湖南综合测验试题之英美文学选读文档格式.docx

1、B. FrostC. Cummings D. Hemingway6. The subject matter of Robert Frosts poems focuses on _.A. ordinary country people and scenesB. battle scenes of ancient Greek and Roman legendsC. struggling masses and crowded urban quartersD. fantasies and mythical happenings7. Which terms can best describe the mo

2、dernists concern of the human situation in their fiction?A. Fragmentation and alienation.B. Courage and honor.C. Tradition and faith.D. Poverty and desperation.8. Which one is not written by Henry James?A. The Ambassadors B. The Wings of the Dove C. The Bostonians D. The Mysterious Stranger9. While

3、Mark Twain satirized European manners at times, _ was an admirer.A. O. Henry B. Henry James C. Walt Whitman D. Jack London10. More than five hundred poems that Dickinson wrote are about nature, in which her general _ about the relationship between man and nature is well expressed.A. skepticismB. eul

4、ogyC. happinessD. denial11. The greatest work written by Theodore Dreiser is _.A. Sister CarrieB. An American TragedyC. The FinancierD. The Titan12. “Even then he stood there, hidden wholly in that kindness which is night, while the uprising fumes filled the room. When the odor reached his nostrils,

5、 he quit his attitude and fumbled for the bed. whats the use? he said, weakly, as he stretched himself to rest.”The passage is taken from _.A. Sons and Lovers by D.H LawrenceB. Jane Eyre by Charlotte BronteC. Sister Carrie by Theodore DreiserD. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte13.This is my letter t

6、o the world is a poem expressing Emily Dickinsons _ about her communication with the outside world.A. happinessB. angerC. anxietyD. sorrow14. Theodore Dreiser is generally regarded as one of America _.A. naturalistsB. realistsC. modernists D. romanticists15. Which of the following is not a work of E

7、mily Dickensons?A. This is my letter to the WorldB. I heard a fly buzz-when I diedC. The Road Not TakenD. I like to see it lap the miles16._ is a school of modern painting, whose emphasis is on the formal structure of a work of art and especially on the multiple-perspective viewpoints.A. Expressioni

8、smB. ImpressionismC. CubismD. Imagism17. “He is the last of the romantic heroes, whose energy and sense of commitment take him in search of his personal Grail; his failure magnifies to a great extent the end of the American Dream.”The character referred to in the passage is most likely the protagoni

9、st of _.A. Fitzgeralds The Great GatsbyB. Dreisers An American TragedyC. Hemingways For Whom the Bell TollsD. Twains The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn18. Almost all Faulkners heroes turned out to be tragic because _.A. all enjoyed living in the declining American SouthB. none of them was conditione

10、d by the civilization and social institutionsC. most of them were prisoners of the pastD. none were successful in their attempt to explain the inexplicable19._ is a representative of the 1930s, when “novels of social protest” became dominant on the American literary scene.A. Ezra PoundB. F. Scott Fi

11、tzgeraldC. Robert Lee FrostD. John Steinbeck20. In _, Robert Frost compares life to a journey, and he is doubtful whether he will regret his choice or not when he is old, because the choice has made all the difference. A. “After Apple-Picking” B. “The Road Not Taken” C. “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy

12、 Evening” D. “Fire and Ice”21.American writers after World War self-consciously acknowledged that they were （a） _, devoid of faith and alienated from the Western civilization. A. Lost GenerationB. Beat GenerationC. Sons of LibertyD. Angry Young Men22. Which of the following statements about E. Grier

13、son, the protagonist in Faulkners story A Rose for Emily, is NOT true?A. She has a distorted personality.B. She is physically deformed and paralyzed.C. She is the symbol of the old values of the South.D. She is the victim of the past glory.23. Fitzgerald wrote the following except _.A. The Great Gat

14、sby B. In Our Time C. Tender Is the Night D. This Side of Paradise24. Robert Frost was the Pulitzer Prize winner on _ occasions.A. twoB. threeC. fourD. five25. Which of the following best describes the protagonist of William Faulkners “a Rose for Emily”?A. She is a conservative aristocrat. B. She is

15、 a wealth lady.C. She is a prisoner of the past. D. She has good taste.26. “I shall be telling this with a sign Somewhere ages and ages hence:Two roads diverged in a wood, and I I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference.”A. Robert Lee Frosts “The Road Not Taken”B. Alfred T

16、ennysons “Break, Break, Break”C. Edmund Spensers “The Faerie Queene”D. Samuel Johnsons “London”27.There was music from my neighbors house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars, the two sentences are

17、 taken from _.A. The Great Gatsby by FitzgeraldB. Sister Carrie by Theodore DreiserC. Moby-Dick by Herman MelvilleD. Daisy Miller by Henry James28. Which of the following comments on the novel The Great Gatsby is not true?A. The Great Gatsby is a novel that is a set against the ending of the war.B.

18、Gatsby is a mystical figure whose intensity of dream partakes of a state of mind that embodies American itself.C. Gatsby is the last of the romantic heroes.D. Gatsby is wealthy but unintelligent and brutal.29. Who, disregarding grammar and punctuation, always used i instead of I to refer to himself

19、as a protest against self-importance?A. Wallace StevensB. CummingsC. FitzgeraldD. Ernest Hemingway30. The first book Robert Frost wrote was _.A. Mountain Interval B. New Hampshire C. A Further Range D. A Boys Will31. Which of the following is not a usual subject of poetic expression of Emily Dickins

20、ons?A. war and peace B. love and marriageC. life and deathD. religion32. “Because I could not stop for Death” is a famous poem written by _.A. Ezra pound B. Walt Whitman C. Robert Frost D. Emily Dickinson33.Daisy Millers tragedy of indiscretion is intensified and enlarged by its narration from the p

21、oint of view of _.A. the American youth WinterbourneB. the author of Henry JamesC. her mother Mrs. Miller D. the Italian youth Giovanelli34. In Henry James Daisy Miller, the author tries to portray the young woman as an embodiment of _.A. the corruption of the newly richB. the free spirit of the New

22、 World C. the decline of aristocracyD. the force of convention35. Stylistically, Henry James fiction is characterized _.A. highly refined languageB. ordinary American speechC. short, clear sentences D. abundance of local images36. In the following writers, who is generally regarded as the forerunner

23、 of the 20th century “stream of consciousness” novels and the founder of psychological realism?A. Henry James B. Mark Twain C. Emily DickinsonD. Theodore Dreiser37. Henry Jamess fame generally rests upon his novels and stories with the _.A. international themeB. national themeC. European themeD. reg

24、ional theme38. Mark Twain wrote most of his literary works with a _ language.A. grand B. pompous C. simple D. vernacular39. The book from which “all modern American literature comes” refers to _.A. The Great GatsbyB. The Sun Also RisesC. The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnD. Moby Dick40. Mark Twain s

25、haped the worlds view of America and made a combination of _ and serious literature.A. English folk loreB. funny jokes C. American folk humorD. American traditional values41._ is considered by H.L. Mencken as “the true father of our national literature”?A. HemingwayB. PopeC. Irving D. Mark Twain42.

26、Statement “_” is not true in describing American naturalists.A. they were deeply influenced by Darwinism.B. they were identified with French novelist and theorist Emile Zola.C. they chose their subjects from the lower ranks of society.D. they used more serious and more sympathetic tone in writing th

27、an realists.43. One of the most familiar themes in American naturalism is the theme of human _.A. bestiality B. goodnessC. compassionD. greed44. Naturalism is evolved from realism when the authors tone in writing becomes less serious and less sympathetic but more ironic and more _.A. optimisticB. pessimisticC. humorousD. rational45. Who exerts the single most important influence on literary naturalism?A. EmersonB. Jack LondonC. Theodore DreiserD. Darwin46. The period ranging from 1865 to 1914 has been referred to as _.A. the Age of RealismB. the Age of ModernismC. the Age of Romanticism