专业英语八级人文知识（15）

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美国概况
练习题：
* G4 _/ P6 Z' A; r/ A0 V1 The following were the founding fathers of the American Republic except _____.
A George Washington B Thomas Jefferson  
C William Penn D Benjamin Franklin
2 The New Deal was started by _____.
3 R1 X1 T  v8 a* fA Franklin Roosevelt B J.K. Kennedy
. q, N& j% W* _, v' E! J1 y3 ]C George Washington D Thomas Jefferson
3 The United States was rated _____ in the world in terms of land areas.
0 |4 `2 y" t5 v- R  X1 T4 lA second B third C fourth D fifth
! x) o: j. R% W# ]( k) v4 The expenditure in American public schools is guided or decided by _____.
A Teachers B students C headmaster D boards of education
. X: Q4 n& F& ?3 X5 H; \) F! T8 A5 The Bill of Rights consists of _____.
7 j; K( ?5 H" T8 I1 vA 10 very short paragraphs in an amendment
B 10 amendments adopted in 1787
% F/ [. L) V# t* }. sC 10 amendments added to the Constitution in 1791
D the amendments concerning the freedom of speech, the freedom of the press and the freedom of religion
6 The United States produces as much as much as half of the world’s _____.
A wheat and rice B cotton C tobacco D soybeans and corn
6 X3 h, X; N! S. X7 Which invention marked the beginning of “The Age of Visual Information”?
+ k3 h$ u" a$ r1 ~$ V6 B8 r) u& YA Newspaper B Telegraph C Laundry machine D Television
$ L9 P$ x  q6 R5 U9 G8 The theory of American politics and the American Revolution originated mainly from _____.
A George Washington B Thomas Jefferson  
C John Adams D John Locke
) o8 G) I% w1 w2 h6 o# d/ H9 The District of Manhattan is in the city if _____.
4 d. k2 u  k. K$ [' b3 `A Washington D.C. B San Francisco C New York D Chicago
* j- h3 W; J3 X10 The seats in the Senate are allocated to different states_____.
$ \. l2 M4 H: o+ ?$ t+ f5 ZA according to their population
B according to their size
/ K' W9 ]6 d9 R* B2 C6 ZC according to their tax paid to federal government
D equally
& f( N  I/ i8 T9 M- ~0 y- S* z练习题答案及题解
& F& y! h9 ^# x9 P' d6 I2 w1 C, 华盛顿、杰弗逊和弗兰克林都是美国创建时的元老功勋、而William Penn 是美国宾州的创始人。
! @% ^6 d0 ~* X' b5 F. z. m$ A2 A, 新政是罗斯福为了应对美国经济大萧条而提出的。
3 C, 就面积而言， 美国是世界第四大国。
4 D, 对此有决定权的是教育委员会。
5 C, 人权法案是于1791年增补到宪法法案上来的前十条修正案。
6 D, 美国出产占世界一半的是大豆和玉米。
& p. [+ \8 N9 w3 H/ N( _7 D, 开创人类视觉信息革命的重大发明是电视机。
2 @; J/ G' G) b: I8 D, 美国的许多政治观念都是来源于英国著名哲学家约翰•洛克。
9 C, 曼哈顿是纽约市的著名经济和商业区， 也是纽约的中心地带。
) e5 U( |+ s2 p3 p& G: E10 D, 美国每一个州在参议院中均有两位议员作为代表，与各州人口无关和众议院不同）。