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1、Exercise:Multiplechoices:1.Americaasanationwasfoundedintheyear_______________.A.1776B.1783C.1778D.17802.________wasregardedasapoetoftheAmericanRevolution.A.PhilipFreneauB.WaltWhitmanC.EdgarAllanPoeD.ThomasJefferson3.Theship______carriedaboutonehundredPilgrimsandtook66daystobeatitswayacross

2、theAtlantic.InDecemberof1620,itputthePilgrimsashoreatPlymouth,Massachusetts.A.SunflowerB.ArmadaC.MayflowerD.Titanic4.Amongthefollowingwriters,whoisnotinAmericanromanticism?A.PoeB.EmersonC.HawthorneD.AnneBradstreet5.WashingtonIrvinggothisideaforhismostfamousstory,RipVanWinkle,froma________A

3、.GreeklegendB.GermanlegendC.FrenchlegendD.Englishlegend6.RipVanWinkleisfoundinIrving’slongerwork,________A.TheSketchBookB.HistoryofNewYorkC.TalesofaTravelerD.ThePrecaution7.WhichofthefollowingisnottrueofBenjaminFranklin?A.printerandauthorB.inventorandscientistC.professorandjournalistD.dipl

4、omatandphilosopher8.American___________asaculturalheritageexertedgreatinfluencesoverAmericanmoralvaluesandliterarytraditionsandworks.A.AtheismB.PuritanismC.DeismD.Cynicism9.WhichofthefollowingisnottrueofTheAutobiographyofBenjaminFranklin?A.ItwasthefirstandonlyworkwrittenaboutAmericanCivilW

5、ar.B.Itisconsideredthefirstpopularself-helpbookeverpublished.C.ItwasthefirstmajorsecularAmericanautobiography.D.ItisthefirstrealaccountoftheAmericanDreaminactionastoldfromamanwhoexperienceditfirsthand.10.WhichofthefollowingisnottrueaboutAmericanPuritanism?A.Allmenhaveoriginalsin.B.Theatone

6、mentislimited.C.Womenshouldbecontrolledbymenforwomenhaveevilnature.D.Goddecidedeverythingbeforethingsoccurred.11.TheAutobiographyofBenjaminFranklinisconsideredarecordofallthefollowingexcept______.A.self-persecutionB.self-improvementC.self-cultivationD.self-examination12.WashingtonIrving’sc

7、ontributiontoAmericanliteratureisuniqueinmorewaysthanone.Hedidallofthefollowingexcept__________.A.thereverencefornatureB.theworshipoftheheadlesshorsemanC.theexhibitionofthesupernaturalD.thelongingforthegoodolddays13.WhichofthefollowingmaynotbetheideasofRalphWa