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美国文学作品选读

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1[阅读题] When the minister spoke from the pulpit, with power and fervid eloquence, and, with his hands on the open bible, of the sacred truths of our religion, and of saint-like lives and triumphant deaths, and of future bliss of misery unutterable, then did Goodman Brown turn pale, dreading, lest the roof should thunder down upon the gray blasphemer and his hearers. Questions: A. Identify the title of the short story from which this part is taken. B. What had happened in the story before this church scene? C. Why was Goodman Brown afraid the roof might thunder down?
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2[阅读题] So I was full of trouble, full as I could be; and didn't know what to do. At last I had an idea; and I says, I'll go and write the letter-- and then see if I can pray. Why, it was astomishing, the way I felt as light as a feather, right off, and my troubels all gone. So I got a piece of paper and a pencil, all glad and excited, and set down and wrote... Questions: A. Who does I refer to in the passage? B. Who am I going to write to? C. What kind of image is "I"?
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3[阅读题] Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou are more lovely and more temperate. Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May. Questions: A. Who is the author? B. What is the theme of the poem? C. What kind of poem is it?
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4[阅读题] “Never did sun more beautifully steep In his first splendor, valley, rock or hill; Ne’er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep ! The river glideth at his own sweet will: Dear God! The very houses seem asleep; And all that mighty heart is lying still!” ( From Wordsworth’s sonnet Composed upon Westminster Bridge) Questions: A. What does this sonnet describe? B. What does the phrase “mighty heart” refer to? C.What is the form of the poem?
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5[阅读题] 1. “When the stars threw down their spears,And water’ d heaven with their tears,Did he smile his work to see?Did he who made the Lamb make thee ?”Questions:
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6[阅读题] “My tongue, every atom of my blood, form’ d from this soil, this air,Born here of parents born here from parents the same, and their parents the same,I, now thirty- seven years old in perfect health begin,Hoping to cease not till death”Questions:
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7[阅读题] ‘Is dying hard, Daddy?’‘No, I think it’s pretty easy, Nick. It all depends. ’”Questions:
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8[阅读题] “He neither spoke, nor loosed his hold some five minutes, during which period he bestowed more kisses than ever he gave in his life before, I dare say; but then my mistress had kissed him first, and I plainly saw that he could hardly bear, for downright agony, to look into her face! The same conviction had stricken him as me, from the instant he beheld her, that there was no prospect of ultimate recovery there—she was fated, sure to die.” A. Identify the author and the work. B. What does the rocking-chair symbolize?
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9[阅读题] “It is when the feet weary and hope seems vain that the heartaches and the longings arise. Know, then, that for you is neither surfeit nor content. In your rocking chair, by your window dreaming, shall you long, alone. In your rocking-chair, by your window, shall you dream such happiness as you may never feel.” A. Identify the author and the work. B. What does the rocking-chair symbolize？
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10[阅读题] Had I as many souls as there be stars. I’d give them all for Mephistophilis! By him I’ll be great emperor of the world, And make a bridge through the moving air To pass the ocean with a band of men; I’ll join the hills that bing the Africa shore And make that country continent to Spain, And both contributory to my crown; The Emperor shall not live by my leave, Nor any potentate of Germany. Now that I have obtained what I desire I’ll live in speculation of this art. Till Mephistophilis return again.” A. Identify the author and the title of the work from which the passage is taken. B. Based on the passage, write down in one or two sentences the theme of the play.
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