【单选题】
For Hemingway’s heroes, man’s greatest achievement is _________.
①
to show grace under pressure
②
to keep bravery before danger
③
to share encouragement under pressure
④
to be optimistic under pressure
【单选题】
To Hemingway, man’s greatest achievement is to show ______.
③
encouragement under pressure
④
optimism under pressure
【单选题】
“The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough”. This is the shortest poem written by?______.
【单选题】
Which of the following is depicted as the mythical county in William Faulkners novels?
【单选题】
“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” is T. S. Eliots most striking early achievement. The poem is a sort of ______monologue.
【单选题】
______ is Edwin Arlington Robinson’s best character sketch telling the story of the well-educated and rich hero who is admired by the town people but suddenly shot himself on one night.
③
“The House on the Hill”
【判断题】
Mark Twain, one of the greatest 19th century American writers, is well known for his international theme.
【判断题】
As a realist, Mark Twain concerned particularly about the local character of a region, which came about as “Local Colorism”.
【判断题】
The first American writer of local color to achieve wide popularity was Bret Harte.
【单选题】
The end of ______ marked the beginning of The Gilded Age, an age of excess and extremes, of decline and progress, of poverty and dazzling wealth, of gloom and hope.
①
the American War of Independence