专业英语八级人文知识（11）

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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
1 n! \8 f) v' t2.In which novel can "Yahoo" be found?
$ B! _* G( {6 \6 R! GA John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress
, V" K$ m- K, C' z9 |B Edmund Spencer's The Faerie Queen
- ^# f: Y' Z4 C3 f7 l. mC Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels
/ o" H  }- _; N% d* p9 O1 yD Henry Fielding's Tom Jones
/ @4 t! W+ B% `2 j' }1 k5 L2 V3.The Catcher in the Rye is written by ____
A J.D. Salinger B Jack London C Flannery O'Connor D Saul Bellow
, i: B2 e- u' z) t4.The image of the famous "henpecked husband" is created by____
/ ~& `; b5 k! Y# J( j% u: h- uA Washington Irving B Fennimore Cooper C Edith Wharton D William Dean Howells
0 J+ s6 W6 U2 _+ v- I5.The literary spokesman of the Jazz is often thought to be ____
  e. F: w" @/ L+ U. |" _8 C& C# s! R. WA O'Neil B Pound C Robert Frost DScott Fitzgerald
6.____ is the most important person of the transcendental club.
A Hawthorn B Whitman C Emerson D Hemingway
* T7 ~: Z( x) Z/ f7. The main theme of Emily Dickinson is the following except____
1 }: }6 ~  B8 d/ B" ]) u$ fA fridendship B love and marriage C life and death D war and peace
/ M+ Z* x0 {, x0 E1 P- m8.Robert Frost is a famous ____
A novelist B playwright C poet D literary critic
9.Dover Beach is written by ____
A Robert Browning B Alfred Tennyson C Mathew Arnold D Dylan Thomas
2 ?' L- w9 ^! i7 ?10.The period from 1865-1914 has been referred to as the ____ in the literary history of the United States.
! K5 x8 a+ e3 bA Age of Realism B Age of Clasicalism C Age of Romanticism D Age of Renaissance

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0 e5 v: u$ A% }: g$ W  ~; t1.D 《老人与海》是海明威的作品。
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2.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。
" {0 Z' n# Z. e: ]( h4.A henpecked husband 是指“怕老婆的男人”，改典型形象出自Washington Irving 的Rip Van Winkle。
5.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。
$ f, V! ?% z( P7 K* Y6.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。
5 S! Z1 v* @: d) x7.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?
% a" Y* G( }6 E% b诗歌主题为：爱情，自然，友谊，死亡与不朽。
' W  c' u& x! n# `, X6 q* f7 q8.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。
9.C Dover Beach（《多弗的海滩》）是Mathew Arnold 的作品。
10.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”。