美国文学样卷及答案

1、济南大学考试试卷样卷 1I Matching (15 points)Match each of the following works in column A with its author in column B and write your answers on the Answer Sheet. Note: there are two extra authors .A B( ) 1. The Waste LandA. Tennessee Williams( ) 2. Sister CarrieB. Philip Freneau( ) 3. The Adventures of Tom Sa

2、wyerC. William Cullen Bryant( ) 4. The Call of the WildD. Carl Sandburg( ) 5. WaldenE. William Faulkner( ) 6. The Sound and the FuryF. Mark Twain( ) 7. Moby DickG. Theodore Dreiser( ) 8. The Emperor of Ice-CreamH. Jack London( ) 9. The Fall of the House of UsherI. Herman Melville( )10. A Farewell to

3、 ArmsJ. Edgar Allan Poe( )11. The Last of the MohicansK.Wallace Stevens( )12. The Glass MenagerieL. Henry David Thoreau( )13. FogM. James Fenimore Cooper( )14. The Wild Honey SuckleN. Ernest Hemingway( )15. Self-RelianceO.Walt WhitmanP.T.S.EliotQ.Ralph Waldo EmersonII Multiple-choice Questions (15 p

4、oints)There are 15 multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question and write your answers on the Answer Sheet.1. Romanticism appeared as a literary trend against .A. rationality B. imagination C. intuition D. individualism2. Moby Dick, the big white whale, is possi

5、ble read as symbolic of all the following EXCEPT.A. malignancy B. beauty C. adultery D. God3. The most important representatives of American transcendentalism, which once flourishedin New England as a philosophical and literary movement, are .A. Edgar Poe and James Cooper B. Emerson and WhitmanC. Ha

6、wthorne and Melville D. Emerson and Thoreau4.is con sidered the foun der of Psychological realism.A. Henry James B. Jack LondonC. Mark TwainD. NathanielHawthorne5. According to Emerson, man s capacity is .A. ambiguousB. limitedC. infiniteD. subsidiaryto God6. is regarded as an encyclopedia of everyt

7、hing: philosophy, religion, history, etc.A. NatureB. WaldenC. Moby DickD.TheScarlet Letter7. In her quiet and partially isolated life, Emily Dickinson makes enchanting poetry outof.A. a single household and an inactive lifeB. a few adventurous experiencesC. a happy and active lifeD. a hard and suffe

8、ring life8. fictional world is the best embodiment of the spirit of Jazz Age, in which he shows aparticular interest in the upper-class society, especially the upper-class young people.A. Eliot sB. Hemingway s C. Fitzgerald s D. Faulkner s9. Which one of the following statements is NOT true of Willi

9、am Faulkner?A. He is a master of stream-of-consciousness narrative.B. His writing is often complex and difficult to understand.C. He often depicts slum life in New York and Chicago.D. He represents a new group of Southern writers.10. In his poems, Walt Whitma n is inno vative in the terms of the for

10、m of his poetry, which isA. free verse B. bla nk verse C. alliteratio n D. end rhy ming11. By the turn of the cen tury, the publicati on of The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg andThe Mysterious Stranger marks the change in Mark Twain from toA. an almost despairi ng pessimist.a n optimistB. an optimist

11、 . an almost despairi ng pessimistC. a local colorist . a n aturalistD. a n aturalist . a local colorist12. I n the history of America n literature, Realism was a react ion againstand pavedthe way to Moder ni sm.A. Rati on alismB. Roma nticismC. NeoclassicismD.En lighte nment13. American , another s

12、chool of realism, resulted mainly from the impact ofDarwin s evolutio nary theory and the in flue nee of the 19th cen tury French literature.A. Transcenden talismB. NaturalismC. En lighte nmentD.Freudia nismThe term14. The American novelist Na thaniel Hawthorne is known for his“ black vision.“ black

13、 visio n” refers to.A. Hawthorne s observation that every man faces a black wallB. Hawthorne s belief that all men are by nature evilC. that Hawthor ne employed a dream visio n to tell his storyD. that Puritans of Hawthorne s time usually wore black clothes15. The moder n stream-of-c on scious ness

14、tech nique was freque ntly and skillfully exploited by to emphasize the react ions and inner mus ings of the n arrator. He captured the dialects of the Mississippi characters, in cludi ng Negroes and the redn eck, as well as more refined and educated n arrators like Quentin.A. Faulk nerB. Fitzgerald

15、C. Hemin gwayD. Stein beckIII Ide ntifyi ng (10 poi nts)Ide ntify the author and title of each of the follow ing excerpts andwrite your an swers on theAn swer Sheet.1. On the breast of her gow n, in fine red cloth, surroun ded with an elaborate embroidery and fan tastic flourishes of gold thread, ap

16、peared the letter A.2. The appariti on of these faces in the crowd;Petals on a wet, black bough.3. The woods are lovely, dark and deepBut I have promises to keepAnd miles to go before I sleepAnd miles to go before I sleep.”4. I celebrate myself, and sing myself,And what I assume you shall assume,For

17、 every atom bel onging to me as good bel ongs to you.5. For a mome nt he looked at me as if he failed to un dersta nd.“ I m Gatsby, ” he said suddenly.IV Short An swer Questi ons (30 poi nts)Answer the following questions briefly and write your answers on the Answer Sheet.1. William Faulkner is famo

18、us for h is creation of“ Yoknapatawpha Saga ” . What does“ Yokn apatawpha Saga ” mean? List at least two“ Yok napatawpha no vels2. What does Henry James “ the international theme Give oneexamap?) of Jamesno vel with “ the intern ati onal theme.”3. What does local color or regi on al literature mean?

19、 Why is Mark Twain regarded as a writer with the features of local colorism?4. Discuss briefly the symbolism in Stephe n CraneThe Red Badge of Courage.5. Identify the major features of Irving s writings.V Comme nt and In terpretatio n (20 poin ts)1. Comme nt on the follow ing topic and write your an

20、 swers on the An swer Sheet.Discuss the significance of Eugene O Neill in American liYteoruatcuaren.discuss the questionfrom such aspects as his contribution to modern American drama, his representitive works and the major themes in his plays, etc.2. Interpret the following passage by answering the

21、questions briefly.Write your answers on the Answer Sheet.When Miss Emily Grierson died, our whole town went to her funeral: the men through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument, the women mostly out of curiosity to see the inside of her house, which no one save an old man-servant a c

22、ombined gardener and cook had seen in at least ten years.s house was leftIt was a big, squarish frame house that had once been white , decorated with cupolas and spires and scrolled balconies in the heavily lightsome style of the seventies, set on what had once been our most select street. But garag

23、es and cotton gins had encroached and obliterated even the august names of that neighborhood; only Miss Emilylifting its stubborn and coquettish decay above the cotton wagons and the gasoline pumps an eyesore among eyesores. And now Miss Emily had gone to join the representatives of those august nam

24、es where they lay in the cedar-bemused cemetery among the ranked and anonymous graves of Union and Confederate soldiers who fell at the battle of Jefferson.Alive, Miss Emily had been a tradition, a duty, and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town , dating from that day in 1894 when Co

25、lonel Sartoris, the mayor he who fathered the edict that no Negro woman should appear on the streets without an apron remitted her taxes. The dispensation dating from the death of her father on into perpetuity . Not that Miss Emily would have accepted charity. Colonel Sartoris invented an involved t

26、ale to the effect that Miss Emily s father had loaned nm,ownheiychtoththee towtown, as a matter of business, preferred this way of repaying. Only a man of Colonel Sartoris generation and thought could have invented it, and only a woman could have believed it.Questions:1) Who is the author and where

27、is this passage taken from?2) What kind of person is Emily Grierson in this story?3) Why was the death of Miss Emily compared to a“ fallen monument ”?VI Poem Analysis (10 points)Analyze one of the following two poems and write your answers on the Answer Sheet . Anecdote of the JarI placed a jar in T

28、ennessee,And round it was, upon a hill.It made the slovenly wildernessSurround that hill.The wilderness rose up to it,And sprawled around, no longer wild. The jar was round upon the ground And tall and of a port in air.It took dominion every where.The jar was gray and bare.It did not give of bird or

29、 bush, Like nothing else in Tennessee.Annabel LeeIt was many and many a year ago,In a kingdom by the sea,That a maiden there lived whom you may knowBy the name of ANNABEL LEE;And this maiden she lived with no other thoughtThan to love and be loved by me.She was a child and I was a child,In this king

30、dom by the sea,But we loved with a love that was more than love-I and my Annabel Lee-With a love that the winged seraphs of heavenCoveted her and me.And this was the reason that, long ago,In this kingdom by the sea,A wind blew out of a cloud by nightChilling my Annabel Lee;So that her high-born kins

31、man cameAnd bore her away from me,To shut her up in a sepulchreIn this kingdom by the sea.The angels, not half so happy in Heaven,Went envying her and me:-Yes! that was the reason (as all men know,In this kingdom by the sea)That the wind came out of a cloud, chillingAnd killing my Annabel Lee.But ou

32、r love it was stronger by far than the loveOf those who were older than we-Of many far wiser than we-And neither the angels in Heaven above,Nor the demons down under the sea,Can ever dissever my soul from the soulOf the beautiful Annabel Lee:-For the moon never beams without bringing me dreamsOf the

33、 beautiful Annabel Lee;And the stars never rise but I see the bright eyesOf the beautiful Annabel Lee;And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the sideOf my darling, my darling, my life and my bride,In her sepulchre there by the sea-In her tomb by the side of the sea.课程考试试卷(样卷1)评分标准(含参考答案)课程名称：美国文学

34、史及选读I Matching (15 points, 1 point each).1 分。1 分。1-5 PGFHL 6-10 EIKJN 11-15 MADBQ本题评分标准：本题为匹配题，共15个小题，每小题 1分，共 15 分。错一题扣II Multiple-choice Questions (15 points, 1 point each).1-5 ACDAC 6-10 CACCA 11-15 BBBBA本题评分标准：本题为单选题，共15个小题，每小题 1分，共 15 分。错一题扣III Identifying (10 points).1. Nathaniel Hawthorne (1

35、分)The Scarlet Letter (1 分 )2. Ezra Pou nd（1 分）3. Robert Frost （1 分）4. Walt Whitman （1 分）5. F. Scott Fitzgerald（1 分）本题评分标准：本题为识辨题，共 各占1分，单词拼错此项不得分In a Station of the Metro （1 分）Stopp ing by Woods on a Snowy Evening （1 分）Song of Myself （1 分）The Great Gatsby （1 分）5个小题，每小题2分，共10分。作家及作品名称 （作家名字缩写可得分）。IV

36、Short An swer Questio ns （30 poin ts, 6 points each）1. In his writing, William Faulkner created a mythical county of Yoknapatawpha as the setting of many of his works. （2 分）Faulkner works set in Yoknapatawpha county have been termed Yokn apatawpha saga since Faulk ner writes about the histories of a

37、 nu mber of souther n aristocratic families. （2 分）The representative novels include The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying . （2 分）（注：本小题共三个要点，每个2分。作品举例亦可为Light in August, Absalom, Absolom!,A Rose for Emily 等）2. Intern ati onal Theme means the confron tati on betwee n America ns and Europea ns, Ameri

38、ca ninnocence in con tact and con trast with Europea n decade nee and moral and psychological complications arising therefrom. （3 分）The American in James s novel is usually optimistic, and democratic but lack ing the kno wledge, culture, and sophisticatio n of the Europea ns, while the Europea n is

39、cultured and elega nt but perhaps overly sophisticated, and even on occasi on cruel and evil.（2 分）Example : The Portrait of a Lady （1 分）（注：本小题共三个要点。作品举例亦可为Daisy Miller等）3. Local color or regional literature is fiction and poetry that focuses on the characters, dialect, customs, topography, and other

40、 features particular to a specific region. （3 分）.Mark Twain preferred to represent social life through portraits of local places which he knew best. His masterpiece, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, is a good example of his local colorism. It isa keen realistic portrayal of regional character and

41、 frontier experience on the Mississippi. The book is written in the unpretentious, colloquial and poetic style. Different dialects are spoken in it, which makes the no vel have local color and more vivid. （3 分）.（注：本小题共两个要点，每个要点3分。）4. In the novel, Crane uses symbols in many different ways and on man

42、y different levels by creati ng unu sual and compell ing colors and ani mal images. Red is the most importa nt color in the book. It is related to battle as it symbolizes the blood , the rage which a soldier feels, and the color of the flag. It also seems to be related to any strong emotion such as

43、hate. （3 分）The title of the book, The Red Badge of Courage , refers to the bloody wounds received in battle. These wounds are symbolic of courage.（3 分）（注：本小题共两个要点，每个要点3分）5. First, Irving avoids moralizing as much as possible; he wrote to amuse and entertain. （1.5分）Then he is good at enveloping the s

44、tory in an atmosphere. （1.5 分）His charaters are vivid and true so that they tend to linger in the mind of the reader. （1.5 分）There is a sense of humor in his writing, so it is difficult not to smile after reading him. （1.5 分）（注：本小题共四个要点，每个要点 1.5分）本题评分标准：本题为简答题，共5个小题，每小题6分，共30分，基本按照要点计算分数，只写出关键词可得分。关

45、键单词拼写错误视情况扣0.5至1分。V Comme nt （20 poi nts）1. O Neill is America gseatest playwright, the first uni versally recog ni zed world dramatic American produced. He is regarded as “ thefounder of the American drama ” since he virtually established the modern American theatre. He was the first playwright to

46、explore serious themes in theatre. With him, American drama developed into a form of literature. And in him, American drama came of age. He won the Pulitzer Prize four times and was the only American dramatist ever to win a Nobel Prize. （4 分）In his play O Neilldeals with such major themes as men s s

47、truggles with his own fate,loss of self and alienation. （3 分）The autobiographical Long Days Journey Into Night marks the climax of O Neill s literary career and the coming of age of America n drama. Ano ther importa nt play The Hairy Ape concerns the problem of moder n man Sden tity. Yank sense of b

48、el onging no where, hence homeless ness and rootless ness, is typical of the mood of isolati on and alie nati on in the early 20th century. （3 分）（注： 本小题基本按三个要点计分：“ position ”，“ major themes ” ,“ reprisentitive works2. 1） It is from“ A Rose for Emily ” written by William 分ajulkner.2）Emily, an eccentr

49、ic spinster, is stern-minded and extremely isolated. She seems to cling to a by-gone era when her family was given prominence. As the product of an earlier era , she surrounds herself with reminders of the past and she has the need to deny loss. （4 分）3）Emily refuses to accept the passage of time, or

50、 the in evitable cha nge and loss that accompa nies it. She is regarded as the symbol of traditi on and the old way of life. Thus her death is like the falling of a monument. （4 分）本题评分标准：本题为论述题，共2个小题，每小题10分，共20分，基本按照要点计算分数，只写出关键词可得分。但因属开放型题目，学生可以有独创见解，可不拘泥于答案，只要回答切题且合理都可酌情得分。关键单词拼写错误视情况扣0.5至1分，语言运用及

51、句子结构或拼写错误很多从而影响意思表达等情况扣2分。VI Poem An alysis （10 poi nts）An ecdote of the JarThis poem was written by an important poet in modern American literature, WallaceSteve ns（ 1 分）.This is a symbolist poem illustrati ng the order of art in the midst of the con fusi on of life, and their mutual in flue nee. T

52、he theme of the poem is about the relatio nship betwee n reality and imagination, between art and nature .（4 分）This poem is also unique for its unusual use of symbols. The“ jar -maderndnect,accord ing to the philosophical idea of Wallace Steve ns, can be regarded as the symbol of art, and the “ I ”h

53、 o put the jar in Tennessee, can be a symbol of artist. The “ wildernessin Tennessee ” can be regardedthe symbol of nature. （ 5 分）（注：本小题基本按三个要点计分，第一个要点poet”l,第二个要点“ theme视情况3至4分，第三个要点“ symbols视情况4至5分，解释：1至2分。）Ann abel LeeThis poem is written by Edgar Allan Poe. （ 1 分）It is regarded as the culminatio

54、n of Poe s lyric style in his recfjtirenlbttseofea beautiful and loved woman. Using a melodious narrative form, the speaker laments the death, many years ago, of his beloved young bride Annabel Lee. It is an astonishing example of the immortality of young love. （ 4 分）Devices of sound are used to gov

55、ern the mood within a poem and unify the poem. For example, the repititi on of words, phrases and lines is used to creat a kind of ballad quality. It suggests that the love is such an ideal one that it has become a popular lege nd which is cherished by people for generations. The repitition of some

56、sounds, presented in the form of alliterati on, consonance and rhyme also con tributes to the echo ing sound effect, and it suggests the speaker s haunting memory of his beloved girl.5 分）（注：本小题基本按三个要点计分，第一个要点“poet 分1,第二个要点“theme视情况3至4分，第二个要点devices of sou nd”视情况4至5分，解释：1至2分。）本题评分标准：本题为诗歌分析题，两个小题选做其一

57、，共10分，基本按照要点计算分数，只写出关键词可得分。但因属开放型题目，学生可以有独创见解，可不拘泥于 答案，只要回答切题且合理都可酌情得分。关键单词拼写错误视情况扣0.5至1分，语言运用及句子结构或拼写错误很多从而影响意思表达等情况扣2分。大学考试试卷样卷 2I Matchi ng （15 poi nts）Match each of the following works in column A with its author in column B and write your answers on the Answer Sheet. Note: there are two extra authors .A. Arthur MillerB. herman MelvilleC. William Cullen BryantD. Carl SandburgE. William FaulknerF. Mark TwainG. Stephen CraneH. Jack LondonI. Henry JamesJ. Robert Frost K.W