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2009 2 0 1 0学 年 第 一 学 期 美 国 文 学 期 末 考 试 试 卷（虫 卷）适 用 班 级 一 考 试 时 间 1 2 0分 钟 学 院 班 级 学 号 姓 名 题 号 二 三 四 五 八 七 八 九 I-总 分 分 数 BI.Choose TEN of the following works and write thenames of the authors.(10%)1.Octopus()2.Maggie,A Girl o f the Streets()3.Babbitt()4.White Fang()5.“Legend of Sleepy Hollow”()6.My Antonia()7.“Birches”()8.Poor Richards Almanac()9.Light in August()10.Twice Told Tales()11.The Declaration o f Independence(12.“Rip Van Winkle()13.Nature)14.The Song o f Hiawatha()15.Uncle Toms Cabin)16.The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn(17.Sister Carrie()18.The Waste Land()19.For Whom the Bell Tolls)20.The Emperor Jones()得 分 II.Choose FIVE of the following and fill in the blanks.1(10%)1.was one of the founders of theJamestown colony in Virginia in 1607 and is known for his workdescribing the colonies.2.was a determined revolutionary whosework helped the cause of the American Revolution considerably,butwho lost his popularity long before his death.3.The term refers to the group of people,some of themimportant to American literature(especially secular essay writing),wholed the American Revolution and helped create the early AmericanRepublic.4.was an early form of horror fiction thatoriginated in 18th century Europe and was very popular in Americaduring the Romantic Period.5.,known for her deeply personalpoems and radically different poetic themes and form,didnt achievefame as a poet until long after her death.6.The first of American literature was not written by an American,but by,a British captain,who thus became the firstAmerican writer.7.has been entitled the“Father of AmericanPoetry.8.was the first great prose stylist ofAmerican romanticism,author of the first American short stories andfamiliar essays,the first American author to achieve internationaldistinction,and has a significant position in the history of Americanliterature.9.is the first American professional writer andthe first writer of the detective story in the world.10.is also called novel of the road,it stringsthe incidents on the line of the heros travel.|得 分 III.Choose only one answer form the four choices as themost appropriate answer,(30%)1.Anne Bradstreet was a Puritan poet.When her poems were published inEngland,she became know as the“who appeared in America.A Nimh MuseB Tenth MuseC Best MuseD First Muse2.is the sometimes exaggerated use of local language,characters andcustoms in regional literature.A purple proseB waste-land imageryC local colorD symbolism3.The first great flourishing of African American literature that appealed to arelatively large literate Black readership was known a s.A The HolocaustB The Harlem RenaissanceC AbolitionismD The Civil Rights Movement4.was a leading 19,h century feminist and one of the core members ofthe Transcendentalist movement.A Margaret FullerB Sylvia PlathC Hilda DoolittleD Gloria Stein5.Which of the following is not typical of modem poetry?A gushing sentimentalism and comfortable imagesB abandonment of earlier verse formsC use of free verseD an effort to find and/or explore a new role for the poet in a changingworld6.Who was perhaps the most popular of all 20th century American poets?Ezra PoundB Walt Whitmanc Robert FrostD Allen Ginsburg7.The Fitzgeralds lived so extravagantly that they frequently spent more moneythan F.Scoot Fitzgerald earned for parties,liquor,entertaining their friends andtraveling.It was this living style that nicknamed the decade of the 1920s asA The Jazz AgeB The Gilded AgeC The Roaring AgeD The Beat Age8.Which is true of the“Fireside Poets”?A They were generally strongly in favor of abolishing slavery.B They were deeply involved in the Transcendentalist movement.C They were a group of 19,h century New England poets who weretremendously popular and respected at the time they wrote.D They opposed to tradition and were in favor of radical change.9.Ernest Hemingway was badly wounded in Italy and sent to a hospital wherehe fell in love with a nurse.These two persons later became the characters of hisn o v e l.A The Old Mem and the SeaB For Whom the Bell TollsC The Sun Also RisesD A Farewell to Anns10.The Brahmists or Boston Brahmi,in American literature,refers t o.A The highest ranking of the Hindu castes.B A movement that emerged from rebellion against Puritan religiousideas and systems.C A group of New England writers known for their scholarship and/orconservative philosophy.D A school of imaginative writing.11.Which of the following is one of Ben Franklins famous proverbs?A“A stitch in time saves nine”B God helps those who help themselvesC“A Friend in need is a friend indeedD“Ask not who the bell tolls,the bell tolls for thee”1 2.was a reaction to the ideas of the Age of Reason and theEnlightenment.A RomanticismB RealismC NaturalismD Modernism13.Although few of her poems were published in her lifetime and a completecollection of them didnt appear until the 1950s,had a major impact on20th century poetry.A Anne BradstreetB Gertrude SteinC Emily DickinsonD Amy Lowell14.Which of the following writers died a natural death in his old age?A Jack LondonB Ernest HemingwayC Stephen CraneD Mark Twain15.Who of the following is NOT a 20山 century American poet?A Henry Wordsworth LongfellowB Amy LowellC Ezra PoundD Robert Frost得 分 IV.Choose TEN of the following and decide whether thestatements are true or false.(10%)1.Hawthorne was a firm believer in Puritan principles and mourned theirpassing in his works.2.Frederick Douglas was a major 19th century black writer.3.The sound of Whitman words casts a magic,romantic spell overreaders.His tone is awesome,sad and melancholy.4.Haiku,a form of traditional Japanese poetry,greatly influenced theImagist movement.5.Leaves o f Grass is Whitmans life work.6.Thanks in part to the efforts of Ezra Pound,Robert Frost was publishedin England and quickly became recognized as a major American poet.7.In 1954,T.S.Eliot was awarded a Nobel Prize for his“mastery of theart of modern narration.8.Hemingway believed that a man could find meaning in life by facing hisdeath with dignity and courage.9.Thomas Jefferson was famous for powerful,persuasive essays,such ashis pamphlet Common Sense,which persuaded many people to supportthe American Revolution.10.William Hill Browns The Power of Sympathy,written in 1789,is oftencalled“the first American novel”.11.The literary movement of American romanticism was generally dividedinto two stages:pre-romanticism and post-romanticism.12.Realists thought highly of individual status and role in the world.Theromanticists preferred the innate or intuitive perception by the heart ofman.They thought that man was essentially of goodwill,only thecivilized society made him degenerate.They pointed out,the means touproot evils and to save mankind was habits,and to return to“naturalprimitive state”.13.The Scarlet Letter is called an economical novel because there are onlythree chief characters-or four if we include the child Pearl.14.President Lincoln praised Anne Bradstreet as“the little woman whowrote the book that made this great war.”15.Edgar Allan Poe wrote two poems both entitled 4 4 To Helen”.16.Literary naturalism may be regarded as the new development of literaryrealism,and was sometimes called“pessimistic realism.Thenaturalistic writers were philosophical pessimists.17.Hemingway,Pound,Cummings,Dos Passos,and Fitzgerald,belong tothe school of“Beat Generation”.18.F.Scott Fitzgerald is called the leader and poet laureate of the Jazz Agewho wrote the novels of the Jazz Age.19.Yoknapatawpha saga is a name for John Steinbecks novels.20.“Thanatopsis“is a word Bryant borrowed from Latin meaningmeditation on death”.HV.Choose THREE of the following fragments and answerthe questions.(20%)Passage 1The apparition of these faces in the crowd;Petals on a wet,black bough.Questions:1.Who is the writer of this p o e m?(1%)2.What is the title of this poem?(1%)3.What images in this poem suggest Haiku poetry and what images are“modern”？(2%)4.What is the effect of the parallel between lines one and two of the poem?And what feeling and meaning does the poem express to you?(2%)Passage 2It was late and everyone had left the cafe except an old man who sat in theshadow the leaves of the tree made against the electric light.In the daytime thestreet was dusty,but at night the dew settled the dust and the old man liked to sitlate because he was deaf and now at night it was quiet and he felt the difference.Questions:1.This part is from the novel,written by.(2%)2.Why does the old man get drunk every night and why did he commitsuicide?(2%)3.What does the young waiter think of the old man and how does he treathim?(3%)Passage 3I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately,to front only the es sential facts of life,and see if I could not learn what it had to teach,and not,when I came to die,discover that I had not lived.I did not wish to live what wasnot life,living is so dear;nor did I wish to practise resignation,unless it wasquite necessary.I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life,to liveso sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life,to cut a broadswath and shave close,to drive life into a comer,and reduce it to its lowest terms,and,if it proved to be mean,why then to get the whole and genuine meanness ofit,and publish its meanness to the world;or if it were sublime,to know it byexperience,and be able to give a true account of it in my next excursion.Formost men,it appears to me,are in a strange uncertainty about it,whether it is ofthe devil or of God.Questions:1.This passage is taken from a famous work e n t i t l e d.(1%)2.The author of the work i s.(1%)3.List by yourself at least five reasons that the author gives for going tolive in the woods.(5%)Passage 4But,on one side of the portal(入 口)，and rooted almost at the threshold,was awild rose-bush,covered,in this month of June,with its delicate gems,whichmight be imagined to offer their fragrance and fragile beauty to the prisoner ashe went in,and to the condemned criminal as he came forth to his doom,intoken that the deep heart of Nature could pity and be kind to him.Questions:1.This part is from the novel,written by.(2%)2.What does“the wild rose bush”symbolize according to your opinion?(5%)Passage 5It was many and many a year ago,In a kingdom by the sea,That a maiden there lived whom you may know.By the name of Annabel Lee;一 And this maiden she lived with no other thoughtThan to love and be loved by me.Questions:1.The stanza is taken from the p o e m?(1%)2.The author of the poem i s.(1%)3.What is the most obvious rhetorical device the author uses for effect?(4%)Passage 6Thou hast an house on high erect,Framed by that mighty Architect,With glory richly furnished,Stands permanent though this be fled.Its purchased and paid for tooBy Him who hath enough to do.Questions:1.This stanza is taken from the poemb y.(2%)2.What is ones real house according to the poet?(5%)HVI.Choose TWO of the following and Comment on them.(20%)1.Robert Frost*s The Road Not Taken.(10%)2.Eugene O Neilfs Long Days Journey into Night.(10%)3.Talk about Adgar Allan Poes social outlook and writings(10%)4.Comment on Hawthornes style.(10%)美 国 文 学 期 末 考 试 试 卷 A卷 答 案 暨 评 分 标 准 适 用 班 级 06 0 5 1 1-3考 试 时 间 1 2 0 分 钟 I.Choose TEN of the following works and write the names of theauthors.(1*10=10%)1.Frank Norris2.Stephen Crane3.Sinclair Lewis4.Jack London5.Washington Irving6.Willa Cather7.Robert Frost8.Benjamin Franklin9.William Faulkner10.Nathaniel Hawthorne11.Thomas Jefferson12.Washington Irving13.Ralph Waldo Emerson14.Henry Wadsworth Longfellow15.Harriet Beecher Stowe16.Mark Twin17.Theodore Dreiser18.T.S.Eliot19.Ernest Hemingway20.Eugene ONeillII.Choose FIVE of the following and fill in the blanks.(2*5=10%)1.John Smith2.Thomas Paine3.“founding fathers”4.Gothic Fiction5.Emily Dickenson6.John Smith7.Philip Freneau8.Washington Irving9.Edgar Allan Poe10.Picaresque novelIII.Choose only one answer form the four choices as the mostappropriate answer.(2*15=30%)1 B 2 C 3 B 4 A 5 A6 C 7 A 8 D 9 D 10 C1 1 B 12 A 13 C 14 D 15 AIV.Choose TEN of the following and decide whether thestatements are true or false.(1*10=10%)1 r 2 r 3 F 4 T 5 r6 r 7 F 8 r 9 F 10 r1 1 r 12 F 13 T 14 F 15 T16 T 17 F 18 r 19 F 20 FV.Choose THREE of the following fragments and answer thequestions.(20%)Passage 11.Ezra Pound(1)2.In A Station of the Metro(1)3.Answer should comment on the parallel between the“modern“imagery(description of urban crowds and transportation,loneliness)of the firstline and the traditional 4 Orientar,imagery(budding flowers on a tree,wetness)of the second line.(2)4.What is the effect of the parallel between lines one and two of the poem?Describe the stylistic result of the parallel and the feelings it evokes(2)Passage 21.This part if from the short story“A Clean Well Light Room”written byErnest Hemingway.(2)2.Describe the old mans character and relate it to the nihilist philosophyexpressed in the story.(2)3.What does the young waiter think of the old man(and why)and howdoes he treat him?Describe the young mans character,his lack ofunderstanding of the old man and the significance of how he treats theold man as described in the story.(3)Passage 31.Walden(1)2.Henry David Thoreau(1)3.Find the answer from the passage.(5)Passage 41.The Scarlet Letter,Nathaniel Hawthorne.(2)2.life and liberty.(5)Passage 51.Annabel Lee.(l)2.Edgar Allan Poe.(1)3.repetition or refrains.(4)Passage 61.Upon the Burning of Our House,Anne Bradstreet.(2)2.One*s real house is in heaven,built by the great architect,God.(5)VL Choose TWO of the following and Comment on them.(20%)1.Robert Frosf s The Road Not Taken.(10%)This poem is written in classic five-line stanzas,with the rhyme schemea-b-a-a-b and conversational rhythm.The poem seems to be about thepoet,walking in the woods in autumn,choosing which road he shouldfollow on his walk.In reality,it concerns the important decisions whichone must make in life,when one must give up one desirable thing inorder to possess another.Then,whatever the outcome,one must acceptthe consequences of one*s choice for it is not possible to go back andhave another chance to choose differently.In the poem,the poet hesitates for a long time,wondering which road totake,because they are both pretty.In the end,he follows the one whichseems to have fewer travelers on it.Symbolically,he chose to follow anunusual,solitary life;perhaps he was speaking of his choice to become apoet rather than some commoner profession.But he always remembersthe road which he might have taken,and which would have given him adifferent kind of life.2.Eugene O Neilfs Long Days Journey into Night.(10%)Long Days Journey into Night is somewhat autobiographical.TheTyrones of the play are in fact modeled on the Eugene O Neill family.The four major characters include James Tyrone,the father,a famousactor,anxious to become rich at the expense of his own talent;MaryTyrone,the mother,a drug addict;Jamie Tyrone,their elder son,andEdmund Tyrone,their younger son.The Mother