【答案】英语国家概况(2)第3次作业【参考答案】

[第1题](单选题)

Three of the following are Nobel Prize winners. Which one is not? _________.

Ernest Hemingway

Eugene O’Neill

William Faulkner

Scott Fitzgerald

[第2题](单选题)

The State of California is on __________.

the Atlantic Coast

the Gulf of Mexico

the Pacific Coast

the Caribbean Sea

[第3题](单选题)

Which of the following statements is NOT correct according to the author? _________.

American mainstream culture is based on Protestantism

Protestant Church is an established church by law in the U. S.

The Catholic Church is the largest single religious group in the U. S.

The largest church is of the Protestant faith in the U. S.

[第4题](单选题)

The expenditure in American public schools is guided by _______.

students

headmasters

teachers

boards of education

[第5题](判断题)

On November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln made a short speech on the occasion of dedicating the national cemetery at Gettysburg. He ended his speech with these memorable words: “... that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”

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[第6题](判断题)Washington Irving and James Fennimore Cooper are the two major writers of the post-Revolutionary period in the U. S.

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[第7题](单选题)

The main mountain range in the west of U.S. stretching from the Canadian border to New Mexico is ______.

the Appalachian Mountains

the Rocky Mountains

the Green Mountains

the Blue Ridge Mountains

[第8题](判断题)

The typical organizational pattern for elementary and secondary schools is that of graded schools. Usually, the elementary school covers grades 1-9 and the high school covers grades 10-12.

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[第9题](判断题)Between 1607 and 1733 the British established 30 colonies along the west coast of North American.

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[第10题](单选题)

Drug abuse in the United States is a social problem because it has wide range of social costs. Which of the following is NOT a dysfunction caused by drug abuse? __________.

There is a strong association between drug use and crime

Drug dependence takes significant role in terms of personal health and safely

Drug abuse is a major cause of unemployment

There are great economic losses because of drug abuse

[第11题](判断题)The system of higher education in the U.S has three principal functions: teaching, research and public service.

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[第12题](判断题)

The largest of the racial and ethnic minorities in the United States is the black who make up about 21 percent of the American population.

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[第13题](单选题)

Which of the following is NOT a power of the president of the United States? ________.

The president can veto any hill passed by Congress

The president has the authority to appoint federal judges when vacancies occur

The president can make laws

The president has broad powers, with the executive branch, to issue regulations and directives regarding work of the federal departments

[第14题](单选题)

The “American system” of mass production was first used in _________.

car industry

textile industry

firearms industry

agriculture

[第15题](单选题)

The following were the founding fathers of the American Republic except _________.

George Washington

Thomas Jefferson

William Penn

Benjamin Franklin

[第16题](判断题)

The first English colony in the Americas was founded at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607.

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[第17题](判断题)The U.S is by far the biggest industrial country in the world. It is first in such advanced field as computers, space, nuclear energy and electronics.

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[第18题](单选题)

Which of the following is NOT regarded as one of the three basic religious beliefs in the United States? _______.

Protestant

Catholic

Islamic

Judaism

[第19题](判断题)In 1620, 201 of Pilgrims sailed to the New World in a ship called Mayflower. They arrived at Plymouth and built the Plymouth colony.

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[第20题](单选题)

The following are distinctively American features of religion except _______.

various religious groups have coexisted in the U.S. more harmoniously than Europe

scientific and economic advance and material prosperity have not been accompanied by a decline in religious faith

there has been little concentration on doctrine or religion argument in the U. S.

there has been very much concentration on doctrine or religious argument in the U. S.

[第21题](单选题)

Which of the following was NOT guaranteed in the Bill of Rights? _________.

The freedom of religion

The freedom of searching a person’s home by police

The right to own weapons if one wishes

[第22题](单选题)

Which of the following statements was NOT correct? When the War of Independence was over, _________.

each new state has its own government

each new state made its own laws and handled all of its internal affairs

the national government was called the Congress with little power

the relationships between the states and the national government were clearly defined.

[第23题](判断题)

Employment, deflation, financial and trade surplus are the troubles that always face the U.S.

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[第24题](单选题)

Which of the following is unconstitutional in the United States? _______.

Catholics can build their own schools and hospitals

Non-Catholics can go to catholic-run schools

Public money is provided to support religious schools

Women have the right to abortion

[第25题](单选题)

Which of the following statements was correct around the time of the American Revolution? ________.

The American had the mixed blood of Europeans or their descendants

The American had the mixed blood of Europeans with American Indians

The American has the mixed blood of Europeans with blacks

The American had the blood of the English and their descendants only