21.______,Hemingway’sfirstnovel,castslightonawholegenerationaftertheFirstWorldWarandtheeffectsofthewarbywayofavividportraitof“TheLostGeneration.”（）
A.TheOldManandtheSeax05B.TheSunAlsoRises
C.InOurTimex05D.AFarewelltoArms
22.WhichofthefollowingisdepictedasthemythicalcountyinWilliamFaulkner’snovels?（）
A.Cambridge.x05B.Oxford.
C.Yoknapatawpha.x05D.Mississippi.
23.RobertFrostrejected______choosing______instead.（）
A.theconventionalpoeticprinciples...therevolutionaryway
B.theromanticway...therevolutionaryprinciples
C.therevolutionaryprinciples...theromanticway
D.therevolutionarypoeticprinciplesofhiscontemporaries...theold-fashionedwaytobenew
24.WhichofthefollowingisrightaboutAmericanfictionfrom1945onwards?（）
A.Blackfictionbegantoattractcriticalattentionduringthe1950s.
B.ThereappearedasignificantgroupofJewish-AmericanwriterswhoseworksweresetagainsttheJewishexperienceandtradition.
C.Agroupofnewwriterswhosurvivedthewarwroteabouttheiridealswithintheartisticfield.
D.Americanfictioninthe1950sand1960sprovestobeaharvestwhichderivedfromitspredecessors.
25.WhichofthefollowingcanNOTbeincludedinthethematicconcernsofRobertFrost’sPoems?（）
A.Thecontradictionandmisunderstandingbetweenmanandwoman.
B.Thelonelinessandpovertyoftheisolatedhumanbeing.
C.Hisloveoflifeandhisbeliefinaserenitycomingfromworking.
D.Theterrorandtragedyinnatureaswellasitsbeauty.
Passage2
Therewas,asusual,acrowdoffolkaboutthedoor,butnonethatRiprecollected.Theverycharacterofthepeopleseemedchanged.Therewasabusy,bustling,disputatioustoneaboutit,insteadoftheaccustomedphlegmanddrowsytranquility.HelookedinvainforthesageNicholasVedder,withhisbroadface,doublechin,andfairlongpipe,utteringcloudsoftobaccosmokeinsteadofidlespeeches;orVanBummel,theschoolmaster,dolingforththecontentsofanancientnewspaper.Inplaceofthese,aleanbiliousloo