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1、英美文学题库英美文学练习测试题库及答案本科IOfthefouralternativeanswer,choosetheonethatwouldbestcompletethestatement:1.BenjaminFranklinwasborninthefamilyofasmall_.A.LandlordB.merchantC.lawyerD.clergyman2.RalphWaldoEmersonsleadingreputationbeganwiththepublicationof_.A.EssaysB.NatureC.OversoulD.Self-Relience3.EllenPoewasbo

2、thapoetanda_.A.dramatistB.essayistCactorD.fictionwriter.4.NathanielHawthornesviewofmanandhumanhistoryoriginatesin_.A.PuritanismB.SocialismC.TranscendentalismD.naturalism5.WaltWhitmanwasbornandbroughtupinafamilyofa_.A.PeasantB.carpenterC.captainD.printer6.MarkTwainsfirstsuccessfulliteraryworkis_.A.Th

3、eCelebratedJumpingFrogofCalaverasCountyB.LifeontheMississippiC.TheAdventureofTomSawyerD.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn7.CloselyrelatedtoEmilyDickinsonsreligiouspoetryareherpoemsconcerning_.A.ChildhoodB.youthandhappinessC.lonelinessD.deathandimmortality8.AmongtheworksofDreiser,thebetknowntotheChinese

4、readersis_.A.AnAmericanTragedyB.SisterCarrieC.ThFinancierD.TheTitan9.RobertFrostsworksmainlyfocusonthelandscapeandpeoplein_.A.theWestB.AmericanSouthC.NewEnglandD.Mississippi10.MostoftheplaysEugeneONeillwroteare_.A.comediesB.romancesC.historicalplaysDtragedies11.ScottFitzgeraldisoftenacclaimedliterar

5、yspokesmanofthe_.A.moderntimeB.youngAmericansC.JazzAgeD.GuildedAge12._isHemingwaysmasterpiece,whichisabouttheoldfishermanSantiagoandhislosingbattlewithagiantmarlin.A.FarewelltoArmsB.ForwhomtheBellTollsC.TheSunAlsoRisesD.TheOldManandTheSea13.Asagreatfictionwriter,WilliamFaulkerdevotesmostofhisworksto

6、thedescriptionofthelifeandthepeopleinthe_.A.AmericanWestB.NewEnglandinAmericaC.AmericanSouthD.AmericanNorth14.Whenhewasyoung,BenjaminFranklinbecameanapprenticeina_.A.printinghouseB.storeC.TailorsshopD.factory15.RalphEmersonwasborninafamilyofa_.A.merchantB.businessmanC.clergymanD.writer16.EllenPoebeg

7、anhisliterarycareerbywriting_;A.shortstoriesB.playsC.essaysD.poems17.AccordingtoNathanielHawthorne,thereis_ineveryhearer,whichmayremainlatent,perhaps,throughthewholelife;butcircumstancesmayrouseittoactivity.A.evilB.virtueC.kindnessD.tragedy18.Whitmanisradicallyinnovativeintermofformofhispoetry.Whath

8、eprefersforhisnewsubjectsandnewfeelingsis_.A.blankverseB.freeverseC.heroiccoupletD.sonnet19.MarkTwainshapedtheworldsviewofAmericaandmadeacombinationofseriousliteratureand_.A.AmericanfolkhumorB.EnglishfolkloreC.AmericantraditionalvaluesD.funnyjokes20.Altogether,EmilyDickinsonwrote_poems,ofwhichonlyse

9、vernhadappearedduringherlifetime.A.1145B.1775C.897D.78521.TheodoreDreiserisgenerallyacknowledgedasoneofAmericasliterary_.A.realistsB.naturalistsC.romantistsD.modernists22.InFrostspoems,imagesandmetaphorsinhispoemsaredrawnfrom_.A.thesimplecountrylifeB.theurbanlifeC.thelifeontheseaD.theadventuresandtr

10、ips23ScottFitzgeraldneversparedanintimatetouchinhisfictiontodealwiththebankruptcyofthe_.A.AmericanDreamB.rulingclassesB.AmericanCapitalistsD.Americanbourgeoisie24.EugeneONeillisregardedasthefounderofAmerican_.A.poetryB.dramaC.fictionD.literature25._isHemingwaysmasterpiece,whichtellsastoryaboutthetra

11、gicloveofawoundedAmericansoldierwithaBritishnurse.A.AFarewelltoArmsB.TheSunAlsoRisesC.ForWhomtheBellTollsD.InOurTime26.WilliamFaulknerwasborninafamilyofa_.A.merchantB.colonelC.managerD.doctor27.Inhisessays,_putforwardhisphilosophyoftheoversoul,theimportantoftheIndividualandNature.A.NathanielHawthorn

12、eB.WashingtonIrvingC.MarkTwainD.RalphWaldoEmerson28.ThechiefspokesmanofNewEnglandTranscendentalismis_A.NathanielHawthorneB.RalphWaldoEmersonC.HenryDavidThoreauD.WashingtonIrving29._literaryworldturnsouttobeamostdisturbed,tormentedandproblematicalone,whichhasmuchtodowithhisblackvisionoflifeandhumanbe

13、ings.A.HermanMelvillesB.WashingtonIrvingsC.NathanielHawthornesD.WaltWhitmans30.Mostofthepoemsin_singoftheen-masseandtheselfaswell.A.LeavesofGrassB.DrumTapsC.NorthofBostonD.TheCantos31.In_,WhitmanairshissorrowatPresidentLincolnsdeath.A.CavalryCrossingaFordB.APactC.WhenLilacsLastintheDooryardBloomdD.T

14、herewasaChildWentForth32.In_,WhitmansownearlyexperiencemaywellbeidentifiedwiththechildhoodofayounggrowingAmerica.A.APactB.SongofMyselfC.TherewasaChildWentForthD.CavalryCrossingaFord33.In_,Hawthornesetsouttoprovethateveryonepossessessomeevilsecret.A.TheCustom-House”B.YoungGoodmanBrownC.RappaccinisDau

15、ghterD.TheBirthmark34._iscalledbyHemingwaytheonefromwhichallmodernAmericanliteraturecomes.A.TheadventuresofHuckleberryFinnB.TheAdventuresofTomSawyerC.TheGildedAgeD.LifeontheMississippi35.TheodoreDreisersforgivingtreatmentofthecareerofhisheroinein_alsodrawsheavilyuponthenaturalisticunderstandingofsex

16、uality.AMcTeagueB.AnAmericanTragedyC.SisterCarrieD.TheGenius36._isagreatgiantofAmerican,whomH.L.Menckenconsidersthetruefatherofournationalliterature.A.HenryJamesB.WashingtonIrvingC.MarkTwainD.TheodoreDreiser37._isusuallyregardedasaclassicbookwrittenforboysabouttheirparticularhorrorsandjoys.A.TheAdve

17、nturesofTomSawyerB.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnC.InnocentsAbroadD.LifeontheMississippi38._isdescribedbyMarkTwainasaboywithasoundheartandadeformedconscience.A.TomSawyerB.HuckleberryFinnC.JimD.Tony39._isconsideredtobeTheodoreDreisersgreatestwork.A.AnAmericanTragedyB.SisterCarrieC.TheFinancierD.TheTi

18、tan40.TheleadingplaywrightofthemodernperiodinAmericanliterature,ifnotthemostsuccessfulinallhisexperiments,is_A.ArthurMillerB.TennesseeWilliamC.GeorgeBernardShawD.EugeneONeil41.Thewell-knownsoliloquybyHamletTobe,ornottobeshowshisA.hatredforhisuncleB.loveforlifeC.resolutionofrevengeD.inner-strife42._i

19、saplaythatconcernstheproblemofmodernmansidentity.A.TheHairyApeB.LongDaysJourneyIntoNightC.TheIcemanComethD.TheEmperorJones43.Inatragicsense,_isarepresentationoflifeasastruggleagainstunconquerableforcesinwhichonlyapartialvictoryispossible.A.ForWhomtheBellTollsB.InOurTimeC.TheOldManandtheSeaD.AFarewel

20、ltoArms44.Faulkneroncesaidthat_isastoryoflostinnocence,whichprovesitselftobeandintensificationofthethemeofimprisonmentinthepast.A.TheSoundandtheFuryB.LightinAugustC.GoDown,MosesD.Absalom,Absalom!45.InARoseforEmily,Faulknermakesbestuseofthe_devicesinnarration.A.RomanticB.RealisticC.GothicD.Modernist4

21、6._isHemingwaysfirsttruenovelinwhichhedepictsavividportraitofThelostGeneration.A.TheSunAlsoRisesB.AFarewelltoArmsC.InOurTimeD.ForWhomtheBellTolls47.TheonlydramatistevertowinaNobelPrizewas_.A.BernardShawB.EugeneONeilC.RichardBrinsleySheridanD.WilliamShakespeare48.Bymeansoffreeverse,_believesthathehas

22、turnedthepoemintoanopenfield,anareaofvitalpossibilitywherethereadercanallowhisownimaginationtoplay.A.EmilyDickinsonB.WaltWhitmanC.RobertFrostD.EzraPound49.Aneccentricwomanwhorefusestoacceptthepassageoftime,ortheinevitablechangeandlossthataccompaniesitmayprobablyreferto_.A.IreneinTheManofPropertyB.Em

23、ilyinARoseforEmilyC.CatherineinWutheringHeightsD.thewidowDouglasinAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn50.OnesourceofevilthatNathanielHawthorneisconcernedmostisoverreachingintellect.Whichofthefollowingstoriesisoneofthiskind?A.RappaccinisDaughterB.YoungGoodmanBrownC.TheMinistersBlackVeilD.TheBirthmark51.Inyourrocking-chair,byyourwindow,shallyoudreamsuchhappinessasyoumayneverfee