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一、选择题

（）1.AboutWashingtonIrving,FatherofAmericanshortstories,whichofthefollowingstatementisright?

A.Asawriter,heremainedademocraticandalwaysexaltedadisappearingpast.

B.HepreferredtheOldWorldtotheNew.

C.ManyofhiswritingsarefocusedonAmericansubjects,landscapes,particularlythelegendsoftheHudsonRiverregionofthefreshyoungland.

D.Heiswell-knownforhisinternationalthemeacrosstheAtlantic.

（）2.Despitestrongforeigninfluences,AmericanromanticwritingsaretypicallyAmericanwhichcanberevealedinthefollowing______.

A.adesireforanescapefromcivilizedsocietyandareturntotheennoblingnature

B.theAmericannationalexperienceof“pioneeringintothewest”

C.Americantypeofcharactersspeakinglocaldialectsappearedinthefiction

D.alloftheabove

（）3.Inthewell-knownstoryRipVanWinkle,Ripisasleepfor20yearsduringwhich______takesplace.

A.WorldWarIB.theCivilWar

C.WorldWarIID.theRevolutionaryWar

（）4.AccordingtoEmerson,whichofthefollowingisnotmentionedasthespecialtermsinhisNature?

A.“unityofNature”B.“Over-Soul”

C.“supernature”D.“atransparenteyeball”

（）5.RalphWaldoEmersonhates______.

A.UnitarianismB.Puritanism

C.ProtestantismD.Transcendentalism

（）6.WhichofthefollowingstatementsissaidaboutmostofthepoemsinWhitman’sLeavesofGrass?

A.TheyidentifyhisegowiththeconservativeAmerica.

B.Theysingofthe“en-masse”andtheselfaswell.

C.Theycelebratetheselfandignoresexuality.

D.Theyrejectthepursuitofloveandhappinessofindividuals.

（）7.RealismwasareactionagainstRomanticismandpavedthewayto______.

A.PuritanismB.Modernism

C.PostmodernismD.Materialism

（）8.______isconsidered“thetruefatherofAmericannationalliterature.”

A.MarkTwainB.WashingtonIrving

C.RalphEmersonD.WaltWhitman

（）9.HenryJames’mostdistinguishedliterarytechniqueishis______.

A.narrativepointofview

B.author’sparticipationinnarrating

C.firstpersonnarrative

D.techniqueofstreamofconsciousness

（）10.ThesubjectsofEmilyDickinson’spoemsaremainlyaboutthefollowingexcept______.

A.religionB.deathandimmortality

C.manandmoralityD.loveandnature

（）11.MarkTwaincreatedin______,amasterpieceofAmericanrealismthatisalsooneofthegreatbooksofworldliterature.

A.TheManThatCorruptedHadleyburyB.TomSawyer

C.HuckleberryFinnD.TheGildedAge

（）12.HenryJames,thegreatAmericanrealist,treatedwithgreatcare______inthefirstperiod.

A.ancientEuropeancivilizationwhichissatirizedseverelyinhiswritings

B.theemotionalandmoralproblemsofAmericansinEurope,orEuropeansinAmerica

C.theclashesbetweentwodifferentcultures,EuropeanandAmerican

D.bothBandC

（）13.WhichofthefollowingstatementscanbesaidaboutthenovelSisterCarrie?

A.ItsheroineisaSouthernaristocraticwoman,whorefusestocometotermswiththepresent.

B.Itsheroineisacountrygirl,whostrivestogainhermaterialriseinbigcitiesbutsoongetstiredofhersuccess.

C.Theheroineisayoungvaingirl,whoindulgesherselfingrandpartiesandluxurioustripsbutsoonbecomespenniless.

D.Ittellsaboutayoungsailor,whostrugglestoreachtheuppersocietybutsoongetsdisillusioned.

（）14.ThefinestexampleofNathanielHawthorne’ssymbolismistherecreationofPuritanBostonin______.

A.TheScarletLetterB.YoungGoodmanBrown

C.TheMarbleFaunD.TheAmbitiousGuest

（）15.Duringthefirstpartofthe20thcentury,withaseriesofwarsthewholeworldhadundergoneadramaticsocialchange,atransformation______.

A.fromordertodisorderB.fromdisordertoorder

C.fromdisordertochaosD.fromchaostodisorder

（）16.TheAmericansocialupheavalsandtheliteraryconcernsoftheGreatDepressionyearsendedwiththeprosperityandturmoilbroughtby______.

A.WorldWarIB.WorldWarII

C.theCivilWarD.theWarofIndependence

（）17.AstotheAmericanrealists,whichofthefollowingstatementsisright?

A.Theytriedtoexploretheharshrealitiesoflifeaswellastheillusionofheroism.

B.Theirattentionwasdirectedtothegreateventsofthecontemporarytime.

C.Theyaimedattheinterpretationoftheactualitiesofanyaspectoflife,freefromsubjectiveprejudice,idealism,orromanticcolor.

D.alloftheabove.

（）18.Inthe1960sand1970s,thereappearedthewritersofthe“newfiction”inAmerica,whosharedalmostthesamebeliefthat______.

A.humanbeingsarelivinginaprosperousandlivelyworld

B.humanbeingsaretrappedinameaninglessworld

C.neitherGodnormancanmakesenseofthehumancondition

D.bothBandC

（）19.Inthe1920s,O’Neillestablishedaninternationalreputationwiththeplays______.

A.TheEmperorJonesB.AnnaChristle

C.TheHairyApeD.alloftheabove

（）20.In1954,______wasawardedtheNobelPrizeforliteratureforhis“masteryoftheartofmodernnarration.”

A.T.S.EliotB.JohnSteinbeck

C.ErnestHemingwayD.WilliamFaulkner

（）21.WhichoffollowingisnotrightaboutthethematicconcernsofRobertFrost?

A.Hissenseoffailureandmeaninglessnessabouthumanlife.

B.Theterrorandtragedyinnature,aswellasitsbeauty.

C.Thelonelinessandpovertyoftheisolatedhumanbeing.

D.Hisloveoflifeandhisbeliefinaserenitycomingfromworking.

（）22.Typicalofthe“iceberg”analogyis______writingstyle.

A.EugeneO’Neill’sB.ErnestHemingway’s

C.WilliamFaulkner’sD.ScottFitzgerald’s

（）23.TheJazzAgeofthe1920scharacterizedbyfrivolityandcarelessnessisbroughtvividlytolifein______works.

A.EugeneO’Neill’sB.ErnestHemingway’s

C.WilliamFaulkner’sD.ScottFitzgerald’s

（）24.Themodernstream-of-consciousnesstechniquewasfrequentlyandskillfullyexploitedby______toemphasizethereactionsandinnermusingsofthenarrator.HecapturedthedialectsoftheMississippicharacters,includingNegroesandtheredneck,aswellasmorerefinedandeducatednarratorslikeQuentin.

A.FaulknerB.FitzgeraldC.HemingwayD.Steinbeck

（）25.______wonthePulitzerPrizefourtimesandwastheonlydramatistevertowinaNobelPrize.Heiswidelyacclaimed“founderoftheAmericandrama,”andrecognizedevenmoreasamajorfigureinworldliterature.

A.MillerB.WilliamC.HellerD.O’Neill

（）1.Theperiodof____startedwiththepublicationofWashingtonIrving’sTheSketchBookandendedwithWaltWhitman’sLeavesofGrass.

A.AmericanRomanticismB.AmericanRealism

C.AmericanTranscendentalismD.AmericanClassicism

（）2.ThedesireforanescapefromsocietyandareturntonaturebecameapermanentconventionofAmericanliterature.Suchadesireisparticularlyevidencein____Leather-StockingTales.

A.WashingtonIrving’sB.WaldoEmerson’s

C.JamesFennimoreCooper’sD.WaltWhitman’s

（）3.NewEnglandTranscendentalismwasstartedbyagroupofpeoplewhoweremembersofaninformalclub,i.e.theTranscendentalClubinNewEnglandinthe____.

A.1850sB.1840sC.1830sD.1860s

（）4.TheAmerican____asaculturalheritageexertedgreatinfluencesoverAmericanmoralvalues.

A.PuritanismB.UnitarianismC.DeismD.Protestantism

（）5.InhisfamouspoemSongofMyself,WaltWhitmansetsforthtwoprincipalbeliefs:

thebeliefinthesingularityandequalityofallbeingsinvalue,andthetheoryof____,whichisillustratedbylengthycataloguesofpeopleandthings.

A.nationalityB.universality

C.natureD.community

（）6.WhichofthefollowingisNOTwhatEmersonputforwardinhisessays?

A.theOver-SoulB.theformalreligionofthechurchesandtheDeisticphilosophy

C.NatureD.theimportanceofindividual

（）7.Moby-Dickisamixtureoffantasyand____basedupontheSouthPacificwhalingindustry.

A.romanticismB.naturalism

C.realismD.surrealism

（）8.WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutHawthorneisNOTright?

A.Theambiguityisoneofthesalientcharacteristicsofhisart.

B.Heisamasterofrealism.

C.Heisagreatallegorist.

D.Heisamasterofsymbolism.

（）9.WhichofthefollowingisNOTregardedasthecharacteristicsofWhitman’spoeticstyle?

A.theuseof“freeverse”

B.hisstrongtendencytouseofformallanguage

C.theuseofparallelismandphoneticrecurrenceatthebeginningothelines

D.theuseofthepoetic“I”

（）10.____andEmersonianTranscendentalismproducedsomepositiveeffectonMelville’swriting.

A.WashingtonIrving’sconservativeB.Hawthorne’smoralcourage

C.Thoreau’sRomanticismD.Shakespeariantragicvision

（）11.Theperiodrangingfrom1865to1914hasbeenreferredtoas____intheliteraryhistoryoftheUnitedStates.

A.theAgeofRomanticismB.theAgeofEnlightenment

C.NewEnglandTranscendentalismD.theAgeofRealism

（）12.ThethreedominantfiguresoftheperiodofRealisminAmericanliteratureare____.

A.MarkTwain,HenryJames,andJackLondon

B.MarkTwain,HenryJames,andTheodoreDreiser

C.WilliamDeanHowells,MarkTwain,andJackLondon

D.WilliamDeanHowells,MarkTwain,andHenryJames

（）13.____oncedescribedthenovel,TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn,theonebookfromwhich“allmodernAmericanliteraturecomes.”

A.ErnestHemingwayB.HenryJames

C.MarkTwainD.TheodoreDreiser

（）14.____wasthefirstAmericanwritertoconceivehiscareerininternationalthemes.

A.WashingtonIrvingB.HenryJames

C.RalphWaldoEmersonD.MarkTwain

（）15.WithinherlittlelyricsDickinsonaddressesthoseissuesthatconcernthewholeh