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TheBeginning ofAmerican Literature
American has always been a land of beginnings.AfterEuropeans "discovered"America in the fifteenth century, the mysterious New World became for many people a genuine hope of a new life, an escape from poverty and persecution, a chance to start again. We can say that, as nation,America begins with that hope. When, however, doesAmerican literature begin
American literature begins withAmerican experiences. Long before the first colonists arrived, beforeChristopherColumbus, before the Northmen who "found"America about the year 1,000, NativeAmericans lived here.Each tribe’s literature was tightly woven into the fabric of daily life and reflected the unmistakablyAmerican experience of lining with the lan
D、Another kind of experience, one filled with fear and excitement, found its expression in the reports thatColumbus and other explorers sent home in Spain, French andEnglish. In addition, the journals of the people who lived and died in the NewEngland wilderness tell unforgettable tales of hard and sometimes heartbreaking experiences of those early years.
Experience, then, is the key to earlyAmerican literature. The New World provided a great variety of experiences, and these experiences demanded a wide variety of expressions by an even wider variety of earlyAmerican writers. These writers included John Smith, who spent only two-and-a-half years on theAmerican continent. They included JonathanEdwards and WilliamByrd, who thought of themselves asBritish subjects, never suspecting a revolution that would create a United States ofAmerica with a literature of its own.American Indians, explorers, Puritan ministers, frontier wives, plantation owner--they are all the creators of the firstAmerican literature.
According to the last paragraph, which of the following statements is true aboutAmerican literatureA．SomeBritish writers startedAmerican literature.
B．Early-dayAmerican literature is a reflection of the boring life then.
C．SomeBritish writers had doubts about the future ofAmerican literature.
D、SomeBritish writers had great confidence in the future ofAmerican literatur
网考网参考答案：D
网考网解析：
本题答案的依据是下面这句话：They included Jonathan Edwards and William Byrd，who thought of themselves as British subjects，never suspecting a revolution that would create a United States of America with a literature of its own(这两位自认为是大英帝国臣民的英国作家对一场将会创造出一个拥有自己文学的美利坚合众国的革命从来没有任何怀疑。) document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>
American has always been a land of beginnings.AfterEuropeans "discovered"America in the fifteenth century, the mysterious New World became for many people a genuine hope of a new life, an escape from poverty and persecution, a chance to start again. We can say that, as nation,America begins with that hope. When, however, doesAmerican literature begin
American literature begins withAmerican experiences. Long before the first colonists arrived, beforeChristopherColumbus, before the Northmen who "found"America about the year 1,000, NativeAmericans lived here.Each tribe’s literature was tightly woven into the fabric of daily life and reflected the unmistakablyAmerican experience of lining with the lan
D、Another kind of experience, one filled with fear and excitement, found its expression in the reports thatColumbus and other explorers sent home in Spain, French andEnglish. In addition, the journals of the people who lived and died in the NewEngland wilderness tell unforgettable tales of hard and sometimes heartbreaking experiences of those early years.
Experience, then, is the key to earlyAmerican literature. The New World provided a great variety of experiences, and these experiences demanded a wide variety of expressions by an even wider variety of earlyAmerican writers. These writers included John Smith, who spent only two-and-a-half years on theAmerican continent. They included JonathanEdwards and WilliamByrd, who thought of themselves asBritish subjects, never suspecting a revolution that would create a United States ofAmerica with a literature of its own.American Indians, explorers, Puritan ministers, frontier wives, plantation owner--they are all the creators of the firstAmerican literature.
According to the last paragraph, which of the following statements is true aboutAmerican literatureA．SomeBritish writers startedAmerican literature.
B．Early-dayAmerican literature is a reflection of the boring life then.
C．SomeBritish writers had doubts about the future ofAmerican literature.
D、SomeBritish writers had great confidence in the future ofAmerican literatur
网考网参考答案：D
网考网解析：
本题答案的依据是下面这句话：They included Jonathan Edwards and William Byrd，who thought of themselves as British subjects，never suspecting a revolution that would create a United States of America with a literature of its own(这两位自认为是大英帝国臣民的英国作家对一场将会创造出一个拥有自己文学的美利坚合众国的革命从来没有任何怀疑。) document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>
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