練習(xí)題：
1."Gold Rush" was vividly depicted in ____ novels.
A Hemingway’s B Mark Twain’s C Henry Jame’s D Faulkner’s
2.The period of Old English literatue refers to ____
A 449-1066
B 14thcentury - mid 17th century
C 14th century- mid 18th century
D 16th century- mid 18th century
3.The great transcendental work by Henry David Thoreau is ____
A Nature B Walden C Experience D Essays
4.____has been entitled the "Father of American Poetry".
A Philip Freneau B Ralph Waldo Emerson C William Cullen Bryant D Walt Whitman
5. The emotional effect and social significance made ____ the first well-known sociological novel in American Literature.
A The Sun Also Rises B Uncle Tom’s Cabin
C The Old Man and The Sea D Sister Carrie
6. Stephen Crane is famous for ____
A An American Tragedy B The Ambassadors
C Main Street D The Red Badge of Courage
7.Which of the following is NOT true for Benjamin Franklin?
A He was a famous writer B He was a member to draft the Declaration of Independence
C He was a great scientist D He was once elected American President
8. Whitman’s poems are characterized by all the following features EXCEPT____
A a strict poetic form B a simple and conversational language C a free and natural rhythmic pattern D an easy flow of feelings
9.American fiction in the 1960s is retered to as ____
A imagism B black humor C new fiction D the Beat Generation
10.William Faukener is the author of ____
A Far From the Madding Crowd B Sound and Fury C For Whom the Bell Tolls D Scarlet Letter
練習(xí)題答案及題解:
1.B 馬克吐溫的很多短篇小說對Gold Rush（淘金）進(jìn)行了很形象的描繪。
2.A Anglo-Saxons所說的語言被稱為古英語，Anglo-Saxons是在五世紀(jì)中侵入英國領(lǐng)土的，直到1066年諾曼公爵政府英格蘭，建立諾曼底王朝，才代替了Anglo-Saxons。
3.B 瓦爾登湖是梭羅最杰出的超驗主義作品。
4.A Philip Freneau（1752--1832）被稱為“美國詩歌之父”。著有：The wild Honey Suckle；To The Memory of Brave Americans。
5.B 湯姆叔叔家的小屋是美國文學(xué)第一部揭示黑人被虐待，宣揚反奴隸制度的小說，激發(fā)了社會各界人士的感情，是一部社會性質(zhì)很強的小說。
6.D The Red Badge of Courage《紅色英勇勛章》是Stephen Grane的代表作。
7.D Benjamin Franklin 是偉大的作家，科學(xué)家，還是美國獨立宣言的撰寫人之一，但是未曾擔(dān)任過美國總統(tǒng)。
8.A Whitman主張自由詩體，認(rèn)為詩歌不應(yīng)該收到格律約束。他的代表作《草葉集》標(biāo)志著真正意義上美國詩歌的誕生。
9.B 黑色幽默是二十世紀(jì)六十年代盛行的小說類型，用幽默的手法來揭示可悲的現(xiàn)實。
10.B Far From the Madding Crowd為 托馬斯哈代的作品；For Whom the Bell Tolls為海明威的作品；Scarlet Letter為霍桑的作品。
1."Gold Rush" was vividly depicted in ____ novels.
A Hemingway’s B Mark Twain’s C Henry Jame’s D Faulkner’s
2.The period of Old English literatue refers to ____
A 449-1066
B 14thcentury - mid 17th century
C 14th century- mid 18th century
D 16th century- mid 18th century
3.The great transcendental work by Henry David Thoreau is ____
A Nature B Walden C Experience D Essays
4.____has been entitled the "Father of American Poetry".
A Philip Freneau B Ralph Waldo Emerson C William Cullen Bryant D Walt Whitman
5. The emotional effect and social significance made ____ the first well-known sociological novel in American Literature.
A The Sun Also Rises B Uncle Tom’s Cabin
C The Old Man and The Sea D Sister Carrie
6. Stephen Crane is famous for ____
A An American Tragedy B The Ambassadors
C Main Street D The Red Badge of Courage
7.Which of the following is NOT true for Benjamin Franklin?
A He was a famous writer B He was a member to draft the Declaration of Independence
C He was a great scientist D He was once elected American President
8. Whitman’s poems are characterized by all the following features EXCEPT____
A a strict poetic form B a simple and conversational language C a free and natural rhythmic pattern D an easy flow of feelings
9.American fiction in the 1960s is retered to as ____
A imagism B black humor C new fiction D the Beat Generation
10.William Faukener is the author of ____
A Far From the Madding Crowd B Sound and Fury C For Whom the Bell Tolls D Scarlet Letter
練習(xí)題答案及題解:
1.B 馬克吐溫的很多短篇小說對Gold Rush（淘金）進(jìn)行了很形象的描繪。
2.A Anglo-Saxons所說的語言被稱為古英語，Anglo-Saxons是在五世紀(jì)中侵入英國領(lǐng)土的，直到1066年諾曼公爵政府英格蘭，建立諾曼底王朝，才代替了Anglo-Saxons。
3.B 瓦爾登湖是梭羅最杰出的超驗主義作品。
4.A Philip Freneau（1752--1832）被稱為“美國詩歌之父”。著有：The wild Honey Suckle；To The Memory of Brave Americans。
5.B 湯姆叔叔家的小屋是美國文學(xué)第一部揭示黑人被虐待，宣揚反奴隸制度的小說，激發(fā)了社會各界人士的感情，是一部社會性質(zhì)很強的小說。
6.D The Red Badge of Courage《紅色英勇勛章》是Stephen Grane的代表作。
7.D Benjamin Franklin 是偉大的作家，科學(xué)家，還是美國獨立宣言的撰寫人之一，但是未曾擔(dān)任過美國總統(tǒng)。
8.A Whitman主張自由詩體，認(rèn)為詩歌不應(yīng)該收到格律約束。他的代表作《草葉集》標(biāo)志著真正意義上美國詩歌的誕生。
9.B 黑色幽默是二十世紀(jì)六十年代盛行的小說類型，用幽默的手法來揭示可悲的現(xiàn)實。
10.B Far From the Madding Crowd為 托馬斯哈代的作品；For Whom the Bell Tolls為海明威的作品；Scarlet Letter為霍桑的作品。