(完整版)《美國(guó)文學(xué)》期末考試試卷(A卷)

(完整版)《美國(guó)文學(xué)》期末考試試卷(A卷)(完整版)《美國(guó)文學(xué)》期末考試試卷(A卷)PAGEPAGE4(完整版)《美國(guó)文學(xué)》期末考試試卷(A卷)湖州師范學(xué)院外國(guó)語(yǔ)學(xué)院2008—2009學(xué)年第二學(xué)期《美國(guó)文學(xué)》期末考試試卷（A卷)適用班級(jí)050511—13考試時(shí)間120分鐘學(xué)院班級(jí)學(xué)號(hào)姓名題號(hào)一二三四五六七八九十總分分?jǐn)?shù)得分I。Writethenamesoftheauthors。(10%)LeavesofGrass（)Raven（)AnecdoteoftheJar（)TheOctopus（)Maggie：AGirloftheStreets(）ARoseforEmily()Arrowsmith（）OfMiceandMen(）TheWearyBlues()TheStreetcarNamedDesire（）得分II.Fillinthefollowingblankswithappropriateinformation。（10%）EmilyDickinsonexplorestheinnerlifeoftheindividualandpaysattentiontoonlyoneregion“____________”。Herpoetrycharacterizeswiththeconcise，directandsimpledictionandsyntax。Simply______________meanstheuseofregionaldetailinaliteraryorartisticwork。ThenameisgivenespeciallytoakindofAmericanliteraturethatinitsmostcharacteristicformmadeitsappearancejustaftertheCivilWarandfornearlythreedecadeswasthesinglemostpopularformofAmericanliterature.MartinEden,oneofLondon’smostimportantbooks,isthis__________accountofayoungsailorwhostrugglestoimprovehimselfandachieveseventualsuccessasawriter,butgrowsdisenchantedwithfameandwealth。ItrepresentsbothanindictmentoftheAmericandreamandanimportantreflectiononLondon’sownbackgroundandcareer.Modernisminliteratureisnoteasilysummarized，butthekeyelementsareexperimentation,__________,individualismandastressonthecerebralratherthanemotiveaspects。The__________manifestocameoutin1912showedthreepoeticprinciples：directtreatmentofthe“thing”（nofuss，frill,orornament),exclusionofsuperfluouswords（precisionandeconomyofexpression），therhythmofthemusicalphraseratherthanthesequenceofametronome(freeverseformandmusic）.InTheOldManandTheSea,ErnestHemingwaytellsusastoryofanoldCubanfisherman，__________,whoisaperfectionistwhenitcomestofishing。WilliamFaulknerwroteworksofpsychologicaldramaandemotionaldepth，typicallywithlongserpentineproseandhigh,meticulously—chosendiction，alsousinggroundbreakingliterarydevicessuchasstreamofconsciousness,______________，andtime-shiftswithinnarrative。SinclairLewis，thefirstAmericantowintheNobelPrizeforLiteraturein__________forhisvigorousandgraphicartofdescriptionandhisabilitytocreate，withwitandhumour,newtypesofcharacters.____________wasmorethanjustaliterarymovement：itincludedracialconsciousness，"thebacktoAfrica”movementledbyMarcusGarvey，racialintegration,theexplosionofmusicparticularlyjazz,spiritualsandblues，painting，dramaticrevues，andothers.Itwasahugeleapforblackliberationandculture.____________receivedthePulitzerPrizefourtimesandreceivedtheNobelPrizeforLiteraturein1936forthepower,honestyanddeep-feltemotionsofhisdramaticworks，whichembodyanoriginalconceptoftragedy，makinghimthefirstUSdramatisttodoso.得分III.Chooseonlyoneanswerformthefourchoicesasthemostappropriateanswer.（20%)1。

MarkTwaincreated，in____________，amasterpieceofAmericanrealismthatisalsooneofthegreatbooksofworldliterature。A.

HuckleberryFinnB。

TomSawyerC。

TheManThatCorruptedHadleyburgD。

TheGildedAge2.ChoosetheworkNOTwrittenbyMarkTwain.A。

TheAdventuresofTomSawyerB。

InnocentsAbroadC.

LifeontheMississippiD.

TheRiseofSilasLapham3。

WithWilliamDeanHowells，James,andMarkTwainactiveonthescene,_______becamethemajortrendintheseventiesandeightiesofthenineteenthcentury。A.sentimentalism

B。romanticismC。realism

D。naturalism4.

TheAmericansocialupheavalsandtheliteraryconcernsoftheGreatDepressionyearsendedwiththeprosperityandturmoilbroughtbythe_____________.A.FirstWorldWar

B.SecondWorldWarC。CivilWar

D。WarofIndependence5。

EzraPound'slongpoem____________containedmorethanonehundredpoemslooselyconnected。A.TheWasteLand

B。TheCantosC.DonJuan

D.QueenMab6.__________,apoetictragedyonthebetrayalofThomasaBecket，isadramaofimpressivespiritualpower。A.”TheConfidentialClerk”B."TheCocktailParty”

C。

"TheFamilyReunion”D。"MurderintheCathedral”7.TheFitzgeraldslivedsoextravagantlythattheyfrequentlyspentmoremoneythanF.ScootFitzgeraldearnedforparties,liquor，entertainingtheirfriendsandtraveling.Itwasthislivingstylethatnicknamedthedecadeofthe1920sas______。A.TheRoaringTwenties

B.TheJazzAgeC.TheDollarDecade

D。alloftheabove8.

InParis,ErnestHemingway，alongwith_____________,accomplishedarevolutioninliterarystyleandlanguage.A.GertrudeStein

B.EzraPoundC。ThomasStearnsEliot

D。JamesJoyceE。alloftheabove9.__________tellstheJoadfamily'slifefromthetimetheywereevictedfromtheirfarminOklahomauntiltheirfirstwinterinCalifornia。A.OfMiceandMen

B。TheGrapesofWrathC.TheGreatGatsby

D。ForWhomtheBellTolls10。_________wroteaboutthesocietyintheSouthbyinventingfamilieswhichrepresenteddifferentsocialforces;theolddecayingupperclass;therising，ambitious,unscrupulousclassofthe"poorWhites”;andtheNegroeswholaboredforbothofthem。A.WilliamFaulkner

B.F.ScottFitzgeraldC。ErnestHemingway

D.JohnSteinbeck得分IV.Identifytheauthorandthetitleoftheworkfromwhicheachofthefollowingexcerptsistaken。Andthenanswerthequestionaftereachexcerpt。（20%)Passage1

”Icelebratemyself,andsingmyself。AndwhatIassumeyoushallassume，F(xiàn)oreveryatombelongingtomeasgoodbelongstoyou?！?/p>

TheauthorThetitleoftheworkQuestion：Whatistheauthorcelebrating？Passage2CABOT：Thefarmneedsason。ABBIE：Ineedason.CABOT：Ay—eh。Sometimesyeairthefarman'sometimesthefarmbeyew。That’swhyIclovet’yeinmylonesomeness。（Apause。Hepoundshiskneewithhisfist。）Mean'thefarmhasgott’begetason!ABBIE:Ye'dbestgot’sleep。Ye'regittin'thin’sallmixed.CABOT：（withanimpatientgesture)No,Ihain’t.Mymind’sclear’sawell。Yedon’tknowme，that'sit。(Hestareshopelesslyatthefloor.）ABBIE:(indifferently）Mebbe.…………ABBIE:(atlast-painfully)Yeshouldn't,Eben—yeshouldn’t-I’dmakeyehappy!EBEN:（harshly)Idon'twantt’behappy—fromyew！ABBIE：（helplessly)Yedo,Eben!Yedo!Whyd’yelie？EBEN:(viciously）Idon’ttaket’ye,Itellye！Ihatethesighto’ye!ABBIE:(withanuncertaintroubledlaugh)Waal，Ikissedyeanyways-an’yekissedback—yerlipswasburnin’—yecan’tlie’boutthat!（intensely)Ifyedon’tcare，whydidyekissmeback-whywasyerlipsburnin'？TheauthorThetitleoftheworkQuestion:Thesecondconversationintheaboveexcerpttakesplaceimmediatelyafterthefirstone.WhatdoyouthinkisAbbie’srealintentionofshowingaffectiontoEben？Passage3“Sincethen——’tisCenturies—-andyetFeelsshorterthantheDayIfirstsurmisedtheHorses’HeadsWeretowardEternity—”TheauthorThetitleoftheworkQuestion:Whatistheimplicationofthisfinalstanza？

Passage4Theywerecarelesspeople,TomandDaisy-Theysmashedupthingsandcreaturesandthenretreatedbackintotheirmoneyortheirvastcarelessness，orwhateveritwasthatkeptthemtogether，andletotherpeoplecleanupthemesstheyhadmade.。.TheauthorThetitleofthework