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24秋《英语国家概况（II）》作业_1
1.[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
答:——A——
2.[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
答:——A——
3.[单选题]Prime Minister _______ once said that the U.S.-Canada relationship was was like "a relationship between two farmers".
A.Louis St.Laurent
B.Wilfred Laurier
C.Lester Pearson
D.John A. Macdonald
答:——A——
4.[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
答:————
5.[单选题]Who invented the phonograph and the electric light?
A.Thomas Edison
B.John F Kennedy
C.Bill Gates
答:————
6.[单选题]Los Angeles Lakers is the name of a professional team of which game?
A.Basketball
B.Hockey
C.Volleyball
答:————
7.[单选题]Which of the following games is played in a "ballpark"?
A.Football
B.Basketball
C.Baseball
答:————
8.[单选题]The U.S. government consists of three branches:___________.
A.the executive branch, the legislative branch, and the judicial branch
B.the State Department, the Department of Defense, and the Energy Department
C.the White House, the Senate, and the Supreme Court
答:————
9.[单选题]The novel The English Patient is written by _______.
A.a British writer
B.a Canadian writer
答:————
10.[单选题]Which Canadian prime minister referred to the two world wars as " the vortex of European militarism"?
A.Lester Pearson
B.Wilfred Laurier
C.Pierre Trudeau
D.Brian Mulroney
答:————
11.[判断题]In 1541, Queen Elizabeth I declared to be the Queen of Ireland, the first monarch to do so.
A.对
B.错
答:————
12.[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
答:————
13.[判断题]Puritans believed in predestination. This doctrine holds that God is all-powerful and all-knowing; therefore, the fate of each individual soul is known to God at birth. Nothing an individual can do or say could change their ultimate fate.
A.对
B.错
答:————
14.[判断题]In the United States, four out of five private schools are run by churches, synagogues or other religious group.
A.对
B.错
答:————
15.[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
答:————
16.[判断题]In 1863, the United States created a truly national banking system with a standard paper currency.
A.对
B.错
答:————
17.[判断题]James Naismith was a Canadian-born physical education teacher in Massachusetts. He invented basketball game in 1891.
A.对
B.错
答:————
18.[判断题]At the end of the 18th century, elementary education throughout the United States was in local hands.
A.对
B.错
答:————
19.[判断题]The first factory in the United States was a cotton textile mill in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, which combined carding, roving and spinning operation.
A.对
B.错
答:————
20.[判断题]Canada is officially bilingual both at the federal level and at the provincial level.
A.对
B.错
答:————
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