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美国文学选读试卷及答案（重庆大学） 　　Part I 　　Directions： Identify the names of both the authors and the works from which each of the following extract is taken and then answer briefly the questions after each extract. 　　1.As the boat bounced from the top of each wave the win tore through the hair of the hatless men， and as the craft plopped her stern down again the sprays splashed past them. The crest of each of these waves was a hill， from the top of which the men surveyed for a moment a broad tumultuous expanse， shining and wind-riven. It was probable splendid， it was probable glorious， this play of the free sea， wild with lights of emerald and whit and amber. 　　1）This extract is taken from____________________by _______________________. 　　2）What is being described in this excerpt？ 　　3）What is the basic tone of this excerpt？ （cite at least two examples to support your claim） 　　2.…， he saw the house for the first time and at that instant he forgot his father and the terror and despair both， and even when he remembered his father again （who had not stopped） the terror and despair did not return. Because， for all the twelve movings， they had sojourned until now in a poor country， a land of small farms and fields and houses， and he had never seen a house like this before. Hit’s big as a courthouse he thought quietly， with a surge of peace and joy whose reason he could not have thought into words， being too young for that： they are safe from him. People whose lives are part of this peace and dignity are beyond his touch， he no more to them than buzzing wasp： capable of stinging for a little moment but that’s all； the spell of this peace and dignity rendering even the barns and stable and cribs which belong to it impervious to the puny flames he might contrive… 　　4）. This extract is taken from ___________________by__________________. 　　5） What do the italicized words function in the excerpt？ 　　6） What awakening is the character experiencing in the context？ 　　3. Hard work？ No. it wasn’t