美國文學(xué)試題模擬卷及答案

1、美國文學(xué)期末測試模擬試題及答案I. True or false choices: 20% (One point for each item)(T ) 1. Franklin s autobiography, published after his death, has become one of the classics of the genre.(F ) 2. In Catch-22, Yossarian devises multiple strategies to fly combat missions, but the military bureaucracy is always abl

2、e to find a way to make him stay.(F ) 3. Eben kills the infant inDesire under the Elm and confesses his crimein the end of the play.(T ) 4.“ Dreams has the meaning to encourage other black people not to giveup hope or lose their ideal of a better world, for without hope, life is unbearable.(T ) 5. T

3、he Scarlet Letter , published in 1850, is an American novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and is generally considered to be his representative work.(F ) 6. Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, philosopher, poet, and leader of the Imagist movement in the early 19th century.(F ) 7.“The Fall

4、of the House of Usher is one of Poe s poems.(F ) 8. Saul Bellow s perceptions center around the black people, the big city, and the spirit of American life in the second half of the 20th century.(T ) 9. In The Scarlet Letter , Pear is Hester s illegitimate daughter.(T ) 10. Some present-day critics

5、consider Pound s Cantos the best long poem in modern literature.(T ) 11. In 1895, Stephen Crane published Maggie: A Girl of Street , which exerted great influence on Theodore Dreiser s realism.(T) 12. The setting of The Flowering Judas is the Mexican Revolution is the 1920s.(F ) 13. Fitzgerald s fic

6、tional world is the best embodiment of the spirit ofthe romantic period.(F ) 14. William Faulkner s woks mainly concerned the decay in economy and moral in the American North.(F ) 15. In Faulkner s The Sound and the Fury, he used a technique called imagism, in which the whole story was told through

7、the thoughts of one character.(T ) 16. With the publication of The Sun Also Rises , Ernest Hemingway became the spokesman of the lost generation.(T ) 17. The novel A Farewell to Arms portrays a farewell both to war and love.(F ) 18. The famous poem “A Psalm of Life “ was written by Edgar Allen Poe.(

8、F ) 19.“The Raven is a short story written by Edgar Allen Poe.(F ) 20. Toni Morrison was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1988 for her novelTheBluest Eye .II. Match the following writers and their works: 10% (One point for each item)Writers:( f ) 3. W川iam Faulkner(g ) 1. Benjamin Franklin( a ) 4. Archi

9、bald MacLeishWorks:( c ) 5. Nathaniel Hawthornea. Ars Poetica( e ) 6. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow(d ) 2. Toni Morrison( b ) 7. Stephen Crane(j ) 8. Katherine Anne Portere.(h ) 9. William Carlos Williamsf.(i ) 10. Saul Bellowg.b. Maggie: A Girl of the Streetsh.A Psalm of LifeBarn BurningPoor Richard s

10、 AlmanacPatersonAnderson the Rain King The Flowering Judas the author s nameand the namec. Twice-told Talesi.d. Belovedj.III. Identify the following by choosing of the works: 20% (1 points for each item)1. And now I speak of thanking God, I desire with all humility toacknowledge that I owe the menti

11、oned happiness of my past life to his kind providence, which led me to the meansI used and gave them success. My belief of this induces me to hope, though I must not presume, that the samegoodness will still be exercised toward me, in continuing that happiness, or enabling meto bear a fatal reverse,

12、 which I may experience as others have done, the complexion of my future fortune being knownto him only in whose power it is to bless to us even our afflictions.Author: A. W川iam Faulkner B|. Benjamin Franklin C. Ralph WaldoEllisonWork: A. The Autobiography B. Barn Burning C. The Great Gatsby 2. It m

13、ust be understood that neither by word nor deed had I givenFortunato cause to doubt my good will. I continued as was mywont, to smile in his face, and he did not perceive that my smile NOW was at the thought of his immolation.Author: A. William Faulkner B. Edgar Allan Poe C. Ralph WaldoEllisonWork:

14、A. The Autobiography B. Barn Burning C. The Cask of Amontillado3. Virtues are, in the popular estimate, rather the exception than the rule. There is the man_and_ his virtues. Mendo what is called a good action, as some piece of courage or charity, much as they would pay a fine in expiation of daily

15、non-appearance on parade. Their works are done as an apology or extenuation of their livingin the world, - as invalids and the insane pay a high board. Their virtues are penances. I do not wish to expiate, but to live. My life is for itself and not for a spectacle. I much prefer that itshould be of

16、a lower strain, so it be genuine and equal, than that it should be glittering and unsteady.Author: A. Walt Whitman B. W川iam Faulkner C |. Ralph W. Emerson Work: A. The Road Not Taken B.I Shot An Arrow C. Self-reliance4. The door of the jail being flung open from within there appeared, in the first p

17、lace, like a black shadow emerging into sunshine, the grim and gristly presence of the town-beadle, with a sword by his side, and his staff of office in his hand. This personageprefigured and represented in his aspect the whole dismal severity of the Puritanic code of law, which it was his business

18、to administer in its final and closest application to the offender.Stretching forth the official staff in his left hand, he laid his right upon the shoulder of a young woman,whomhe thus drew forward, until, on the threshold of the prison-door, she repelled him, by an action marked with natural digni

19、ty and force of character, and stepped into the open air as if by her own free will.Author: A. Nathaniel Hawthorne B. W川iamFaulknerC. EmilyDickensonWork: A. Moby Dick B. The Scarlet Letter C. Walden5. A singular disadvantage of the sea lies in the fact that after successfully surmounting one wave yo

20、u discover that there is another behind it just as important and just as nervously anxious to do something effective in the way ofswamping boats. In aten-foot dingey one can get an idea of the resources of the sea in the line of waves that is not probable to the average experience which is never at

21、sea in a dingey. As each slatey wall of water approached, it shut all else from the view of the menin the boat, and it was not difficult to imagine that this particular wave was the final outburst of the ocean, the last effort of the grim water. Author: A. Henry James B. W川iam FaulknerC. Stephen Cra

22、neWork: A.Catch-22B. The Open Boat C. Miss Jewett6. Doctor Harry spread a warmpawlike a cushion on her forehead where the forked green vein danced and made her eyelids twitch.“Now,now, be a good girl, and we ll have you up in no time. Author: A. Oscar Wilde B.H. W. Longfellow C. Katherine Anne Porte

23、r Work: A. The Jilting of Granny Weatherall B. Moby Dick C. The JollyCorner7. But all this part of it seemed remote and unessential.? I found myself on Gatsby s side, and alone.? From the momentI telephone d news of the catastrophe to West Egg village, every surmise about him, and every practical qu

24、estion, was referred to me.? At first I was surprised and confused; then, as he lay in his house and didn t move or breathe or speak, hour upon hour, it grew upon me that I was responsible, because no one elsewasinterested interested, I mean, with that intense personal interest to which every one ha

25、s some vague right at the end.Author: A. F. S. Fitzgerald B. Arther Miller C . H. W. Longfellow Work: A. Once More To the Lake B. Barn Burning C. The Great Gatsby8. ?The store in which the justice of the Peaces court was sitting smelled of cheese. The boy, crouched on his nail keg at the back of the

26、 crowded room, knew he smelled cheese, and more: from wherehe sat he could see the ranked shelves close-packed with the solid, squat, dynamic shapes of tin cans whose labels his stomach read, not from the lettering which meant nothing to his mind but from the scarlet devils and the silver curve of f

27、ishAuthor: A. F. S. Fitzgerald B.W川iam Faulkner C. Robert FrostWork: A. Invisible Man B. Barn Burning C. The Happy Prince9. It was late and everyone had left the cafe except an old man who sat in the shadow the leaves of the tree madeagainst the electric light. In the daytime the street was dusty, b

28、ut at night the dew settled the dust and the old man liked to sit late because he was deaf and now at night it was quiet and he felt the difference. The two waiters inside the cafe knew that the old manwasa little drunk, and while he was a good client they knew that if he becametoo drunk he would le

29、ave without paying, so they kept watch on him.Author: A. Wallace Stevens B. William Faulkner C. Ernest HemingwayWork: A. Death of a Salesman B.A Clean, Well-lighted Place C.Recitatif10. CABOT-Thunder n lightnin, Abbie! I haint slept this late in fifty year! Looks s if the sun was full riz amost. Mus

30、tve been the dancin an likker. Must be gittin old. I hope Ebens t wuk. Ye mightve tuk the trouble t rouse me, Abbie. (He turns-seesno one there-surprised) Waal-whar air she? Gittin vittles, Icalclate. ( He tiptoes to the cradle and peers down-proudly)Mornin, sonny. Puttys a picter! Sleepin sound. He

31、 dont beller all night like most o em. (He goes quietly out the door in rear-a few moments later enters kitchen-sees Abbie-with satisfaction)So thar ye be. Ye got any vittles cooked?Author: A.W. C. Williams B. 1e. G. O neill C. Saul Bellow Work: A. Desire Under the Elms B. Looking for Mr. Green C.Ca

32、tch-22IV: Complete the following: 20%1. I shot an _ arrow into the air.It fell to _ earth I knew not where _;For so swiftly it _ flew the sightCould not _ follow it in its _ flight. (6%)2. Life is _ real! Life is _ earnest!And the grave is not its _ goal;_ Dust _ thou art, to dust _ returnest,Was no

33、t spoken of the _ soul. (6%)3. Helen, thy beauty _ is to meLike those Nicean barks of yore That gently, o er a _ perfumed sea, The weary, way-worn wanderer _ boreTo his own native _ shore. (4%)4. My captain does not answer, his lips are _ pale and _ stillMy father does not feel my arm, he has no pul

34、se _ nor _ will(4%)V. Rewrite the following into modern English: 10%Of physiology from top to toe I sing,Not physiognomy alone nor brain alone is worthy for the Muse, I say the Form complete is worthier far,The Female equally with the Male I sing.Of Life immense in passion, pulse, and power,Cheerful

35、, for freest action form d under the laws divine, The Modern Man I sing.I sing for physiology from top to toe. Neither looks alone nor intelligence is worthy forthe praise. Isay the form is far worthier. Ialsosing for the equality betweenthesexes. I singfor the modern man of theirlife full of passio

36、n, pulse and power.They can cheerfully and freely take actions formed under the divine laws.VI. Comment: 20%(1) The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge. You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, th

37、at I gave utterance to a threat. At length I would be avenged; this was a point definitely settled but the very definitiveness with which it was resolved precluded me the idea of risk. I must not only punish but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. I

38、t is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as suchto him who has done the wrong. It must be understood that neither by word nor deed had I given Fortunado cause to doubt my good will. I continued, as was my wont, to smile in his face, and he did not perceive that mysmile no

39、w was at the thought of his immolation.Answer the following questions:(2) Who is the narrator? What wrong does he want to redress? (5%)(3) What kind of person do you think the narrator is according to the above passage? (5%)2. On the breast of her gown, in fine red cloth, surrounded with an elaborat

40、e embroidery and fantastic flourishes of gold thread, appeared the letter A. It was so artistically done, and with so muchfertility and gorgeous luxuriance of fancy, that it had all the effect of a last and fitting decoration to the apparel which she wore; and which was of a splendor in accordance w

41、ith the taste of the age, but greatly beyond what was allowed by the sumptuary regulations of the colony.Answer the following questions:(1)What has happened to Hester? Why does she make the embroidery of the letter A so elaborate? (5%)(2)How does this tell us about her character? (5%)美國文學(xué)期末測試試卷模擬試題二

42、IV. True or false choices: 20% (One point for each item)(T ) 1. The short story, Poe says, must be of such length as to be read at one sitting, so as to ensure the totality of impression.(F )2. Transcendentalist doctrines found their greatest literaryadvocates in Jefferson and Thoreau.(T ) 3. Willia

43、ms poem The Red Wheelbarrow is considered an example of the Imagist movements style and principles.(F ) 4. Simeon and Peter are the farm owners in Desire under the Elms .(T ) 5. The quotation Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might is the theme of “Looking for Mr. Green .(T ) 6. Capt

44、. John Yossarian is a fictional character in Joseph Heller s novel Catch-22.(T ) 7. Set in Puritan Boston in the seventeenth century,The ScarletLetter tells the story of Hester Prynne, who gives birth after committing adultery, refuses to name the father, and struggles to create a new life of repent

45、ance and dignity.(F ) 8. Franklin says that because his wife may wish to know about hislife, he is taking his one week vacation in the English countryside to record his past.(F ) 9. The jar in “Anecdote of the Jar symbolizes social regulation.(F ) 10. In“The Cask of Amontillado , Fortunato decides t

46、o useMontresor s fondness for wine against him.(T ) 11. Stephen Crane s Maggie: A Girl of Street relates a story of a good woman s downfall and destruction in a slum environment.(T ) 12. Katherine Anne Porter is characterized by her employment of the stream of consciousness to probe into the inner w

47、orld of human reality.(T ) 13. F - Scott Fitzgerald is often claimed the literary spokesman of the Jazz Age.(F ) 14. The Soundand the Fury wonO- Henry Awardin 1939 and is considered as the representative of his short story.(T ) 15. In the novel The Old Manand the Sea, Hemingwayportrayed an old man s

48、hows triumphant event in defeat.(T ) 16. Hemingway s novel The Sun Also Rises pained the image of the whole generation, the lost generation.(T ) 17. In “I Shot an Arrow , Longfellow takes the traditional verse forms the sonnet with the rhythm of aabb aacc ddee.(F ) 18. In “Sonnet To Science , Poe pr

49、aised science for it emancipated the poet s imagination.(T ) 19. Emerson has great influence on Emily Dickinson s poems.(T ) 20. Toni Morrison is the first American black womanwho wins the Nobel Prize.V. Match the following writers and their works: 10% (One point for each item)Works:a. The Man with

50、the Blue Guitarb. The Ravenc. Desire under the Elmsd. For Whom the Bell Tollse. Fine Clothes to the Jewf. NatureThe Leaning TowerThe Side of ParadiseGod KnowsLeaves of Grassthe author s nameand the nameWriters:(j ) 1. Walt Whiteman(b ) 2. Edgar Allan Poe(f ) 3. Ralph Waldo Emerson(h ) 4. F Scott Fit

51、zgerald (a ) 5. Wallace StevensNeillg. h. i.(i ) 6. Joseph Heller(c ) 7. Eugene Glastone O(d ) 8. Ernest Hemingway(g ) 9. Katherine Anne Porter(e ) 10. Langston Hughesj.VI. Identify the following by choosing of the works: 20% (1 points for each item)1. I have ever had pleasure in obtaining any littl

52、e anecdotes of myancestors.? You may rememberthe inquiries I madeamongthe remains of my relations when you were with me in England, and the journeyI undertook for that purpose.? Imagining it may be equally agreeable to someof you to know the circumstances of mylife, many of which you are yet unacqua

53、inted with, and expecting the enjoyment of a weeks uninterrupted leisure in mypresent country retirement, I sit down to write them for you.? To which I have besides someother inducements.Author: A. William Faulkner B. Benjamin Franklin C. Ralph Waldo EllisonWork: A. The Autobiography B. Barn Burning

54、 C. The Great Gatsby 2. I took from their sconces two flambeaux, and giving one to Fortunato bowed him through several suites of rooms to the archway that led into the vaults. I passed down a long and winding staircase, requesting him to be cautious as he followed. We came at length to the foot of t

55、he descent, and stood together on the damp ground of the catacombs of the Montresors.Author: A. Edgar Allan Poe B. W川iam Faulkner C. Ralph Waldo EllisonWork: A. The Cask of Amontillado B. Barn Burning C. The Autobiography3. The objection to conforming to usages that have become dead to you is, that

56、it scatters your force. It loses your time and blurs the impression of your character.If you maintain a dead church,contributeto a dead Bible-society, vote with a great party either for the government or against it, spread your table like base housekeepers, - under all these screens I have difficult

57、y to detect the precise man you are. And, of course, so much force is withdrawn from your proper life. But do your work, and I shall know you. Do your work, and you shall reinforce yourself. A man must consider what a blindmans-buff is this game of conformity.Author: A. Walt Whitman B. W川iam Faulkne

58、r C. Ralph W. Emerson Work: A. The Road Not Taken B.I Shot An Arrow C. Self-reliance4. The young woman was tall, with a figure of perfect elegance on a large scale. She had dark and abundant hair, so glossy that it threw off the sunshine with a gleam; and a face which, besides being beautiful from regularity of feature and richness of complexion, had