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1、英美文学练习测试题库I Of the four alternative answer, choose the one that would best complete the statement:（选择题）1. Benjamin Franklin was born in the family of a small _. A. Landlord B. merchant C. lawyer D. clergyman2. Ralph Waldo Emersons leading reputation began with the publication of_. A. Essays B. Natur
2、e C. Oversoul D. Self-Relience3. Ellen Poe was both a poet and a _. A. dramatist B. essayist C actor D. fiction writer.4. Nathaniel Hawthornes view of man and human history originates in _. A. Puritanism B. Socialism C. Transcendentalism D. naturalism5. Walt Whitman was born and brought up in a fami
3、ly of a _. A. Peasant B. carpenter C. captain D. printer6. Mark Twains first successful literary work is _.A. The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras CountyB. Life on the MississippiC. The Adventure of Tom Sawyer D. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn7. Closely related to Emily Dickinsons religious
4、poetry are her poems concerning _. A. Childhood B.youth and happiness C. loneliness D. death and immortality8. Among the works of Dreiser, the bet known to the Chinese readers is _. A. An American Tragedy B. Sister Carrie C. Th Financier D. The Titan9. Robert Frosts works mainly focus on the landsca
5、pe and people in _. A. the West B. American South C. New England D. Mississippi10. Most of the plays Eugene ONeill wrote are _. A. comedies B. . romances C. historical plays D tragedies11. Scott Fitzgerald is often acclaimed literary spokesman of the _. A. modern time B. young Americans C. Jazz Age
6、D. Guilded Age12. _ is Hemingways masterpiece, which is about the old fisherman Santiago and his losing battle with a giant marlin. A. Farewell to Arms B. For whom the Bell Tolls C. The Sun Also Rises D. The Old Man and The Sea13. As a great fiction writer, William Faulker devotes most of his works
7、to the description of the life and the people in the _. A. American West B. New England in America C. American South D. American North14. When he was young, Benjamin Franklin became an apprentice in a _. A. printing house B. store C. Tailors shop D. factory答案：A15. Ralph Emerson was born in a family
8、of a _. A. merchant B. businessman C. clergyman D. writer答案：C16. Ellen Poe began his literary career by writing _; A. short stories B. plays C. essays D. poems答案：D17. According to Nathaniel Hawthorne, there is _ in every hearer, which may remain latent, perhaps, through the whole life; but circumsta
9、nces may rouse it to activity. A. evil B. virtue C. kindness D. tragedy答案：A18. Whitman is radically innovative in term of form of his poetry. What he prefers for his new subjects and new feelings is _. A. blank verse B. free verse C. heroic couplet D. sonnet答案：B19. Mark Twain shaped the worlds view
10、of America and made a combination of serious literature and _. A. American folk humor B. English folklore C. American traditional values D. funny jokes答案：A20. Altogether, Emily Dickinson wrote _ poems, of which only severn had appeared during her lifetime. A. 1145 B. 1775 C. 897 D. 785答案：B21. Theodo
11、re Dreiser is generally acknowledged as one of Americas literary _. A. realists B. naturalists C. romantists D. modernists答案：B22. In Frosts poems, images and metaphors in his poems are drawn from _. A. the simple country life B. the urban life C. the life on the sea D. the adventures and trips答案：A23
12、. Scott Fitzgerald never spared an intimate touch in his fiction to deal with the bankruptcy of the _. A. American Dream B. ruling classes B. American Capitalists D.American bourgeoisie 答案：A24. Eugene ONeill is regarded as the founder of American _. A. poetry B. drama C. fiction D. literature25. _ i
13、s Hemingways masterpiece, which tells a story about the tragic love of a wounded American soldier with a British nurse. A. A Farewell to Arms B. The Sun Also Rises C. For Whom the Bell Tolls D. In Our Time答案：A26. William Faulkner was born in a family of a _. A. merchant B. colonel C. manager D. doctor答案：A27. In his essays, _
