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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. _____ 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 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 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

11. Ernest Hemingway is _____.

A. Englishman

B. American

C.Dutch

D. Denmark

12 .John Fitzgerald Kennedy is _____ president.

A. 35th

B. 34th

C. 33rd

D. 32nd

13. In 1837, the first college-level institution for women , Mount Holyoke Female Semi nary , opened in _____ to serve the “ Muslim sex”.

A. New England

B. Virginia

C. Massachusetts

D. New York

14. The capital of Massachusetts is _____.

A .Providence B. Boston C. Montpelier D. Augusta

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

A .The Hudson River B. The Potomac River

C. The Ohio River

D. The Missouri River

16 ._____ is Washington’s largest city.

A .Boise B. Denver C. Tacoma D .Seattle

17. Washington D.C., the capital of U.S. is situated on the _____River banks.

A .St. Lawrence B. Hudson C. Potomac D. Missouri

18. When did the American Civil War break out?

A. 1775

B. 1812

C. 1861

D. 1863

19 .Who prepared the draft of the Declaration of Independence?

A .John Adams B. Thomas Jefferson C. Benjamin Franklin D. John Hancock

20. In which day is Halloween celebrated?

A .5 November B. 31 October C .17 March D. 25 December

练习题答案及题解:

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?

11. B,文坛巨匠海明威是美国人?

12 .A,肯尼迪是美国的第35任总统?

13. C,美国的第一所女子学院开设于马萨诸塞州?

14 .B,麻省的首府是波士顿?

15. 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?

16 .D,华盛顿州的最大城市是西雅图?

17. C,华盛顿特区位于波托马克河上?

18. C,美国内战爆发于1861年,结束于1865年?

19 .B,为美国起草独立宣言的是托马斯?杰弗逊?

20 .B,万圣节前夕是10月的最后一天即10月31号?

1 Ernest Hemingway is _____.

A Englishman

B American

C Dutch

D Denmark

2 John Fitzgerald Kennedy is _____ president.

A 35th

B 34th

C 33rd

D 32nd

3 In 1837, the first college-level institution for women , Mount Holyoke Female Semina ry , opened in _____ to serve the “ Muslim sex”.

A New England

B Virginia

C Massachusetts

D New York

4 The capital of Massachusetts is _____.

A Providence

B Boston

C Montpelier

D Augusta

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

A The Hudson River

B The Potomac River

C The Ohio River

D The Missouri River

6 _____ is Washington’s largest city.

A Boise

B Denver

C Tacoma

D Seattle

7 Washington D.C., the capital of U.S. is situated on the _____River banks.

A St. Lawrence

B Hudson

C Potomac

D Missouri

8 When did the American Civil War break out?

A 1775

B 1812

C 1861

D 1863

9 Who prepared the draft of the Declaration of Independence?

A John Adams

B Thomas Jefferson

C Benjamin Franklin

D John Hancock

10 In which day is Halloween celebrated?

A 5 November

B 31 October

C 17 March

D 25 December

11 _____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

12 _____ enjoys the worst social and economic conditions.

A Blacks

B Hispanics

C Indians

D Asian Americans

13 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

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

A varieties

B elements

C parts

D form

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

A Thomas Jefferson

B James Monroe

C James Madison

D Abraham Lincoln

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

A Rhode Island

B Virginia

C Texas

D Montana

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

A the Star-Spangled Banner

B Uncle Sam

C Hot Dog

D Union Jack

18 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

19 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

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

A France

B Spain

C Italy

D Britain

练习题答案及题解:

1 B,文坛巨匠海明威是美国人。

2 A,肯尼迪是美国的第35任总统。

3 C,美国的第一所女子学院开设于马萨诸塞州。

4 B,麻省的首府是波士顿。

5 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。

6 D,华盛顿州的最大城市是西雅图。

7 C,华盛顿特区位于波托马克河上。

8 C,美国内战爆发于1861年,结束于1865年。

9 B,为美国起草独立宣言的是托马斯?杰弗逊。

10 B,万圣节前夕是10月的最后一天即10月31号。

11 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。

12 A,黑人在美国的经济和社会地位都最为低下。

13 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。

14 A,美国英语和英国英语是英语语言的两种变体。

15 D,美国历史上的第一位共和党总统是亚伯拉罕?林肯。

16 A,美国国土面积最小的是罗得岛。

17 A,美国的国旗是星条旗。

18 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。

19 B,美国的“众河之父”指的是密西西比河。

20 A,美国的自由女神像是法国人赠予的礼物。

1 The Rocky Mountains is located in _____.

A Great Britain

B Australia

C South Africa

D North America

2 Hollywood, the centre of American movie industry, is closest to which city?

A Los Angles

B Chicago

C New York

D Washington

3 Which of the following is an American newspaper?

A The Guardian

B Newsweek

C The International Herald Tribune

D The Daily Telegraph

4 The U.S. is called a “melting pot” because _____.

A its steel industry is highly developed

B it has great influence on the world

C it is an important economic center of the world

D people from different races live there together

5 The first Puritans came to America on the ship _____.

A Codpeed

B Susan Constant

C May Flower

D Discovery

6 Americans celebrate Memorial Day on the last Monday in May to honor those who have ___ __.

A given their lives for their country

B made great scientific discoveries

C won American great reputation in sports

D donated large amounts of money to the country

7 “Trick or Treat” is a phrase that children often use when they celebrated _____.

A New Year’s Day

B Veteran’s Day

C Halloween

D Christmas

8 The Easter egg and the hare, two of the symbols most frequently associated with Easte r, are considered to present _____.

A vigor and bravery

B fertility and new life

C originality and speed

D happiness and fun

9 Which of the following books is not written by Mark Twain, whose real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens?

A The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

B The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

C Life on the Mississippi

D Leaves of grass

10 Which of the following books is written by Washington Irving?

A Nature

B The Scarlet Letter

C The Sketch Book

D Farewell to Arms

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

A George Washington

B Thomas Jefferson

C William Penn

D Benjamin Franklin

12 The New Deal was started by _____.

A Franklin Roosevelt

B J.K. Kennedy

C George Washington

D Thomas Jefferson

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

A second

B third

C fourth

D fifth

14 The expenditure in American public schools is guided or decided by _____.

A Teachers

B students

C headmaster

D boards of education

15 The Bill of Rights consists of _____.

A 10 very short paragraphs in an amendment

B 10 amendments adopted in 1787

C 10 amendments added to the Constitution in 1791

D the amendments concerning the freedom of speech, the freedom of the press and the fre edom of religion

16 The United States produces as much as much as half of the world’s _____.

A wheat and rice

B cotton

C tobacco

D soybeans and corn

17 Which invention marked the beginning of “The Age of Visual Information”?

A Newspaper

B Telegraph

C Laundry machine

D Television

18 The theory of American politics and the American Revolution originated mainly from __ ___.

A George Washington

B Thomas Jefferson

C John Adams

D John Locke

19 The District of Manhattan is in the city if _____.

A Washington D.C.

B San Francisco

C New York

D Chicago

20 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

练习题答案及题解

1 D,落基山脉位于美国西北部,向东南延伸。

2 A,好莱坞和迪士尼均位于洛杉矶。

3 B,《新闻周刊》是美国的报纸,而《国际先驱论坛》是法国的,《卫报》和《每日电讯》为英国的。

4 D,美国被称之为“大熔炉”是因为来自世界各地的人们所带来的各自的文化在此交融形成独特的多元文化特征。

5 C,首批清教徒到美国时乘坐的船是“五月花号”。

6 A, Memorial Day 是美国的阵亡将士纪念日。

7 C,万圣节是美国的传统节日。万圣节前夜,孩子们带着各种面具,穿着奇异的衣服,跑到邻居家门前,高声喊着:“Trick or Treat”,向大人们讨要糖果。不给的邻居就会遭到小孩的恶作剧。

8 B,复活节彩蛋和兔子是“多产和新生”的象征。

9 D, Leaves if grass 是 Walt Whitman 的作品。

10 C, Washington Irving 被称作是美国文学之父,这是他最有名的作品。A 是 Ralph W. Emerso n 的作品, B 是 Nathaniel Hawthorne 的作品, D 是 Earnest Hemingway 的作品。

11 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。

12 A,新政是罗斯福为了应对美国经济大萧条而提出的。

13 C,就面积而言,美国是世界第四大国。

14 D,对此有决定权的是教育委员会。

15 C,人权法案是于1791年增补到宪法法案上来的前十条修正案。

16 D,美国出产占世界一半的是大豆和玉米。

17 D,开创人类视觉信息革命的重大发明是电视机。

18 D,美国的许多政治观念都是来源于英国著名哲学家约翰?洛克。

19 C,曼哈顿是纽约市的著名经济和商业区,也是纽约的中心地带。

20 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)

1.The Old Man and the Sea is one of the great works by ____

A Jack London

B Charles Dickens

C Samuel Coleridge

D Ernest Hemingway

2.In which novel can "Yahoo" be found?

A John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress

B Edmund Spencer's The Faerie Queen

C Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels

D Henry Fielding's Tom Jones

3.The Catcher in the Rye is written by ____

A J.D. Salinger

B Jack London

C Flannery O'Connor

D Saul Bellow

4.The image of the famous "henpecked husband" is created by____

A Washington Irving

B Fennimore Cooper

C Edith Wharton

D William Dean Howells

5.The literary spokesman of the Jazz is often thought to be ____

A O'Neil

B Pound

C Robert Frost DScott Fitzgerald

6.____ is the most important person of the transcendental club.

A Hawthorn

B Whitman

C Emerson

D Hemingway

7. The main theme of Emily Dickinson is the following except____

A fridendship

B love and marriage

C life and death

D war and peace

8.Robert Frost is a famous ____

A novelist

B playwright

C poet

D literary critic

9.Dover Beach is written by ____

A Robert Browning

B Alfred Tennyson

C Mathew Arnold

D Dylan Thomas

10.The period from 1865-1914 has been referred to as the ____ in the literary history of the United States.

A Age of Realism

B Age of Clasicalism

C Age of Romanticism

D Age of Renaissance

11 The world-famous Havard University is in _____.

A Massachusetts

B New York

C Washington D.C.

D Maine

12 Which of the following statements about American education is wrong?

A Elementary and secondary education in America is free and compulsory

B Private schools are financially supported by religious or nonreligious private organiz ations or individuals.

C There are more public colleges and universities than the private ones

D Credits taken at community colleges are normally applicable to requirement for a four-year bachelor’s degree.

13 _____ is a symbol of American theatre and world-class entertainment.

A Broadway

B Wall Street

C The Fifth Avenue

D Times Square

14 ____ is not a tourist attraction in the United States.

A Yellowstone National Park

B Grand Canyon

C St. Patrick’s Cathedral

D Stonehenge

15 ____ was an actor before he became the President.

A Ronald Reagan

B Abraham Lincoln

C Herbert Hoover

D Jimmy Carter

16 New Englanders were originally known as _____, which come to stand for all Americans.

A Hippies

B Yankees

C Uncle Sam

D Brother Jonathan

17 On the 30th of April 1789, George Washington took the oath of office in _____, whic

h housed the government then.

A New York

B Washington D.C.

C Philadelphia

D Boston

18 Which of the following people was not an American President?

A John Hancock

B John Adams

C John Q. Adams

D Jimmy Carter

19 Henry Fond was the first man to _____.

A design a plane

B fly an aeroplane

C mass-produciton

D design and make a car

20 “That government of the people, by the people, for the people,…”were the word s by _____.

A Thomas Jefferson

B Abraham Lincoln

C Andrew Johnson

D Theodore Roosevelt

练习题答案及题解:

1.D 《老人与海》是海明威的作品。

2.C Jonathan Swift的Gulliver's Travels(《格列弗游记》)中yahoo暗指人类,集人类丑陋面于一身,服务于动物的一类生物。

3.A The Catcher in the Rye(《麦田里的守望者》)是J.D. Salinger(J.D. 赛琳格)的名著。

4.A henpecked husband 是指“怕老婆的男人”,改典型形象出自Washington Irving 的Rip Van W inkle。

5.D 二十世纪出现Jazz Age,这一代的年轻人物欲膨胀,沉迷酒色。Scott Fitzgerald的 Great Ga tsby《了不起的盖茨比》根据时代特征,对深深讽刺了所谓的美国梦。

6.C Emerson是超验主义的重要代表,所著Nature《论自然》代表了他的哲学观。

7.D Emily Dickinson(1709-1784),美国女诗人,终生未嫁。主要诗歌包括:I Could Not Sto fo r Death还有,I'm Nobody. Who Are You?

诗歌主题为:爱情,自然,友谊,死亡与不朽。

8.C Robert Frost是十九世纪的美国诗人,后因父亲过世已经英国,在新英格兰享有很高名望。主要作品有:The Road Not Taken,Mending Wall。

9.C Dover Beach(《多弗的海滩》)是Mathew Arnold 的作品。

10.A 1865-1914,也就是美国内战结束之后,第一次世界大战爆发之前。这个时候涌现的作家,比如Mark Twain刻画出美国经济政治发展引发的社会现实问题,包括“Gold Rush”。

11 A,哈佛大学位于马萨诸塞州的剑桥(Cambridge)镇。

12 C,在美国,私立高等教育机构要多于公立的。象麻省理工,耶鲁大学,哈佛大学都是私立的。

13 A,百老汇是一条由南向北贯穿曼哈顿全岛的大道,其中心地带是在第42借“时代广场”附近,周围云集了几十家剧院,上演被称为现代歌舞剧的剧目。

14 D, Stonehenge 在英国,是古代城池的遗迹。

15 A,里根从政前曾经在好莱坞闯荡20多年,参与演出了50多部电影。

16 B, Yankees 一词具有丰富的含义。现在用于代表美国人,俗称美国佬。在美国南部,Yankee是指美国北部各州的居民,即北方佬;而对多数美国人来说,Yankee 意味着新英格兰人。

17 A, 1789年George Washington 在纽约宣誓就职, 1790年首都迁往费城。 1800年以后定都华盛顿。

18 A, John Hancock,因其当时在《独立宣言》上的签名很大,他的名字在美语里变成了签名的代名词。

19 C, Henry Ford 早期是一名技师,虽然没有发明汽车,但他是第一位批量生产汽车的人。

20 B,这是Abraham Lincoln 于1863年11月19日在葛底斯堡阵亡将士墓举行落成仪式上发表的著名的《葛底斯堡演说》的片语。。

I. Political System

1. The Judicial Branch is headed by _____.

A. the Supreme Court

B. Congress

C. President

2. The general election in America is held every _____ years.

A. 5

B. 4

C. 6

D. 3

3. The symbol of the US Democratic Party is _____.

A. donkey

B. elephant

C. eagle

4. _____ has the sole right to interpret the Constitution.

A. The Cabinet

B. The Supreme Court

C. President

D. Congress

5. The symbol of the US Republic Party is _____.

A. tiger

B. elephant

C. donkey

6. The political system of the US is based on the following except _____.

A. federalism

B. the constitutional monarchy

C. the separation of powers

D. respect for the constitution

E. the rule of law

7. The US Federal Government is composed of the following except _____.

A. the legislative

B. the standing committee

C. the judicial

D. the executive

8. The number of Congressmen from each state varies depending on _____.

A. the size of the area

B. the size of the population

C. the tradition

D. the wealth

9. The Democratic Party of America was founded in _____.

A. 1845

B. 1828

C. 1787

10. There are _____ departments in American Government.

A. 13

B. 14

C. 15

11. The law-making or the legislative body in the government is _____.

A. the Supreme Court

B. the Congress

C. the Cabinet

D. the president’s committee

12. All states in America have the legislative branch of two houses except the state ___ __.

A. Nebraska

B. Nevada

C. Oregon

13. In each state there are about _____ counties on average.

A. 30

B. 50

C. 60

14. The members in the Senate must be at least _____ years old and those in the Represen tative _____ years old.

A. 40, 30

B. 30, 26

C. 30, 25

15. The tenure of office of federal judges is _____ years long.

A. 8

B. for life

C. 5

16. The Democratic and the Republican Parties gradually lost their differences after ___ __.

A. 1865

B. 1860

C. 1870

17. There are _____ presidential electors for all the states.

A. 535

B. 100

C. 538

D. 435

18. The Federal Government and the states governments are supposed to _____ each other.

A. guide

B. control

C. keep independence from

19. If the president wants to put a treaty into effect, he has to get the approval by t wo thirds of the _____.

A. Senate

B. Cabinet

C. Congress

II. Fill in the Blanks

1. Only the _____ _____ has the right to interpret the constitution.

2. There are _____ voting members in the House of Representatives.

3. Each of the fifty states of US elects _____ senators.

4. There are _____ judges in the Supreme Court of America.

5. The first ten amendments added to the constitution in 1791 was called the _____ _____ _____.

6. The Federal Constitution consists of _____ articles and _____ amendments.

7. The balance is always kept among the three branches of the power of the government an

d this is called th

e “System o

f _____ and _____”.

8. The _____ determines the government and divides the power of the government into thre

e branches.

9. The official presidential residence is the _____ _____.

10. _____ is the only way in which the president can legally be removed from office.

11. In 1974 President _____ was impeached and he resigned his office before a trial coul

d tak

e place.

12. The parties in the US choose all their candidates for election, except for presiden t, as “_____ _____”.

13. In American history _____ presidents have been assassinated.

14. The president who was first assassinated in 1865 was _____ _____.

15. The American Congress is made up of two houses: the _____ and the House of _____.

16. In the US the chief function of _____ is to make laws.

17. The Democratic Party grew out of the _____.

18. There are _____ persons in the Jury.

19. There are _____ members in the Senate.

20. The head of he House of Representatives is called the _____.

21. According to the _____, the president should be a citizen born in the US territory.

22. The two main parties are the Democratic and the _____ Party.

III. Explain the Following Terms

1. FBI

2. The President-elect

IV. Answer the Following Questions

1. What is the role of the US congress? What is the criticism of the Congress in the Am erican Press?

2. What are the main features of the State government?

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I. Multiple Choice

1. The history of the U.S. is generally agreed to have begun in _____.

A. 1620

B. 1607

C. 1776

2. The following states are among the first thirteen colonies except _____.

A. Maryland

B. South Carolina

C. Delaware

D. Colorado

3. _____ was the first man who sailed around the earth.

A. John Cabot

B. Magellan

C. Balboa

D. Cartier

4. The colonial life can be described as the following except _____.

A. simple

B. easy

C. rough

D. hard

5. The Stamp Act was passed in _____ and was repealed in _____.

A. 1765, 1766

B. 1764, 1765

C. 1763, 1764

6. The First Continental Congress was held in _____ in September, 1774.

A. Philadelphia

B. Boston

C. New York

7. The American War of Independence started in _____ and ended in _____.

A. 1776, 1784

B. 1775, 1783

C. 1706, 1714

8. Washington won the great victory on December 26, 1776 in _____.

A. Gettysburg

B. Pittsburgh

C. Trenton

9. The battle of _____ marked the turning point of the War of Independence.

A. New York

B. Saratoga

C. Bunker Hill

10. On October 19th, 1781, the British General Cornwallis and his 7,000 men surrender ed at _____.

A. Yorktown

B. Boston

C. Charleston

11. The Constitutional Convention was held in 1787 to revise _____.

A. The Articles of the Confederation

B. Bill of Rights

C. Civil Rights

12. The first ten amendments, known as _____, were added to the Constitution in 1791.

A. the Bill of Rights

B. the Articles

C. Civil Rights

13. After the Federal Government was established, the city _____ was chosen as the capi tal for the time being.

A. Washington

B. New York

C. Philadelphia

14. The pamphlet “Common Sense” was written by _____.

A. Thomas Edison

B. Thomas Paine

C. Thomas Jefferson

15. The Second President John Adams adopted a high-handed policy which was called _____.

A. the “Intolerable Acts”

B. Un-American Activities

C. the Sedition Act

16. The greatest contribution made by President Thomas Jefferson was his _____.

A. abolishing the Sedition Act

B. reducing taxes

C. purchasing Louisiana from France

17. The Second Anti-English War broke out in _____ and ended in _____. The U.S. won the war.

A. 1812, 1814

B. 1813, 1815

C. 1814, 1816

18. As the result of the U.S.-Mexican War, nearly _____ of the entire territory of Mexi co was lost.

A. 1/4

B. 1/2

C. 1/3

19. In 1844 the U.S. forced the Chinese Government to sign the first unequal treaty of _ ____.

A. Wangxia

B. Nanjing

C. Tianjin

20. The Articles of Confederation was accepted by all the _____ states in _____.

A. 50, 1781

B. 13, 1781

C. 13, 1787

21. _____ was chosen as the capital for the time being in Washington’s administration.

A. New York

B. Chicago

C. Boston

22. It was _____ who advanced four plans which met bitter criticisms from many people.

A. Alexander Hamilton

B. Thomas Jefferson

C. George Washington

23. _____ was the first American President who was inaugurated in the city of Washingto n.

A. John Adams

B. Thomas Jefferson

C. James Madison

24. The War with England between 1812 and 1814 happened during the administration of Pre sident _____.

A. James Madison

B. James Monroe

C. John Adams

25. The _____ stopped the Holy Alliance’s program, and prevented the European countrie s from extending their influence.

A. Monroe Doctrine

B. Sedition Act

C. Holy Alliance

26. _____ was the first president who developed the power of veto into one of the means of making laws.

A. John Adams

B. Andrew Jackson

C. Andrew Johnson

27. _____ made slavery possible in the new territories such as in Kentucky and Nebraska.

A. Douglas Bill

B. Monroe Doctrine

C. Sedition Act

28. During the Civil War Lincoln issued the _____, which declared the abolition of slav ery.

A. Homestead Bill

B. Emancipation Proclamation

C. Both A and B

29. The Battle of _____ was the turning point of the American Civil War.

A. Bull Run

B. Gettysburg

C. Richmond

30. The first imperialist war took place between the U.S. and _____ in 1898.

A. Britain

B. France

C. Spain

31. The first American President from the Republic Party is _____.

A. Abraham Lincoln

B. Andrew Johnson

C. Thomas Jefferson

D. George Washington

32. In 1918 President _____ issued the “Fourteen Points”.

A. Woodrow Wilson

B. William H. Taft

C. Theodore Roosevelt

D. Warren G. Harding

33. Haymarket Massacre took place in _____ in May 1886.

A. New York

B. Chicago

C. Washington

34. In 1894, the American industrial production held the _____ place in the world.

A. first

B. second

C. third

35. McCarthy was notorious for his harsh _____ persecution of the progressive people.

A. religious

B. spiritual

C. political

36. The Ku Klux Klan was the most notorious terrorist society which persecuted the ____ _.

A. blacks

B. Indians

C. progressive people

37. On August 14, 1914, the U.S. and Britain issued a joint communiqué called _____.

A. the Teheran Declaration

B. the Atlantic Charter

C. the Washington Proclamation

38. In Sino-American relations Theodore Roosevelt exercised the so-called “_____”, in vading China by means of both force and culture.

A. Open Door Policy

B. Big Stick

C. Douglas Bill

39. The First World War broke out on July 28th, _____ and ended on November 11th, ____ _, lasting for about four years.

A. 1913, 1917

B. 1914, 1918

C. 1915, 1919

40. The two military alliances during WWI were the _____ and the _____.

A. Axis, Allies

B. Holy Alliance, Axis

C. Central Powers, Allies

41. The assassination of a(n) _____ prince, Arch Duke Fedinand, served as the direct fuse for the outbreak of WWI.

A. Australia

B. Belgium

C. Austria

42. Altogether _____ countries became involved in or were dragged into WWI.

A. 33

B. 38

C. 39

43. The frequent emergence of the economic crisis in the U.S.A. led to the following dis astrous effects except _____.

A. inflation

B. the rise of prices

C. the decrease of population

D. the decrease of the purchasing capacity

44. In April 1945 a conference was held at _____ to organize the United Nations.

A. San Francisco

B. New York

C. Philadelphia

45. _____ countries attended the conference of the foundling of the UN.

A. 48

B. 47

C. 45

46. At the _____ Conference, the heads of the Soviet Union, the U.S. and Britain discu ssed the problem of opening the second battlefield in Europe.

A. Yalta

B. Teheran

C. Casablanca

47. In July 1945, Britain, the U.S. and the Soviet Union met at Potsdam to formulate a n occupation policy and set up a program for the future of Germany. The meeting was the famo us _____ Conference.

A. Cairo

B. Teheran

C. Potsdam

D. Quebec

48. The two fighting sides in WWII were _____.

A. the Allies and the Axis (powers)

B. the Axis and Holy Alliance

C. the Central Powers and the Allies

49. The _____ was the treaty signed at Versailles, near Paris in France in 1919.

A. Paris Treaty

B. Versaills Treaty

C. Teheran Treaty

50. The meeting was held at Yalta in the Crimea of the Soviet Union in Feb, 1945. At th

e meeting many matters were discussed, including the final defeat o

f Germany, the demilita rization of Germany, the foundin

g of the U.N. etc., this was the famous _____ Conference.

A. Yalta

B. Teheran

C. Potsdam

51. The Communist Party of the US was founded in _____.

A. 1920

B. 1918

C. 1919

52. The U.S. Communist Party was re-established in 1945 with _____ as its general secret ary.

A. Levestone

B. William Foster

C. Earl Browder

53. The Great Depression of _____ to shook the US and the whole capitalist world to its foundations.

A. 1929, 1933

B. 1933, 1937

C. 1924, 1929

54. The programme of 1947 that America would offer its money supplies and machinery to a ny European nation that wished to participate in was called _____.

A. Eisenhower Doctrine

B. Marshall Plan

C. Truman Doctrine

55. The _____ broke out in June 1950 and ended in the summer of 1953.

A. Vietnam War

B. Cold War

C. Korean War

56. In April 1949 twelve nations established the NATO to coordinate the military actions of member nations against the _____.

A. Germany

B. Japan

C. Soviet Union

57. The Second World War broke out in September, _____ and ended in August _____.

A. 1939, 1945

B. 1937, 1943

C. 1938, 1945

58. After WWII there emerged a new balance of power between _____ and _____.

A. the Allies, the Axis Powers

B. the USSR, the USA

C. the old capitalist countries, the new ones

59. There occurred _____ economic crises from the end of WWII to the middle of the 1970’s.

A. six

B. five

C. seven

60. The President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed a policy called _____ to save the econo mic situation.

A. Good Neighbour

B. the Open Door Policy

C. the New Deal

61. The Battle of _____ took place in 1942 and it was the turning point of the Pacific a rea.

A. Midway Island

B. Britain

C. Normandy

62. In Feb. _____ came President Nixon’s historic visit to China.

A. 1979

B. 1972

C. 1973

63. In 1953, _____ ended in the failure of the U.S.

A. the Korean War

B. the Vietnam War

C. the US-Spanish War

64. On December 7th, 1941, the base of the American Pacific Fleet, Pearl Harbour, wa s suddenly attacked by the _____ air force and navy.

A. Spanish

B. French

C. Japanese

65. The original Union consists of _____ at the time of its independence.

A. 13

B. 50

C. 48

66. The first thirteen states of the US mainly located _____ seaboard.

A. the eastern

B. the western

C. the northern

67. _____ appointed many of the colonial governors.

A. The English King

B. the local government

C. the local people

68. The Declaration of Independence was drafted by a committee including _____ as head.

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