练习题: 1."Gold Rush" was vividly depicted in ____ novels. A Hemingway’s B Mark Twain’s C Henry Jame’s D Faulkner’s 2.The period of Old English literatue refers to ____ A 449-1066 B 14thcentury - mid 17th century C 14th century- mid 18th century D 16th century- mid 18th century 3.The great transcendental work by Henry David Thoreau is ____ A Nature B Walden C Experience D Essays 4.____has been entitled the "Father of American Poetry". A Philip Freneau B Ralph Waldo Emerson C William Cullen Bryant D Walt Whitman
5. The emotional effect and social significance made ____ the first well-known sociological novel in American Literature. A The Sun Also Rises B Uncle Tom’s Cabin C The Old Man and The Sea D Sister Carrie 6. Stephen Crane is famous for ____ A An American Tragedy B The Ambassadors C Main Street D The Red Badge of Courage 7.Which of the following is NOT true for Benjamin Franklin? A He was a famous writer B He was a member to draft the Declaration of Independence C He was a great scientist D He was once elected American President 8. Whitman’s poems are characterized by all the following features EXCEPT____ A a strict poetic form B a simple and conversational language C a free and natural rhythmic pattern D an easy flow of feelings 9.American fiction in the 1960s is retered to as ____ A imagism B black humor C new fiction D the Beat Generation 10.William Faukener is the author of ____ A Far From the Madding Crowd B Sound and Fury C For Whom the Bell Tolls D Scarlet Letter
练习题答案及题解: 1.B 马克吐温的很多短篇小说对Gold Rush(淘金)进行了很形象的描绘。 2.A Anglo-Saxons所说的语言被称为古英语,Anglo-Saxons是在五世纪中侵入英国领土的,直到1066年诺曼公爵政府英格兰,建立诺曼底王朝,才代替了Anglo-Saxons。 3.B 瓦尔登湖是梭罗最杰出的超验主义作品。 4.A Philip Freneau(1752--1832)被称为“美国诗歌之父”。著有:The wild Honey Suckle;To The Memory of Brave Americans。 5.B 汤姆叔叔家的小屋是美国文学史上第一部揭示黑人被虐待,宣扬反奴隶制度的小说,激发了社会各界人士的感情,是一部社会性质很强的小说。 6.D The Red Badge of Courage《红色英勇勋章》是Stephen Grane的代表作。 7.D Benjamin Franklin 是伟大的作家,科学家,还是美国独立宣言的撰写人之一,但是未曾担任过美国总统。 8.A Whitman主张自由诗体,认为诗歌不应该收到格律约束。他的代表作《草叶集》标志着真正意义上美国诗歌的诞生。 9.B 黑色幽默是二十世纪六十年代盛行的小说类型,用幽默的手法来揭示可悲的现实。 10.B Far From the Madding Crowd为 托马斯哈代的作品;For Whom the Bell Tolls为海明威的作品;Scarlet Letter为霍桑的作品。