PART Ⅲ Twentieth-Century Literature
Ⅰ. Each of the following below is followed by four alternative answer. Choose the one that would complete the statement and put the letter in the blank.
21. Strong affinity to the Chinese and Oriental literature can be found in the works of __B__.
A. Mark Twain B. Ezra Pound C. Emily Dikinson D. Arthur Miller
22. "In a Station of the Metro" is regarded by critics as a classic specimen of ___D____.
A. the absurd poetry B. the transcendental poetry
C. the romantic poetry D. the imagist poetry
23. The founder of the American drama is __B_____.
A. Arthur Miller B. Eugene O'Neill
C. Tennesee Williams D. Clifford Odets
24. F. Scott Fitzgerald is not the author of ___D____.
天津今天限号A. This Side of Paradise B. Tender is the Night
C. The Great Gatsby D. In Our Time
37.Robert Frost combined traditional verse forms -- the sonnet
,rhyming couples , bland verse -- with a clear American local speech rhythm ,the speech of farmers with its idiosyncratic diction and syntax. D
A. Southem B. Westeren
C. New Hampshire D. New England
13. More than five hundred poems Dickinson wrote are about nature， in which her general Skepticism about the relationship between ___C___ is well-expressed.
A. man and man B. men and women
C. man and nature D. men and God
25. As Fitzgerald‘s writing style is concerned， which of the following is right D
A. The author dropped off the device of having events observed by a “central consciousness”。
B. His intervening passages of narration leaves the tedious process of transition to the author‘s imagination.
C. The scenic method is employed， each of which consists of one or more dramatic scenes.
D. His diction and metaphors are partially original and details accurate.
26. Which of the following is not written by Ernest Hemingway， one of the best-known American authors of the 20th century C
A. The Sun Also Rises B. The Old Man and the Sea
C. Mosses From the Old Manse D. The Green Hills of Africa
27. Which of the following statements is right about the novel A Farewell to Arms D
A. The author favored the idea of nature as an expression of either god‘s design or his beneficence.
B. The author attempted to write the epitaph to a decade and to the whole generation in the 1930s.
C. The author emphasizes his belief that man is trapped both physically and mentally and suggests that man is doomed to be entrapped.
D. It tells a story about the tragic love affair of a wounded American soldier with an Italian nurse.
28. Which of the following is depicted as the mythical county in William Faulkner‘s novel
s D
A. Cambrige. B. Oxford.
C. Mississippi. D. Yoknapatawpha.
29. To Faulkner， the primary duty of a writer was to explore and represent the infinite possibilities inherent in human life. Therefore a writer should ___D___.
e路航 A. observe with no judgment whatsoever
B. reduce authorial intrusion to the lowest minimum
C. observe at a great distance and sometimes participate in the events
D. both A and B
7.Which is not the main concern of Emily Dickinson’ poetry? D
A.her own experience B.nature
C.love D.industrialization
9.Fitzgerald never spared an intimate touch in his fiction to deal with __A__ of the American Dream.
A.the bankruptcy B.the success
C.the fulfillment D.the forming
10.__C__ is Hemingway’s first true novel.
A.In Our Time B.For Whom the Bell Tolls
C.The Sun Also Rises D.The Old Man and the Sea
36.Chinese poetry and philosophy have exerted great influence over _A___.
A.Ezra Pound B.Ralph Waldo Emerson
C.Robert Frost D.Emily Dickinson
24.The subject matter of Robert Frost’s Poems focuses on A .
[A] ordinary country people and scenes
[B]battle scenes of ancient Greek and Roman legends
新款奥迪a5[C]struggling masses and crowded urban quarters
[D]fantasies and mythical happenings
30.Which terms can best describe the modernists’ concern of the human situation in their fiction? A
[A]Fragmentation and alienation.
[B]Courage and honor.
[C]Tradition and faith.
[D]Poverty and desperation.
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