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.. .. 美国文学期末考试试卷模拟试题一 I.? Fill in the following blanks and put your answers on the Answer Sheet. (15%, 1 point for each) 1.? ???? The publication of ______ established Emerson as the most eloquent spokesman of New England Transcendentalism. 2.????? Hard work, thrift, ______ and sobriety were the Puritan values that dominated much of the earliest American writing. 3.????? At 87, ______ read his poetry at the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy. 4.????? Jack London’s masterwork _________ is somewhat autobiographical. 5.????? ______, the tragic hero of Moby Dick, burning with a baleful fire, becomes evil himself in his thirst to destroy evil. 6.????? Ezra Pound was the leader of a new movement in poetry which he called the “________” movement. 7.????? “The Custom House” is an introductory note to the novel _______. 8.????? Among the works attacking the “American Dream”, __________by Fitzgerald is a powerful piece. 9.????? 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. 10.? In 1954, _______ won the Nobel Prize for Literature for his “mastery of the art of modern narration”. 11.? In American literary history, ________ is called “the Recluse of Amherst” since she isolated herself from the outside almost for life. 12.? “The Fall of the House of Usher” is a short story written by _______. 13.? _______ launched two kinds of immensely popular stories: the sea adventure and the frontier saga, represented by The Leatherstocking Tales. 14.? The publication of T. S. Eliot’s ________ in 1922, the most significant American poem of the 20th century, helped to establish a modern tradition of literature rich with learning and allusive thought. 15.? “The Cop and the Anthem” is a short story written by ______. ? II. Each of the following statements is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete t