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英语考研英美概况模拟题
AmericanSurveyTest
地理
1.The_____partofAmericaconsistsofhighplateausandmountainsformedbytheGreatCordilleraRange.
A.eastern
B.western
C.northeastern
2.
Ineastern_____liesDeathValley,85metresbelowsealevel.
A.California
B.Utah
C.Arizona
3.
Inthewestofthe_____lietheColoradoPlateausandtheColumbiaPlateaus.
A.RockyMountainB.CoastRangeC.CascadesMountains
4.
The_____liesbetweentheColoradoPlateausandColumbiaPlateaus
A.GreatBasinB.ColoradoValleyC.GreatPlains
5.
ThefamousYellowstoneNationalParkissituatedinnorthwesternpartof_____.
A.California
B.Arizona
C.Wyoming
6.
Theworld-knownColoradoValleyliesinnorthern_____,whichiscutbythe
ColoradoRiver.
A.Arizona
B.Utah
C.Montana
7.
AmongthefiveGreatLakes,only_____iswhollywithintheUnitedStates.
A.Erie
B.Superior
C.Michigan
8.
Onlytheclimateinthesouthernpartof_____istropical.
A.Florida
B.Georgia
C.Virginia
9.
Washington,thecapitaloftheUS,isonthe_____river.
A.Potomac
B.Delaware
C.St.Laurence
10.ThewidthoftheNiagaraFallisabout_____metresandthedropaverage_____
metres.
A.1650,50
B.1240,49
C.1540,49
11.
_____partisthemostdenselypopulatedregioninAmerica.
A.Thesouthern
B.ThenortheasternC.Thewestern
12.
TheGreatSaltLakeliesinnorthern_____.
A.Idaho
B.Arizona
C.NevadaD.Utah
13.
_____hasbeencalledthe
“cradleofAmericanLiberty
”.
A.Philadelphia
B.Plymouth
C.Boston
14.About_____oftheworld’annualsagriculturalproductscomefromtheUnitedStates.
A.half
B.onethird
C.twothirds
15.
ThehighestmountainintheU.S.isMount_____.
A.Appalachian
B.Mekinley
C.Rocky
16.
MountMekinleyliesinthe_____Range.
A.SierraNevada
B.Cascades
C.Alaska
17.
ThetwolargestChinatownsarelocatedinthefollowingcitiesexcept_____.
A.NewYork
B.SanFranciscoC.Miami
18.
Theworld’slargestfreshwaterlakeisLake_____.
A.Superior
B.Ontario
C.Victoria
19.Theworld-famousNiagaraFallsliebetweenlakesof_____.A.ErieandMichiganB.ErieandOntarioC.SuperiorandHaron
20._____oftheAmerica’sterritoryiscoveredwithforests.
A.1/4
B.1/5
C.1/3
21.
Texas,havingbelongedto_____,wasannexedbytheU.S.in1845.
A.France
B.Russia
C.Mexico
22.
Hawaiiisinthe_____Ocean.
A.Atlantic
B.Indian
C.Pacific
23.
TheAmericanblackpopulationconsistsof_____ofthetotalpopulation.
A.1/10
B.1/5
C.1/9
24.
_____isthelargeststateinareaintheU.S.A.
A.Florida
B.Louisiana
C.Alaska
25.
TheUnitedStatestodayisthe_____largestcountryinsizeintheworld.
A.third
B.fifth
C.fourth
26.
Abouthalfofthetotalpopulation
isconcentratedinthefollowingareasexcept
_____.
A.AtlanticCoastB.PacificCoast
C.Northwest
D.aroundtheGreatLakes
E.GulfofMexico
27.
Thereare_____riversystemsintheU.S.A.
A.8
B.3
C.6
28.
Detroitisfamousfortheproductionof_____.
A.automobileB.timber
C.bamboo
29.
TheCitySt.LouisinAmericaiscalledthegatewaytowardsthe_____.
A.East
B.West
C.Northeast
D.Southwest
30.
Thecity_____isgiventhenickname
“SpaceCityofU.S.A.
”.
A.Boston
B.Houston
C.SanFrancisco
31.
The_____weretheoriginalinhabitantsinAmerica.
A.blacks
B.Indians
C.PuertoRicans
32.Thesteelandironindustriesaremainlydistributedaroundthecityof_____,providing_____percentofthetotaloutputeachyear.
33.
ThelargestindustrialcityinAmericais_____.
A.Chicago
B.BostonC.Houston
34.
OnlytheclimateinthesouthwesternpartofFloridabelongsto_____.
A.subtropical
B.continental
C.tropical
35.
?
_____isfamousformanystoresandshops.
A.WallStreet
B.Broadway
C.FifthAvenue
36.In_____peoplecanfindthehistoricalspot,theIndependenceNationalHistoricalPark.
A.PhiladelphiaB.St.LouisC.SanFrancisco
37.BostonissituatedinBostonBay,_____.
A.MaineB.MassachusettsC.Connecticut
38.TheColumbiaRiverandtheColoradoRiverbelongtothesystemof_____.
A.theGulfB.theAtlanticC.thePacific
I.Fillintheblanks
1.TheUnitedStatesissituatedinthe_____partof_____America.
2.TheU.S.isboundedby_____onthenorthandby_____andtheGulfofMexicoonthesouth.
3.TothewestofAmericaliesthe_____Ocean.
4.TotheeastofAmericaliesthe_____Ocean.
5.TheseatoftheAmericanFederalGovernmentistheDistrictof_____.
6.The_____partismadeupofthehighlandsformedbytheAppalachianRange.
7.Thefamous_____NationalParkislocatedinthenorthwesternpartofWyoming.
8.Thewesternpartofthecentralplainisalsocalledthe“__________”.
9.TheMississippiRiverflowsfromthe_____lakestotheGulfof_____.
10.ThelowestpointinthewholeofNorthAmericais__________.
11.Theworld-known__________liesinnorthernArizona,whichiscutbytheColoradoRiver.
12.ThelargestislandsaltlakeinNorthAmericaisthe__________Lake.
13.TheUnitedStatesincludes_____statesanda_____district,theDistrictof
14.TheDeclarationofIndependencewasfirstreadonJuly4th,_____.
15.Thetwomaintributariesofthe_____RiveraretheMissouriRiverandtheOhioRiver.
16.ThefiveGreatLakesliebetweentheboundaryof_____andtheUnitedStates.
17.Throughthemiddleofthecountry,northandsouth,runsalinewhichisknownasthe____________________.
18.TheSouthregioninAmericahasingeneral,awarmclimate.Peopleoftencallitthe“__________”.
19.Thelargeststate,_____,isfamousforitsglacier,waterfallandripples.
20.Thererisesthetendencyofshiftingthecentreofindustriesfromthe_____tothe
_____.
21.Thefamous__________isknownasthefinancialcentre,thesymboloftheAmericanmonopolycapitalism.
22._____isthecentreoftheatresinAmerica.
23.ThenicknameofPittsburghisthe_____and_____City.
24._____isthesecondlargestinpopulationintheU.S.
25.Thetwoyoungeststatesare_____inthenortheasternpartofAmericaand_____
inthecentralPacific.
26.MostoftheinhabitantsintheU.S.areof_____origin.
27.NegroslaveswerefirstbroughttoAmericaatthebeginningofthe_____century.
28.TheDeathValleyis_____metresbelowsealevel.
29.ThepopulationoftheUnitedStatesisabout_____million.
30.TheStatueofLibertyIslandin__________harbour.
31.__________isthebaseofthePacificFleetoftheU.S.A.
32.__________isthesmalleststateinsizeandthemostdenselypopulatedstateoftheU.S.A.
33.Fromageographicalpointofview,thefiftystatesaregroupedinto_____regions.
34.ThenicknameofHoustonCityis__________.
35._____becamethefiftiethstateoftheUnitedStatesin1959.
36.__________isthelongestandthemostimportantriverinthesystemofGulf.
37.TheLibraryofCongressisinthecityof_____.
38.NewEnglandislocatedinthe_____cornerofthecountry.
39.TheareaofthePacificcoastisknownforitsgrowthoffruits,vegetablesand
wheat,especiallyin_____.
40.TheMiddleAtlanticRegionismarkedbyitsindustry.Itisoftencalledthe_____
Northeast.
II.ExplaintheFollowingTerms
1.“Thebackboneofthecontinent”
2.meltingpot
III.AnswertheFollowingQuestions
1.GiveabriefpresentationoftheU.S.economy.
2.WhyisDetroitfamous?
英语考研英美概况模拟题美国地理部分答案:
PartI
I.BAAAC
ACAAB
BDAAB
CCABA
CCACC
CBABB
BAACC
ABC
II.
1.central,
north
Canada,Mexico
Pacific
Atlantic
Columbia
eastern
Yellowstone
Great
Plains
Great,Mexico
Death
Valley
Colorado
Valley
Great
Salt
50,federal
1776
Mississippi
Canada
50centimetreRainfall
Line
SunnySouth
Alaska
Southwest
Wall
Street
Broadway
Iron,
Steel
Chicago
Alaska,Hawaii
European
17th
85
240/256
NewYork
PearlHarbour
RhodeIsland
8
SpaceCity
Hawaii
Mississippi
River
Washington
northeastern
California
Industrial
PartII历史
I.MultipleChoice
1.ThehistoryoftheU.S.isgenerallyagreedtohavebegunin_____.
A.1620
B.1607
C.1776
2.Thefollowingstatesareamongthefirstthirteencoloniesexcept_____.
A.Maryland
B.SouthCarolinaC.Delaware
D.Colorado
3._____wasthefirstmanwhosailedaroundtheearth.
A.JohnCabot
B.Magellan
C.Balboa
D.Cartier
4.Thecoloniallifecanbedescribedasthefollowingexcept_____.
A.simple
B.easy
C.rough
D.hard
5.TheStampActwaspassedin_____andwasrepealedin_____.
A.1765,1766
B.1764,1765
C.1763,1764
6.TheFirstContinentalCongresswasheldin_____inSeptember,1774.
A.Philadelphia
B.Boston
C.NewYork
7.TheAmericanWarofIndependencestartedin_____andendedin_____.
A.1776,1784B.1775,1783C.1706,1714
8.WashingtonwonthegreatvictoryonDecember26,1776in_____.A.GettysburgB.PittsburghC.Trenton
9.Thebattleof_____markedtheturningpointoftheWarofIndependence.
10.OnOctober19th,1781,theBritishGeneralCornwallisandhis7,000mensurrenderedat_____.
11.TheConstitutionalConventionwasheldin1787torevise_____.
A.TheArticlesoftheConfe