专业英语八级英美文学知识分类模拟题4
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专业英语八级英美文学知识分类模拟题4
单项选择题
1. ______ was the only female American prose writer in the 19th century.
A.Emily Dickinson
B.Jane Austin
C.George Eliot
D.Harriet Beecher Stowe
答案:D
美国19世纪唯一的女散文作家是Harriet Beecher Stowe(哈利特·比彻·斯托)。Emily Dickirson(艾米丽·迪金森)是女诗人。另外两位是英国女作家。
2. Harriet Beecher Stowe's works mainly focus on ______.
A.romanticism
B.local colourism
C.naturalism
D.transcendentalism
答案:B
Harriet Beecher Stowe(哈利特·比彻·斯托)的作品充满了乡土气息。
3. Which of the following is the masterpiece by Harriet Beecher Stowe?
A.Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp
B.Sam Lawson's Fireside Stories'
C.Uncle Tom "s Cabin
D.The Gilded Age
答案:C
Uncle Tom's Cabin(《汤姆叔叔的小屋》)是斯托夫人最出名的作品。Dred A Tale of the Great Dismal
Swamp(《德雷德:阴暗大沼地的故事》)和Sam Lawson's Fireside Stories(《山姆·罗森的炉边故事》)也是她的作品,但没有前者有名。The Gilded Age(《镀金时代》)是Mark Twain(马克·吐温)的作品。
4. ______ is the masterpiece written by William Dean Howells.
A.The Rise of Silas Lapham
B.The Innocents Abroad
C.The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wison
D.The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
答案:A
The Rise of Silas Lapham(《塞拉斯·拉帕姆的发迹》)是威廉·迪恩·豪威尔斯的名作。其他三部,The Innocents Abroad(《傻瓜出国记》)、The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wison(《傻瓜威尔逊》)和The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg(《败坏哈德莱堡的人》)都是马克·吐温的作品。
5. Which of the following novels does not serve as a good example of William Dean Howells' definition of Realism - "nothing more and nothing less than the truthful treatment of material"?
A.The Rise of Silas Lapham.
B.The Modern Instance.
C.The Cop and the Anthem.
D.A Hazard of New Fortunes.
答案:C
The Cop and the Anthem(《警察与赞美诗》)是O·Henry(欧·亨利)的作品。《塞拉斯·拉帕姆的发迹》和The Modern Instance(《一个现代的例证》)以及A Hazard of New Fortunes(《新财富的危害》)都是豪威尔斯的作品,也都体现了他对现实主义所提出的定义。
6. ______ is the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens.
A.Mark Twain
B.O.Henry
C.Jack London
D.Theodore Dreiser
答案:A
马克·吐温是塞缪尔·朗荷恩·克莱门斯的笔名。
7. ______ is written according to Mark Twain's experiences as a steamboat pilot.
A.The Innocents Abroad
B.The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
C.The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
D.Life on the Mississippi
答案:D
Life on the Mississippi(《密西西比河上的生活》)是马克·吐温根据他做蒸汽船驾驶员时的经历撰写而成的。
8. Hemingway's comments as "from which all modem American literature comes" refer to Mark Twain's masterwork ______.
A.The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
B.The Prince and the Pauper
C.The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
D.A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
答案:C
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn(《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》)是马克·吐温最出名的作品,海明威曾把该书看作是“所有现代美国文学之源”。其他三部,The Prince and the Pauper(《王子与贫儿》),The Adventures of Tom Sawyer(《汤姆·索亚历险记》)和A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court(《亚瑟王宫廷中的美国佬》)也都是他的作品。
9. ______ is the pseudonym of William Sidney Porter, the author of Maggie's Gift.
A.Harry Porter
B.Jack London
C.O.Henry