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1、精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上英美文学练习测试题库及答案 本科I Of the four alternative answer, choose the one that would best complete the statement: 1. Benjamin Franklin was born in the family of a small _. A. Landlord B. merchant C. lawyer D. clergyman2. Ralph Waldo Emersons leading reputation began with the publication of_. A.
2、Essays B. Nature C. Oversoul D. Self-Relience3. Ellen Poe was both a poet and a _. A. dramatist B. essayist C actor D. fiction writer.4. Nathaniel Hawthornes view of man and human history originates in _. A. Puritanism B. Socialism C. Transcendentalism D. naturalism5. Walt Whitman was born and broug
3、ht up in a family of a _. A. Peasant B. carpenter C. captain D. printer6. Mark Twains first successful literary work is _.A. The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County B. Life on the MississippiC. The Adventure of Tom Sawyer D. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn7. Closely related to Emily Dicki
4、nsons religious poetry are her poems concerning _. A. Childhood B.youth and happiness C. loneliness D. death and immortality8. Among the works of Dreiser, the bet known to the Chinese readers is _. A. An American Tragedy B. Sister Carrie C. Th Financier D. The Titan9. Robert Frosts works mainly focu
5、s on the landscape and people in _. A. the West B. American South C. New England D. Mississippi10. Most of the plays Eugene ONeill wrote are _. A. comedies B. . romances C. historical plays D tragedies11. Scott Fitzgerald is often acclaimed literary spokesman of the _. A. modern time B. young Americ
6、ans C. Jazz Age D. Guilded Age12. _ is Hemingways masterpiece, which is about the old fisherman Santiago and his losing battle with a giant marlin. A. Farewell to Arms B. For whom the Bell Tolls C. The Sun Also Rises D. The Old Man and The Sea13. As a great fiction writer, William Faulker devotes mo
7、st of his works to the description of the life and the people in the _. A. American West B. New England in America C. American South D. American North14. When he was young, Benjamin Franklin became an apprentice in a _. A. printing house B. store C. Tailors shop D. factory15. Ralph Emerson was born
8、in a family of a _. A. merchant B. businessman C. clergyman D. writer16. Ellen Poe began his literary career by writing _; A. short stories B. plays C. essays D. poems17. According to Nathaniel Hawthorne, there is _ in every hearer, which may remain latent, perhaps, through the whole life; but circu
9、mstances may rouse it to activity. A. evil B. virtue C. kindness D. tragedy18. Whitman is radically innovative in term of form of his poetry. What he prefers for his new subjects and new feelings is _. A. blank verse B. free verse C. heroic couplet D. sonnet19. Mark Twain shaped the worlds view of A
10、merica and made a combination of serious literature and _. A. American folk humor B. English folklore C. American traditional values D. funny jokes20. Altogether, Emily Dickinson wrote _ poems, of which only severn had appeared during her lifetime. A. 1145 B. 1775 C. 897 D. 78521. Theodore Dreiser i
11、s generally acknowledged as one of Americas literary _. A. realists B. naturalists C. romantists D. modernists22. In Frosts poems, images and metaphors in his poems are drawn from _. A. the simple country life B. the urban life C. the life on the sea D. the adventures and trips23. Scott Fitzgerald n
12、ever spared an intimate touch in his fiction to deal with the bankruptcy of the _. A. American Dream B. ruling classes B. American Capitalists D.American bourgeoisie 24. Eugene ONeill is regarded as the founder of American _. A. poetry B. drama C. fiction D. literature25. _ is Hemingways masterpiece
13、, which tells a story about the tragic love of a wounded American soldier with a British nurse. A. A Farewell to Arms B. The Sun Also Rises C. For Whom the Bell Tolls D. In Our Time26. William Faulkner was born in a family of a _. A. merchant B. colonel C. manager D. doctor27. In his essays, _ put f
14、orward his philosophy of the over soul, the important of the Individual and Nature.A. Nathaniel Hawthorne B. Washington Irving C. Mark Twain D. Ralph Waldo Emerson28. The chief spokesman of New England Transcendentalism is _A. Nathaniel Hawthorne B. Ralph Waldo Emerson C. Henry David Thoreau D. Wash
15、ington Irving29. _ literary world turns out to be a most disturbed, tormented and problematical one, which has much to do with his “black” vision of life and human beings.A. Herman Melvilles B. Washington Irvings C. Nathaniel Hawthornes D. Walt Whitmans30. Most of the poems in _ sing of the “en-mass
16、e” and the self as well.A. Leaves of Grass B. Drum Taps C. North of Boston D. The Cantos31. In _, Whitman airs his sorrow at President Lincolns death.A. “Cavalry Crossing a Ford” B. “A Pact” C. When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomd D. There was a Child Went Forth”32. In _, Whitmans own early exper
17、ience may well be identified with the childhood of a young growing America.A. “A Pact” B. “Song of Myself” C. “There was a Child Went Forth” D. “Cavalry Crossing a Ford”33. In _, Hawthorne sets out to prove that everyone possesses some evil secret.A. “The Custom-House” B. “Young Goodman Brown” C. “R
18、appaccinis Daughter” D. “The Birthmark"34._ is called by Hemingway the one from which “all modern American literature comes.”A. The adventures of Huckleberry Finn B. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer C. The Gilded Age D. Life on the Mississippi35. Theodore Dreisers forgiving treatment of the career
19、of his heroine in _ also draws heavily upon the naturalistic understanding of sexuality.A McTeague B. An American Tragedy C. Sister Carrie D. The Genius36. _ is a great giant of American, whom H.L.Mencken considers “the true father of our national literature.”A. Henry James B. Washington Irving C. M
20、ark Twain D. Theodore Dreiser37. _ is usually regarded as a classic book written for boys about their particular horrors and joys.A. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer B. The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnC. Innocents Abroad D. Life on the Mississippi38. _ is described by Mark Twain as a boy with “a sound
21、 heart and a deformed conscience.”A. Tom Sawyer B. Huckleberry Finn C. Jim D.Tony39. _ is considered to be Theodore Dreisers greatest work.A. An American Tragedy B. Sister Carrie C. The Financier D. The Titan40. The leading playwright of the modern period in American literature, if not the most succ
22、essful in all his experiments, is _A. Arthur Miller B. Tennessee William C. George Bernard Shaw D. Eugene ONeil41. The well-known soliloquy by Hamlet “To be , or not to be shows hisA. hatred for his uncle B. love for lifeC. resolution of revenge D. inner- strife42. _ is a play that concerns the prob
23、lem of modern mans identity.A. The Hairy Ape B. Long Days Journey Into Night C. The Iceman Cometh D. The Emperor Jones43. In a tragic sense, _ is a representation of life as a struggle against unconquerable forces in which only a partial victory is possible.A. For Whom the Bell Tolls B. In Our Time
24、C. The Old Man and the Sea D. A Farewell to Arms 44. Faulkner once said that _ is a story of “ lost innocence, which proves itself to be and intensification of the theme of imprisonment in the past.A. The Sound and the Fury B. Light in August C. Go Down, Moses D. Absalom, Absalom!45. In A Rose for E
25、mily, Faulkner makes best use of the _ devices in narration.A. Romantic B. Realistic C. Gothic D. Modernist46. _ is Hemingways first true novel in which he depicts a vivid portrait of “The lost Generation.”A. The Sun Also Rises B. A Farewell to Arms C. In Our Time D. For Whom the Bell Tolls47. The o
26、nly dramatist ever to win a Nobel Prize was _.A. Bernard Shaw B. Eugene ONeil C. Richard Brinsley Sheridan D. William Shakespeare48. By means of “free verse,” _ believes that he has turned the poem into an open field, an area of vital possibility where the reader can allow his own imagination to pla
27、y.A. Emily Dickinson B. Walt Whitman C. Robert Frost D. Ezra Pound49. An eccentric woman who refuses to accept the passage of time, or the inevitable change and loss that accompanies it may probably refer to _.A. Irene in The Man of Property B. Emily in A Rose for Emily C. Catherine in Wuthering Hei
28、ghts D. the widow Douglas in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn50. One source of evil that Nathaniel Hawthorne is concerned most is overreaching intellect. Which of the following stories is one of this kind?A. Rappaccinis Daughter B. Young Goodman Brown C. The Ministers Black Veil D. The Birthmark51. “
29、In your rocking-chair, by your window, shall you dream such happiness as you may never feel.” This is the last sentence of _ .A. Sister Carrie B. An American Tragedy C. The Genius D. Jane Eyre52. In Walt Whitmans “There was a Child Went Forth,” the child refers to _.A. the poet himself as a child B.
30、 any American child C. the young America D. one of the poets neighbor53. The _ techniques are used in some of Eugene ONeils plays to highlight the theatrical effect of the rupture between the two sides of an individual human being, the private and the public.A. naturalistic B. expressionistic C. str
31、eam-of-consciousness D. metaphysical54. Which of the following is true as far as Emily Dickinsons poetry is concerned?A. She seldom uses dashes. B. All her poems are about death or immorality. C. Her poems are very personal and meditative D. Her poems usually have well-chosen titles.55. In his poems
32、, Whitman tends to use _. A. oral English B. the Kings English C. American English D. old English56. As far as Nathaniel Hawthornes art is concerned, which of the following statement is true?A. His The Scarlet Letter tells a love story.B. His art is deeply influenced by Puritanism because he was a p
33、uritan himself.C. Young Goodman Brown is a story about superstition.D. Ambiguity is one of the salient characteristics of his art.57. “I like to see it lap the MilesAnd lick the Valleys up And stop to feed itself at TanksAnd then ” (Emily Dickinson, “I like to see it lap the Miles“)Here “it” refers
34、to _ .A. love B. death C. a fly D. the train58. Which of the following statements concerning Theodore Dreisers style is correct?A. Dreisers Cowperwood trilogy includes The Financier, The Titan and The GeniusB. His novels have little detail descriptions of characters and events. C. His novels are wri
35、tten in refined language.D. His style is not polished but very serious.59. _ has long been well known as a poet who can hardly be classified with the old or the new.A. Ezra Pound B. Robert Lee Frost C. T. S. Eliot D. Emily Dickinson60. F. Scott Fitzgerald skillfully employs the device of having even
36、ts observe by _ to his great advantage.A. a “central consciousness” B. his double vision C. more than one witness D. the protagonists61. Shakespeare wrote _sonnets. A. 125 B. 154 C. 245 D. 13862. Francis Bacon is not only a great _, but also the founder of modern science. A. poet B. essayist C. dram
37、atist D. novelist63. John Milton became blind mainly because of_. A. reading B. disease C. hard work D. accident64. Paradise lost is a great _ consisting of 12 books. A. epic B. story C. lyric poem D. narrative poem65.The most important representative work by Jonathan Swift is “_”. A. A Tale of a Tu
38、b B. The Battle of the Books C. A Modest Proposal D. Gullivers Travels66. The first comedy Sheridan wrote is _. A. The School for Scandal B. The Critic C. A Trip to Scarborough D. The Rivals67.”_” is the cooperative work of William Wordsworth and Samuel Coleridge. A. Tintern Abbey B. The Rime of the
39、 Ancient Mariner C. Lyrical Ballads D. Prelude68.“The Isles of Greece” is a part of Byrons masterpiece “_” A. Don Juan B. Childe Harolds Prigrimage C. Oriental Tales D. Manfred 69.Percy Shellys greatest achievement is his four- act poetic drama “_”. A. Men of England B. Prometheus Unbound C. Ode to
40、the West Wind D. The Revolt of Islam70.At the age of fifteen, Keats became an apprentice to a _. A. landlord B. apothecary C. stable keeper D. doctor71.Jane Austen was the daughter of a _.A. landlord B. merchant C. lawyer D. rector72.The novel Pride and prejudice by Austen mainly centres round the r
41、elationship between _.A. Mr.Bennet and Mrs.Bennet B. Darcy and ElizabethC. Bingley and Jane D. Sir William and Luccas73. Bronte Sisters are all outstanding _.A. essayists B. playwrights C. poets D. novelists74.Most of Hardys later works show his _ view of life. A. optimistic B. pessimistic C. practi
42、cal D. ironical 75. Structurally and thematically Bernad Shaw followed the great traditions of _ A. realism B. romanticism. C. modernism D. classicism76.Shakespeare is one of the greatest playwrights and _ the world has ever known. A. poets B. novelists C. essayists D. critics77.The greatest plays S
43、hakespeare creates are_. A. histories B. comedies C. tragedies D. tragicomedies78. Bacon is not only a essayist and philosopher, but also a _. A. lawyer B. scientist C. historian D. dramatist79.John Milton is a great poet in the _ PeoriD. A. Renaissance B. Neoclassical C. Romantic D. Realist80.The s
44、tory of Paradise lost is taken from _. A. a legend B. Bible C. an epic D. a folklore81.In 1689 Jonathan Swift became the _of Sir William. A. House-keeper B. servant C. private secretary D. steward82. The representative play Sheridan wrote is “ _”. A. The School for Scandal B. The Critic C. A Trip to
45、 Scarborough D. The Rivals83. Lyrical Ballads is the cooperative work of William Wordsworth and _. A. Samuel Coleridge B. Robert Southey C. John Keats D. Percy Bysshe Shelley84. The Isles of Greece of Byron is taken from “_”. A. Hours of Idleness B. Don Juan C. Childe Harold Pilgrimage D. Cain85. Th
46、e first long serious work of Shelly is _. A. The Necessity of Atheism B. Queen Mab C.The Spirit of Solitude D. Ode to the West Wind86. Keats father was a _. A. landlord B. apothecary C. stable keeper D. doctor87. Jane Austen was the daughter of a _.A. landlord B. merchant C. lawyer
47、 D. rector88. As a novelist, Emily Bronte was also good at writing_.A. essays B. plays C. poems D. stories89The first novel written by Thomas Hardy is “_”.A. Desperate Remedies B. Under the Greenwoodc. The Return of the Native D. The Mayor of Casterbridge90.Shakespeare was the son of a _. A. clerk B
48、. landlord C. trader D. lawyer91.”_” is NOT one of the four great tragedies of Shakespeare. A. Othello B. King Lear C. Romeo and Juliet D. Macbeth92.The total number of the essays published by Bacon is_. A.10 B.26 C.45 D. 5893.John Milton became blind at the age of 48,mainly because of_. A. reading
49、B. desease C. hard work D. accident94.Paradise lost is a great epic consisting _ books. A. 8 B. 10 C. 12 D. 1495.In 1689 Jonathan Swift became the _of Sir William. A. House-keeper B. servant C. private secretary D. steward96. The first comedy Sheridan wrote is “ _”. A. The School for Scandal B. The Critic C. A Trip to Scarborough D. The Rivals97.”_” is the cooperative work of Willi
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