16春华中师《英语国家国情与文化-美国》在线作业
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一、单选题：
1.The Great Depression in 1929 was caused by all the following BUT( ).（ ） (满分:4)
A. stock market speculation
B. over-expansion of credit
C. too much investment in companies
D. lack of stability in the banking system
2.It is generally agreed that U.S. higher education began with the( ). (满分:4)
A. Civil War
B. Independence War
C. founding of Harvard College
D. founding of Princeton University
3.In the U.S. each local school district has a governing board which is usually ( ).（ ） (满分:4)
A. In the U.S. each local school district has a governing board which is usually ( ).（ ）
4.At the beginning of the Berlin Blockade, President Truman turned down the option of（ ）. (满分:4)
A. sending supplies through the highways
protected by tanks and troops
B. sending supplies through the waterways
C. starting large-scale airlifting
D. staring limited airlifting to test the Soviets
5.( ), which banned slavery, was added to the American Constitution in December, 1865.( ) (满分:4)
A. The Bill of Rights
B. The Thirteenth Amendment
C. The Civil Rights Act
D. The Voting Rights Act
6.Urbanization was realized in the U.S.（ ）. (满分:4)
A. in 1900
B. in 1910
C. after WW I
D. after WWⅡ
7.Most of the first Chinese immigrants who came to the United States between 1850—1880 settled down in ( ). (满分:4)
A. Florida
B. Washington
C. California
D. New Jersey
8.One of the goals set by President Bush in his plan“America 2000”is ( ).（ ） (满分:4)
A. increasing the adult literacy rate
B. eliminating drugs and violence at school
C. bettering all the students’ foreign languages
D. improving the high-school graduation rate to 80%
9.Whenever the American economy is in trouble, the economy of other countries is affected because the United States is( ).( ) (满分:4)
A. the greatest debtor in the world
B. the biggest producer of tobacco
C. the largest importer in the world market
D. the only superpower in the world
10.The American President usually takes an oath of office, administered by the ( ) of the United States in January. (满分:4)
A. Chief Justice
B. House Speaker
C. Secretary of State
D. Senate Majority Leader
11.The Constitution of the United States says that only ( ) can declare war upon other nations. (满分:4)
A. the President
B. Congress
C. Department of Defense
D. the National Security Council
12.During the American Civil War, the victory at ( ) proved to be the turning point for the Union Army. (满分:4)
A. Harrisburg
B. Gettysburg
C. Lexington
D. Fort Sumter
13.Membership in the House of Representatives is based on( ).( ) (满分:4)
A. the number of cities in each state
B. the number of families in each state
C. the size of population in each state
D. the size of cities in each state
14.The Peace Conference in 1919 was dominated by the Big Four, that is, ( ).（ ） (满分:4)
A. the United States
Britain
Spain and Italy
B. the United States
Japan
France and Italy
C. the United States
Britain
France and Italy
D. the United States
Britain
France and Russia
15.Which work praised the idea of equality and democracy and also celebrated the dignity, the self-reliant spirit and the joy of the common man? (满分:4)
A. Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman.
B. Self-reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
C. Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain.
D. Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser.
16.The political theory of American Revolution came from the well-known philosopher ( ). (满分:4)
A. Thomas Jefferson
B. Thomas Paine
C. Alexander Hamilton
D. John Locke
17.The Purchase of Louisiana Territory in 1803 from France( ).( ) (满分:4)
A. increased the American territory by one third
B. increased the American territory by a half
C. almost doubled the size of the United States
D. almost tripled the size of the United States
18.Which statement is NOT true about the Great Depression in the 1930s? (满分:4)
A. Billions of dollars of paper profits were wiped out within a few days.
B. Misery and personal sufferings were widesprea
C. Many lost their land and other properties because of foreclosures.
D. The stock market crash was the beginning of long economic recovery.
19.The Red Scare in 1919 and 1920 was a typical example of American ( ). (满分:4)
A. religious intolerance
B. intolerant nationalism
C. Progressive Movement
D. deregulation of big trusts
20.The U.S. Constitution provides that the ( ) shall be President of the Senate. (满分:4)
A. Vice President
B. Secretary of State
C. Senate Majority Leader
D. Senate Minority Leader
21.In order to remember George Washington（ ）. (满分:4)
A. a memorial hall was built in his birthplace
B. a memorial hall was built in Washington D.C.
C. a tall white Washington Monument was built in the capital
D. an expensive car was named after him
22.The most important patriotic holiday in the U.S. is ( ). (满分:4)
A. Halloween
B. Veterans’ Day
C. Thanksgiving Day
D. Independence Day
23.The Constitution requires the President to be a natural-born American citizen at least ( ) years of age. (满分:4)
A. 30
B. 35
C. 40
D. 45
24.The three well-known authors who penned the Federalist Papers are ( ). (满分:4)
A. Thomas Jefferson
James Madison and John Jay
B. George Washington
James Madison and John Jay
C. Alexander Hamilton
James Madison and John Jay
D. Alexander Hamilton
James Madison and John Adams
25.The largest racial and ethnic minority in the U.S. is the ( ), which accounts over 12.1% of the population. (满分:4)
A. blacks
B. Asians
C. Indians
D. Hispanics
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