北语17春《英语国家概况》(II)作业1234辅导资料

奥鹏在线作业

一、单选题（共 10 道试题，共 50 分。）  V 1. Alexander Hamilton was 。
A. The first Secretary of Treasury of the USA
B. The first president of the USA

2.  The author of the novel The Scarlet Letter is_________.
A. Hawthorne
B. Emerson
C. Hemingway

3.  "No taxation without representation" was the rallying cry of ___________.
A. the settlers of Virginia
B. the people of Pennsylvania
C. the colonists in New England
D. the people of the 13 colonies on the eve of the American Revolution

4.  The historical document, adopted on July 4 by the Congress, 1776, which officially proclaimed the independence of 13 North American colonies was called________.
A. the Emancipation Proclamation
B. the Declaration of Independence
C. the Paris Treaty

5.  Who first introduced the "moving assembly" line?
A. Eli Whitney
B. Samuel Slater
C. Henry Ford
D. Adam Smith

6.  The following were the founding fathers of the American Republic except ___________.
A. George Washington
B. Thomas Jefferson
C. William Penn
D. Benjamin Franklin

7.  Which of the following political parties is American in origin?
A. The Republican Party
B. The Green Party
C. The Labor Party

8.  The following were some of the characteristics of Protestantism except ___________.
A. challenging the authority of the Pope
B. salvation through faith
C. salvation through the church
D. establishing a direct contact with God

9.  When did industrialization take place in the United States?
A. Around 1776
B. Around the turn of the 19th century
C. Around the turn of the 20th century
D. After World War II

10.  Which of the following was NOT a denomination of Protestantism?
A. Catholics
B. Puritans
C. Quakers
D. Church of England



二、判断题（共 10 道试题，共 50 分。）  V 1. At the end of the 18th century, elementary education throughout the United States was in local hands.
A. 错误
B. 正确

2.  In 1863, the United States created a truly national banking system with a standard paper currency.
A. 错误
B. 正确

3.  By the 16th century, some new and powerful social forces began to emerge which led to the awakening of Europe and the discovery of American,i.e.,the development of capitalism, the Renaissance and the Religious Reformation.
A. 错误
B. 正确

4.  The United States has two major Political Parties: One is the Democratic Party, which evolved out of Thomas Jefferson’s party, formed before 1800. The other is the Republican Party, which was formed in the 1850s.
A. 错误
B. 正确

5.  New York City is the second largest city of the United States.
A. 错误
B. 正确

6.  In the United States, every church is a completely independent organization,and concerned with its own finance and its own building.
A. 错误
B. 正确

7.  It was in 1954 that the Supreme Court ruled that the practice of segregating blacks into separate schools was unconstitional.
A. 错误
B. 正确

8.  The name of Knickerbocker comes from Washington Irving＇s History of New York (1809).
A. 错误
B. 正确

9.  Scott Fitzgerald’s novel the Great Gatsby was about youth’s golden dream turning to true.
A. 错误
B. 正确

10.  Connecticut, in 1837, become the first state in the United States to pass a general act of incorporation, making it relatively simple for any group to get a corporate charter by complying with a sets of rules.
A. 错误
B. 正确