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美国文学选读试题
美国文学选读试题
美国文学史及作品选读模拟试题一
I.MultipleChoice(1’×15=15’)
1.C______wasthefirstcolonyinAmericanhistory.
A.MassachusettsB.NewJerseyC.VirginiaD.Georgia
2._B_____wastheonlygoodAmericanauthorbeforetheRevolutionaryWar.One
ofhisfellowAmericanssaid,“Hisshadowliesheavierthananyotherman’son
thisyoungnation.”
A.JohnSmithB.BenjaminFranklinC.ThomasJeffersonD.ThomasPaine
3.RomanticsputemphasisonthefollowingEXCEPT__A____.
A.commonsenseB.imaginationC.intuitionD.individualism
4.TheRavenwaswrittenin1844by__B______
A.PhilipFreneauB.EdgarAllanPoe
C.HenryWadsworthLongfellowD.EmilyDickinson
5.Theship__C____carriedaboutonehundredPilgrimsandtook66daystobeat
itswayacrosstheAtlantic.InDecemberof1620,itputthePilgrimsashoreat
Plymouth,Massachusetts.
A.SunflowerB.ArmadaC.MayflowerD.Titanic
6.Melville’snovel__D____isatremendouschronicleofawhalingvoyagein
pursuitofaseeminglysupernaturalwhitewhale.
A.TypeeB.OmooC.WhiteJacketD.MobyDick
7.Asaphilosophicalandliterarymovement,__D____flourishedinNewEngland
fromthe1830stotheCivilWar.
A.ModernismB.RationalismC.SentimentalismD.Transcendentalism
8.Thethemeoforiginalsinisfullyreflectedin___A______.
II.MatchtheColumnAwithColumnB(1’×10=10’)
ColumnAColumnB
(c)1.Dimmesdalea.RobertFrost
(e)2.Ahabb.MarkTwain
(i)3.Drouetc.TheScarletLetter
(a)4.PulitzerPrizerd.ThomasJefferson
(h)5.Reclusivepoete.MobyDick
(b)6.humoristandsatiristf.ErnestHeminway
(d)7.TheDecalrationofIndepenenceg.HenryDavidThoreau
(g)8.transcendentalisth.EmilyDickinson
(j)9.TheGreatGatsbyi.SisterCarrie
(f)10.TheLostGenerationj.F.ScottFitzgerald
III.Definethefollowingwordswithinonephrase
(2’×5=10’)
1.freeverse2.RalphWaldoEmerson3.MarkTwain
4.BenjaminFranklin5.EzraPound
IV.Simplequestions(5’×4=20’)
1.WhatarePuritanthoughts?
2.WhatisTranscedentalismandlistsomerepresentativefigures?
3.Explainthesymbolicmeaningsof“A”inTheScarletLetter.
4.IllustratethethreeprinciplesofImagistPoetry.
V.Interpretingthefollowingtexts(45’)
Text1
Whenagirlleavesherhomeateighteen,shedoesoneoftwothings.Eithershefallsintosavinghandsandbecomesbetter,orsherapidlyassumesthecosmopolitanstandardofvirtueandbecomesworse.Ofanintermediatebalance,underthecircumstances,thereisnopossibility.Thecityhasitscunningwiles,nolessthantheinfinitelysmallerandmorehumantempter.Therearelargeforceswhichallurewithallthesoulfulnessofexpressionpossibleinthemostculturedhuman.Thegleamofathousandlightsisoftenaseffectiveasthepersuasivelightinawooingandfascinatingeye.Halftheundoingoftheunsophisticatedandnaturalmindisaccomplishedbyforceswhollysuperhuman.Ablareofsound,aroaroflife,avastarrayofhumanhives,appealtotheastonishedsensesinequivocalterms.Withoutacounsellorathandtowhispercautiousinterpretations,whatfalsehoodsmaynotthesethingsbreatheintotheunguardedear!
Unrecognisedforwhattheyare,theirbeauty,likemusic,toooftenrelaxes,thenweakens,thenpervertsthesimplerhumanperceptions.
Questions
1.Pleaseuseonephrasetosummarizetheaboveparagraph(2’)
2.Whatarethetwopossibilitiesforagirlofeighteenleavingherhome?
(2’)
3.Pleasefindoutthefiguresofspeech(2’)
4.Whataretheattractiveforcesmentionedinabigcity?
(4’)
5.Howarenaturalistviewsarereflectedinthisparagraph?
Illustrateyourpointswithexamples(5’)
Text2
BecauseIcouldnotstopforDeath–
Hekindlystoppedforme--
TheCarriageheldbutjustOurselves--
AndImmortality.
Weslowlydrove--Heknewnohaste
AndIhadputaway
Mylaborandmyleisuretoo,
ForHisCivility–
WepassedtheSchool,whereChildrenstrove
AtRecess--intheRing--
WepassedtheFieldsofGazingGrain--
WepassedtheSettingSun–
…
Sincethen--'tisCenturies--andyet
FeelsshorterthantheDay
IfirstsurmisedtheHorses'Heads
WeretowardEternity–
Questions:
1.Identifythepoetandthetitleofthispoem?
(2’)
2.Explaintheunderlinedwords(4’)
3.Whataretheimplicationsof“theSchool”,“thefieldsofGazingGrain”,“theSettingSun”?
(3’)
4.Howdoyouunderstand“Sincethen--'tisCenturies--andyet/Feels
shorterthantheDay”?
(3’)
5.Whatarethespeaker’sopinionsaboutdeath?
(3’)
Text3
Tworoadsdivergedinayellowwood,
AndsorryIcouldnottravelboth
Andbeonetraveler,longIstood
AndlookeddownoneasfarasIcould
Towhereitbentintheundergrowth.
Thentooktheother,asjustasfair,
Andhavingperhapsthebetterclaim,
Becauseitwasgrassyandwantedwear;
Thoughasforthatthepassingthere
Hadwornthemreallyaboutthesame.
Andboththatmorningequallylay
Inleavesnostephadtroddenblack.
Oh,Ikeptthefirstforanotherday!
Yetknowinghowwayleadsontoway,
IdoubtedifIshouldevercomeback.
Ishallbetellingthiswithasigh
Somewhereagesandageshence:
Tworoadsdivergedinawood,andI--
Itooktheonelesstraveledby,
Andthathasmadeallthedifference.
Questions:
1.Pleaseexaminethepoeticform(rhymeandmeter)(2’)
2.Describethesimilaritiesanddifferencesofthesetworoads.Whichonedoesthespeakertake?
(3’)
3.Howdoyouunderstandtheword“sigh”?
(4’)
4.Whatmightthetworoadsstandforinthespeaker’smind?
(4’)
5.Whatisthethemeofthispoem?
(2’)
参考答案
I.MultipleChoice(1’×15=15’)
1._C___2._B__3.__A__4.__B__5.__C___
6.__D_7.__D__8._A__9.__B__10.__B___
11._C__12.__D__13._A_14._C__15._D__
II.MatchtheColumnAwithColumnB(1’×10=10’)
1.(c)2.(e)3.(i)4.(a)5.(h)
6.(b)7.(d)8.(g)9.(j)10.(f)
III.Definethefollowingwordswithinonephrase(2’×5=10’)
(Anyrelatedinformationcanbegivenmarks)
1.poetrywithoutafivedbeatorregularrhymescheme,producedbyWaltWhitman
2.istherepresentativeoftranscedentalists,whobelievesinindividualismandself-relianceandbringstranscendentalismtoNewEngland
3.isahumoristandsatirist,whousesbroadhumorandbitingsocialsatire
4.isoneofThoreau’smasterpieces,whichistheresultoftheauthor’stwoyearsoflivingnearWaldenlake.
5.isregardedastheclassicalpoemofimagistpoetrybyEzraPound,conveyingthethemeofthespeaker’ssuddenpleasureoffindingsomebeautifulfacesinthesubway
IV.SimpleQuestions(5’×4=20’)(Answersshouldbetothepoints.1scorefortime,2scoresforfeaturesand1scoreforrepresentativefigureswhendefiningthe
literaryterms)
a)Puritanthoughts:
tomakepuretheirreligiousbeliefsandpractices,torestoresimplicity,toliveahardanddisciplinedlifeandopposepleasureandarts.
b)TranscendentalismistheclimaxofAmericanRomanticism.
First,theTranscendentalistplacedemphasisonspirit,ortheoversoul,asthemost
importantthingintheuniverse.
Secondly,Transcendentalistsstressedtheimportanceoftheindividual.
Thirdly,theTranscendentalistsofferedafreshperceptionofnatureassymbolicof
thespirit.
3.a.Theletter’smeaningshiftsastimepasses.OriginallyintendedtomarkHesteras
anadulterer,the“A”eventuallycomestostandfor“Able”or“Angel”.
b.BesidesHester,DimmesdalealsoironedtheletterAonhisbody,whichprovoked
hisself-consciousnessandshowedhisrepentforwhathedid.
c.Pearl,theirbaby,woreagreenletterainapieceofseaweedwhileplayingonthe
beach.ThisgreenletterAsymbolizesvitalityornewlife,andalsosuggestsher
inheritancefromhermother.
4.a.directtreatmentofthe“thing”(nofuss,frill,orornament),
b.exclusionofsuperfluouswords(precisionandeconomyofexpression),
c.therhythmofthemusicalphraseratherthanthesequenceofametronome
(freeverseformandmusic).
V.Interpretingthefollowingtexts(45’)
Text1
1.Theattractionofbigcity(2’)
2.Oneistofallintothesavinghandsandbecomesbetter;secondly,shemayadmitthe
moralvalueofbigcityandbecomesworse.(2’)
3.Simile,metaphorandsynecdoche(2’)
4.Thegleamoflights,ablareofsound,aroaroflife,andavastarrayofhuman
hives(4’)
5.Naturalistattemptedtoachieveextremeobjectivityandfrankness,presentingcharactersoflowsocialandeconomicclasseswhoweredominatedbytheirenvironmentandheredity.Inthisnovel,themajorfemalecharacterCarrieMeeberisdeeplyinfluencedbythepresentenvironmentandheredity,whichleadstotheresultofherdynamiccharacter.(5’)(thefeaturesofnaturalism3scores,examples2scores)
Text2
1.EmilyDickinsonand“BecauseICouldnotStopforDeath”(2’)
2.He:
death;civility:
politeness;Recess:
breakSurmised:
guessed(4’)
3.Theyrepresentthreestagesoflife.Theschoolisthechildhoodandyoungage;thefieldsofgazinggrainreferstothematureperiodandthesettingsuntheoldage,thatistheendofone’slife.(3’)
4.Becausethisdayistowardsdeath,immortalandeternal(3’)
5.Deathisimmortality(3’)
Text3
1.Itiswritteniniambictetrameterandrhymedabaab.(2’)
2.Similarities:
bothoftheroadsarebeautiful(fair)
Differences:
oneisquietandgrassy,less-traveled;theotheristroddenbymany
peopleandflat
Hetooktheless-travelledroad(3’)
3.Theword“sigh”isatrickyword.Becausesighcanbeinterpretedintonostalgicrelieforregret.Ifitisthereliefsigh,thenthedifferencemeansthespeakerfeelsgladwiththeroadhetook.Ifitistheregretsigh,thenthedifferencewouldnotbegood,andthespeakerwould