美国文学复习资料Ⅰ.Eachofthefollowingstatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choosetheonethatwouldbestcompletethestatement.(1分x20题=20分)II.Fillintheblanks.(1分x10题=10分)1.ThecolonialhistoryoftheUnitedStatesreferstothehistoryofthelandfromthestartofEuropeansettlementtothetimeof__________________fromEurope,andespeciallytothehistoryofthethirteencoloniesofBritainwhichdeclaredthemselvesindependentin1776.independence2.ThefirstwritingsthatwecallAmericanwerethenarratives叙xu\事\作\品and______________oftheearlysettlements移民.journal日记3.ThefirstEnglishpermanentsettlement---______________---inNorthAmericawassetupin1607.Jamestown4.TheMayFlower五月花(theshipinwhichthePilgrimFatherssailedfromEnglandtoMassachusettsin1620)arrivedinDecember1620with102Puritanpilgrimsonboard在船上whocametotheNewWorldinsearchofreligiousfreedom.TheshipheadedforJamestown,butstrongwinddrovehertowhatisnowPrincetonHarborandanothersettlementthe______________wasestablished.PlymouthColony1620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。5.ThewarbetweentheEnglishgovernmentandthecoloniesbrokeoutinSeptember,1775,andcametoanendinOctober,1781,withGornwallis'sencircledarmysurrenderingtoGeneralWashington.Thetriumphofthewarbythecolonistsbroughtintobeingan______________,theUnitedStates,in1783.independentnation6.Transcendentalistdoctrinesfoundtheirgreatestliteraryadvocatesin______andThoreau.Emerson7.TheMayFlowerarrivedinDecember1620with102Puritanpilgrimsonboardwho1cametotheNewWorldinsearchofreligiousfreedom.TheshipheadedforJamestownbutstrongwinddrovehertowhatisnowPrincetonHarborandanothersettlement______________wasestablished.thePlymouthColony8.ThemostinfluentialreligiousthoughtofthisperiodwasthePuritanismwhichisthepracticesandbeliefsofthePuritans.DuringthereignofElizabethI,oneofthesects教派ofPuritansseparatedfromtheProtestants新教徒andaftermuchpersecutiontheytookrefugeintheNetherlands.TheyfinallydeterminedtoimmigratetotheNewWorldinsearchof______________.religiousfreedom9.Writersofthecolonialperiodweremostly______________.TheywroteabouttheirvoyagestotheNewWorld,aboutadaptingtothenewcircumstances,aboutfarmingandhunting,andabouttheirdealingwiththeIndians.Theyalsowroteaboutpoliticalandreligiousmatters,andabouttheirdreamsofthevastlandwhichstretchedbeforethem.Intheirwritings,thehistoryofearlyAmerica,especiallyinNewEngland,wasfilledwithreferencestoTheBibleandGod'swill.Everythingcouldbeexplainedfromthereligiousperspective:stormsandsicknessmightrepresentGod'swrath;agoodharvestmightsignifyGod'sblessing.Europeanimmigrants10.ThomasJeffersonisrememberedastheauthorofTheDeclarationofIndependence(1776).Heisconsideredatrue_________________andoneofthefoundersoftheUnitedStates.HeisthethirdPresidentoftheUnitedStates(1801-1809).Enlightenmentthinker11.TheEnglishcolonies殖民地人民inNorthAmericaroseinarmsagainsttheirparentcountryandthecontinentalcongressadopted批准_________________in1776.TheDeclarationofIndependence12.ThomasPainewasveryactiveinthecauseofAmericanRevolutionandgainedthetitleof__________________________,whichshowedhiscontribution.TheFatherofAmericanRevolution13.InAmericanliterature,the18thcenturywastheageofEnlightenment.________________wasthedominant.Rationalism14.JohnSmith(1...
