英美国情 选择题 美国部分

英美国情选择题美国部分

Unit3 America Beginning

1.Which of the following statements was correct around the time of the American Revolution?

A.The American has the mixed blood of Europeans or their

descendants.

B.The American had the mixed blood of Europeans with

American Indians.

C.The American had the mixed blood of Europeans with

black,

D.The American had the blood of the English and their

descendants only, 子孙，后裔

2.Which of the following was not one of the three forces that led to the modern development of Europe?

A.The growth of capitalism 资本主义

B.The Renaissance 文艺复兴

C.The Religious Reformation 宗教改革

D.The spiritual leadership of the Roman Catholic Church.

3.The following were the main Reformation leaders except__

A.Martin Luther 马丁路德

B.Martin Luther King

C.John Calvin约翰·加尔文

D.The English King Henry VIII 亨利八世

4.The following were some of the characteristics of Protestantism except__ 新教教徒新教，耶稣教，基督教

A.Challenging the authority of the Pope 罗马教皇

B.Salvation through faith

C.Salvation through church

D.Establishing a direct contact with God

5.Which of the following American values did not come from Puritanism?

A.Separation of state and church

B.Respect of education

C.Intolerant moralism

D.A sense of mission

6.Lord Baltimore?s feudal plan failed Not because__

A.There were more Protestant than Catholic in Maryland

B.The wilderness of the continent made the plan impossible

C.There was plenty of land while labor was scarce 缺乏的

D.The English King did not the like the plan

7.The following were the founding fathers of the American Republic except__

A.George Washington

B.Thomas Jefferson

C.William Penn

D.Benjamin Franklin

8.The theory of American politics and the American Revolution originated mainly from__ D. John Locke

9.Which of the following was not a denomination of Protestantism? 教派

A.Catholics

B.Puritans

C.Quakers

D.Church of England

10.“No taxation without representation” was the rallying cry of __ D. the people of the 13 colonies on the eve of the American Revolution

Unit 4 The Political System in the United States

1.Which of the following statements is Not correct? When the War of Independence was over,

A.Each new state had its own government

B.Each new state made its own laws and handled all of its

internal affairs.

C.The national government was called the Congress with

little power

D.The relationships between the states and the national

government were clearly defined.

2.According to the author, the Articles of Confederation failed because of the following reasons, which is not true?

A.the new states did not cooperate with the Congress or

with each other.

B.Some new states wanted to be from the Union

C.The Congress could not raise money to pay the national

army and to pay debts owed to France and other nations.

D.The Congress had no power to tax any citizen.

3.Which of the following state refused to participate in the Constitution Convention? 宪法会议

A.Virginia

B.Rhode Island

C.New York

D.Maryland

4.Which of the following statements is NOT correct?When the Constitution was written,

A.There was a Bill of Rights in the Constitution

B.There was no Bill of Rights

C.The Constitution did not have any words guaranteeing the

freedoms or the basic rights and privileges of citizens,

D.A “ Bill of Rights” was added to the Constitution 4 years

after the Constitution was made.

5.Which of the following is the only branch that can make federal laws, and levy federal tax? B. The legislative 立法权

6.Which of the following is not a power of the president?

A.The president can veto any bill passed by Congress

B.The president has the authority to appoint federal judges

when vacancies occur.

C.The president can make laws.

D.The president had broad powers, with the executive

branch, to issue regulations and directives regarding the work of the federal departments. 执行

7.The Bill of Rights consist of __ C. 10 amendments added to the Constitution in 1791

8.Which of the following is not guarantee in the Bill of Rights?

A.The freedom of religion

B.The freedom of searching a person?s home by police

C.The freedom of speech and of the press

D.The right to own weapons if one wishes

9.The following were NOT written into the Constitution in 1787 except__

A.The Bill of Rights

B.The judicial review

C.The political party system

D.The power of the president

10.The New Deal was started by __ A. Franklin Roosevelt 罗斯

福新政

Unit 5 American Economy

1.The first factory in the United State was a cotton textile mill in Pawtucket, in the state of __ B. Rhode Island

2.The “American system” of mass production was first used in __ C. textile industry 纺织业

3.The United States had the first standard paper currency货

币in __C. 1863

4.In which year was the United States rated No.1 in terms of production capacity in the world? C. 1945

5.Which of the following is NOT considered as part of the service industry?

A.Banking

B.Management consultation 咨询

C.Airline

D.steelmaking

6.The United States was rated fourth in the world in terms of

land area and the size of population.

7.The United States produces as much as half of the world?s __D. soybean s and corn 大豆

8.Which of the following is generally considered as an important institutional制度的 factor that contributed to the success of American business and industry?

https://www.wendangku.net/doc/f515996781.html,issez-faire自由放任

B.Bountiful resources 丰富的资源

C.Vast dimensions 大规模

D.Entrepreneurial spirit 创业者的，企业家的

9.Who has extolled the virtues of famers? A. Thomas Jefferson

10.The latest technology that farmers have adopted is __D. computers

Unit 6 Religion in the United States

1.Which of the following was NOT a Protestant denomination?

宗教

A.The Baptists

B.The Catholics

C.The Methodists

D.The Presbyterians.

2.Which of the following is unconstitutional in the United Stated?

A.Catholics can build their own schools and hospitals

B.Non-Catholics can go to Catholic-run schools.

C.Public money is provided to support religious schools

D.Women have the right to abortion

3.Which of the following is NOT regarded as one of the three basic religious beliefs?

A.Protestant

B.Catholic

C.Islamic 伊斯兰教

D.Judaism犹太教

4.Which of the following is true?

A.Many Catholics are not opposed to abbortion

B.Many evangelical Protestants do not object to abortion.

C.Orthodox Jews are for abortion

D.Liberal Protestants and Jews join non-believes in

maintaining that abortion is a basic right for women.

5.Which of the following continues to have an all-made clergy?

A.The Catholic Church

B.The Protestant Episcopal Church

C.The United Methodist Church.

D.Jewish Congregations

6.Which of the following features is NOT distinctively American?

A.Various religious groups have coexisted in the US more

harmoniously than Europe.

B.Scientific and economic advance and material prosperity

have not been accompanied by a decline in religious faith.

C.There has been little concentration on doctrine or

religious argument in the US

D.There has been very much concentration on doctrine or

religious argument in the US.

7.In the United States, people go to church mainly for the following reasons except for __

A.Finding a job in society

B.Having a place in a community

C.Identifying themselves with dominant values

D.Getting together with friends

8.Which of the following statements is NOT correct according to the author?

A.American mainstream culture is based on Protestantism

B.Protestant church is an established church by law in the

US

C.The Catholic Church is the largest single religious group in

the US

D.The largest church is of the Protestant faith in the US

Unit 7 American Literature

1.Which of the following was a writer of the post-Revolutionary period?

A.Edgar Allan Poe

B.Natty Bumppo

C.Washington Irving 华盛顿·欧文

D.Rip Van Winkle

2.Which of the following is considered an American masterpiece?

A.The Last of the Mohicans

B.The Legend of the Sleepy Hollow

C.“The Masque of the Red Death”

D.Moby Dick 《白鲸》一条叫莫比·狄克的白鲸

3.Which of the following was written by Henry David Thoreau?

亨利·大卫·梭罗

A.Nature

B.Walden 瓦尔登湖

C.The Scarlet Letter

D.“The Fall of the House of Usher”.

4.Whitman’s poetry has the following characteristics except___ 惠特曼

A.Fragmented haunting images

B.Long irregular lines

C.Celebrating the American spirit

D.Free-flowing structure

5.Mark Twain?s works are characterized by the following except___

A.Sense of humor

B.Egotism 自负，自我为中心，自私

C.Jokes

D.Tall tales

6.Three of the following are characteristics of Emily Dickinson?s poems. Which one is NOT?

A.Her poems mix gaiety and gloom 欢乐，忧郁

B.Her verse s are filled with the names of faraway, exotic

places诗句

C.Her poems are very long and powerful

D.Her poems show that she was fascinate d by both life and

death. 着迷

7.Henry James was mainly interested in writing about

American living in Europe.

8.Sherwood Anderson is NOT included in the group of naturalists.

A.Sherwood Anderson

B.Stephen Crane Maggie, A Girl of the Streets

C.Jack London Call of the Wild

D.Theodore Dreiser Sister Carrie

9.Three of the following authors are Nobel Prize winners. Which one is NOT?

A.Ernest Hemingway

B.Eugene O?Neill 尤金·奥尼尔

C.William Faulkner 威廉·福克纳

D.F. Scott Fitzgerald

10.___does NOT belong to the “Lost Generation”?

A.John Dos Passos

B.Ernest Hemingway

C.F. Scott Fitzgerald 弗·斯科特·菲茨杰拉德

D.John Steinbeck

11.___was NOT written by Hemingway.

A.Light in August William Faulkner

B.The Sun Also Rises

C.A Farewell to Arms

D.For Whom the Bell Tolls

12.Which of the following is NOT an African-American author?

A.Richard Wright

B.Alan Ginsberg

C.James Baldwin

D.Ralph Ellison

13.The following authors were women writers who wrote novels in the late 19th and early 20th century with the exception of ___

A.Emily Dickinson (1830~1886)

B.Edith Wharton

C.Willa Cather

D.Kate Chopin

14.The following writers represent new American voice except__

A.Toni Morrison 托妮·莫里森

B.Alice Walker 艾丽斯·沃克

C.T.S. Eliot 艾略特

D.Maxine Long Kingston 汤婷婷

Unit 8 Education in the United States

1.Which of the following subjects are NOT offered to

elementary school students?

A.Mathematics and languages

B.Politics and business education

C.Science and social studies

D.Music and physical education

2.The expenditure经费in American public school is guided or decided by ___ D. broads of education

3.In the United States school systems, which of the following divisions is true? C. Elementary school, secondary school

4.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in American higher education?

A.Universities and college

B.Research institutions

C.Technical institutions

D.Undergraduate institutions

5.Three of the following factors have contributed to the flourishing of large universities in America, which is the exception?

https://www.wendangku.net/doc/f515996781.html,rge universities offer the best libraries and facilities

for scientific research

https://www.wendangku.net/doc/f515996781.html,rge universities provide student with “mainframe”

computers

https://www.wendangku.net/doc/f515996781.html,rge universities offer scholarships to all students

https://www.wendangku.net/doc/f515996781.html,rge universities attract students with modern

laboratories

6.Nearly all students want to get into more desirable institutions because____ A. they find it easy for them to get jobs after graduated from one of them

7.In order to go to university, secondary school students must meet the following requirements except that___

A.They have high school records and recommendations from

their teachers

B.They make good impressions during the interviews

C.They get good scores in the Scholastic Aptitude Tests

D.They pass the college entrance examinations

8.Three of the following universities have large endowments form wealthy benefactors. Which is the exception?

A.Harvard University

B.The State University of New York

C.Yale University

D.Princeton University 普林斯顿

9.Both public and private universities depend on the following sources of income except___

A.Investment

B.Student tuition

C.Endowments 捐款

https://www.wendangku.net/doc/f515996781.html,ernment funding

10.To get a bachelor?s degree, an undergraduate student is required to do the following except___

A.Attending lectures and complete assignments

B.Passing examinations

C.Taking certain subjects such as history, language and

philosophy

D.Earning a certain number of credits at the end of the four

years at college.

Unit 9 Social Movements of the 1960s

1.Black Americans sang the anthem of the civil rights movement,“We Shall Overcome!”affirming their commitment to fight racial prejudice.

2.The most notorious terrorist group against black civil rights workers in the South was known as __D. Ku Klux Klan

3.The reason why many young people were involved in the social movement of the 1960s was that __A. they resent ed traditional white male values in US society. 愤恨

4.In addition to such tactics as sit-ins, young students also

added teach-in to educate people about the war in Vietnam.

5.According to the author, three civil rights groups provided the leadership, the tactics,战略and the people to fight against Southern segregation. 种族隔离Which is the exception?

A.The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

B.The Congress of Racial Equality

C.The Southern Christian Leadership Conference

D.The Student for a Democratic society

6.A historic moment of the civil rights movement was the

delivered his “ I Have a Dream” speech.

7.In January 1965, President Johnson declared“war on

opportunity to live in decency and dignity.”

8.Unlike Martin Luther King, Malcolm X the chief spokesperson of Black Muslims advocated violence in self-defense and black pride.

9.During the early stages of the civil rights movement, the major integration strategy initiated by the Congress of Racial Equality was known as freedom rides to integrate interstate buses and bus stations in the South.

10.Due to his firm belief in nonviolent peaceful protest in the

awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.

11.The one group within the counter culture best known or their pursuit of happiness as their only goal in life was called the

12.In the 1960s, feminism was reborn. Many women were dissatisfied with their lives, and in 1963, with the publication of The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan, they found a voice.

Unit 10 Social Problems in the United States

1.Which of the following statement is NOT true about blacks after the 1960s?

A.Blacks felt that they could be fully integrated into the

mainstream American life.

B.Blacks felt that the black community ought to coexist with

other groups.

C.Blacks felt more and more proud of themselves.

D.Black felt that “black is beautiful”.

2.The main factor contributing to the widening income gap between blacks and whites in the 1970s was ____ B. blacks

had low positions and low pay in the workplace hierarchy. 3.Which of the following is not the reason for the higher arrest rates among minority groups?

A.The aggressive nature of these group

B.Racial prejudice against them

C.Low social status of these groups

D.Poverty and unemployment among minority groups

4.Which of the following does NOT belong to the white-collar crime?

A.Bribery 行贿，受贿

B.Tax evasion

C.False adverting

D.Robbery

5.Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A.The Northern states had outlawed slavery by 1830

B.Slavery was finally abolished in the South in 1865

C.The Northern states did not have racial discrimination

D.Segregation laws continued to be enforced in Southern

states until the 1950s.

6.According to the text, which of the following is NOT a dysfunction caused by the drug abuse?

A.There is a strong association between drug use and crime.

B.Drug dependence takes a significant toll in terms of

personal health and safety

C.Drug abuse is a major cause of unemployment

D.There are great economic losses because of drug abuse

7.If white-collar crimes were included in the Crime Indes, the profile of typical criminal in the United States would be the following e xcept___

A.Older

B.Wealthier

C.Whiter

D.Living near city centers

8.Which of the following used human beings as guinea pigs to text drug like LSD? B. The CIA.

Unit 11 Technology in America

1.According to the author, who was to be credited for the development of the “American system of production” in the early nineteenth century? A. John H. Hall 约翰·霍尔

2.Who invented the cotton gin and developed the system of mass production of weapons with interchangeable parts? B. Eli Whitney 伊莱·惠特尼

3.Which of the following inventions caused the end of the Pony

英语国家概况美国部分精讲系列

英语国家概况美国部分精讲系列 Chapter: 13 geography 地理位置 1.Alaska and Hawaii are the two newest states in American.Alaska northwestern Can ada,and Hawaii lies in the central Pacific. 阿拉斯加和夏威夷是最近加入美国的两个新州.阿拉斯加在加拿大的西北部，夏威夷位邻中太平洋.（本细节还有考“一句话简答”的可能） 2.The U.S has a land area of 9.3 million square kilometres.It is the fourth largest co untry in the world in size after Russia,Canada and China. 就面积而言，美国是世界第四大国，就人口而言，美国是世界是第三大国. 3.Of all states of American,Alaska is the lagest in area and Rhode Island the smalles t.But on the mainland Texas is the largest sate of the country. 所有州中，阿拉斯加是面积最大的州，罗得岛最小，在美国大陆，最大的州是得克萨斯州. 4.The Rockies,the backbone of the North American Continent,is also known as the C ontinental Divide. 落基山脉是北美大陆的脊梁，也被成为大陆分水岭. 5.The two main mountain ranges in American are the Appalachian mountains and the Rocky mountains. The Appalachians run slightly from the northeast to southwest and the Rocky mountains run slightly from the northwest to southeast. 阿巴拉契亚山脉和落基山脉是美国的两座大山脉.（本细节有考“一句话简答题”的可能）

英美概况美国部分整理

America The Founding of Colonies殖民地的建立 First Inhabitants：American Indians Discovery of the New World： 1492 Christopher Columbus →the discoverer of America (Italian)Spanish Queen’ s support 1501-2 Amerigo Vespucci →the new land was name after him as America. reached the mouth of Amazon River America—the New World Europe—the Old World 13 colonies： New England Colonies: Mid Atlantic Colonies: Southern Colonies: Massachusetts →（2nd colony，1620）New York Maryland New Hampshire Pennsylvania Virginia →（1st colony，1607）Rhode Island Delaware North Carolina Connecticut South Carolina Georgia →（the last colony，1733）New England Region（6个）: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont 建立原因： Virginia, 1607 Virginia Company For foreign expansion as a way of easing religious dispute and economic distress in England 105 men (no women) Jamestown in honor of the king Massachusetts In 1620 102 Puritans (“Pilgrim Fathers”), in Mayflower, from Plymouth in England to America First in Plymouth (today’s Massachusetts); and then Boston Seek religious freedom Mayflower Compact <五月花号公约>：self-government Hardships when arrived the help of the Indians Thanksgiving Day to thank the Indians and the God for protection The next three colonies Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire Reasons: 1. religious disputes and struggles in Massachusetts intensified 2. more immigrants

美国文学练习题

5. Hawthorne’s unique gift was for the creation of ________ which touch the deepest roots of man’s moral nature. A. romantic stories B. symbolic stories C. gothic stories D. humorous stories 7. Romanticism appeared as a literary trend against _____. A. rationality B. imagination C. intuition D. individualism 12. _____ held a “black”vision of life and human beings. A. Ralph Waldo Emerson B. Nathaniel Hawthorne C. Edgar Allan Poe D. James Fenimore Cooper 16. 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 17. _______ was the first great American writer to earn international fame. A. Irving B. Cooper C. Emerson D. Whitman 21. Pearl is the heroine in Hawthorne’s novel _________ . A. Moses from an Old Manse B. Twice-Told Tales C. The Scarlet Letter D. The Blithedale Romance 7. Hester Prynne, Dimmesdale, Chillingworth, ang Pearl are most likely the names of the characters in __________. A.The Scarlet Letter B. The House of the Seven Gables C. The Portrait of a Lady D. The Pioneers 24. Being a period of the flowering of American literature, the Romantic period is also called “_____”. A. the American Renaissance B. the English Renaissance C. the Harlem Renaissance D. the Second Renaissance 5. According to Hawthorne, the scarlet letter “A”which originally stood for “_______” f inally obtained the meaning of “able”or “angel”through Hester’s efforts. A. adultery B. arrogance C. accomplishment D. agony 13. F. Scott Fitzgerald is often acclaimed literary spokesman of the ____________.

美国文学练习题答案10

I. Multiple Choices (40%) 1-5 DCADA 6-10 ADDAD 11-15DBCBA 16-20 DBCCC 21-25 DCDAC 26-30 ACDBC 31-35CAACD 36-40 DDCAB II. Choose the relevant match from column B for each item in column A. (10%) 1-5 CABDE 6-10CDEAB III. Interpreting the following texts. （15%） Passage 1 1.Ezra Pound(2’) 2.This short poem is one of the most famous representative works of Imagist school. In the poem, “the object” to be treated is the faces in that dim and dam context. The impression is brought out most vividly by the single, dominant image of flower petals on a wet, black bough, which serves as the most. (5’) Passage 2 1. Theodore Dreiser. Sister Carrie(2’) 2. (1)The world is cold and harsh to Sister Carrie. Alone and helpless, she moves along like a mechanism driven by desire and catches blindly at any opportunity for a better existence. A feather in the wind, she is totally at the mercy of forces she cannot comprehend, still less to say control. She does not seem to possess what may be called a mora l fiber in her. (4’) (2) Spencer’s influence is seen at its most powerful as to Hustwood’s tragedy. Dreiser’s portrait is an authentic one of the impotent modern man unfit to survive. He cannot help himself in his relationship with Sister Carrie. No respectable job, no handsome income, no genteel family, nothing could overcome his biological need and stop him from returning to savage, atavistic unreason. He thus hovers between being a man and beast in his behavior. He must die. (6’) IV. Explain the following terms（15%） 1. Local Colorism or Regionalism as a trend first came to prominence in the late 19th century in America. The local colorists were devoted to capturing the unique customs, manners, speech, folklore, and other qualities of a particular regional community, usually in humorous short stories. (3分) The most famous of the local colorists was Mark Twain, with his masterpiece The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. (2分) 2. Transcendentalism is the summit of the Romantic Movement in the history of American literature in the 19th century. （1分）Transcendentalism has been defined philosophically as “the recognition in man of the capacity of knowing truth intuitively”. （1分）Transcendentalists place emphasis on the importance of the Over-soul, the individual and Nature. （2分）The most important representatives are Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. （1分） 3. It defines a sense of moral loss or aimlessness. The WWI destroyed the in ocent ideas, many good young men went to the war and died, or returned damaged, both physically and mentally; their moral faith were no longer valid--- they were “Lost.”（2分）. So in a broad Sense: it refers to the entire post -WWI American young generation. In a narrow sense: The Lost Generation is a term used to describe a group of American writers who were rebelling against what America had become by the 1900’s, including Heming way, F.S.Fitzgerald, etc. Who left

《最新英美概况》练习参考答案(美国部分)

《最新英美概况》 练习参考答案 （本答案不包括练习中的开放性习题、思考题和讨论题） ==================================================== PART TWO The United States Chapter Eight The Land P. 209—210 I Fill in the blanks with proper words or expressions. 1. the Star-Spangled Banner, Defense of Fort McHenry, 181 2. 2. the Stars and the Stripes, Old Glory, the Star-Spangled Banner. 3. The White House, The Capitol, The Pentagon. 4. June, 14th, June 14th. 5. the Potomac, no state, the Federal government. 6. 36, 36 states. 7. Amerigo Vespucci, American War of Independence. 8. Pierre L’Enfant, light, service. II Choose the answer that best completes the sentence. 1. C 2. D 3. C 4. A B C D 5. C D III Decide which of the following statements is TRUE: 1. F 2. F 3. T 4. F 5. T IV Answer the following questions. 1. (1) At first the Continent was named as “America” after explorer Amerigo Vespucci. (2) During the American War of Independence, the former British colonies first used “the thirteen united States of America” in the Declaration of Independence. (3) The official name of America was adopted on November 15, 1777, when the Second Continental Congress passed the Articles of Confederation. 2. The 50 stars represent the 50 States, while the 13 stripes represent the original thirteen colonies. White indicates purity and innocence; red indicates valour and bravery, and blue symbolizes vigilance, perseverance and justice; it is also a symbol of respect to God. 3. The stars and strips have different meanings. Each star represents each state in America, while strips represent the original thirteen colonies before the independence of America.

英美概况美国部分复习.docx

Melting Pot: Immigrants from different regions and cultures came to live in the United States, their old ways of life melt away and they became part of the American culture? WASPs: WASPS are the mainstream Americans, referring to the white Anglo-Saxon Protestants The Hispanics: The Hispanics are Spanish-speaking people from Latin America, which was once dominated by the Spanish Empire?American Indians: The Indian peoples are known as the first Americans. When Columbus landed in the New World in 1492, he thought he had reached India and called the natives Indians? Separation of powers: Under the federalist system, the federal and the state governments have separate and distinct powers laid down in the Constitutio n. ^Winner-take-air5principle: The party that wins most votes (simple majority) in a state wins all the electoral votes for the state and the defeated party gets none? Federalism: Federalism in the United States is the evolving relationship between U.S. state governments and the federal government of the United States? Since the founding of the country, and particularly with the end of the American Civil War, power shifted away from the states and towards the national government. Thanksgiving Day: It's on the fourth Thursday of Novembe匚It is a typical

美国文学复习题(有答案版)

美国文学复习题(有答案版)

美国文学复习提纲 第一部分连线题（1*10=10’） 1. Thomas Jefferson The Declaration of Independence 2. Walt Whitman O’ Captain, My Captain 3. Mark Twain Jumping Frog 4. Robert Frost Mending Wall 5. Ezra Pound In a Station of the Metro 6. Carl Sandburg Chicago 7. Saul Bellow The Adventure of Augie March 8. Ernest Hemingway Men without Women 9. John Steinbeck The Grape of Wrath 10. Jack London The Call of the Wild 11. Sinclair Lewis Babbit 12. Flannery O’ Connor A Good Man Is Hard to Find 13. O. Henry The Last Leaf 14. Jerome David Salinger The Catcher in the Rye 15. William Falkner The Sound and the Fury 第二部分单项选择(1.5*20=30’) 1. Anne Bradstreet was a Puritan poet. Her poems made such a stir in England that she became known as the “________” who appeared in America. A. Tenth Muse B. Ninth Muse C. Best Muse D. First Muse 2. In American literature, the 18th century was the age of the Enlightenment. ________ was the dominant spirit. A. Humanism B. Rationalism C. Revolution D. Evolution 3. Which of the following stirred the world and helped form the American republic? A. The American Crisis B. The Federalist C. Declaration of Independence D. The Age of Reason 4. At the Reason and Revolution Period, Americans were influenced by the European movement called the ________. A. Chartist Movement B. Romanticist Movement C. Enlightenment Movement D. Modernist Movement 5. Thoreau was often alone in the woods or by the pond, lost in spiritual communication with ________. A. nature B. transcendentalist ideas C. human beings D. celestial beings 6. ________tells a simple but very moving story in which four people living in a puritan community are involved in and affected by the sin of adultery in different ways. A. Twice-Told Tales B. The Scarlet Letter C. The House of the Seven Gables D. The Marble Faun

英美概况美国部分

Lecture one: Geography and People Location : Situated in the central part of North America with Canada on the north ,Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico on the south ,the United States is on the east coast of Pacific and west coast of Atlantic. Territorial area: 9.5million square kilometers 50states and seat of government is Washington D.C Largest state---Alaska Largest on the continent---Texas Smallest-----Rhode Island(罗德岛州) Newest---Hawaii Three geographical divisions（三大地形区）: Western ,central and eastern part . Land forms and region: Eastern part: Highlands formed by Appalachian range Western part: High plateaus and mountains(Rockies are called as the back bone of the continent). Great central plain: A large plain between the eastern Appalachian and western Rockies Main geographical regions: New England (6,northeast, longest history featured with mountains ,valleys and rivers ,and cities and towns with historic sites ,top-ranking universities ) The Mid-Atlantic States The West (11,a wealth of forests and stream notable cities, high-tech industry predominant agricultural yielding,14% of GDP ) The Mid-West The South (13,plenty of rainfall and mild climate are favorable for agriculture, fast growing industry and population recent years, great size with few large cities The Southwest Hawaii: Tourism is the largest source of income Tropical climate

美国文学试题

Exercises One I.Write the names of the authors.(10%) ( ) 1. The Fall of the House of the Usher ( ) 2. The House of the Seven Gables ( ) 3. Song of Myself ( ) 4. I Died for Beauty-but Was Scarce ( ) 5. The Prince and the Pauper () 6. The Catcher in the Rye ( ) 7. Catch-22 ( ) 8. The Naked and the Dead ( ) 9. The Victim ( ) 10. On the Road ( ) 11. Twice Told Tales ( ) 12. The Voice of the City ( ) 13. Life on the Mississippi ( ) 14. Annabel Lee ( ) 15. The Turn of the Screw ( ) 16. The Mysterious Stranger ( ) 17. them ( ) 18. Portnoy's Complaint ( ) 19. Howl ( ) 20. Life Studies II. Write the names of the novels or poems according to the give n passage. (10%) ( ) 1. There was the great city, bound more closely by ?th ese ?very ?trains which came up daily. Colu mbia City was not so very far away, even once she was in Chicago. ( ) 2. The carriage held but just Ourselves And Immortality ( ) 3. " I will go home with you," said Mr. Dimmes

陶洁版美国文学选读_第三版_课后习题答案解析

美国文学选读第三版课后习题答案洁(部分) Unit 1 Benjamin Franklin Questions 1.Why did Franklin write his Autobiography? Franklin says that because his son may wish to know about his life, he is taking his one week vacation in the English countryside to record his past. He also says that he has enjoyed his life and would like to repeat it 2.What made Franklin decide to leave the brother to whom he had been apprenticed? His brother was passionate, and had often beaten him. The aversion to arbitrary power that has stuck to him through his whole life .After a brush with the law, Franklin left his brother. 3.How did he arrive in Philadephia? First he set out in a boat for Amboy, the boat dropped him off about 50 miles from Burlington, the next day he reached Burlington on foot, in Burlington he found a boat which was going towards Philadelphia, he arrived there about eight

美国文学题库(选择题网上合集)范文

1. For Melville, as well as for the reader and _________, the narrator, Moby Dick is still a mystery, an ultimate mystery of the universe. A. Ahab B. Ishmael C. Stubb D. Starbuck 2. Naturalism is evolved from re alism when the author’s tone in writing becomes less serious and less sympathetic but more ironic and more_____________. A. rational B. humorous C. optimistic D. pessimistic 3. Dreiser’s Trilogy of Desire includes th ree novels. They are The Financier, The Titan and_____ . A. The Genius B. The Tycoon C. The Stoic D. The Giant 4. The impact of Darwin’s evolutionary theory on the American thought and the influence of the nineteenth-century French literature on the American men of letters gave rise to yet another school of realism: American___________ . A. local colorism B. vernacularism C. modernism D. naturalism 5. Robert Frost combined traditional verse forms -the sonnet, rhyming couplets, blank verse -with a clear American local speech rhythm, the speech of _______farmers with its idiosyncratic diction and syntax. A. Southern B. Western C. New Hampshire D. New England 6. As an autobiographical play, O’Neill’s ___________(1956) has gained its status as a world classic and simultaneously marks the climax of his literary career and the coming of age of American drama. A. The Iceman Cometh B. Long Day’s Journey Into Night C. The Hairy Ape D. Desire Under the Elms 7. Apart from the dislocation of time and the modern stream-of-consciousness, the other narrative techniques Faulkner used to construct his stories include_________, symbolism and mythological and biblical allusions. A. impressionism B. expressionism C. multiple points of view D. first person point of view 8. Stylistically, Henry James’ fiction is characterized by____________. A. short, clear sentences B. abundance of local images C. ordinary American speech D. highly refined language 9. One of the characteristics that have made Mark Twain a major literary figure in the 19th century America is his use of____________ . A. vernacular B. interior monologue C. point of view D. photographic description 10. It is on his____________ that Washington Irving’s fame mainly rested. A. childhood recollections B. sketches about his European tours C. early poetry D. tales about America 11. At the middle of 19th century, America witnessed a cultural flowering which is called “____________________”.

(完整word版)美国文学选择题及答案

美国文学选择题及答案 1. William Faulkner is the author of ______. a. Far From the Madding Crowd b. Sound and Fury c. For Whom the Bell Tolls d. Scarlet Letter 2. Robert Frost is a famous_______. a. novelist b. playwright c. poet d. literary critic 3. The Old Man and the Sea is one of the great works by ________. a. Jack London b. Charles Dickens c. Samuel Coleridge d. Earnest Hemingway 4. _______refers to some contrast or discrepancy between appearance and reality. a. Allegory b. Conflict c. Irony d. Flashback 5. The great transcendental work by Henry David Thoreau is______. a. Nature b. Walden c. Experience d. Essays 6. Mark Twain shaped the world’s view of America and made a combination of _____and serious literature. a. American folk humor b. funny jokes c. English folklore d. American values 7. Who was the first American to achieve an international literary reputation after the Revolutionary War? a. Fennimore Cooper. b. Nathaniel Hawthorn. c. Walt Whitman. d. Washington Irving. 8. I Have a Dream is addressed by _____. a. Abraham Lincoln b. John F. Kennedy c. Martin Luther King d. Ralph Waldo Emerson 9. Which of the following is NOT a poem by Emily Dickinson? a. This is my letter to the world b. I heard a Fly buzz—when I died c. This is just to say d. Because I could not stop for death 10. Eugene O’Neil is an American ______. a. novelist b. playwright c. poet d. essayist 11. The period from 1865—1914 has been referred to as the _______in the literary history of the United States. a. Age of Realism b. Age of Classicalism c. Age of Romanticism d. Age of Renaissance 12. With “Collected Poems”, ______won the second Pulitzer Prize. a. Ezra Pond b. e. e. cummings c. Robert Frost d. William Cullen Bryant 13. Grass is a poem written by _______.