英语国家概况（2）期末模拟试卷A

英语国家概况（2）期末模拟试卷A 

ⅠThere are 20 questions in this part. Each question is followed by four choices marked A,B,C 

and and D. D. D. Choose Choose Choose the the the correct correct correct answer answer answer to to to each each each of of of the the the questions questions questions and and and write write write your your your answer answer answer at at at the the corresponding place on the ANSWER SHEET.(20 points) 

1.The following were the founding fathers of the American Republic except _____. 

A Thomas Jefferson B George Washington 

C William Penn D Benjamin Franklin

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2.Which of the following statement was NOT correct? When the War of Independence was over, 

_____. A each new state had its own government 

B each new state made its own laws and handled all of its internal affairs 

C the national government was called the Congress with little power 

D the relationships between the states and the national government were clearly defined

3.Service industry does not include ____. 

A banking B management consultation 

C airline D steelmaking 4.Three of the following authors were Nobel Prize winner except _____. 

A Ernest Hemingway B Eugene O’Neill

C William Faulkner D F. Scott Fitzgerald 

5. ____ invented the telephone. 

A Samuel R.B. Morse B Alexander Graham Bell 

C Thomas Alva Edison D Reginald Fessenden 

6.The main mountain range in the west of US stretching from the Canadian border to New Mexico is ____. 

A The Appalachian Mountains B The Rocky Mountains 

C The Green Mountains D The Blue Ridge Mountains 

7.Both 7.Both public public public and and and private private private universities universities universities in in in the the the U.S. U.S. U.S. depend depend depend on on on the the the following following following sources sources sources of of of income income 

except____. 

A investment B student tuition 

C endowments D government funding 

8.____ was NOT written by Hemingway? 

A Light in August B The Sun Also Rises 

C A farewell to Arms D For Whom the Bell Tolls 

9.In the United States school system, which of the following divisions is true? 

A Elementary school, grammar school 

B Elementary school, junior high school 

C Elementary school, secondary school 

D junior high school, senior high school 

10.Which of the following does NOT belong to the white-collar crime? 

A bribery B tax evasion 

C false advertising D robbery 

11.Which of the following was written by Thoreau? 

A Nature B Walden 

C The Scarlet Letter D The Fall of the House Usher 

12.Which of the following provinces is the manufacturing heartland of Canada? 

A Alberta B Ontario C British Columbia D Quebec 

13.Due to his firm belief in nonviolent peaceful protest in the spirit of India's leader Gandhi, ____ 

was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. 

A John F.Kennedy B James Farmer 

C Ella Baker D Martin Luther King, Jr. 

14.Which of the following is considered an American master piece? 

A The Last of the Mohicans B The Legend of the Sleepy Hollow 

C The Masque of the Red Death

D Moby Dick 

15.By 1985, how many per cent of immigrants were non-European? 

A 30 per cent B 80 per cent

C 60 per cent D 50 per cent

16.In Vancouver schools, it is estimated that more than half of the students speak ____. A English B French 

C Mandarin Chinese D Cantonese 

17.Which of the following novels was made into an extremely successful film in 1997? 

A Lost in the Barrens B The Two Solitudes 

C The Handmaid's Tale D The English Patient

18.Which of of the the the following following invention facilitated the the out-migration-movement out-migration-movement into into suburban suburban 

location? A automobile B electric lawn mower 

C mechanical reaper D telephone 

19.The tradition of the vocal ballad which contributed to the blues form was usually accompanied 

by ___. 

A a guitar B a piano 

C a banjo D a trombone and a cymbal

20. Who is the most influential person in the Canadian government? 

A the Queen B a Cabinet Minister 

C the Prime Minister D the Government General

ⅡThere There are are are altogether altogether altogether 15 15 15 blanks blanks blanks in in in the the the following following following sentences. sentences. sentences. Fill Fill Fill in in in the the the blanks blanks blanks and and and write write write your your 

answer at the corresponding place on the ANSWER SHEET.(30 points) 

21. The Constitution set up a federal system with ____. 

22. 22. T.S. T.S. T.S. Eliot's Eliot's Eliot's long long long poem poem poem ____ ____ ____ revealed revealed revealed a a a pessimistic pessimistic pessimistic view view view of of of post-World post-World post-World War War War 1 1 1 society. society. society. He He 

dominated the so-called "Modern" movement in poetry.