John F. KennedyOn November 22, 1963, when he was hardly past his first thousand days in office, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was killed by an assassin's bullets as his motorcade wound through Dallas, Texas. Kennedy was the youngest man elected President; he was the youngest to die.Of Irish descent, he was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, on May 29, 1917. Graduating from Harvard in 1940, he entered the Navy. In 1943, when his PT boat was rammed and sunk by a Japanese destroyer, Kennedy, despite grave injuries, led the survivors through perilous waters to safety.Back from the war, he became a Democratic Congressman from the Boston area, advancing in 1953 to the Senate. He married Jacqueline Bouvier on September 12, 1953. In 1955, while recuperating from a back operation, he wrote Profiles in Courage, which won the Pulitzer Prize in history.In 1956 Kennedy almost gained the Democratic nomination for Vice President, and four years later was a first-ballot nominee for President. Millions watched his television debates with the Republican candidate, Richard M. Nixon. Winning by a narrow margin in the popular vote, Kennedy became the first Roman Catholic President.His Inaugural Address offered the memorable injunction: "Ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country." As President, he set out to redeem his campaign pledge to get America moving again. His economic programs launched the country on its longest sustained expansion since World War II; before his death, he laid plans for a massive assault on persisting pockets of privation and poverty.Responding to ever more urgent demands, he took vigorous action in the cause of equal rights, calling for new civil rights legislation. His vision of America extended to the quality of the national culture and the central role of the arts in a vital society.He wished America to resume its old mission as the first nation dedicated to the revolution of human rights. With the Alliance for Progress and the Peace Corps, he brought American idealism to the aid of developing nations. But the hard reality of the Communist challenge remained.Shortly after his inauguration, Kennedy permitted a band of Cuban exiles, already armed and trained, to invade their homeland. The attempt to overthrow the regime of Fidel Castro was a failure. Soon thereafter, the Soviet Union renewed its campaign against West Berlin. Kennedy replied by reinforcing the Berlin garrison and increasing the Nation's military strength, including new efforts in outer space. Confronted by this reaction, Moscow, after the erection of the Berlin Wall, relaxed its pressure in central Europe.Instead, the Russians now sought to install nuclear missiles in Cuba. When this was discovered by air reconnaissance in October 1962, Kennedy imposed a quarantine on all offensive weapons bound for Cuba. While the world trembled on the brink of nuclear war, the Russians backed down and agreed totake the missiles away. The American response to the Cuban crisis evidently persuaded Moscow of the futility of nuclear blackmail.Kennedy now contended that both sides had a vital interest in stopping the spread of nuclear weapons and slowing the arms race--a contention which led to the test ban treaty of 1963. The months after the Cuban crisis showed significant progress toward his goal of "a world of law and free choice, banishing the world of war and coercion." His administration thus saw the beginning of new hope for both the equal rights of Americans and the peace of the world.The Presidential biographies on W are from “The Presidents of the United States ofAmerica,” by Michael Beschloss and Hugh Sidey. Copyright 2009 by the White House HistoricalAssociation.For more information about President Kennedy, please visitJohn F. Kennedy Library and MuseumOUR PRESIDENTS∙ 1. George Washington∙ 2. John Adams∙ 3. Thomas Jefferson∙ 4. James Madison∙ 5. James Monroe∙ 6. John Quincy Adams∙7. Andrew Jackson∙8. Martin Van Buren∙9. William Henry Harrison∙10. John Tyler∙11. James K. Polk∙12. Zachary Taylor∙13. Millard Fillmore∙14. Franklin Pierce∙15. James Buchanan∙16. Abraham Lincoln∙17. Andrew Johnson∙18. Ulysses S. Grant∙19. Rutherford B. Hayes∙20. James Garfield∙21. Chester A. Arthur∙22. Grover Cleveland∙23. Benjamin Harrison∙24. Grover Cleveland∙25. William McKinley∙26. Theodore Roosevelt ∙27. William Howard Taft ∙28. Woodrow Wilson∙29. Warren G. Harding∙30. Calvin Coolidge∙31. Herbert Hoover∙32. Franklin D. Roosevelt ∙33. Harry S. Truman∙34. Dwight D. Eisenhower ∙35. John F. Kennedy∙36. Lyndon B. Johnson ∙37. Richard M. Nixon∙38. Gerald R. Ford∙39. James Carter∙40. Ronald Reagan∙41. George H. W. Bush ∙42. William J. Clinton∙43. George W. Bush∙44. Barack Obama。
好句子摘抄加书名作者1. "One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well." -Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own2. "I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape." -Charles Dickens, Great Expectations3. "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." -Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance4. "All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream." -Edgar Allan Poe, A Dream Within a Dream5. "The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go." -Dr. Seuss, I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!6. "I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship." -Louisa May Alcott, Little Women7. "All those who wander are not lost." -J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings8. "In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on." -Robert Frost, "The Pasture"9. "We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already." -J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone10. "Do not go gentle into that good night; Old age should burn and rave at close of day. Rage, rage against the dying of the light." -Dylan Thomas, "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night"11. "It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves." -William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar12. "I have waited for this opportunity for more than half a century, to repeat to you once again my vow of eternal fidelity and everlasting love." -Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Love in the Time of Cholera13. "I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of their way and let them have it." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, The White House Years14. "If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals." -J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire15. "I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own." -Audre Lorde, The Cancer Journals16. "The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart." -Helen Keller, The Story of My Life17. "I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes,I'm out of control, and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best." -Marilyn Monroe, My Story18. "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." -Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan19. "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live ina nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." -Martin Luther King Jr., "I Havea Dream" speech20. "You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them." -Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 45121. "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." -Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice22. "When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on." -Franklin D. Roosevelt23. "The only way to do great work is to love what you do." -Steve Jobs, Stanford Commencement Address24. "The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking." -Albert Einstein, Out of My Later Years25. "All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost." -J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings26. "Life is like a camera: focus on the good times, develop from the negatives, and if things don't work out, take another shot."27. "A mind needs books as a sword needs a wetstone, if it is to keep its edge." -George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones28. "The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing." -Henry Ford29. "I am capable of much unpleasantness." -Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov30. "It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves." -Edmund Hillary31. "One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful." -Sigmund Freud32. "I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way." -Carl Sagan33. "I could give up chocolate, but I'm not a quitter."34. "Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right." -Isaac Asimov35. "The purpose of life is a life of purpose." -Robert Byrne36. "If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe." -Carl Sagan37. "I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library." -Jorge Luis Borges38. "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." -Nelson Mandela39. "Better to have loved and lost, than to never have loved at all." -Alfred Lord Tennyson, In Memoriam A.H.H.40. "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." -Ralph Waldo Emerson41. "If you're going through hell, keep going." -Winston Churchill42. "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it." -Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird43. "Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind." -William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream44. "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened." -Dr.Seuss45. "I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing." -Herman Melville, Moby Dick46. "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -Edmund Burke47. "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving." -Albert Einstein48. "Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today." -Thomas Jefferson49. "You see things; and you say 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?'" -George Bernard Shaw50. "We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us." -Joseph Campbell51. "Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens." -J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring52. "Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes." -Mahatma Gandhi53. "The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." -Nelson Mandela54. "Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are thecharming gardeners who make our souls blossom." -Marcel Proust55. "Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light." -J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban56. "Wherever you go, go with all your heart." -Confucius57. "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference." -Robert Frost, "The Road Not Taken"58. "Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does." -William James59. "Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves, that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, 'This was their finest hour.'" -Winston Churchill, "Their Finest Hour" speech60. "It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." -J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets61. "Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it." -Salvador Dali62. "I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." -Albert Einstein63. "Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else." -Judy Garland64. "It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop." -Confucius65. "I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday, and I love today." -William Allen White66. "The only way to do great work is to love what you do." -Steve Jobs67. "I can resist anything except temptation." -Oscar Wilde68. "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." -Franklin D. Roosevelt, "First Inaugural Address"69. "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again." -William Edward Hickson70. "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." -J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring71. "Believe you can and you're halfway there." -Theodore Roosevelt72. "To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all." -Oscar Wilde73. "I have a great respect for the past. If you don't know whereyou've come from, you don't know where you're going." -Maya Angelou74. "The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others." -Mahatma Gandhi75. "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." -Winston Churchill76. "In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." -Martin Luther King Jr.77. "The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have." -Vince Lombardi78. "Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow's reality." -Malala Yousafzai79. "Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one." -Bruce Lee80. "I am not a teacher, but an awakener." -Robert Frost81. "You don't need to be great to start, but you need to start to be great."82. "Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." -Oscar Wilde83. "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." -Eleanor Roosevelt84. "If you judge people, you have no time to love them." -Mother Teresa85. "It is better to be hated for what you are, than loved for what you are not." -André Gide86. "The best way out is always through." -Robert Frost87. "Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens." -Jimi Hendrix88. "The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now." -Chinese Proverb89. "Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence." -Vince Lombardi90. "The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today." -Franklin D. Roosevelt91. "You can't change the direction of the wind, but you can adjust your sails to always reach your destination."92. "You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose." -Dr. Seuss 93. "Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear." -Ambrose Redmoon94. "The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." -Nat "King" Cole95. "I am not a has-been. I am a will-be." -Lauren Bacall96. "The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra." -Jimmy Johnson97. "All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them." -Walt Disney98. "The two most important days of your life are the day you were born and the day you find out why." -Mark Twain99. "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take." -Wayne Gretzky 100. "Forever is composed of nows." -Emily Dickinson101. "It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves." -William Shakespeare。
英美文化第一次比赛题库初赛共分10组试题每组里面含有5道试题难易程度基本一致如果出现分数一样的请抢答10道题按照答对题数进行排名第一组1._____ is the traditional holiday created by the American people.A.ChristmasB.Thanksgiving DayC.HalloweenD.Easter2.Mrs. Reed is a character in the novel Jane Eyre written by _____.A.Jane AustenB.Emily BronteC.Charlotte BronteD.Elizabeth Barrett Browning3.The Last Supper and Mona Lisa were painted by _____, a great Italianpainter.A.RaphaelB.Leonardo da VinciC.PicassoD.Ganguin4.The film _____ shows Americans search for gold.A.Modern TimesB.The Gold RushC.City LightsD. A king in New York5.In 1803, the United States took the advantage of the European War andpurchased the vast area of _____ from Napoleon with 15,000,000 dollars.A.AlaskaB.LouisianaC.KansasD.Nevada第二组1.When do Americans celebrate Thanksgiving DayA.the fourth Thursday in NovemberB.the third Thursday in NovemberC.the fourth Thursday in JuneD.the second Wednesday in November2.In the battle of Waterloo, the Great Napoleon was completely defeatedby _____.A.the Duke of WellingtonB.JordanC.George WashingtonD.RobertE. lee3.Which of the following books was not written by Ernest HemingwayA.The Sun Also RisesB.The Sound and the FuryC.Farewell to ArmsD.For Whom the Bell Tolls4.Which of the following sports was NOT invented in Britain Basketball5.6.Which region might have a dust storm in summerA.The Deep South.B.The Middle West.C.The Great Plains The Sun Also RisesD.The Sound and the FuryE.Farewell to ArmsF.For Whom the Bell TollsG.H.The Central Valley of California.第三组1.The US primary suppliers of foreign oil are the following countriesexcept .A.CanadaB.JapanC.VenezuelaD.Saudi Arabia2.On his voyage of 1492, Columbus expected to reach .A.the New worldB.the West IndiesC.IndiaD.America3.The last one of the 13 colonies was , which wasestablished in 1733.A.North CarolinaB.South CarolinaC.GeorgiaD.Maryland4.The first shot of the American War of Independence was firedin .A.ConcordB.LexingtonC.PhiladelphiaD.Boston5.Telephone was invented in 1876 by .A.ThomasB. EdisonB.Alexander D. BellC.Guglielmo MarconiD.George Westinghouse第四组1.By the beginning of the 20th century the country that took the firstplace in economy in Europe was .A.GermanyB.FranceC.BritainD.Russia2.When the First World War began, President Wilson immediately calledupon the American people to .A.be ready for the warB.observe strict neutralityC.give financial help to the AlliesD.end the trade relations with Germany3.The US formerly entered the Second World War in .A.1937B.1939C.1940D.19414.Thousands of American soldiers were sent to Vietnam underPresident .A.Dwight D. EisenhowerB.John F. KennedyC.Lyndon B. JohnsonD.Richard M. Nixon5.The president’s major appointments should be approved by .A.CongressB.the HouseC.the SenateD.the Supreme Court第五组1.In the US school system, there are twelve levels called .E.classesF.divisionsG.gradesH.degrees2.Which newspaper first uncovered the Watergate scandal in 1972A.New York Times.B.Washington Post.C.New York Daily News.D.Los Angeles Times.3.By American standards, which one in the following is not a tabooA.Financial affairs.B.Person’s age.C.Religion.D. d. Person’s work.4.The Statue of Liberty, which stands _____, was given to the UnitedStates by thepeople of France.A.in the nation’s capital, Washington D.C.B.in the center of New YorkC.out in the ocean where all can see itD.on an island in New Work Harbor5.Which of the following works is not written by William ShakespeareA.The Merchant of VeniceB.Romeo and JulietC.King LearD. A Tale of Two Cities第六组1.The Hawaiian Islands, which are situated in the Pacific, became ____state of theUnited States in 1959.A.the fifthB.the fifteenthC.the fiftiethD.the fourth2.Who were the ancestors of the English and the founders of EnglandA.The Anglo-Saxons.B.The Normans.C.The Vikings.D.The Romans.3.The Midwest in the US refers to the region .A.west of the Mississippi ValleyB.west of the Appalachian MountainsC.east of the Rocky MountainsD.around the Great Lakes and the upper Mississippi Valley.4.Where is the international tennis championship heldA.WembleyB.WimbledonC.LondonD.Edinburgh5.In area, the United States is the largest country in theworld.A.2ndB.3rdC.4thD.5th第七组1.According to the text, the ancestors of the present American Indianscame from .A.EuropeB.AfricaD.Mongolia2.Which colony in the following was not founded first by the EnglishA.Virginia.B.Massachusetts.C.New YorkD.Georgia.3.The principal author of the Declaration of Independencewas .A.Benjamin FranklinB.Thomas JeffersonC.George WashingtonD.John Adams4.In his inaugural address in 1861, Lincoln showed clearly thathe .A.would abolish slavery in the SouthB.would not abolish slavery immediately but to preserve the UnionC.would wage a war against slaveryD.had no idea to abolish slavery in the South5.After US-Spanish War, the US acquired all the following areasexcept .A.Puerto RicoB.GuamC.the PhilippinesD.Cuba第八组1. Britain is separated from the rest of Europe by the English Channel in the _______ and the North Sea in the east.A.B. southC. west east Britain is separated from the rest of Europe by the English Channel in the _______ and the North Sea in the east.D. north2. The first known settlers of Britain were _______.A. the JutesB. the CeltsC. the SaxonsD. the Iberians3. The English Civil War is also called ______.A. the Puritan RevolutionB. the second Magna CartaC. the Long ParliamentD. the Anglican War4. In 1932, in the depth of the depression, the American people chose _______ as their next president who promised a "new deal" to get America out of depression.A. TheodoreB. Franklin D. RooseveltC. Woodrow WilsonD. Herbert Hoover5. Martin Luther King, Jr., a young black clergyman, became a national leader of the _______ Movement.A. BoycottB. Civil RightsC. SegregationD. Integration第九组1.In the 18th century, there appeared ____ in England, which owed a greatdeal to the invention of machines.A.the Industrial RevolutionB.the Bourgeois RevolutionC. the Wars of the RosesC.the Religious Reformation2.The Great Salt Lake lies in northern _____.A.IdahoB.ArizonaC.NevadaD.Utah3.The economic policy Britain pursued in the 1950s and 1960s was basedon the theory of _______.A.Adam SmithB.John M. KeynesC.Margaret ThatcherD.Karl Marx4.The official languages of Canada are _____.A.English and FrenchB.Spanish and EnglishC.German and EnglishD.English and Italian5.The Backbone of North America refers to the .A.Appalachian MountainsB.Rocky MountainsC.the Rocky MountainsD.Sierra Nevada Mountains第十组1.American Indians now mainly live in the .A.SouthB.WestC.MidwestD.Northeast2.Which victory was considered as the turning point of the War ofIndependenceA.The victory at Trenton.B.The victory at Boston.C.The victory at Saratoga.D.The victory at Yorktown.3.The three layers of British education are：A.Primary education, secondary education, higher educationB.Prepared school, secondary school, grammar schoolprehensive school, voluntary school, tertiary schoolD.Primary school, secondary school, tertiary school4.The US joined the First World War in .A.1914B.1915C.1916D.19175.At which conference did Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin agree to calla conference of all the United Nations in San Francisco in April 1945A.The Conference in Teheran, on Nov. 28, 1943.B.The Conference in Cairo, on Nov. 23, 1943.C.The Conference at Dumbarton Oaks, in the fall of 1944.D.Yalta Conference, in Feb. 1945.抢答题1.The post-World War II program of economic assistance to Western Europewas known as .A.containment policyB.Truman PlanC.Marshall Planmunist prevention2.The title of British university administrative head isA.PresidentB.ChancellorC.DonD.Principal3.The first Democratic President was .A.George WashingtonB.Abraham LincolnC.Thomas JeffersonD.Andrew Jackson4.After completing four-year study in a college, the student usuallycan earn .A. a university degreeB.graduate degreeC. a bachelor’s degreeD. a master’s degree5.Which one in the following is not proper to describe the Americanfamily valuesA.Individual freedom.B.Belief in equality.C.Personal independence.D.Formal and strict relations between parents and children.6.Democratic and Republican National Conventions were televised for thefirst time in .A.1945B.1950C.1952D.19607. A great majority of doctor-level universities in the US are .v1.0 可编辑可修改A.privateB.supported by religious groupsC.publicD.supported by private funds8.The American President is actually elected by .A.the HouseB.the SenateC.presidential electorsD.American citizens9.The terms of the senator and representative are andyears respectively.A.two…fourB.two…threeC.two…sixD.six…two10.Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., advocated the philosophy of .A.economic equalityB.nonviolenceitary protestD.black power复赛共有三个视频，所有小组都将会有同样的问题，经过抽签决定每两个小组观看同样一个视频，然后每个小组做出不超过5分钟的回答，由评委老师评分。
