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英语国家社会与文化America1答案
1.What’stheofficialnameofAmerica?
TheUnitedStatesofAmerica.
2.What’sthecapitaloftheU.S.?
WashingtonD.C.
3.What’sthenameofthenationalflagoftheUnitedStates?
TheAmericanflag.
4.Whatdothe13stripesstandforandwhataboutthe50stars?
The13stripesstandforthe13coloniesthatbecametheearlieststatesoftheUnitedStatesandthe50starsrepresent50statestoday.
5.What’sthenameofthenationalAnthemoftheU.S.?
“StarSpangledBanner”.(星条旗)
6.What’sthelocationoftheUnitedStates?
TheUnitedStatesliesincentralNorthAmericawithCanadatoitsNorth,MexicoandtheGulfofMexicotoitssouth,theAtlanticOceantoitseastandthePacificOceantoitswest.
7.HowlargeisanareadoestheUnitedStatescover?
Ithasalandareaofsome9.4millionsquarekilometers.
8.IsittruethatAmericaisthefourthlargestcountryintheworldinsizeafterRussia,ChinaandBrazil?
No,AmericaisthefourthlargestcountryintheworldinsizeafterRussia,CanadaandChina.
9.Whichstateisthelargestoneandwhichisthesmallest?
AlaskaisthelargeststateandRhodeIsland(罗德岛)thesmallest.
10.WhatmountainsarethebiggestmountainrangesintheUnitedStates?
TheAppalachianMountain(阿巴拉契亚)andtheRockymountains.
11.WhatisthebackboneoftheNorthAmericancontinent?
TheRockies.
12.What’stheothernameoftheRockies?
TheContinentalDivide.(大陆分水岭)
13.IsittruethattheUnitedStatesisrichinwaterresources?
Yes,itis.
14.WhatarethefiveGreatlakes?
LakeSuperior,LakeMichigan,LakeHuron,LakeEric,andLakeOntario.
五大湖(GreatLakes)是位于加拿大与美国交界处的几座大型淡水湖泊,按面积从大到小分别为:
必利尔湖(LakeSuperior)、休伦湖(LakeHuron)、密歇根湖(LakeMichigan)、伊利湖(LakeErie)和安大略湖(LakeOntario)。
除密歇根湖属于美国之外,其它四湖为加拿大和美国共有。
这五个湖泊所组成的五大湖是世界上最大的淡水水域,总面积达245,660平方公里,有北美洲地中海之称。
15.What’sthelargestriversystemintheUnitedStates?
TheMississippiRiver.
16.What’sthe“Fatherofallrivers”?
TheMississippiRiver.
17.What’sthemostimportanttributaryoftheMississippiRiverinthewest?
TheMissouriRiver.
18.What’sthemostimportanttributaryoftheMississippiRiverintheeast?
TheOhioRiver.
19.CanyounamesomeotherriversintheU.S.?
RioGrandeRiver(里奥格兰德河),ColoradoRiver(科罗拉多河)andColumbiaRiver(哥伦比亚河).
20.What’stheChinesenameofColoradoCanyon?
科罗拉多大峡谷
21.IsittruethattheUnitedStatesonlyhastropicalclimate?
No,theUnitedStateshasawidevarietyofClimates.
22.What’s“continentalsteppeclimate”?
大陆草原气候
23.IsittruethattheUnitedStatesispoorinnaturalresources?
No,itisn’t.Ithasplentifulwaterresources,denseforestsandabundantmineralresources.
24.WhatarethethreemajormineralresourcesofAmerica?
Coal,oilandgas.
25.ItistruethattheUnitedStateswasneverthelargestoilproducingcountryintheworld?
No,itisn’t.
26.ItistruethattheUnitedStatesisnowthelargestoilproducingcountryintheworld?
No,itisn’t.
27.ItistruethattheUnitedStatesisnowthesecondlargestoilconsumerintheworld?
No,itisn’t.It’sthelargest.
28.IsittruethattheUnitedStatesisabigoilimporter?
Yes,itis.
29.What’sthemostpopulouscountryintheworld,andhowaboutthesecondandthethird?
Chinaisthemostpopulouscountryintheworld,followedbyIndiaandAmerica.
30.IsittruethatimmigrationisamajorreasonoftheUnitedStates’populationgrowth?
Yes,itis.
31.IsittruethattheUnitedStatesstillhasalooseimmigrationpolicy?
No.itisn’t.
32.WhichstateismostpopulousoneintheU.S.?
California.
33.Whichistheleastpopulousone?
Wyoming.(怀俄明州)
34.WhoaretheoriginalinhabitantsofthecontinentofAmerica?
TheIndians.
35.WhichdoAmericansprefertobecalled,“SaladBowl”or“MeltingPot”?
“SaladBowl”