1、【题目】The Portrait of A Lady is generally considered to be( )masterpiece,which describes the life journey of an American( )in a European cultural environment.
选项:
A.HenryAdams’…widow
B.WilliamJames’…girl
C.HenryJames’…girl
D.TheodoreDreiser’s…widow
答案:
C
解析:
詹姆斯的作品大多涉及internationaltheme,一般是美欧文化的冲突,其中《贵妇画像》,就是其中之一,讲的是一个美国姑娘在欧洲的遭遇。
1、【题目】In 1920,( )published his first novel This Side of Paradise which was,to some extent,his own story.
选项:
A.F·ScottFitzgerald
B.ErnestHemingway
C.WilliamFaulkner
D.EmilyDickinson
答案:
A
解析:
菲茨杰拉德是美国现在主义作家,他的第一部小说是《乐园的这一边》,出版于1920年。
1、【题目】William Faulkner set most of his works in the American( ),with his emphasis on the( )subjects and consciousness.
选项:
A.North...Northern
B.East...Eastern
C.West...Western
D.South...Southern
答案:
D
解析:
福克纳被称为南方作家,他的作品主要关注南方的衰败,以及南方的种族问题。
1、【题目】The( )Age of the 1920s characterized by frivolity and carelessness is brought vividly to life in The Great Gatsby.
选项:
A.Lost
B.Jazz
C.Reason
D.Gilded
答案:
B
解析:
斐茨杰拉德的作品,通过对20世纪20年代的上层社会的年轻人的描写河刻画,很好的体现了爵士时代的时代特点。《了不起的盖茨比》是其代表作,同样也反映这一主题。
1、【题目】MarkTwainemployedanunpretentiousstyleof()inhisnovelswhichisbestdescribedas“vernacular”.
选项:
A.standardEnglish
B.Afro-AmericanEnglish
C.colloquialism
D.urbanism
答案:
C
解析:
马克 . 吐温的写作特点素有“地方色彩主义”的美称,也就是语言口语化,取材地方化。
1、【题目】Nowmanymajoremployersarebeginningtodemand_______thecompletionofschool
选项:
A.morethan
B.ratherthan
C.otherthan
D.betterthan
答案:
A
解析:
more than:多于,不只。句意:现在很多雇主开始不仅仅要求学业的完成。
1、【题目】Now many major employers are beginning to demand _______ the completion of school
选项:
A.morethan
B.ratherthan
C.otherthan
D.betterthan
答案:
A
解析:
morethan:多于,不只。句意:现在很多雇主开始不仅仅要求学业的完成。
1、【题目】“Thedignityofmovementofanicebergisduetoonlyone-eighthofitbeingabovewater.”This“iceberg”analogyisputforwardby().
选项:
A.MarkTwain
B.EzraPound
C.WilliamFaulkner
D.ErnestHemingway
答案:
D
解析:
海明威的这一比喻实际上是来形容自己的写作风格的,做为?迷失的一代“的代言人,海明威的文风是经过不懈的努力而形成的,所以才有这样的比喻。
1、【题目】In Go Down,Moses,( )illuminates the problem of black and white in Southern society as a closeknit destiny of blood brotherhood.
选项:
A.WilliamFaulkner
B.JackLondon
C.HermanMelville
D.NathanielHawthorne
答案:
A
解析:
福克纳的小说大多取材于美国南方,在《下去吧,摩西》一书中,作者想多着呈现的是美国南方黑人和白人的各种社会冲突,精神冲突等。
1、【题目】Most literary critics think that Fitzgerald is both an insider and an outsider of( )with a double vision.
选项:
A.theJazzAge
B.theAgeofReasonandRevolution
C.theBabyboomingAge
D.thePost-ModernAge
答案:
A
解析:
菲茨杰拉德是20世纪20年代的杰出文学代表人物,他所处的年代正是美国拜金主义,名利主义泛滥时期,也是美国人物质生活丰富,精神生活空虚的年代,菲茨杰拉德的言行放荡不羁,菲茨杰拉德的作品批判现实,所以,无论从哪个角度讲,他都是那个时代的人物。
1、【题目】Which of the following statements is NOT true of Emily Dickinson and her poetry?
选项:
A.Sheremainedunmarriedallherlife
B.Shewrote,1,775poems,andmostofthemwerepublishedduringherlifetime.
C.Herpoemshavenotitles,hencearealwaysquotedbytheirfirstlines.
D.Herlimitedprivateworldhasneverconfinedthelimitlesspowerofhercreativityandimagination.
答案:
B
解析:
艾米莉.迪金森属于美国现实主义流派的诗人,她虽然身居深闺,但一生创作了数千首诗歌,主要涉及两大主题-死亡和爱情。在她抑郁而死后,她的作品才公之于世
1、【题目】OppositionleaderswillbewatchingcarefullytoseehowthePrimeMinister________thecrisis.
选项:
A.handles
B.conducts
C.observes
D.directs
答案:
A
解析:
A 应付,对付,控制 B 引导,进行,实施 C 观察,监测,遵守 D 指导,监督
1、【题目】The Financier,The Titan and The Stoic by Theodore Dreiser are called his “Trilogy of( ). ”
选项:
A.Hatred
B.Death
C.Desire
D.Fate
答案:
C
解析:
德莱赛在1912到1914年间创作的三部小说,合称为《欲望三部曲》