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《英语国家文化》期末考试试卷（
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Part I Blank Filling (60 blanks, 0.5
point each)
1. The United States of
America is situated in
the southern
part of North America (except
________________
and
Hawaii).
The
continental
United
States
stretches
4,500
kilometers
from
the
Atlantic
on
the
east
to
the
________________ on the west. It is
bounded
by
________________
on
the
north
and
by
________________
and
the
Gulf
of
Mexico
on the
south,
with
a
distance
of
2,575
kilometers
in
between.
2.
The
United
States
is
the
________________
(rank)
largest
country
in
the
world in terms of
area.
Its
land
area
is
9,166
，
601
square
kilometers.
3.
The
whole
country
is
divided
into
________________
(number)
states
and
a
federal district,
________________,
in
which
the
capital
city
of
Washington
is
located
on
the
Potomac
River.
________________ is the largest in area
of all
the states, and Texas is the
second.
4.
The
highest
peak
contained
by
the
Appalachian Mountains is
________________.
The
Sierras
Range
contains
________________,
the highest peak in the US outside
Alaska. The
highest
mount
of
the
United
States
is
________________, which lies in Alaska.
________________
in
eastern
California,
85
meters below sea level,
is the lowest point in
the whole of
NorthAmerica.
5.
The
five
Great
lakes
are
Lake
Superior,
Lake
________________,
Lake
________________,
Lake
Erie
and
Lake
Ontario.
They
form
the
most
important system of inland waterways in
the world. Of the five Great Lakes,
only Lake
________________is wholly
within the
United
States.
The
famous
________________
Falls
is
located
on
the
US-Canadian
boundary
between
Lake
Erie
and
Lake
Ontario.
6.
________________
is
the
largest
city
and
chief
port
of
the
United
States
lying
at
the
mouth
of
the
Hudson
River.
________________,
a
gift
from
the
French
people
in
1886,
was
placed
in the center of New York Harbor.
7.
The
most
densely
populated
state
is
________________,
while
the
most
sparsely
populated
2
state
is ________________.
8. Since World War
II, people have moved to
the
Southeast,
Southwest,
and
West
Coast,
which
is collectively called
________________.
9.
The
Ivy
League
refers
to
eight
private
institutions of higher education
located in the
Northeastern
United
States.
They
are
________________
University,
________________
University,
University
of
Pennsylvania,
________________,
Columbia
University,
Brown
University,
Dartmouth
College,
Cornell
University.
All
these
universities
were
founded
before
American
Revolution
except
________________ University.
10.
________________
is
the
United
States’
central
bank,
charged
with
ensuring
the
stability and
flexibility
of
the
nation’s
m
onetary
and
financial systems.
11. The
largest airports in the United States by
passenger arrivals and departures are
________________
International
Airport
in
Illinois.
12.
________________
is
a
district
in
Los
Angeles,
California,
U.S.A.,
situated
west-northwest
of
Downtown.
Due
to
its
fame
and
cultural
identity
as
the
historical
center
of
movie
studios
and stars, its name is often used as a
metonym
for the American film and
television industry.
13.
________________
theater
refers
to
theatrical
performances
presented
in
one
of
the 39 large
professional
theaters
with
500
seats
or
more
located
in the Theatre District, New York in
Manhattan, New York City.
14.
The
top
daily
newspapers
in
the
United
States according to circulation were
the
________________
Journal,
________________,
________________,
and
the Los Angeles
Times,
each
with
a
circulation
in
excess
of
1
million.
15.
The
US
Constitution
is
composed
of
a
Preamble,
________________
(number)
articles, and
________________
(number)
amendments,
among which the
first ten amendments is
collectively
called as ________________.
16.
Congress is the legislative body, which is
divided
into
two
chambers:
________________
with
________________
(number)
members
and ________________ (number) with
______________________ members.
17.
The
president
of
the
Senate
is
the
vice
president
of
the
United
States.
When
he
is
absent,
________________,
usually the senior senator
of the
majority party, carry out his duties.
18.
The
US
President
elect
is
________________.
He
will
take
his
power
on
________________
3
(date),
2009.
19.
The
president
of
the
House
of
Representatives
is
________________,
who
presides over the
chamber,
refers
bills
to
committees,
appoints
representatives to special committees,
and
grants representatives the right to
speak during
chamber debates.
20.
The
Supreme
Court
of
the
United
States
consists
of
________________
of
the
United
States
and
________________
(number)
Associate
Justices, who are nominated by the
President
and confirmed with
the “advice and consent”
of
the Senate. Justices serve “during good
behaviour,”
21.
The
logo
of
the
Republican
Party
is
________________
while
that
of
the
Democratic Party
is
________________.
The
color
of
the
Republican Party is ________________
while
that
of
the
Democratic
Party
is
________________.
22.
During
the
General
Presidential
Election,
if no presidential
candidate receives a majority
in
the Electoral College, then the
president-elect
will be selected by a
vote of
________________, with each
state receiving
a single vote. If no
vice presidential candidate
receives
a
majority,
then
the
vice
president-elect will be selected by a
vote of
________________.
23.
General
Elections
take
place
on
________
_____________________________
___ in the
Election
Year
(although
in
many
states
early
and
absentee
voting
begins
several
weeks
before
Election Day).
24. The
Mississippian culture dominated much
of
the area along the Mississippi River in
Pre-Columbian
history.
One
of
the
distinguishing features of this culture
was the
construction
of
large
earthen
________________.
The
people
there
grew
________________
and
other
crops intensively,
participated in an extensive
trade
network, and had a complex stratified
society.
25. The New World
is one of the names used
for
the
non-Eurasian/non-African
parts
of
the
Earth,
specifically
________________ andAustralia.
26.
The
discoverer
of
the
New
World
was
________________.
He
and
his
team
made
four
voyages to the NewWorld. Their vessels
were
named as Santa Maria.
27.
Spanish
navigator
________________
became the first European to round the
tip of
South
America
during
a
1519-1522
voyage
that
became
the
first
circumnavigation
of
the
world.
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28.
The
first
successful
English
colony
was
________________,
established in 1607, on a
small
river
near
Chesapeake
Bay.
The
venture
was
financed and coordinated by the
________________,
a
joint
stock
company
looking for gold.
Its first years were extremely
difficult,
with
very
high
death
rates
from
disease and starvation, wars with local
Indians,
and
little
gold.
The
colony
survived,
barely,
by
turning to
________________ as a cash crop.
29. In
1620 the first group of Puritans arrived
from
England.
In
order
to
escape
from
religious
persecution
at
home,
a
group
of
Puritans
set
sail for America on a ship called the
________________.
30.
Among
the
thirteen
colonies, Province
of
New
Hampshire,
Province
of
Massachusetts
Bay,
Colony
of
Rhode
Island
and
Providence
Plantations, and
Connecticut Colony, the four
colonies
in the north were collectively referred
to as ________________.
Part
II
Multiple
Choice
(20
Items,
1
point
each)
1.
Alaska
was
bought
by
the
United
States
from Russia ________.
[A]
during theWar of American Independence.
[B] when Abraham Lincoln was the
President
[C] during the American Civil
War
[D] after the end of the American
Civil War
2.
________
River
flows
through
New
York
City.
[A] Missouri [B] St.
Lawrence
[C] Colorado [D] Hudson
3.
The
coasts
of
________
are
among
the
rainiest places in the world.
[A] California [B] Oregon and
Washington
[C] Florida [D] New England
4. The greatest wonder is found in the
forests
of sequoia and fir trees on the
________ coast
of
the United
States.
[A] eastern [B] southern
[C] northwest [D] southwestern
5.
Which
of
the
following
is
NOT
in
Washington
D.C?
[A] the US Capitol [B] theWhite
House
[C]
Pentagon
building
[D]
the
UN
headquarters
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6.
The
________
constitute
the
largest
ethnic-racial
minority
group
in
the
United
States.
[A] American Indians
[B] Hispanics
[C] Blacks [D] Asian
Americans
7.
The
state
of
________
is
the
largest
in
population today.
[A] New York [B] Colorado
[C] Arizona [D] California
8.
________
along
with
it
branches
is
the
longest
river
in
the
United
States
and
it
also
ranks the