奥鹏作业网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奥鹏北语答案q599792222 或请进 opzy.net
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:————
