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英语专业2010专升本《美国文学史与选读》试卷（A)(时间120分钟)

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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 Sense 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 House 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
4. Which of the following works is regarded as the Declaration of Intellectual Independence”？
A. the American Scholar B。 English Traits
C。 The Conduct of Life D。 Representative 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 seventies and eighties of the nineteenth century.
A. Sentimentalism B。 romanticism
C. Realism D。 Naturalism
7. The first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature was a sharp social critic, whose 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。 Sinclair Lewis
C。 Ernest Hemingway D。 William Faulkner
9. Which of the following is not included in Dreiser’s 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. The first American writer is —-----—-——

A. Captain John Smith B. Thomas Jefferson
C. William Byrd II D. John Winthrop
12. __________ is considered the tenth muse in American literature after her famous poem the Tenth Muse Lately Spring up in America。
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
C. To a Waterfowl D. Song of Myself
16. The following are some famous American realistic writers but _______________-
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
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
3. Henry James c. The Call of the Wild C Mr Skaggs
4. Nathanial Hawthorn d。 Daicy Miller D Knicherbocker
5. Jack London e. A History of New York E Irene Lapham
6. James F. Cupper f。 The Gilded Age F Jim
7. Harriet B。 Stow g. Moby Dick G Ahab
8. Margret Michill h。the Scarlet Letter H Pearl
9. Herman Melville i. Gone with the wind I Ashelay
10. William D. Howells j. The Rise of Silas Lapham J Daicy
III。 Select three of the following questions to answer 。 Make sure your answer is brief and well—organized.
1. What's the main feature of local colourism?
2. What are the mine subjects of modernism？
3. Why is puritanism important in American literature？
4. Give a brief introduction to the philosophical background of modernism。
5. What is the features of colonial American literature ？ And why?
6. Give a brief introduction to the writing principles of imageism poetry .

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英语专业2010专升本《美国文学史与选读》试卷（A）（时间120分钟）
题号
一
二
三
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40
30
3 0
100
得分

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—5， ___________________ 6—10 ____________________________
11—15______________________ 16——20_____________________________
II。 Match the following writers， works and heroes or heroines.（30 points） 1__________ 2 ___________3_________4___________5____________
6__________7____________8_________9__________10___________
III. Select three of the following questions to answer . Make sure your answer is brief and well-organized。

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