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32.Allhisnovelsrevealthat,astimewenton,MarkTwainbecameincreasingly.

[A]prolific[B]artistic.

[C]optimistic[D]pessimistic（034）

33.TheraftwithwhichHuckandJimmaketheirvoyagedowntheMississippiRivermaysymbolizeallthefollowingEXCEPT______.

A.areturntonature

B.anescapefromevils,injustices,andcorruptionofthecivilizedsociety

C.theAmericansocietyintheearly19thcentury

D.asmallworldwherepeopleofdifferentcolorscanlivefriendlyandhappily（044）

40.AccordingtoMarkTwain,inrivertownsupanddowntheMississippi,itwaseveryboy’sdreamtosomedaygrowuptobe______.

A.MethodistpreacherB.ajusticeofthepeace

C.ariverboatpilotD.apirateontheIndianocean（044）

9.________isconsideredMarkTwain’sgreatestachievement.

A.TheGildedAgeB.InnocentsAbroad

C.TheAdventuresofTomSawyerD.AdventuresofHuckleberryFinn（047）

12.WhichofthefollowingisNOTatypicalfeatureofMarkTwain’slanguage?

A.VernacularB.Elegant

C.ColloquialD.Humorous（047）

39.WhichofthefollowingisNOTatypicalfeatureofMarkTwain’swritingstyle?

（　　　）

A.Simplevernacular.B.Localcolor.

C.Lengthypsychologicalanalyses.D.Richnessofironyandhumor.（054）

30.HemingwayoncedescribedMarkTwain’snovel（　　　）theonebookfromwhich“allmodernAmericanliteraturecomes.”

A.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn

B.TheAdventuresofTomSawyer

C.TheGildedAge

D.TheManThatCorruptedHadleyburg（057）

34．HemingwayoncedescribedMarkTwain’snovel______________theonebookfromwhich“allmodernAmericanliteraturecomes”.

A．TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn 

B．TheAdventuresofTomSawyer

C．TheGildedAge 

D．TheManThatCorruptedHadleyburg（074）

26．TheAdventuresofTomSawyerand,especially,itssequence______provedthemselvestobethemilestoneintheAmericanliterature.

A．TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnB．LifeontheMississippi

C．TheGildedAgeD．RoughingIt（084）

33．H．L．Menckenconsidered______“thetruefatherofournationalliterature”.

A．BretHarteB．MarkTwain

C．WashingtonIrvingD．WaltWhitman（084）

40．MarkTwainemployedanunpretentiousstyleof______inhisnovelswhichisbestdescribedas“vernacular”.

A．standardEnglishB．Afro-AmericanEnglish

C．colloquialismD．urbanism（084）

28.Hemingwayoncedescribed_____theonebookfromwhich“allmodernAmericanliteraturecomes.”

A.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnB.TheAdventuresofTomSawyer

C.TheGildedAgeD.InnocentsAbroad（087）

28.AsasequeltoTheAdventuresofTomSawyer,______markstheclimaxofMarkTwain'

sliteraryactivity.

A.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnB.LifeontheMississippi

C.TheGildedAgeD.RoughingIt（094）

30.TherenownedAmericancriticH.L.Menckenregarded_____as“thetruefatherofournationalliterature.”

A.BretHarteB.WaltWhitman

C.WashingtonIrvingD.MarkTwain（097）

38.H.L.Mencken,afamousAmericancritic,considered______“thetruefatherofournationalliterature.”

A.HamlinGarlandB.JosephKirkland

C.MarkTwainD.HenryJames（104）

32.ThechildhoodofTomSawyerandHuckFinnintheMississippiisarecordofavanishedwayoflifeinthe______Mississippivalley.

A.pre-WarofIndependenceB.post-WarofIndependence

C.pre-CivilWarD.post-CivilWar（107）

2HenryJames

32.However,___,thekeynoteofDaisyMiller'

scharacter,turnsouttobeanadmiringbutadangerousqualityandherdefianceofsocialtaboosintheOldWorldfinallybringshertoadisasterintheclashbetweentwodifferentcultures.（024）

A.experienceB.sophistication

C.worldlinessD.innocence

34.WhichofthefollowingisNOTatypicalfeatureofHenryJames’swritingstyle?

[A]exquisiteandelaboratelanguage

[B]minuteanddetaileddescriptions

[C]lengthypsychologicalanalyses

[D]Americancolloquialism（034）

23.Linguistically,comparedwiththewritingsofMarkTwain,HenryJames’sfictionisnotedforhis______.

A.frontiervernacularB.richcolloquialism

C.vulgarlydescriptivewordsD.refinedelegantlanguage（044）

32.InDaisyMiller,HenryJamesrevealsDaisy’s______byshowingherrelativelyunreservedmanners.

A.hypocrisyB.coldandindifference

C.graceandpatienceD.Americanness（044）

8.HenryJames’realismisdifferentfromothers,becausehepaysmoreattentionto________.

A.thetraditionalstyleB.thecommonpeople

C.theinnerworldofhumanbeingsD.theclassstruggle（047）

38.Inhisrealisticfiction,HenryJames’sprimaryconcernistopresentthe（　　　）.

A.innerlifeofhumanbeingsB.AmericanCivilWaranditseffects

C.lifeontheMississippiRiverD.Calvinisticviewoforiginalsin（054）

32.（　　）isgenerallyregardedastheforerunnerofthe20thcentury“stream-of-consciousness”novelsandthefounderofpsychologicalrealism.

A.TheodoreDreiserB.WilliamFaulkner（057）

C.HenryJamesD.MarkTwain

35．__________isgenerallyregardedastheforerunnerofthe20th—century“stream—of—consciousness”novelsandthefounderofpsychologicalrealism.

A．TheodoreDreiser 

B．WilliamFaulkner

C．HenryJames 

D．MarkTwain（074）

27．ThePortraitofALadyisgenerallyconsideredtobe______masterpiece,whichdescribesthelifejourneyofanAmerican________inaEuropeanculturalenvironment.

A．HenryAdams’…widowB．WilliamJames’…girl

C．HenryJames’…girlD．TheodoreDreiser’s…widow（084）

26．Peoplegenerallyregarded______astheforerunnerofthe20th—century“stream-of-consciousness”novelsandthefounderofpsychologicalrealism.

A.TheodoreDreiserB.WilliamFaulkner

C.HenryJamesD．MarkTwain（087）

26.HenryJamesisgenerallyregardedastheforerunnerofthe20th-century“stream-of-consciousness”novelsandthefounderof______.

A.neoclassicismB.psychologicalrealism

C.psychoanalyticalcriticism?

D.surrealism（094）

31.In1915______becameanaturalizedBritishcitizen,largelyinprotestagainstAmerica'

sfailuretojoinEnglandintheFirstWorldWar.

A.HenryJamesB.T.S.Eliot

C.W.D.HowellsD.EzraPound（094）

34.Peoplegenerallyconsidered_____tobeHenryJames’masterpiece,whichincarnatestheclashbetweentheOldWorldandtheNewinthelifejourneyofanAmericangirlinaEuropeanculturalenvironment.

A.TheEuropeansB.DaisyMiller

C.ThePortraitofALadyD.ThePrivateLife（097）

27.ThethemeofHenryJames’essay“______”clearlyindicatesthattheaimofthenovelistopresentlife,soitisnotsurprisingtofindinhiswritingshumanexperiencesexploredineverypossibleform.

A.TheAmericanB.TheEuropeans

C.TheArtofFictionD.TheGoldenBowl（104）

29.InordertoprotestagainstAmerica’sfailuretojoinEnglandinWWI,______becameanaturalizedBritishcitizenin1915.

A.WilliamFaulknerB.HenryJames

C.EarnestHemingwayD.EzraPound（104）

3EmilyDickinson

29.“ThisismylettertotheWorld”isapoeticexpressionofEmilyDickinson'

s__abouthercommunicationwiththeoutsideworld.

A.indifferenceB.angerC.anxietyD.sorrow（024）

34.EmilyDickinsonwrotemanyshortpoemsonvariousaspectsoflife.WhichofthefollowingisNOTausualsubjectofherpoeticexpression?

A.Religionandimmortality.B.Lifeanddeath.

C.Loveandmarriage.D.Warandpeace.（024）

33.Thepoem“IliketoseeitlaptheMiles－”isaninterestingpoemwrittenbyEmilyDickinson.Whatdoes“it”inthepoemstandfor?

[A]Thehound.[B]Thestar.

[C]Thehorse.[D]Thetrain.（034）

6.Usuallybasingonherownexperiences,EmilyDickinsonaddressesissuesthatconcernthewholehumanbeings.WhichofthefollowingisNOTausualsubjectofherpoeticexpression?

A.LifeandDeathB.Religion

C.LoveandNatureD.WarandPeace（047）

30.ThoughWaltWhitmanandEmilyDickinsonwereromanticpoetsinthemeandtechnique,theydifferfromeachotherinavarietyofways.Foronething,whereasWhitmanlikestokeephiseyeonhumansocietyatlarge,Dickinsonoftenaddressessuchissuesas（　　　）,immortality,religion,loveandnature.

A.progressB.freedom（054）

C.beautyD.death

26.EmilyDickinson’spoem“ThisismylettertotheWorld”expressesher（　　　）abouthercommunicationwiththeoutsideworld.

A.anxietyB.eagerness

C.curiosityD.optimisticoutlook（057）

36．WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueofEmilyDickinsonandherpoetry?

A．Sheremainedunmarriedallherlife 

B．Shewrote,1,775poems,andmostofthemwerepublishedduringherlifetime.

C．Herpoemshavenotitles,hencearealwaysquotedbytheirfirstlines. 

D．Herlimitedprivateworldhasneverconfinedthelimitlesspowerofhercreativityandimagination.（074）

34．Altogether,EmilyDickinsonwrote1775poems,ofwhichonly______hadappearedduringherlifetime.

A．threeB．five

C．sevenD．nine（084）

35.Ingeneral,theAmericanwomanpoet_____wantedtolivesimplyasacompleteindependentbeing，andsoshedid，asaspinster.

A.AnneBretB.EmilyDickinson

C.AnnaDickinsonD.EmilyShaw（087）

33.TheAmericanwomanpoet______wantedtolivesimplyasacompleteindependentbeing,andsoshe