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美国文学复习资料 Ⅰ. Each of the following statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement. (1分 x 20题 = 20 分) II. Fill in the blanks. (1分 x 10题 = 10 分) The colonial history of the United States refers to the history of the land from the start of European settlement to the time of __________________from Europe, and especially to the history of the thirteen colonies of Britain which declared themselves independent in 1776. independence The first writings that we call American were the narratives叙xu\事\作\品and?______________of the early settlements移民. ??journal日记????? ? The first English permanent settlement---______________ --- in North America was set up in 1607. Jamestown The May Flower 五月花 (the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from England to Massachusetts in 1620 ) arrived in December 1620 with 102 Puritan pilgrims on board 在船上 who came to the New World in search of religious freedom. The ship headed for Jamestown, but strong wind drove her to what is now Princeton Harbor and another settlement the ______________ was established. Plymouth Colony 1620年12月,“五月花号”承载着102名清教徒来到了这片新大陆寻找宗教自由。五月花号的目的地是詹姆斯敦,但强风使她偏离了航线, 最后来到了今天的普林斯顿港口,在此清教徒们建立了第二个殖民点:普利茅斯殖民点。 The war between the English government and the colonies broke out in September, 1775, and came to an end in October, 1781, with Gornwalliss encircled army surrendering to General Washington. The triumph of the war by the colonists brought into being an ______________, the United States, in 1783. independent nation Transcendentalist doctrines found their greatest literary advocates in?______??and???Thoreau. Emerson?? The May Flower arrived in December 1620 with 102 Puritan pilgrims on board who came to the New World in search of religious freedom. The ship headed for Jamestown but strong wind drove her to what is now Princeton Harbor and another settlement ______________ was established. the Plymouth Colony The most influen