I Of the four alternative answer, choose the one that would best complete the statement:1. Benjamin Franklin was born in the family of a small ______ .A. LandlordB. merchantC. lawyerD. clergyman2. Ralph Waldo Emerson 'asdilneg reputation began with the publication of _____ .A. EssaysB. NatureC. OversoulD. Self-Relience3. Ellen Poe was both a poet and a ___________________ .A. dramatistB. essayist C actor D. fiction writer.4. Nathaniel Hawthorne 's view of man and human history originates in _____________ .A. PuritanismB. SocialismC. TranscendentalismD. naturalism5. Walt Whitman was born and brought up in a family of a _________ .A. PeasantB. carpenterC. captainD. printer6. Mark Twain 's first successful literary work is ________________________ .A. The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras CountyB. Life on the MississippiC. The Adventure of Tom SawyerD. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn7. Closely related to Emily Dickinson 's religious poetry are her poems concerning ______________A. ChildhoodB.youth and happinessC. lonelinessD. death and immortality8. Among the works of Dreiser, the bet known to the Chinese readers is ___________ .A. An American TragedyB. Sister CarrieC. Th FinancierD. The Titan9. Robert Frost 's works mainly focus on the landscape and people in ______________ .A. the WestB. American SouthC. New EnglandD. Mississippi10. Most of the plays Eugene O l w'roNt e ilare ____________________ .A. comediesB. . romancesC. historical plays D tragedies11. Scott Fitzgerald is often acclaimed literary spokesman of the _______________ .A. modern timeB. young AmericansC. Jazz AgeD. Guilded Age12. ________________________________ is Hemingway'smasterpiece, which is about the old fishermanSantiago and his losing battle with a giant marlin.A. Farewell to ArmsB. For whom the Bell TollsC. The Sun Also RisesD. The Old Man and The Sea13. As a great fiction writer, William Faulker devotes most of his works to the description of the life and the people in the _________________ .A. American WestB. New England in AmericaC. American SouthD. American North14. When he was young, Benjamin Franklin became an apprentice in a _______________ .A. printing houseB. storeC. Tailor 's shopD. factory15. Ralph Emerson was born in a family of a _________________ .A. merchantB. businessmanC. clergymanD. writer16. Ellen Poe began his literary career by writing ____________ ;A. short storiesB. playsC. essaysD. poemsA. America n DreamB. ruli ng classes B. America n Capitalists D.America n bourgeoisieA. A Farewell to ArmsC. For Whom the Bell Tolls B. The Sun Also RisesD. In Our Time17. Accordi ng to Natha niel Hawthorne, there is __ in every hearer, which may remai n late nt, perhaps,through the whole life; but circumstances may rouse it to activity.A. evilB. virtueC. kindn essD. tragedy18. Whitman is radically innovative in term of form of his poetry. What he prefers for his new subjects and newfeeli ngs is __________ .A. bla nk verseB. free verseC. heroic coupletD. sonnet19. Mark Twain shaped the world 's view of America and made a comb in ati on of serious literature andA. America n folk humorB. En glish folkloreC. America n traditi onal valuesD. funny jokes20. Altogether, Emily Dick inson wrote _ poems, of which only sever n had appeared duri ng her lifetime.A. 1145B. 1775C. 897D. 78521. Theodore Dreiser is gen erally ack no wledged as one of America 's literary _______________ .A. realistsB. n aturalistsC. roma ntistsD. modernists22. In Frost 's poems, images and metaphors in his poems are drawn from _________________A. the simple country lifeB. the urba n lifeC. the life on the seaD. the adve ntures and trips23. Scott Fitzgerald never spared an intimate touch in his fiction to deal with the bankruptcy of the24. Eugene O'Neill is regarded as the founder of American ___________________ .A. poetryB. dramaC. ficti onD. literature25. ____________________is Hemingway 's masterpiece, which tells a story about the tragic love of a woundecAmerican soldier with a British nurse.26. William Faulk ner was born in a family of a ___________________ .A. mercha ntB. colonelC. man agerD. doctor27. In his essays, _____ p ut forward his philosophy of the over soul, the importa nt of the In dividual and Nature.A. Natha niel HawthorneB. Washi ngton IrvingC. Mark Twai nD. Ralph Waldo Emers on28. The chief spokesma n of New En gla nd Transcenden talism is _____A. Natha niel HawthorneB. Ralph Waldo Emers onC. Henry David ThoreauD. Wash ington Irvi ng29. _____ literary world turns out to be a most disturbed, tormented and problematical one, which has much todo with his black” vision of life and human beings.A. Herma n Melville'sB. Washi ngton Irvi ng'sC. Nathaniel Hawthorne'sD. Walt Whitman s30. Most of the poems in __ sing of the“en-masse”and the self as well.A. Leaves of GrassB. Drum TapsC. North of BostonD. The Cantos31.In ____ , Whitman airs his sorrow at President Lincoln's death.A. “Cavalry Crossing a Ford”B. “A Pact”C. When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'dD. There was a Child Went Forth”32.In ____ , Whitman's own early experience may well be identified with the childhood of a young growingAmerica.A. “A Pact”B. “Song of Myself ”C. “There was a Child Went Forth”D. “Cavalry Crossing a Ford”33.In _____ , Hawthorne sets out to prove that everyone possesses some evil secret.A. “The Custom-House”B. “Young Goodman Brown”C. “Rappaccini's Daughter”D. “The Birthmark"34. _____ is called by Hemingway the one from which“all modern American literature comes”.A. The adventures of Huckleberry FinnB. The Adventures of Tom aSwyerC. The Gilded AgeD. Life on the Mississippi35. Theodore Dreiser's forgiving treatment of the career of his heroine in also draws heavily upon thenaturalistic understanding of sexuality.A McTeague B. An American Tragedy C. Sister Carri e D. The Genius36. _____ is a great giant of American, whom H.L.Mencken considers “the true father of our nationalliterature.”A. Henry JamesB. Washington IrvingC. Mark TwainD. Theodore Dreiser37. _____ is usually regarded as a classic book written for boys about their particular horrors and joys.A. The Adventures of Tom SawyerB. The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnC. Innocents AbroadD. Life on the Mississippi38. _____ is described by Mark Twain as a boy with“a sound heart and a deformed conscienc”e.A. Tom SawyerB. Huckleberry FinnC. JimD.Tony39. _______ is considered to be Theodore Dreise'sr greatest work.A. An American TragedyB. Sister CarrieC. The FinancierD. The Titan40. The leading playwright of the modern period in American literature, if not the most successful in allhis experiments, isA. Arthur MillerB. Tennessee WilliamC. George Bernard ShawD. Eugene O'Neil41. The well- known soliloquy by Hamlet “ To be , or not to be 'shows hisA. hatred for his uncleB. love for lifeC. resolution of revengeD. inner- strife42. _______ is a play that concerns the problem of modern ma'sn identity.A. The Hairy ApeB. Long Day's Journey Into NightC. The Iceman ComethD. The Emperor Jones43.In a tragic sense, ____ is a representation of life as a struggle against unconquerable forces in whichonly a partial victory is possible.A. For Whom the Bell TollsB. In Our TimeC. The Old Man and the SeaD. A Farewell to Arms44. Faulkner once said that _______ is a story of “ lost innocence,'which proves itself to be andintensification of the theme of imprisonment in the past.A. The Sound and the FuryB. Light in AugustC. Go Down, MosesD. Absalom, Absalom! 45.In A Rose for Emily, Faulkner makes best use of the __________________________ devices in narration.A. RomanticB. RealisticC. GothicD. Modernist46. _____ is Hemingway's first true novel in which he depicts a vivid portrait of “The lost Generation.”A. The Sun Also RisesB. A Farewell to ArmsC. In Our TimeD. For Whom the Bell Tolls47. The only dramatist ever to win a Nobel Prize was ______ .A. Bernard ShawB. Eugene O'NeilC. Richard Brinsley SheridanD. William Shakespeare48. __________________________ By means of “free verse,”believes that he has turned the poem into an open field, an area of vitalpossibility where the reader can allow his own imagination to play.A. Emily DickinsonB. Walt WhitmanC. Robert FrostD. Ezra Pound49. An eccentric woman who refuses to accept the passageof time, or the inevitable change and loss thataccompanies it may probably refer to ___ .A. Irene in The Man of PropertyB. Emily in A Rose for EmilyC. Catherine in Wuthering HeightsD. the widow Douglas in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn50. One source of evil that Nathaniel Hawthorne is concerned most is overreaching intellect. Which of thefollowing stories is one of this kind?A. Rappaccini's DaughterB. Young Goodman BrownC. The Minister's Black VeilD. The Birthmark51. “In your rocking-chair, by your window, shall you dream such happiness as you may never feel. ”This is the last sentence of __ .A. Sister CarrieB. An American TragedyC. The GeniusD. Jane Eyre 52.In Walt Whitman's “There was a Child Went Forth”, the child refers to ______________________________________ .A. the poet himself as a childB. any American childC. the young AmericaD. one of the poet's neighbor53. The _______ techniques are used in some of Eugene O'Neil 's plays to highlight the theatrical effect of therupture between the two sides of an individual human being, the private and the public.A. naturalisticB. expressionisticC. stream-of-consciousnessD. metaphysical54. Which of the following is true as far as Emily Dickinson 's poetry is concerned? A. She seldom uses dashes. B. All her poems are about death or immorality.C. Her poems are very personal and meditativeD. Her poems usually have well-chosen titles. 55.In his poems, Whitman tends to use _____________________ .A. oral EnglishB. the King 's EnglishC. American EnglishD. old English56. As far as Nathaniel Hawthorne's art is concerned, which of the following statement is true? A. His The Scarlet Letter tells a love story.B. His art is deeply influenced by Puritanism because he was a puritan himself.C. Young Goodman Brownis a story about superstition.D. Ambiguity is one of the salient characteristics of his art.57. “I like to see it lap the Miles—And lick the Valleys up —And stop to feed itself at Tanks—And the n -- ” (Emily Dick inson, “like to see it lap the Miles—)Here “it” refers to .A. loveB. deathC. a flyD. the train58. Which of the following statements concerning Theodore Dreise'rs style is correct?A. Dreiser'sCowperwood trilogy includes The Financier, The Titan and The GeniusB. His novels have little detail descriptions of characters and events.C. His novels are written in refined language.D. His style is not polished but very serious.59. _____ has long been well known as a poet who can hardly be classified with the old or the new.A. Ezra PoundB. Robert Lee FrostC. T. S. EliotD. Emily DickinsonC. A Trip to Scarborough A. Tintern AbbeyD. Manfred 60. ________________________________________________________________________ F. Scott Fitzgerald skillfully employs the device of having events observe by _______________ toadvantage.A. a “central consciousnes ”sB. his double visionC. more than one witnessD. the protagonists61. Shakespeare wrote ___________ sonnets.A. 125B. 154C. 245D. 13862. Francis Bacon is not only a great _______ , but also the founder of modern science.A. poetB. essayistC. dramatistD. novelist63. John Milton became blind mainly because of _____________ .A. readingB. diseaseC. hard workD. accident64. Paradise lost is a great ______ consisting of 12 books.A. epicB. storyC. lyric poemD. narrative poem65. The most important representative work by Jonathan Swift is “ ________A. A Tale of a TubB. The Battle of the BooksC. A Modest ProposalD. Gulliver 's Travels66. The first comedy Sheridan wrote is ______________ .A. The School for ScandalB. The CriticD.The Rivals is the cooperative work of William Wordshwaonrtd Samuel ColeridgeB. The Rime of the Ancient MarinerC. Lyrical BalladsD. Prelude68. “ The Isles of Greece ” is a part of Byron 's masterpieceA. Don JuanB. Childe Harold 's PrigrimageC. Oriental Tales69. Percy Shelly 's greatest achievementis h-isacfot uproetic drama A. Men of England B. Prometheus UnboundC. Ode to the West WindD. The Revolt of Islam70. ________________________________________________________ A t the age of fifteen, Keats became anapprentice to a _________________________________________________ .A. landlordB. apothecaryC. stable keeperD. doctor71. _______________________________________________ Jane Austen was the daughter of a .A. landlordB. merchantC. lawyerD. rector72. The novel Pride and prejudice by Austen mainly centres round the relationship betweenA. Mr.Bennet and Mrs.BennetB. Darcy and ElizabethC. Bingley and JaneD. Sir William and Luccas 73. Bronte Sisters are all outstanding ___________ .A. essayistsB. playwrightsC. poetsD. novelists74. ____________________________________________ M ost of Hardy 's later works show his view of life.A. optimisticB. pessimisticC. practicalD. ironical 75. Structurally and thematically Bernad Shaw followed the great traditions ofA. realismB. romanticism.C. modernismD. classicismhis great has ever 76.Shakespeareis one of the greatest playwrights and _________________________ the world known.A. poetsB. novelistsC. essayistsD. critics77.The greatest plays Shakespeare creates are______________ .A. historiesB. comediesC. tragediesD. tragicomedies。