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秋《英语国家概况》
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1
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100
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单选题
判断题
一、单选题（共
10
道试题，共
50
分。）
V
1.
What is the
idea behind checks and balances?
A. To help the president get more
power
B. To restrict
governmental power and prevent its
abuse
C. To help the
Congress to derive more authorities
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5
分
2.
Which of the following
American values did NOT come from
Puritanism?
A. Separation of
state and church
B. Respect
of education
C. Intolerant
moralism
D. A sense of
mission
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5
分
3.
The author of the novel The Scarlet
Letter is_________.
A.
Hawthorne
B.
Emerson
C.
Hemingway
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5
分
4.
Who first introduced the
A. Eli Whitney
B.
Samuel Slater
C. Henry
Ford
D. Adam
Smith
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5
分
5.
Do you happen to know of the name of
George Washington? Is he_________?
A. one of the founding fathers of the
United States
B. the first
Governor of the State of New York
C. the author of the Declaration of
Independence
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5
分
6.
The U.S. government consists of three
branches:___________.
A. the
executive branch, the legislative branch, and the
judicial branch
B. the State
Department, the Department of Defense, and the
Energy Department
C. the
White House, the Senate, and the Supreme
Court
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5
分
7.
Who is Abraham Lincoln? What was he
famous for?
A. Uncle Tom's
Cabin
B. The Federalist
Papers
C. The Emancipation
Proclamation
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5
分
8.
The following were the main Reformation
leaders except ___________.
A. Martin Luther
B. Martin Luther King
C. John Calvin
D.
The English King Henry VIII
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5
分
9.
Alexander Hamilton was
。
A. The first
Secretary of Treasury of the USA
B. The first president of the
USA
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分
10.
Lord Baltimore's feudal plan failed
because ___________.
A.
there were more Protestant than Catholics in
Maryland
B. the wilderness
of the continent made the plan
impossible
C. there was
plenty of land while labor was scarce
D. the English king did not like the
plan
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秋《英语国家概况》
(II)
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1
试卷总分：
100
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单选题
判断题
二、判断题（共
10
道试题，共
50
分。）
V
1.
After the
president vetoes a law, Congress may override the
veto by a three-fourths vote of both
houses.
A.
错误
B.
正确
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5
分
2.
Two-third
of the
cropland in the United States is
planted in
crops
destined
for
export-to Europe, Asia,
Africa
and
Latin
America.
A.
错误
B.
正确
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5
分
3.
It
was
in
1954
that
the
Supreme
Court
ruled
that
the
practice
of
segregating
blacks
into
separate
schools
was
unconstitional.
A.
错误
B.
正确
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5
分
4.
At the end of the 18th century,
elementary education throughout the United States
was in local hands.
A.
错误
B.
正确
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5
分
5.
In 1863, the United States created a
truly national banking system with a standard
paper currency.
A.
错误
B.
正确
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5
分
6.
The first factory in the United States
was a cotton textile mill in Pawtucket, Rhode
Island, which combined carding,
roving
and spinning operation.
A.
错误
B.
正确
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5
分
7.
New York City is the second largest
city of the United States.
A.
错误
B.
正确
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5
分
8.
Leaves of Grass, writen by Walt Whitman
in 1855, is a gound-breaking book in American
literature.
A.
错误
B.
正确
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5
分
9.
After World WarⅠ, many novelists
produced literary works of disillusionment. Some
of them lived abroad and were known
as
the“Beat Generation”.
A.
错误
B.
正确
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5
分
10.
In the United States, every church is a
completely independent organization,and concerned
with its own finance and its
own
building.
A.
错误
B.
正确
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秋《英语国家概况》
(II)
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2
试卷总分：
100
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单选题
判断题
一、单选题（共
10
道试题，共
50
分。）
V
1.
Which of the
following former presidents of USA used to be a
sports commentator?
A. Bill
Clinton
B. George
Bush
C. Ronald
Reagan
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分
2.
Which of the following games is played
in a
A. Football
B. Basketball
C.
Baseball
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分
3.
Which of the following cities is known
for its casinos for gambling?
A. Seattle
B.
Atlantic City
C.
Chicago
D. San
Francisco
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5
分
4.
The organization that is responsible
for cracking down on domestic crimes
is_____.
A. the
FBI
B. the CIA
C. the Congress
D. the IRS
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5
分
5.
How many players are there on each team
in a basketball game?
A.
5
B. 6
C. 11
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分
6.
One of the most frequently used musical
instrument on a jazz band included a
________.
A.
violin
B. trumpet,
and
C. piano
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分
7.
The instrument used in jazz
music for sounding out melodies is
_________.
A.
drums
B. banjo
C. piano
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5
分
8.
Who invented the game of
basketball?
A. A
Canadian
B. An
American
C. A
Dominican
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5
分
9.
Los Angeles Lakers is the name of a
professional team of which game?
A. Basketball
B.
Hockey
C.
Volleyball
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分
10.
The Niagara Falls is located on the
border of the United States
with_______.
A.
Mexico
B.
Columbia
C.
Panama
D. Canada
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秋《英语国家概
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2
试卷总分：
100
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单选题
判断题
二、判断题（共
10
道试题，共
50
分。）
V
1.
National
Basketball Association (NBA), the association of
professional teams in the US, has two divisions:
the Eastern
Division and Western
Division.
A.
错误
B.
正确
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分
2.
After
Legal
segregation
ended
in
the
South
as
a
result
of
the
civil
rights
movement,
and
racism
is
no
longer
an
extremely
serious social,
political problem in the U.S.
A.
错误
B.
正确
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5
分
3.
The “Hippies” was the one group within
the counter culture best known for their pursuit
of happiness as their goal
in
life.
A.
错误
B.
正确
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5
分
4.
John Steven, an American entrepreneur
in the late 19th century, was the first to use
assembly line for
manufacturing
cars.
A.
错误
B.
正确
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5
分
5.
The Grand Canyon National Park, one of
America’s most famous scenic wonder, is
approximately 120 kilometers north
of
Flagstaff, Utah.
A.
错误
B.
正确
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5
分
6.
Robert H Goddard is the founder of
modern rocketry technology. He made the first
liquid propellant rocket.
A.
错误
B.
正确
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5
分
7.
The largest of the racial and ethnic
minorities in the United States is the Jews, who
number over 25.2 million, or 11.7%
of
the population.
A.
错误
B.
正确
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5
分
8.
In September
1961,
the
federal government
declared
segregation
illegal
in
all
interstate
bus
stations
which
served
buses
traveling to another
state.
A.
错误
B.
正确
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5
分
9.
The Greensboro s
tudents
“sit
-
in” was believe to be
the beginning of the civil rights
movement.
A.
错误
B.
正确
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5
分
10.
America’s movies are mostly in
Hollywood, near the city of Los Angeles in South
California.
A.
错误
B.
正确
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