英语专业八级人文知识(十四)

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美国概况
练习题：
6 D  T% Q. X3 X) y$ H: n1 Ernest Hemingway is _____.
! L& O1 d% K) `. lA Englishman B American C Dutch D Denmark
5 J0 e9 H8 U9 Z0 d6 b5 j2 John Fitzgerald Kennedy is _____ president.
A 35th B 34th C 33rd D 32nd
# B8 ^' {5 t0 a/ K# U, k$ l# z) v9 h3 In 1837, the first college-level institution for women , Mount Holyoke Female Seminary , opened in _____ to serve the “ Muslim sex”.
A New England B Virginia C Massachusetts D New York
4 The capital of Massachusetts is _____.
) A. B! |" q1 V8 F* B! NA Providence B Boston C Montpelier D Augusta
5 _____ is the dividing line between the South and North.
A The Hudson River B The Potomac River
C The Ohio River D The Missouri River
! s; F/ q, M# x6 _____ is Washington’s largest city.
( X" Q( b4 [5 w6 ?4 [5 fA Boise B Denver C Tacoma D Seattle
7 Washington D.C., the capital of U.S. is situated on the _____River banks.
A St. Lawrence B Hudson C Potomac D Missouri
8 When did the American Civil War break out?
A 1775 B 1812 C 1861 D 1863
9 h* W; W6 m4 |4 o5 ~3 y9 Who prepared the draft of the Declaration of Independence?
A John Adams B Thomas Jefferson C Benjamin Franklin D John Hancock
4 m: L6 W  q9 i2 g6 {3 s  L10 In which day is Halloween celebrated?
6 a/ m5 n  p7 D( T4 u1 H  \A 5 November B 31 October C 17 March D 25 December
* Z  t( m9 c6 W7 d练习题答案及题解:
, M: ]9 g; D8 u- i; r: m1 B,文坛巨匠海明威是美国人。
2 A,肯尼迪是美国的第35任总统。
8 ~, s* l. z. j0 W5 u9 y3 C,美国的第一所女子学院开设于马萨诸塞州。
4 B,麻省的首府是波士顿。
3 p! b' S% ]3 z+ U5 D,美国南北的分界线是密苏里河，东西的分界线是密西西比河。
' r* Z( `; |' k, ?$ j6 D,华盛顿州的最大城市是西雅图。
. _5 l" e, P" Z1 d% O6 c% g6 }  ]# f7 C,华盛顿特区位于波托马克河上。
7 A, R6 |! f/ O6 K, Z6 [2 r8 C,美国内战爆发于1861年，结束于1865年。
9 B,为美国起草独立宣言的是托马斯•杰弗逊。
10 B,万圣节前夕是10月的最后一天即10月31号。