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浙江省2019年7月高等教育自学考试
美国文学选读试题
课程代码：10055
Ⅰ.Choose the relevant match from column B for each item in column A.(10%) Section A
Column A Column B 1. Henry James a. The Hairy Ape 2. William Faulkner b. Daisy Miller 3. F.S.Fitzgerald c. The House of the Seven Gables 4. Eugene O'Neill d. The Great Gatsby 5. Nathaniel Hawthorne e. Light in August Section B
Column A Column B 1. Nick a. Sister Carrie 2. G.Hurstwood b. A Rose for Emily 3. Ishmael c. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 4. Huck d. Indian Camp 5. Emily Grierson e. Moby Dick
Ⅱ.Complete each of the following statements with a proper word or a phrase according to the textbook.(10%)
1.The Romantic Period in American literature stretches from the end of the 18th century to the outbreak of ______.
2.Ralph W.Emerson’s first little book ______ established him as the most eloquent spokesman of Transcendentalism.
3.Realism was a move away from the bias towards romance and self-creating fictions. It paved the way to ______ of the twentieth century.
4.American ______,another school of realism, resulted mainly from the impact of Darwin’s evolutionary theory and the influence of the 19th century French literature.
5.Altogether,Emily Dickinson wrote 1775 poems, of which only had appeared during her lifetime.
6.During the first part of the ______ century, despite its booming industry and material prosperity, there was a sense of unease and restlessness underneath.
7.The ______ Age of the 1920s was characterized by frivolity and carelessness and brought vividly to life in The Great Gatsby.
8.Eugene O’Neill is unquestionably America’s greatest ______ of the modern period, and he was the only one ever to win a Nobel Prize for dramas.
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9.During his life, Pound published several volumes of translations, from which we can see his strenuous effort in the study of ______ literature.
10.Greatly and permanently affected by the war experiences, Hemingway formed his own writing style, together with his theme and hero. His heroes mirrored a vivid portrait of “______.” Ⅲ.Each of the following statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement.(50%)
1.Born of one common cultural heritage, the American Romanticists shared some common features…______,with the English Romanticists.
A. an increasing emphasis on the free expression of emotions B. an increasing attention to the psychic states of their characters C. an increasing emphasis on the desire to return to nature D. both A and B
2.As a philosophical and literary movement, transcendentalism flourished in New England from the 1830s to the Civil War, whose most important representatives are ______. A. Emerson and Thoreau B. Emerson and Whitman
C. Hawthorne and Melville D. Edgar Poe and James Cooper
3.Washington Irving’s ______ became the first work by an American writer to win financial success on both sides of the Atlantic in the first half of 19th century. A. Sketch Book
B. Charles the Second C. The Scarlet Letter D. Moby Dick
4.Hawthorne’s unique gift was for the creation of ______ which touch the deepest roots of man’s moral nature.
A. symbolic stories B. romantic stories C. gothic stories D. humorous stories
5.Which of the following is not written by Herman Melville?______ A. Typee and Omoo B. Mardi and White Jacket C. Moby-Dick and Pierre D. The Bostonians and Billy Budd
6.The novel Moby Dick shows the rebellious struggle of Captain Ahab against ______. A. the overwhelming, mysterious vastness of the universe and the awesome forces B. the gliding great demon of the seas of life C. the white whale
D. the savage harpooners and the motley crew
7.The American realists approached the harsh realities and pressures in the post-Civil war society by ______.
A. a comprehensive picture of modern life in its various occupations, class stratifications and
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B. a psychological exploration of man’s subconsciousness
C. a disillusion of heroism resulting from the dark memories of the Civil War D. both A and B
8.By the turn of the century, with the publication of The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg and The Mysterious Stranger, the change in Mark Twain from ______ to ______ could be felt. A. an optimist...an almost despairing pessimist B. an almost despairing pessimist...an optimist C. a local colorist...a naturalist D. a naturalist...a local colorist
9.The Portrait of A Lady is generally considered to be Jame’s masterpiece, which ______.
A. incarnates the clash between the Old World and the New in the life journey of an American girl in a European cultural environment
B. tells a story about a young and innocent American confronting the complexity of the European
life
C. is about a young American girl who gets “killed” by the winter in Rome
D. tells about some Europeans who learn with difficulty to adapt themselves to the American life 10.About the titular heroine in the novel Daisy Miller, which of the following is not right?______ A. She has become a celebrated cultural type who embodies the spirit of the New World. B. She comes from the new world but remains traditional and conservative.
C. Her innocence turns out to be an admiring but a dangerous quality in the new world
D. The author’s sympathy for her, a tender flower crushed by the harsh winter in Rome was easily felt.
11.Which of the following is not right about Emily Dickinson’s poems about love?______
A. Her love poems show people’s feelings of rapture and happiness coming from their love experience.
B. Some of her love poems treats the suffering and frustration love can cause.
C. Many of them give original depictions of the longing for shared moments, the pain of separation, and the futility of finding happiness.
D. Some of them emphasizes the power of physical attraction and expresses a mixture of fear and fascination for the mysterious magnetism between sexes.
12.In her life, Emily Dickinson makes enchanting poetry out of ______. A. a happy and active life B. adventurous experiences C. a single household and an inactive life D. a hard and suffering life
13.About Henry James’ literary criticism, which of the following is not right?______ A. It is both concerned with form and devoted to human values.
B. He indicates that the aim of the novel is to present life in every possible form. C. He advocates the freedom of the artist to write about anything that concerns him.
D. He believes that the artist can’t feel the life, but he can understand human nature in their own
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