07秋期英语国家概况(2)复习应考指南

0 1 The following were the founding fathers of the American Republic except C C William Penn 2 Which of the following statements was correct around the time of the American Revolution A A The American had the mixed blood of Europeans or their descendants 3 Which of the following statements was NOT correct When the War of Independence was over D D the relationships between the states and the national government were clearly defined 4 Which of the following was NOT guaranteed in the Bill of Rights B B The freedom of searching a person s home by police 5 The American system of mass production was first used in C C firearms industry 6 The United States was rated No I in terms of production capacity in the world C C 1945 7 Which of the following is unconstitutional in the United States C C Public money is provided to support religious schools 8 Which of the following statements is NOT correct according to the author B B Protestant Church is an established church by law in the U S 9 Which of the following is considered an American master piece D D Moby Dick 10 Three of the following are Nobel Prize winners Which one is not D D F Scott Fitzgerald 11 Blues was derived from a blend of field chantey and spiritual which is D D a form of hymn singing prevalent in African American Christian churches 12 Which of the following is not a team game B B Bowling 13 Which invention marked the beginning of The Age of Visual Information D D Television 14 In January 1965 President Johnson declared B to eliminate poverty by opening to everyone the B war against poverty 15 Which of the following provinces was the last one to join Canada in 1949 B B Newfoundland 16 Where is Lake Louise Located D D In the Rockies 17 Which of the following provinces is the home of most French speaking people in Canada D D Quebec 18 Who is the most influential person in the Canadian government C C The Prime Minister 19 At present which of the following areas has the largest farms in Canada D D The prairie provinces 20 Around the beginning of 20 th century Chinese laborers came to Canada to B B build the railroad 21 originated mainly from D D John Locke 22 Which of the following is NOT a power of the president of the United States C C The president can make laws 23 The following are distinctively American features of religion except C D there has been very much concentration on doctrine or religious argument in the U S 1 24 Which of the following is NOT regarded as one of the three basic religious beliefs C C Islamic 25 Three of the following authors are Nobel Prize winners Which one is not D D F Scott Fitagerald 26 To get a bachelor s degree an undergraduate student is required to do the following except C C taking certain subjects such as history language and philosophy 27 The one group within the counter culture best known for their pursuit of happiness as their only goal in life was called A A the Hippies 28 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 D D There are great economic losses because of drug abuse 29 The State of California is on C C the Pacific Coast 30 Due to his firm belief in nonviolent peaceful protest in the spirit of India s leader Gandhi D was awarded the Nobel Peace Price in 1964 D Martin Luther King Jr 31 Three of the following changes among many blacks took place after the 1960s Which of them is NOT true A A Blacks felt more and more confident that they would be fully integrated into the 32 The main mountain range in the west of U S stretching from the Canadian border to New Mexico is D D the Blue Ridge Mountains 33 One of the oldest towns landed in 1513 in the U S is D D Both A and C 34 Which of the following is NOT a power of the president C c The president can make laws 35 Which of the following is unconstitutional in the United States C c Public money is provided to support religious schools 36 Three of the following authors are Nobel Prize winners for Literature Which one is not D d F Scott Fitzgerald 37 Which of the following statements is NOT true C c The Northern states did not have racial discrimination 38 Which of the following states refused to participate in the Constitutional Convention B b Rhode Island 39 The United States was rated C in the world in terms of land area and the size of population c fourth 40 The main mountain range in the west of US stretching from the Canadian border to New Mexico is B the Rocky Mountains 41 In the United States school system which of the following division is true C Elementary sch ool secondary school 42 The expenditure in American public schools is guided by D d boards of education 43 Three of the following universities have large endowments from wealthy benefactors Which is the exception A 2 a The State University of New York 44 Due to his firm belief in nonviolent peaceful protest in the spirit of India s leader Gandhi D was awarded the Nobel Peace in 1964 d Martin Luther King Jr 45 Three of the following changes among many blacks took place after the 1960s Which of them is NOT true A a Blacks felt more and more confident that they would be fully integrated into the mainstream of American life 46 Which of the following statements is NOT true C c The Northern states did not have racial discrimination 47 The one group within the counter culture best known for their pursuit of happiness as their only goal in life was called C c the Hippies 48 One of the oldest towns landed in 1513 in the US is D d St Augustine 49 A has vestiges of old Southern plantation a New Orleans 50 O J Simpson used to be a well known athlete who plays A a football 51 In the 1920s a new and distinctive style of piano playing called stride piano emerged in A a Hamlet in New York 52 Which of the following was NOT one of the three forces that led to the modern development of Europe C C The spiritual leadership of Roman Catholic Church 53 The following were the main Reformation leaders except B B Martin Luther King 54 Which of the following is the only branch that can make federal laws and levy federal taxes A A The legislative 55 The New Deal was started by B B Franklin Roosevelt 56 The American system of mass production was first used in B B firearms industry 57 Service industry doesn t include C C steel making 58 Which of the following is NOT regarded as one of the three basic religious beliefs D D Islamic 59 Which of the following is TRUE C C Liberal protestants and Jews join non believers in maintaining that abortion is a basic right for women 60 Which of the following was written by Thoreau B B Walden 61 Whitman s poetry has the following characteristics except D D fragmented haunting images 62 The reason why many young people were involved in the social movements of the 1960s was that A A they resented traditional white male values in U S society 63 The one group within the counter culture best known for their pursuit of happiness as their only goal in life was called C C the Hippies 64 Which of the following used human beings as guinea pigs to test drugs including LSD D 3 D The CIA 65 Three of the following factors contribute to the higher arrest among minority groups A A Poverty and unemployment among minority groups 66 When was voice and music first transmitted over radio C C On Christmas Eve 1905 67 C made the first liquid propellant rocket C Robert H God dart 68 C has vestiges of old Southern plantations C San Francisco 69 The Granite State in the U S is D C New York State 70 Which of the following is NOT written into the Constitution in 1787 except D D the power of the president 71 Which of the following was NOT a Protestant denomination B B The Catholics 72 Mark Twin s works are characterized by the following except B B egotism 73 A historical moment of the civil rights movements was the March on Washington of August 28 1963 when C delivered his I Have a Dream speech C Martin Luther King Jr 74 Which of the following does NOT belong to the White collar crime D D robbery 75 Drug abuse in the United States is a social problem because it has a wide range of social costs Which of the following is NOT a dysfunction caused by drug abuse C C Drug abuse is a major cause of unemployment 76 B led to the end of the Pony Express System B Telegraph 77 C made the first desktop PC C Two young amateur inventors 78 The complex drumming in the rhythm section of early jazz music was brought over to America by B B Black slaves from West Africa 79 Which of the following American values did NOT come from Puritanism A A Separation of state and church 80 Who first came and settled Canada B B French colonists 81 Which of the following provinces are densely populated in Canada B B Ontario and Quebec 82 What is the other official language besides English in Canada C C French 83 One of the historical reasons that leads Canada to empathizing with the problems the Third world countries face on their way to independence is A A its colonial past 84 In which period have Canada s most famous and successful writers appeared A A post war period 4 II Fill in the blanks Exercise 1 The first Secretary of Treasury of the United States was Alexander Hamilton The majority of Catholics in the U S are descendents of immigrants from 22 Italy and 23 The Civil Rights movement together with the yourh anti war and the women s movement during the 1960s had been deeply rooted in U S history Some of the programs to equalize educational opportunities for all groups ware called 26 in the U S Washington Irving and James Fennimore Cooper are the two major writers of the post Revolutionary period in the U S By 1955 more than two million veterans of World War and of the Korean War had used their Bill of Rights to go to college as they believed that a college degree would improve their chances for a good job in the postwar economy The two major political parties in the U S are the Democratic Party which is thought to be more liberal and the Republication Party which is believed to be more conservative The largest of the racial and ethnic minorities in the United States is black who make up about 12 percent of the population Exercise2 The New World of America was peopled as a result of two long continuing immigration movement the first one from Asia and the second one from Europe and Africa The best known stock exchange is New York Stock Exchange located in Wall street area of New York City The first Catholic president in the U S was J F Kennedy John Steinbeck s The Grapes of Wrath was a portrait of a poor family during the period of the Depression T S Eliot s long poem The Waste Land revealed a pessimistic view of post World War I society He dominated the so called Modern movement in poetry The goal of education in the United States is to achieve universal literacy and provide individuals with the knowledge and skills necessary to promote the welfare for individuals and the general public The central part of a computer where the transistors are incorporated together with no wiring is called chip Exercise 3 Canada s political system was greatly influenced by the two major foreign forces Britainand America America s movies are mostly made in Hollywood near the city of Nos Angles in South California Martin Luther was the first to start the Religious Reformation and the next important leader of the Reformation was John Calvin The Congress is divided into the House of Representativeswith 435 members who serve two year terms and the Senate with 100 lawmakers who serve six year terms Public and private colleges depend on three sources of income in the U S student tuition endowments and government funding In the summer of 1963 hundreds of thousands of peaceful demonstrators marched to Washington D C where Martin Luther King Jr gave the famous 32 I Have a Dream speech Exercise 4 Two most important principles of the Holy Experiment were the spirit of liberty and equalityand separation of state and church 5 The city where the Declaration of Independence was signed and where the U S Constitution was made is Philadelphia Tony Morrison won the Noblel Prize for Literature in 1993 the first Afro American writer to receive this honor Every State in America has its own laws about education and all states require young people to go to school Thus every child in America is guaranteed up to 13 years of education In 1964 President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Law passed by Congress to improve the racial relations American society is a stratified one in which power wealth and prestige are unequally distributed among the population The two most well known computer companies are IBM and Apple now the largest software company is Microsoft whose director is Bill Gates III Answer each of the questions in one full sentence 1 What are the major works of Henry James Just list two The American Portrait of a Lady 2 Who was the main author of Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson 3 What is the main duty of the U S Congress The main duty of the U S Congress is to make laws including those which levy taxes that pay for the work of the federal governments 4 How many states were when the United Statement of America was founded 13 states 5 What are the three branches of the U S government They are legislative branch executive branch and Judicial branch 6 What is the symbol of the Democratic party The symbol of the Democratic party is the donkey 7 What was Henry James mainly interested in writing about He was interested in writing about the divergence between Amercian and Eurpean cluture 8 What does WASP stand for It stands for White Anglo Saxon Protestant 9 What is Ku Klux Klan It is a secret team founded after the civil movement 10 What are the two major political parties in the United States The Democratic Party and the Republication Party 11 What is the best known stock exchange in the Unites States New York stock exchange 12 Which novel written by F Scott Fitzgerald describes youth s golden dream turning into disappointment The Great Gatsby 13 What does FBI stand for It stands for Federal Bureau of Investigation 14 What was the famous speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr in August 28 1963 I have a dream 15 Which church do the majority of Americans belong to The Protestant Church 16 Who was the author of Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman 17 What does K stands for in the term of K to 12 education 6 It stands for Kingdergarten 18 In which part of the United States did the segregation laws work before they were abolished Southern states of the U S 19 Which invention marked the beginning of The Age of Visual Information Televison 20 Where did the first English settlers land in North America They landed in Virginia 21 Where was the first Continental Congress held It was held in Philadelphia 22 What is the symbol of the Republican Party The symbol of the Republican Party is the elephant 23 What are the three sources of income that public and private colleges depend on in American Student tuition endowments and government funding 24 Name at least two kinds of popular sports in the United States Football Baseball 25 What are the two most well known computer companies in the United States IBM company and Apple company 26 What are the two parties holding federal political power through most of the 20 h century in Canada The Liberal Party and the Progressive Party 27 Where do the Canada s most influential ministers in recent years come from They come from Quebec IV Explain each of the following in no more than five sentences 1 American Indians American Indians who were mistakenly called by Columbus moved to the Americas from Asia about 25 000 years ago They developed their own aboriginal cultures and some of them such as the Aztecs the Incas and the Mayas were very advanced when Europeans arrived in the New World But as a result of European conquest the Indian population was quickly reduced and their cultures were ruthlessly destroyed 2 a federal system A federal system is one in which power is shared between a central authority and its constituent parts with some rights reserved to each 3 migrant workers Many big farms hire temporary workers only for a specific chore such as picking crops Many of these seasonal workers travel from farm to farm staying only until the crops are picked They are known as migrant workers 4 the executive The chief executive is the president who is elected to a four year term A president can be elected to only two terms according to an amendment passed in 1951 The president can propose legislation to Congress He can veto any bill passed by Congress The veto can be overridden by a two thirds both in both houses The president can appoint federal judges as vacancies occur He is the commander in chief of the armed forces The president has other broad authorities in running the government departments and handling foreign relations 5 Three Faiths in the U S 7 By the 1950s the three faiths model of American religion had developed Americans were considered to come in three basic varieties Protestant Catholic and Jewish the order reflecting the strength in numbers of each group 6 the Lost Generation In the aftermath of World War I many novelists produce a literature of disillusionment Some lived abroad They were known as the Lost Generation The two most representative writers of the Lost Generation were Hemingway and Fitzgerald 7 Puritanism Puritans were those who followed the doctrine of John Calvin and wanted to purify the Church of England They believed that human beings were predestined by God before they were born Some were God s chosen people while others were damned to hell No church nor good works could save people The sign of being god s elect were the success in his work or the prosperity in hi