奥鹏作业网20春《英语国家概况（II）》作业3
试卷总分:100 得分:100
一、单选题 (共 10 道试题,共 50 分)
1.Alexander Hamilton was 。
A.The first president of the USA
B.The first Secretary of Treasury of the USA
2.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
3.Whitman is a 。
A.poet
B.novelist
4.Canada recognized China in _____.
A.1969
B.1956
C.1949
5.One important agreement between Canada and U.S. is FTA, which means ______.
A.Free Trade Agreement
B.Finance Tax Agreement
C.Federal Tariff Agreement
6.The Stevens family was known for their contribution to which of the following?
A.Steamboats
B.Cotton gin
C.Airplane
7.The following were the founding fathers of the American Republic except ___________.
A.William Penn
B.Thomas Jefferson
C.George Washington
D.Benjamin Franklin
8.In 1988, Canada established with _____________ the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to help facilitate economic integration, and later ___________ joined the group.
A.the United States, Mexico
B.Norway, Mexico
C.Great Britain, France
D.Australia, New Zealand
9.Which of the following writers is a Canadian?
A.Margaret Atwood
B.Kate Chopin
C.Emily Bronte
10.Which of the following is NOT a Canadian political party?
A.The Progressive Conservative Party
B.The Liberal Party
C.The Democratic Party
二、判断题 (共 10 道试题,共 50 分)
11.Catholicism has the demographic supremacy in Australia today.
12.Up until 1970＇s the Irish economy was inward-looking.
13.The convicts Elizabeth and James Ruse became the first successful farming family in Australia.
14.The largest of the racial and ethnic minorities in the United States is the Jews, who number over 25.2 million, or 11.7% of the population.
15.The Irish often have an informal style in regard to work practice.
16.Ireland is situated in the extreme northwest of Europe.
17.Early jazz was identified by its polyrhythmic structure, a clearly contribution from the complex drumming of West Africa brought over to America by black slaves.
18.In the United States, every church is a completely independent organization,and concerned with its own finance and its own building.
19.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.
20.After the president vetoes a law, Congress may override the veto by a three-fourths vote of both houses.
