陶洁《美国文学选读》(第3版)配套题库含考研真题精选(高教版美国文学选读-陶洁_翻译)
本书为陶洁《美国文学选读》(第3版)教材的配套题库,主要包括以下内容:
第一部分为考研真题精选。本部分精选了名校的考研真题,按照题型分类,并提供了详细的参考答案。通过本部分,可以熟悉考研真题的命题风格和难易程度。
第二部分为章节题库。结合国内多所知名院校的考研真题和考查重点,根据该教材的章目进行编排,精选典型习题并提供详细答案解析,供考生强化练习。
第一部分 考研真题精选
一、填空题
1. in his autobiography, _____creates the image of a self-made man and demonstrates his belief that the new world of america was a land of _____which might be met through hard work and wise management.[天津外国语学院2011研]
【答案】benjamin franklin, opportunities
【解析】富兰克林是美国启蒙时期与独立战争时期的代表人物。他的《自传》是美国第一部成功的传记体作品,文中树立的主人公形象激励了一代又一代的美国人去追求美国梦。
2. in his novel, william faulkner has invented a county named _____ and the seat of the county _____. [国际关系学院2009研]
【答案】yoknapatawpha; the town of jefferson
【解析】福克纳在自己的一系列著作中虚构了位于密西西比州北部的约克纳帕塔法县,这个县的中心是杰弗逊镇。
3. eugene o’neill borrowed freely from the best traditions of ____ drama, be it greek _____, or the _____ of ibsen, or the _____ of strindberg.(国际关系学院2010研)
【答案】european;tragedies;realism;expressionism
【解析】尤金·奥尼尔是被称为“美国戏剧之父”,其戏剧融合欧洲戏剧传统的精华,包括希腊的悲剧,易卜生现实主义剧作和斯特林堡的表现主义。
4. the compsons, the sartorises, and the sutpens are representative southern aristocratic families in ______’s novels, and they are all portrayed as prisoners of the past, who cannot reconcile with the fall of the south after ______. [天津外国语2013研]
【答案】william faulkner; the civil war
【解析】这三个家族是福克纳关于南方贵族的三个代表,在这些作品中,主人公们生活在过去的牢笼中,无法接受美国内战后南方的衰落。
5. in ______, a novel about american civil war, the protagonist keeps asking himself the question. “will i run from a battle?” and at last he does run away from the battle field. [天津外国语学院2009研]
【答案】the red badge of courage
【解析】《红色英勇勋章》是以美国内战背景,讲的是名叫亨利的青年怀着对战争的美妙幻想,不顾母亲的反对,参加了北方军。虽然战争很刺激,但是面对死亡的威胁,他动摇了。他一直问自己:“我会从战场上逃跑吗?”后来,他还是从阵地上逃跑了。后来,他为此十分内疚,重上战场,获得显赫战功,但是无论他逃跑时的怯弱还是冲锋时的英勇都不过是一种歇斯底里的表现。
6. set in spain during the civil war, the novel _____ stated again hemingway’s view of love found and lost, and described the indomitable spirit of the common people. [人大2006研]
【答案】for whom the bell tolls
【解析】海明威的小说《丧钟为谁而鸣》(for whom the bell tolls)以西班牙内战为背景,该小说陈述了海明威对爱与失去的观点,描写了普通人不屈不饶的精神。
7. author_____ title_____[南京大学2007研]
he disliked bars and bodegas. a clean, well-lighted café was a very different thing. now, without thinking further, he would go home to his room. he would lie in the bed and finally, with daylight, he would go to sleep. after all, he said to himself, it is probably only insomnia. many must have it.
【答案】author: ernest hemingway title: “a clean, well-lighted place”
【解析】题目节选自海明威的《一个干净明亮的地方》。
8. in the novel entitled ______ written by ______ , a boy dreams of glorious battle in the union army in the civil war. however, his initial confrontation with true war perplexes him.
[大连外国语2008研]
【答案】the red badge of courage;stephen crane
【解析】克莱恩的小说《红色英勇勋章》以南北战争为背景,小说的主人公亨利怀着对战争的美妙幻想,参加了北方军队,但在最初真正面对战争的时候,他却失去了勇气,当了逃兵,后来他克服了恐惧心理,经过战火的洗礼,重新获得了自信和勇气。
9. ernest hemingway once noted that “all modern american literature comes from one book by mark twain”. the book hemingway gave credit to is _____.[天津外国语2007研]
【答案】adventures of huckleberry finn
【解析】海明威曾经说“所有现代美国文学都来自马克·吐温的一本书”。这本书是《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》。
10. “in a station of the metro” by ezra pound goes like this: the apparition of these faces in the crowd; _____.[首师大2008研]
【答案】petals on a wet, black bough.
【解析】这是意象派诗人庞德的名作,意为:人群中这些面孔幽灵一般显现,湿漉漉的黑色枝条上许多花瓣。
11. _
_____, by ezra pound, employs the complex association of scholarly lore, anthropology, modern history and personages, private history and witticism, and obscure literary interpolations in various languages. [人大2006研]
【答案】the cantos
【解析】庞德的《诗章》包罗万象,是庞德的代表作。
12. mark twain, pseudonym of samuel langhorne _____, started off as a _____ colorist. his novel _____ is the one book from which, as hemingway noted, “all _____ american literature comes”. (国际关系学院2010研)
【答案】clemens;local;adventures of huckleberry finn;modern
【解析】马克·吐温的(mark twain),原名塞缪尔·朗赫恩朗赫恩·克莱门斯(samuel langhorne clemens),是美国的作家,19世纪后期美国现实主义文学的杰出代表。开始时他是个乡土作家,费恩《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》被海明威称为“现代美国文学之源”。
13. first produced in 1949, arthur miller’s _____ struck an immediate, emotional chord with audiences. much of its success is attributed to miller’s facility in portraying the universal hopes and fears of middle-class america. through his main character, _____, miller examines the myth of the american dream and the shallow promise of happiness through material wealth.[天津外国语大学 2011 研]
【答案】death of a salesman willy
【解析】《推销员之死》是米勒的代表作。作品通过一位美国梦的典型追求者推销员威利,展示了美国社会中的各种矛盾,宣告了美国中产阶级郊区牧歌的完结。
14. in his ______ benjamin franklin creates the image of a boy’s rise from ______ to riches and demonstrates his belief that the new world of america was a land of opportunities which might be met through hard work and wise management.[天津外国语学院2008研]
【答案】autobiography, poor
【解析】富兰克林在《自传》中讲述了其白手起家、自力更生的故事,平凡却生动的讲述表明他坚信通过努力就能实现美国梦。
15. author _____ title _____[南京大学2007研]
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