《美国文学》期末考试试卷(A卷)答案
英语专业-英美文学试卷及答案-期末
英语专业-英美文学试卷及答案-期末英美文学试卷A共9页第I. Mark the following statements as true (T) or false (F). (10 x 1’=10’)1. ( ) Chaucer is the first English short-story teller and the founder of English poetry aswell as the founder of English realism. His masterpiece The Canterbury talescontains 26 stories.2. ( ) English Renaissance is an age of essay and drama.3. ( ) The rise of the modern novel is closely related to the rise of the middle class and anurban life.4. ( ) The French Revolution and the American War of Independence were two biginfluences that brought about the English Romantic Movement.5. ( ) Charlotte’s novels are all about lonely and neglected young women with a fiercelonging for life and love. Her novels are more or less based on her own experience and feelings and the life as she sees around.6. ( ) The leading figures of the naturalism at the turn of 19th century are Thomas Hardy,John Galsworthy and Bernard Shaw.7. ( ) Emily Dickinson is remembered as the “All American Writer”.8. ( )The Civil War divides the American literature into romantic literature and realistliterature.9. ( ) Mark Twain is the first American writer to discover an American language andAmerican consciousness.。
美国文学复习题有答案
美国文学复习题有答案
1. 谁是美国文学史上第一位重要的诗人？
答案：爱德华·泰勒（Edward Taylor）。
2. 19世纪美国文学中，哪位作家的作品以幽默和讽刺著称？
答案：马克·吐温（Mark Twain）。
3. 简述赫尔曼·梅尔维尔的《白鲸》中的主要冲突。
答案：《白鲸》中的主要冲突是船长亚哈对白鲸莫比·迪克的复仇。
4. 谁是“垮掉的一代”文学运动中最著名的诗人？
答案：艾伦·金斯伯格（Allen Ginsberg）。
5. 在菲茨杰拉德的《了不起的盖茨比》中，盖茨比的悲剧结局是什么？
答案：盖茨比被威尔逊误杀，因为他认为盖茨比是导致他妻子死亡
的罪魁祸首。
6. 描述艾米莉·狄金森的诗歌风格。
答案：艾米莉·狄金森的诗歌风格以简洁、使用短句和强烈个人情
感表达为特点。
7. 谁是20世纪美国文学中“南方文艺复兴”的代表人物？
答案：威廉·福克纳（William Faulkner）。
8. 在《杀死一只知更鸟》中，阿提克斯·芬奇律师为何受到小镇居民
的尊敬？
答案：阿提克斯·芬奇律师因坚持正义和平等，为一个被错误指控
的黑人辩护而受到尊敬。
9. 简述海明威的“冰山理论”。
答案：海明威的“冰山理论”是指在写作中只展示故事的表面部分，而将更深层的意义和情感留给读者去揣摩。
10. 在《愤怒的葡萄》中，约德一家的旅程象征着什么？
答案：约德一家的旅程象征着美国大萧条时期农民的苦难和对更
好生活的不懈追求。
《美国文学》期末考试试卷(A卷)
湖州师范学院外国语学院2008— 2009 学年第 二 学期 《美国文学》期末考试试卷（A 卷） I. Write the names of the authors.(10%) 1. Leaves of Grass ( ) 2. Raven ( ) 3. Anecdote of the Jar ( ) 4. The Octopus ( ) 5. Maggie: A Girl of the Streets ( ) 6. A Rose for Emily ( ) 7. Arrowsmith ( ) 8. Of Mice and Men ( ) 9. The Weary Blues ( ) 10. The Streetcar Named Desire ( ) II. Fill in the following blanks with appropriate information.（10%） 1. Emily Dickinson explores the inner life of the individual and pays attention to only one region “____________”. Her poetry characterizes with the concise, direct and simplediction and syntax.2. Simply ______________ means the use of regional detail in a literary or artisticwork. The name is given especially to a kind of American literature that in its mostcharacteristic form made its appearance just after the Civil War and for nearly three decadeswas the single most popular form of American literature.3. Martin Eden , one of London's most important books, is this __________ accountof a young sailor who struggles to improve himself and achieves eventual success as a writer,but grows disenchanted with fame and wealth. It represents both an indictment of theAmerican dream and an important reflection on London's own background and career.4. Modernism in literature is not easily summarized, but the key elements areexperimentation, __________, individualism and a stress on the cerebral rather than emotiveaspects.5. The __________ manifesto came out in 1912 showed three poetic principles: directtreatment of the “thing”（no fuss, frill, or ornament ）, exclusion of superfluous words（precision and economy of expression ）, the rhythm of the musical phrase rather than thesequence of a metronome （free verse form and music ）.6. In The Old Man and The Sea , Ernest Hemingway tells us a story of an old Cubanfisherman, __________, who is a perfectionist when it comes to fishing.7. William Faulkner wrote works of psychological drama and emotional depth,typically with long serpentine prose and high, meticulously-chosen diction, also usinggroundbreaking literary devices such as stream of consciousness, ______________, andtime-shifts within narrative.8. Sinclair Lewis, the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in__________ for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with witand humour, new types of characters.9. ____________ was more than just a literary movement: it included racialconsciousness, "the back to Africa" movement led by Marcus Garvey, racial integration, theexplosion of music particularly jazz, spirituals and blues, painting, dramatic revues, andothers. It was a huge leap for black liberation and culture.10. ____________ received the Pulitzer Prize four times and received the Nobel Prizefor Literature in 1936 for the power, honesty and deep-felt emotions of his dramatic works, 得分得分which embody an original concept of tragedy, making him the first US dramatist to do so. 得分III. Choose only one answer form the four choices as the most appropriate answer.（20%）1. Mark Twain created, in____________, a masterpiece of American realism that isalso one of the great books of world literature.A. Huckleberry FinnB. Tom SawyerC. The Man That Corrupted HadleyburgD. The Gilded Age2. Choose the work NOT written by Mark Twain.A. The Adventures of Tom SawyerB. Innocents AbroadC. Life on the MississippiD. The Rise of Silas Lapham3. With William Dean Howells, James, and Mark Twain active on the scene, _______became the major trend in the seventies and eighties of the nineteenth century.A. sentimentalismB. romanticismC. realismD. naturalism4. The American social upheavals and the literary concerns of the Great Depressionyears ended with the prosperity and turmoil brought by the _____________.A. First World WarB. Second World WarC. Civil WarD. War of Independence5. Ezra Pound' s long poem____________ contained more than one hundred poemsloosely connected.A. The Waste LandB. The CantosC. Don JuanD. Queen Mab6. __________, a poetic tragedy on the betrayal of Thomas a Becket, is a drama ofimpressive spiritual power.A. "The Confidential Clerk"B. "The Cocktail Party"C. "The Family Reunion"D. "Murder in the Cathedral"7. The Fitzgeralds lived so extravagantly that they frequently spent more money than F.Scoot Fitzgerald earned for parties, liquor, entertaining their friends and traveling. It was this living style that nicknamed the decade of the 1920s as ______.A. The Roaring TwentiesB. The Jazz AgeC. The Dollar DecadeD. all of the above8. In Paris, Ernest Hemingway, along with _____________, accomplished a revolutionin literary style and language.A. Gertrude SteinB. Ezra PoundC. Thomas Stearns EliotD. James JoyceE. all of the above9. __________ tells the Joad family's life from the time they were evicted from theirfarm in Oklahoma until their first winter in California.A. Of Mice and MenB. The Grapes of WrathC. The Great GatsbyD. For Whom the Bell Tolls10. _________ wrote about the society in the South by inventing families which are-presented different social forces; the old decaying upper class; the rising, ambitious, unscrupulous class of the "poor Whites"; and the Negroes who labored for both of them.A. William FaulknerB. F. Scott FitzgeraldC. Ernest HemingwayD. John SteinbeckIV. Identify the author and the title of the work from which each of the following 得分excerpts is taken. And then answer the question after each excerpt. (20%)Passage 1"I celebrate myself, and sing myself.And what I assume you shall assume,For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. "The authorThe title of the workQuestion: What is the author celebrating?Passage 2CABOT:The farm needs a son.ABBIE:I need a son.CABOT:Ay-eh. Sometimes ye air the farm an’ sometimes the farm be yew. That’s why I clove t’ ye in my lonesomeness. (A pause. He pounds his knee with his fist.) Mean’ the farm has got t’ beget a son!ABBIE:Ye’d best go t’ sleep. Ye’re gittin’ thin’s all mixed.CABOT:(with an impatient gesture) No, I hain’t. My mind’s clear’s a well. Ye don’t know me, that’s it. (He stares hopelessly at the floor.)ABBIE:(indifferently) Mebbe.…………ABBIE:(at last—painfully) Ye shouldn’t, Eben—ye shouldn’t—I’d make ye happy!EBEN:(harshly) I don’t want t’ be happy—from yew!ABBIE:(helplessly) Ye do, Eben! Ye do! Why d’ye lie?EBEN:(viciously) I don’t take t’ ye, I tell ye! I hate the sight o’ ye!ABBIE:(with an uncertain troubled laugh) Waal, I kissed ye anyways—an’ye kissed back—yer lips was burnin’—ye can’t li e ’bout that! (intensely) If ye don’t care,why did ye kiss me back—why was yer lips burnin’?The authorThe title of the workQuestion: The second conversation in the above excerpt takes place immediately after the first one. What do you think is Abbie’s real intention of showing affection to Eben?Passage 3“Since then-- ’tis Centuries--and yetFeels shorter than the DayI first surmised the Horses’ HeadsWere toward Eternity—”The authorThe title of the workQuestion: What is the implication of this final stanza?Passage 4They were careless people, Tom and Daisy —They smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vastcarelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made. . .The authorThe title of the work Question: What is the author' s attitude toward such persons as Tom and Daisy?Passage 5Lo! in you brilliant window-nicheHow statue-like I see thee stand,The agate lamp within thy hand!Ah, Psyche, from the regions whichAre Holy-Land!The authorThe title of the work Question: Comment on the beauty of this poem.V . Answer the following questions briefly.（20%） 1. Mark Twain, “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”: （1）What realistic elements can you find in this story? (5%)（2）What role does language play in the story? (5%) 2. What is the Lost Generation? (10%)VI. Answer ONE of the following questions.（20%） 1. Analyze William Faulkner ’s The Sound and the Fury.II. Fill in the following blanks.（20%, 1 mark each ）1herm a nMelville ’s masterpiece___MobyDick_______d e a l s withthes e a adventures of a whaler to kill a white whale.2. ______The Old Man and the Sea___________ , written by Earnest Hemingway,is a simple story about a Cuban fisherman, Santiago, who catches a giant marlin, only tosee it devoured by sharks.3. W alt Whitman ’s masterpiece is ___Song of Myself / The Leaves of Grass____ .4.___T .S .E liot______,a poet,wasb o r n intheUnitedStates,b u t hespentmanyy e a r s in Europe and became aBritish citizeninthe end. Soheis considered to be both anAmerican writer and British writer.5. _____Mark T wain________was the greatest American realistic writer.6.“God help them that help themselves”is a famous maxim from Benjamin Franklin’s famous work ___Poor Richard ’s Almanac_______________ .7.TheSecondContinentalCongressappointedGeorgeWashingt ona s l e a d e r ofitsforces, and issued the ____The Declaration of Independence__________ on July 4, 1776.8. Nathaniel Hawthorne is best known for his novel _____The Scarlet Letter______ .9. T .S.Eliot,E a rn est Hemingway, ToniMorris and Eugene O’Neill a l l b e l o n g t o t h e literary school of ______Lost Generation______ , which lasted from 1920’s to the 1950’s .10.ManyAmericannovelists inthe1930’swere g r e a t l y influencedbyanimportantpolitical and economic event --- ________the Great Depression____________ .11.A ncient_____Chinesea n d /o r Japanese____poetryalsocontrib 得分得分utedt o theestablishment of a branch of modernism --- imagism, founded by Ezra Pound.12. Benjamin Franklinwrote a largenumber of popularmaxims, which were revealedthrough ______Poor Richard / Father Abraham___________________ .13.T h e bestexampleofi m a g i s m istheshortpoemwrittenbyEzraPoundentitled_________In a Station of the Metro________________________ .14. The them ofT h e O l d M a n a n d t h e S e a is __________that aman can be destroyed but cannot be defeated.____________ .15. New England is located in_______America / the United States_______ .16.The Gilded Agewas written by _______Mark Twain_________ .17.Rabbit, Run written by John Updike is a hint about young people’s escape from the________social realities_____________ .18.Death of a Salesmanwas written by ______Arthur Miller______ .19.H e n r y James i s f amousf o r h i n o v e l s s e t in Europe,w h i c h often contrasts Am erican “innocence”with European“_____experience____”.20.The Catcher in the Ryeis translated into Chinese as __《麦田里的守望者》___.。
美国文学期末考试试卷
2012-2013学年第二学期《美国文学》期末考试试卷（A卷）专业：英语年级：2010级考试方式：闭卷学分：2 考试时间：110分钟I．Multiple Choices(每小题 1分，共20分)Directions: Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question.II．Explain the Following Literary Terms Briefly (每小题7分，共14分) Directions: Please write down the answers on the Answer Sheet.Local ColorismTranscendentalismIII．Identification of Fragments (每小题7分，共21分)Directions: Please give the name of the author and the title of the literary work from which it is taken and then briefly comment on it in English. Please write down the answers on the Answer Sheet.23. “…That‟s right.‟ He said; …I‟m no good now. I was all right. I had money. I‟m going to quit this,‟ and, with death in his heart, he started down toward the Bowery. People had turned on the gas before and died; why shouldn‟t he? He remembered a lodging house where there were little, close rooms, with gas-jet in them, almost pre-arranged, he thought, for what he wanted to do, which rented for fifteen cents. Then he remembered that he had no fifteen cents.”25. “Her skeleton was small and spare; perhaps that was why that would have been merely plumpness in another was obesity in her. She looked bloated, like a body long submerged in motionless water, and of that pallid hue.24. “…Mr. Gatz, I thought you might want to take the body West.‟He shook his head. …Jimmy always liked it better down East. He rose up to his position in the East. Were you a friend of my boy‟s, Mr. -?‟…We were close friends.‟…He had a big future before him, you know. He was only a young man, but he had a lot of brain power here.”25. “Two were lying open-eyed in sawdust; a third pumped blood down the dress of the main one- the woman schoolteacher bragged about, the one he said made fine ink, damn good soup, pressed his collars they way he liked besides having at least ten breeding years left.IV. Short Essay Questions(每小题10分，共 30 分)Directions: Please write down the answers on the Answer Sheet.V．Appreciating a Literary Work(计 15 分)Directions: In this part, you are required to write a commentary paper in no less than 100 words.Please write it on the Answer Sheet.。
美国文学期末考试复习
美国文学期末考试复习Part one: Multiple choices. (25题，每题2分，共50分)1 "Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind" is a famous quote from __D__’s writings.A. Walt WhitmanB. Henry David ThoreauC. Herman MelvilleD. Ralph Waldo Emerson2 Which of Hemingway’s novels describes the drifting漂流life of American exiles流亡者in Europe? BA. The Sun Also Rises.B. A Farewell to Arms.C. For Whom the Bell Tolls.D. The Old Man and the Sea.3 The theme of ___C____ may be well stated as "It sings of nationalism and of the nature of the self inrelation to the cosmos and the meaning and purpose of birth and death."A. Edgar Allan Poe’s "To Helen"B. Robert Frost’s "The Road Not Taken"C. Walt Whitman’s "Song of Myself" 惠特曼〔1819-1892，美国诗人〕。
D. Emily Dickenson’s "Because I could not stop for Death"4 The American Puritanism清教as a cultural heritage遗产benefited the Americans in ___A____.A. strengthening their moral valuesB. weakening their religious faithC. knowing truth intuitivelyD. developing their science and technology5 Mark Twain, one of the greatest 19th century American writers, is well known for his ___C___.A. international themeB. waste-land imageryC. local colorD. symbolism6 "Strange names were over the doors -strange faces at the windows -every thing was strange. His mindnow began to misgive使害怕him, that both he and the world around him were bewitched. Surely this was his native village, which he had left but the day before." The above passage is taken from __A____.A. Irving’s "Rip Van Winkle"B. Hawthorne’s "Young Goodman Brown"C. James’ "Daisy Miller"D. Hemingway’s "Indian Camp"7 According to Hawthorne, the scarlet letter "A" which originally stood for "___A____" finally obtainedthe meaning of "able" or "angel" through Hester’s efforts.A. adulteryB. arroganceC. accomplishmentD. agony8 As a naturalist writer, Theodore Dreiser was greatly influenced by ___B____.A. Nathaniel HawthorneB. Charles DarwinC. Henry JamesD. Ralph Waldo Emerson9 In Sister Carrie, Hurstwood, extremely hopeless and totally devastated荒废, ends his life by turning on the gas, while at the same time Carrie is rocking comfortably in her luxurious豪华的hotel room before she boards a ship for ___B____.A. New YorkB. LondonC. ParisD, Geneva10 Which of the following is the masterpiece of Mark Twain? CA. The Call of the WildB. The Adventures of Tom SawyerC.The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnD. Jumping Frog11 “”was a term created by the French novelist, Emile Zola. BA. RealismB. NaturalismC. TranscendentalismD. Impressionism12 The Cop and the Anthem is written by . AA. O. HenryB. Henry JamesC. Jack LondonD. Mark Twain13 An American Dictionary of the English Language waspublished in 1828 by . BA. Samuel JohnsonB. Noah WebsterC. Daniel WebsterD. Daniel Defoe14 Walden is written by . BA. EmersonB. ThoreauC. PoeD. Hawthorne15 American writers of the first postwar era who were devoid缺乏of faith and alienated疏远from the 。
美国文学选读期末试卷(A)
美国文学选读期末试卷（A）Part Ⅰ: Choose the relevant match from Column B for each item in Column A.(10 points in all, 2 point for each)Group 1Column A Column B（）1. Benjamin Franklin a. Moby Dick（）2.Edgar Allan Poe b. The Cast of Amontillado（）3. Ralph Waldo Emerson c. The Scarlet letter（）4. Nathaniel Hawthorne d. Self-Reliance（）5. Herman Melville e. The AutobiographyPart ⅠⅠ: Gap filling (10 points in all, 1 point for each).1.‘The Old Man and the Sea’ is written by ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ .2.Samuel Langhorne Clemens is better known by the pen name ______ _______ .3.‘the remains of my relations’ means ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿in Chinese.4.‘I must not only punish but punish with impunity’ means ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿in Chinese.5.＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿is regarded as the first person to write the detective novel in the west.6.Ralph Waldo Emerson is the supporter of ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿.7.Herman Melville is the famous ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿and poet of America.8.In 1836, a little book came out which made a tremendous impact on the intellectual life ofAmerica. It was entitled ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿by Emerson.9.The historical novel ‘Scarlet Letter’ describes the17th century’s life style of the＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿in North America.10.In Herman Melville’s Moby Dick’, as the opposite of the human being, the whale stands for＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿.Part ⅠⅠⅠ: Reading Comprehension (40 points in all, 2 points for each).AHow canI travel a lot, and I find out different “styles” (风格) of directions ever y time 1 ask “I get to the post office?”Foreign tourists are often confused (困惑) in Japan because most streets there don’t have names; in Japan, people use landmarks (地标) in their directions instead of street names. Forexample, the Japanese will say to travelers, “Go straight down to the corner. Turn left at the bighotel and go past a fruit market. The post office is across from the bus stop.”In the countryside of the American Midwest, there are not usually many landmarks. There areno mountains, so the land is very flat; in many places there are no towns or buildings within miles.Instead of landmarks, people will tell you directions and distances. In Kansas or Iowa, for example,people will say, “Go north two miles. Turn east, and then go another mile.”People in Los Angeles, California, have no idea of distance on the map; they measuredistance in time, not miles. “How far away is the post office?” you ask. “Oh,” they answer, “iabout fiv e minutes from here.” You say, “Yes, but how many miles away is it?” They don’t It’s true that a person doesn’t know the answer to your question sometimes. What happens in suchtan, Mexico, no onea situation? A New Yorker might say, ‘Sorry, I have no idea.” But in Yucathey usuallyPeople in Yucatan believe that “I don’t know” is impolite,answers “I don’t know.”give an answer, often a wrong one. A tourist can get very, very lost in Yucatan!1. When a tourist asks the Japanese the way to a certain place they usually _________A. describe the place carefullyB. show him a map of the placeC. tell him the names of the streetsD. refer to recognizable buildings and places2. What is the place where people measure distance in time? _________A. New York.B. Los Angeles.C. Kansas.D. Iowa.3. People in Yucatan may give a tourist a wrong answer ________A. in order to save timeB. as a testC. so as to be politeD. for fun4. What can we infer from the text? _________for travelers to understand cultural differences.A. It’s importantB. It’s useful for travelers to know how to ask the way properly.C. People have similar understandings of politeness.D. New Yorkers are generally friendly to visitors.BHeroes of Our TimeA good heartDikembe Mutombo grew up in Africa among great poverty and disease. He came toGeorgetown University on a scholarshipto study medicine —but Coach John Thompson got alook at Dikembe and had a different idea. Dikembe became a star in the NBA, and a citizen of theUnited States. But he never forgot the land of his birth, or the duty to share his fortune with others.He built a new hospital in his old hometown in the Congo. A friend has said of this good-heartedman: “Mutombo believes that God has given him this chance to do great things.”Success and kindnessAfter her daughter was born, Julie Aigner-Clark searched for ways to share her love of musicinand art with her child. So she borrowed some equipment, and began filming children’s videosher own house. The Baby Einstein Company was born, and in just five years her business grew tomore than $20 million in sales. And she is using her success to help others — producing childsafety videos with John Walsh of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Juliesays of her new program: “I believe it’s the most important thing that I have ever done. I believethat children have the right to live in a world that is safe.”Bravery and courageA few weeks ago, Wesley Autrey was waiting at a Harlem subway station with his two littlegirls when he saw a man fall into the path of a train. With seconds to act, Wesley jumped onto thetracks, pulled the man into the space between the rails, and held him as the train passed rightabove their heads. He insists he’s not a hero. He says: “We have got to show each other somelove.”5. What was Mutombo praised for? .A. Being a star in the NBA.B. Being a student of medicine.C. His work in the church.D. His willingness to help the needy.6. Mulombo believes that building the new hospital is .A. helpful to his personal developmentB. something he should do for his homelandC. a chance for his friends to share his moneyD. a way of showing his respect to the NBA7. What did the Baby Einstein Company do at its beginning? .A. Produce safety equipment for children.B. Make videos to help protect children.C. Sell children’s music and artwork.D. Look for missing and exploited children.8. Why was Wesley Autrey praised as a hero? .A. He helped a man get across the rails.B. He stopped a man from destroying the rails.C. He protected two little girls from getting hurt.D. He saved a person without considering his own safety.CTom was one of the brightest boys in the year, with supportive parents. But when he was 15he suddenly stopped trying. He left school at 16 with only two scores for secondary schoolsubjects. One of the reasons that made it cool for him not to care was the power of his peer group.The lack of right male role models in many of their lives — at home and particularly in theschool environment — means that their peers are the only people they have to judge themselvesagainst.They don’t see men succeeding in society so it doesn’t occur to them that they could make something of themselves. Without male teachers as a role model, the effect of peer actions andstreet culture is all powerful. Boys want to be part of a club. However, schools can provide theenvironment for change, and provide the right role models for them. Teachers need to be trained toYou have to do it one to one, because that is when youstop that but not in front of a child’s peers.see the real child.It’s pointless sending a child home if he or she has done wrong. They see it as a welcome dayoff to watch television or play computer games. Instead, schools should have a special unit wherea child who has done wrong goes for the day and gets advice about his problems — somewhere hecan work away from his peers and go home after the other children.9. Why did Tom give up studying? .A. He disliked his teachers.B. His parents no longer supported him.C. It’s cool for boys of his age not to care about studies.D. There were too many subjects in his secondary school.10. What seems to have a bad effect on students like Tom? .A. Peer groups.B. A special unit.C. The student judges.D. The home environment.11. What should schools do to help the problem schoolboys? .A. Wait for their change patiently.B. Train leaders of their peer groups.C. Stop the development of street culture.D. Give them lessons in a separate area.12. A teacher’s work is most effective with a schoolboy when he.A. is with the boy aloneB. teaches the boy a lessonC. sends the boy home as punishmentD. works together with another teacherDFar from the land of Antarctica, a huge shelf of ice meets the ocean. At the underside of theshelf there lives a small fish, the Antarctic cod.For forty years scientists have been curious about that fish. How does it live where most fishwould freeze to death? It must have some secret. The Antarctic is not a comfortable place to workand research has been slow. Now it seems we have an answer.Research was begun by cutting holes in the ice and catching the fish. Scientists studied thefish’s blood and measured its freezing point.C and many tiny pieces ofThe fish were taken from seawater that had a temperature of-1.88°ice floating in it. The blood of the fish did not begin to freeze until its temperature was lowered toC. That small difference is enough for the fish to live at the freezing temperature of the-2.05°ice-salt mixture.blood kept it from next research job was clear: Find out what in the fish’s The scientists’ freezing. Their search led to some really strange thing made up of a protein never before seen inthe blood of a fish. When it was removed, the blood froze at seawater temperature. When it wasput back, the blood again had its antifreeze quality and a lowered freezing point.Study showed that it is an unusual kind of protein. It has many small sugar molecules（分子）held in special positions within each big protein molecule. Because of its sugar content, it is calleda glycoprotein. So it has come to be called the antifreeze fish glycoprotein, or AFGP.13. What is the text mainly about? .A. The terrible conditions in the Antarctic.B. A special fish living in freezing waters.C. The ice shelf around Antarctica.D. Protection of the Antarctic cod.14. Why can the Antarctic cod live at the freezing temperature? .A. The seawater has a temperature of -1.88°C.B. it loves to live in the ice-salt mixtureC. A special protein keeps it from freezing.D. Its blood has a temperature lower than -2.05°C..15. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 5 refer to?A. A type of ice-salt mixture.B. A newly found protein.C. Fish blood.D. Sugar molecule.in the last paragraph 16. What does “glyco-” in the underlined word “glycoprotein” mean? .A. sugarB. iceC. bloodD. moleculeEIf your boss asks you to work in Moscow th is year, he’d better offer you more money to doso —or even double that depending on where you live now. That’s because Moscow hasjust beenmost expensive city for the second year in a row by Mercer Humanfound to be the world’sResources Consulting.Using the cost of living in New York as a base, Mercer determined Moscow is 34.4 percentmore expensive including the cost of housing, transportation, food, clothing, household goods and entertainment.A two-bedroom flat in Moscow now costs $4,000 a month; a CD $24.83, and an internationalnewspaper $6.30, according to Mercer. By comparison, a fast food meal with a hamburger is asteal at $4.80.London takes the No. 2 place, up from No. 5 a year ago, thanks to higher cost of housing anda stronger British pound relative to the dollar. Mercer estimates London is 26 percent moreexpensive than New York these days. Following London closely are Seoul and Tokyo, both ofwhich are 22 percent more expensive than New York, while No. 5 Hong Kong is 19 percent morecostly.Among North American cities, New York and Los Angeles are the most expensive and arethe only two listed in the top 50 of the world’s most expensive cities. But both have fallen since study —New York came in 15th, down from 10th place, while Los Angeles fell tolast year’s42nd from 29th place a year ago. San Francisco came in a distant third at No. 54, down 20 placesfrom a year earlier.Toronto, meanwhile, is Canada’s most expensive city but fell 35 places to take 82nd place worldwide. In Australia, Sydney is the priciest place to live in and No. 21 worldwide._________17. What do the underlined words “a steal” in Paragraph 3 mean?A. an act of stealingB. something deliciousC. something very cheapD. an act of buying18. London has become the second most expensive city because of _________A. the high cost of clothingB. the stronger pound against the dollarC. its expensive transportationD. the high prices of fast food meals19. Which city is the third most expensive on the list? _________A. Tokyo.B. Hong Kong.C. Moscow.D. Sydney.20. Which city has dropped most on the list in North America?A. New York.B. Los Angeles.C. San Francisco.D. Toronto.Part IV: Translation (40 points in all, 20 points for each).1.When he found I would leave him, he took care to prevent me getting employment in anyother printing house of the town by going round and speaking to every master, whoaccordingly refused to give me work. I then thought of going to New York as the nearestplace where there was a printer; and I was the rather inclined to leave Boston when I reflectedthat I had already made myself a little obnoxious to the governing party; and from thearbitrary proceeding of the Assembly in my brother’s case, it was likely I might if I stayedsoon bring myself into scrapes, and further that my indiscreet disputations about religionbegan to make me pointed at with horror by good people as an infidel or atheist. I determinedon the point, but my father now siding with my brother, I was sensible that if I attempted to goopenly means would be used to prevent me.2. He had a weak point－－this Fortunato－－although in other regards he was a man to berespected and even feared. He prided himself upon his connoisseurship in wine. Few Italians have the true virtuoso spirit. For the most part their enthusiasm is adopted to suit the time and opportunity, to practice imposture upon the British and Austrian millionaires. In painting and gemmary, Fortunato, like his countrymen, was a quack, but in the matter of old wines he was sincere. In this respect I did not differ from him materially;－－I was skillful in the Italian vintages myself, and bought largely whenever I could.答卷Part Ⅰ: Choose the relevant match from Column B for each item in Column A.(10 points in all, 2 point for each)1 2 3 4 5Part ⅠⅠ: Gap filling (10 points in all, 1 point for each).1. ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ ;2. ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ ;3. ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ ;4. ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ ;5. ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ ;6. ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ ;7. ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ ; 8. ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ ; 9. ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ ;10. ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ ;Part ⅠⅠⅠ: Reading Comprehension (40 points in all, 2 points for each).1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1011 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20Part IV: Translation (40 points in all, 20 points for each).1.2.。
美国文学期末考试问答题及答案
1.What is Emerson’s attitude towards charity? Why does he holdsuch an attitude?The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not worth preserving.Not all charity mean goodness.One must explore if it be goodness.If malice and vanity wear the coat of philanthropy,that shall not pass,One’s goodness must have some edge to it,else it is none.2.According to the poem “A Psalm of Life”, how should our lives beled to overcome the fact that each day brings us nearer to death? According to these sentences“Be not like dumb, driven cattle!Be a hero in the strife!”“Act, -act in the living Present!Heart within, and God o'er head!”we can see the speaker is a man of action, always optimistic and cheerful, trying to achieve as much as possible in the short span of life.We should work harder and live happier.Llife is not a dream, but very real, and urges us to live it to the fullest. The purpose of life is to do something. Our own individual time on earth is limited and will pass very quickly, we should try to achieve sth on earth and leave behind something.3.Do you think the narrator and his listener ever suspect thepresence of the humor of the story in “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”? Why? How do you interpret their interactions?The narrator and his listener never noticed or suspected the presence of humor.During the intercourse the narrator went vigorously on his monotonous narrative without a little smiling talking about the animals and the things like while the listener felt rather puzzled or bothered by his stories.It seemed to be kind of coarse things. So the two different scenes go on separately without a intersection.And their interaction was a complete failure according toour common sense about communication.But it in this sense produced the effect of humor which can be tasted by our readers due to the skills adopted by Mark Twain .4.What does the title of the play “A Streetcar Named Desire” standfor?"Desire" is in fact a streetcar's name in America,but in this drama,it alludes the life of Blanche who indulging herself in desire and lies.There is an actual streetcar named “Desire” that Blanche takes on her way to the Kowalskis’. Which brings us nicely into our discussion of the metaphorical meaning of the title .Blanche is literally brought to the Kowalski place by “Desire,” but she is also brought there by desire; her sexual escapeds in Laurel ruined her reputation and drove her out of town.Desire.then Cemeterird , then Elysian Fields.Sex,death,afterlife.It’s like a linear progression.Sec leads to death,or at least some heavy-duty wreckage. Blanche herself seems to recognize some sort of connection here with this line, one that is key to understanding the role that desire plays in Streetcar: “Death, death was as close as you are. The opposite is desire” . Blanche is somehow under the impression that sex is her escape from death. She turned to sex to comfort herself after her husband died, and after her relatives passedaway one by one.5.In “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place”, the old waiter said to theyounger waiter: “We are of two different kinds.” In what way do you think they are different?The two waiters represent two contrasting attitudes towards life. The young waiter tends to be selfish and confident. He is fully confident of his marriage and work, but he does not know that all these are based on his youth, which is not reliable since it is temporary. He lives in nada, of which he is not aware at all. He lives in a state of ignorance, muddling along. We can say that he is physically alive but spiritually dead. The old waiter tends to be sympathetic and less confident. He wants to help other lonely people who have lost their beliefs, although the only thing he can offer them is a decent place as a refuge from the disorderly, dark, and meaningless world. He is fully aware of the nihilistic life of modern men, therefore, he faces such a meaningless life with courage, endurance, and dignity by seeking order, code, and meaning of life in his heart.6.What is speaker’s reaction to modern America in “ASupermarket in California”?"A Supermarket in California" doesn't use the word "America" until the end of the poem, but that doesn't mean this one's not all about our fair nation. Ginsberg imagines an America that fits a very 1950s ideal: blue automobiles in driveways of suburban homes, whole families shopping together. The speaker feels like an outsider in this America, which is all about the things you can buy; he conjures up Whitman who, he hopes, represents a "lost America of love," which was more about love than about things. But in the last line of the poem, the speaker calls all this into question: was there really ever an "America of love"? Or, like Walt Whitman, is this all a fantasy? 7.How is the egg in “The Triumph of the Egg”used to unify thenarrative elements?In the whole story of the article,the checked destiny of eggs,surly,is the main clue of all the episodes of the whole story,also,eggs reflect changes of father,mother and I.Chicken raising represents father’s starting pursuing his dream.Then chickens become sick and die constantly,making father meet troubles and can not control his own life.Grotesques somewhat equals to distorted concept. The dreadful circle ,shows the abnormal relations between egg and chicken, people and their generation.Egg trick reveals father’s desire to be respected, but the failure finally break his dream .In the end,father lay the egg, close the restaurant and go to bed ,shows that he finally decides to give up.。
美国文学期末考试试卷及答案精品
美国⽂学期末考试试卷及答案精品2009 — 2010 学年第⼀学期《美国⽂学》期末考试试卷（A 卷）适⽤班级考试时间 120 分钟学院班级学号姓名Ⅰ. Choose TEN of the following works and write the names of the authors. (10%)1. Octopus ( )2. Maggie, A Girl of the Streets ( )3. Babbitt ( )4. White Fang ( )5. “Legend of Sleepy Hollow” ( )6. My Antonia ( )7. “Birches” ( )8. Poor Richard’s Alma nac ( )9. Light in August ( )10. Twice Told Tales ( )11. The Declaration of Independence ( )12. “Rip Van Winkle ”( )13. Nature ( )14. The Song of Hiawatha ( )15. Uncle Tom ’s Cabin ( )16. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ( )17. Sister Carrie ()18. The Waste Land ( )19. For Whom the Bell Tolls ( )20. The Emperor Jones ( )(10%)1._________________________was one of the founders of theJamestown colony in Virginia in 1607 and is known for his work describing the colonies.2.__________________________was a determined revolutionary whosework helped the cause of the American Revolution considerably, but who lost his popularity long before his death.3.The term refers to the group of people, some of themimportant to American literature (especially secular essay writing), who led the American Revolution and helped create the early American Republic.4.________________________was an early form of horror fiction thatoriginated in 18th century Europe and was very popular in America during the Romantic Period.5._____________________________, known for her deeply personalpoems and radically different poetic themes and form, didn’t achieve fame as a poet until long after her death.6.The first of American literature was not written by an American, but by___________________, a British captain, who thus became the first American writer.7. _________________ has been entitled the “Father of AmericanPoetry.8._______________________was the first great prose stylist ofAmerican romanticism, author of the first American short stories and familiar essays , the first American author to achieve international distinction, and has a significant position in the history of American literature.9._____________________is the first American professional writer andthe first writer of the detective story in the world.10._______________________is also called novel of the road, it stringsthe incidents on the line of the hero’s travel.Ⅲ. Choose only one answer form the four choices as themost appropriate answer. (30%)1. Anne Bradstreet was a Puritan poet. When her poems were published in England, she became know as the “______” who appeared in America.A Ninth MuseB Tenth MuseC Best MuseD First Muse2. ______ is the sometimes exaggerated use of local language, characters and customs in regional literature.A purple proseB waste-land imageryC local colorD symbolism3. The first great flourishing of African American literature that appealed to a relatively large literate Black readership wasknown as_____.A The HolocaustB The Harlem RenaissanceC AbolitionismD The Civil Rights Movement4. _______ was a leading 19th century feminist and one of the core members of the Transcendentalist movement.A Margaret FullerB Sylvia PlathC Hilda DoolittleD Gloria Stein5. Which of the following is not typical of modern poetry?A gushing sentimentalism and comfortable imagesB abandonment of earlier verse formsC use of free verseD an effort to find and/or explore a new role for the poet in a changing world6. Who was perhaps the most popular of all 20th century American poets?A Ezra PoundB Walt WhitmanC Robert FrostD Allen Ginsburg7. The Fitzgeralds lived so extravagantly that they frequently spent more money than F. Scoot Fitzgerald earned for parties, liquor, entertaining their friends and traveling. It was this living style that nicknamed the decade of the 1920s as_______.A The Jazz AgeB The Gilded AgeC The Roaring AgeD The Beat Age8. Which is true of the “Fireside Poets”?A They were generally strongly in favor of abolishing slavery.B They were deeply involved in the Transcendentalist movement.C They were a group of 19th century New England poets who weretremendously popular and respected at the time they wrote.D They opposed to tradition and were in favor of radical change.9. Ernest Hemingway was badly wounded in Italy and sent to a hospital where he fell in love with a nurse. These two persons later became the characters of his novel ________.A The Old Man and the SeaB For Whom the Bell TollsC The Sun Also RisesD A Farewell to Arms10. The Brahmists or Boston Brahmi, in American literature, refers to _______.A The highest ranking of the Hindu castes.B A movement that emerged from rebellion against Puritan religious ideas and systems.C A group of New England writers known for their scholarship and/or conservative philosophy.D A school of imaginative writing.11. Which of the following is one of Ben Franklin’s famous proverbs?A “A stitch in time saves nine”B “God helps those who help themselves”C “A Friend in need is a friend indeed”D “Ask not who the bell tolls, the bell tolls for thee”12. ___________ was a reaction to the ideas of the Age of Reason and the Enlightenment.A RomanticismB RealismC NaturalismD Modernism13. Although few of her poems were published in her lifetime and a complete collection of them didn’t appear until the 1950’s, _____ had a major impact on 20th century poetry.A Anne BradstreetB Gertrude SteinC Emily DickinsonD Amy Lowell14. Which of the following writers died a natural death in his old age?A Jack LondonB Ernest HemingwayC Stephen CraneD Mark Twain15. Who of the following is NOT a 20th century American poet?A Henry Wordsworth LongfellowB Amy LowellC Ezra PoundD Robert FrostIV. Choose TEN of the following and decide whether thestatements are true or false. (10%)1.Hawthorne was a firm believer in Puritan principles and mourned their passing in his works.2.Frederick Douglas was a major 19th century black writer.。
美国文学试题及答案
美国文学试题及答案一、单项选择题（每题2分，共20分）1. 马克·吐温的代表作是以下哪一部？A. 《了不起的盖茨比》B. 《哈克贝利·芬历险记》C. 《白鲸》D. 《老人与海》答案：B2. 爱伦·坡的《乌鸦》属于什么文学流派？A. 浪漫主义B. 现实主义C. 哥特式D. 现代主义答案：C3. 《飘》的作者是谁？A. 弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫B. 玛格丽特·米切尔C. 简·奥斯汀D. 乔治·艾略特答案：B4. 以下哪部作品不是亨利·詹姆斯的作品？A. 《贵妇人的画像》B. 《使节》C. 《简·爱》D. 《贵妇人的画像》答案：C5. 以下哪部作品是威廉·福克纳的代表作？A. 《了不起的盖茨比》B. 《喧哗与骚动》C. 《老人与海》D. 《白鲸》答案：B二、填空题（每题2分，共10分）1. 《汤姆叔叔的小屋》的作者是________。
答案：哈丽叶特·比彻·斯托2. 《红字》的作者是________。
答案：纳撒尼尔·霍桑3. 《草叶集》的作者是________。
答案：沃尔特·惠特曼4. 《愤怒的葡萄》的作者是________。
答案：约翰·斯坦贝克5. 《太阳照样升起》的作者是________。
答案：欧内斯特·海明威三、简答题（每题5分，共20分）1. 简述《白鲸》中主人公艾哈布船长的形象。
答案：艾哈布船长是《白鲸》中的主人公，他是一个对捕鲸有着极端执着的船长，他的复仇心理和对白鲸的执念几乎占据了他整个人生。
他的形象代表了人类对自然的挑战和对未知的恐惧。
2. 描述《了不起的盖茨比》中盖茨比的美国梦。
答案：《了不起的盖茨比》中的盖茨比代表了20世纪20年代的美国梦，他通过自己的努力从贫穷中崛起，追求财富和社会地位，但最终因为追求一个无法实现的爱情和对过去的执着而走向悲剧。
美国文学期末考试试卷模拟试题
美国文学期末考试试卷模拟试题一I. Fill in the following blanks and put your answers on the Answer Sheet。
(15％, 1 point for each)1.The publication of ______ established Emerson as the most eloquent spokesman of New EnglandTranscendentalism.2。
Hard work, thrift， ______ and sobriety were the Puritan values that dominated much of the earliest American writing。
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At 87， ______ read his poetry at the inauguration of President John F。
Kennedy。
4.Jack London's masterwork _________ is somewhat autobiographical。
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______， the tragic hero of Moby Dick， burning with a baleful fire， becomes evil himself in his thirst to destroy evil.6.Ezra Pound was the leader of a new movement in poetry which he called the “________" movement.7。
“The Cus tom House" is an introductory note to the novel _______.8.Among the works attacking the “American Dream”, __________by Fitzgerald is a powerful piece。
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湖州师范学院外国语学院2008— 2009学年第二学期《美国文学》期末考试试卷（A卷）答案暨评分标准I. Write the names of the authors. (10%)①Walt Whitman②Edgar Allen Poe③Wallace Stevens④Franklin Norris⑤Stephen Crane⑥William Faulkner⑦Sinclair Lewis⑧John Steinbeck⑨Langston Hughes⑩Tennessee WilliamsII. Fill in the following blanks with appropriate information.（10%）①New England②Regionalism or Local color writing③semi-autobiographical④anti-realism⑤Imagist⑥Santiago⑦multiple narrations or points of view⑧1930⑨Harlem Renaissance⑩Eugene O’NeillIII. Choose only one answer form the four choices as the most appropriate answer. （20%）1－5. A D C B B 6－10. D B E B AIV. Identify the author and the title of the work from which each of the following excerpts is taken. And then answer the question after each excerpt. (20%)Passage 1the author: Walt Whitman (1%)the title of the work : Songs of Myself (1%)Question: What is the poet celebrating? (2%)The poet is celebrating individualism and nationalism, singing of all those people who form the American nationality.Passage 2the author: Eugene O’Neill (1%)the title of the work :Desire Under the Elm s (1%)Question: What do you think is Abbie’s real intention of showing affection to Eben? To seduce Eben, with the intention to be pregnant with a son that could inherit the farm. (2%)Passage 3the author: Emily Dickinson (1%)the title of the work: “Because I could not stop for death”(1%)Question: What is the implication of this final stanza?(2%)Death leads us to immortality.Passage 4the author: F. Scott Fitzgerald (1%)the title of the work : The Great Gatsby (1%)Question: What is the author' s attitude toward such persons as Tom and Daisy?The author criticized them as selfish, hypocritical persons. (2%)Passage 5the author: Edgar Allan Poe (1%)the title of the work: “To Helen”(1%)Question: Comment on the beauty of this poem. (2%)The beauty of form. （diction，rhyme and rhythm，rhetorical devices..）The beauty of content.V. Answer the following questions briefly.（20%）1. Mark Twain, “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”:（1）What realistic elements can you find in this story? (5%)①Background: Gold Rush (2%)②California was a world of men, isolated, homesick, and eager forentertainment. (1%)③Gambling was one of the easiest and most popular ways to amusethemselves. (1%)④The Easterners had a reputation for being civilized, cultured, and advanced;whereas the Westerners were considered to be less-educated, less-refined andeasy to be deceived. (1%)（2）What role does language play in the story? (5%)①Informal language vs. formal language: (2%)②To highlight the educational background of the characters (1%)③To help create a realistic picture of how the characters speak (1%)④To make the narration more vivid (1%)2. What is the Lost Generation? (10%)1)The Lost Generation is a term used to describe a group of Americanintellectuals, poets, artists and writers fled to France in the post WWI years to reject the values of American materialism and to seek the bohemian lifestyle in Paris. (2%)2)Full of youthful idealism, these individuals sought the meaning of life, drankexcessively, had love affairs and created some of the finest American literature to date. (2%)3)American poet Gertrude Stein actually coined the expression "lost generation."Speaking to Ernest Hemingway, she said, "you are all a lost generation." The term stuck and the mystique surrounding these individuals continues to fascinate us. (2%)4)There were many literary artists involved in the groups known as the LostGeneration. The three best known are F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway and John Dos Passos. Others usually included among the list are: Sherwood Anderson, Kay Boyle, Hart Crane, Ford Maddox Ford and Zelda Fitzgerald.(2%)5)The Lost Generation writers all gained prominence in 20th century literature.Their innovations challenged assumptions about writing and expression, and paved the way for subsequent generations of writers. (2%)VI. Answer ONE of the following questions.（20%）1.Analyze An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser.2. Analyze William Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury.The score is given to the theme (7), content (6) and writing style (7) of the work chosen.。