浙江广播电视大学英语国家概况试题_英语国家文化概况试题

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浙江广播电视大学2006年1月期末考试

英语国家概况（2）试题

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Ⅰ.There are 20 questions in this part.Each question is followed by four choices marked A, B, C and D.Choose the correct answer to each of the questions and write your answer at the corresponding place on the ANSWER SHEET.(20 points)

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

A.The American had the mixed blood of Europeans with American Indians.B.The American had the mixed blood of Europeans or their descendants.C.The American had the mixed blood of Europeans with blacks.D.The American had the blood of the English and their descendants only.2.The following were the main Reformation leaders except __________________.A.Martin Luther.B.Martin Luther King.C.John Calvin.D.The English King Henry VIII.3.Which of the following statements was NOT correct? When the War of Independence was over.A.each new state had its own government.B.each new state made its own laws and handled all of its internal affairs.C.the national government was called the Congre with little power.D.the relationships between the states and the national government were clearly defined.4.Which of the following is NOT guaranteed in the Bill of Rights?

A.The freedom of religion.B.The right to own weapons if one wishes.C.The freedom of speech and of the pre.D.The freedom of searching a person' s home by police.5.The first factory in the United States was a cotton textile mill in Pawtucket, in the state of _____________.A.New York

B.Rhode Island

C.Connecticut

D.Georgia

6.The “American system” of ma production was first used in __________________.A.car industry

B.textile industry

C.firearms industry

D.agriculture

7.Which of the following was NOT a Protestant denomination?

A.The Baptists.B.The Catholics.C.The Methodists.D.The Presbyterians.8.The following are distinctively American features of religion except _____________________.A.Various religious groups have coexisted in the U.S.more harmoniously than Europe.B.Scientific and economic advance and material prosperity have not been accompanied by a decline in religious faith.C.There has been little concentration on doctrine or religion argument in the U.S.D.There has been very much concentration on doctrine or religious argument in the U.S.9.Which of the following was a writer of the post-Revolutionary period?

A.Edgar Allan Poe

B.Natty Bumppo

C.Washington Irving

D.Rip Van Winkle

10.Which of the following is considered an American masterpiece?

A.The Last of the Mohicans

B.The Legend of the Sleepy Hollow

C.“The Masque of the Red Death”

D.Moby Dick

11.Which of the following subjects are NOT offered to elementary school students?

A.Mathematics and languages.B.Science and social studies.C.Politics and busine education.D.Music and physical education.12.Three of the following factors have contributed to the flourishing of large universities in America, which is the exception?

A.Large universities offer scholarships to all students.B.Large universities provide students with “mainframe” computers.C.Large universities offer the best libraries and facilities for scientific research.D.Large universities attract students with modem laboratories.13.Black Americans sang the anthem of the civil rights movement,“ _______________ ”affirming their commitment to fight racial prejudice.A.“Let it all hang out.”

B.“Hell, no, we won't go.”

C.“We Shall Overcome”

D.“Speak your heart without interruption”

14.The most notorious terrorist group against black civil rights workers in the South was known as _______________.A.Ku Klux Klan

B.Federal Bureau of Investigation

C.Student for A Democratic Society

D.the Black Muslims

15.Three of the following changes among many blacks took place after the 1960s.Which of them is NOT true?

A.Blacks felt more and more confident that they would be fully integrated into the mainstream of American life.B.Blacks felt that the black community ought to coexist with other groups.C.Blacks felt that “black is beautiful.”

D.Blacks felt more and more proud of themselves.16.Which of the following does NOT belong to the white-collar crime?

A.bribery

B.tax evasion

C.false advertising

D.robbery

17.Which invention marked the beginning of “The Age of Visual Information”?

A.newspaper

B.telegraph

C.laundry machine

D.television

18.Who is the most influential person in the Canadian government?

A.the QueenB.a Cabinet Minister

C.the Prime MinisterD.the Governor General

19.What is the other official language besides English in Canada?

A.German

B.Japanese

C.French

D.Finnish

20.Which of the following industries account for more than half of the GDP in Canada?

A.primary industries

B.secondary industries

C.tertiary industries

D.none of them

Ⅱ.There are altogether 15blanks in the following sentences.Fill in the blanks and writer your answer at the corresponding places on the ANSWER SHEET.(30 points)

 ___21_____ officially proclaimed the birth of a new American nation. The New World of America was peopled as a result of two long-continuing immigration

movements, the first one from ____22_____, and the second from____23_____ and ____24_____.

 Two major political parties are ____25_____which is thought to be more liberal, and _____26_______ which is believed to be more ____27______. Former President Nixon said that _____28______ is America’s “number one enemy.”

Public and private colleges depend on three sources of income: _____29_____, endowments and_____30______. T.S.Eliot's long poem _____31_______ revealed a peimistic view of post-World War I

society.He dominated the so-called _______32_________ movement in poetry. In area, Canada is the _____33______ country on earth. Many people use the notion that American society is a ______34______while Canada is

described as a _____ 35______.III.Directions:(20%)

There are 10 questions in this part.Answer each of the questions in one full sentence and write you answer on the answer sheet.(20%)

36.Where was the first permanent settlement established in North America?

37.Who is the first Secretary of Treasury of the United States?

38.What is the best-known stock exchange in the United States?

39.Did the counter culture exert a great influence upon people’s attitudes towards social mores, marriage, career and succe?

40.What is the symbol of the Republican Party?

41.Is research institutions mentioned in American higher education?

42.Is the State of California on the Atlantic Coast?

43.When was voice and music first transmitted over the radio?

44.Which city is the capital of Canada?

45.Which province is the manufacturing heartland of Canada?