英语专业八级人文知识(十一)

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美国文学 1.The Old Man and the Sea is one of the great works by ____
A Jack London B Charles Dickens C Samuel Coleridge D Ernest Hemingway
2 D) g9 T. x  ]) r7 `1 d  y4 {2.In which novel can "Yahoo" be found?
A John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress
B Edmund Spencer's The Faerie Queen
C Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels
6 o- n9 V4 j! R6 sD Henry Fielding's Tom Jones
3.The Catcher in the Rye is written by ____
A J.D. Salinger B Jack London C Flannery O'Connor D Saul Bellow
4.The image of the famous "henpecked husband" is created by____
# J! |4 b9 U. `% ^+ aA Washington Irving B Fennimore Cooper C Edith Wharton D William Dean Howells
" y3 Z+ a2 Y4 E$ Z! {' l' P9 o( i/ }) P5.The literary spokesman of the Jazz is often thought to be ____
3 z7 `- q& {$ I* PA O'Neil B Pound C Robert Frost DScott Fitzgerald
6 j( I. M3 D$ @! T1 E4 V( ]+ U6.____ is the most important person of the transcendental club.
A Hawthorn B Whitman C Emerson D Hemingway
7. The main theme of Emily Dickinson is the following except____
! M# f5 m2 r* RA fridendship B love and marriage C life and death D war and peace
& f  o: D: M) U- k& p) W  |; T8.Robert Frost is a famous ____
A novelist B playwright C poet D literary critic
; T: `8 s( a9 p" A# ?4 k7 }4 S; t9.Dover Beach is written by ____
4 p' Y) f  Q, V! `2 j' \% e* WA Robert Browning B Alfred Tennyson C Mathew Arnold D Dylan Thomas
9 \4 i$ X3 m/ [6 d10.The period from 1865-1914 has been referred to as the ____ in the literary history of the United States.
* m0 k! K/ i" q% H4 t2 oA Age of Realism B Age of Clasicalism C Age of Romanticism D Age of Renaissance

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/ t- ^# b) J+ L; w% T. J1.D 《老人与海》是海明威的作品。
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, M( _7 g" J! K6 H' t; c2.C Jonathan Swift的Gulliver's Travels（《格列弗游记》）中yahoo暗指人类，集人类丑陋面于一身，服务于动物的一类生物。
3.A The Catcher in the Rye（《麦田里的守望者》）是J.D. Salinger（J.D. 赛琳格）的名著。
4.A henpecked husband 是指“怕老婆的男人”，改典型形象出自Washington Irving 的Rip Van Winkle。
  E- |, ~1 q& p5 Y5.D 二十世纪出现Jazz Age，这一代的年轻人物欲膨胀，沉迷酒色。Scott Fitzgerald的 Great Gatsby《了不起的盖茨比》根据时代特征，对深深讽刺了所谓的美国梦。
6.C Emerson是超验主义的重要代表，所著Nature《论自然》代表了他的哲学观。
7.D Emily Dickinson（1709-1784），美国女诗人，终生未嫁。主要诗歌包括：I Could Not Sto for Death还有，I'm Nobody. Who Are You?
4 e- p9 j5 {2 r& n诗歌主题为：爱情，自然，友谊，死亡与不朽。
8.C Robert Frost是十九世纪的美国诗人，后因父亲过世已经英国，在新英格兰享有很高名望。主要作品有：The Road Not Taken，Mending Wall。
; u2 [: t9 o4 h4 L: i9.C Dover Beach（《多弗的海滩》）是Mathew Arnold 的作品。
* M$ M+ w! ~9 C" q10.A 1865-1914，也就是美国内战结束之后，第一次世界大战爆发之前。这个时候涌现的作家，比如Mark Twain刻画出美国经济政治发展引发的社会现实问题，包括“Gold Rush”。