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1、英美文学史模拟卷考试形式：闭卷 考试时间：90分钟 I. Fill in the Following Blanks: Complete each of the following statements with a proper word or a phrase according to the textbook. (101.5= 15)1. The _ style of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has impacted American literature so much that the books before and after it a
2、re quite different.2. Writers who are _ tend to develop and promote mannerism, dress, speech, customs of a particular region. They try to be informative about the peculiarities of a given region and emphasize verisimilitude of details about dialect, local geographical feature and the like.3. In his
3、novel _, Theodore Dreiser portrays a girl who is totally at the mercy of forces she cannot control. Alone and helpless, she moves along like a mechanism driven by desire and catches blindly at any opportunities for a better existence, opportunities as offered first by Druet and then by Hurst wood.4.
4、 Pounds definition of _, “that which presents an intellectual and emotional complex in an instant of time”, is an agreement with his perception of the Chinese ideogram. 5. Although they are originally Americans, Henry James and _ became British subjects later. 6. In the poem _, T.S. Eliot portrays t
5、he image of an ineffectual, sorrowful, tragic twentieth-century Western man, possibly the modern intellectual who is divided between passion and timidity, between desire and impotence. 7. In Fitzgeralds great fiction, theres always full of the main theme of the bankruptcy of the _, especially in The
6、 Great Gatsby (1925). 8. Most of _ works are set in the American South about people from a small region in Northern Mississippi, Yoknapatawpha County. 9. The protagonist in The Old Man and the Sea is _.10. Arthur Dimmesdale is a character in Hawthornes novel_.II. Multiple Choices: Each of the statem
7、ents below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement and put the letter in the brackets. (151= 15)1. T. S. Eliot deserves the following titles EXCEPT _.A. a great poet B. a dramatist C. a literary critic D. a great novelist2 .Henry James wrote the
8、 following novels EXCEPT _.A. Roderick Hudson B. Daisy MillerC. The Wings of Dove D. The Golden Bowl3. Which one of the following is NOT the correct description of John Steinbeck?A. He is regarded as the foremost writer of the Great Depression during the 1930s. B. He is a great spokesman for the opp
9、osed. C. He belongs to the Lost Generation.D. He writes about the poverty-stricken people in their sufferings.4. Which of the following is Willa Cathers novel?A. Main Street B.My AntoniaC.The Great Gatzby D.The Triumph of the Egg5.Which of the following is NOT William Faukners novel?A. Their Eyes We
10、re Watching God B. The Sound and The Fury C. A Rose for Emily D. Light in the August6. Which one of the following descriptions about the Hemingway hero is true? A. Hemingway Hero is also called code hero.B.Hemingway Hero is an average man of decidedly masculine tastes, sensitive and intelligent.C.Th
11、e typical Hemingway hero is one who, wounded but strong, more sensitive and wounded because stronger, enjoys the pleasures of life (sex, alcohol, sport) in face of ruin and death and maintains, through some notion of a code, an ideal of himself.D. The typical Hemingway hero is one who was the pionee
12、r in the frontier. 7. Which one of the following writers does NOT employ colloquial style in his writings?A. Mark Twain B. Sherwood Anderson C. Nathaniel Hawthorne D. William Faulkner8. Which one of the following writers can be cataloged as Southern Literature writers? A. William Faulkner B.Henry Ja
13、mes C. Nathaniel Hawthorne D. Ernest Hemingway9. Which one of the following writers is NOT a dramatist?A. Kate Chopin B. Eugene Oneill C. Tennessee Williams D. Arthur Miller 10. The American writers who are awarded Nobel Prize for literature include the following writers BUT_.A. Eugene ONeill B. Ern
14、est Hemingway C. John Steinbeck D. Ezra Pound 11. American naturalists tend to adopt the following concepts except_.A.Dawins ideas of evolution B.The ideas of Herbert SpencerC.Emersons transcendentalism D.French Naturalism12. The secular ideals of the American Enlightenment were exemplified in the life and career of_.A. Thomas Hood B. Benjamin FranklinC. Thomas Jefferson D. George Washington13. Transcendentalists recognized _as the highest power of the soul.A. intuition B. logic C. data of the sens
