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文化复习题
5.
Suburban areas in a western city are
often inhabited by ______.
A.
low-income people
C.
farmers
7.
B.
middle-class and wealthy people
D.
minorities
The
______is the central area of a major city or
metropolis. In the United States,
Canada,
United Kingdom and
Ireland, the term is often applied to the poorer
parts of the city centre
and is
sometimes used as a euphemism with the connotation
of being an area, perhaps a
ghetto or
slum, where residents are less educated and more
impoverished and where there
is more
crime.
A.
central business
district
C.
inner city
B.
downtown
D.
urban area
10.
Being
______
is
about
more
than
caring
for
the
unborn
.
It’s
about
caring
for
the living
as
well.
A.
C.
pro-choice
pro-am
B.
pro-life
D.
pro-and-con
12.
The
______
Amendment
to
the
United
States
Constitution
expressly
prohibits
the
United
States
Congress
from
making
laws
that
prohibit
the
free
exercise
of
religion,
infringe
the
freedom of speech,
infringe the freedom of the press, limit the right
to peaceably assemble,
or limit the
right to petition the government for a redress of
grievances.
A.
First
B.
Second
C.
Third
D.
Fourth
total membership of
the House of Representatives is 440 Members.
Senate100members.
18.
The Tories are the members of ______.
A.
the British Conservative
Party.
B.
the British Labour
Party
C.
the U.S. Democratic
Party
D.
the U.S. Republican
Party
(Whigs)
19.
The two major parties in the UK are the
Conservative Party and ______ Party.
A.
Democratic
B.
Republican
C.
Labor
D.
Progressive
20.
Japan’s legislation body
is k
nown as ______.
A.
Congress
B.
Parliament
C.
Diet
D.
Duma
21.
To help
spread Japanese, the Japan Foundation, the
nation's rough equivalent to ______ or
Germany's ______, invites 500 foreign
teachers from more than 50 nations to Japan each
year for all-expenses-paid training
programs.
A.
the British
Foundation…Goethe Institute
B.
the British
Foundation…German Council
C.
the British Council…Goethe
Institute
D.
the
Brinish Council…German Institute
24.
______
is
a
term
coined
by
Harvard
professor
Joseph
S.
Nye
in
1990
to
describe
how
countries
A.
Military
power
C.
Charm
offensive
B.
Economic
power
D.
Soft
power
25.
America’s
China
policies
are
described
as
“engagement”,
“containment”
o
r
even
“congagement”. They may be translated
as ______ respectively.
A.
“
接触
”,
“
遏制
”,
“
遏制加接触
”
B.
“
遏制
”,
“
接触
”,
“
遏制加接触
”
C.
“
遏制加接触
”,
“
遏制
”,
“
接触
”,
D.
“
接触
”,
“
遏制加接触
”,
“
遏制
”
29.
While the focus has been
on the Dow Jones and Wall Street, we are
addressing the real pain
felt by Mr.
and Mrs. Jones on ______.
A.
Main Street
B.
Fleet Street
D.
Highway
C.
Central Avenue
30.
A(n) ______ degree typically requires a
higher standard than a pass degree. In many areas
of
the world an additional year of
study is required in order to be awarded with such
a degree.
A.
honor
C.
merit
B.
honors
D.
honorary
32.
Hippies appeared in the _____ in the
United States.
A.
1940s
C.
1980s
B.
1960s
D.
1950s
33.
A ______ law is one
restricting activities or sales of goods on
Sunday, to accommodate the
Christian
Sabbath.
A.
red
34. The Vice President of the United
States is also ______.
A.
House Speaker
B.
President of
the Senate
D.
office manager
of the Oval Office
B.
green
C.
black
D.
blue
C.
government speaker
35.
The
permanent
members
of
the
Security
Council
are
China,
______,
Russian
Federation,
United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the
United States of America.
A.
Germany
B.
Egypt
C.
France
D.
Japan
36.
______ are classes which
give high-school students a chance to earn college
credit.
A.
Advanced Placement programs
C.
Optional courses
B.
Compulsory courses
D.
Crash courses
37.
The Gini coefficient is a measure of
statistical dispersion developed by the Italian
statistician
Corrado Gini
and
published
in
his
1912
paper
and
Mutability
It
is
commonly
used
as
a
measure
of
inequality
of
______.
It
has,
however,
also found
application
in
the
study of inequalities in
disciplines as diverse as health science, ecology,
and chemistry.
A.
income or
wealth
C.
environmental health
B.
social status
D.
social stability
39.
The Caucasian people refer to ______.
A.
Asians
C.
whites
B.
blacks
D.
primitives
40.
The agency responsible for foreign
affairs in the States is called ______.
A.
the State Department
C.
the White House
B.
the Foreign
Ministry
D.
the House of
Lords
43.
In most of the
United Kingdom and in some Commonwealth countries,
a ______ school is a
traditional
independent
school
for
secondary-age
pupils
funded
by
a
combination
of
endowments, tuition fees and other non-
governmental funding. It does not rely on taxpayer
contributions,
and
is
independent
from
both
central
and
local
government
control.
These
schools, wherever
located, often follow a British educational
tradition. Originally, many were
single-sex
boarding
schools,
but
many
are
now
co-
educational
with
both
boarders
and
day-
pupils. This usage is synonymous with preparatory
school in the USA, although in British
English preparatory school has a
different meaning.
44.
The ______ consists of
the popularly elected representatives (electors)
who formally elect
the
President
and
Vice
President
of
the
United
States.
Since
1964,
there
have
been
538
electors
in each presidential election.
A.
Selective
Committee
C.
Election Body
B.
Elective Board
A.
private
B.
state
C.
public
D.
personal
D.
Electoral College
45.
In the Commonwealth of Nations, a High
Commissioner is the senior diplomat (ranking as
______) in charge of the diplomatic
mission of one Commonwealth government to another.
In
this
usage,
a
Commonwealth
nation's
High
Commission
is
its
embassy
to
another
Commonwealth nation.
A.
a
first secretary
C.
an
attaché
B.
an emissary
D.
an
ambassador
46.
The
US
interstate
highway
system
makes
long-distance
travel
by
car
fast
and
convenient.
Interstate
highways are clearly marked with numbers: _____
numbers mark north and south
routes
and
______
numbers
mark
east
and
west
routes.
Such
toll
roads
as
turnpikes,
thruways and parkways are part of the
interstate system. The speed limit on all highways
is
55 miles per hour unless otherwise
posted.
A.
odd…even
B.
even…odd
C.
positive…negative
D.
Negative...positive
49.
The stereotype of a professor is he or
she is ______.
A.
absent-minded
B.
tough and
unyielding
C.
casual and
informal
D.
with
a dry sense of humor
52.
In
American
colleges
and
universities,
fraternities
and
sororities
are
named
with
______
letters.
A.
English
B.
French
C. Latin
D.
Greek
53.
The
Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
grants ______ to and protects the civil
and political rights of all people born
in the US.
A.
citizenship
B.
human rights
C.
freedom of speech
D.
freedom to be one’s
best
57.
______
is
the
marketing
process
of
approaching
prospective
customers
or
clients
—
typically
via
telephone,
by
email
or
through
making
a
connection
on
a
social
network
—
who were
not
A.
Distant
learning
C.
Cold calling
expecting such an interaction.
B.
Telecommuting
D.
Telecommunication
59.
____ is a term
originating in the U.K. to refer to large retail
banks which have many branch
locations.
These banks are major, widespread institutions,
such as those that would be found in
the main commercial sector of a town or
city.
A.
Commercial bank
C.
High street
bank
B.
Everbright bank
D.
Cash-flush bank
of
a
60.
______ gap is a political term used to
describe any
reality
situation and what politicians and
government agencies say
A.
Information
B.
Credibility
D.
Trust
about it.
C.
Communications
61.
______ is
consuming, parasitic class, represented by an idle
elite engaged in
continuous
public demonstration of their status.
A.
Underclass
B.
Upscale class
C.
Leisure class
D.
Pleasure class
62.
The Federal Reserve of the United
States is roughly equivalent to ______.
A.
China Construction Bank
B.
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
C.
Bank of China
D.
the People's Bank of
China
63.
Consumerism is a
theory that an increasing consumption of goods is
economically ______.
A.
harmful
B.
beneficial
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