第五章20世纪美国文学填空题1. “Impersonal theory” of poetry was developed by ______, a famous poet as well as a distinguished literary critic.（天津外国语学院2011研）【答案】T. S. Eliot【解析】（“非个性化”理论是艾略特诗歌理论的核心内容，包括艺术情感、传统、客观对应物三个相互影响、相互制约的核心概念，“诗不是表现情感，而是逃避情感；不是表现个性，而是逃避个性。
”）2. In his ______, Ezra Pound expresses his fascination with Chinese history and the doctrine of Confucius. （天津外国语大学2011研）【答案】Cantos【解析】Ezra Pound在长诗《诗章》中阐述孔子学说，他的另一诗集Cathay《华夏》收集并翻译了十几首中国古诗。
3. Author ______ Title ______ （南京大学2009研）The two waiters inside the cafe knew that the old man was a little drunk, and while he was a good client they knew that if he became too drunk he would leave without paying, so they kept watch on him.【答案】Author: Ernest Hemingway Title: A Clean, Well-lighted Place【解析】题目节选自海明威的A Clean, Well-lighted Place（《一个干净明亮的地方》）。
这是海明威的一个短篇小说。
4. Author ______ Title ______ （南京大学2008研）His mother’s hand touched his shoulder.“Does hit hurt?” she said.“Naw,” he said. “Hit don’t hurt. Lemme be.”【答案】Author: William Faulkner Title: Barn Burning【解析】题目节选自福克纳的Barn Burning（《烧牲口棚》）。
5. 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Fire and Ice （《火与冰》）。
6. Author ______ Title ______ （南京大学2008研）So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. 【答案】Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald Title: The Great Gatsby【解析】题目是弗·司各特·菲茨杰拉德的The Great Gatsby （《了不起的盖茨·比》）中的最后一句话。
7. Author ______ Title ______ （南京大学2007研）He disliked bars and bodegas. A clean, well-lighted caféwas a very different thing. Now, without thinking further, he would go home to his room. He would lie in the bed and finally, with daylight, he would go to sleep. After all, he said to himself, it is probably only insomnia. Many must have it.【答案】Author: Ernest Hemingway Title: A Clean, Well-lighted Place【解析】题目节选自海明威的A Clean, Well-lighted Place（《一个干净明亮的地方》）。
这是海明威的一个短篇小说。
8. According to historians of English literature, the First World War saw the start of a poetic revolution which was initiated by the imagist movement and the symbolist ‘movement. The imagist movement was led by ______ .（天津外国语2010研）【答案】Ezra Pound【解析】庞德是20世纪初“意象派”诗歌的领军人物，其著名的意象派诗歌是《在地铁站内》9. The Southern Renaissance was the reinvigoration of American Southern literature that began in the 1920s and 1930s with the appearance of, among others, novelist ______, playwright ______, and short-story writer Katherine Anne Porter. （天津外国语2010研）【答案】journalist, essayist【解析】南方文艺复兴开始于20世纪20年代，代表作家包括福克纳，凯瑟琳·安·波特，尤多拉·韦尔蒂，卡森·麦卡勒斯等。
10. “Droning a drowsy syncopated tune,Rocking back and forth to a mellow croon,I heard a Negro play,”The figure of speech used in the first line of the poem is ______ .（天津外国语2009研）【答案】alliteration【解析】在第一句中，droning和drowsy押头韵。
题中诗句节选自美国黑人作家兰斯通·休斯Langston Hughes的《忧伤的蓝调》（The Weary Blues），译文：低沉的切分音符闷声闷气，/柔美的低吟摇来摆去，/我听见黑人演唱。
11. Nick Carraway functions as both the narrator and a character in Fitzgerald’sbest-known work ______.（大连外国语2008研：A卷）【答案】The Great Gatsby【解析】在菲茨杰拉德的名著《了不起的盖茨比》中，Nick Carraway（尼克）既是叙述者，又是小说中的一个角色。
12. “In a Station of the Metro” has only the following two lines:（国际关系学院2009研）The ______ of these faces in the crowd，______ on a wet, black bough..【答案】apparition Petals【解析】这是著名意象派诗人庞德的一首短诗：众中梦幻身影，黝黑枝头疏花。
13. “In a Station of the Metro” by Ezra Pound goes like this: The apparition ofthese faces in the crowd; ______ .（首师大2008研）【答案】Petals on a wet, black bough.【解析】这是意象派诗人庞德的名作，意为：人群中这些面孔幽灵一般显现，湿漉漉的黑色枝条上许多花瓣。
14. ______, by Ezra Pound, employs the complex association of scholarly lore,anthropology, modern history and personages, private history and Witticism, and obscure literary interpolations in various languages.（人大2006研）【答案】The Cantos【解析】庞德的《诗章》包罗万象，是庞德的代表作。
15. 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。
16. Ezra Pound’s lifelong endeavor had been devoted to the writing of______,which contains _____ 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。
17. 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。
18. In 1927, T. S. Eliot announced that he was a royalist in ______, a classicist in ______,and an Anglo-Catholic in ______.（国际关系学院2007研；首师大2008研）【答案】politics; literature; religion【解析】艾略特宣称自己在政治上是个保皇派，文学上是古典主义者，宗教上是英国天主教徒。