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【奥鹏】[华中师范大学]华中师《英语国家国情与文化-英国 》在线作业
试卷总分:100 得分:100
第1题,In view of the problem of poverty in the 1960s, President Kennedy had once admitted that_____of the American population went to bed hungry.( )
A、about one quarter
B、about one third
C、about half
D、about two thirds
第2题,It is generally agreed that U.S. higher education began with the______.
A、Civil War
B、Independence War
C、founding of Harvard College
D、founding of Princeton University
第3题,President Theodore Roosevelt made use of the Hepburn Act to( ).
A、regulate federal-funded electricity project
B、maintain forest reserves
C、regulate railway price
D、ban corporation merger
第4题,The Articles of Confederation in 1781 was unusual because it provided for ______.( )
A、no king
B、a strong central government
C、civil rights
D、taxation powers
第5题,In 1962, President ______ finally decided on the use of naval force to prevent military material and arms from entering Cuba and demanded Soviet removal of the missiles there.
A、Nixon
B、Truman
C、Johnson
D、Kennedy
第6题,Most of the first Chinese immigrants who came to the United States between 1850-1880 settled down in ______.
A、Florida
B、Washington
C、California
D、New Jersey
第7题,The Federalist Papers are regarded as the best explanation of the ______.( )
A、19th Amendment
B、Articles of Confederation
C、Bill of Rights
D、U.S. Constitution
第8题,MIT stands for_____.( )
A、the Military Institute of Texas
B、the Macy's Instigation of Thanksgiving
C、the Miami Institution of Trade
D、the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
第9题,After much debate, the Compromise of 1850 was passed, which allowed ______ to be accepted as a free state.( )
A、Utah
B、California
C、Louisiana
D、New Mexico
第10题,In America, the Constitution provides that ______ shall be President of the Senate.( )
A、the Speaker of the House
B、the Secretary of State
C、the Chief Justice
D、the Vice President
第11题,When Abraham Lincoln was elected president, the southern states broke away and formed a new nation called ______.
A、the Southern States of America
B、the Federalist States of America
C、the Confederate States of America
D、the Anti-confederate States of America
第12题,Which statement about the U.S. Constitution is NOT true?
A、It is the supreme law of the land.
B、It is the oldest written constitution in the world.
C、It was adopted in 1781 at the Second Continental Congress.
D、It provides the basis for political stability, economic growth and social progress.
第13题,The Great Depression in 1929 was caused by all the following BUT______.( )
A、stock market speculation
B、over-expansion of credit
C、too much investment in companies
D、lack of stability in the banking system
第14题,Higher education in the United States began with the founding of ______ in 1636.( )
A、MIT
B、Yale University
C、Harvard College
D、Princeton University
第15题,Theodore Dreiser was the literary representative of American______.( )
A、Romanticists
B、Transcendentalists
C、Modernists
D、Naturalists
第16题,The attitude of many Americans toward different political views after WWⅡ can be described as( ).
A、following the main trend of view
B、intolerant
C、indifferent
D、tolerant
第17题,Which work praised the idea of equality and democracy and also celebrated the dignity, the self-reliant spirit and the joy of the common man?
A、Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman.
B、Self-reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
C、Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain.
D、Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser.
第18题,The Secret Service is part of the ____ Department.
A、Treasury
B、Defense
C、Interior
D、Justice
第19题,After the Civil War, ______ became a strong trend in American economy.( )
A、disappearance of private business
B、increase in capital investment
C、monopoly by big business
D、nationalization of enterprises
第20题,America was named after( ).
A、Italian navigator Columbus
B、navigator Amerigo Vespucci
C、some Indian chieftain
D、George Washington, founding father of the United States
第21题,____was NOT among the first 13 British colonies along the east coast of North America.( )
A、New York
B、Pennsylvania
C、Florida
D、Maryland
第22题,In the early 19th century, ______ actively used the Sherman Antitrust Act to stop monopolistic business mergers in the United States.
A、J.P. Morgan
B、Woodrow Wilson
C、Henry Rockefeller
D、Theodore Roosevelt
第23题,With the development of industry and extension of railroad network in the early 20th century in the U.S.A., there appeared ______.
A、a rapid growth of cities
B、an influx of foreign goods
C、an increase of urban ghettos
D、a great increase in the number of farms
第24题,At the Constitutional Convention in September 1787, the delegates who argued for a national system called themselves______.( )
A、Republicans
B、Democrats
C、Anti-Federalists
D、Federalists
第25题,During the War of Independence, America allied with( ).
A、Spain
B、France
C、Holland
D、Germany
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