要想提高英语专业八级水平，掌握必要的人文知识也是必不可少的。
练习题：
1."Gold Rush" was vividly depicted in ____ novels.
A Hemingway’s B Mark Twain’s C Henry Jame’s D Faulkner’s
2.The period of Old English literatue refers to ____
A 449-1066
B 14thcentury - mid 17th century
C 14th century- mid 18th century
D 16th century- mid 18th century
3.The great transcendental work by Henry David Thoreau is ____
A Nature B Walden C Experience D Essays
4.____has been entitled the "Father of American Poetry".
A Philip Freneau B Ralph Waldo Emerson C William Cullen Bryant D Walt Whitman
5. The emotional effect and social significance made ____ the first well-known sociological novel in American Literature.
A The Sun Also Rises B Uncle Tom’s Cabin
C The Old Man and The Sea D Sister Carrie
6. Stephen Crane is famous for ____
A An American Tragedy B The Ambassadors
C Main Street D The Red Badge of Courage
7.Which of the following is NOT true for Benjamin Franklin?
A He was a famous writer B He was a member to draft the Declaration of Independence
C He was a great scientist D He was once elected American President
8. Whitman’s poems are characterized by all the following features EXCEPT____
A a strict poetic form B a simple and conversational language C a free and natural rhythmic pattern D an easy flow of feelings
9.American fiction in the 1960s is retered to as ____
A imagism B black humor C new fiction D the Beat Generation
10.William Faukener is the author of ____
A Far From the Madding Crowd B Sound and Fury C For Whom the Bell Tolls D Scarlet Letter
练习题答案及题解:
1.B 马克吐温的很多短篇小说对Gold Rush(淘金)进行了很形象的描绘。
2.A Anglo-Saxons所说的语言被称为古英语，Anglo-Saxons是在五世纪中侵入英国领土的，直到1066年诺曼公爵政府英格兰，建立诺曼底王朝，才代替了Anglo-Saxons。
3.B 瓦尔登湖是梭罗最杰出的超验主义作品。
4.A Philip Freneau(1752--1832)被称为“美国诗歌之父”。著有：The wild Honey Suckle;To The Memory of Brave Americans。
5.B 汤姆叔叔家的小屋是美国文学史上第一部揭示黑人被虐待，宣扬反奴隶制度的小说，激发了社会各界人士的感情，是一部社会性质很强的小说。
6.D The Red Badge of Courage《红色英勇勋章》是Stephen Grane的代表作。
7.D Benjamin Franklin 是伟大的作家，科学家，还是美国独立宣言的撰写人之一，但是未曾担任过美国总统。
8.A Whitman主张自由诗体，认为诗歌不应该收到格律约束。他的代表作《草叶集》标志着真正意义上美国诗歌的诞生。
9.B 黑色幽默是二十世纪六十年代盛行的小说类型，用幽默的手法来揭示可悲的现实。
10.B Far From the Madding Crowd为 托马斯哈代的作品;For Whom the Bell Tolls为海明威的作品;Scarlet Letter为霍桑的作品。