionalstylewhichisnowcalledfreeverse,thatis_________.

A.lyricalpoetrywithchantingrefrains

B.poetrywithoutafixedbeatorregularrhymescheme

C.poetrywithoutrhymesattheendofthelinesbutwithafixedbeat

D.poetryinanirregularmetricformandexpressingnoblefeelings

78.Inhispoetry,RobertFrostmadethecolloquial______speechintoapoeticexpression.

A.EnglandB.NewEngland

C.PlymouthD.Boston

79.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisrightaboutRobertFrost’spoetry?

A.Hecombinedtraditionalverseformswiththedifficultandhighlyornamentallanguage.

B.HecombinedtraditionalverseformswiththepastorallanguageoftheSouthernarea.

C.Hecombinedtraditionalverseformswithasimplespokenlanguage-thespeechofNewEnglandfarmers.

D.Hecombinedtraditionalverseformswiththeexperimental.

80.WhichofthefollowingisnotwrittenbyErnestHemingway,oneofthebest-knownAmericanauthorsofthe20thcentury?

A.TheSunAlsoRises.B.TheOldManandtheSea.

C.MossesFromtheOldManse.D.TheGreenHillsofAfrica.

81.WhichofthefollowingisnotaworkofNathanielHawthorne’s?

A.TheHouseoftheSevenGables.B.TheBlithedaleRomance.

C.TheMarbleFaun.D.WhiteJacket.

82.InHawthorne’snovelsandshortstories,intellectualsusuallyappearas______________.

A.commentatorsB.observers

C.villainsD.saviors

83.Besidessketches,talesandessays,WashingtonIrvingalsopublishedabookon______,whichisalsoconsideredanimportantpartofhiscreativewriting.

A.poetictheoryB.Frenchart

C.historyofNewYorkD.lifeofGeorgeWashington

84.In1837,RalphWaldoEmersonmadeaspeechentitled_______atHarvard,whichwashailedbyOliverWendellHolmesas"OurintellectualDeclarationofIndependence."

A."Nature"B."Self-Reliance"

C."DivinitySchoolAddress"D."TheAmericanScholar"

85.Whichofthefollowingstatementsaboutwritersin1920sistrue?

A.MarkTwainpublishedhislastandmostimportantnovel.

B.F.ScottFitzgeraldreceivedtheNobelPrize.

C.Freudianpsychologyinfluencedmanymodernwriters.

D.Mostwriterswerepoliticallyradical.

86.InAmericanliteraturethefirstimportantwriterwhoearnedaninternationalfameonbothsidesoftheAtlanticOceanis_______________.

A.WashingtonIrvingB.RalphWaldoEmerson

C.NathanielHawthorneD.WaltWhitman

87.TheAmericannovelistNathanielHawthorneisknownforhis“blackvision．”TheTerm“blackvision”refersto______________.

A.Hawthorne'sobservationthateverymanfacesablackWall

B.Hawthorne'sbeliefthatallmenarebynatureevil

C.thatHawthorneemployedadreamvisiontotellhisstory

D.thatPuritansofHawthorne'stimeusuallyworeblackclothes

88.In__________,RobertFrostcompareslifetoajourney,andheisdoubtfulwhetherhewillregrethischoiceornotwhenheisold,becausethechoicehasmadeallthedifference.

A.“AfterApple-Picking”

B.“TheRoadNOtTaken”

C.“StoppingbyWoodsonaSnowyEvening”

D.“FireandIce”

89.TheRomanticwriterswouldfocusonallthefollowingissuesEXCEPTthe_______intheAmericanliteraryhistory．

A.individualfeelingB.survivalofthefittest

C.strongimaginationD.returntonature

90.Generallyspeaking，allthosewriterswithanaturalisticapproachtohumanrealitytendtobe_____.

A.transcendentalistsB.optimists

C.pessimistsD.idealists

91.AmericanwritersafterWorldWarIself-consciouslyacknowledgedthattheywere(a)“_______,”devoidoffaithandalienatedfromtheWesterncivilization．

A.LostGenerationB.BeatGeneration

C.SonsofLibertyD.AngryYoungMen

92.HesterPrynne,Dimmesdale,ChillingworthandPearlaremostlikelyCharactersin_______.

A.TheHouseoftheSevenGablesB.TheScarletLetter

C.ThePortraitofaLadyD.Thepioneers

93.Inhisrealisticfiction,HenryJames'sprimaryconcernistopresentthe_________.

A.innerlifeofhumanbeingsB.AmericanCivilWaranditseffects

C.lifeontheMississippiRiverD.CalvinisticviewoforiginalSin

94.AmericanRomanticismstretchesfromtheendofthe________centurythroughtheoutbreakof______.

A.18th,theCivilWarB.18th,theWarofIndependence

C.19th,WWID.19th,WWII

95._________believesthatthechiefaimofliterarycreationisbeauty,and“thedeathofabeautifulwomanis,unquestionably,themostpoeticaltopicintheworld.”

A.WaltWhitmanB.EdgarAllenPoe

C.AnneBradstreetD.RalphWaldoEmerson

96.WhichisgenerallyregardedasthemanifestoandtheBibleofAmericanTranscendentalism?

A.Thoreau’sWaldenB.Emerson’sNature

C.Poe’sPoeticPrincipleD.Thoreau’sNature

97.HenryDavidThoreau’swork,________,hasalwaysbeenregardedasamasterpieceoftheNewEnglandTranscendentalMovement.

A.WaldenB.ThePioneers

C.NatureD."SongofMyself"

98.‘LeavesofGrass’commandsgreatattentionbecauseofitsuniquelypoeticembodimentof________,whicharewritteninthefoundingdocumentsofboththeRevolutionaryWarandtheAmericanCivilWar.

A.thedemocraticidealsB.theromanticideals

C.thes