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198801Henry James’ fame generally rests upon his novels and stories with the（） theme.

198802Walt Whitman is radically innovative in terms of the form of his poetry. What he prefers for his new poetic feelings is “（） ”.

198803North of Boston is described by Robert Frost as “a book of poople，” which shows a brilliant insight into（） character and the background that formed it.

198804In 1954， the Nobel Prize for literature was granted to（）， one of the greatest of American writers.

198805More than five hundred poems（） wrote are about nature， in which his （her） general skepticism about the relationship between man and nature is well -expressed.

198806“Though life is but a losing battle， it is a struggle man can dominate in such a way that loss becomes dignity. ” This is an outlook towards life that（） had been trying to illustrate in his works.

198807According to（）， the life-death cycle， the spring and winter of the earth， the birth and death of the animals is reality.

198808Herman Melville went to the South Seas on a whaling ship in 1841， where he gained the first-hand information about whaling that he used later in（）.

198809The Sun Also Rise casts light on a whole generation after（） and the effects of the war by way of a vivid portrait of “the Lost Generation.”

198810In his final years， Herman Melville turned again to prose fiction and wrote what is probably his second famous work，（）， which was published after his death.

198811William Faulkner creates his own mythical kingdom that mirrors not only the decline of the（） society of America but also the spiritual wasteland of the whole American society.

198812As a poet with a strong sense of mission， Walt Whitman devoted all his life to the creation of the “single” poem，（）.

198813Mark Twain’s particular concern about the local character of a region came about as “local colorism，” a unique variation of American literary（）.

198814The best representatives of the English humanists are Thomas More， Christopher Mar-lowe and（）.

198815D、H. Lawrence’s novels（） are generally regarded as his masterpieces.

198816John Milton’s（） is probably his most memorable prose work， which is a great plea for freedom of the press.

198817Shakespeare’s authentic non-dramatic poetry consists of two long narrative poems： Venus and Adonis and（）.

198818Of all the eighteenth-century novelists（） was the first to set out， both in the-ory and practice， to write specially a “comic epic in prose”， the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.

198819In Thomas Hardy’s Wessex novels， there is an apparent（） touch in his description of the simple and beautiful though primitive rural life.

198820Daniel Defoe describes（） as a typical English middle-class man of the eighteenth century， the very prototype of the empire builder， the pioneer colonist.

198821Charles Dickens’ works are characterized by a mingling of（） and pathos.

198822William Blake’s（） composed during the climax of the French Revolution plays the double role both as a satire and a revolutionary prophecy.

198823Among the following writers（） is considered to be the best-known English dramatist since Shakespeare.

198824According to the subjects， William Wordsworth’s short poems can be classified into two groups， poems about（）.

198825T、S. Eliot’s most important single poem（） has been hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th-century English poetry.

198826The major theme of Jane Austen’s novels is（）.

198827The most perfect example of the verse drama after Greek style in English is John Milton’s（）.

198828Among the Romantic poets（） is regarded as a “worshipper of nature”.

198829Shelley’s greatest achievement is his four-act poetic drama（）， which is an exultant work in praise of humankind’s potential.

198830Charlotte Brontё’s（） is noted for its sharp criticism of the existing society， e.g. the religious hypocrisy of charity institutions.

198831T、S. Eliot’s poem（） is heavily indebted to James Joyce in terms of the stream-of-consciousness technique， also a prelude to The Waste Land.

198832It was only after the publication of（） that

198833George Bernard Shaw’s play（） shows his almost nihilistic bitterness on the subjects of the cruelty and madness of World War I and the aimlessness and disillusion of the young.

198834From（） on， the tragic sense becomes the keynote of Thomas Hardy’s novels， the conflict between the traditional and the moden is brought to the center of the stage.

198835All of Charles Dickens’ works， with the exception of（）， present a criticism of the more complicated and yet most fundamental social institutions and morals of the Victorian England.

198836More than five hundred poems Emily Dickenson wrote are about nature， in which her general（） about the relationship between man and nature is well-expressed

198837One of Henry James"literary techniques innovated to cater for the psychological emphasis is his（）.

198838Being a boy"s book specially written for the adults，（） is Mark Twain"s most representative work， describing joumey down the Mississippi undertaken by Huck and Jim.

198839According to Whitman， poetry could enable Americans to celebrate their release from the Old World and the（） rule.

198840The purpose of Melville"s fictional tales exotic or philosophical， is to penetrate as deeply as possible into the metaphysical， theological， moral， psychological， and social truths of（）.

198841Compelled by an unceasing interest in the"interior of the heart"of man"s being，Hawthore discusses（） in almost every book he wrote.

198842The major concern of Faulkner"s（） is primarily about the South as a state of mind.

198843It is Henry James"novels and his（） that make him a fascinating case in the American literary history and a conspicuous figure in world literature.

198844Fitzgerald is a great（） in American literature and his style is closely related to his themes.

198845Theodore Dreiser entitled his greatest work with（） intending to tell us that it is the social pressure that makes Clyde"s downfall inevitable.

198846Emily Dickinson"s poetry is unique and（） in its own way. For example， her poems have no titles.

198847Greatly and permanently affected by the（），Hemingway formed his own writing style， together with his theme and hero.

198848While Mark Twain and Howells seemed to have paid more attention to the"life"of the Americans， Henry James had apparently laid a greater emphasis on the"（）"of man.

198849Walt Whitman is a poet with a strong sense of mission， having devoted all his life to the creation of the"single" poem，（）.

198850（） is best-known as the author of his mighty book， Moby-Dick， which is one of the world"s greatest masterpieces.

198851According to Hawthorne， there is evil in every human heart， which may remain latent，perhaps， through the whole life；but（） may rouse it to activity.

198852Hemingway"s To Have and Have Not is one of many to show his characteristics pattern of（） struggling against nature and the environment.

198853D、H. Lawrence"s two novels（） and Women in Love， are generally regarded as his masterpieces.

198854The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock， Eliot"s most striking early achievement， presents the meditation of an aging young man over the business of（）.

198855The author of the work The Return of the Native is（）.

198856Dickens"best depicted characters are those innocent， virtuous， persecuted and helpless（）.

198857The work（） shows how mankind， in the person of Christ， withstands the tempter and is established once more in the divine favor.

198858All of the following plays are among Shakespeare"" four greated tragedies EXCEPT（）.

198859D、H. Lawrence"s novel（） is a remarkable novel in which the individual consciousness is subtly revealed and strands of themes are intricately wound up.

198860As an important prose writer， in his famous essay， Tradition and Individual Talent，Eliot put great emphasis on the importance of（） both in creative writing and in criticism.

198861Much of Shavian drama is constructed around the（） of conventional theatrical situation.

198862All of the following novels by Thomas Hardy reveal the conflict between the traditional and the modem EXCEPT（）.

198863Charlotte Bronte"s most autobiographical work，（） is largely based on her experience in Brussels.

198864All of the following statements are true of Dickens"later works EXCEPT（）.

198865Jane Austen"s first novel is（）.

198866Prometheus， the hero in Shelly"s poetic drama Prometheus Unbound， is a figure in（）.

198867（） maintained that the scenes and events of everyday life and the speech of ordinary people were the raw material of which poetry could and should be made.

198868William Blake"s（） was composed during the climax of the French Revolution and it plays the double role both as a satire and a revolutionary prophecy.

198869For his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel，（） has been regarded by some as "Father of the English Novel".

198870In the first part of Gulliver"s Travels， Gulliver told his experience in（）.

198871The work（） written by Daniel Defoe brought him into jail and made him go through public pillory.

198872Antonio， Bassanio and Portia are the characters in（）.

198873As the first American prose epic，（） is not merely a whaling tale or sea adventure， it is also regarded as a spiritual exploration into man"s deep reality and psychology.

198874The Gilded Age is a social satire written by（） in 1873.

198875In order to protest against America"s failure to join England in WWI，（） became a naturalized British citizen in 1915.

198876Mark Twain"s（） shows the disastrous effects of slavery on the victimizer and the victim alike.

198877In William Faulkner"s writings， the modem（） technique was frequently and skillfully used to emphasize the reactions and inner musings of the narrator.

198878If two persons are really in love， "what is to us what the rest do or think？"This is a notion strongly held by（）.

198879Shortly before his death in 1945， the American naturalist（） joined the Communist Party.

198880Earthly existence was "a welter of inscrutable forces，" in which was trapped each individual human being.This is a typical notion held by（）.

198881The theme of Henry James"essay（） clearly indicates that the aim of the novel is to present life， so it is not surprising to find in his writings human experiences explored in every possible form.

198882One of the most often-used methods in（）"s poems is to make colors and images fleet past the mind"s eye of the reader.

198883Robert Frost combined traditional verse forms with a clear American local speech rhythm， the speech of（） with its idiosyncratic diction and syntax.

198884One of. Scott Fitzgerald"s best short stories is “（）”，which depicts an American"s return to Paris in the 1930s and his regretful realization that the past is beyond his reach.

198885Robert Frost"s first collection（） is marked by an intense but restrained emotion and the characteristic flavor of New England life.

198886Nathaniel Hawthome was affected by R.W. Emerson"s（） theory and struck up a very intimate relationship with him.

198887The Nobel Prize Committee highly praised（） for "his powerful style-forming mastery of the art"of creating modem fiction.

198888The Snows of Kilimanjaro by（） tells a brilliant short story about a mortally wounded American writer who attempts to redeem his imagination from the corrosions of wealth and domestic strife.

198889For Whom the Bell Tolls clearly represents a new beginning in Emest Hemingway"s career as writer， which concerns a volunteer American guerrilla Robert Jordan fighting in（）.

198890T、S. Eliot"s most striking early achievement（） is in a form of dramatic monologue.

198891Shakespeare"s（） is generally regarded as the most popular play on the stage， for it has the qualities of a "blood-and-thunder"thriller and a philosophical exploitation of life and death.

198892Working through the tradition of a Christian humanism， John Milton wrote（） intending to"justify the ways of God to men".

198893William Blake"s" central concem in the Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience is（），which gives the two books strong social and historical reference.

198894The most important contribution of（） is that he not only started the modern poetry， but also changed the course of English poetry by using ordinary speech of the language and by advocating a retum to nature.

198895Shelley"s（） is the best of all the Romantic well-known lyric pieces.

198896Jane Austen"s main literary concern is about（）.

198897In the Victorian Period（） became the most widely read and the most vital and challenging expression of progressive thought.

198898Among the works by Charles Dickens（） presents his criticism of the Utilitarian principle that rules over the English education system and destroys young hearts and minds.

198899Charlotte Bronte"s works are all about the struggle of an individual consciousness towards（），about some lonely and neglected young women with a fierce longing for love， understanding and full， happy life.

198900The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot is poem concemed with the（） breakup of a modern civilization in which humanlife has lost its meaning， significance and purpose.

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