25.The famous 20-years sleep in “Rip Van Winkle”helps to construct the story in such a way that we are greatly affected by Irving's ___. A.concern with the passage of time B.expression of transient beauty C.satire on laziness and corruptibility of human beings D.idea about supernatural manipulation of man's life 26.Walt whitman was a pioneering figure of American poetry. His innovation first of all lies in his use of __,poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme. A.blank verse B.heroic couplet C.free verse D.iambic pentameter 27.The literary characters of the American type in early 19th century are generally characterized by all the following features EXCEPT that they ___. A.speak local dialects B.are polite and elegant gentlemen C.are simple and crude farmers D.are noble savages( red and white) untainted by society 28.Hester Pryme, Dimmsdale,Chillingworth and Pearl are most likely the names of the characters in ___. A.The Scarlet Letter B.The House of the Seven Gablest C.The Portrait of a Lady D.The pioneers 29.“This is my letter to the World” is a poetic expression of Emily Dickinson's __ about her communication with the outside world. A.indifference B.anger C.anxiety D.sorrow 30.With Howells,James,and Mark Twain active on the literary scene, __ became the major trend in American literature in the seventies and eighties of the 19thcentury. A.sentimentalism B.romanticism C.realism D.naturalism 31.After The adventures of Tom Sawyer, Twain gives a literary independence to Tom's buddy Huck in a book entitled ___. A.Life on the Mississippi B.The Gilded Age C.The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn D.A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court 32.However,___,the keynote of Daisy Miller's character,turns out to be an admiring but a dangerous quality and her defiance of social taboos in the Old World finally brings her to a disaster in the clash between two different cultures. A.experience B.sophistication C.worldliness D.innocence 33.Generally speaking,all those writers with a naturalistic approach to human reality tend to be ___. A.transcendentalists B.idealists C.pessimists D.impressionists 34.Emily Dickinson wrote many short poems on various aspects of life.Which of the following is NOT a usual subject of her poetic expression? A.Religion and immortality. B.Life and death. C.Love and marriage. D.War and peace. 35.In “After Apple-Picking,”Robert Frost wrote:“For I have had too much/Of applepicking:I am overtired/Of the great harvest I myself desired.”From these lines we can conclude that the speaker is ___. A.happy about the harvest B.still very much interested in apple-picking C.expecting a greater harvest D.indifferent to what he once desired本新闻共 6页,当前在第 3页 1 2 3 4 5 6 |