who would suddenly break in upon the tranquility of the assemblage and call the members all to naught; nor was that august personage, Nicholas Vedder himself, sacred from the daring tongue of this terrible virago, who charged him outright with encouraging her husband in habits of idleness.
1. Who was the writer of this story? What is the title of this story? (2 points)
2. Who was Nicholas Vedder? (1 point)
3. How did he express his opinions on public matters? (2 points) 得分 评分人 VI. Comment. (20 points, 10 points for each)
Directions: In this part of the test, you are given five topics. Choose TWO of them and give a comment on the Answer Sheet. Scores will be given according to the content, grammar and the completeness of the related knowledge.
参考答案
I. Blanks: (10%)
(每题1分，共10分，答错不给分) 1. American literature 2. English 3. Puritans 4. short story 5. Autobiography 6. Philip Freneau 7. Washington Irving 8. Edgar Allan Poe 9. The Scarlet Letter
II. Multiple Choice: ( 20%)
(每题1分，共20分，答错不给分)
1. A 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. A 6. C 7. B 8. C 9. B 10. D 11. A 12. B 13. B 14. B 15. C 16.C 17. B 18. A 19. C 20. D
III. Identification (20%)
（每题1分，共20分，答错不给分）
1. James Fenimore Cooper 2. Washington Irving 3. Anne Bradstreet
4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
Michael Wigglesworth Washington Irving
James Fenimore Cooper Philip Freneau
William Cullen Bryant Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe
Nathaniel Hawthorne Edgar Allan Poe Anne Bradstreet Washington Irving
James Fenimore Cooper Philip Freneau
William Cullen Bryant Edgar Allan Poe
Nathaniel Hawthorne Philip Freneau
IV. Terms (20%)
（每题4分，共20分。答案中给出多个知识点，答对其中四个知识点即得满分，多于四个不加分，少则扣分。超出所给出答案部分的，评卷人可根据相关内容和知识酌情给分。）
1. Knickerbocker
Key words: Washington Irving, The Sketch Book, Irving, Cooper and Bryant, The History of New York, New York, etc. 2. Poor Richard’s Almanac
key words: Benjamin Franklin, sayings, hard work, thrift, Puritan, quotes, printed himself, etc. 3. Leatherstocking Tales
Key words: Cooper, five novels, Natty Bumppo, frontier, frontiersman, life from youth to old age, The Pioneer, The Last of the Mohicans, The Prairie, The Pathfinder, The Deerslayer, etc. 4. Puritanism
key words: Calvin, purify, hard work, thrift, predestination, salvation, sin, God, from England to America, immigration, etc. 5. Benjamin Franklin
key words: statesman, scientist and writer, Autobiography, Poor Richard’s Almanac, puritan, hard work and thrift, successful, contributions, printer, etc.
V. Appreciation (10%)
（每题5分，共10分。评卷人可以按照问题及内容酌情给分）
Part A
a) Philip Freneau’s（1分） The Wild Honey Suckle （1分）
b) It is written in iambic tetrameter, the rhyme scheme is ababcc.（1分）
c) “Little being” refers to the wild honey suckle. （1分）“But an hour” means the
lifespan of a flower is very short. （1分）
Part B
1. Washington Irving’s（1分） Rip Van Wingkle（1分）
2. Nicholas Vedder is the owner of the inn/ a patriarch of the village/ and landlord of the inn,（1分）
3. He expressed his opinion by the way of smoking. / When anything that was read or related displeased him, he was observed to smoke his pipe vehemently, and to send forth short, frequent and angry puffs; but when pleased, he would inhale the smoke slowly and tranquilly, and emit it in light and placid clouds; and sometimes, taking the pipe from his mouth, and letting the fragrant vapor curl about his nose, would gravely nod his head in token of perfect approbation.（2分）
VI. Comment. (20%)
(每题10分，此题共20分) 一等（9-10分）：内容基本正确并且语法准确，表达完整清晰，理解透彻； 二等（6-8分）：有少量知识点或语法错误，表达比较清晰完整，有比较透彻的理解； 三等（3-5分）：知识点表达错误较多，内容不完整，知识略显混乱，思路不太清晰； 四等（1-2分）：内容基本不太正确，思维混乱，内容贫乏，对问题没有理解。
答案：（略）