本书为陶洁《美国文学选读》（第3版）教材的配套题库，首要包括以下内容：
第一有些为考研真题精选。本有些精选了名校的考研真题，依照题型分类，并供给了具体的参阅答案。经过本有些，可以了解考研真题的出题个性和难易程度。
第二有些为章节题库。联系国内多所出名院校的考研真题和查询要点，根据该教材的章目进行编列，精选典型习题并供给具体答案解析，供考生强化操练。

第一有些　考研真题精选
一、填空题

1. in his autobiography, _____creates the image of a self-made man and demonstrates his belief that the new world of america was a land of _____which might be met through hard work and wise management.[天津外国语学院2011研]
【答案】benjamin franklin, opportunities
【解析】富兰克林是美国启蒙时期与独立战争时期的代表人物。他的《自传》是美国第一部成功的列传体作品，文中树立的主人公形象鼓励了一代又一代的美国人去寻求美国梦。

2. in his novel, william faulkner has invented a county named _____ and the seat of the county _____. [世界联络学院2009研]
【答案】yoknapatawpha; the town of jefferson
【解析】福克纳在自个的一系列作品中虚拟了位于密西西比州北部的约克纳帕塔法县，这个县的中心是杰弗逊镇。

3. eugene o’neill borrowed freely from the best traditions of ____ drama, be it greek _____, or the _____ of ibsen, or the _____ of strindberg.（世界联络学院2010研）
【答案】european；tragedies；realism；expressionism
【解析】尤金·奥尼尔是被称为“美国戏曲之父”，其戏曲交融欧洲戏曲传统的精华，包括希腊的凄惨剧，易卜生实际主义剧作和斯特林堡的体现主义。

4. the compsons, the sartorises, and the sutpens are representative southern aristocratic families in ______’s novels, and they are all portrayed as prisoners of the past, who cannot reconcile with the fall of the south after ______. [天津外国语2013研]
【答案】william faulkner; the civil war
【解析】这三个家族是福克纳关于南边贵族的三个代表，在这些作品中，主人公们日子在曩昔的牢笼中，无法承受美国内战后南边的式微。

5. in ______, a novel about american civil war, the protagonist keeps asking himself the question. “will i run from a battle?” and at last he does run away from the battle field. [天津外国语学院2009研]
【答案】the red badge of courage
【解析】《赤色英勇勋章》是以美国内战背就连讲的是名叫亨利的青年怀着对战争的夸姣愿望，不管母亲的对立，参加了北方军。尽管战争很影响，可是面临去世的挟制，他不坚决了。他一向问自个：“我会从战场上出逃吗？”后来，他仍是从阵地上出逃了。后来，他为此十本分疚，重上战场，获得显赫战功，可是不管他出逃时的怯弱仍是冲击时的英勇都不过是一种歇斯底里的体现。

6. set in spain during the civil war, the novel _____ stated again hemingway’s view of love found and lost, and described the indomitable spirit of the common people. [人大2006研]
【答案】for whom the bell tolls
【解析】海明威的小说《丧钟为谁而鸣》（for whom the bell tolls）以西班牙内战为背就连该小说陈述了海明威对爱与失掉的观念，描绘了一般人不平不饶的精力。

7. author_____ title_____[南京大学2007研]
he disliked bars and bodegas. a clean, well-lighted café was a very different thing. now, without thinking further, he would go home to his room. he would lie in the bed and finally, with daylight, he would go to sleep. after all, he said to himself, it is probably only insomnia. many must have it.
【答案】author: ernest hemingway title: “a clean, well-lighted place”
【解析】标题节选自海明威的《一个洁净亮堂的当地》。

8. in the novel entitled ______ written by ______ , a boy dreams of glorious battle in the union army in the civil war. however, his initial confrontation with true war perplexes him.
[大连外国语2008研]
【答案】the red badge of courage；stephen crane
【解析】克莱恩的小说《赤色英勇勋章》以南北战争为背就连小说的主人公亨利怀着对战争的夸姣愿望，参加了北方戎行，但在开始真实面临战争的时分，他却失掉了勇气，当了逃兵，后来他战胜了惊骇心思，经过烽火的洗礼，从头获得了自傲和勇气。

9. ernest hemingway once noted that “all modern american literature comes from one book by mark twain”. the book hemingway gave credit to is _____.[天津外国语2007研]
【答案】adventures of huckleberry finn
【解析】海明威早年说“一切现代美国文学都来自马克·吐温的一本书”。这本书是《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》。

10. “in a station of the metro” by ezra pound goes like this: the apparition of these faces in the crowd; _____.[首师大2008研]
【答案】petals on a wet, black bough.
【解析】这是意象派诗人庞德的名作，意为：人群中这些面孔鬼魂一般闪现，湿漉漉的黑色枝条上许多花瓣。

11. ______, by ezra pound, employs the complex association of scholarly lore, anthropology, modern history and personages, private history and witticism, and obscure literary interpolations in various languages. [人大2006研]
【答案】the cantos
【解析】庞德的《诗章》包含万象，是庞德的代表作。

12. mark twain, pseudonym of samuel langhorne _____, started off as a _____ colorist. his novel _____ is the one book from which, as hemingway noted, “all _____ american literature comes”. (世界联络学院2010研）
【答案】clemens；local；adventures of huckleberry finn；modern
【解析】马克·吐温的(mark twain)，原名塞缪尔·朗赫恩朗赫恩·克莱门斯(samuel langhorne clemens)，是美国的作家，19世纪后期美国实际主义文学的超卓代表。初步时他是个乡土作家，费恩《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》被海明威称为“现代美国文学之源”。

13. first produced in 1949, arthur miller’s _____ struck an immediate, emotional chord with audiences. much of its success is attributed to miller’s facility in portraying the universal hopes and fears of middle-class america. through his main character, _____, miller examines the myth of the american dream and the shallow promise of happiness through material wealth.[天津外国语大学 2011 研]
【答案】death of a salesman willy
【解析】《推销员之死》是米勒的代表作。作品经过一位美国梦的典型寻求者推销员威利，展示了美国社会中的各种敌对，宣告了美国中产阶层市郊村歌的结束。

14. in his ______ benjamin franklin creates the image of a boy’s rise from ______ to riches and demonstrates his belief that the new world of america was a land of opportunities which might be met through hard work and wise management.[天津外国语学院2008研]
【答案】autobiography, poor
【解析】富兰克林在《自传》中叙说了其赤手发家、自给自足的故事，普通却生动的叙说标明他深信经过尽力就能完成美国梦。

15. author _____ title _____[南京大学2007研]

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