单选题 American Colonial literature is longer than any other literary period, which started when the first settlers kept diaries and sermons and developed till______.

A、 the mid of 18th C.
B、 early 17th C.
C、 the end of 17th C.
D、 the end of 18th C.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】解析：早期的移民刚到新大陆时忙于生存斗争，所以直到18世纪才开始发展文学。最早发表的关于北美的作品是游记、日记之类的文字。