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专八人文知识美国概况习题二

美国概况

_____is the largest city and the chief port of the united states.

a. washington d. c.b. los angelesc. san franciscod. new york city

_____ enjoys the worst social and economic conditions.

a. blacksb. hispanicsc. indiansd. asian americans

washington d. c. is named after___________.

a. the u. s. president george washington

b. christopher columbus

c. both george washington and christopher columbus

d. none of them

american and british english are two_____ of the english language.

a. varietiesb. elementsc. partsd. forms

the first american president to be elected from the republican party was______.

a. thomas jeffersonb. james monroe

c. james madisond. abraham lincoln

of the fifty states, the smallest state in area is_____.

a. rhode islandb. virginiac. texasd. montana

the national flag of the united states is known as_____.

a. the star-spangled bannerb. uncle samc. hot dogd. union jack

the number of the representatives from each american state depends on the _____.

a. contribution a state has made to the nation

b. population

c. size

d. none of the above

the tern “father of waters” is used to refer to _____.

a. the amazon riverb. the mississippi river

c. the nile riverd. the hudson river

the statue of liberty was given to american people by_____ as a gift in 1884.

a. franceb. spainc. italyd. britain

练习题答案及题解:

d, 纽约是美国最大的城市同时也是最重要的经济中心和最主要的港口。

a, 黑人在美国的经济和社会地位都最为低下。

c, 首都命名为华盛顿是为了纪念美国的第一任总统乔治•华盛顿,而联邦直辖区命名为哥伦比亚特区是为了纪念第一位从欧洲横渡大西洋到达西半球的探险家克里斯多拂•哥伦布。

a, 美国英语和英国英语是英语语言的两种变体。

d, 美国历史上的第一位共和党总统是亚伯拉罕•林肯。

a, 美国国土面积最小的是罗得岛。

a, 美国的国旗是星条旗。

b, 美国每个州派往众议院的代表人数应与本州人口成比例。

b, 美国的“众河之父”指的是密西西比河。

a, 美国的自由女神像是法国人赠予的礼物。