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美国人文知识
美国人文知识
1.BenjaminFranklin本杰明·富兰克林,1706-1790,著有:
AModestInquiryintotheNatureandNecessityofaPaperMoney;
PoorRichard’sAlmanack
穷查理历书
TheWaytoWealth
致富之道
TheAutobiography
自传
2.ThomasPaine托马斯·潘恩1737-1809,著有:
TheCaseoftheOfficersofExcise
税务员问题
CommonSense
常识
AmericanCrisis
美国危机
RightsofMan
人的权利
DownfallofDespotism
专制体制的崩溃
TheAgeofReason
理性时代
3.HenryWadsworthLongfellow亨利·沃兹沃思·朗费罗,1807-1882
TheSongofHiawatha
海华沙之歌----美国人写的第一部印第安人史诗
VoicesoftheNight
夜吟
BalladsandOtherPoens
民谣及其他诗
BelfryofBrugesandOtherPoems
布鲁茨的钟楼及其他诗
TalesofaWaysideInn
路边客栈的故事---诗集
AnAprilDay
四月的一天
APsalmofLife
人生礼物
PaulRevere'sRide
保罗·里维尔的夜奔
Evangeline
伊凡吉琳
TheCourtshipofMilesStandish
迈尔斯·斯坦迪什的求婚----叙事长诗
PoemsonSlavery
奴役篇---反蓄奴组诗
4.AmbroseBierce安布罗斯·毕尔斯,1842-1914?
【小品集】
TheFiend'sDeligh
魔鬼的乐趣
NuggestsandDustPannedoutinCalifornia
在加利福尼亚淘出的金块和金粉
CobwebsfromanEmptySkull
来自空脑壳的蜘蛛网
【短篇小说集】
TalesofSoldiersandCivilians
军民故事
IntheMidstofLife
在人生中间
CanSuchThingsBe?
这种事情可能吗?
TheDevil'sDictionary
魔鬼词典(TheApplicant申请者)
5.VillaSibertCather维拉·凯塞,1873-1947
O,Pioneers
啊,先驱们
MyAntonia
我的安东尼亚
TheProfessor'sHouse
教授之家
DeathComesfortheArchibishop
大主教之死
6.GertrudeStein格特鲁德·斯坦因,1874-1946
TheAutobiographyofAliceBToklas
爱丽丝·托克拉斯的自传
TenderButton
温柔的钮HildaDoolittle希尔达·杜丽特尔,1886-1961
SeaGarden
海的花园
CollectedPoems(Dread山精;PearTree;Orchard)
TheWallsDoNotFall
墙没在倒塌(战争诗三部曲)
TributetotheAngels
天使颂
TheFloweringoftheRod
柳条葳蕤
TributetoFreud
献给弗洛伊德
HelleninEgypt
7.MichaelGold迈克尔·戈尔德,1894-1967
120Million
一亿二千万
ChangeTheWorld
改变世界
TheHollowMan
空心人
JewsWithoutMoney
没在钱的犹太人(自传体小说)
【戏剧】
HobokenBlues
Fiesta
节日
BattleHymn
歌
PrletarianLiteratureintheUnitedStates
美国无产阶级文学选集(与人合编)
1.ThenovelTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnwaswrittenby_____.
A.HenryJamesB.O.HenryC.HarrietBeecherStowerD.MarkTwain
2.Thewordholidayoriginallymeantholyday;butnowthewordsignifiesanydayonwhichwedon’thavetowork.Thisisanexampleof____.
A.meaningshiftB.wideningofmeaning
C.narrowingofmeaningD.lossofmeaning
3.WhichofthefollowingcitiesisNOTlocatedintheNortheast,U.S.?
A.HustonB.BaltimoreC.PhiladelphiaD.Boston
4.WhichofthefollowingisNOTaRomanticPoet?
A.WilliamWordsworthB.PercyB.Shelley
C.GeorgeG.ByronD.GeorgeEliot
5.Thestudyof____isSyntax.
A.textualorganizationB.sentencestructures
C.wordformationD.languagefunctions
6.ThecapitalcityofCanadais____.
A.MontrealB.OttawaC.VancouverD.York
7.ThelongestriverinBritainis____.
A.SevernB.TeesC.ThamesD.Clyde
8.In____theRomansconqueredGreece.
A.146B.C.B.1200B.C.C.700B.C.D.the5thcentury
9.Inhisinauguralspeech,____saidthat“theonlythingwehavetofearisfearitself”.
A.WoodrowWilsonB.FranklinD.Roosevelt
C.HarryTrumanD.BenjaminFranklin
10.TheHeadoftheRepresentativesiscalled____.
A.ChancellorB.SpeakerC.ChairmanD.Leader
1.WhichofthefollowingareregardedasShakespeare’sfourgreattragedies?
ARomeoandJuliet,hamlet,Othello,KingLear
BRomeoandJuliet,hamlet,Othello,Macbeth
Chamlet,Othello,KingLear,Macbeth
DRomeoandJuliet,Othello,Macbeth,TimonofAthens
2.Guiiliver’travelwaswrittenby____.
ADanielDefoe
BCharlesdickens
CJonathanswift
DJosephAddison
3.Thenovelstartswith“itisatruthuniversallyacknowledged,thatasinglemaninpossessionofagoodfortune,mustbeinwantofawife.”ThenovelisJaneAusten’____.
AEmma
Bpersuasion
Csenseandsensibility
Dprideandprejudice
4.WhichofthefollowingisnotoneoftheBrontesisters?
ACharlotteBronte
BAnneBronte
CJennyBronte
DEmilyBronte
5.____istheworld’slargestexporteroflambandmutton.
A.NewZealand
B.Australia
C.Canada
D.America
6.Britishprimeministernormallyservesa______term.
A.two-year
B.five-year
C.four-year
D.six-year
7.Semanticsisthestudyof_______.
A.linguisticcompetence
B.languagefunctions
C.meanings
D.socialbehavior
8.SenseandSensibilityisa___by___.
Aplay…JaneAusten
Bnovel…JaneAusten
Cplay…EmilyBronte
Dnovel…AnneBronte
9.___isthehomeofgolf.
AEngland
BScotland
CWales
DIreland
10.Reuterswasfoundedin____
A1715
B1751
C1851
D1815
1.ThemostimportanteconomicactivityinCanadais___.
Amining
Bfishing
Cfarming
Dmanufacturing
2.Inarea,theUnitedStatesisthe____largestcountryintheworld.
A2nd
B3rd
C4th
D5th
3.______wasNOTwrittenbyCharlesDickens.
A.DavidCopperfield
B.OliverTwist、
C.SonsandLovers
D.ATaleofTwoCities
4.Whatis(are)thenickname(s)oftheU.S.A.?
AUncleSam
BBrotherJonathan
CYankee
DAlloftheabove
5.“HehasaservantcalledFriday.”“he”inthequotedsentenceisacharacterin______.
AHenryfielding’stomjones
BjohnBunyan’thepilgrim’sprogress
CRichardbrinsleySheridan’stheschoolforscandal
DDanielDefoe’sRobinsonCrusoe
6.“ARed,RedRose”waswrittenby___.
AAlexandraPop
BRobertBurns
CWilliamBlake
DJohnKeats
7.WhatformsanaturalboundarybetweenMexicoandtheUnitedStates?
ATheRioGrandeRiver
BThesouthernRockyMountains
CTheColoradoRiver
DTheGulfofCalifornia
8.TheUSformallyenteredtheSecondWorldWarin____
A1937
B1939
C1941
D1943
9.ThehistoryofEnglishisusuallydividedinto___majorperiods.
Athree
Bfour
Cfive
Dtwo
10.TheemblemoftheDemocraticPartyis____.
Aelephant
Bdonkey
Cbear
Dbull
1.Theelectionof____madeMargaretThatchertopowerandshebecamethefirstwomanprimeminister.
A1979
B1980
C1982
D1992
2.Inwhichnovelcan"Yahoo"befound?
AJohnBunyan'sPilgrim'sProgress
BEdmundSpencer'sTheFaerieQueen
CJonathanSwift'sGulliver'sTravels
DHenryFielding'sTomJones
3.AccordingtotheOfficialLanguageofActofCanada,therearetwoofficiallanguageinthiscountry:
theyare____
AEnglishandSpanish
BEnglishandPortuguese
CEnglishandFrench
DEnglishandCeltic
4.InBritain,___hastheultimateauthorityoflegislation.
AtheQueen
BtheHouseofCommons
CtheHouseofLords
DthePrimeMinister
5.Themorpheme“scope”inthecommonword“telescope”isa(n)___.
Aboundmorpheme
Bboundform
Cinflectionalmorpheme
Dfreemorpheme
6.TheOldManandtheSeaisoneofthegreatworksby____
AJackLondon
BCharlesDickens
CSamuelColeridge
DErnestHemingway
7.ThePresidentsduringtheAmericanCivilWarwas.
AAndrewJackson
BAbrahamLincoln
CThomasJefferson
DGeorgeWashington
8.ThethreelargestcitiesinCanadadoNOTinclude.
AToronto
BQuebec
COttawa
DVancouver
9.RichardNixonresignedin1974becauseof____.
AtheGreatDepression
BtheBlackPowerMovement
CtheWatergateScandal
DtheIsolationpolicy
10.ThefollowingplaysarecomediesbyShakespeareEXCEPT___.
AAMidsummerNight’sDream
BAsYouLikeIt
CTheMerchantofVenice
DRomeoandJuliet
1.TheUnitedStateshaslessthan6%oftheworld’spopulation;yetitproducesabout____ofthetotalworldoutput.
A20%
B25%
C30%
D35%
2.WhatcountryisknownastheLandofMapleLeaf?
AUnitedStatesofAmerica
BUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland
CNewZealand
DCanada
3.Thestudyoflanguageacquisitionisgenerallyknownas___.
Atheoreticallinguistics
Bpsycholinguistics
Cappliedlinguistics
Dhistoricallinguistics
4.ItisknownthatIrishlandscapeinfeaturedby___.
Abogs
Bmountains
Cgrassland
Drivers
5.Thesentence“shallIcomparetheetoasummer’sday?
”isthebeginninglineofoneofShakespeare’s_____.
Acomedies
Btragedies
Csonnets
Dhistories
6.AllthefollowinguniversitiesarelocatedinNewEnglandEXCEPT____
AYale
BHarvard
CMIT
DBerkeley
7.ThehighestpeakinCanadais____,whichistheYukonTerritoryofnorthwestCanada.
A.MountLawrence
B.MountSuperior
C.MountLogan
DMountHuron
8.____issometimescalledthebirthplaceofAmerica.
A.NewEngland
B.theSouth
C.theWest
D.theMidwest
9.TheTowerofLondon,ahistoricalsight,locatedinthecenterofLondon,wasbuiltby____
AKingHarold
BRobinHood
COliverCromwell
DWilliamtheConqueror
10.ThemainthemeofEmilyDickinsonisthefollowingexcept____
Afriendship
Bloveandmarriage
Clifeanddeath
Dwarandpeace
1.It’sgenerallyknownthatthe“FirstbookofAmerican”is___byJohnSmith.
AATrueRelationofVirginia
BTheTrueTravelsofCaptainJohnSmith
CMapoftheBayandtheRivers
DADescriptionofNewEngland
2.TheTenthMuseLatelySprungupinAmericawaswrittenby___.
AJohnSmithBJohnEllis
CAnneBradstreetDNathanielMorton
3.AFuneralElegyuponThatPatternandPatronofVirtuewaswrittenbyJohnNortoninthememoryof___.
AJohnSmithBAnneBradstreet
CNathanielMortonDBenjaminFranklin
4.EdwardTaylorwasapoetof___.
ALocalColorism
BAmericanRomanticism
CNewEnglandTranscendentalism
DColonialAmerican
5.PoorRichard’sAlmanacwaswrittenby___whoalsowrote___.
ABenjaminFranklin…Autobiography
BWashingtonIrving…Autobiography
CWashingtonIrving…HistoryofNewYork
DBenjaminFranklin…HistoryofNewYork
6.Allthefollowingbut___aretheworksofJohnWoolman.
AJournalofJohnWoolman
BSomeconsiderationsuponthekeepingofNegroes
CApleaforthePoor
DPoorRichard’sAlmanac
7.Theseriesof“poemsofromanticfancy”arepoemswrittenby___.
AWashingtonIrvingBJamesFenimoreCooper
CEdgarAllanPoeDPhilipFreneau
8.___wasthefirstblackwomanwhopublishedherc