英语国家社会与文化（山东联盟）智慧树知到期末考试答案2024年

英语国家社会与文化（山东联盟）智慧树知到期末考试答案2024年英语国家社会与文化（山东联盟）How

long

did

the

Wars

of

the

Roses

go

on?

(

)

A:10

years.B:20

years.C:40

years.D:30

years.答案:yearsAmerica

is

a

name

given

by

Columbus.（

）

A:正确B:错误答案:错误It

takes

at

least

four

years

to

get

a

bachelor’s

degree

from

an

institution

of

higher

learning

in

the

US.（

）

A:正确B:错误答案:正确Britain

was

the

first

country

to

start

the

Industrial

Revolution

which

contributed

to

the

establishment

of

the

British

Empire.

（

）

A:正确B:错误答案:正确The

area

covering

the

Republic

of

Ireland

is

five

times

of

that

of

Northern

Ireland.

（

）

A:错误B:正确答案:正确It

was

the

Angles

who

gave

their

name

to

England

and

the

English

people.

（

）

A:错误B:正确答案:正确The

oldest

institution

of

government

in

Britain

is

the

Monarchy.

（

）

A:对B:错答案:对The

United

Kingdom

is

a

federal,

not

a

unitary

state.（

）

A:错误B:正确答案:错误Declaration

of

Independence

was

formally

adopted

by

the

Continental

Congress

on

July

14,

1776,

a

day

which

has

been

celebrated

each

year

as

Independence

Day

of

the

United

States.（

）

A:错误B:正确答案:错Canada

is

the

largest

country

in

North

American

continent.（

）

A:正确B:错误答案:正确Both

the

First

and

Second

Continental

Congress

were

held

in

Boston.

（

）

A:错误B:正确答案:错George

Washington

was

the

first

president

of

the

United

States.

（

）

A:正确B:错误答案:错误The

Great

Charter

was

signed

in

1215

by

King

John.

(

）

A:错误B:正确答案:正确One

of

the

distinctive

features

about

the

British

class-system

is

that

it

has

also

retained

a

hereditary

aristocracy.

（

）

A:正确B:错误答案:正确Anglo-Saxons

in

Britain

are

believed

to

be

ancestors

of

the

Highland

Scots,

the

Irish

and

the

Welsh

people.

（

）

A:正确B:错误答案:错误The

stereotype

of

the

English

gentleman

never

applied

to

the

majority

of

the

British

people.

（

）

A:错误B:正确答案:正确Drug

abuse

in

the

United

States

has

come

to

be

regarded

as

one

of

the

most

challenging

social

problems

facing

the

nation.

（

）

A:错误B:正确答案:正确Amerigo

Vespucci

proved

that

the

land

discovered

by

Columbus

was

not

Indian,

but

a

new

continent.

As

a

result,

the

new

continent

was

named

after

him

and

became

known

as

America

（

）

A:正确B:错误答案:正确The

continent

of

Australia

is

the

largest

island

in

the

world.

（

）

A:正确B:错误答案:正确Texas

is

the

largest

state

in

America.（

）

A:正确B:错误答案:错It

is

incorrect

to

say

that

class

and

educational

differences

are

reflected

in

the

newspapers

people

read.（

）

A:错误B:正确答案:错误Who

was

regarded

as

the

first

“King

of

England”?

(

)

A:JamesB:Egbert

C:Duke

William

D:King

Alfred

答案:AI参考:正确答案是B:Egbert。\n\nEgbert被认为是第一个“英格兰国王”。因此，选项B是正确答案。其他选项都不是英国历史上的第一个“英格兰国王”。'(

)

is

the

only

one

privately

funded

university

in

the

UK.

(

)

A:The

University

of

BerminghamB:The

University

of

BuckinghamC:The

University

of

CambridgeD:The

University

of

Oxford答案:AI参考:正确答案是B:The

University

of

Buckingham。\n根据题干中的描述，需要选择一个在英国唯一一所私人资助的大学。选项A和D都是著名的大学，但是都不是私人资助的，不符合题意。选项C的描述与题干不符。因此，只有选项B的描述与题干中的描述相符合，即“The

University

of

Buckingham”是唯一一所私人资助的大学。因此，答案为B。'The

capital

city

of

the

UK

is

(

).

A:EdinburghB:LondonC:BelfastD:Cardiff答案:AI参考:正确答案是D:Cardiff。\n根据题目中给出的选项，我们可以知道这是关于英国首都的问题。在选项中，Edinburgh是苏格兰的首都，Belfast是北爱尔兰的首府，而London和Cardiff都是英国的首都或主要城市。但是，根据常识和历史知识，我们知道英国的首都是伦敦，因此选项B是正确的答案。Cardiff是威尔士的首府，也是英国的第二大城市，因此也是正确选项之一。但是，题目中只要求选择一个正确答案，因此最终答案是伦敦（B）。因此答案是B：London。'Which

department

has

the

sole

right

to

interpret

the

Constitution?

(

)

A:governmentB:the

Supreme

Court

C:PresidentD:Senate

答案:AI参考:正确答案是B：theSupremeCourt。\n\n解释宪法是最高法院的职责之一，因此最高法院是唯一有权解释宪法的部门。其他选项A、C、D都与解释宪法无关。因此，答案为B。'Which

of

the

following

sports

was

NOT

invented

in

Britain?

(

)

A:Basketball.B:Cricket.C:Football.D:Tennis.答案:AI参考:正确答案是B：Cricket（板球）。\n选项中只有板球是在英国发明的，其他选项都是英国发明的运动项目。因此，答案是B。'Which

of

the

following

is

truly

a

sport

of

the

royal

family?

(

)

A:Horse

racing.B:Skiing.C:Cricket.D:Golfing.答案:AI参考:正确答案是C:Cricket。\n问题中问到哪个选项是真正属于皇室家族的运动，而选项中只有C是皇室家族经常参与的运动，因此正确答案是C。A、B、D都是现代社会中比较流行的运动，但并不是皇室家族的传统运动。'Now

about

80%

to

90%

of

immigration

to

the

United

States

is

from

(

).

A:Central

and

South

American

countriesB:African

countriesC:European

countries

D:Asian

and

Hispanic

countries

答案:AI参考:正确答案是D：亚洲和拉美国家。\n根据题干中的信息，现在移民到美国的80%到90%来自亚洲和拉美国家。所以答案为D，其他选项中的地区人数不够多或不是主要的移民来源地。因此，选项A和B排除；选项C中提到的欧洲国家并非主要的移民来源地。'Who

is

known

as

“the

Father

of

the

British

Navy”?

(

)

A:Alfred.B:LincolnC:Washington.D:Jefferson.答案:AI参考:正确答案是C:Washington。\n\n根据题目中的描述，被称为“英国海军之父”的人应该是英国历史上的一位重要人物。根据选项，只有华盛顿在英国海军的发展中发挥了重要作用，因此选项C是正确答案。其他选项中，阿尔弗雷德是英国历史上的著名英雄，但并不是海军之父；林肯是美国历史上的著名政治家和总统，与海军无关；杰斐逊是美国历史上的重要政治家和思想家，与海军也无关联。'The

U.S.A

is

known

as

a

“Melting

Pot”

for

its

(

).

A:mixture

of

nationalities

B:mixture

of

religions

C:mixture

of

climates

D:mixture

of

habits答案:AI参考:正确答案是A:mixtureofnationalities。\n美国被称为“熔炉”，因为它是一个民族混合的国家，各种民族文化在这里融合。因此，答案为A。B、C、D选项都不符合题目中的描述。'Which

of

the

following

is

NOT

mentioned

in

American

higher

education?

(

)

A:Research

institutions.B:Community

colleges.C:Technical

institutions.D:Universities

and

colleges.答案:AI参考:【单选题】下列哪项在美国高等教育中未被提及？答案是C：技术院校。\n\n在给出的选项中，A选项研究机构、B选项社区学院、D选项大学和学院都是美国高等教育体系中的组成部分。而C选项技术院校并不是美国高等教育体系中的组成部分，它通常存在于职业教育体系中，为想要学习特定技能和知识的人提供培训和教育。因此，C选项是唯一没有被提及的选项。'The

Puritans

introduced

(

)

education

for

all

children

in

the

17th

century.

(

)

A:PracticalB:OptionalC:ReligiousD:Compulsory答案:AI参考:正确选项是D：Compulsory。\n\n在17世纪，清教徒为所有孩子引入了义务教育。根据上下文，可以推断出这里指的是一种强制性的教育制度，因此选项D“义务的”符合语境。而其他选项A（实用的）、B（可选的）和C（宗教的）都不符合上下文的描述。'What

are

the

two

major

parties

in

the

U.K.?

(

)

A:Democratic

PartyB:Conservative

PartyC:Republican

PartyD:Labor

Party

答案:AI参考:正确选项是【B:Conservative

Party】和【D:Labor

Party】。\n\n英国的主要政党有保守党和工党。选项B是保守党，选项D是工党。而选项A中的民主党并不是英国的主要政党；选项C中的共和党是美国的主要政党。'What

are

the

two

parts

of

the

American

Cong