(A)年级2010 专业英语BA. To HelenB. The Sound and the FuryC. AutobiographyD. The Triumph of the EggE. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy EveningF. Success is Counted SweetestG. A Psalm of LifeH. Sister CarrieI. Daisy MillerJ. Waldenstatements according to what you have North America was established at Jamestown, the most eloquent spokesman of Newepic poem, ran nine Realistic period are William Dean Howells,the 20th century, helped to establish a modern tradition of literature rich with learning and allusive thought.7.“The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough”. This is the shortest poem writtenby .8.In 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald completed his best novel ______. It is the story of an idealist who was destroyed bythe influence of the wealthy, pleasure-seeking people around him.9.With the publication of The Sun Also Rises, Earnest Hemingway became the spokesman for what GertrudeStein had called a “__________”.10.The Leading playwright of the modern period in American literature is ________.Ⅲ. Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement.(20%)1. American Romanticism stretches from the end of the ________ century through the outbreak of ______.A.18th, the Civil WarB. 18th, the War of IndependenceC. 19th, WWID. 19th, WWII2. As a philosophical and literary movement, the main issues involved in the debate of Transcendentalism aregenerally concerning ____________________.A. nature, man and the universeB. the relationship between man and womanC. the development of Romanticism in American literatureD. the cold, rigid rationalism of Unitarianism3. Which of the following is Not one of the main ideas advocated by Ralph Emerson?A. Importance of the IndividualB. Faith in ChristianityC. The Over-SoulD. Self-Reliance4. Henry David Thoreau’s work, ________, has always been regard ed as a masterpiece of the New EnglandTranscendental Movement.A. WaldenB. The PioneersC. NatureD. "Song of Myself"5. The American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne is known for his “black vision”. The term “black vision” refersto______________.A. Hawthorne’s observation that every man faces a black Wall.B.Hawthorne’s belief that all men are by nature evil.C. that Hawthorne employed a dream vision to tell his story.D. that Puritans of Hawthorne’s time usually wore black clothes.6. _________ believes that the chief aim of literary creation is beauty, and “the death of a beautiful woman is,unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world.”A. Walt WhitmanB. Edgar Allen PoeC. Anne BradstreetD. Ralph Waldo Emerson7. Emily Dickinson wrote many short poems on various aspects of life. Which of the following is not a usualsubject of her poetic expression?A. Religion.B. Life and death.C. Love and marriage.D. War and peace.8. After the Civil War America was transformed from ______ to _________.A. an agrarian community … an industrialized and commercialized societyB. an agrarian community … a society of freedom and equalityC. a poor and backward society … an industrialized and commercialized societyD. an industrialized and commercialized society … a highly developed society9. After “The Adventure of Tom Sawyer”, Twain gives a literary independence to Tom’s buddy Huck in a bookcalled_________, and the book from which “all modern American literature comes”.A. Life on the Mississippi RiverB. The Gilded AgeC. Adventures of Huckleberry FinnD. The Sun Also Rises10. In American literature, escaping from the society and returning to nature is a common subject. The followingtitles are all related, in one way or another, to the subject except _________.A. Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnB. Dreiser’s Sister CarrieC. Copper’s Leather-Stocking TalesD. Thoreau’s Walden 11. _______ is famous for psychological realism.A. Mark TwainB. William Dean HowellsC. Henry JamesD. Walt Whitman12. In the first part of the 20th century，apart from Darwinism, there were two thinkers -______，whose ideas hadthe greatest impact on the period.A. the German Karl Marx and the Austrian Sigmund FreudB. the German Karl Marx and the American Sigmund FreudC. the Swiss Carl Jung and the American William JamesD. the Austrian Karl Marx and the German Sigmund Freud13. Which of the following is not written by Ernest Hemingway, one of the best-known American authors of the20th century?A. The Sun Also Rises.B. The Old Man and the Sea.C. Mosses From the Old Manse.D. The Green Hills of Africa.14. Which of the following is depicted as the mythical county in William Faulkner’s novels?A. Cambridge.B. Oxford.C. Mississippi.D. Yoknapatawpha.15. Almost all Faulkner’s heroes turned out to be tragic because_____________.A. all enjoyed living in the declining American SouthB. none of them was conditioned by the civilization and Social institutionsC. most of them were prisoners of the pastD. none were successful in their attempt to explain the inexplicable16. F. S. Fitzgerald is NOT the author of ______ .A. The Great GatsbyB. Tender is the NightC. A Farewell to the ArmsD. This Side of Paradise17. Robert Frost combined traditional verse forms -the sonnet, rhyming couplets, blank verse -with a clearAmerican local speech rhythm, the speech of _______farmers with its idiosyncratic diction and syntax.A. SouthernB. WesternC. New HampshireD. New England18. Apart from the dislocation of time and the modern stream-of-consciousness, the other narrative techniquesFaulkner used to construct his stories include_________, symbolism and mythological and biblical allusions.A. impressionismB. ExpressionismC. multiple points of viewD. first person point of view19. In Robert Frost’s famous poem“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”, there are four lines like these: “Thewoods are lovely, dark and deep, / But I have promises to keep, / And miles to go before I sleep, / And miles to go before I sleep”. The second sleep refers to______.A. dieB. calm downC. fall into sleepD. stop walking20. As to the great American poet Ezra Pound, which of the following is not right?A. His language is usually oblique yet marvelously compressed and his poetry is dense with personal, literary,and historical allusions.B. His artistic talents are on full display in the history of the Imagist Movement.C. From his analysis of the Chinese ideogram Pound learned to anchor his poetic language in concrete,perceptual reality, and to organize images into larger patterns through juxtaposition.D. For he was politically controversial and notorious for what he did in the wartime, his literary achievementand influence are somewhat reduced.Ⅳ. Explain the following literary terms in your own words. (20%)1. Transcendentalism2. Free Verse3. Local Color Fiction4. Jazz Age5. ImagismV. Read the following excerpts or poems and then answer questions. (30%)1. (10 points)(Excerpt) But the point which drew all ayes, and, as it were, transfigured the wearer, --so that both men and women, who had been familiarly acquainted with Hester Prynne, were now impressed as if they beheld her for the first time, --was the SCARLET LETTER, so fantastically embroidered and illuminated upon her bosom. It had the effect of a spell, taking her out of the ordinary relation with humanity, and enclosing her in a sphere by herself.Question 1 Who is the bearer of the SCARLET LETTER? (1 point)Question 2 From which book is this excerpt chosen? Who is the author? (2 points)Question 3 What is the symbolic meaning of the scarlet letter “A”? (7 points)2.(10 points)I'M Nobody! Who are you?I'M Nobody! Who are you?Are you--Nobody--too?Then there's a pair of us!Don’t tell! they'd advertise--you know!How dreary--to be--Somebody!How public--like a Frog--To tell your name--the livelong June--To an admiring Bog!Questions 1 Who is the author of the little poem? （1 point）Questions 2 What are the usual subjects of the author? （4 points）Questions 3 How do you understand the poem? (5 points)3.(10 points)Try to interpret the following poem according to your own understanding.（at least 150 words）Fire and IceSome say the world will end in fire,Some say in ice.From what I've tasted of desireI hold with those who favor fire.But if it had to perish twice,I think I know enough of hateTo say that for destruction iceIs also greatAnd would suffice.。