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美国文学复习资料

美国文学复习资料

Ⅰ.Eachofthefollowingstatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choosetheonethatwouldbestcompletethestatement.（1分x20题=20分）

II.Fillintheblanks.（1分x10题=10分）

1.ThecolonialhistoryoftheUnitedStatesreferstothehistoryofthelandfromthestartofEuropeansettlementtothetimeof__________________fromEurope,andespeciallytothehistoryofthethirteencoloniesofBritainwhichdeclaredthemselvesindependentin1776.

independence

2.ThefirstwritingsthatwecallAmericanwerethenarratives叙xu\事\作\品and ______________oftheearlysettlements移民.  journal日记      

3.ThefirstEnglishpermanentsettlement---______________---inNorthAmericawassetupin1607.Jamestown

4.TheMayFlower五月花（theshipinwhichthePilgrimFatherssailedfromEnglandtoMassachusettsin1620）arrivedinDecember1620with102Puritanpilgrimsonboard在船上whocametotheNewWorldinsearchofreligiousfreedom.TheshipheadedforJamestown,butstrongwinddrovehertowhatisnowPrincetonHarborandanothersettlementthe______________wasestablished.PlymouthColony1620年12月,“五月花号”承载着102名清教徒来到了这片新大陆寻找宗教自由。

"五月花号"的目的地是詹姆斯敦,但强风使她偏离了航线,最后来到了今天的普林斯顿港口,在此清教徒们建立了第二个殖民点:

普利茅斯殖民点。

5.ThewarbetweentheEnglishgovernmentandthecoloniesbrokeoutinSeptember,1775,andcametoanendinOctober,1781,withGornwallis'sencircledarmysurrenderingtoGeneralWashington.Thetriumphofthewarbythecolonistsbroughtintobeingan______________,theUnitedStates,in1783.independentnation

6.Transcendentalistdoctrinesfoundtheirgreatestliteraryadvocatesin ______  and   Thoreau.Emerson  

7.TheMayFlowerarrivedinDecember1620with102PuritanpilgrimsonboardwhocametotheNewWorldinsearchofreligiousfreedom.TheshipheadedforJamestownbutstrongwinddrovehertowhatisnowPrincetonHarborandanothersettlement______________wasestablished.thePlymouthColony

8.ThemostinfluentialreligiousthoughtofthisperiodwasthePuritanismwhichisthepracticesandbeliefsofthePuritans.DuringthereignofElizabethI,oneofthesects教派ofPuritansseparatedfromtheProtestants新教徒andaftermuchpersecutiontheytookrefugeintheNetherlands.TheyfinallydeterminedtoimmigratetotheNewWorldinsearchof______________.religiousfreedom

9.Writersofthecolonialperiodweremostly______________.TheywroteabouttheirvoyagestotheNewWorld,aboutadaptingtothenewcircumstances,aboutfarmingandhunting,andabouttheirdealingwiththeIndians.Theyalsowroteaboutpoliticalandreligiousmatters,andabouttheirdreamsofthevastlandwhichstretchedbeforethem.Intheirwritings,thehistoryofearlyAmerica,especiallyinNewEngland,wasfilledwithreferencestoTheBibleandGod'swill.Everythingcouldbeexplainedfromthereligiousperspective:

stormsandsicknessmightrepresentGod'swrath;agoodharvestmightsignifyGod'sblessing.Europeanimmigrants

10.ThomasJeffersonisrememberedastheauthorofTheDeclarationofIndependence（1776）.Heisconsideredatrue_________________andoneofthefoundersoftheUnitedStates.HeisthethirdPresidentoftheUnitedStates（1801-1809）.Enlightenmentthinker

11.TheEnglishcolonies殖民地人民inNorthAmericaroseinarmsagainsttheirparentcountryandthecontinentalcongressadopted批准_________________in1776.TheDeclarationofIndependence

12.ThomasPainewasveryactiveinthecauseofAmericanRevolutionandgainedthetitleof__________________________,whichshowedhiscontribution.TheFatherofAmericanRevolution

13.InAmericanliterature,the18thcenturywastheageofEnlightenment.________________wasthedominant.Rationalism

14.JohnSmith（1580-1631）wasrememberedforhisroleinestablishingthefirstpermanentEnglishsettlementinNorthAmericaat________________,Virginia.Withthegreaterpartofhisletterbeingpublishedin1608,JohnSmithwasregardedasthefirstAmericanwriter.Jamestown

15.WilliamBradfordwasontheMayflower,landedatPlymouthattheageof30andwaselectedthefirstgovernorofthecolony.Heischieflyrememberedastheauthorof________________.TheHistoryofPlymouthPlantation

16.JohnWinthropwaselectedgovernoroftheMassachusettsBayColonybeforetheyarrivedthereandhebecamealeaderofthesettlersthroughouttheremainingyearsofhislife.Thejournalsthathekeptasthecolonialofficialwerepublishedas________________.TheHistoryofNewEngland

17.AnneDudleyBradstreet,anAmericanpoet,camefromEnglandwithherhusbandSimonBradstreettotheMassachusettsBayColonyofNorthAmericaattheageofeighteenin1630.Asthemotherofeightchildren,shewaskeptbusybyhouse-keeping,butshewasnotcontentedandtriedherhandatpoetry.In1650,herfirstcollectionofpoemswaspublished,whichwasentitled_____________________.TheTenthMuseLatelySprungUpinAmerica在1650年，约翰·伍德布里奇牧师替安妮用“美国的一位淑女”的名字出版了名为《出现在美国的第十个缪斯》的诗集，这使得安妮成为了英国和美国第一位出版诗作的女诗人。

18._______isfatherofthedetectivestory侦探小说andofpsychoanalytic心理分析批评criticism.EdgarAllanPoe

19.WhatdidFitzgeraldcallthe1920s?

________.TheJazzAge

20.MarkTwainwasarepresentativeof________inAmericanliterature.localcolorism

21._____________isanovelabouthowagroupofpeopleonawhalingship捕bu鲸船killagreatwhalebutthemselvesarekilledbythewhale,withtheconflictbetweenmanandhisfate.Moby-Dick

22.Naturalismisevolvedfromrealismwhentheauthor’stoneinwritingbecomeslessseriousandlesssympatheticbutmoreironicandmore____________.Pessimistic

23.Theshortstory“RipVanWinkle里普·万·温克尔（美国作家欧文所写一篇故事名及其主人公）”revealsthe_______________attitudeofitsauthor.Conservative

24.WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutO.HenryisNOTright?

_______________Theplotsareusuallyclumsy情节复杂难懂、文体臃肿.

25.WilliamFaulkner’sworksmainlyconcerntheAmerican______________.South 

26.Thecolonialliteratureisrich______________.Thereasonisself-evidentifwebearinmindthattheywerealmostallreligiouspeople---Puritans.inreligiouscolor

27.TheEnlightenmentwasanintellectualmovementthatwasoriginatedfromFrance.ThemovementattractedwidespreadsupportfromallprogressiveforcesofEuropeandNorthAmericainthesecondhalfofthe18thcentury.TheEnlightenmentadvocatesholdthatmanneednotwaitforGod'sgracetoperfecthiminheaven,butcanattaintheperfectiononearthbytrustingreasonandscientificexperiments.Therefore,theEnlightenmentissometimescalled______________.theAgeofReason

28.______________isNOTafictional虚构人物characterinTheScarletLetter.Santiago

29.DuringtheperiodaftertheCivilWar,theAmericansocietyenteredinwhatMarkTwainreferredtoas___________.theGildedAge （1873年，马克·吐温出版了小说《镀金时代》。

从此，人们用这个词来形容，从南北战争结束到20世纪初的那一段美国历史。

南北战争为美国资本主义发展扫清了道路，加上不断涌入的移民和西部新发现的矿藏，这一切使得美国的工业化极速发展，国家财富迅速增长。

到20世纪初，美国已经是世界上最强的工业国之一了。

）

30.InLeavesofGrass,____________isallthatconcernedWhitman.individualism,freedom,  democracy 

31.InAmericanliteraturethefirstimportantwriterwhoearnedaninternationalfameonbothsidesoftheAtlanticOceanis_______________.WashingtonIrving

32.“TworoadsdivergedinyellowwoodandsorryIcouldnottravelboth…”IntheabovetwolinesofRobertFrost’sTheRoadNotTaken,thepoet,byimplication,wasreferringto_________.one’scourseoflife

33.BenjaminFranklinwasoneoftheFoundingFathersoftheUnitedStatesofAmerica.HewasoneofthemostimportantAmericanthinkersduringtherevolutionaryperiod.Hestoodastheepitome（缩影）oftheEnlightenment（美国启蒙运动）andastheversatileembodimentofrationalmanoftheperiod.HisPoorRichard'sAlmanac《穷理查年鉴》containsalargenumberof_______________aboutlife.ItwasaparticularlyinfluentialbookintheearlyAmericanliterature.HisTheAutobiography《自传》:

Itrecordstheauthor'srisingfrompovertyorhumblebeginningstosuccess.ItisanearlyexampleoftheAmericandream.ItcouldbeseenastherepresentativeworkofFranklin.practicalsayings

34.ThomasPaine'sgreatestcontributiontotheEnlightenmentMovementishisTheAgeofReason,adeisticdeclaration自然神的宣言advocatingarationalisticviewofreligion主张一种理性的宗教观点.HisCommonSense《常识》ishismostfamouspoliticalpamphletandisregardedasthegreatestoftheRevolutionarypamphlets.IthadgreatimpactonAmericanRevolution.His_______________:

ItinspiredtheresidentsofcoloniallandstoresisttheBritishArmy.（本书鼓励殖民地人民抵抗英国军队。

）HisTheRightsofMan《人的权利》supportedtheFrenchRevolution.TheAmericanCrisis《美国危机》

35.ThomasJefferson托马斯·杰弗逊（1743-1826）isrememberedastheauthorof_______________（1776）.HeisconsideredatrueEnlightenmentthinkerandoneofthefoundersoftheUnitedStates.HeisthethirdPresidentoftheUnitedStates（1801-1809）.TheDeclarationofIndependence

36.AmericanwritersafterWorldWarIself-consciouslyacknowledgedthattheywere“______________,”devoidof缺乏自信faithandalienatedfromtheWesterncivilization疏离西方文明．LostGeneration

37.AmericanRomanticismstretchesfromtheendofthe________centurythroughtheoutbreakof______.18th,theCivilWar

38.Inhispoems,WaltWhitmanisinnovative创新inthetermsoftheformofhispoetry,whichiscalled“____________________.”　freeverse自由诗体

39.From1732to1758，BenjaminFranklinwroteandpublishedhisfamous______,anannualcollectionofproverbs.PoorRichard’sAlmanac本杰明·富兰克林:

穷理查年鉴

40.Transcendentalistsrecognized______asthe“highestpowerofthesoul”.Intuition直/觉/

41.Whichisregardedasthe“DeclarationofIntellectualIndependence”?

TheAmericanScholar   

42.ForMelville,aswellasforthereaderand_________,thenarrator