练习题:
- h1 F# T5 o1 D4 k* a# w' c 1."Gold Rush" was vividly depicted in ____ novels.
: A+ |1 e J8 a' K8 d: } A Hemingway’s B Mark Twain’s C Henry Jame’s D Faulkner’s
( Q6 G1 e. @5 @6 f9 @" Q- E0 W! M2 D 2.The period of Old English literatue refers to ____
0 T0 l3 o# {6 X: G A 449-10667 |9 A/ {8 ?1 a
B 14thcentury - mid 17th century
3 o, p9 ]- I. @$ v C 14th century- mid 18th century3 y/ [' r( f" p) ? l, w% @: l& c
D 16th century- mid 18th century
- [$ `# Q4 d3 j g 3.The great transcendental work by Henry David Thoreau is ____1 i& ^) \* @2 J' i
A Nature B Walden C Experience D Essays
/ }: w: N o4 D C; W 4.____has been entitled the "Father of American Poetry".
* z; ]& G! F4 G5 e h# O A Philip Freneau B Ralph Waldo Emerson C William Cullen Bryant D Walt Whitman8 J" n! f5 t7 \ n9 P$ ]/ j3 B" V
5. The emotional effect and social significance made ____ the first well-known sociological novel in American Literature.
9 o: S2 {! [2 P5 p6 [/ t A The Sun Also Rises B Uncle Tom’s Cabin5 v/ ^- G k2 Z: @
C The Old Man and The Sea D Sister Carrie
4 w2 f* v" {4 H/ v+ [ 6. Stephen Crane is famous for ____
7 ~4 M! }4 N2 B7 u& p3 Z# C) g A An American Tragedy B The Ambassadors1 @4 D- n* n& g* X4 z* ~
C Main Street D The Red Badge of Courage& C) b8 k+ E' F) f3 C7 e
7.Which of the following is NOT true for Benjamin Franklin?
8 z5 b: a/ D- s' T A He was a famous writer B He was a member to draft the Declaration of Independence
! n. e- ~2 x" d$ @4 z C He was a great scientist D He was once elected American President
/ N; j$ h1 G' h. Z 8. Whitman’s poems are characterized by all the following features EXCEPT____
8 f- z4 s- a1 |, Z/ K9 C+ \ E7 ? A a strict poetic form B a simple and conversational language C a free and natural rhythmic pattern D an easy flow of feelings G6 A% }! n' q2 r
9.American fiction in the 1960s is retered to as ____
7 z8 z# E+ @4 M/ u, e( t5 \ A imagism B black humor C new fiction D the Beat Generation
" ]0 Q( }! u2 ]9 n4 c 10.William Faukener is the author of ____
& p5 [, D) ] n A Far From the Madding Crowd B Sound and Fury C For Whom the Bell Tolls D Scarlet Letter& ]5 U. A3 `2 Q8 K4 F( }- d* v$ M% Q
练习题答案及题解:, L& u' z6 a* @8 d- W w& P- y
1.B 马克吐温的很多短篇小说对Gold Rush(淘金)进行了很形象的描绘。
& n$ g% r y/ @' [ w) } 2.A Anglo-Saxons所说的语言被称为古英语,Anglo-Saxons是在五世纪中侵入英国领土的,直到1066年诺曼公爵政府英格兰,建立诺曼底王朝,才代替了Anglo-Saxons。& D D! U* L. H# W4 u
3.B 瓦尔登湖是梭罗最杰出的超验主义作品。- X3 k3 R- j' b- ?! z& d
4.A Philip Freneau(1752--1832)被称为“美国诗歌之父”。着有:The wild Honey Suckle;To The Memory of Brave Americans。
+ Y# p" p; I% V% @1 J 5.B 汤姆叔叔家的小屋是美国文学史上第一部揭示黑人被虐待,宣扬反奴隶制度的小说,激发了社会各界人士的感情,是一部社会性质很强的小说。
9 A# H4 v2 ^/ z& v 6.D The Red Badge of Courage《红色英勇勋章》是Stephen Grane的代表作。
* y' I: A7 X2 d, ? 7.D Benjamin Franklin 是伟大的作家,科学家,还是美国独立宣言的撰写人之一,但是未曾担任过美国总统。7 |. n6 m9 T7 `1 _/ U9 L i7 j
8.A Whitman主张自由诗体,认为诗歌不应该收到格律约束。他的代表作《草叶集》标志着真正意义上美国诗歌的诞生。
" N- O( K; A* {" D* s0 \, N, Q 9.B 黑色幽默是二十世纪六十年代盛行的小说类型,用幽默的手法来揭示可悲的现实。
0 b8 D" x9 q% l( ?" J, N# R 10.B Far From the Madding Crowd为 托马斯哈代的作品;For Whom the Bell Tolls为海明威的作品;Scarlet Letter为霍桑的作品。 |