Exercises for American Literature (I) - Chapter 3(1)

英国文学练习题1Exercises for English literature （1）I. Fill in the blanks.（25%）1. The Old English poetry can be divided into two groups: the_________poetry and the_________poetry.2. _________ is regarded as the "Father of English Song", the first known religious poet of England.3. In the second half of the 7th century, the first English poet, _________ by name, began to sing.4. The history of English literature begins in the__________ century.5._________, the first English poem, still intact as a whole piece today, is the greatest epic ever left by the ancient Germanic tribes and the most ancient ever since the demise of the Greek and Roman literatures6.It was __________ who decided that literature should be written in the vernacular or Old English.7.__________ is the first English poet ever to sign his composition8._________made the translation of the Bible from the Latin Vulgate Version into Middle English, the firstattempt ever to translate the Holy Scripture into English.9.The most important work of Alfred the Great is _________, which is regarded as the best monument of the OldEnglish Prose.10.__________ is the most prevailing literary form in the Middle Ages.11.The most magnificent prose work of the 15th century is Morte d' Arthur concerning with _________legend.12.Critics tend to divide Chaucer's literary career into three periods: the___________period, the__________periodand the_________period.13.Among the Middle English poets, three are the greatest. One is the author of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.The other two are _________ and____________14._________ was the first most significant poet in English history to write in Middle English.15.The Canterbury Tales contains the________ and 24 tales, four of which are fragments.16._________ is the author of Decameron, which has the similar way of telling stories to that of The CanterburyTales.17.The framework in The Canterbury Tales is a__________18.When Chaucer died in 1400, he was the first to be buried in Westminster Abbey and founded ________19.________, the first English printer, brought the technique of printing from movable type into England fromItaly.20.The Elizabethan age was one in which Renaissance t ransformed from Chaucer’s_____England intoShakespeare’s _______ one.21.The translation of the Homeric classics, Iliad and Odyssey, won _______ the title “a translator of the prince ofpoets”22.Thomas Wyatt, the first great Englsih sonneteer, introduced the ______ into England. He first used a couplet for the conclusion of sonnets---a practice followed by Shakespeare.23.Henry Howard, Earl of Surry, brought the _______ intoEnglish poetry in his translation of Virgils’ The Aenied, and it became the standard meter for Elizabethan and later poetic drama.24.Edmund Spenser is often referred to as "the poets' _______" because of his considerable influence on later poets.25.The word “euphemism” comes from John Lyly’s _________26.As a sonnet sequence, Sidney’s sonnet cycle ______________ was probably the first of its kind ever to appear in English literary history.27.The drama had gone through a number of phases over the centuries including those of the ____, the _____, the _______, the _______ and the _______drama.28.________ is considered the first great English dramatist and the most important Elizabethan playwright beforeShakespeare.29.Shakespeare's 154 sonnets fall into two series: one series are addressed to W. H, a young man, and the otheraddressed to a________30.A Shakespearean sonnet is composed of three four-line quatrains and a concluding two-line________31. The second period of English Renaissance is also called the________ period or the Age of________32. Soon after the ________was introduced by the Earl of Surrey in his translation of Virgil's The Aeneid, and it became the standard meter for Elizabethan and later poetic drama.33. Shakespeare's plays have been traditionally divided into four categories according to dramatic type: histories, _______ , tragedies and___________34. Though written in the form of an________, the characters in The Pilgrim's Progress impress the readers like real persons. The places in it are English scenes, and the conversations which enliven his narratives vividly repeat the language of the writer's time.35. The poems of John Donne belong to two categories: the _______ , and the___________ later.36. John Donne is the founder of the school of ____________. His works are characterized by mysticism in content and fantasticality in form.37. Because of the success of Paradise Lost, John Milton produced in 1671 another epic,________38. John Milton's Paradise Lost opens with the description ofa meeting among the fallen angels, and ends with the departure of _______ and___________from the Garden of Eden.39. The most distinguished literary figure of the Restoration Period was John Dryden, poet, _______ , and playwright.40. Paradise Lost is a long epic. The stories are taken from___________ .41. The Pilgrim's Progress tells of the spiritual pilgrimage of Christian, who flies form City of Destruction, and finally comes to the Delectable Mountains and the_____________42. Pamela is written in the form of a __________novel.43.____________ written by Sheridan is a clever satire on the sentimental and pseudo-romantic fancies of many young women of the upper classes of the 18th century.44. The biography of Samuel Johnson entitled Life of Johnson is frequently considered the best in the English language. The author of the book is_________45. The only important English dramatist produced in the18th century is___________46. Friday is a character in the novel___________.47__________is called the Father of the English Novel.48. Among the representatives of the Enlightenment, ______ was the first to introduce rationalism to England.49. The 18th century England is known as the Age of Enlightenment or the Age of_________50. __________is Alexander Pope's best satirical poem. Its satire is directed at Dullness in general.II. Choose the best answer.（23%）1.Beowulf is a ________ poem, describing an all-round picture of the tribal society.A. paganB. ChristianC. romanticD. lyric2.Caedmon's life story is vividly described in _______ 's Historic Ecclesiastica .A. GrendelB. BedeC. CynewulfD. Beowulf3.In English poetry, a four-line stanza is called_________A. heroic coupletB. quatrainC. Spenserian stanzaD. terza rima4.The work that presented, for the first time in English literature, a comprehensive realistic picture of themedieval English society and created a whole gallery of vividcharacters from all walks of life is most likely________A. William Langland's Piers the PlowmanB. Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury TalesC. John Gower's Confessio AmantisD. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight5.In the English Renaissance period, scholars began to emphasize the capacities of the human mind and the achievements of human culture. The most significant intellectual movement was______A. the ReformationB. geographical explorationsC. humanismD. the Italian revival6.Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia was a long _________ written in an elaborately artful prose.A. pastoral eclogueB. pastoral lyricC. pastoral romanceD. pastoral drama7.Sir Philip Sidney is known for the following three works EXCEPT__________A. ArcadiaB. Astrophel and StellaC. The Shepherd's CalendarD. Apology for Poetry8.The following playwrights belong to the "university wits", EXCEPT_________A. John LylyB. Ben JonsonC. Thomas KydD. Christopher Marlowe9.Which is NOT the works of Christopher Marlowe?A. LycidasB. Tamburlaine the GreatC. The Jew of MaltaD.The Tragic History of Doctor Faustus10.The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus is one of Christopher Marlowe's best works in which Dr. Faustus seeks ________ no matter at what cost and finally meets his tragic end as a result of selling his soul to the Devil.A. moneyB. immoralityC. knowledgeD. political power11.Which of the following plays does NOT belong to Shakespeare's great tragedies?A. OthellloB. MacbethC. Romeo and JulietD. Hamlet12.Which of the following plays does NOT belong to Shakespeare's comedies?A. Heary VB. The Merchant of VeniceC. A Midsummer Night's DreamD. The Winter's Tale13.An important variety of ode in the 16th century was________ , a poem in praise of marriage, conventionally following the course of the wedding day.A. hymnB. epithalamionC. odeD. ballad14.Which of the following poetic forms is the principal form of Shakespeare's dramas?A. lyricB. sonnetC. blank verseD. quatrain15.5. "Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested" is foundin_________ A. Francis Bacon's "Of Studies" B. Thomas More's Utopia C. John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress D. Fielding's Tom Jones16.6. In Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, Antonio could not pay back the money he borrowed from Shylockbecause__________A. his money was all invested in the newly-emerging textile industryB. his enterprise went bankruptC. Bassanio was able to pay his own debtD. his ships had all been lost17.The sentence "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" is the beginning line of one ofShakespeare's____________A. comediesB. tragediesC. sonnetsD. histories18.8. John Dryden's tragedy All for Love deals with the samestory as ___________ 's Antony and Cleopatra.A. William ShakespeareB. John MiltonC. Christopher MarloweD. John Bunyan19.9. In John Milton's Paradise Lost, Adam and Eve are forbidden to eat the fruit of the Tree of Knowledgeof___________A. Love and HateB. Good and EvilC. Faith and BetrayalD. Sense and Sensibility20.10. Which of the following novels by Henry Fielding satirizes the politicalsystem of England and the then Prime Minister Sir Robert Walpole?A. Joseph AndrewsB. Jonathan Wild the GreatC. The History of T om Jones, a FoundlingD. Amelia21.11. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan is often said to be concerned with the search for_________A. material wealthB. spiritual salvationC. universal truthD. self-fulfillment22.12. "To wage by force or guile eternal war, Irreconcilable to our grad Foe." (John Milton, Paradise Lost ) Bywhat means were Satan and his followers to wage this war against God?A. By planting a tree of knowledge in the Garden of Eden.B. By turning into poisonous snakes to threaten man's life.C. By removing God from His throne.D. By corrupting man and woman created by God.23.13. By making the truth-seeking pilgrims suffer at the hands of the people of Vanity Fair, John Bunyan intends to show the prevalent political and religious__________of his time.A. persecutionB. improvementC. prosperityD. disillusionment24.14. Essay on Criticism is a didactic poem written in______________A. alliterationB. heroic coupletC. sonnetD. blank verse25.15. Lives of the Poets consists of the biographies of 52 poets and affords some of the best-known pictures of the early English poets. Its author is_____________A. Samuel RichardsonB. Jonathan SwiftC. Joseph AddisonD. Samuel Johnson26.16. Jonathan Swift's famous prose work _______ is a satirical dialogue between the Ancients and the Moderns in the character of the Bee and the Spider.A. A Modest ProposalB. The Battle of the BooksC. The Drapier 's LettersD. A Tale of a Tub27.17. Of all the 18th century novelists, __________ was the first to set out in theory and practice, to writespecially a "comic epic in prose", and the first to give the modem novel its structure and style.A. Daniel DefoeB. Samuel RichardsonC. Henry FieldingD. Oliver Goldsmith28.Which of the following is NOT a character in the novel The History of T om Jones, a Foundling?A. BlifilB. SophiaC. Mr. AllworthyD. Amelia29._________ is the author of the first English dictionary by an Englishman--Dictionary of the English Language,which has become the foundation of all subsequent English dictionaries.A. Samuel JohnsonB. Laurence SterneC. Oliver GoldsmithD. Samuel Richardson30.In Sheridan's The School for Scandal, the man who wins the hand of his beloved as well as the inheritance ofhis rich uncle is__________A. Charles SurfaceB. Joseph SurfaceC. Sir Peter TeazleD. Sir Benjamin Backbite31.Modern English novel arose in the___________century.A. 16thB. 17thC. 18thD. 19th32._________was a progressive intellectual movement going on throughoutEurope in the 18th century.A. The RenaissanceB. Puritan MovementC. Romantic MovementD. The Enlightenment33.Sheridan's ___________ is the best English comedy since the days of Shakespeare.A. She Stoops to ConquerB. The RivalsC. The School for ScandalD. The Conscious Lovers34.Which of the following place does Gulliver visit first in Gulliver's Travels?A. LilliputB. BrobdingnagC. LaputaD. Houyhnhnms35.The rise and growth of ____________ is the most prominent achievement of the 18th century English literature,which has given the world such writers as Daniel Defoe, Jonathan Swift and Henry Fielding.A. nco-classical poetryB. realistic novelC. sentimentalist novelD. Gothic novel36. _________ is Poet Laureate in English Literary history?A. John DrydenB. Edmund SpenserC. William ShakespeareD. Christopher Marlowe37. The most significant intellectual movement of the Renaissance was________A. the ReformationB. humanismC. the Italian revivalD. geographical exploration38. Which of the following plays does not belong to Shakespeare's great tragedies?A. Romeo and JulietB. King LearC. HamletD. Macbeth39. Which statement about the Elizabethan age is not true?A.It is the age of translation.B.It is the age of poetryC. It is the age of exploration.D. It is the age of the protestant reformation.40. _________ first made blank verse the principal instrument of English dramaA. ShakespeareB. WyattC. SidneyD. MarloweIV. Definitions: (37%)1.alliteration2.assonance3.understatement4.blank verse5.heroic couplet6.iambic pentameter7.eclogue8.university wits9.renaissance hero10. Spenserian stanza。

American literature Teaching aims:Make the students make full of the materials in the textbooks.Improve the student’s reading ability and the ability to appreciate literature. Analyze the writing style of the story and have a good knowledge of the main c haracters’ feelings.Teach the students how to write a summaryTeaching important points:Find out time, place, characters, event, reason, plot and end of the story. Improve the student’s reading ability and the ability to appreciate literature. Teach the students how to write a summary.Teaching difficult points:Improve the student’s reading ability and the ability to appreciate literature. Make full of the material in the textbooksBrief IntroductionThe major themes in the literature of a country reflect important events or periods in the history of that country. Take American Literature for an example, it is mainly about native Americans, slavery, the Civil War, The Independent War, the Westward Movement and the relations between America and Europe. What’s more, most of us have read some famous novels or stories by American writers, such as Mark Twin, Ernest Hemingway , O Henry and so on. Today, we are going to learn O. Henry and his works. Teaching steps:I.Introduction of O. Henry (Page87 Ex2)plete the following passage with verbs given, using their proper form.Best noted for his short stories with surprising endings, O Henry is the pen name of William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), who is regarded as one of the most popular American writers in the twentieth century. Born in 1862, he was brought up and educatedby his aunt who ran a private school. Growing up, young William held various jobs: working for a drug store, a bank and a newspaper. In 1898, he was accused of having taken money from the bank where he once worked. He spent five years in prison, where he wrote a dozen of stories to earn money for his daughter. After he was set free, he settled in New York City, and successfully published many short stories.He gained immediate and lasting fame in the final decade before his death in 1910. O Henry hascontributed to American literature with great stories such as The Four Million, The Voice and the City and Cabbages and Kings, the Cop and Anthem and TheGiftfortheMagi. Then do you know how O. Henry finished writing The Gift for the Magi? Please turn to Page86.II. Writing Anecdoteplete the following passage with words from the box, using their proper form. In many cases, funny little stories can be told about the way in which great works of art came into being. Just so, there is an amusing anecdote to tell about one of O Henry’s most famous stories.O Henry was known to attend to all kinds of business, except what was really important. As a result, he often failed to finish his work on time. One year, as the deadline for the Christmas edition was approaching, his editor got anxious fearing that O Henry would let him down. On the final day before it was to be published, he visited the writer’s house desperate to hear when O Henry could finish the story that he had promised to write.Asked about the story, O Henry told him, “on the bed, a man and a girl are sitting side by side. They are talking about Christmas. The man has a watch chain in his hand. The girl has beautiful long hair, which hangs around his shoulders and her back, almost like a garment. That’s all I can think of now, bur the story is ing.” While the editor waited on O Henry’s shabby sofa in the living room, he wrote the story in less than three hours. Because of its surprise ending, it became one of the most lovedAmerican short stories of all times. This is the story TheGiftfortheMagi. Now, today we’re going to read the story A SacrificeForLove adapted from TheGiftfortheMagi. It is made up of two parts. We read the story as a whole.III. SkimmingPlease skim the passage to answer the two questions below.1.Do you know what type of literature the story belongs to?2.Can you tell me what you should pay attention to when reading it?Time: the day before Christmasand Jim, a poor coupleChristmas presents Della sells her beautiful long hair for 20 dollars,with which she buys a gold watch chain for Jim.: Jim sells his gold watch and buys a set of bs forDella.A Sacrifice For LoveEnding: They both sell their valuable things for the gift tothe other but both of the gifts don’t any use more,but they gain real love.Outset (para1-3)counted 1.87 dollars and wept because she had little moneyto buy a Christmas present.After having a metal struggle, Della sold herbeautiful long hair to buy Jima gold watch chain; On arrivalhome, she was on tenterhooksagain, worrying about that Jimwouldn’t love her any more.at her with a strange expression on his face.This is because he bought the set of beautifulbs that Della had been longing for, but thather hair was gone.Oute (paras7-9) The two beautiful presents don’t have any use more, because of losingtheir two valuable possessions.But they gain real love.IV. Careful readingPlease read the passage carefully to tell me how the story happened--- the process of the events.V. Writing style:1.When you read the end of the story, how do you feel?Maybe different people have different feelings about it, depending on what’s happiness in their soul. Some persons think that the ending makes people laugh with tears--- being poor makes us feel sad while the true love gives us happiness.However, the French writer Romain Rolland says, “ Happiness is flavor of soul （幸福是灵魂的香味）”, only those who experience it truly can enjoy such this warmth, such this fort and such happiness. As we often say, happiness is a kind of mood. We should keep a peace and active mood to treat luck and difficulty. On this condition, we can gain moving happiness in daily life.2.What are writing clues to the story?The story is described according to two writing lines, which are parallel. One is clear writing clue: presents, the other is hidden writing clue: love. In the end, although the presents don’t have any use because of buying their only two valuable possessions, the true love is still priceless. CoupleCouple3. What do you think of the language of the story? Can you give me two examples?The language is short and refine, moving and meaningful;The description of the main characters ’ minds makes readers more interested in reading itin pennies; saved; bargaining;counted; one dollar and eight-seven cents weptVI. SummaryThe story is well worth reading. In reality, if we want to enjoy more great works, we ’d better learn to make a summary after finish your reading in which you should explain something about the plot, characters, the theme of the story and your own opinion about it. Do you know what a summary is and how we write a summary?1. What ’s a summary?It ’s a fairy brief restatement of the content of a text in your own words.2. How do we write a summary?TimePlaceCharactersDella Sell Hair JimSellWatch Chain Love Poor DellaEventReasons Ending plot writerthemeoutline mentsModify: See if the content is the same as the original story andIf the grammar and spelling are rightEmbellish: See if the language is fluent and if the transition is naturalCopyPlease write a summary of the story according to the analysis of it and the pictures below..Look through the passage, Make a draftHow to write aSample writing:A sacrifice For LoveOn the day before Christmas, Della counted one dollar and 87 cents three times which she saved by bargaining with peddlers. She couldn’t help weeping because she had little money to buy a present for Jim, her husband.. She felt as if a cat, the fence and the yard seemed gray and disappointing. All of a sudden, a good idea flashed in her mind. She ran out to the street hurriedly, found a barbershop, sold her long beautiful hair and got20 dollars. The next two hours, she turned all the shops inside out so that she paid 21 dollars for a gold watch chain which is worthy of Jim’s watch. On arrival home, she was on tenterhooks again, worrying about Jim would blame her for the haircut. ing back home, Jim fixed his eyes on Della with a strange expression in his eyes. Della couldn’t read his mind. Didn’t he love his wife any more because she had her long hair cut off? Of course not, he bought the set of very precious bs Della had been longing for, but Della’s long hair was gone. Later, Della held out the gold watch chain to Jim, Jim said with a smile, “ I sold the gold watch to buy your bs.”The poor couple sold their only two possessions to buy Christmas presents for each other, which seemed useless at this time. The ending not only surprises readers but also somehow makes us sad and happy,which is laughing with tears. Although Della and Jim had a hard life, nevertheless their love is priceless.VII. HomeworkPlease write a short passage about love and duty in about 200 words or describe the plot of the story in your own words.。

人教版新高三Unit10 American literature(学生版）Unit10 American literature (students’ edition)Period 1 New words and expressionsTeaching aims and demands:(1) To learn some words and expressions .(2) To use the words and expressions correctly1.outcome n.结果;结局;后果[S1][(+of)]I think there can be but one outcome to this affair. 我认为这件事只可能有一种结局。

She was satisfied with the outcome of her efforts. 她对自己努力的结果很满意。

2.weepvi. 1.) 哭泣,流泪[(+over/for)]The girl wept over her sad fate. 那女孩为自己悲惨的命运而哭泣。

Mother wept for joy. 母亲高兴得流眼泪。

2.) 悲叹,哀悼[(+over/for)]We all wept in silence for the deceased. 我们都默默为死者哀悼。

vt. 流(泪);哭泣The little girl wept herself to sleep.小女孩哭着哭着入睡了。

n. 哭泣3.furnishvt. 1.) 给(房间)配置(家具等);装备[(+with)]How are you going to furnish the house? 你将如何布置房子?2.) 供应;提供[(+with/to)] I’ll furnish you with all you need. 我将提供你所需要的一切。

例.She rents a furnished flat. 她租了一套备有家具的单元房。

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英语：Unit10《American literature》测试（1）（大纲版高三全一册）Ⅰ. 单项填空1. —Do you regret having left your first job?—Why should I? I_______ as much, but I enjoy more of it.A. didn’t earnB. don’t earnC. hadn’t earnedD. haven’t earned【解析】选B。

考查动词时态。

句意：——你后悔离开你的第一份工作吗？——为什么我该后悔？虽然我现在挣的不如以前多，但是我却非常喜欢它。

根据句意，可知应用一般现在时，表示目前的一种状况。

2. —I hear you are thinking of moving?—We _______ a smaller house since our son’s marriage.A. are looking forB. have been looking forC. have looked forD. looked for【解析】选B。

考查动词时态。

根据since our son’s marriage可知应选择完成时态；再根据前句的一般现在时态可确定答案。

3. By the time Jane gets home, her uncle _______ for London to attend a meeting.A. will leaveB. leavesC. will have leftD. left【解析】选C。

句意为“等珍妮赶到家时，她叔叔也许已经前往伦敦去参加一场会议了”。

此处应为将来完成时。

4. There were three people on the helicopter, which _______ for a missing hunter at the time.A. searchedB. was searchingC. would searchD. would be searching【解析】选B。

Exercise Four美国文学自测题及参考答案II.Blanks: ( 10points, 1 point for each blank)Directions: In this part of the test, there are 9 items and 10 blanks. Fill in the best answer on the Answer Sheet according to the knowledge you have learned.1.The first American literature was neither ____ nor really ____.2.Of the immigrants who came to America in the first three quarters of the seventeenthcentury, the overwhelming majority was _____.3.The English immigrants who settled on America’s northern seacoast were called _____,so named after those who wished to “purify” the Church of England.4.Washington Irving, the Father of American literature, developed the _____ as a genre inAmerican literature.5.Franklin’s best writing is found in his masterpiece _____.6.The most outstanding poet in America of the 18th century was _____.7.In the early 19th century, “Rip Van Winkle” had established _____’s reputation at homeand abroad, and designated the beginning of American Romanticism.8._____ has sometimes been considered the father of the modern short story.9.In 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne brought out his masterpiece _____, the story of atriangular love affair in colonial America.Directions: In this part of the test, there are twenty items. Choose the best answer and write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.1. The Colonial Period of American literature stretched roughly from the settlement of America inthe early 17th century through the end of ________ century.A. the 18thB. the 19thC. the 20thD. 21th2. New-England’s Plantation was published in 1630 by ________A. Francis HigginsonB. William BradfordC. John SmithD. Michael Wigglesworth3. Of all the books written by Michael Wigglesworth the beat known is ________A. The Flesh and the SpiritB. The True TravelsC. The Day of DoomD. Christopher Columbus4. Benjamin Franklin was the epitome of the ______.A. American EnlightenmentB. Sugar ActC. Chartist movementD. Romanticist5. In the first section of Autobiography the writer addressed to ________A. his sonB. his friendsC. his wifeD. himself6. During 1807-1808, Washington Irving wrote for his br other’s newspaper called ________A. New York TimesB. Washington PostC. SalmagundiD. Daily News7. History of New York was published in 1807 under the name of ________A. Washington IrvingB. Diedrich KnickerbokerC. James Fenimore CooperD. John Whittier8. Rip Van Winkle was written by ________A. James Fenimore CooperB. Benjamin FranklinC. Washington IrvingD. Walt Whitman9. The Spy was written by James Fenimore Cooper in 1821. It is a novel about ________A. American Civil WarB. American RevolutionC. American West ExpansionD. The First World War10. Natty Bumppo is the hero in Cooper’s ________A. The PrecautionB. The SpyC. The Gleanings in EuropeD. Leatherstocking Tales11. ________ was regarded as a poet of the American RevolutionA. Philip FreneauB. Walt WhitmanC. Robert FrostD. Cal Sandburg12. The Raven was written in 1844 by ________A. Philip FreneauB. Edgar Allan PoeC. Henry Wadsworth LongfellowD. Emily Dickinson13. The Minister’s Black Veil was written by ________A. Edgar Allan PoeB. Nathaniel HawthorneC. Henry David ThoreauD. Ralph Waldo Emerson14. 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. Ninth MuseB. Tenth MuseC. Best MuseD. First Muse15. The ship ______ carried about one hundred Pilgrims and took 66 days to beat its way across the Atlantic. In December of 1620, it put the Pilgrims ashore at Plymouth, Massachusetts.A. SunflowerB. ArmadaC. MayflowerD. Titanic16. A new _____ had appeared in England in the last years of the 18th century. It spread to continental Europe and then came to America early in the 19th century.A. RealismB. Critical realismC. RomanticismD. Naturalism17. Washington Irving got his idea for his most famous story, Rip Van Winkle, from a ________A. Greek legendB. German legendC. French legendD. English legend18. Rip Van Winkle is found in Irving’s longer work, ________A. The Sketch BookB. History of New YorkC. Tales of a TravelerD. The Precaution19. ________ was often regarded as America’s first man of letters, devoting much of his career toliterature.A. Benjamin FranklinB. Philip FreneauC. Washington IrvingD. James Fenimore Cooper20. All the following novels are in Cooper’s Leatherstocking Tales except ________A. The PioneersB. The PrairieC. The DeerslayerD. The SpyDirections: In this part of the test, there are twenty titles. Judge the authors of these works and fill them on the Answer Sheet.1.Gleanings in Europe2.Oliver Goldsmith3.The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America4.“The Day of Doom”5. A History of New York6.The Last of the Mohicans7.The House of the Night8. A Forest Hymn9.“The Raven”10.“The Cask of Amontillado”11.Mosses from an Old Manse12.“Israfel”13.“The Flesh and the Spirit”14.Life of George Washington15.The Pathfinder16.“the Wild Honey Suckle”17.The Flood of Years18.“The Poetic Principle”19.The Blithedale Romance20.“The Indian Burying Ground”Directions: In this part of the test, there are five terms. Please give the definition for these terms. Scores will be given for the related contents. Four individual contents will be enough for four points.1. Knickerbocker2. Poor Richard’s Almanac3. Leatherstocking Tales4. Puritanism5. Benjamin FranklinV.Appreciation (10 points, 5 points for each)Directions: In this part of the test, there are two excerpts. Each of the excerpts is followed by three questions. Read the excerpts and answer the questions on the Answer Sheet.Part AFrom morning suns and evening dewsAt first thy little being came:If nothing once, you nothing lose,For when you die you are the same;The space between, is but an hour,The frail duration of a flower.1. Who is the poet of the poem and what is the title of the poem? (2 points)2. Tell the metrical structure and rhyme scheme of the poem. (1 point)3. What does the “little being” refer to? What meaning is suggested by the phrase “but an hour”?(2 points)Part BThe opinions of this junto were completely controlled by Nicholas Vedder, a patriarch of the village, and landlord of the inn, at the door of which he took his seat from morning till night, just moving sufficiently to avoid the sun and keep in the shade of a large tree; so that the neighbors could tell the hour by his movements as accurately as by a sundial. It is true he was rarely heard to speak, but smoked his pipe incessantly. His adherents, however (for every great man has his adherents), perfectly understood him, and knew how to gather his opinions. When anything that was read or related displeased him, he was observed to smoke his pipe vehemently, and to send forth short, frequent and angry puffs; but when pleased, he would inhale the smoke slowly and tranquilly, and emit it in light and placid clouds; and sometimes, taking the pipe from his mouth, and letting the fragrant vapor curl about his nose, would gravely nod his head in token of perfect approbation.From even this stronghold the unlucky Rip was at length routed by his termagant wife,who would suddenly break in upon the tranquility of the assemblage and call the members all to naught; nor was that august personage, Nicholas Vedder himself, sacred from the daring tongue of this terrible virago, who charged him outright with encouraging her husband in habits of idleness.1. Who was the writer of this story? What is the title of this story? (2 points)2. Who was Nicholas Vedder? (1 point)3. How did he express his opinions on public matters? (2 points)ment. (20 points, 10 points for each)Directions: In this part of the test, you are given five topics. Choose TWO of them and give a comment on the Answer Sheet. Scores will be given according to the content, grammar and the completeness of the related knowledge.参考答案I.Blanks: (10%)(每题1分，共10分，答错不给分)1. American literature2. English3. Puritans4. short story5. Autobiography6. Philip Freneau7. Washington Irving8. Edgar Allan Poe9. The Scarlet LetterII.Multiple Choice: ( 20%)(每题1分，共20分，答错不给分)1. A2. B3. C4. A5. A6. C7. B8. C9. B 10. D11. A 12. B 13. B 14. B 15. C 16.C 17. B 18.A 19. C 20. DIII.Identification (20%)（每题1分，共20分，答错不给分）1.James Fenimore Cooper2.Washington Irving3.Anne Bradstreet4.Michael Wigglesworth5.Washington Irving6.James Fenimore Cooper7.Philip Freneau8.William Cullen Bryant9.Edgar Allan Poe10.Edgar Allan Poe11.Nathaniel Hawthorne12.Edgar Allan Poe13.Anne Bradstreet14.Washington Irving15.James Fenimore Cooper16.Philip Freneau17.William Cullen Bryant18.Edgar Allan Poe19.Nathaniel Hawthorne20.Philip FreneauIV.Terms (20%)（每题4分，共20分。

Study Guide for American Literature Test Unit IDate of Test: Wednesday, January 27Directions: Answer each question completely. Some should be answered in paragraph form. Reread the selections carefully, seeking to understand each one and the historical context in which each piece was written. Study the following: the two early important New England Settlements. Name the flagship of each, thegovernor of each and the year each was settled. Who were the settlers of each?2.List and explain the basic Puritan beliefs.3.Differentiate between the Separatists and the Puritans.4.State the rhyme taught to Puritan children to teach the concept of original sin.5.What evidence is there that the works of Taylor, Bradstreet, Rowlandson, Edwards, and Bradfordshow influences of Puritan beliefs and theology?6.Define the following terms: typology, sovereignty and original sin7.Explain the function of Puritan writers and their style of writing.8.Explain some of the aspects of the Puritan Legacy.9.What was the Mayflower Compact? Explain the significance of this document in terms of itslasting effect on American history.10.List some of the challenges and methods of overcoming these challenges the Pilgrims faced.11.Who is considered to be the first American poet? What was the title of this work?12.What do Bradstreet’s writings reveal about her? Explain several aspects of her writing andprovide examples from the texts we have read to support your answer.13.What is Rowlandson’s attitude toward the Native Americans at first? H ow does her attitudechange? Is her account biased? Explain.14.What is the overall tone of this selection?15.Who was King Philip? What was his real name? As far as he was concerned, the kindness of hisfather, ____________, would become his curse.16.Why did the Wampanoags attack Lancaster Fort in 1676?17.Cite at least three displays of Rowlandson’s personal faith,18.What act of kindness does King Philip extend to Rowlandson? Why is this gesture unusual?19.What other acts of mercy did the Indians show Rowlandson?20.Cite several allusions to the Bible in this account. Why does she make so many references to theBible?21.Cite examples of Rowlandson’s survival techniques and her resourcefulness amidst danger anduncertainty.22.Identify and give examples from the readings of the following terms:a.allusion(all selections)b.metaphor (Edwards, Rowlandson,Bradstreet)c.extended metaphor (“Upon theBurning…”)d.imagery (Edwards)e.diction (what does the dictionsignify? Plain style?) f.personificationg.hyperbole (Edwards)h.paradox (“To My Dear and LovingHusband”)i.iambic tetrameterj.conceitk. repetition/parallelism (Edwards)23.Define the Great Awakening and explain why it was such a phenomenon among the colonies andwhat effects the Great Awakening had on American society.24. Who were the leading preachers of the Great Awakening?25.Explain the rhetorical devices Edwards uses in “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.”26.In the opening paragraph, what generalization does Edwards make regarding all people?27.Cite and explain an allusion Edwards uses in this famous sermon. Examples of imagery?28.What hope does Edwards offer in this sermon?29.What does he say to gain the attention of those thinking they will fall victim to God’s wrath?30.Response and Analysis Questions p. 135 of Holt text (“from History of the Dividing Line”)31.Response and Analysis Questions on “Upon the Burning of Our House”, p.32.Be able to discuss the controlling image in Edward Taylor’s “Huswifery.” the domestic items to which Taylor compares himself.34.What, basically, is this poem a prayer for God to do in his life?。

高三英语(yīnɡ yǔ)Unit 10—American literature人教版【本讲教育信息】一. 教学内容：Unit 10—American literature二. 课文难点句解析：A sacrifice for love1. Pennies saved one or two at a time by bargaining at the grocery, at the bakery and the butcher’s until one’s cheeks burnt这些硬币是在杂货店，面包房和肉店讨价还价争得面红耳赤从而一分，两分出来的。

at a time：每一次。

以time为核心的短语还有：at one time：曾经；从前；at the time：在那时；at times：有时；at no time：决不2. There was an electric bell that did not work , with a card next to it bearing the name “Mr. James Dillingham Young.〞还有一个不能用的电铃，旁边挂着一张卡片，上面写着“Mr. James Dillingham Young.〞work：起作用，奏效；正常运转You should check that smoke alarm is working properly.You need to find which method works best for you.bearing 在此表示：写着，=showing; reading3. Della finished crying and attended to her cheeks with the powder rag.Della哭完了，用粉饼在面颊(miàn jiá)上抹了一点粉。

attend to处理；照顾；I may be late. I have got one or two things to attend to.Are you being attended to, sir ?4. She had only $1.87 with which to buy Jim a present.如今她只有一元八角七分钱给Jim买礼物了。

Exercises for American LiteraturePart ⅣⅠ. Multiple choice:1.The end of _____ marked the beginning of what Mark Twain called The Gilded Age.A. The American War of IndependenceB. World War OneC. World War TwoD. The Civil War2. “A Psalm of Life” is a famous poem written by _____.A. Edgar Allan PoeB. Walt WhitmanC. Henry Wadsworth LongfellowD. Emily Dickinson3. By the 1870s _____ had waned.A. PuritanismB. the New England RenaissanceC. RealismD. Classicism4. By the end of the Civil War, _____ became the nation’s literary center.A. New Y orkB. BostonC. JamestownD. Los Angeles5. _____ had originated in France, a literary doctrine that called for reality and truth in the depiction of ordinary life.A. PuritanismB. New England RenaissanceC. RealismD. Classicism6. Local color began to decline _____ .A. after 1920B. by the turn of 19th centuryC. after 1910D. in the 1870s7. The arbiter of 19th century literary realism in America was _____ .A. William Dean HowellsB. Mark TwainC. Bret HarteD. Hamlin Garland8. The poetic style Walt Whitman devised is now called _____, that is, poetry without fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme.A. free verseB. blank verseC. lyricsD. sonnet9. “Song of myself” is a famous poem written by _____ .A. Emily DickinsonB. Walt WhitmanC. Henry Wadsworth LongfellowD. Edgar Allan Poe10. _____ was the first book of Mark Twain.A. Jumping frogB. Innocents AbroadC. Roughing ItD. The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn11. The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn is the masterpiece of _____ .A. Henry JamesB. William Dean HowellsC. Mark TwainD. Nathaniel Hawthorne12. In “The Cop and the Anthem” the main reason for Soapy to deliberately commitone crime after another is that _____ .A. he hates the wealthy peopleB. he just wants to revenge himselfC. winter is coming and Soapy has no refuge except the prisonD. he just does that for no reasons13. The Gift of the Magi is one of the best stories by _____ .A. O. HenryB. Mark TwainC. Harriet Beecher StoweD. Jack London14. Jack wrote the following except _____ .A. The Four MillionB. The People of the AbyssC. The Iron HeelD. The Call of the wild15. Which of the following novels is written by Jack London? _____ .A. The Portrait of a LadyB. The wings of the DoveC. The Scarlet LetterD. The Sea Wolf16. Theodore Dreiser’s masterpiece of Naturalism is _____ .A. An American TragedyB. The FinancierC. The TitanD. The StoicⅡ.Complete the following statements:1. Realism first appeared in the United States in the literature of ________ .2. James probed deeply at the individual ________ of his characters.American naturalist writers attempted to achieve extreme ________ and frankness.3. The naturalists emphasized that the world was ________ .4. Darwinism seemed to stress the ________ of man, to suggest that he was dominated by the irresistible forces of evolution.5. Most of the poems in Leaves of Grass are about man and ________ .6. Many of Dickinson’s poems were based on single ________ or symbols.7. O. Henry imitated ________ as a model.8. Jack London was influenced by the teaching of Marx, Nietzsche and ________ .1.Dreiser’s ________ consists of The Financier, The Titan and The Stoic.2.Dreiser’s greatest and most successful novel was ________ .Ⅲ.Define the literary terms listed below:1. The Gilded Age2. International Theme3. Realism4. NaturalismPart ⅤⅠ. Multiple choice:1. Writer of the first postwar era self=consciously acknowledged that they were _____ .A. a Lost GenerationB. a Beat GenerationC. a Jazz GenerationD. None of the above2. During the 1920s William Faulkner published one of the influential Americannovels of the age, _____ .A. The Sound and the FuryB. An American TragedyC. Winesburg, OhioD. The Waste Land3. After _____ a group of new American dramatists emerged, and the Americantheater ceased to be dependent on the dramatic traditions of Europe.A. the War of IndependenceB. the Civil WarC. World WarⅠD. World WarⅡ4. _____ came as a burst of literary achievement in the 1920s by Negro playwrights,poets and novelists who prepared the way for the emergence of numerous black writers after mid-century.A. The Lost GenerationB. The Beat GenerationC. The Harlem RenaissanceD. The New American Theater5. “The apparition of these faces in the crowd;Petals on a wet, black bough.”These lines were written by _____ .A. Ezra PoundB. T. S. EliotC. Robert FrostD. Carl Sandberg6. Edwin Arlington Robinson was honored with the Pulitzer Prize for _____ .A. three timesB. twiceC. onceD. four times7. The central image of Frost’s “Design” is _____ .A. a flyB. a mothC. a spiderD. a bird8. Which of the following statements is NOT true about the writing atyle of CarlSandburg ? _____ .A. He avoided regular stanza pattern and traditional blank verseB. He wrote an utterly free verseC. He developed Whitman’s long line but moderated its rhetorical impact andintensityD. His poems are often difficult to understand and rich in allusions9. T. S. Eliot won the Nobel Prize for literature in _____ .A. 1948B. 1949C. 1950D. 195110. T. S. Eliot deserves the following titles except _____ .A. a great poetB. a dramatistC. a literary criticD. a great novelist11. In 1954 _____ was awarded a Nobel Prize for his mastery of the art of modernnarration.A. John SteinbeckB. William FaulknerC. Ernest HemingwayD. T. S. Eliot12. The central theme of Faulkner’s works focuses on _____ .A. the county of Y oknapatawphaB. the universal theme of the problems of the human heart in conflict with itselfC. the AmericansD. Oxford13. _____ received the 1950 Nobel Prize for literature.A. William FaulknerB. Ernest HemingwayC. John SteinbeckD. T. S.Eliot14. “A Rose for Emily” is a famous short story written by _____ .A. William FaulknerB. Ernest HemingwayC. John SteinbeckD. Sherwood Anderson15. Which of the following works of Hemingway is NOT about the war? _____ .A. Death in the AfternoonB. A Farewell to ArmsC. The Sun Also RisesD. For Whom the Bell TollsⅡ.Complete the following statements:1. ________ stands as a great dividing line between the 19th century andcontemporary America.2. The Lost Generation writers were devoid of faith and ________ from acivilization.3. In the 1920s the most prominent American playwright was ________ .4. In “A Pact”, the poet makes a pack with ________ .5. Robinson was interested in the ________ legends.6. The later works of Stevens became increasingly meditative and ________ .7. The first of Four Quartets by T. S. Eliot is ________ .8. The Waste Land introduces a poetic form---- the ________ of related themes insuccessive movement.9. In his best novels, Fitzgerald had revealed the stridency of an age of glittering______.10. ________ was the spokesman for the “Lost Generation”.11. For Whom the Bell Tolls was set in Spain during the ________ .12. A farewell to Arms portrayed a farewell both to war and ________ .13. In 1954, Hemingway was awarded the Nobel Prize for his “mastery of the art ofmodern ________”.14. John Steinbeck was the foremost novelist of the American ________ in the1930s.15. Faulkner’s Snopse Trilogy consists of ________ , The Town and The MansionⅢ.Define the literary terms listed below:1.Avant-garde2. The Lost Generation3. The New American Theater4. Stream of ConsciousnessⅣ.Answer the following question:1. Discuss the thematic concerns of A Farewell to Arms.2. Discuss the themes of William Faulkner.。