第17单元20世纪美国诗人（1）I.Fill in the blanks.1.Author_____Title_____（南京大学2007研）The apparition of these faces in the crowd;Petals on a wet,black bough.【答案】Author:Ezra Pound；Title:“In a Station of the Metro”【解析】题目节选自庞德的《在一个地铁车站》，该诗是以一个意象作为叙述语言的典型范例。
2.Ezra Pound’s lifelong endeavor had been devoted to the writing of_____,whichcontains_____poems.（国际关系学院2007研）【答案】The Cantos;117【解析】庞德把毕生精力都投入到写作《诗章》当中，《诗章》共包括117首诗。
3.Pound was the leader of a new movement in poetry which he called the“_____”movement.【答案】imagism【解析】庞德是意象主义运动的领军人物。
4._____was successful in two fields of activity which did not seem compatible withone another:he was a very successful businessman and a very remarkable contemporary poet at the same time.（人大2006研）【答案】Wallace Stevens【解析】华莱士·史蒂文斯(Wallace Stevens)是美国20世纪的著名诗人。
他集企业家和诗人于一身。
5.Winner of the National Book Award in1950and the Pulitzer Prize in1963,______ is the author of the five-volume epic Paterson which is a lucid statement of the author’s aesthetics.【答案】William Carlos Williams【解析】威廉·卡洛斯·威廉斯的代表作是《佩特森》，它清晰地表达了诗人的美学观点。
6.At the age of44,Wallace Stevens was finally persuaded to publish a book ofpoems,entitled_____.【答案】Harmonium【解析】1923年，44岁的华莱士-史蒂文斯出版了他的第一部诗集《风琴》（Harmonium）。
7.After his death,Wallace Stevens’s previously uncollected works appeared under the title_____.【答案】Opus Posthumous【解析】华莱士·史蒂文斯死后，其之前未收集的诗作集合成册于1957年发表，名为《遗作》(Opus Posthumous)。
8.“After Apple-Picking”is a well-known poem written by_____.【答案】Robert Frost【解析】《摘苹果之后》是罗伯特·弗罗斯特（Robert Frost）的名诗。
9.Author______Title______（南京大学2008研）Some say the world will end in fire,Some say in ice.【答案】Author:Robert Frost；Title:“Fire and Ice”【解析】题目节选自罗伯特·弗罗斯特的《火与冰》。
10.Author_____Title_____（南京大学2009研）I shall be telling this with a sighSomewhere ages and ages hence:Tow roads diverged in a wood,and I—I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference.【答案】Author:Robert Frost；Title:“The Road Not Taken”【解析】题目节选自罗伯特·弗罗斯特的《未选择的路》中的最后一节。
《未选择的路》是美国著名诗人罗伯特·弗罗斯特的著名诗篇。
罗伯特·弗罗斯特堪称美国20世纪最受欢迎的诗人之一，是美国非官方的桂冠诗人。
11._____combined traditional verse forms with a clear American local speech rhythm，forming his own characteristic.【答案】Robert Frost【解析】弗罗斯特将传统诗歌形式与美国本土话语节奏结合起来，形成了独特的诗歌特点。
12.In1993,_____became President Clinton’s inaugural poet(the second person ever to do so for a president in history,the other being_____.【答案】Maya Angelou；Robert Frost【解析】1993年，黑人女作家玛娅·安杰洛（Maya Angelou）应总统比尔·克林顿的邀请，在其就职仪式上朗诵献诗《清晨的脉搏》（On the Pulse of the Morning），成为美国历史上继罗伯特·弗罗斯特之后的官方诗人。
13.Robert Frost’s first book_____brought him to the attention of influential critics, such as Ezra Pound,who praised him as an authentic poet.【答案】A Boy’s Will【解析】罗伯特·弗罗斯特（Robert Frost）是20世纪最受欢迎的美国诗人。
他曾赢得4次普利策奖和许多其他的奖励及荣誉，被称之为美国文学中的桂冠诗人。
1913年他在英国出版了他的第一本书《少年的心愿》（A Boy’s Will）得到了评论界的普遍关注。
14.Robert Frost’s second volume of poems was_____.【答案】North of Boston【解析】罗伯特·弗罗斯特（Robert Frost）是20世纪最受欢迎的美国诗人,1914年他出版了他个人的第二部诗集《波士顿以北》（North of Boston），并获得很高的评价。
II.Multiple Choice1.Imagist poems are mainly composed in the form of_____.（北二外2008研）A.blank verseB.free verseC.sonnetD.Quatrain【答案】B【解析】意象派诗人主张诗歌创作在韵律上突破英诗传统格律五音步抑扬格的限制，追求一种更加灵活的自由体。
2.The Imagist writers followed three principles.They respectively are direct treatment,economy of expression and_____.A.local colorB.ironyC.clear rhythmD.blank verse【答案】C【解析】意象主义在其宣言中提出了三大原则，分别是：⑴直接主观或客观地描绘“事物”;⑵不使用任何与表达该事物无关的词语；⑶至于诗歌的韵律，应按音乐的小节而不是按节拍器来组织。
3._____showed great interest in Chinese literature and translated the poetry of Li Po(Li Bai)into English,and was influenced by Confucian ideas.A.Ezra PoundB.Robert FrostC.T.S.EliotD.E.E.Cummings【答案】A【解析】庞德对中国文学很感兴趣，他将李白的诗歌翻译成英文，并且深受儒家思想的影响。
4.______championed the imagist movement from1912to1914,setting down the imagist principles.Then Amy Lowell led the movement into the period of “Amygism,”as Pound called it,from1914to1917.A.T.S.EliotB.H.D.C.Ezra PoundD.Carl Sandburg【答案】C【解析】庞德是意象主义第一阶段的领导者，而艾米·洛威尔是第二个阶段的领导者。
5.____are not only poets but also literary critics.（北二外2007研）①Edgar Allan Poe②Carl Sandburg③T.S.Eliot④Ezra PoundA.①③④B.①②③C.①②④D.①②③④【答案】A【解析】爱伦·坡、艾略特和庞德都既是诗人，又是文学评论家，只有桑德堡只是诗人。
6.The following excerpt is taken from a poem by_____.（大连外国语2007研）A.Carl SandburgB.Wallace StevensonC.T.S.EliotD.Ezra PoundWhile my hair was still cut straight across my foreheadI played about the front gate,pulling flowers.You came by on bamboo stilts,playing horse,You walked about my seat,playing with blue plums.And we went on living in the village of Chokan:Two small people,without dislike or suspicion.At fourteen I married My Lord you.I never laughed,being bashful.Lowering my head,I looked at the wall.Called to,a thousand times,I never looked back.【答案】D【解析】题中诗句选自美国著名诗人Ezra Pound的诗歌The River-Merchant’s Wife:A Letter。