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 D. Choose the correct answer to each of the questions and write your answer at 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 public and private universities in the U.S. depend on the following sources of 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 the following invention facilitated the out-migration-movement into 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 are altogether 15 blanks in the following sentences. Fill in the blanks and write your answer at the corresponding place on the ANSWER SHEET.(30 points)
21. The Constitution set up a federal system with ____.
22. T.S. Eliot's long poem ____ revealed a pessimistic view of post-World War 1 society. He dominated the so-called "Modern" movement in poetry.
23. Mark Twain’s ____ is considered the greatest novel in American literature.
24.The two conferences for American football are AFC, which stands for ____ and NFC, which stands for ____.
25.As a member of the Commonwealth, Canada used to unquestioningly assist ___ in its foreign policy.
