粗糙北语 19秋《英语国家概况(II)》作业_1234

2021年1月21日发(作者：crocodile)
19
秋《英语国家概况（
II
）
》作业
_1
一、单选题

(
每题
5
分
,
共
10
道小题
,
总分值
50
分

)

ished the system of government and these were later consolidated.(5
分
)
A. The Constitution Act in 1852

B. The Bill of Rights Act 1990

C. The Human Rights Act 1993

答：
A






























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you happen to know of the name of George Washington? Is he_________?(5
分
)
A. one of the founding fathers of the United States

B. the first Governor of the State of New York

C. the author of the Declaration of Independence

答：
A

is the head of Canadian government?(5
分
)
A. Governor general

B. Prime minister

C. Premier

答：
B

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 ________.(5
分
)
A. segregation laws

B. labor law

C. affirmative action

答：
A

U.S. government consists of three branches:___________.(5
分
)
A. the executive branch, the legislative branch, and the judicial branch

B. the State Department, the Department of Defense, and the Energy Department

C. the White House, the Senate, and the Supreme Court

答：
A

6._______was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts made to introduce a UN peacekeeping
force into the Suez Canal region during the crisis of 1956.(5
分
)
A. Brian Mulroney

B. Pierre Trudeau

C. John Holms

D. Lester Pearson

答：
D

promote peace and cooperation among nations, Canada plays an active role in international
organizations. Which of the following is the exception?(5
分
)
A. the United Nations

B. the Commonwealth

C. the National Organization of Women

D. la Francophonie

答：
C

of the following is a tourist attraction in the United States?(5
分
)
A. Yellowstone National Park

B. The Babylon Garden

C. The English castle

D. The coral reefs

答：
A

more recent years, partly through Canadian diplomatic efforts, things like ____________ and
____________have been put on the international agenda.(5
分
)
A. arms control, human rights

B. economic crisis, inequality

C. organized crime, drug trafficking

D. women'issues, the environment

答：
D

an economy is a _______.(5
分
)
A. resource- based economy

B. agricultural economy

C. tourism economy

答：
A

二、判断题

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每题
5
分
,
共
10
道小题
,
总分值
50
分

)

1. China took over the United States at the end of 2009 to become New Zealand's second largest
trading partner.(5
分
)
答：错误


World War
Ⅰ
, many novelists produced literary works of disillusionment. Some of them
lived abroad and were known as the
“
Beat Generation
”
.(5
分
)
答：错误


Asia, the United States tried to contain the People
’
s Republic of China as well. The United
States
did
not
formally
recognize
the
People's
Republic
of
China
(PRC)
for
30
years
after
its
founding.(5
分
)

4. The American belief in
分
)

recession of 2007
–
2009 is considered to be the worst economic downturn since the Great
Depression, and the subsequent economic recovery one of the weakest.(5
分
)

ns believed in predestination. This doctrine holds that God is all-powerful and all-knowing;
therefore, the fate of each individual soul is known to God at birth. Nothing an individual can do
or say could change their ultimate fate.(5
分
)

the 16th century, some new and powerful social forces began to emerge which led to the
awakening
of
Europe
and
the
discovery
of
American,i.e.,the
development
of
capitalism,
the
Renaissance and the Religious Reformation.
(5
分
)

Zealand is one of the top five dairy exporters in the world. (5
分
)

government continues in office only as long as it retains the confidence of the House of
Representatives. (5
分
)

1541, Queen Elizabeth I declared to be the Queen of Ireland, the first monarch to do so.(5
分
)


19
秋《英语国家概况（
II
）
》作业
_2
一、单选题

(
每题
5
分
,
共
10
道小题
,
总分值
50
分

)

following were some of the characteristics of Protestantism except ___________.(5
分
)
A. challenging the authority of the Pope

B. salvation through faith

C. salvation through the church

D. establishing a direct contact with God


first English permanent settlement was founded in 1607 in _________.(5
分
)
A. New York

B. San Francisco

C. Virginia


addition to such tactics as sit-ins, young students also added ____to educate people about
the war in Vietnam.(5
分
)
A. teach- in

B. rock 'n'roll music

C. class boycott

D.



music,
which
refers
to
a
new
blend
of
folk
music,
work
chants,
spirituals,
marches,
and
even European classical music, which originated in ________.(5
分
)
A. an American city called New Orleans

B. Rome, Italy

C. London, Britain


n is a




。
(5
分
)
A. novelist

B. poet


of the following industries account for more than half of the GDP in Canada?(5
分
)
A. primary industries

B. secondary industries

C. tertiary industries

D. none of them


of the oldest towns in the U.S. is ______________.(5
分
)
A. New York

B. San Francisco

C. Los Angeles

D. San Diego


farming takes place in ________.(5
分
)
A. west coast near British Columbia

B. northern prairie area

C. southern part near the border


of the following games is played in a
分
)
A. Football

B. Basketball

C. Baseball


are the original inhabitants of Canada now called?(5
分
)
A. The Indians

B. The First Nations

C. The Eskimos


二、判断题

(
每题
5
分
,
共
10
道小题
,
总分值
50
分

)

hout its history, America has been a land defined by religious faith and freedom.(5
分
)


was
in
1954
that
the
Supreme
Court
ruled
that
the
practice
of
segregating
blacks
into
separate schools was unconstitional.(5
分
)

jazz was identified by its polyrhythmic structure, a clearly contribution from the complex
drumming of West Africa brought over to America by black slaves.(5
分
)

coming of colonists in the 17th century entailed careful planning and management, as well
as considerable expense and risk.(5
分
)

Naismith was a Canadian-born physical education teacher in Massachusetts. He invented