北语网院17秋《英语国家概况（II）》作业_1234(资料)
17秋《英语国家概况（II）》作业_1第1题（单选题）Cultural survival is shown in the following ways except___________.
A.the attempt to maintain a Canadian identity
B.persistence of native Canadian people to maintain their distinctive cultures
C.dealing with the harsh natural environment
D.the survival of a French-Canadian identity in Quebec after the English had conquered the French in Quebec
第2题（单选题）What is the idea behind checks and balances?
A.To help the president get more power
B. To restrict governmental power and prevent its abuse
C. To help the Congress to derive more authorities
第3题（单选题）Which of the following is a tourist attraction in the United States?
A.Yellowstone National Park
B. The Babylon Garden
C. The English castle
D. The coral reefs
第4题（单选题）Alexander Hamilton was 。
A.The first Secretary of Treasury of the USA
B. The first president of the USA
第5题（单选题）The portraits of four American presidents were carved on which of the following mountains?
A.The Rocky Mountains
B. The Appalachian Mountains
C. Mt Rushmore
D. Mt Rainier
第6题（单选题）The Niagara Falls is located on the border of the United States with_______.
A.Mexico
B. Columbia
C. Panama
D. Canada
第7题（单选题）To promote peace and cooperation among nations, Canada plays an active role in international organizations. Which of the following is the exception?
A.the United Nations
B. the Commonwealth
C. the National Organization of Women
D. la Francophonie
第8题（单选题）The organization that is responsible for cracking down on domestic crimes is_____.
A.the FBI
B. the CIA
C. the Congress
D. the IRS
第9题（单选题）Former President Ronald Reagan used to a _______________.
A.basketball player
B. sports radio announcer
C. conservative political columnist
D. sports writer
第10题（单选题）In January 1965, President Johnson declared _________\by opening to everyone the opportunity to live in decency and dignity.\u0022
A.war against Vietnam
B. war against poverty
C. war against Japan
D. New Frontier program
第11题（单选题）The historical document, adopted on July 4 by the Congress, 1776, which officially proclaimed the independence of 13 North American colonies was called________.
A.the Emancipation Proclamation
B. the Declaration of Independence
C. the Paris Treaty
第12题（单选题）Which of the following was NOT one of the three forces that led to the modern development of Europe?
A.The growth of capitalism
B. The Renaissance
C. The Religious Reformation
D. The spiritual leadership of the Roman Catholic Church
第13题（单选题）Which of the following provinces is the home of most French-speaking people in Canada?
A.Manitoba
B. Saskatchewan
C. Ontario
D. Quebec
第14题（单选题）In addition to such tactics as sit-ins, young students also added ____to educate people about the war in Vietnam.
A.teach-in
B. rock 'n'roll music
C. class boycott
D. "march against fear"
第15题（单选题）In Vancouver schools, it is estimated that more than half of the students speak _______.
A.German
B. French
C. Mandarin Chinese
D. Cantonese
第16题（判断题）The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), and the South Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) are three main organizations in the civil rights movement.
A.对
B.错
第17题（判断题）The “Hippies” was the one group within the counter culture best known for their pursuit of happiness as their goal in life.
A.对
B.错
第18题（判断题） The Grand Banks have been called the \ of Newfoundland.
A.对
B.错
第19题（判断题）The American belief in \ has precluded a major role for government.
A.对
B.错
第20题（判断题）China took over the United States at the end of 2009 to become New Zealand#39;s second largest trading partner.
A.对
B.错
第21题（判断题）At the end of the 18th century, elementary education throughout the United States was in local hands.
A.对
B.错
第22题（判断题）Now Bill Gates is the director of the largest software company, Microsoft.
A.对
B.错
第23题（判断题）The Quakers of Penn#39;s colony, like their counterparts across the Delaware River in New Jersey, established an extremely liberal government for the seventeenth century.
A.对
B.错
第24题（判断题）The Blues, a uniquely American contribution to the arts, first appeared in New Orleans at the end of the 19th century.
A.对
B.错
第25题（判断题）James Naismith was a Canadian-born physical education teacher in Massachusetts. He invented basketball game in 1891.
A.对
B.错
17秋《英语国家概况（II）》作业_2
第1题（单选题） established the system of government and these were later consolidated.
A.The Constitution Act in 1852
B.The Bill of Rights Act 1990
C.The Human Rights Act 1993
第2题（单选题）Blues was derived from a blend of field chantey and spiritual which is____________.
A.a form of rock 'n' roll singing
B. a form of operatic singing originated in Europe
C. a form of country music singing
D. a form of hymn singing prevalent in African-American Christian churches
第3题（单选题） During the first half of the 19th century the population of the U.S. was overwhelmingly ______ .
A.Catholic
B.Jews
C.Muslims
D.Protestants
第4题（单选题）Which Canadian prime minister referred to the two world wars as \?
A.Lester Pearson
B. Wilfred Laurier
C. Pierre Trudeau
D. Brian Mulroney
第5题（单选题） The first major religious revival in the middle of the ______ century injected new vigor into American religion.
A.17th
B.18th
C.19th
D.20th
第6题（单选题）Which automobile brand was the first to use assembly line in auto manufacturing?
A.Ford
B. Chrystler
C. Lincoln
第7题（单选题）In 1773, a group of patriots responded to the tea tax by staging the ______________.
A."Boston Tea Party"
B. the Republican Party
C. the League of Nations
第8题（单选题）The following were the main Reformation leaders except ___________.
A.Martin Luther
B. Martin Luther King
C. John Calvin
D. The English King Henry VIII
第9题（单选题）How many players are there on each team in a basketball game?
A.5
B. 6
C. 11
第10题（单选题）The first inhabitants of the American continent were_________.
A.the Italians
B. the Spanish
C. the Indians
第11题（单选题）During _______ administration did Canada recognize the People＇s Republic of China.
A.Wilfred Laurier＇s
B. Lester Pearson＇s
C. MacKinzie King＇s
D. Brian Mulroney＇s
第12题（单选题）Canada became a full-fledged and sovereign state after _____.
A.American Civil War
B. World War I
C. World War II
第13题（单选题）The United States was rated___in the world in terms of land area and the size of population.
A.second
B. third
C. fourth
D. fifth
第14题（单选题）Is Canada the biggest country in the world?
A.Yes
B. No
第15题（单选题）The author of the novel The Scarlet Letter is_________.
A.Hawthorne
B. Emerson
C. Hemingway
第16题（判断题） PresidentRonald Reagan, denouncing the Soviet state as an \, escalated the Cold War and promoted rollback in Nicaragua and Afghanistan.
A.对
B.错
第17题（判断题）The president has the authority to appoint federal judges as vacancies occur, including members of the Supreme Court.The senate,however, must approve all treaties and confirm all appointments before they become official.
A.对
B.错
第18题（判断题）Toni Morrison (1931-) won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993. She is the first African-American writer to receive this honor.
A.对
B.错
第19题（判断题）The American continents were peopled as a result of two long-continuing immigration movements, the first from Asia, and the second from Europe and Africa.
A.对
B.错
第20题（判断题） . New Zealand has no formal codified constitution.
A.对
B.错
第21题（判断题）The United States has two major Political Parties: One is the Democratic Party, which evolved out of Thomas Jefferson’s party, formed before 1800. The other is the Republican Party, which was formed in the 1850s.
A.对
B.错
第22题（判断题）Alexander Hamilton is the second Secretary of Treasureofthe United States.
A.对
B.错
第23题（判断题） Canada is a developed country and one of the wealthiest in the world, with the tenth highest per capita income globally (in 2013), and the eighth highest ranking in the Human Development Index (with the HDI value for 2013 being 0.902).
A.对
B.错
第24题（判断题） The education system in New Zealand is a three-tier model which includes primary schools, followed by secondary schools (high schools) and tertiary education at universities andor polytechnics.
A.对
B.错
第25题（判断题）America’s movies are mostly in Hollywood, near the city of Los Angeles in South California.
A.对
B.错
17秋《英语国家概况（II）》作业_3
第1题（单选题）Los Angeles Lakers is the name of a professional team of which game?
A.Basketball
B. Hockey
C. Volleyball
第2题（单选题）Who is Abraham Lincoln? What was he famous for?
A.Uncle Tom's Cabin
B. The Federalist Papers
C. The Emancipation Proclamation
第3题（单选题）The following were the founding fathers of the American Republic except ___________.
A.George Washington
B. Thomas Jefferson
C. William Penn
D. Benjamin Franklin
第4题（单选题）Lake Louis is located________.
A.in the northern part of Canada
B. on the Canadian-American border
C. on the east coast
D. in the Rockies
第5题（单选题）The 1960s saw the civil rights movement whose goals were to fight for the equal rights for the colored people and to bring an end to ________.
A.segregation laws
B. labor law
C. affirmative action
第6题（单选题）Is the novel The English Patient written by _______.
A.a British writer
B. a Canadian writer
第7题（单选题） The basic political system is closely patterned on that of the______System, although a number of significant modifications have been made.
A.Washington
B.Washminster
C.Westminster*
第8题（单选题）The instrument used in jazz music for sounding out melodies is _________.
A.drums
B. banjo
C. piano
第9题（单选题）What is not an example of service industry?
A.Legal consulting
B. Banking
C. Hotels and restaurants
D. Computer manufacturing
第10题（单选题）Three of the most famous primitive tribes living in the American continent created such brilliant civilizations. They are _____________.
A.the Aztecs
B. the Iroquois
C. Yadkin
第11题（单选题）Another piano style, which was emerging in Chicago in the late 1920＇s and early 1930＇s, was called _________.
A.boogie-woogie
B. ragtime
C. folk music
第12题（单选题）Which of the following political parties is American in origin?
A.The Republican Party
B. The Green Party
C. The Labor Party
第13题（单选题）Which of the following statements was correct around the time of the American Revolution?
A.The American had the mixed blood of Europeans or their descendants
B.The American had the mixed blood of Europeans with American Indians
C.The American had the mixed blood of Europeans with blacks
D.The American had the blood of the English and their descendants only
第14题（单选题）Prime Minister _______ once said that the U.S.-Canada relationship was was like \.
A.Louis St.Laurent
B. Wilfred Laurier
C. Lester Pearson
D. John A. Macdonald
第15题（单选题）The Stevens family was known for their contribution to which of the following?
A.Airplane
B. Steamboats
C. Cotton gin
第16题（判断题） The prerequisite for admission to university study is either completion of a 4-year course at an approved secondary school or the passing of the university entrance examination.
A.对
B.错
第17题（判断题） The only major industrial power in the world to emerge intact—and even greatly strengthened from an economic perspective—was the Soviet Union
A.对
B.错
第18题（判断题）About 15 percent of all schools of high education in the United States are privately operated by religious organizations.
A.对
B.错
第19题（判断题）After World WarⅠ, many novelists produced literary works of disillusionment. Some of them lived abroad and were known as the“Beat Generation”.
A.对
B.错
第20题（判断题）In the United States, every church is a completely independent organization,and concerned with its own finance and its own building.
A.对
B.错
第21题（判断题）The United States ranks the fourth in the world in both area and population.
A.对
B.错
第22题（判断题） The government continues in office only as long as it retains the confidence of the House of Representatives
A.对
B.错
第23题（判断题） No permanent European settlements were made in Canada until the early 18th century.
A.对
B.错
第24题（判断题）John Steven, an American entrepreneur in the late 19th century, was the first to use assembly line for manufacturing cars.
A.对
B.错
第25题（判断题） From the beginning of the Colonial period, religion has been a major factor in shaping the identity and values of the American people.
A.对
B.错
17秋《英语国家概况（II）》作业_4
第1题（单选题）__________ is most powerfully presented in Margaret Laurence＇s work, making her highly representative of contemporary Canada?
A.Self-analysis
B. Women＇s position
C. Cultural difference
D. Political environment
第2题（单选题）The U.S. government consists of three branches:___________.
A.the executive branch
B.the State Department
C.the White House
第3题（单选题）America＇s foremost jazz musician was ________.
A.Louis Armstrong
B. Bruce Springsteen
C. Billy Holiday
第4题（单选题）\ was the rallying cry of ___________.
A.the settlers of Virginia
B. the people of Pennsylvania
C. the colonists in New England
D. the people of the 13 colonies on the eve of the American Revolution
第5题（单选题）Where do most of the Inuit people live in Canada?
A.The arctic area
B. The west coast
C. The Atlantic Ocean
第6题（单选题）In more recent years, partly through Canadian diplomatic efforts, things like ____________ and ____________have been put on the international agenda.
A.arms control
B. economic crisis
C. organized crime
D. women'issues
第7题（单选题）Most farming takes place in ________.
A.west coast near British Columbia
B. northern prairie area
C. southern part near the border
第8题（单选题）Canadian economy is a _______.
A.resource-based economy
B. agricultural economy
C. tourism economy
第9题（单选题）Which of the following industries account for more than half of the GDP in Canada?
A.primary industries
B. secondary industries
C. tertiary industries
D. none of them
第10题（单选题）Who first introduced the \ line?
A.Eli Whitney
B. Samuel Slater
C. Henry Ford
D. Adam Smith
第11题（单选题）In 1917, the Canadian government introduced conscription, which resulted in bitter resentment in the French-speaking _______ province.
A.British Columbia
B. Nova Scotia
C. Ontario
D. Quebec
第12题（单选题）In the early 1960s, Betty Friedan published a book called ______.
A.The Feminine Mystique
B. profiles in Courage
C. The Other America
D. Catcher in the Rye
第13题（单选题）Mark Twain＇s works are characterized by the following except ___.
A.sense of humor
B. egotism
C. jokes
D. tall tales
第14题（单选题）Who devised the Desk Operating System?
A.Thomas Watson
B. Steve Jobs
C. Bill Gates
第15题（单选题）Who invented the telephone?
A.Abraham Lincoln
B. Alexander Bell
C. Thomas Edison
第16题（判断题）John H Hall played a significant role in developing the “American system of production” in early 19th century-using interchangeable parts for mass manufacturing, which lowered costs and improved efficiency.
A.对
B.错
第17题（判断题） Despite Lord Baltimore#39;s efforts to establish liberty of conscience, Maryland#39;s gravest problems grew out of the colonists#39; religious tolerance.
A.对
B.错
第18题（判断题） To some extent, Bush Jr.’s foreign policy can be given the label of multilateralism
A.对
B.错
第19题（判断题）It was in 1954 that the Supreme Court ruled that the practice of segregating blacks into separate schools was unconstitional.
A.对
B.错
第20题（判断题）It wasGeorge F. Kennan who first argued that the United States should adopt a policy of “containment” toward the Soviet Union.
A.对
B.错
第21题（判断题）The Grand Canyon National Park, one of America’s most famous scenic wonder, is approximately 120 kilometers north of Flagstaff, Utah.
A.对
B.错
第22题（判断题） The increase of Catholics was met by widespread prejudice and hostility, often resulting in riots and the burning of churches, convents, and seminary.
A.对
B.错
第23题（判断题）New Zealand’s highest court from 1840 to 2004 was the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.
A.对
B.错
第24题（判断题） Rising wages and currency rates, among other factors, have dramatically narrowed the gap between manufacturing costs in China and the United States, with the result that several US companies are now bringing manufacturing jobs home to America.
A.对
B.错
第25题（判断题）The Yellowstone National Park was established in 1908 by President Theodore Roosevelt.
A.对
B.错
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