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1、Part I Each of the following statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement.1. In American literature, the eighteen century was the age of the Enlightenment. _C_ was the dominant spirit. A. Humanism B. Rationalism C. Revolution D. Evol
2、ution 2. Which statement about Franklin is not true? AA. He instructed his countrymen as a printer. B. He was a scientist. C. He was a master of diplomacy. D. He was a Puritan. 3. What is regarded as the first American prose epic? AA. Nature B. The Scarlet Letter C. Walden D. Moby-Dick 4. The Romani
3、c Period of American literature started with the publication of Washington Irvings _A_ and ended with Whitemans Leaves of Grass. A. The Sketch Book B. Tales of a Traveler C. The Alhambra D. A history of New York 5. In Hawthornes The Scarlet Letter, A may stand for_D_. A. Adultery B. Angel C. Amiable
4、 D. All the above6. In the middle of 19th century, America witnessed a cultural flowering which is called “_B_”。A. the English Renaissance B. the Second RenaissanceC. the American Renaissance D. the Salem Renaissance7. As a philosophical and literary movement, the main issues involved in the debate
5、of Transcendentalism are generally concerning _A_.A. nature, man and the universeB. the relationship between man and womanC. the development of Romanticism in American literatureD. the cold, rigid rationalism of Unitarianism8. In the history of American literature， _C_ is usually agreed to be the su
6、mmit of the American Romanticism.A. the Harlem Renaissance B. England TranscendentalismC. New England Transcendentalism D. New Transcendentalism 9. The period before the American Civil War is generally referred to as_C_ . A. the Naturalist Period B. the Modern Period C. the Romantic Period D. the Re
7、alistic Period 10. The Age of Realism is the literary history of the United States refers to the period from to_A_. A. 1861 1914 B. 1863 1918 C. 1865 1914 D. 1865 1918 11. Mark Twain, one of the greatest 19th century American writers, is well known for his_C_.A. international theme B. waste-land ima
8、gery C. local color D. symbolism 12. The impact of Darwins evolutionary theory on the American thought and the influence of the nineteenth-century French literature on the American men of letters gave rise to yet another school of realism: American_B_ . A. modernism B. naturalism C. vernacularism D.
9、 local colorism 13. The great sea adventure story Moby-Dick is usually considered_B_.A. a symbolic voyage of the mind in quest of the truth and knowledge of the universeB. an adventurous exploration into mans relationship with natureC. a simple whaling tale or sea adventureD. a symbolic voyage of th
10、e mind in quest of the artistic truth and beauty14. In his poems, Walt Whitman is innovative in the terms of the form of his poetry, which is called “_A_.”A. free verse B. blank verseC. alliteration D. end rhyming15. Which of the following is right about Emily Dickinsons poems about nature？CA. In th
11、em, she expressed her general affirmation about the relationship between man and nature.B. Some of them showed her disbelief that there existed a mythical bond between man and nature.C. Her poems reflected her feeling that nature is restorative to human beings.D. Many of them showed her feeling of n
12、atures inscrutability and indifference to the life and interests of human beings.Part II Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English.16. Standing on the bare ground, -my head bathed by the blither air and uplifted into the infinite space, -all mean egotism vanishes. I become
13、a transparent eyeball; I am nothing; I see all; the currents of the Universal Being circulated though me; I am part or particle of God. A. Which work is this fragment taken from?NatureB. How do you understand the philosophical ideas in these words?1) He regards nature as the purest, and the most san
14、ctifying moral influence on man, and advocates a direct intuition of a spiritual and immanent God in nature. In this connection, Emersons emotional experiences are exemplary in more ways than one. 2) Now this a moment of “conversion” when one feels completely merged with the outside world, when the
15、soul has gone beyond the physical limits of the body to share the omniscience of the Over-soul. Emerson sees spirit pervading everywhere, not only in the soul of man, but behind nature, throughout nature.17. The dominant spirit, however, that haunts this enchanted region, and seems to be commander-in-chief of all the powers of the air, is the apparition of a
