东师《英美概况（二）》2023年春学期在线作业[标准答案]

试卷总分:100  得分:100

一、单选题 (共 20 道试题,共 60 分)

1.The original name of New York is ().

A.New Hampshire

B.New Amsterdam

C.New Jersey

D.New England

 

2.In the U.S., people go to church mainly for the following reasons except ().

A.for finding a job in sociely

B.for having a place in a community

C.for identifying themselves with dominant values

D.for getting together with friends

 

3.The official holidays include ().

A.Thanksgiving

B.Saint Patrick' s Day

C.Mother's Day

D.Halloween

 

4.The first American President who inaugurated in Washington City was ().

A.George Washington

B.Thomas Jefferson

C.John Adams

D.Andrew Jackson

 

5.The river that serves as the dividing line between the South and the North of the United States is().

A.the Columbia River

B.the Potomac River

C.the Ohio River

D.the Colorado River

 

6.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.

 

7.The US is the world’s leading exporter of agricultural products, in which the second most important export is ().

A.Cotton

B.vegetable oils

C.cereal grains

D.soybeans

 

8.The () River forms part of the boundary between Canada and the USA, serving as an international river.

A.Colorado

B.Ohio

C.Missouri

D.St.Lawrence

 

9.The U. S. A. is known as a “Melting Pot” for its ().

A.mixture of religions

B.mixture of nationalities

C.mixture of climates

D.mixture of habits

 

10.The number of Congressmen from each state varies depending on ().

A.the size of the area

B.the size of population

C.the tradition

D.the wealth

 

11.You can get quick and inexpensive meals in () .

A.magnificent restaurants

B.snack bars

C.guest house

D.motels

 

12.The largest public library in the U. S. is ().

A.Library of Congress

B.Library of Harvard

C.Franklin Library

D.Roosevelt Library

 

13.Detroit is famous for the production of ().

A.bamboo

B.automobiles

C.timber

D.airplanes

 

14.Franklin Roosevelt was elected President of the US in ().

A.1931

B.1932

C.1933

D.1934

 

15.() are the most numerous in the minorities of the United States.

A.blacks

B.Hispanics

C.Asian-Americans

D.Jews

 

16.() has the power to interpret the constitution.

A.The President

B.The Congress

C.The Supreme Court

D.The House of Representatives

 

17.The “Senior Citizens” in the senior centers refer to.()

A.high officials

B.professors

C.presidents

D.old people

 

18.The University of California, with several branch campuses, has more than () students.

A.128 000

B.129 000

C.126 000

D.127000

 

19.The leading producing area for chemicals and machinery is().

A.The East North Central

B.the Middle Atlantic region

C.the Pacific coast region

D.the South Atlantic region

 

20.The city's name, “Philadelphia” means ().

A.fishing pit

B.brotherly love

C.waste land

D.wild laral

 

二、判断题 (共 20 道试题,共 40 分)

21.The land can be divided into three parts according to its geographical features：the eastern part，the western part，and the central Plains .

 

22.In the USA, a two-year college was originally called a “junior college”, but now it is called a “community college

 

23.Before the breakout of the Civil War, the Whig Party, which had been formed during Jackson's day, began to break up.

 

24.The Federal Government is supposed to keep independent from the states governments.

 

25.American industry is developing so rapidly that it has been in the leadin gposition for the past century.

 

26.The United States is situated in the central part of North America with its two youngest states-Alaska and Hawaii.

 

27.The first Continental Congress was held in Philadelphia in September 1775 to consider and act on the situation arising from the so-called Intolerable Acts passed by the Bitish Parliament.

 

28.In western California lies Death Valley, 280 feet below sea level. It is the lowest point in the whole of North America.

 

29.In the autumn of 1620, the first group of people started for America in a ship named the "Mayflower". They landed at a place they named Plymouth

 

30.America was named after Amerigo Vespucci.

 

31.The western part consists of high plateaus and mountains formed by the Appalachian Range

 

32.The Indians were the original inhabitants on the continent. However, ever since the discovery of the land in 1492 they have been cruelly treated. They were driven into barren desert regions, the so-called “Indian Reservations”.

 

33.Niagara Falls is not in New York City.

 

34.Detroit has been known as the automobile capital of the world.

 

35.Mount Mekinley, 6187 meters high, on the north of the Alaska, the highest peak on the American continent.

 

36.Basketball is the summer sport in American schools and colleges.

 

37.Every state constitution divides political power among four elements.

 

38.The pamphlet “Common Sense” was published by Thomas Jefferson.

 

39.Mount McKinley is the highest mountain in the USA and in North America. It was named afer William Mckinley, the 25th US president.

 

40.When Lincoln was elected president, the southern states broke away and formed a new nation, the Confederate Union of America.