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专八人文知识模拟题

专八人文知识模拟题
专八人文知识模拟题

专八人文知识模拟题(1)

1. It’s generally known that the “First book of American” is ___ by John Smith.

A A True Relation of V irginia

B The True Travels of Captain John Smith

C Map of the Bay and the Rivers

D A Description of New England

2. The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung up in America was written by ___.

A John Smith

B John Ellis

C Anne Bradstreet

D Nathaniel Morton

3. A Funeral Elegy upon That Pattern and Patron of V irtue was written by John Norton in the memory of ___.

A John Smith

B Anne Bradstreet

C Nathaniel Morton

D Benjamin Franklin

4. Edward Taylor was a poet of ___.

A Local Colorism

B American Romanticism

C New England Transcendentalism

D Colonial American

5. Poor Richard’s Almanac was written by ___ who also wrote ___.

A Benjam in Franklin … Autobiography

B Washington Irving … Autobiography

C Washington Irving … History of New Y ork

D Benjamin Franklin … History of New Y ork

6. All the following but ___ are the works of John Woolman.

A Journal of John Woolman

B Some considerations upon the keeping of Negroes

C A plea for the Poor

D Poor Richard’s Almanac

7. The series of “poems of romantic fancy” are poems written by ___.

A Washington Irving

B James Fenimore Cooper

C Edgar Allan Poe

D Philip Freneau

8. ___ was the first black woman who published her collection of poems.

A Philis Wheatley

B Ralph Ellison

C James Baldwin

D Alex Haley

9. Escape: or A Leap for Freedom written by black author John Wells Brown was a(n) ___.

A poem

B novel

C play

D essay

10. Charles Brockden Brown wrote all the following novels but ___.

A Wieland

B Ormond

C Edgar Huntley

D The Pioneers

答案

1. 选A

一般认为,约翰.史密斯John Smith 是美国文学的第一位作者,他的《关于弗吉尼亚的真实叙述》(A True Relation of V irginia)则是美国文学的“第一书”,其实也是整个美国历史

的“第一书”。

2. 选C

安妮.布拉德斯特里特Anne Bradstreet 是殖民地时期的第一位诗人,她的第一部诗集《最近在北美出现的第十位缪斯》The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung up in America是移民在北美创作的第一部诗集。

3. 选B

安妮.布拉德斯特里特Anne Bradstreet 去世后,人们纷纷以“哀歌”的形式来表达对这位北美首位殖民地诗人的敬仰和哀悼,其中较著名的有约翰.诺顿的《葬礼哀歌》(A Funeral Elegy upon That Pattern and Patron of Virtue),以及约翰.罗斯杰的《致安妮. 布拉德斯特里特》(Anne Bradstreet)。这两首诗后来都被收入了布拉德斯特里特诗集作为该诗集序言的一部分。

4. 选D

艾德华.泰勒Edward Taylor 是北美殖民时期的重要诗人之一,他的诗作体现了宗教精神和诗歌艺术的高度结合,主要诗作有《内省录》(Preparatory Meditations),《上帝对其选民有影响的决定》(Gods Determinations Touching His Elect),《诗体基督教史》(Metrical History of Christianity)。

5. 选A

《穷查理历书》(Poor Richard’s Almanac)是富兰克林(Benjamin Franklin)广受欢迎的第一部作品,他的另一部代表作是《自传》(Autobiography)。

6. 选D

约翰伍尔曼的作品有《日记》(Journal of John Woolman),《关于占有黑人的几点思考》(Some considerations upon the keeping of Negroes),《为穷人请愿》(A plea for the Poor),《穷查理历书》(Poor Richard’s Almanac)是富兰克林(Benjamin Franklin)的作品。

7. 选D

菲力普.福瑞诺(Philip Freneau)创作的一系列描述美国美丽自然风光的诗歌被成为“浪漫奇想诗”,作品有《美丽的圣克鲁斯》(The beauties of Anta Curz),《印第安人墓地》(The Indian Burying Ground),《乡间小舍废墟旁有感》(Stanzas Occasioned by the Ruins of a Country Inn)。

8. 选A

菲丽丝.惠特利(Philis Wheatley)是美国文学史上第一位出版诗集的黑人女诗人,由于可以想见的原因,在相当的一段时间内被有意无意地无视了。

9. 选C

黑人作家布朗John Wells Brown 所创作的《逃亡;又名奔向自由》(Escape; or A Leap for Freedom)是废奴时期较受欢迎的黑人戏剧。

10.选D

查尔斯.布朗(Charles Brockden Brown)是美国18、19世纪之交的重要作家之一,因毕生从事文学创作和评论而被誉为“美国第一职业文学家”,他创作的小说有《威兰德》(Wieland),《奥蒙德》(Ormond),《艾德加.亨特利》(Edgar Huntley),《开拓者》是库柏(James Fenimore Cooper)的小说。

专八人文知识模拟题(2)

1. _____is a fork legend brought to England by Anglo-Saxons from their continental homes, it is a long poem of over 3000 lines and the national epic of the English people.

A Beowulf

B sir Gawain

C the Canterbury tale

D king Arthur and his knights

2. The father of English poetry, the author of Troilus and Criseyde is also the one of ____.

A Romeo and Juliet

B the faerie queen

C Tamburlainc

D the Canterbury tales

3. The group of Shakespeare plays known as “romance”or “reconciliation plays” is ______.

A merchant of V enice, as you like it

B the tempest, pericles, the winter’s tale

C Romeo and Juliet, antonym and Cleopatra

4. Which of the following are regarded as Shakespeare’s four great tragedies?

A Romeo and Juliet, hamlet, Othello, King Lear

B Romeo and Juliet, hamlet, Othello, Macbeth

C hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth

D Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Macbeth, Timon of Athens

5. Which of the following is not the work of Francis bacon?

A advancement of learning

B new instrument

C songs of innocence

D essays

6. At the beginning of 17th century appeared a school of poets called metaphysics by Samuel Johnson, ____is the founder of metaphysical poetry.

A Ben Johnson

B john Milton

C john Bunyan

D john Donne

7. Daniel Defoe is a famous____.

A poet

B novelist

C playwright

D essayist

8. “He has a servant called Friday.” “he”in the quoted sentence is a character in______.

A Henry fielding’s tom jones

B john Bunyan’ the pilgrim’s progress

C Richard brinsley Sheridan’s the school for scandal

D Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe

9. Guiiliver’ travel w as written by____.

A Daniel Defoe

B Charles dickens

C Jonathan swift

D Joseph Addison

10. William Wordsworth is generally known as a ____poet.

A romantic

B realistic

C naturalistic

D neo-classic

答案详解:

1. A

Beowulf是Anglo-Saxon时代留下的重要的古英语文学作品,它被认为是英国的民族史诗。sir Gawain and the green knight,king Arthur and his knights of the round table是中古英语时期的浪漫传奇。the Canterbury tale是英国大诗人乔叟的一部诗体短篇小说集。

2. D

乔叟被誉为英国诗歌之父,Troilus and Criseyde是他的重要作品之一。

3. D

1608-1612被认为是莎翁的浪漫剧创作时期,包括四部浪漫剧和解剧the tempest, pericles, the winter’s tale,Cymbeline 。merchant of V enice, as you like it,twelfth night,the merry wives of Windsor为莎翁的喜剧,Romeo and Juliet, antonym and Cleopatra为悲剧。

4. C

莎翁最杰出的四大悲剧为hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth。

5. C

songs of innocence是英国18世纪末19世纪初浪漫主义诗人William Blake的着作。

6. D

john Donne是17世纪玄学派诗人的重要代表人物,Ben Johnson是莎翁同时代的剧作家,john Milton,john Bunyan虽都是17世纪着名作家,但作品风格与玄学派大相径庭。

7. B

Daniel Defoe创作的鲁宾逊漂流记为他赢得了英国小说之父的称号。

8. D

Daniel Defoe创作的鲁宾逊漂流记中的主人公Robinson Crusoe有个同伴和仆人叫Friday。

9. C

Guiiliver’ travel是Jonathan swift一部极具魅力的儿童故事,同时包含深刻的思想内容。

10. A

William Wordsworth为英国浪漫派诗人

专八人文知识模拟题(3)

1 The traditional dividing line in America between “east” and “west” is_____.

2 The earliest part in America to be found and taken over by early settlers is ____.

3 The largest racial group in the whole population of U.S.A is____.

4 Before 2000, the largest minority group in the United States is____.

5 ____has the world’s oldest written constitution and political party.

6 The economic problem caused by the depression in 1929 was eventually solved by____.

7 In the United States, primary education requires____years.

8 Most college students in the United States are in____institutions.

9 The three main levels of courts of the federal judicial system in America are____________.

10 _____(which state )is not governed by the common law.

答案及题解:

1. The Mississippi River, 密西西比河是美国传统的东方和西方的分界线。

2 .The Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain,最早被早期定居者发现和占领的地方是大西洋及其沿岸平原。

3 .Non-hispanics white,非西班牙裔的白人是美国最大的种族群体。

4 .African Americans,2000年以前非裔美国人是美国最大的少数民族群体。2000年以后,拉丁裔美国人的人数超过了非裔美国人的人数,成为美国第一大少数民族群体。

5 .America,美国拥有世界上最古老的宪法和政党。

6. World War II,第二次世界大战的爆发帮助美国走出了经济困境。

7. Six years,美国的小学要花费大约六年的时间。

8. Public,大部分美国大学生都在公立学校就读。

9 .美国的联邦法院系统包括:the United States District Courts; the United States Courts of Appeal ; the United States Supreme Court.

10 .Louisana,路易斯安娜州不受共同法的约束。

专八人文知识模拟题(4)

1 _____is the largest city and the chief port of the United States.

A Washington D.C.

B Los Angeles

C San Francisco

D New Y ork City

2 _____ enjoys the worst social and economic conditions.

A Blacks

B Hispanics

C Indians

D Asian Americans

3 Washington D.C. is named after___________.

A the U.S. President George Washington

B Christopher Columbus

C both George Washington and Christopher Columbus

D none of them

4 American and British English are two_____ of the English language.

A varieties

B elements

C parts

D form

5 The first American president to be elected from the Republican Party was______.

A Thomas Jefferson

B James Monroe

C James Madison

D Abraham Lincoln

6 Of the fifty states, the smallest state in area is_____.

A Rhode Island

B Virginia

C Texas

D Montana

7 The national flag of the United States is known as_____.

A the Star-Spangled

B anner B Unc le Sam

C Hot Dog

D union Jack

8 The number of the Representatives from each American state depends on the _____.

A contribution a state has made to the nation

B population

C size

D none of the above

9 The tern “Father of Waters” is used to refer to _____.

A the Amazon River

B the Mississippi River

C the Nile River

D the Hudson River

10 The statue of liberty was given to American people by_____ as a gift in 1884.

A France

B Spain

C Italy

D Britain

答案及题解:

1 D, 纽约是美国最大的城市同时也是最重要的经济中心和最主要的港口。

2 A, 黑人在美国的经济和社会地位都最为低下。

3 C, 首都命名为华盛顿是为了纪念美国的第一任总统乔治?华盛顿,而联邦直辖区命名为哥伦比亚特区是为了纪念第一位从欧洲横渡大西洋到达西半球的探险家克里斯多拂?哥伦布。

4 A, 美国英语和英国英语是英语语言的两种变体。

5 D, 美国历史上的第一位共和党总统是亚伯拉罕?林肯。

6 A, 美国国土面积最小的是罗得岛。

7 A, 美国的国旗是星条旗。

8 B, 美国每个州派往众议院的代表人数应与本州人口成比例。

9 B, 美国的“众河之父”指的是密西西比河。

10 A, 美国的自由女神像是法国人赠予的礼物。

专八人文知识模拟题(5)

1 The following were the founding fathers of the American Republic except _____.

A George Washington

B Thomas Jefferson

C William Penn

D Benjamin Franklin

2 The New Deal was started by _____.

A Franklin Roosevelt

B J.K. Kennedy

C George Washington

D Thomas Jefferson

3 The United States was rated _____ in the world in terms of land areas.

A second

B third

C fourth

D fifth

4 Ernest Hemingway is _____.

A Englishman

B American

C Dutch

D Denmarkncv

5 John Fitzgerald Kennedy is _____ president.

A 35th

B 34th

C 33rd

D 32nd

6 _____ is the dividing line between the South and North.

A The Hudson River

B The Potomac River

C The Ohio River

D The Missouri Riverncv

7 When did the American Civil War break out?

A 1775

B 1812

C 1861

D 1863

8 Who prepared the draft of the Declaration of Independence?

A John Adams

B Thomas Jefferson

C Benjamin Franklin

D John Hancock

9 In which day is Halloween celebrated?

A 5 November

B 31 October

C 17 March

D 25 December

10 The seats in the Senate are allocated to different states_____.

A according to their population

B according to their size

C according to their tax paid to federal government

D equally

答案解析:

1 C, 华盛顿、杰弗逊和弗兰克林都是美国创建时的元老功勋、而William Penn 是美国宾州的创始人。

2 A, 新政是罗斯福为了应对美国经济大萧条而提出的。

3 C, 就面积而言,美国是世界第四大国。

4 B,文坛巨匠海明威是美国人。

5 A,肯尼迪是美国的第35任总统。

6 D,美国南北的分界线是密苏里河,东西的分界线是密西西比河。

7 C,美国内战爆发于1861年,结束于1865年。

8 B,为美国起草独立宣言的是托马斯?杰弗逊。

9 B,万圣节前夕是10月的最后一天即10月31号。

10 D, 美国每一个州在参议院中均有两位议员作为代表,与各州人口无关和众议院不同)。

专八人文知识模拟题(6)

1 _____is the largest city and the chief port of the United States.

A Washington D.C.

B Los Angeles

C San Francisco

D New York City

2 The flag of the United Kingdom, known as the union Jack, is made up of _____ crosses.

A one

B two

C three

D four

3 Washington D.C. is named after___________.

A the U.S. President George Washington

B Christopher Columbus

C both George Washington and Christopher Columbus

D none of them

4 _____ was the home of the Lake Poets William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor, Coleridge and Robert Southey of 19th century Britain.

A Lough Neagh

B Windermere

C Lake District

D Coniston Water

5 The first American president to be elected from the Republican Party was______.

A Thomas Jefferson

B James Monroe

C James Madison

D Abraham Lincoln

6 Of the fifty states, the smallest state in area is_____.

A Rhode Island

B Virginia

C Texas

D Montana

7 The national flag of the United States is known as_____.

A the Star-Spangled Banner

B Uncle Sam

C Hot Dog

D union Jack

8 The number of the Representatives from each American state depends on the _____.

A contribution a state has made to the nation

B population

C size

D none of the above

9 The term “Father of Waters” is used to refer to _____.

A the Amazon River

B the Mississippi River

C the Nile River

D the Hudson River

10 The statue of liberty was given to American people by_____ as a gift in 1884.

A France

B Spain

C Italy

D Britain

答案及题解:

1 D, 纽约是美国最大的城市同时也是最重要的经济中心和最主要的港口。

2 C, 英国国旗为红白蓝三色的米字旗(也叫“Union Jack”),是由三个十字组成。

3 C, 首都命名为华盛顿是为了纪念美国的第一任总统乔治?华盛顿,而联邦直辖区命名为哥伦比亚特区是为了纪念第一位从欧洲横渡大西洋到达西半球的探险家克里斯多拂哥伦布。

4 C, 位于英格兰西北部和威尔士北部的湖区是英国著名的风景区之一,也是英国十九世纪湖畔诗人聚居的地方。

5 D, 美国历史上的第一位共和党总统是亚伯拉罕?林肯。

6 A, 美国国土面积最小的是罗得岛。

7 A, 美国的国旗是星条旗。

8 B, 美国每个州派往众议院的代表人数应与本州人口成比例。

9 B, 美国的“众河之父”指的是密西西比河。

10 A, 美国的自由女神像是法国人赠予的礼物。

1. In area, the United States is the ____ largest country in the world.

A 2nd

B 3rd

C 4th

D 5th

2.The 50th state in America is ____

A Alaska

B Texas

C Hawaii

D Rhode Island

3. Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, is located in ____

A Hawaii

B Alaska

C Texas

D Perth

4. Richard Nixon resigned in 1974 because of ____.

A the Great Depression

B the Black Power Movement

C the Watergate Scandal

D the Isolation policy

5.All the following universities are located in New England EXCEPT____

A Y ale

B Harvard

C MIT

D Berkeley

6.The United States has less than 6% of the world’s population. yet it produces about ____ of the total world output.

A 20%

B 25%

C 30%

D 35%

7.What forms a natural boundary between Mexico and the United States?

A The Rio Grande River

B The southern Rocky Mountains

C The Colorado River

D The Gulf of California

8. The US formally entered the Second World War in ____

A 1937

B 1939 C1941 D 1943

9. The Presidents during the American Civil War was .

A Andrew Jackson

B Abraham Lincoln

C Thomas Jefferson

D George Washington

10 The emblem of the Democratic Party is ____.

A elephant

B donkey

C bear

D bull

答案及解析:

1.C 按领土面积计算:美国是继俄罗斯,加拿大,中国之后的第四名。

2.C 1959 年,Alasica 和Hawaii 分别为第四十九个和第五十个加入美国的州。

3.A Mauna Loa(摩纳罗亚山)是世界上最大的活火山。位于美国Hawaii(夏威夷)。

4.C 尼克松总统辞职是由于轰动一时的丑闻“水门事件”。水门事件指美国共和党政府在1972 年总统竞选运动中的非法活动暴露后的政治丑闻。

5.D Berkeley(伯克利),是加利福尼亚大学分院,位于美国加利福尼亚西部。而新英格兰地区包括美国的六个州,由北至南分别为:缅因州、新罕布夏州、佛蒙特州、麻萨诸塞州、罗德岛、康乃狄克州。

6.B 美国人口低于世界人口总值的6%,但是美国经济生产总值占世界25%,是高度工业化国家。

7.A The Rio Grand River(格兰德河)形成了美国与墨西哥的自然分界线。8.C 1941 年的珍珠港事件把美国带入了第二次世界战争,与苏联,英国共同对战法西斯。

9.B Abraham Lincoln 是美国第十六届总统,带领美国人走过美国内战,解放奴隶,但是在战争结束不到一周被暗杀。

10.B 19 世纪70 年代,在美国的《哈泼斯周刊》上,曾先后出现了政治漫画家托马斯·纳斯特的两幅画,分别以长耳朵的驴和长鼻子的象比拟美国民主党和共和党。后来,纳斯特又在一幅画中同时画进了象和驴,比喻当时的两党竞选。自那以后,驴和象就逐渐成为美国两大党的象征,两党也分别以驴、象作为党徽的标记。

1 As a philosophical and literary moment, _____ flourished in New England from th e 1830s to the Civil War. A modernism B rationalism C sentimentalism D transcendentalism

2 Poe’s first collection of storie s is _____.

A Tales of Traveler

B Leather Stocking Tales

C Canterbury Tales

D Tales of the Goteque and Arabesque

3 Which book is not written by Emerson?

A The American Scholar

B Self-Reliance

C Nature

D Civil Disobedience

4 The finest example of Hawth orn’s symbolism is the recreation of Puritan Boston in _____.

A The Scarlet Letter

B Young Goodman Brown

C The Marble Fawn

D The Ambitious Guest

5 The chief spokesman of New England Transcendentalism is _____.

A Nathaniel Hawthorn

B Ralph Waldo Emerson

C Henry David Thoreau

D Washington Irving

6 Transcendentalists recognized _____ as the “highest power of the soul”. A intuition B logic C data of senses D thinking

7 Which is regarded as the “Declaration of Intellectual Independence”? A The American Scholar B English Traits

C The Conduct of Life

D Representative Men

8 American literature produced only one female poet during the nineteenth century. This was _____.

A Anne Bradstreet

B Jane Austin

C Emily Dickinson

D Harriet Beecher

9 Captain, My Captain is written for _____.

A Lincoln

B Whitman

C Washington

D Hemingway

10 _____ is not written by Washington Irving.

A The Sketch Book

B Rip Van Winkle

C The Legend of Sleep Hollow

D The Autobiography

1 D, 从 19 世纪 30 年代到内战期间的主要文学流派是超验主义,以爱默生为代表。

2 D, 坡的第一部故事集是《怪诞奇异故事集》。

3 D, 《论市民之不服从》是梭罗的作品。其他全为爱默生的作品。

4 A, 霍桑作品中的象征主义手法主要体现在他的著作《红字》中。

5 B, 超验主义以爱默生为代表。

6 A, 超验主义认为人类精神的最高力量存在于人的直觉中。

7 A, 被称为“美国精神独立宣言”的是爱默生的《美国学者》。书中表达了美国人追求自己的文化独立以及文学独立身份的要求。

8 C, 19 世纪美国的杰出女诗人是艾米莉?迪金森(1830—1886)。

9 A, 《阿,船长啊,我的船长!》是惠特曼为纪念林肯总统而作的。

10 D, 《见闻札记》、《睡谷的传说》、《瑞普?凡?温克尔》都是华盛顿?欧文的作品,但是《自传》是本杰明?富兰克林的作品。

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练习题:

1 How many members are there in the House of Commons?

A 650

B 524

C 72

D 651

2 Which of the following people didn’t use to be th e British Prime Minister?

A Margaret Thatcher

B Winston Churchill

C Horatio Nelson

D John Major

3 By tradition, the leader of the majority party is appointed _____ by the Sovereign in the United Kingdom.

A Prime Minister

B Member of Parliament

C Lord of appeal

D Speaker of the House

4 The Tories were the forerunners of _____, which still bears this nickname today.

A the Labour Party

B the Conservative Party

C the Liberal Party

D the Social Democratic Party

5 In the United Kingdom, the party which wins the ____ number of seats in the House of Commons becomes the official Opposition.

A largest

B second largest

C third largest

D fourth largest

6 The term “British disease” is now often used to characterize Britain’s _____ decline.

A political

B educational

C military

D economic

7 The 1980s was remembered as the decade of _____.

A globalization

B nationalization

C privatization

D competition

8 Today, in Britain, ______ is called a “sick” industry.

A coal mining

B iron and steel

C textiles

D shipbuilding

9 The first steam engine was devised by Thomas Newcomer at the end of the 17th century, and the Scottish inventor ____ modified and improved the design in 1765.

A Abraham Darby

B James Watt

C John Kay

D Richard Arkwrightthe

10 _____ created the industrial working class, the proletariat, and it later led to trade unionism.

A The Chartist Movement

B The Industrial Revolution

C The French Revolution

D The Glorious Revolution

1 D, 下议院共有 651 名议员。

2 C, 撒切尔夫人,丘吉尔和梅杰都曾经做过英国首相;而纳尔逊(1758-1805),英国海军统帅,因作战负伤,右眼失明,失去右臂。后任地中海舰队司令,在特法尔加角海战中大败西班牙联合舰队,本人受重伤阵亡,号称 Viscount Nelson。

3 A, 在英国,按照传统,多数党的领导人由君主任命为首相,首相从本党内部挑选一些领导人担任各部部长职位。

4 B, 托利党是英国保守党的前身。

5 B, 在英国,在下议院中赢得第二席位的政党为反对党,它也有它自己的领导和影子内阁(shadow cabinet)。

6 D, 现在“英国病”这一术语经常用来指英国经济上的衰退。

7 C, 正如 20 世纪 40 年代被看作是国有化的时代一样,20 世纪 80 年代被看作是私有化的时代。包括英国石油、航空、钢铁、电讯在内的几乎 40% 的国有公司实现了私有化。

8 A, 英国煤矿业被称为生病工业。英国的煤产量在一战前达到顶点,如今的英国的煤矿业衰退,从而导致矿工的数量、煤矿的总产量大大下降。

9 B, 第一台蒸汽机是 Thomas Newcomer 在 17 世纪末设计的,后来苏格兰发明家瓦特在1765 年对原有的设计进行了改进提高,生产出了第一台高效的蒸汽机并应用到纺织和其他机械业中。

10 B, 工业革命产生了工人阶级,即无产阶级。后来形成了工会制度。

1. In area, the United States is the ____ largest country in the world. A 2nd B 3rd

C 4th

D 5th

2.The 50th state in America is ____

A Alaska

B Texas

C Hawaii

D Rhode Island

3. Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, is located in ____

A Hawaii

B Alaska

C Texas

D Perth

4. Richard Nixon resigned in 1974 because of ____.

A the Great Depression

B the Black Power Movement

C the Watergate Scandal

D the Isolation policy

5.All the following universities are located in New England EXCEPT____ A Yale B Harvard C MIT D Berkeley

6.The United States has less than 6% of the world’s population; yet it produces about ____ of the total world output.

A 20%

B 25%

C 30%

D 35%

7.What forms a natural boundary between Mexico and the United States?

A The Rio Grande River

B The southern Rocky Mountains

C The Colorado River

D The Gulf of California

8. The US formally entered the Second World War in ____

A 1937

B 1939 C1941 D 1943

9. The Presidents during the American Civil War was .

A Andrew Jackson

B Abraham Lincoln

C Thomas Jefferson

D George Washington

10 The emblem of the Democratic Party is ____.

A elephant

B donkey

C bear

D bull

1.C 按领土面积计算:美国是继俄罗斯,加拿大,中国之后的第四名。

2.C 1959 年,Alasica 和 Hawaii 分别为第四十九个和第五十个加入美国的州。

3.A Mauna Loa(摩纳罗亚山)是世界上最大的活火山。位于美国 Hawaii(夏威夷)。

4.C 尼克松总统辞职是由于轰动一时的丑闻“水门事件”。水门事件指美国共和党政府在1972 年总统竞选运动中的非法活动暴露后的政治丑闻。

5.D Berkeley(伯克利),是加利福尼亚大学分院,位于美国加利福尼亚西部。而新英格兰地区包括美国的六个州,由北至南分别为:缅因州、新罕布夏州、佛蒙特州、麻萨诸塞州、罗德岛、康乃狄克州。

6.B 美国人口低于世界人口总值的 6%,但是美国经济生产总值占世界 25%,是高度工业化国家。

7.A The Rio Grand River(格兰德河)形成了美国与墨西哥的自然分界线。

8.C 1941 年的珍珠港事件把美国带入了第二次世界战争,与苏联,英国共同对战法西斯。

9.B Abraham Lincoln 是美国第十六届总统,带领美国人走过美国内战,解放奴隶,但是在战争结束不到一周被暗杀。

10.B 19 世纪 70 年代,在美国的《哈泼斯周刊》上,曾先后出现了政治漫画家托马斯 纳斯特的两幅画,分别以长耳朵的驴和长鼻子的象比拟美国民主党和共和党。后来,纳斯特又在一幅画中同时画进了象和驴,比喻当时的两党竞选。自那以后,驴和象就逐渐成为美

国两大党的象征,两党也分别以驴、象作为党徽的标记。

1.In 1620, 201 Pilgrims, to escape religous presecution, sailed to the New World in a ship called Mayflower.They arrived at ____.

A New York

B Georgia

C Virginia

D Plymouth

2.The earliest institution of higher learning set up in America was ___ A California University B Yale University

C Harvard College

D Chicago University

3.The Grand Canyon in south-western ____ is one of nature’s most impressive sights.

A Utah

B Arizona

C Nevada

D Idaho

4.American presidents are elected ____.

A every two years

B every four years

C every five years

D every six years

5.In America the judicial is headed by ____.

A the President

B Congress

C the Supreme Court

D the Secretar y General

6.In the United States, the first larges immigration movement took plane ____

A right after the War of Independence

B in the mid-1800

C at the turn of the 20th century

D right after the Civil War

7.The theme of Thanksgiving has always been ____

A friendship and happiness

B Peace and plenty, health and happiness

C cooperation and rich reward

D love and happiness

8.In the United States, the party, which wins the ____ number of seats in the House Commons, becomes the official opposition.

A largest

B second largest

C third largest

D fourth largest

9.Britain was by 1830 the "workshop of the world " because of ____

A agricultural revolution

B industrial revolution

C colonial expansion

D invention of steam engine

10.In America, the three newspaper are of the following EXCEPT ____.

A New York Times

B Reader’s Digest

C Washington Post

D Los Angels Times

1.D 1620 年,朝拜者为了逃离宗教迫害,乘坐五月花号,在新英格兰的普来冒斯落脚。

2.C 哈佛大学于 1636 年创建,它的创建是美国高等教育的开端。

3.B 大峡谷位于美国西南部的亚利桑那州。

4.B 美国总统任期四年,必须是 35 岁以上的出生于美国的本国公民。

5.C 美国宪法规定,司法部门由美国最高法院管理。

6.C 1815 年至 1917 年间发生了美国历史上的三大移民。第一次是 1800 年中开始,第二次是 1860 到 1890 年,第三次,也是移民人数最多的一次,是 1890 年到 1914 年。

7.B 感恩节的主题是:和平,富足,健康和幸福。

8.B 选举结果得到票数最多的叫做大多数党,第二的叫做对立党。

9.B 十九世纪的工业革命使英国成为世界闻名的世界工厂。

10.B Reader's Digest(读者摘要)是杂志,而不是报纸。

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