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华中师《英语国家国情与文化-美国 》在线作业-0005

In the U.S. the ______ refers to the people born in the period 1946—1964.
A:“lost generation”
B:“me generation”
C:“blue-collar generation”
D:“baby boom generation”
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Theodore Dreiser was the literary representative of American______.（　　　）
A:Romanticists
B:Transcendentalists
C:Modernists
D:Naturalists
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The four problems that face the economy of the United States are______.
A:unemployment, inflation, financial crisis and trade deficit
B:unemployment, inflation, financial deficit and trade deficit
C:mortgage losses, inflation, financial deficit and trade deficit
D:unemployment, market failures, financial deficit and trade deficit
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______ is the only organization which has the power to interpret the U.S. Constitution.
A:The Supreme Court
B:The Department of State
C:The House of Representatives
D:The Senate
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At the beginning of the Berlin Blockade, President Truman turned down the option of（　　　）.
A:sending supplies through the highways, protected by tanks and troops
B:sending supplies through the waterways
C:starting large-scale airlifting
D:staring limited airlifting to test the Soviets
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In the U.S., the fastest growing minority group is（　　　）.
A:the African-American
B:the Hispanic-American
C:the Native Indians
D:the Asian-American
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The real American literature began_____.( )
A:before the Civil War
B:after the Civil War
C:before the War of Independence
D:after the War of Independence
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Currently between 80% and 90% of immigrants to the U.S. are from ______ countries.
A:Asian and African
B:European and Hispanic
C:Asian and Hispanic
D:Scandinavian and Asian
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One of the goals set by President Bush in his plan“America 2000”is ______.（　　　）
A:increasing the adult literacy rate
B:eliminating drugs and violence at school
C:bettering all the students’ foreign languages
D:improving the high-school graduation rate to 80%
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The Secret Service is part of the ____ Department.
A:Treasury
B:Defense
C:Interior
D:Justice
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Most of the first Chinese immigrants who came to the United States between 1850—1880 settled down in ______.
A:Florida
B:Washington奥鹏华中师范大学平时在线作业
C:California
D:New Jersey
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Which one of the following is NOT government-run at the U.S. federal level?
A:Motor vehicle
B:The road system
C:National defense
D:The postal service
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The Red Scare in 1919 and 1920 was a typical example of American ______.
A:religious intolerance
B:intolerant nationalism
C:Progressive Movement
D:deregulation of big trusts
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In “Old Man and Sea”, Hemingway praises the old man’s attitude towards（　　　）.
A:defeat and failure
B:the sea
C:his work
D:nature
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The Peace Conference in 1919 was dominated by the Big Four, that is, ______.（　　　）
A:the United States, Britain, Spain and Italy
B:the United States, Japan, France and Italy
C:the United States, Britain, France and Italy
D:the United States, Britain, France and Russia
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In the early 19th century, ______ actively used the Sherman Antitrust Act to stop monopolistic business mergers in the United States.
A:J.P. Morgan
B:Woodrow Wilson
C:Henry Rockefeller
D:Theodore Roosevelt
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____, which banned slavery, was added to the American Constitution in December, 1865.( )
A:The Bill of Rights
B:The Thirteenth Amendment
C:The Civil Rights Act
D:The Voting Rights Act
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In America, the Constitution provides that ______ shall be President of the Senate.（　　　）
A:the Speaker of the House
B:the Secretary of State
C:the Chief Justice
D:the Vice President
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Between 1860 and 1990, the United States witnessed（　　　）large-scale population movements.
A:2
B:3
C:4
D:5
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In the 1900s with the development of industry and the extension of railroad network, there was a___ in the United States.( )
A:fast growth of population
B:rapid growth of military power
C:fast growth of labor unions
D:rapid growth of cities
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The attitude of many Americans toward different political views after WWⅡ can be described as（　　　）.
A:following the main trend of view
B:intolerant
C:indifferent
D:tolerant
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The conference that decided to set up a world organization ——the United Nations was held in ______.
A:Teheran
B:Cairo
C:Yalta
D:Washington
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Which of the following may NOT be President Wilson’s achievements in his program of New Freedom?
A:Making loans available to farmers at low rates.
B:Adopting an income tax.
C:Regulating trusts by stating clearly the unfair business practices.
D:Regulating railroad prices and their rebates.
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A typical example of American intolerant nationalism from 1919—1920 was ______ that exaggerated the danger of Communism.
A:McCarthyism
B:the Ku Klux Klan
C:the Red Scare
D:Desegregation
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The ______ turned out to be America’s longest war it had ever fought.（　　　）
A:First World War
B:Second World War
C:Korean War
D:Vietnam War
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