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 Whitman
B. Henry David Thoreau
C. Herman Melville
D. Ralph Waldo Emerson
2 Which of Hemingway’s novels describes the drifting漂流life of American exiles流亡者in Europe? B
A. 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 in
relation 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 values
B. weakening their religious faith
C. knowing truth intuitively
D. developing their science and technology
5 Mark Twain, one of the greatest 19th century American writers, is well known for his ___C___.
A. international theme
B. waste-land imagery
C. local color
D. symbolism
6 "Strange names were over the doors -strange faces at the windows -every thing was strange. His mind
now 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 obtained
the meaning of "able" or "angel" through Hester’s efforts.
A. adultery
B. arrogance
C. accomplishment
D. agony
8 As a naturalist writer, Theodore Dreiser was greatly influenced by ___B____.
A. Nathaniel Hawthorne
B. Charles Darwin
C. Henry James
D. Ralph Waldo Emerson
9 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 York
B. London
C. Paris
D, Geneva
10 Which of the following is the masterpiece of Mark Twain? C
A. The Call of the Wild
B. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
C.The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
D. Jumping Frog
11 “”was a term created by the French novelist, Emile Zola. B
A. Realism
B. Naturalism
C. Transcendentalism
D. Impressionism
12 The Cop and the Anthem is written by . A
A. O. Henry
B. Henry James
C. Jack London
D. Mark Twain
13 An American Dictionary of the English Language was
published in 1828 by . B
A. Samuel Johnson
B. Noah Webster
C. Daniel Webster
D. Daniel Defoe
14 Walden is written by . B
A. Emerson
B. Thoreau
C. Poe
D. Hawthorne
15 American writers of the first postwar era who were devoid缺乏of faith and alienated疏远from the 。civilization were commonly called "___D___."
A. sons of liberty
B. fatherless children
C. a beat generation
D. a lost generation
16 The raft with which Huck and Jim make their voyage down the Mississippi River may symbolize all the following EXCEPT ___C___.
A. a return to nature
B. an escape from evils, injustices, and corruption of the civilized society
C. the heavenly kingdom of Christianity
D. a small world where people of different colors can live friendly and happily
17 Of the following American poets in the twentieth century, the one who has the best knowledge of
Chinese culture is ____C___.
A. Robert Frost
B. Allen Ginsberg
C. Ezra Pound
D. E. E. Cummings
18 Emily Grierson, the protag onist in Faulkner’s story "A Rose for Emily," can be regarded as a symbol
standing for all the following qualities EXCEPT
___D____.
A. no prejudice against the northerners
B. rigid坚定地ideas of social status
C. bigotry固执and eccentricity偏心
D. grace and integrity诚实
Answer: D
19 Robert Frost is a regional poet in the sense that his poems are mainly concerned about the ___B____.
A. life in New York
B. country life in New England
C. sea adventures
D. life on the Mississippi
20 In Hemingway’s story "Indian Camp" Nick, the protagonist, witnesses __D_____.
A. a tragic killing of the Indians by the white man
B. real friendship between the white men and the Indians
C. men’s senseless killing of each other
D. terrible scenes of birth and death
21 Great Gatsby, written by Fitzgerald in 1925, is a story about __B____ who was destroyed by the
influence of the wealthy, pleasure-seeking people around him.
A. a vagabond
B. an idealist
C. an eccentric
D. an opportunist
22 “Two small people, without dislike or suspicion.” is a line
in the poem The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter written by C .
A. T. S. Eliot
B. Robert Frost
C. Ezra Pound
D. Carl Sandburg
23 D was the first American to achieve an
international literary reputation after the Revolutionary War.
A. Edgar Allan Poe
B. Robert Frost
C. Emily Dickinson
D. Washington Irving
24 A is the summit of American Romanticism.
A. Transcendentalism超越主义
B. Naturalism
C. Impressionism
D. Expressionism
25 The term The Gilded Age is given by D to
describe the post-civil war years.
A. O. Henry
B. Henry James
C. Jack London
D. Mark Twain
26 Theodore Dreise r’s first novel is B .
A. The Awakening
B. Sister
Carrie
C. The Scarlet Letter
D. The Great
Gatsby
27 Washington Irving was best known for his famous
short stories such as __B_____.
A. Rip Van Winkle and Moby Dick
B. Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
C. Young Goodman Brown and Moby Dick
D. The Fall of the House of Usher and Rip Van
Winkle
28 One of Mark Twain’s contributions to American
literature is that he made __D____ an accepted standard literary medium.
A. tall tale
B. local colorism
C. humor
D. colloquial speech
32 Which one is Not the symbol in Kate Chopin’s A Pair of Silk Stockings? C
A. The silk stockings
B. The cable car
C. A luxurious hat
D. Shabby old shopping bag
33 Which one is NOT Gothic歌德人的element? B
A. Destructive love
B. Returning to nature
C. Supernatural power
D. Violent events
34 Which is NOT about the background of American Realism? C
A. The Western Movement
B. Gilded Age
C. the Great Depression
D. Development of science
35 American romantic period stretches from the end of 18th century to the outbreak of the __D____.
A independent war
B World War 2
C World War 1
D civil war
36 Realism, a literary doctrine主义that called for “ reality and truth” in the depiction of ordinary life, originated in ___B___ ,
A. Germany
B. France
C. England
D. Italy
37 In all his novels Theodore Dreiser西奥多德莱塞〔1871-1945，美国小说家〕sets himself to project the ___B___ American values. For example, in Sister Carrie, there is not one character whose status is not determined economically.
A. Puritan
B. materialistic 唯物主义
C. psychological
D. religious
39As a Modernist poet, Pound is noted for his active involvement in the ___B___
A. cubist school of modern painting
B. Imagist意象派Movement
C. stream-of-consciousness technique
D. German Expressionism
40___D__ stands as the dividing line between the nineteen century and the contemporary America.
A.The Boer War
B.World War I
C.The charter movement
D.World War II
Part two: Choose the correct word and fill in the blanks.(10题，每题1分，共10分)
judicious poignant besiege faculty stick to by
degree
profusion laborious file out morbid decipher revel
in
1 A miser’s守财奴life is a constant exercise of every human faculty能力手腕in the service of his own personality.
2 Now muster召集the rest of the troops and besiege围攻the city and capture it.
3 When you are dealing with something of principle, you should stick to your own opinion rather than take the middle course.
4 You may have the impression that it is a very laborious and difficult task.
5 Keep your chin up and your still have a profusion 大量of chances to improve your relationship with them.
6 When there is a fire, it is important that people file out of the building in an orderly way.
7 He made a judicious明智的decision to save money for his old age.
8 It’s not difficult for him to decipher 辨认his wife’s handwriting.
9 The sentimental music triggered poignant尖锐的，活鲜鲜的memories of his unhappy childhood.
10 He had by degree assumed假装，僭越such authority over his companions.
Part three: Reading comprehension. (15题，每题1分，共15分)
共三篇，
其中一篇来自课堂练习中关于Washington Irving华盛顿·欧文〔1783-1859，美国作家〕。
Washington Irving was America’s first man of letters文人to be known internationally. His works were received enthusiastically both in England and in the United States. He was, in fact, one of the most successful writers of his time in either country, delighting a large general public and at the same time winning the admiration of fellow writers like Scott in Britain and Poe and Hawthorne in the United States. The respect in which he was held was partly owing to the man himself, with his warm friendliness, his good sense, his politeness, his gay spirits, his artistic integrity, his love of both the old World and the New Thackery described Irving as a "gentleman, who, though himself born in no very high sphere, was most finished, polished,
witty; socially the equal of the most refined 精制的优雅的Europeans". In England he was granted an honorary degree from Oxford --- an unusual honor for a citizen of a young, uncultured nation ---and be received the medal of the Royal Society of Literature; America made him ambassador to Spain. Irving’s background provides little to explain his literary achievements. A gifted but delicate child, he had little schooling. He studied law, but without zeal热情, and never did practice seriously. He was immune to不受影响his strict Presbyterian home environment, frequenting时常出入于both social gatherings and the theater.
1 What is the most proper comment on Irving?
A His works were very popular in England and the United States.
B He was respected by many fellow writers.
C His works were of popularity and high quality.
D He is a gentleman.
2 According to Thachery’s description, which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?
A Irving tried to show elegance in society.
B Irving’s parents were not aristocratic贵族的.
C Irving’s social grace were unusual.
D Irving was socially equal to Europeans.
3 Why is it unusual that Irving was granted an honorary degree from Oxford?
A Because his degree was honorary, rather than earned.
B Because he was not so successful as his fellow writers.
C Because he was from America which was a country with young history and less culture.
D Because Oxford was a famous university in England.
4 What is true about Irving’s background?
A His background had provided opportunity for his literary a achievement.
B He spent very little time working as a lawyer.
C As a gifted child, he had received good education.
D His religious belief helped him a lot.
5 The tone of the author can be said to be _____.
A serious
B mild
C friendly
D appreciative
Part four: Cloze. (10题，每题1分，共10分)
来自课堂练习关于Feminism
In the mid-1800s the term “feminism男女平等”was used to refer to “the qualities of females,”and it was not after the First International Women’s Conference in Paris in 1892 that the term, following the French term Féminite, was used regularly in English for a belief and in advocacy主张of equal rights for women based on the idea of the equality of the sexes. Although the term “feminism”in English is rooted in the mobilization for woman suffrage选举权in Europe and the US during the late 19th and early 20th century, of course efforts to obtain justice for women did not begin or end with this period of activism. So some have found it useful to think of the women’s movement in the US as occurring in “waves.”On the wave model, the struggle to achieve basic political rights during the
period from the mid-19th century until the passage转变of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920 counts as “First Wave”feminism. Feminism waned 衰退between the two world wars, to be “revived” in the late 1960s and early 1970s as “Second Wave” feminism. In this second wave, feminists pushed beyond the early quest for political rights to fight for greater equality across the board, e.g. in education, the workplace, and at home. More recent transformation转变of feminism have resulted in a “Third Wave.” Third Wave feminists often critique批判Second Wave feminism for its lack of attention to the differences among women due to race, ethnicity, class, nationality, religion, and emphasize “identity” as a site of gender struggle.
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until
C) just D) until
2. A)
adversity B)
adventure
C)
adoption
D)
advocacy
3. A)
Although B) As
long as
C) When D) If
4. A) at B) on C) in D) among
5. A) rights B) justice C) jobs D) chances
6. A)
achieve B)
acknowled
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C) admit D) adopt
7. A)
thrived
B) started C) waned D) shrunk
8. A)
transmissi
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transitions
C)
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D)
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9. A) praise B)
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C) value D) support
10 . A) due to B) thanks
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Part five: Translation. (5题，每题3分，共15分)
来自A Pair of Silk Stockings
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