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英美概况

1.ThepowertointerprettheUSConstitutionbelongstothe_____.

A.PresidentB.CongressC.SenateD.SupremeCourt

2.The_____inthe1920swasthebeginningofalongeconomicdepressionintheUS.

A.stockmarketcrashB.failureofcrops

C.politicalpersecutionD.governmentcorruption

3.In1620,_____sailedtotheNewWorldinashipcalled“Mayflower".

A.thePuritansB.thePilgrimsC.theEnglishnoblesD.theEnglishpoor

4.Louisianawaspurchasedfrom      .

 A.theNetherlands B.Spain C.France D.Portugal

5.ThecitywherethereisthelargestChinesecommunityis      .

 A.LosAngeles B.Honolulu C.NewYourk D.SanFrancesco

6.TheBillofRightsisthetermusedfor______totheConstitutionoftheUnitedStates.

　　A．thefirsttenamendments B．thelasttenamendments

　　C．thetenthamendment D．themostimportantamendment

7.TheEmancipationProclamationwasissuedby______duringtheCivilWar.

　　A．GeorgeWashington B．AbrahamLincoln

C．ThomasJefferson D．FranklinRoosevelt

8.WhichofthefollowingisNOTassociatedwithHalloween?

　　A．"Trickortreat" B．"eatingeggs"　　C．bonfire D．pumpkin-lanterns

9.ThefirstThanksgivingDaywascelebratedbythePuritansinPlymouth,Massachusettson________,1621.

　　A．January13B．April13　　C．October13 D．December13

10.Americawasnamedafter__________.

　　A.ItaliannavigatorColumbus　　B.navigatorAmerigoVespucci

　　C.someIndianchieftainD.GeorgeWashington，foundingfatheroftheUnitedStates

11.DuringtheWarofIndependence，Americaalliedwith_________.

　　A.SpainB.France　　C.HollandD.Germany

12.TheConstitutionalConventioninAmericawasattendedby___________.

　　A.allofthe13states　　B.allofthestatesexceptMaryland

C.allofthestatesexceptRhodeIsland　

D.allofthestates，butlaterRhodeIslandwithdrewfromtheconvention

13.PresidentNixondecidedtoresignbecausehe_____.

A.refusedtohandovertheWhiteHousetapestocourt

B.wastiredofpoliticalstruggleinWashingtonD.C.

C.cametoseethatmostprobablyhewouldbeimpeached

D.wasdesertedbytheRepublicanParty

14.WhenthepresidentoftheU.S.signsanactpassedbyCongressintolaw,itstillcanbecancelledif_____.

A.thelowerfederalcourtdecidesthatitgoesagainstpreviouslaws

B.theSupremeCourtdecidesthatitgoesagainstpreviouslaws

C.thelowerfederalcourtdecidesitisunconstitutional

D.theSupremeCourtdecidesitisunconstitutional

15.Rock’n’rollintheearly1960sintheUnitedStateswasmusicfor_____.

A.teenagersB.blackaudienceC.whiteadultaudienceD.peopleofallages

16.UncleTom’sCabinandRootsaretwonovelswhichgiveavividdescriptionofthemiserablelifeofthe_____.

A.earlysettlers                                                          B.Puritans

C.nativeIndians                                                        D.blackslaves

17.TheDeclarationofIndependencewasdraftedby_____.

  A.JamesMadison                                              B.ThomesJefferson

  C.AlexanderHamilton                                        D.GeorgeWashington

18.Thevictoryof_____wastheturningpointoftheWarofIndependence.

  A.Saratoga                                                        B.Gettysburg

  C.Trenton                                                          D.Yorktown

19.MartinLutherKing,Jr.,ayoungblackclergyman,becameanationalleaderofthe_______Movement.

A.Boycott　　B.CivilRights　　C.Segregation　　D.Integration.

20.TheConstitutionoftheUnitedStatesprovidesthat_______shallbePresidentoftheSenate.

　　A.theSecretaryofState　　B.theChiefJustice　　C.thePresident

　　D.theVicePresident

21.Ofallthesymbols,_______,whichareconsideredtorepresentfertilityandnewlife:

arethosemostfrequentlyassociatedwithEaster.

　　A.thepumpkinandtheturkey

　　B.thelambandthebeef

　　C.thespringpeasandthepotatoes

　　D.theeggandtherabbit

22.17.Americanpresidentsareelected_______.

[A]everytwoyears[B]everyfouryears[C]everyfiveyears[D]everysixyears

23.ThegoalofRoosevelt’sNewDealwas_______.

[A]tosavetheAmericaneconomicandpoliticalsystem

[B]tochangetheAmericaneconomicsystem

[C]toweakenmonopolyinterestsinAmerica

[D]tonationalizebanksandfinancialinstitutionsinAmerica

24.TheAmericanpolicytowardstheSovietUnionaftertheSecondWorldWarwas______.

[A]cooperation[B]coldwar[C]containment[D]impartiality

25.TheUnitedStateswenttowarwith_______in1812,thelastwarfoughtbetweenthesetwocountries.

　　A.Britain　　B.France　　C.Spain　　D.Mexico

26.ThefunctionsofinstitutionsofhighereducationintheU.S.are________.

A.researchandteaching

B.teachinganddegreeawarding

C.professionaltraining,teachingandpublicservice

D.teaching,researchandpublicservice

27.TheoriginoftheAmericanpartysystemcanbetracedto________.

A.thestrugglebetweentheRoyalistsandrevolutionariesintheWarofIndependence

B.theconstitutionaldebatebetweentheFederalistsandtheanti--Federalists

C.thestrugglebetweenthosewhoupheldslaveryandthosewhoopposedslavery

D.noneoftheabove

28.Amongthefollowingauthors,theonewhowasawardedtheNobelPrizeforLiterature,is_________.

A.T.S.Eliot                 B.EmilyDickenson

C.WaltWhitman              D.RichardWright

29.TheearliestinstitutionofhigherlearningsetupinAmericawas_______.

[A]HarvardUniversity

[B]YaleUniversity

[C]HarvardCollege

[D]ChicagoUniversity

TheEmancipationProclamationwasissuedby_________duringtheCivilWar.

A.GeorgeWashingtonB.AbrahamLincoln

C.ThomasJeffersonD.FranklinRoosevelt

WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUE?

A.TheLouisianawastakenfromBritainasaresultoftheWarof1812

B.TheLouisianaTerritorywascededtotheUnitedStatesbyFrance

C.TheLouisianaTerritorywaspurchasedfromSpain

D.TheLouisianaTerritorywaspurchasedfromFrance

30._________isthebiggestandbest－lovedholidayintheUnitedStates.

A.IndependenceDayB.ThanksgivingDay

C.ChristmasDayD.NewYear’sDay

InAmericanhistory,theAmericanswenttowaragainsttheBritish_______.

A.onlyonce

B.ontwooccasions

C.forthreetimes

D.forfourtimes

TheimportantdecisionmadeattheSecondContinentalCongresswas_______.

A.theestablishmentofacontinentalarmyunderthecommandofGeorgeWashington

B.theadoptionoftheConstitution

C.anappealtotheBritishking

D.AandB

Whichcityiscalled“TheBigApple”?

A.ChicagoB.NewYorkC.LosAngelesD.Boston

Todaytherearealtogether（　　　）departmentsoftheU.S.government.

　　A．11B．13

　　C．15D．17

TenamendmentsintroducedbyJamesMadisonin1789wereaddedtotheConstitution.Theyareknowsas_____.

  A.theArticlesofConfederation                          B.theBillofRight

  C.theCivilRights                                              D.FederalistPapers

DuringtheWWII,theAxispowersweremainlymadeupby__.

  A.Germany,FranceandJapan                            B.France,JapanandBritain

  C.Germany,ItalyandBritain                              D.German,ItalyandJapan

In1932,inthedepthofthedepression,theAmericanpeoplechose_______astheirnextpresidentwhopromiseda"newdeal"togetAmericaoutofdepression.

A.Theodore

B.FranklinD.Roosevelt

C.WoodrowWilson

D.HerbertHoover

32.ThepowersoftheU.Sgovernmentdivideintothreebranches:

_________,________andthejudicial.

33.In1620,thePilgrimssailedtotheNewWorldinashipcalled______.

34. In1947,GeorgeMarshallannouncedthe________toprovideeconomicaidtoWesternEurope.

35.ChinaandtheUnitedStatesestablishedtheirdiplomaticrelationsinJanuary_________.

36.ThemostimportantlakesintheUnitedStatesarethe_____Lakes,theyarealllocatedbetween______andtheUnitedStatesexceptLakeMichigan.

37.FormaleducationintheUnitedStatesconsistsofelementary,________and_______education.

*The____isthesymboloftheDemocraticpartywhilethe_______isthesymboloftheRepublicanparty.

*ThemodernAmericaneconomyisusuallydescribedas___________systemcharacterizedbymonopoly.

*ThemostimportantlakesintheUnitedStatesarethe（21）_____Lakes,theyarealllocatedbetween（22）______andtheUnitedStatesexceptLakeMichigan.

 ThenameofAmericanIndianwasgivenby_______.

Thesystemofchecksandbalance

Indianreservations

Westwardmovement

Opendoorpolicy

Bigstick

Monroedoctrine

Trumendoctrine

Theconstitutionalconvention

Whatisanucleusfamily?

WhyistheU.S.Acalled“Meltingpot”?

WhatisthepopularAmericanbelief?

CanyounameafewsocialproblemsinAmerica?

whatarethethreebiggestnewspapersinU.S.A?

HowmanytypesofhighereducationalinstitutionsarethereinAmerica?

Whoisthewritercalled“FatherofAmericanLiterature”?

HowistheAmericanterritoryonthecontinentdivided?

WhatwastheimportanceoftheWarof1812to1814?