美国国家概况
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地理
1. The _____ part of America consists of high plateaus and
mountains formed by the Great Cordillera Range.
A. eastern B. western C.
northeastern
2. In eastern _____ lies Death Valley, 85 metres below sea
level.
A. California B. Utah C.
Arizona
3. In the west of the _____ lie the Colorado Plateaus and the
Columbia Plateaus.
A. Rocky Mountain B. Coast Range C. Cascades
Mountains
4. The _____ lies between the Colorado Plateaus and Columbia
Plateaus
A. Great Basin B. Colorado Valley C. Great Plains
5. The famous Yellowstone National Park is situated in northwestern
part of _____.
A. California B. Arizona C.
Wyoming
6. The world-known Colorado Valley lies in northern _____, which is
cut by the Colorado River.
A. Arizona B. Utah C.
Montana
7. Among the five Great Lakes, only _____ is wholly within the
United States.
A. Erie B. Superior C.
Michigan
8. Only the climate in the southern part of _____ is
tropical.
A. Florida B. Georgia C.
Virginia
9. Washington, the capital of the US, is on the _____ river.
A. Potomac B. Delaware C. St.
Laurence
10. The width of the Niagara Fall is about _____ metres and the
drop average _____ metres.
A. 1650, 50 B. 1240, 49 C. 1540,
49
11. _____ part is the most densely populated region in
America.
A. The southern B. The northeastern C. The western
12. The Great Salt Lake lies in northern _____.
A. Idaho B. Arizona C.
Nevada D. Utah
13. _____ has been called the “cradle of American Liberty”.
A. Philadelphia B. Plymouth C. Boston
14. About _____ of the world’s annual agricultural products come
from the United States.
A. half B. one third C. two
thirds
15. The highest mountain in the U.S. is Mount _____.
A. Appalachian B. Mekinley C. Rocky
16. Mount Mekinley lies in the _____ Range.
A. Sierra Nevada B. Cascades C.
Alaska
17. The two largest Chinatowns are located in the following cities
except _____.
A. New York B. San Francisco C. Miami
18. The world’s largest freshwater lake is Lake _____.
A. Superior B. Ontario C.
Victoria
19. The world-famous Niagara Falls lie between lakes of
_____.
A. Erie and Michigan B. Erie and Ontario C. Superior and
Haron
20. _____ of the America’s territory is covered with forests.
A. 1/4 B. 1/5 C.
1/3
21. Texas, having belonged to _____, was annexed by the U.S. in
1845.
A. France B. Russia C. Mexico
22. Hawaii is in the _____ Ocean.
A. Atlantic B. Indian C.
Pacific
23. The American black population consists of _____ of the total
population.
A. 1/10 B. 1/5 C.
1/9
24. _____ is the largest state in area in the U.S.A.
A. Florida B. Louisiana C.
Alaska
25. The United States today is the _____ largest country in size in
the world.
A. third B. fifth
C. fourth
26. About half of the total population is concentrated in the
following areas except _____.
A. Atlantic Coast B. Pacific Coast C.
Northwest
D. around the Great Lakes E. Gulf
of Mexico
27. There are _____ river systems in the U.S.A.
A. 8 B. 3
C. 6
28. Detroit is famous for the production of _____.
A. automobile B. timber C. bamboo
29. The City St. Louis in America is called the gateway towards the
_____.
A. East B. West C.
Northeast D. Southwest
30. The city _____ is given the nickname “Space City of
U.S.A.”.
A. Boston B. Houston C. San
Francisco
31. The _____ were the original inhabitants in America.
A. blacks B. Indians C. Puerto
Ricans
32. The steel and iron industries are mainly distributed around the
city of _____, providing _____ percent of the total output each
year.
A. Pittsburgh, 60 B. Chicago, 50 C. New York,
60
33. The largest industrial city in America is _____.
A. Chicago B. Boston C.
Houston
34. Only the climate in the southwestern part of Florida belongs to
_____.
A. subtropical B. continental C. tropical
35. ¬_____ is famous for many stores and shops.
A. Wall Street B. Broadway C. Fifth Avenue
36. In _____ people can find the historical spot, the Independence
National Historical Park.
A. Philadelphia B. St. Louis C. San
Francisco
37. Boston is situated in Boston Bay, _____.
A. Maine B. Massachusetts C.
Connecticut
38. The Columbia River and the Colorado River belong to the system
of _____.
A. the Gulf B. the Atlantic C. the
Pacific
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History
1. The history of the U.S. is generally agreed to have begun in
_____.
A. 1620 B. 1607 C.
1776
2. The following states are among the first thirteen colonies
except _____.
A. Maryland B. South Carolina C. Delaware
D. Colorado
3. _____ was the first man who sailed around the earth.
A. John Cabot B. Magellan C. Balboa
D. Cartier
4. The colonial life can be described as the following except
_____.
A. simple B. easy C. rough
D. hard
5. The Stamp Act was passed in _____ and was repealed in
_____.
A. 1765, 1766 B. 1764, 1765 C. 1763, 1764
6. The First Continental Congress was held in _____ in September,
1774.
A. Philadelphia B. Boston C. New York
7. The American War of Independence started in _____ and ended in
_____.
A. 1776, 1784 B. 1775, 1783 C. 1706, 1714
8. Washington won the great victory on December 26, 1776 in
_____.
A. Gettysburg B. Pittsburgh C. Trenton
9. The battle of _____ marked the turning point of the War of
Independence.
A. New York B. Saratoga C. Bunker
Hill
10. On October 19th, 1781, the British General Cornwallis and his
7,000 men surrendered at _____.
A. Yorktown B. Boston C.
Charleston
11. The Constitutional Convention was held in 1787 to revise
_____.
A. The Articles of the Confederation B. Bill of
Rights
C. Civil Rights
12. The first ten amendments, known as _____, were added to the
Constitution in 1791.
A. the Bill of Rights B. the Articles C. Civil Rights
13. After the Federal Government was established, the city _____
was chosen as the capital for the time being.
A. Washington B. New York C. Philadelphia
14. The pamphlet “Common Sense” was written by _____.
A. Thomas Edison B. Thomas Paine C. Thomas Jefferson
15. The Second President John Adams adopted a high-handed policy
which was called _____.
A. the “Intolerable Acts” B.
Un-American Activities
C. the Sedition Act
16. The greatest contribution made by President Thomas Jefferson
was his _____.
A. abolishing the Sedition Act B. reducing
taxes
C. purchasing Louisiana from France
17. The Second Anti-English War broke out in _____ and ended in
_____. The U.S. won the war.
A. 1812, 1814 B. 1813, 1815 C. 1814, 1816
18. As the result of the U.S.-Mexican War, nearly _____ of the
entire territory of Mexico was lost.
A. 1/4 B. 1/2 C.
1/3
19. In 1844 the U.S. forced the Chinese Government to sign the
first unequal treaty of _____.
A. Wangxia B. Nanjing C.
Tianjin
20. The Articles of Confederation was accepted by all the _____
states in _____.
A. 50, 1781 B. 13, 1781 C. 13,
1787
21. _____ was chosen as the capital for the time being in
Washington’s administration.
A. New York B. Chicago C.
Boston
22. It was _____ who advanced four plans which met bitter
criticisms from many people.
A. Alexander Hamilton B. Thomas
Jefferson
C. George Washington
23. _____ was the first American President who was inaugurated in
the city of Washington.
A. John Adams B. Thomas Jefferson C. James Madison
24. The War with England between 1812 and 1814 happened during the
administration of President _____.
A. James Madison B. James Monroe C. John Adams
25. The _____ stopped the Holy Alliance’s program, and prevented
the European countries from extending their influence.
A. Monroe Doctrine B. Sedition Act C. Holy Alliance
26. _____ was the first president who developed the power of veto
into one of the means of making laws.
A. John Adams B. Andrew Jackson C. Andrew Johnson
27. _____ made slavery possible in the new territories such as in
Kentucky and Nebraska.
A. Douglas Bill B. Monroe Doctrine C. Sedition Act
28. During the Civil War Lincoln issued the _____, which declared
the abolition of slavery.
A. Homestead Bill B.
Emancipation Proclamation
C. Both A and B
29. The Battle of _____ was the turning point of the American Civil
War.
A. Bull Run B. Gettysburg C. Richmond
30. The first imperialist war took place between the U.S. and _____
in 1898.
A. Britain B. France C. Spain
31. The first American President from the Republic Party is
_____.
A. Abraham Lincoln B.
Andrew Johnson
C. Thomas Jefferson D.
George Washington
32. In 1918 President _____ issued the “Fourteen Points”.
A. Woodrow Wilson B.
William H. Taft
C. Theodore Roosevelt D. Warren G.
Harding
33. Haymarket Massacre took place in _____ in May 1886.
A. New York B. Chicago C.
Washington
34. In 1894, the American industrial production held the _____
place in the world.
A. first B. second C.
third
35. McCarthy was notorious for his harsh _____ persecution of the
progressive people.
A. religious B. spiritual C.
political
36. The Ku Klux Klan was the most notorious terrorist society which
persecuted the _____.
A. blacks B. Indians C. progressive
people
37. On August 14, 1914, the U.S. and Britain issued a joint
communiqué called _____.
A. the Teheran Declaration B. the Atlantic
Charter
C. the Washington Proclamation
38. In Sino-American relations Theodore Roosevelt exercised the
so-called “_____”, invading China by means of both force and
culture.
A. Open Door Policy B. Big Stick C. Douglas
Bill
39. The First World War broke out on July 28th, _____ and ended on
November 11th, _____, lasting for about four years.
A. 1913, 1917 B. 1914, 1918 C. 1915, 1919
40. The two military alliances during WWI were the _____ and the
_____.
A. Axis, Allies B.
Holy Alliance, Axis
C. Central Powers, Allies
41. The assassination of a(n) _____ prince, Arch Duke Fedinand,
served as the direct fuse for the outbreak of WWI.
A. Australia B. Belgium C.
Austria
42. Altogether _____ countries became involved in or were dragged
into WWI.
A. 33 B. 38 C.
39
43. The frequent emergence of the economic crisis in the U.S.A. led
to the following disastrous effects except _____.
A. inflation B. the rise of prices C. the decrease
of population
D. the decrease of the purchasing capacity
44. In April 1945 a conference was held at _____ to organize the
United Nations.
A. San Francisco B. New York C. Philadelphia
45. _____ countries attended the conference of the foundling of the
UN.
A. 48 B. 47 C.
45
46. At the _____ Conference, the heads of the Soviet Union, the
U.S. and Britain discussed the problem of opening the second
battlefield in Europe.
A. Yalta B. Teheran C.
Casablanca
47. In July 1945, Britain, the U.S. and the Soviet Union met at
Potsdam to formulate an occupation policy and set up a program for
the future of Germany. The meeting was the famous _____
Conference.
A. Cairo B. Teheran C.
Potsdam D. Quebec
48. The two fighting sides in WWII were _____.
A. the Allies and the Axis (powers) B. the Axis and
Holy Alliance
C. the Central Powers and the Allies
49. The _____ was the treaty signed at Versailles, near Paris in
France in 1919.
A. Paris Treaty B. Versaills Treaty C. Teheran Treaty
50. The meeting was held at Yalta in the Crimea of the Soviet Union
in Feb, 1945. At the meeting many matters were discussed, including
the final defeat of Germany, the demilitarization of Germany, the
founding of the U.N. etc., this was the famous _____
Conference.
A. Yalta B. Teheran C.
Potsdam
51. The Communist Party of the US was founded in _____.
A. 1920 B. 1918 C.
1919
52. The U.S. Communist Party was re-established in 1945 with _____
as its general secretary.
A. Levestone B. William Foster C. Earl
Browder
53. The Great Depression of _____ to shook the US and the whole
capitalist world to its foundations.
A. 1929, 1933 B. 1933, 1937 C. 1924, 1929
54. The programme of 1947 that America would offer its money
supplies and machinery to any European nation that wished to
participate in was called _____.
A. Eisenhower Doctrine B. Marshall
Plan
C. Truman Doctrine
55. The _____ broke out in June 1950 and ended in the summer of
1953.
A. Vietnam War B. Cold War C. Korean
War
56. In April 1949 twelve nations established the NATO to coordinate
the military actions of member nations against the _____.
A. Germany B. Japan C.
Soviet Union
57. The Second World War broke out in September, _____ and ended in
August _____.
A. 1939, 1945 B. 1937, 1943 C. 1938, 1945
58. After WWII there emerged a new balance of power between _____
and _____.
A. the Allies, the Axis Powers B. the USSR,
the USA
C. the old capitalist countries, the new ones
59. There occurred _____ economic crises from the end of WWII to
the middle of the 1970’s.
A. six B. five C.
seven
60. The President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed a policy called
_____ to save the economic situation.
A. Good Neighbour B. the
Open Door Policy
C. the New Deal
61. The Battle of _____ took place in 1942 and it was the turning
point of the Pacific area.
A. Midway Island B. Britain C.
Normandy
62. In Feb. _____ came President Nixon’s historic visit to
China.
A. 1979 B. 1972 C.
1973
63. In 1953, _____ ended in the failure of the U.S.
A. the Korean War B. the Vietnam War C. the US-Spanish War
64. On December 7th, 1941, the base of the American Pacific Fleet,
Pearl Harbour, was suddenly attacked by the _____ air force and
navy.
A. Spanish B. French C.
Japanese
65. The original Union consists of _____ at the time of its
independence.
A. 13 B. 50 C.
48
66. The first thirteen states of the US mainly located _____
seaboard.
A. the eastern B. the western C. the northern
67. _____ appointed many of the colonial governors.
A. The English King B. the
local government
C. the local people
68. The Declaration of Independence was drafted by a committee
including _____ as head.
A. George Washington B. Thomas
Jefferson
C. both A and B
69. _____ was the British king when colonial Americans declared
their independence.
A. King George I B. King George III C. King George II
70. In 1945 a conference was held in _____ to found the United
Nations.
A. San Francisco B. Chicago C. New
York
71. President Nixon visited China in _____.
A. 1973 B. 1974 C.
1972
72. _____ was the only American president who was re-elected three
times in succession.
A. Theodore Roosevelt B. George
Washington
C. Franklin D. Roosevelt D. Thomas
Jefferson
73. The city’s name “Philadelphia” means _____.
A. brotherly love B. fishing pit C.
philosophy
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美国政治体制部分
Political System
1. The Judicial Branch is headed by _____.
A. the Supreme Court B. Congress C. President
2. The general election in America is held every _____ years.
A. 5 B. 4
C. 6 D. 3
3. The symbol of the US Democratic Party is _____.
A. donkey B. elephant C.
eagle
4. _____ has the sole right to interpret the Constitution.
A. The Cabinet B.
The Supreme Court
C. President
D. Congress
5. The symbol of the US Republic Party is _____.
A. tiger B. elephant C.
donkey
6. The political system of the US is based on the following except
_____.
A. federalism
B. the constitutional monarchy
C. the separation of powers D. respect for
the constitution
E. the rule of law
7. The US Federal Government is composed of the following except
_____.
A. the legislative
B. the standing committee
C. the judicial D.
the executive
8. The number of Congressmen from each state varies depending on
_____.
A. the size of the area B.
the size of the population
C. the tradition D.
the wealth
9. The Democratic Party of America was founded in _____.
A. 1845 B. 1828 C.
1787
10. There are _____ departments in American Government.
A. 13 B. 14 C.
15
11. The law-making or the legislative body in the government is
_____.
A. the Supreme Court B. the
Congress
C. the Cabinet D.
the president’s committee
12. All states in America have the legislative branch of two houses
except the state _____.
A. Nebraska B. Nevada C.
Oregon
13. In each state there are about _____ counties on average.
A. 30 B. 50 C.
60
14. The members in the Senate must be at least _____ years old and
those in the Representative _____ years old.
A. 40, 30 B. 30, 26 C. 30,
25
15. The tenure of office of federal judges is _____ years
long.
A. 8 B. for life C.
5
16. The Democratic and the Republican Parties gradually lost their
differences after _____.
A. 1865 B. 1860 C.
1870
17. There are _____ presidential electors for all the states.
A. 535 B. 100 C.
538 D. 435
18. The Federal Government and the states governments are supposed
to _____ each other.
A. guide B. control C. keep
independence from
19. If the president wants to put a treaty into effect, he has to
get the approval by two thirds of the _____.
A. Senate B. Cabinet C.
Congress
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