21春《英语国家概况（II）》北语网院作业_2题目

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21春《英语国家概况（II）》作业_2
1.[单选题]                    established the system of government and these were later consolidated.

    A.The Constitution Act in 1852
    B.The Bill of Rights Act 1990
    C.The Human Rights Act 1993
    答:——A——
2.[单选题] In the early 1960s, Betty Friedan published a book called ______.
    A.The Feminine Mystique　
    B. profiles in Courage　
    C. The Other America　
    D. Catcher in the Rye
    答:——A——
3.[单选题] One of the oldest towns in the U.S. is ______________.
    A.New York　
    B. San Francisco　
    C. Los Angeles　
    D. San Diego
    答:——A——
4.[单选题] Most farming takes place in ________.
    A.west coast near British Columbia　   
    B. northern prairie area　
    C. southern part near the border
    答:————
5.[单选题] The novel The English Patient is written by _______.
    A.a British writer　
    B. a Canadian writer
    答:————
6.[单选题] "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
    答:————
7.[单选题] Canada is a member of ______.
    A.NATO　
    B. the Commonwealth　
    C. both NATO and the Commonwealth
    答:————
8.[单选题] Los Angeles Lakers is the name of a professional team of which game?
    A.Basketball　
    B. Hockey　
    C. Volleyball
    答:————
9.[单选题] The theory of American politics and the American Revolution originated mainly from ___________.
    A.George Washington
    B. Thomas Jefferson
    C. John Adams
    D. John Locke
    答:————
10.[单选题] In more recent years, partly through Canadian diplomatic efforts, things like ____________ and ____________have been put on the international agenda.
    A.arms control, human rights　
    B. economic crisis, inequality　
    C. organized crime, drug trafficking　
    D. women'issues, the environment
    答:————
11.[单选题] The 1960s saw the civil rights movement whose goals were to fight for the equal rights for the colored people and to bring an end to ________.
    A.segregation laws
    B. labor law
    C. affirmative action
    答:————
12.[单选题] In Vancouver schools, it is estimated that more than half of the students speak _______.
    A.German
    B. French
    C. Mandarin Chinese
    D. Cantonese
    答:————
13.[单选题] Former President Ronald Reagan used to a _______________.
    A.basketball player　
    B. sports radio announcer　
    C. conservative political columnist　
    D. sports writer
    答:————
14.[单选题] Whitman is a　　　　。
    A.novelist
    B. poet
    答:————
15.[单选题] Which of the following political parties is American in origin?
    A.The Republican Party　
    B. The Green Party　
    C. The Labor Party
    答:————
16.[判断题] The name of Knickerbocker comes from Washington Irving＇s History of New York (1809).
    A.对
    B.错
    答:————
17.[判断题] The earliest settlers in Ireland came around 7000 BC in the Mesolithic or middle Stone Age Period.
    A.对
    B.错
    答:————
18.[判断题] After World WarⅠ, many novelists produced literary works of disillusionment. Some of them lived abroad and were known as the“Beat Generation”.
    A.对
    B.错
    答:————
19.[判断题] Leaves of Grass,  writen by Walt Whitman in 1855, is a gound-breaking book in American literature.
    A.对
    B.错
    答:————
20.[判断题]  External trade is of little importance to New Zealand.
    A.对
    B.错
    答:————
21.[判断题] From the beginning of the Colonial period, religion has been a major factor in shaping the identity and values of the American people.
    A.对
    B.错
    答:————
22.[判断题] No permanent European settlements were made in Canada until the early 18th century.
    A.对
    B.错
    答:————
23.[判断题] The most important development in terms of delivery in the 1950s was the introduction of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs).
    A.对
    B.错
    答:————
24.[判断题] Former President Nixon remarked on several occasions that drug abuse is American’s “number one enemy” and that “we must declare war against it.”
    A.对
    B.错
    答:————
25.[判断题] The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), and the South Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) are three main organizations in the civil rights movement.
    A.对
    B.错
    答:————