英語專業(yè)美國文學試題exercise 3

.word范文ExerciseThreeⅠWritingthenamesoftheauthors.(10%)

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ThePrinceandthePauper(

)

AnnabelLee(

)

AFarewelltoArms

(

)

Nature

(

)

AStreetcarNamedDesire(

)

TheRoadNotTaken(

)

TheAdventuresofTomSawyer(

)

BecauseICouldNotStopforDeath

(

)

SongofMyself(

)

TheScarletLetter

得分

ⅡBlankFilling.(10%)

Inthenovel

,HemingwayportrayedanoldfishermannamedSantiagowhoshowstriumphantevenindefeat.

definedpoetryastherhythmicalcreationofbeauty.WhileworkingfortheVirginiaCityTerritorialEnterprise,SamuelLanghorneClemensadoptedthepseudonym

WiththepublicationofTheSunAlsoRises,HemingwaybecamethespokesmanforwhatGertrudeSteinhadcalled“

”.

Whenitwasfirstpublished,WaltWhitman’scollectionofpoems___________,failedtogainacceptancefromeitherthemajorityofcriticsorthegeneralpublic.得分

Ⅲ.MultipleChoice.

(30%)

1.

WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutTheScarletLetterisNOTtrue?

A.

Itexploresman’snever-endingsearchforthesatisfactionofmaterialistic

desires.

B.

Itrelatestheconflictsbetweenthesocietyandtheindividual.

C.Itisabouttheeffectofsinonthepeopleinvolvedandthesocietyasawhole.

D.Itpresentsapsychologicalanalysisoftheinwardtensionsofthecharacters.

2.MarkTwain,oneofthegreatest19thcenturyAmericanwriters,iswellknownforhis______.

A.internationaltheme

B.waste-landimagery

C.localcolor

D.symbolism

3.AccordingtoHawthorne,thescarletletter"A"whichoriginallystoodfor"_______"finallyobtainedthemeaningof"able"or"angel"throughHester’sefforts.

A.adultery

B.arrogance

C.accomplishment

D.agony

4.RobertFrostisaregionalpoetinthesensethathispoemsaremainlyconcernedaboutthe_______.

A.lifeinNewYork

B.countrylifeinNewEngland

C.seaadventures

D.lifeontheMississippi

5.WithHowells,James,andMarkTwainactiveontheliteraryscene,__

becamethemajortrendinAmericanliteratureintheseventiesandeightiesofthe19thcentury.

A.sentimentalism

B.romanticism

C.realism

D.naturalism

6.WaltWhitmanwasapioneeringfigureofAmericanpoetry.Hisinnovationfirstofallliesinhisuseof__

,

poetrywithoutafixedbeatorregularrhymescheme.

A.blankverse

B.heroiccouple

C.freeverse

D.iambicpentameter

7.HesterPrynne,Dimmsdale,ChillingworthandPearlaremostlikelythenamesofthecharactersin___

.

A.TheScarletLetter

B.TheHouseoftheSevenGables

C.ThePortraitofaLady

D.Thepioneers

8.AfterTheadventuresofTomSawyer,TwaingivesaliteraryindependencetoTom'sbuddyHuckinabookentitled___

.

A.LifeontheMississippi

B.TheGildedAge

C.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn

D.AConnecticutYankeeinKingArthur'sCourt

9.TheHemingwayCodeheroesarebestrememberedfortheir__

.

A.indestructiblespirit

B.pessimisticviewoflife

C.warexperiences

D.masculinity

10.

Transcendentalistdoctrinesfoundtheirgreatestliteraryadvocatesin_______andThoreau.

A.

Jefferson

B.

Emerson

C.

Freneau

D.

Oversoul

11.

Fromthefollowing,choosethepoemsNOTwrittenbyAdgarAllanPoe.

A.ToHelen

B.TheRaven

C.AnnabelLee

D.Design

12.

Whichisregardedasthe“DeclarationofIntellectualIndependence”?

A.TheAmericanScholar

B.EnglishTraits

C.TheConductofLife

D.RepresentativeMen

13.

Themostfamous19thcenturyAmericanfemalepoetduringthenineteenthcenturywas___________.

A.

AnneBradstreet

B.

JaneAusten

C.

EmilyDickinson

D.

HarrietBeecherStowe

14.

ChoosetheworksNOTwrittenbyMarkTwain.

A.TheAdventuresofTomSawyer

B.AFarewelltoArms

C.LifeontheMississippi

D.ThePrinceandthePauper

15.

ChoosetheworksNOTwrittenbyNathanielHawthorn.

A.TheAdventuresofTomSawyer

B.TheHouseoftheSevenGables

C.TwiceToldTales

D.TheScarletLetter

得分

IVDecideWhethertheStatementsAreTrueorFalse.

(10%)

Allhisliterarylife,Hawthorneseemedtobehauntedbyhissenseofsinandevilinlife.Transcendentalismexaltedfeelingoverreason,individualexpressionovertherestraintsoflawandcustom.ThesoundofWhitman’swordscastsamagicspelloverthereaders.Histoneisawesome,sadandmelancholy.MarkTwainhad,ashisaimofwriting,thesoul,thelife,andthespeechofthepeopleinmind.MostofthepoemsinLeavesofGrassareaboutmanandnature.Frost’sconcernwithnaturereflectedhisdeepmoraluncertainties.In1954,T.S.EliotwasawardedaNobelPrizeforhis“masteryoftheartofmodernnarration.”Hemingway’sworkshavesometimesbeenreadasanessentiallynegativecommentaryonamodernworldfilledwithsterility,failure,anddeath.WomenwritershaveonlyhadaveryinsignificantroleinAmericanliterature.AccordingtoDickinson,deathmeansimmortality.得分

V.IdentificationofFragments.

(20%)

Passage

1

Lo!inyoubrilliantwindow-nicheHowstatue-likeIseetheestand,Theagatelampwithinthyhand!Ah,Psyche,fromtheregionswhichAreHoly-Land!Questions:Thisisthelaststanzaofapoem

.Itswriteris______________.WithwhomisHelenassociatedinthisstanza?Commentonthebeautyofthispoem.Passage

2HesterPrynne’stermofconfinementwasnowatanend.Herprison-doorwasthrownopen,andshecameforthintothesunshine,which,fallingonallalike,seemed,tohersickandmorbidheart,asifmeantfornootherpurposethantorevealthescarletletteronherbreast.Perhapstherewasamorerealtortureinherfirstunattendedfootstepsfromthethresholdoftheprison,thanevenintheprocessionandspectaclethathasbeendescribed,whereshewasmadethecommoninfamy,atwhichallmankindwassummonedtopointitsfinger.Questions:Thispartiffromthenovel

,

writtenby

.DescribeHester’scharacterbriefly.得分

VI.Writeabout150wordstocommentonHemingway’sthemeandwritingstyle.

(20%)

答案得分

ⅠWritethenamesoftheauthors.(1*10=10%)

MarkTwain

EdgarAllanPoeErnestHemingway

RalphWaldoEmerson

TennesseeWilliams

RobertFrost

MarkTwainEmilyDickinson

WaltWhitman

NathanielHawthorne得分

Ⅱ..BlankFilling.(2*5=10%)

TheOldManandtheSeaEdgarAllanPoe

MarkTwain“thelostgeneration”

LeavesofGrass得分

Ⅲ.MultipleChoice.

(2*15=30%)

1A2C3A4B5C6C7A8C9A10B11D12A13C14B15A

得分

IVDecideWhethertheStatementsAreTrueorFalse.

(1*15=10%)

1T2T3F4T5T6T7F8T9F10T得分

V.IdentificationofFragments.

(20%)

Passage

1

Questions:Thisisthelaststanzaofapoem

ToHelen

(1分)

.ItswriterisEdgarAllanPoe（1分）.WithwhomisHelenassociatedinthisstanza?

（3分）HelenisAssociatedwithpsyche,

Goddessofthesoulinthisstanza.（1分）Byrelatingtopsyche,PoefurtherconveystoreadersthebeautyofHelenandgloryofancient

civilization.(2分)Commentonthebeautyofthispoem.（5分）ebeautyofform.（diction，rhymeandrhythm，rhetoricaldevices..）（3分）Thebeautyofcontent.（2分）Passage

2Questions:Thispartiffromthenovel

TheScarletLetter,(1分)writtenby

NathanielHawthorne.(1分)DescribeHester’scharacterbriefly.(8分)Eg:Courageousenoughtofaceandconfesshersin，truetolove，kindandgeneroustoothers…得分

VI.Writeabout150wordstocommentonHemingway’sthemeandwritingstyle.(20%)

Theme:(10分)graceunderpressure(3分)Implicationofthistheme（3分）Embodimentoftheheroes（2分）Examples（2分）

Eg：WorksofHemingway,portrayingastheydothedilemmaofmodernmanutterlythrownuponhimselfforsurvivalinanindifferentworld,revealman'simpotenceandhisdespairingcouragetoasserthimselfagainstoverwhelmingodds.ToHemingway,man'sgreatestachievementistoshowgraceunderpressure,orwhathedescribedinTheSunAlsoRisesasholdingthe"purityoflinethroughthemaximumofexposure."“graceunderpressure”isarepeatedthemeinhisnovels.

Forhim,

inaworldwhichiscrazyandmeaningless,thereisnothingonecandobuttotakecareofhimselfandbetoughagainstfateandtoughwithgraceunderpressure.

Hisworkshavesometimesbeenreadasanessentiallynegativecommentaryonamodernworldfilledwithsterility,failure,anddeath.YetsuchanihilisticvisionisrepeatedlymodifiedbyHemingway'saffirmativeassertionofthepossibilityoflivingwithstyleandcourage.Hisprimaryconcernwasanindividual's"momentoftruth,"andhisfascinationwiththethreatofphysicalemotional,orpsychicdeathisreflectedinhislifelongpre