滁州学院2010/2011学年度第二学期期末考试试卷
英语专业2010专升本《美国文学史与选读》试卷（A)(时间120分钟)
I.Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement。 Make your choice by writing the corresponding letter ［A］,［B］, [C］ or ［D] on the answer sheet . （40 points in all; 2 for each)
1.From 1732 to 1758， Franklin wrote and published his famous __________， an annual collection of proverbs。
A.the Autobiography B Poor Richard’s Almanac
C Common Sen D. The General Magazine
2.Which is not Hawthorne's long novel?
A.the Scarlet Letter B the Marble Faun
C. Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment D。 the Hou of Seven Gables
3.Washington Irving was best known for his famous short stories such as __________
A.Necklace B。 The Legend of Sleeping Hollow
C. Life of Goldsmith D。 Life of Washington布兰妮墨菲
4.Which of the following works is regarded as the Declaration of Intellectual Independence”？
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A.the American Scholar B。 English Traits
C。 The Conduct of Life D。 Reprentative Men
5.American literature produced only one female poet during the nineteen century。 This was __________.
A.Anne Bradstreet B. Jane Austen
C. Katherine Anne Porte D。 Emily Dickinson
6.With Howells， James, and Mark Twain active on the scene, __________ became the major trend in the venties and eighties of the nineteenth century.
A.Sentimentalism B。 romanticism
C. Realism D。 Naturalism
主板维修培训7.The first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature was a sharp social critic, who name was __________.
A.T.S. Eliot B. Sinclair Lewis
C. Ernest Hemingway D。 William Faulkner
8.In 1954, __________ was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for his “mastery of the art of modern narration”.
A.John Steinbeck B。 读英语单词Sinclair Lewis
C。 Ernest Hemingway D。 William Faulkner
9.Which of the following is not included in Dreir’savinos trilogy of desire concerning about the ruthlessness of capitalists?
A.The Genius B。 The Financier
C. The Titan D。 The Stoic
10.Who is called “the true father of our national literature” by the writer H.L。 Mencken?
A.Benjamin Franklin B. Mart Twain
C。 Hemingway D. William Faulkner
11. nakeThe first American writer is —-----—-——
A. Captain John Smith B. Thomas Jefferson
C. William Byrd II D. John Winthrop
12. __________ is considered the tenth mu in American literature after her famous poem the Tenth Mu Lately Spring up in America。bounce怎么读
A。 Anne Bradstreet B. Emily Dickson
C. Kate D. Edward Tylor
13. ________ doesn't belong to the leather-stocking tales.
A。 The Deerslayer B. The Pathfinder
C. The Titan D。 The Prairie
14. _________ is considered the American revolutionary poet.
A。 Robert Frost B. Ezra Pound
C。 William Cullen Bryant D. Philip Freneau
15. According to Matthew Arnold， ”the most perfect brief short poem in English language is _____________
A。 The Wild Honey Suckle B。 Thanatopsis
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C. To a Waterfowl D. Song of Mylf
16. The following are some famous American realistic writers but _______________-
shabby什么意思 A。 Mark Twain B。 Henry James
C。 William D。 Howells D. Edgar Allan Poe
17. Local colorism usually has all the following ways of expression but_________
A。 Realism B. Modernism C。 Romanticism D。 Puritanism
18. The following writers all belong to one school but________—-
A. Bret Harte B. Harmlin Garland C。 Mark Twain D。 Jack London国际高中
19. The following literature works belong to one group but________-
A. The Hairy Ape B。 The Call of the Wild
C。 The Gilded Age D. Moby Dick
20. The following writers belong to one group but_______________
A. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow B. T. S. Eliot
C. Walt Whitman D。 Herman Melville
II。 Match the following writers, works and heroes or heroines。(30 points ）
1. Washington Irving a. Uncle Tom’s Cabin A Natty Bampoo
2. Mark Twain b。 The Pioneers B Buck
