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美国文学选读试题

美国文学选读试题

美国文学史及作品选读模拟试题一

I.MultipleChoice（1’×15=15’）

1.C______wasthefirstcolonyinAmericanhistory.

A.MassachusettsB.NewJerseyC.VirginiaD.Georgia

2._B_____wastheonlygoodAmericanauthorbeforetheRevolutionaryWar.One

ofhisfellowAmericanssaid,“Hisshadowliesheavierthananyotherman’son

thisyoungnation.”

A.JohnSmithB.BenjaminFranklinC.ThomasJeffersonD.ThomasPaine

3.RomanticsputemphasisonthefollowingEXCEPT__A____.

A.commonsenseB.imaginationC.intuitionD.individualism

4.TheRavenwaswrittenin1844by__B______

A.PhilipFreneauB.EdgarAllanPoe

C.HenryWadsworthLongfellowD.EmilyDickinson

5.Theship__C____carriedaboutonehundredPilgrimsandtook66daystobeat

itswayacrosstheAtlantic.InDecemberof1620,itputthePilgrimsashoreat

Plymouth,Massachusetts.

A.SunflowerB.ArmadaC.MayflowerD.Titanic

6.Melville’snovel__D____isatremendouschronicleofawhalingvoyagein

pursuitofaseeminglysupernaturalwhitewhale.

A.TypeeB.OmooC.WhiteJacketD.MobyDick

7.Asaphilosophicalandliterarymovement,__D____flourishedinNewEngland

fromthe1830stotheCivilWar.

A.ModernismB.RationalismC.SentimentalismD.Transcendentalism

8.Thethemeoforiginalsinisfullyreflectedin___A______.

worse.Ofanintermediatebalance,underthecircumstances,thereisnopossibility.Thecityhasitscunningwiles,nolessthantheinfinitelysmallerandmorehumantempter.Therearelargeforceswhichallurewithallthesoulfulnessofexpressionpossibleinthemostculturedhuman.Thegleamofathousandlightsisoftenaseffectiveasthepersuasivelightinawooingandfascinatingeye.Halftheundoingoftheunsophisticatedandnaturalmindisaccomplishedbyforceswhollysuperhuman.Ablareofsound,aroaroflife,avastarrayofhumanhives,appealtotheastonishedsensesinequivocalterms.Withoutacounsellorathandtowhispercautiousinterpretations,whatfalsehoodsmaynotthesethingsbreatheintotheunguardedear!

Unrecognisedforwhattheyare,theirbeauty,likemusic,toooftenrelaxes,thenweakens,thenpervertsthesimplerhumanperceptions.

Questions

1.Pleaseuseonephrasetosummarizetheaboveparagraph（2’）

2.Whatarethetwopossibilitiesforagirlofeighteenleavingherhome?

（2’）

3.Pleasefindoutthefiguresofspeech（2’）

4.Whataretheattractiveforcesmentionedinabigcity?

（4’）

5.Howarenaturalistviewsarereflectedinthisparagraph?

Illustrateyourpointswithexamples（5’）

Text2

BecauseIcouldnotstopforDeath–

Hekindlystoppedforme--

TheCarriageheldbutjustOurselves--

AndImmortality.

Weslowlydrove--Heknewnohaste

AndIhadputaway

Mylaborandmyleisuretoo,

ForHisCivility–

WepassedtheSchool,whereChildrenstrove

AtRecess--intheRing--

WepassedtheFieldsofGazingGrain--

WepassedtheSettingSun–

…

Sincethen--'tisCenturies--andyet

FeelsshorterthantheDay

IfirstsurmisedtheHorses'Heads

WeretowardEternity–

Questions:

1.Identifythepoetandthetitleofthispoem?

（2’）

2.Explaintheunderlinedwords（4’）

3.Whataretheimplicationsof“theSchool”,“thefieldsofGazingGrain”,“theSettingSun”?

（3’）

4.Howdoyouunderstand“Sincethen--'tisCenturies--andyet/Feels

shorterthantheDay”?

（3’）

5.Whatarethespeaker’sopinionsaboutdeath?

（3’）

Text3

Tworoadsdivergedinayellowwood,

AndsorryIcouldnottravelboth

Andbeonetraveler,longIstood

AndlookeddownoneasfarasIcould

Towhereitbentintheundergrowth.

Thentooktheother,asjustasfair,

Andhavingperhapsthebetterclaim,

Becauseitwasgrassyandwantedwear;

Thoughasforthatthepassingthere

Hadwornthemreallyaboutthesame.

Andboththatmorningequallylay

Inleavesnostephadtroddenblack.

Oh,Ikeptthefirstforanotherday!

Yetknowinghowwayleadsontoway,

IdoubtedifIshouldevercomeback.

Ishallbetellingthiswithasigh

Somewhereagesandageshence:

Tworoadsdivergedinawood,andI--

Itooktheonelesstraveledby,

Andthathasmadeallthedifference.

Questions:

1.Pleaseexaminethepoeticform（rhymeandmeter）（2’）

2.Describethesimilaritiesanddifferencesofthesetworoads.Whichonedoesthespeakertake?

（3’）

3.Howdoyouunderstandtheword“sigh”?

（4’）

4.Whatmightthetworoadsstandforinthespeaker’smind?

（4’）

5.Whatisthethemeofthispoem?

（2’）

参考答案

I.MultipleChoice（1’×15=15’）

1._C___2._B__3.__A__4.__B__5.__C___

6.__D_7.__D__8._A__9.__B__10.__B___

11._C__12.__D__13._A_14._C__15._D__

II.MatchtheColumnAwithColumnB（1’×10=10’）

1.（c）2.（e）3.（i）4.（a）5.（h）

6.（b）7.（d）8.（g）9.（j）10.（f）

III.Definethefollowingwordswithinonephrase（2’×5=10’）

（Anyrelatedinformationcanbegivenmarks）

1.poetrywithoutafivedbeatorregularrhymescheme,producedbyWaltWhitman

2.istherepresentativeoftranscedentalists,whobelievesinindividualismandself-relianceandbringstranscendentalismtoNewEngland

3．isahumoristandsatirist,whousesbroadhumorandbitingsocialsatire

4．isoneofThoreau’smasterpieces,whichistheresultoftheauthor’stwoyearsoflivingnearWaldenlake.

5.isregardedastheclassicalpoemofimagistpoetrybyEzraPound,conveyingthethemeofthespeaker’ssuddenpleasureoffindingsomebeautifulfacesinthesubway

IV.SimpleQuestions（5’×4=20’）（Answersshouldbetothepoints.1scorefortime,2scoresforfeaturesand1scoreforrepresentativefigureswhendefiningthe

literaryterms）

a）Puritanthoughts:

tomakepuretheirreligiousbeliefsandpractices,torestoresimplicity,toliveahardanddisciplinedlifeandopposepleasureandarts.

b）TranscendentalismistheclimaxofAmericanRomanticism.

First,theTranscendentalistplacedemphasisonspirit,ortheoversoul,asthemost

importantthingintheuniverse.

Secondly,Transcendentalistsstressedtheimportanceoftheindividual.

Thirdly,theTranscendentalistsofferedafreshperceptionofnatureassymbolicof

thespirit.

3.a.Theletter’smeaningshiftsastimepasses.OriginallyintendedtomarkHesteras

anadulterer,the“A”eventuallycomestostandfor“Able”or“Angel”.

b.BesidesHester,DimmesdalealsoironedtheletterAonhisbody,whichprovoked

hisself-consciousnessandshowedhisrepentforwhathedid.

c.Pearl,theirbaby,woreagreenletterainapieceofseaweedwhileplayingonthe

beach.ThisgreenletterAsymbolizesvitalityornewlife,andalsosuggestsher

inheritancefromhermother.

4.a.directtreatmentofthe“thing”（nofuss,frill,orornament）,

b.exclusionofsuperfluouswords（precisionandeconomyofexpression）,

c.therhythmofthemusicalphraseratherthanthesequenceofametronome

（freeverseformandmusic）.

V.Interpretingthefollowingtexts（45’）

Text1

1.Theattractionofbigcity（2’）

2.Oneistofallintothesavinghandsandbecomesbetter;secondly,shemayadmitthe

moralvalueofbigcityandbecomesworse.（2’）

3.Simile,metaphorandsynecdoche（2’）

4.Thegleamoflights,ablareofsound,aroaroflife,andavastarrayofhuman

hives（4’）

5.Naturalistattemptedtoachieveextremeobjectivityandfrankness,presentingcharactersoflowsocialandeconomicclasseswhoweredominatedbytheirenvironmentandheredity.Inthisnovel,themajorfemalecharacterCarrieMeeberisdeeplyinfluencedbythepresentenvironmentandheredity,whichleadstotheresultofherdynamiccharacter.（5’）（thefeaturesofnaturalism3scores,examples2scores）

Text2

1.EmilyDickinsonand“BecauseICouldnotStopforDeath”（2’）

2.He:

death;civility:

politeness;Recess:

breakSurmised:

guessed（4’）

3.Theyrepresentthreestagesoflife.Theschoolisthechildhoodandyoungage;thefieldsofgazinggrainreferstothematureperiodandthesettingsuntheoldage,thatistheendofone’slife.（3’）

4.Becausethisdayistowardsdeath,immortalandeternal（3’）

5.Deathisimmortality（3’）

Text3

1.Itiswritteniniambictetrameterandrhymedabaab.（2’）

2.Similarities:

bothoftheroadsarebeautiful（fair）

Differences:

oneisquietandgrassy,less-traveled;theotheristroddenbymany

peopleandflat

Hetooktheless-travelledroad（3’）

3.Theword“sigh”isatrickyword.Becausesighcanbeinterpretedintonostalgicrelieforregret.Ifitisthereliefsigh,thenthedifferencemeansthespeakerfeelsgladwiththeroadhetook.Ifitistheregretsigh,thenthedifferencewouldnotbegood,andthespeakerwouldbesighinginregret.Hence,sighisambigoushereforthespeakerisnotshowingwhetherhischoiceisrightorwrong.（4’）

4.Therealroad;theliferoadandtheroadincareer（4’）

5.Choiceisinevitablebutyouneverknowwhatyourchoicewillmeanuntilyouhavelivedit.Thisisalsothethemeofthepoem.（2’）