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一、單選題（共50題，共100分）

1.()isgenerallyregardedastheforerunnerofthe20th—century“stream—of—consciousness”novelsandthefounderofpsychologicalrealism.

A.TheodoreDreiser

B.WilliamFaulkner

C.HenryJames

D.MarkTwain

2.CloselyrelatedtoDickinson’sreligiouspoetryareherpoemsconcerning(),rangingoverthephysicalaswellasthepsychologicalandemotionalaspectsofdeath.

A.loveandnature

B.deathanduniverse

C.deathandimmortality

D.familyandhappiness

3.considered()“thetruefatherofournationalliterature”.

A.BretHarte

B.MarkTwain

C.WashingtonIrving

D.WaltWhitman

4.Amongthefollowingwriters()isgenerallyregardedastheforerunnerofthe20th-century“stream-of-consciousness”novelsandthefounderofpsychologicalrealism.

A.T.S.Eliot

B.JamesJoyce

C.WilliamFaulkner

D.HenryJames

5.ThechildhoodofTomSawyerandHuckFinnintheMississippiisarecordofavanishedwayoflifeinthe()Mississippivalley

A.pre-WarofIndependence

B.post-WarofIndependence

C.pre-CivilWar

D.post-CivilWar

6.ThePortraitofALadyisgenerallyconsideredtobe()masterpiece,whichdescribesthelifejourneyofanAmerican()inaEuropeanculturalenvironment.

A.HenryAdams’…widow

B.WilliamJames’…girl

C.HenryJames’…girl

D.TheodoreDreiser’s…widow

7.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueofEmilyDickinsonandherpoetry?

A.Sheremainedunmarriedallherlife

B.Shewrote,1,775poems,andmostofthemwerepublishedduringherlifetime.

C.Herpoemshavenotitles,hencearealwaysquotedbytheirfirstlines.

D.Herlimitedprivateworldhasneverconfinedthelimitlesspowerofhercreativityandimagination.

8.HenryJames’famegenerallyrestsuponhisnovelsandstorieswiththe()theme.

A.international

B.local

C.colonial

D.post-modern

9.AftertheAmericanCivilWar,theliteraryinterestintheso-called“reality”oflifestartedanewperiodintheAmericanliterarywritingsknowantheAgeof().

A.Realism

B.ReasonandRevolution

C.Romanticism

D.Modernism

10.MarkTwainemployedanunpretentiousstyleof()inhisnovelswhichisbestdescribedas“vernacular”.

A.standardEnglish

B.Afro-AmericanEnglish

C.colloquialism

D.urbanism

11.TheAdventuresofTomSawyerand,especially,itssequence()provedthemselvestobethemilestoneintheAmericanliterature.

A.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn

B.LifeontheMississippi

C.TheGildedAge

D.RoughingIt

12.MarkTwain’sparticularconcernaboutthelocalcharacterofaregioncameaboutas“l(fā)ocalcolorism,”auniquevariationofAmericanliterary().

A.romanticism

B.nationalism

C.modernism

D.realism

13.Hemingway’s“IndianCamp”isoneofthefourteenshortstoriescollectedunderthetitleof().Thistitleisveryironicbecausethereisnopeaceatallinthestories.

A.ThreeStoriesandTenPoems

B.AcrosstheRiverandintotheTrees

C.TheGreenHillsofAfrica

D.InOurTime

14.Attheageofeighty-seven,()readhispoetryattheinaugurationofPresidentJohnin1961.

A.RobertFrost

B.WaltWhitman

C.EzraPound

15.Unlikehiscontemporariesintheearly20thcentury,()didnotbreakupwiththepoetictraditionnormadeanyexperimentonform.

A.WaltWhitman

B.RobertFrost

C.EzraPound

16.Withthepublicationof(),TheodoreDreiserwaslaunchinghimselfuponalongcareerthatwouldultimatelymakehimoneofthemostsignificantAmericanwritersoftheschoollaterknownasliterarynaturalism.

A.SisterCarrie

B.TheTitan

C.AnAmericanTragedy

D.TheStoic

17.“Thedignityofmovementofanicebergisduetoonlyone-eighthofitbeingabovewater.”This“iceberg”analogyisputforwardby().

A.MarkTwain

B.EzraPound

C.WilliamFaulkner

D.ErnestHemingway

18.“MylastDuchess”isapoemthatbestexemplifiesRobertBrowning’s().

A.sensitiveearforthesoundsoftheEnglishlanguage

B.excellentchoiceofwords

C.masteringofthemetricaldevices

D.useofthedramaticmonologue

19.MostliterarycriticsthinkthatFitzgeraldisbothaninsiderandanoutsiderof()withadoublevision.

A.theJazzAge

B.theAgeofReasonandRevolution

C.theBabyboomingAge

D.thePost-ModernAge

20.“Thedignityofmovementofanicebergisduetoonlyone-eighthofitbeingabovewater.”This“iceberg”analogyaboutprosestylewasputforwardby().

A.WilliamFaulkner

B.HenryJames

C.ErnestHemingway

D.F·ScottFitzgerald

21.TheNobelPrizeCommitteehighlypraised()for“hispowerfulstyle-formingmasteryoftheart”ofcreatingmodernfiction.

A.EzraPound

B.ErnestHemingway

C.RobertFrost

D.TheodoreDreiser

22.In1950,oneoftheleadingAmericanwriters()wasawardedtheNobelPrizefortheanti-racistIntruderintheDust.

A.RobertFrost

B.TheodoreDreiser

C.WilliamFaulkner

D.Fitzgerald

23.Greatlyandpermanentlyaffectedbythe()experiences,Hemingwayformedhisownwritingstyle,togetherwithhisthemeandhero.

A.mining

B.farming

C.war

D.sailing

24.Likeallnaturalists,()wasrestrainedfromfindingasolutiontothesocialproblemsthatappearedinhisnovelsandaccordinglyalmostallhisworkshavetragicendings.

A.TheodoreDreiser

B.HenryJames

C.WashingtonIrving

D.WaltWhitman

25.ItwashismasterpieceTheGreatGatsbythatmade()oneofthegreatestAmericannovelists.

A.Fitzgerald

B.WilliamFaulkner

C.ErnestHemmingway

D.GertrudeSteinbeck

26.TheFinancier,TheTitanandTheStoicbyTheodoreDreiserarecalledhis“Trilogyof().”

A.Hatred

B.Death

C.Desire

D.Fate

27.InDeathintheAfternoon()presentshisphilosophyaboutlifeanddeaththroughthedepictionofthebullfightasakindofmicrocosmictragedy.

A.WilliamFaulkner

B.JackLondon

C.ErnestHemingway

D.MarkTwain

28.EugeneO’Neill’sfirstfull—lengthplay,(),wonhimthefirstPulitzerthemeisthechoicebetweenlifeanddeath,theinteractionofsubjectiveandobjectivefactors.

A.BoundEastforCardiff

B.TheHairyApe

C.DesireUndertheElms

D.BeyondtheHorizon

29.In1920,()publishedhisfirstnovelThisSideofParadisewhichwas,tosomeextent,hisownstory.

A.F·ScottFitzgerald

B.ErnestHemingway

C.WilliamFaulkner

D.EmilyDickinson

30.Manisa“victimofforcesoverwhichhehasnocontrol.”Thisisanotionheldstronglyby().

A.RobertFrost

B.TheodoreDreiser

C.HenryJames

D.HamlinGarland

31.Theattitudetowardslifethat()hadbeentryingtodemonstrateinhisworksisknownas“graceunderpressure”.

A.WilliamFaulkner

B.TheodoreDreiser

C.ErnestHemingway

D.F·ScottFitzgerald

32.RobertFrostisgenerallyconsideredaregionalpoetwhosesubjectmattersmainlyfocusonthelandscapeandpeoplein().

A.thewest

B.thesouth

C.Alaska

D.NewEngland

33.Inmostofhiswritings,()deliberatelybrokeupthechronologyofhisnarrativebyjuxtaposingthepastwiththepresent,inthewaythemontagedoesinamovie.

A.WaltWhitman

B.WilliamFaulkner

C.ErnestHemingway

D.Fitzgerald

34.EzraPound,aleadingspokesmanofthe“()”,wasoneofthemostimportantpoetsinhistime.

A.ImagistMovement

B.CubistMovement

C.ReformistMovement

D.TranscendentalistMovement

35.TheeffectofDarwinistideaof“survivalofthefittest”wasshatteringin()’sfictionalworldofjungle,where“killortobekilled”wasthelaw.

A.MarkTwain

B.HenryJames

C.TheodoreDreiser

D.WaltWhitman

36.WilliamFaulknersetmostofhisworksintheAmerican(),withhisemphasisonthe()subjectsandconsciousness.

A.North...Northern

B.East...Eastern

C.West...Western

D.South...Southern

37.The()Ageofthe1920scharacterizedbyfrivolityandcarelessnessisbroughtvividlytolifeinTheGreatGatsby.

A.Lost

B.Jazz

C.Reason

D.Gilded

38.In1950,()wasawardedtheNobelPrizefortheanti-racistIntruderintheDust.

A.WilliamFaulkner

B.RobertFrost

C.EzraPound

D.ErnestHemingway

39.WilliamFaulkneroncesaidthat()isastoryof“l(fā)ostinnocence,”whichprovesitselftobeanintensificationofthethemeofimprisonmentinthepast.

A.TheGreatGatsby

B.TheSoundandtheFury

C.Absalom,Absalom!

D.GoDown,Moses

40.InGoDown,Moses,()illuminatestheproblemofblackandwhiteinSouthernsocietyasacloseknitdestinyofbloodbrotherhood.

A.WilliamFaulkner

B.JackLondon

C.HermanMelville

D.NathanielHawthorne

41.Thistypeofdeskandchaircanbeadjusted________theheightofstudentsatdifferentages

A.with

B.for

C.to

D.in

42.Theteachertoldusthefact_______.

A.whichtheearthmovesaroundthesun

B.thattheearthmovedaroundthesun

C.thatthesunmovesaroundtheearth

D.thattheear