英美文化第一次比赛题目整合

1、英美文化第一次比赛题库初赛共分10组试题每组里面含有5道试题难易程度基本一致如果出现分数 一样的请抢答10道题按照答对题数进行排名第一组is the traditional holiday created by the American people.ChristmasThanksgiving DayHalloweenEasterMrs. Reed is a character in the novel Jane Eyre written by.Jane AustenEmily BronteCharlotte BronteElizabeth Barrett BrowningThe Last S

2、upper and Mona Lisa were painted by, a great Italian painter.RaphaelLeonardo da VinciC. PicassoD. GanguinThe film shows Americans search for gold.Modern TimesThe Gold RushCity LightsA king in New YorkIn 1803, the United States took the advantage of the European War and purchased the vast area of fro

3、m Napoleon with 15,000,000dollars.AlaskaLouisianaKansasNevada第二组When do Americans celebrate Thanksgiving Day?the fourth Thursday in Novemberthe third Thursday in Novemberthe fourth Thursday in Junethe second Wednesday in NovemberIn the battle of Waterloo, the Great Napoleon was completely defeated b

4、y.the Duke of WellingtonJordanGeorge WashingtonRobert E. leeWhich of the following books was not written by Ernest Hemingway?The Sun Also RisesThe Sound and the FuryFarewell to ArmsFor Whom the Bell T ollsBritain?Which of the following sports was NOT invented in BasketballWhich region might have a d

5、ust storm in summer?The Deep South.The Middle West.The Great Plains The Sun Also RisesThe Sound and the FuryFarewell to ArmsFor Whom the Bell T ollsG.The Central Valley of California.第三组The US primary suppliers of foreign oil are the following countriesexcept.CanadaJapanVenezuelaSaudi ArabiaOn his v

6、oyage of 1492, Columbus expected to reach .the New worldthe West IndiesIndiaAmericaThe last one of the 13 colonies was, which wasestablished in 1733.North CarolinaSouth CarolinaGeorgiaMarylandThe first shot of the American War of Independence was fired in.ConcordLexingtonPhiladelphiaD. BostonTelepho

7、ne was invented in 1876 by.Thomas B. EdisonAlexander D. BellGuglielmo MarconiGeorge Westinghouse第四组By the beginning of the 20 th century the country that took the first place in economy in Europe was .GermanyFranceBritainRussiaWhen the First World War began, President Wilson immediately called upon

8、the American people to .be ready for the warobserve strict neutralitygive financial help to the Alliesend the trade relations with GermanyThe US formerly entered the Second World War in .19371939C. 1940D. 1941Thousands of American soldiers were sent to Vietnam under President .Dwight D. EisenhowerJo

9、hn F. KennedyLyndon B. JohnsonRichard M. NixonThe president s major appointments should be approved by .Congressthe Housethe Senatethe Supreme Court第五组In the US school system, there are twelve levels called .classesdivisionsgradesdegreesWhich newspaper first uncovered the Watergate scandal in 1972?N

10、ew York Times.Washington Post.New York Daily News.Los Angeles Times.By American standards, which one in the following is not a taboo?Financial affairs.Person s age.Religion.d. Person s work.The Statue of Liberty, which stands , was given to the UnitedStates by thepeople of France.in the nation s cap

11、ital, Washington D.C.in the center of New Yorkout in the ocean where all can see iton an island in New Work HarborWhich of the following works is not written by William Shakespeare?The Merchant of VeniceRomeo and JulietKing LearA Tale of Two Cities第六组The Hawaiian Islands, which are situated in the P

12、acific, becamestate of theUnited States in 1959.the fifththe fifteenththe fiftieththe fourthWho were the ancestors of the English and the founders of England?The Anglo-Saxons.The Normans.The Vikings.The Romans.The Midwest in the US refers to the region .west of the Mississippi Valleywest of the Appa

13、lachian Mountainseast of the Rocky Mountainsaround the Great Lakes and the upper Mississippi Valley.Where is the international tennis championship held?WembleyWimbledonC. LondonD. EdinburghIn area, the United States is the largest country in theworld.2nd3rd4th5th第七组According to the text, the ancesto

14、rs of the present American Indians came from .EuropeAfricaAsiaMongoliaWhich colony in the following was not founded first by the English?Virginia.Massachusetts.New YorkGeorgia.The principal author of the Declaration of Independence was .Benjamin FranklinThomas JeffersonGeorge WashingtonD. John Adams

15、In his inaugural address in 1861, Lincoln showed clearly that he .would abolish slavery in the Southwould not abolish slavery immediately but to preserve the Unionwould wage a war against slaveryhad no idea to abolish slavery in the SouthAfter US-Spanish War, the US acquired all the following areas

16、except .Puerto RicoGuamthe PhilippinesCuba第八组Britain is separated from the rest of Europe by the English Channel inthe and the North Sea in the east.southwest eastBritain is separated from the rest of Europe by theEnglish Channel in the and the North Sea in the east.northThe first known settlers of

17、Britain were.the Jutesthe Celtsthe Saxonsthe IberiansThe English Civil War is also called.the Puritan Revolutionthe second Magna Cartathe Long Parliamentthe Anglican WarIn 1932, in the depth of the depression, the American people choseas their next president who promised a new deal to get America ou

18、t of depression.TheodoreFranklin D. RooseveltWoodrow WilsonHerbert HooverMartin Luther King, Jr., a young black clergyman, became a national leader of the Movement.BoycottCivil RightsSegregationD. Integration第九组1. In the 18th century, there appeared in England, which owed a great deal to the inventi

19、on of machines.the Industrial Revolutionthe Bourgeois Revolutionthe Wars of the RosesC. the Religious ReformationThe Great Salt Lake lies in northern.IdahoArizonaNevadaUtahThe economic policy Britain pursued in the 1950s and 1960s was based on the theory of.Adam SmithJohn M. KeynesMargaret ThatcherK

20、arl MarxThe official languages of Canada are.English and FrenchSpanish and EnglishGerman and EnglishEnglish and ItalianThe Backbone of North America refers to the .Appalachian MountainsRocky Mountainsthe Rocky MountainsSierra Nevada Mountains第十组American Indians now mainly live in the .SouthWestMidwe

21、stNortheastWhich victory was considered as the turning point of the War of Independence?The victory at Trenton.The victory at Boston.The victory at Saratoga.The victory at Yorktown.The three layers of British education arePrimary education, secondary education, higher educationPrepared school, secon

22、dary school, grammar schoolComprehensive school, voluntary school, tertiary schoolPrimary school, secondary school, tertiary schoolThe US joined the First World War in .1914191519161917At which conference did Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin agree to call a conference of all the United Nations in San

23、 Francisco in April 1945?The Conference in Teheran, on Nov. 28, 1943.The Conference in Cairo, on Nov. 23, 1943.The Conference at Dumbarton Oaks, in the fall of 1944.Yalta Conference, in Feb. 1945.抢答题The post-World War II program of economic assistance to Western Europe was known as .containment poli

24、cyTruman PlanMarshall PlanCommunist preventionThe title of British university administrative head isA. PresidentB. ChancellorC. DonD. PrincipalThe first Democratic President was .George WashingtonAbraham LincolnThomas JeffersonAndrew JacksonAfter completing four-year study in a college, the student usually can earn .a university degreegraduate degreea bachelor s degreea master s degreeWhich one in the following is not proper to describe the American family values?Individual freedom.Belief in equality.Personal indepen