东北师范大学《英美概况（二）高起本》期末考试必备题集

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63029–东北师范大学《英美概况（二）高起本》奥鹏期末考试题库合集

单选题：
（1）Harvard, one of the most famous universities in the world, was founded in ()
A.1636
B.1635
C.1634
D.1639
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（2）The Pilgrims were able to survive in America because ().
A.they received help from the Indians
B.they were supported by rich companies
C.many ships brought them food from England
D.they had signed the Mayflower Compact
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（3）Most American children begin their school education at the age of ()
A.6
B.5
C.7
D.8
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（4）Marriage in the USA is considered ()
A.rather burdensome
B.a pure individual matter
C.a pure religious affair
D.more important to the parents
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（5）In the U.S., people go to church mainly for the following reasons except ().
A.for finding a job in sociely
B.for having a place in a community
C.for identifying themselves with dominant values
D.for getting together with friends
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（6）The official holidays include ().
A.Thanksgiving
B.Saint Patrick' s Day
C.Mother's Day
D.Halloween
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（7）() serve as the media between producers and retailers, or producers and wholesalers.
A.Producers
B.Retailers
C.Wholesalers
D.The government
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（8）The US is the world’s leading exporter of agricultural products, in which the second most important export is ().
A.Cotton
B.vegetable oils
C.cereal grains
D.soybeans
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（9）Junior college in America is ().
A.two-year college
B.four-year college
C.three-year college
D.five-year college
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（10）What belongs to the attitudes of Americans toward manual labor?
A.Highly valuing
B.looking down upon it.
C.Neutral
D.Refusing to take on it.
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（11）By law any natural-born American citizen of any over years of age () can run for the presidency.
A.thirty three
B.thirty four
C.thirty five
D.thirty six
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（12）The largest religious group in America is ().
A.Roman Catholics
B.Protestants
C.Orthodists
D.Presbyterians
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（13）The city's name, “Philadelphia” means ().
A.fishing pit
B.brotherly love
C.waste land
D.wild laral
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（14）The turning point of the War of Independence was the Battle of() in 1777.
A.Yorktown
B.Saratoga
C.Bunker Hill
D.Lexington
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（15）The two major political parties in the United States are ().
A.the Democratic Party and the Republican Party
B.the Labor Party and the Conservative Party
C.the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party
D.the Federalist Party and the Republican Party
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（16）The total area of the USA is about 9.4million square kilometers, which makes it the()largest country in the world.
A.first
B.fourth
C.second
D.third
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（17）()is the second largest US city in terms of population in the United States of America and the largest industrial city in the country.
A.Los Angeles
B.Philadelphia
C.Chicago
D.California
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（18）The first imperialist war took place between the U. S. and () in 1898.
A.Britain
B.France
C.Spain
D.Mexico
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（19）Christianity consists of the following except ()
A.Catholicism
B.East Orthodox
C.Jewish Church
D.Protestantism
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（20）You can get quick and inexpensive meals in () .
A.magnificent restaurants
B.snack bars
C.guest house
D.motels
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（21）The “first Americans” were the ().
A.black slaves
B.Indians
C.whites
D.Eskimos
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（22）()has the power to impeach the President of the United States when he abuses his power.
A.The Senate
B.The Justice of the Supreme Court
C.The Congress
D.The Supreme Court
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（23）(), the steel capital of the country, is the oldest and largest steel making center.
A.Chicago
B.Detroit
C.Pittsburge
D.Birmingham
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（24）The national flag of the United States is known as().
A.the Star-Spangled Banner
B.Uncle Sam
C.Hot Dog
D.Union Jack
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（25）The largest seaport of the United States is ().
A.San Diego
B.San Francisco
C.Chicago
D.New York
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（26）The University of California, with several branch campuses, has more than () students.
A.128 000
B.129 000
C.126 000
D.127000
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（27）The number of Congressmen from each state varies depending on ().
A.the size of the area
B.the size of population
C.the tradition
D.the wealth
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（28）The largest public library in the U. S. is ().
A.Library of Congress
B.Library of Harvard
C.Franklin Library
D.Roosevelt Library
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（29）The struggle of the Civil War was between the Confederate States and the Union of()Northern States.
A.21
B.22
C.23
D.24
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（30）The Head of the Representatives is called().
A.Leader
B.Chancellor
C.Speaker
D.Chairman
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（31）In February 1856, the National Congress of the Republican Party was held in (). Ever since, the name “Republican” has been used.
A.Pittsburgh
B.Texas
C.Washington
D.New York
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（32）The following were some of the characteristics of Protestantism except ().
A.challenging the authority of the Pope
B.salvation through faith
C.salvation through the church
D.establishing a direct contact with God
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（33）It would be considered inappropriate and impolite to ask Americans about the following topics EXCEPT ().
A.religious preference
B.medical history
C.why they do not have children
D.the weather
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（34）Metropolitan Museum is in ().
A.Washington D.C.
B.Boston
C.New York
D.Philadelphia
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（35）President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed a well-known policy called() to save the economic situation.
A.the Open Door Policy
B.the New Deal
C.Good Neighbor Policy
D.the“Big Stick”
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（36）Which of the following American values did NOT come from Puritanism?
A.Separation of state and church
B.Respect of education
C.Intolerant moralism
D.A sense of mission.
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（37）The U. S. A. is known as a “Melting Pot” for its ().
A.mixture of religions
B.mixture of nationalities
C.mixture of climates
D.mixture of habits
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（38）The state to which the Mayflower sailed is().
A.Florida
B.Maine
C.Massachusetts
D.Virginia
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（39）The term "Father of Waters" is used to refer to().
A.the Amazon River
B.the Mississippi River
C.the Nile River
D.the Hudson River
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（40）() served more than two terms in American history.
A.Franklin D. Roosevelt
B.George Washington
C.Thomas Jefferson
D.Abraham Lincoln.
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（41）() are the most numerous in the minorities of the United States.
A.blacks
B.Hispanics
C.Asian-Americans
D.Jews
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（42）The first American President who inaugurated in Washington City was ().
A.George Washington
B.Thomas Jefferson
C.John Adams
D.Andrew Jackson
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（43）The history of the U. S. is generally agreed to have begun in the year of ().
A.1620
B.1607
C.1776
D.1492
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（44）()is the spokesman of the US foreign policy.
A.The State Secretary
B.The President
C.The Vice President
D.The Chief of the White House Staff
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（45）The symbol of the Republican Party is ().
A.a monkey
B.an elephant
C.a horse
D.a donkey
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（46）In (), the first satellite was launched in the USA.
A.1958
B.1657
C.1659
D.1655
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（47）The “Senior Citizens” in the senior centers refer to.()
A.high officials
B.professors
C.presidents
D.old people
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（48）() is the only branch that can make federal laws, and levy federal taxes.
A.The executive
B.The legislative
C.The Judicial
D.The president
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（49）Detroit is famous for the production of ().
A.bamboo
B.automobiles
C.timber
D.airplanes
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（50）America occupies the leading position in the modern technology in the following areas except ().
A.atomic energy
B.computers
C.space
D.shipbuilding
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（51）The three biggest newspapers are of the following except ().
A.New York Times
B.Reader's Digest
C.Washington Post
D.Los Angeles Times
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（52）The first immigrants came to America from England to escape ().
A.poverty
B.imprisonment
C.religious persecution
D.all of the above
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（53）The most famous 19 radio stations is ().
A.the Columbia Broadcasting System
B.the American Broadcasting System
C.Voice of America
D.The National Broadcasting System
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（54）The continental USA runs () kilometers from its Atlantic coast to Pacific coast，and 2574 kilometers from Canada to Mexico
A.4505
B.4506
C.4507
D.4508
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（55）From 1949 to 1972, the number of scientists who moved into the USA from various countries in the world reached ()
A.200 000
B.300 000
C.400 000
D.500 000
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（56）When ()was elected president, the southern states broke away and formed a new nation, the Confederate States of America.
A.Thomas Jefferson
B.Franklin D. Roosevelt
C.George Washington
D.Abraham Lincoln
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（57）Protestant Church was separated from the Roman Catholic Church at the Reformation in the 16th century, with about () million members.
A.320
B.330
C.340
D.350
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（58）The presiding officer of the Senate is() who serves as chairman when the Senate is in session.
A.the Speaker
B.the Vice President
C.the Congressman
D.the Floor Leader
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判断题：
（1）American government has always been playing an important role in the development of American economy.
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（2）The supreme judicial body in the USA is in the District Court.
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（3）Labour Day was first celebrated in honour of the workers in the USA.
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（4）Small businesses also usually sell stock
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（5）It was the Scandinavian immigrants in the mid-seventeenth century who introduced skiing into the USA.
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（6）America was once the dominant exporting nation, but her competitive superiority lost
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（7）Basketball is the summer sport in American schools and colleges.
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（8）There are three world religions: Buddhism, Islam and Christianity.
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（9）It is estimated that about a quarter of Americans are stockholders of different amounts.
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（10）On July 4, 1775, the Continental Congress passed and adopted the Declaration of Independence
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（11）The victory at Saratoga was viewed as the turning point of the War of Independence.
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（12）Americans have been trained since very early in their lives to consider themselves as separate individuals who are responsible for their own situations in life and their own destinies.
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（13）In most high schools, apart from general education, there is also vocational training for specific occupations
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（14）The leading region for manufacturing activity is the Middle Atlantic region
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（15）Martin Luther King was a black minister, who became a great leader of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1970s.
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（16）Christianity came into being in 20 A.D.
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（17）Some advanced technology such as relay facilities and satellites are used to send programs overseas.
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（18）In the United States, cotton is a leading commercial crop in the South.
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（19）Voice of America is the most famous of the radio stations of the America.
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（20）Americans like boating. Motorboats, as well as canoes, are very popular for fishing and water-skiing
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（21）There are nearly 3100 state parks and recreation areas in the USA..
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（22）Thomas Jefferson is the 3rd US Presidetn from 1801 to 1809. He was a lawyer who opposed the British colonial policy and was a member of the Continental Congress.
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（23）Death Valley, 280 feet below sea level. It is the lowest point in the whole of North America.
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（24）America has about 8 000 miles of coastline and 8 000 square miles of inland waterways.
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（25）Detroit has been known as the automobile capital of the world.
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（26）American industry is developing so rapidly that it has been in the leadin gposition for the past century.
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（27）In 1950, President Truman committed US forces to Korea, sent General Douglas MacArthur there to command them.
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（28）Since 1816, the executive mansion has been known as "White House".
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（29）The western part consists of high plateaus and mountains formed by the Appalachian Range
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（30）Generally speaking, an elementary school teacher must have a BA degree with a major in education.
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（31）In 1956, the first satellite was launched in the USA.
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（32）The academic year lasts nine months.
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（33）The USA includes 50 states and a federal district，the District of Columbia, which is the seat of the Federal Government.
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（34）The chief function of the Congress is to deal with foreign affairs.
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（35）In 1874, President Lincoln appointed the last Thursday of November to be the day.
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（36）Each of the fifty states of the U. S. A. elects three senators.
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（37）When Lincoln was elected president, the southern states broke away and formed a new nation, the Confederate Union of America.
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（38）The Republican Party grew out of the “Anti-Federalists” that appeared after 1787 when the Constitution was made.
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（39）VOA is the most famous of the eighteen radio stations of the USA for the propaganda to foreign countries
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（40）The annual session of the Congress begins on January 3rd each year. Congress holds two annual sessions each term.
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（41）Mount Mekinley, 6187 meters high, on the north of the Alaska, the highest peak on the American continent.
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（42）The emigration from England to the colonies in America was mainly sponsored by the king.
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（43）According to the US Constitution, Congress exercises the legislative power. It enjoys the power of making laws, levying taxes and appropriating money for government expenditure.
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（44）The White House is the official residence of the President and to the east of it stands the Capitol, the building奥鹏期末考核 where the US Congressmen meet to make laws for the nation.
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（45）The USA still occupies the leading position in the three symbols of modern technology: the technology of atomic energy, computers and space.
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（46）When the state administrations act out the powers given to them in the Constitution, the federal administration has right to interfere.
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（47）The military leader of the Southern army in the American Civial War was General Grant.
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（48）In 1791, the first ten amendments were made. This is the well-known " Bill of Rights ", which contains such liberties as freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of press, etc.
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（49）The constitution llimits the power of each government branch, and prevents any one branch from gaining undue power.
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（50）The Los Angeles Times, with a circulation of 9500, is associated with the Morgan Interest Group
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（51）The land can be divided into three parts according to its geographical features：the eastern part，the western part，and the central Plains .
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（52）Los Angeles leads the country in the manufacture of aircraft and spare parts and the area has become an aviation center.
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（53）The election of the American presidency comes every four years.
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（54）William Penn was not one of the founding fathersof the American Republic.
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（55）Between the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the Rocky Mountains there is a large area of desert, of which Death Valley is the lowest and hottest place in America.
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（56）In 1920, the USA had only 10 radio stations.
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（57）The Rocky Mountains form the most important river divide in the States, separating the system of the Mexican gulf and the system of the Pacific.
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（58）In the American big corporations and companies, the management usually isn’t separated from property rights.
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（59）There are roughly two industrial sections in the USA
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（60）Free market principles represents no government interference in economic development.
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（61）It is true that the US now has a "free market" system.
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（62）The name "Indians" was given by Amerigo Vespucci. When he first discovered the American continent, he mistook the natives there for the people of India.
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（63）Olympic Games are international sporting contests which take place every four years in whatever country the national athletic festival held at Olympia.
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（64）The New York Times is sold all over the USA with a circulation of 895 000.
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（65）With 6 percent of the world' s population, the United States produced half the world's goods.
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（66）Christmas is the greatest religious holiday that is universally celebrated in the USA.
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（67）There are two major denominations in America: Christian Science and Mormonism that are the results of native developments.
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（68）New York became an important port early in the last century. A large portion of the national exports passed through New York Harbour.
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（69）The Missouri River is the longest and the most important river in the system of the Gulf.
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（70）In western California lies Death Valley, 280 feet below sea level. It is the lowest point in the whole of North America.
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（71）The containment policy was to hold back the expansion of the Soviet Union. It was the basis of the US foreign policy during the Cold War.
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（72）The US political system was established on the basis of three main principles: federalism, the separation of powers and respect for the constitution and the rule of law.
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（73）Economically backward is the characteristics of New England
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（74）Washington is the headquarters of all the branches of the American federal system:Congress, the Supreme Court and the Presidency.
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（75）Americans are very competitive and only the boys are encouraged by their parents to compete in sports as a way to develop desired personality characteristics
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（76）In Protestantism there are about 30 principal groups
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（77）In 1966, the USA launched the world's first communication space satellite —"Early Bird".
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（78）The Proclamation declared the abolition of slavery an objective of the war in addition to the objective of saving the Union.
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（79）The House of Representatives has 435 members plus a nonvoting representative from Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia.
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（80）The Federalists are supporters of the federal principle of government or members of political group from 1787 to 1823 which favoured strong centralized government and was in power from 1789 to 1800 in the USA.
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（81）The Federal Constitution of the USA, which was adopted in 1787 and came into effect in1788, is the first comparatively complete written constitution.
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（82）Most of the American families seldom hire people to do housework and gardening services
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（83）Manhattan is an island lying between the Missouri River and East River and forming a borough of the city of New York.
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（84）The period of the “Cold War” began when Trumanism came forth in March 1947.
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（85）The Three Faiths in the US. Refer to Protestant, Catholic and Jewish.
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（86）All the newspapers and magazines in the USA are privately owned.
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（87）The belief in the freedom of the individual is probably the most basic and most strongly held of all American beliefs.
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（88）The largest Protestant group is the Baptist.
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（89）The United States is situated in the central part of North America with its two youngest states-Alaska and Hawaii.
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（90）The president can veto the bill if he hopes to prevent the bill from becoming law.
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（91）The Roman Catholic Church was separated from Orthodoxy in1054
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（92）There is unified federal policy for enrollment and every university is not free to select its own first-year students and set its own standard
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（93）Americans show great respect for Abraham Lincoln and most people regard him as a model in their personal struggle.
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（94）The president can serve more than two successive terms of four years each.
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（95）In the USA, a two-year college was originally called a “junior college”, but now it is called a “community college
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（96）American concern for privacy is very important, and many personal topics are nto appropriate fo rconversation between casual acquaintances.
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（97）American economy is a free enterprise system
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（98）Before the breakout of the Civil War, the Whig Party, which had been formed during Jackson's day, began to break up.
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（99）Columbus discovered the new World in the year of 1493.
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（100）In April 1949, 13 nations established the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to coordinate the military actions of member nations against the USSR.
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（101）The Statue of Liberty was given by the Spanish people as a gift.
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（102）By the beginning of the 20th century, the United States controlled the most part of the globe.
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（103）VOA Radio Station is in Washington.
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（104）The Colorado Plateau is threaded by many deep valleys or canyons, among which the best known is Colorado Valley, also called the Grand Canyon in northern Arizona.
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（105）The American national song is the patriotic symbol of the USA.
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（106）May 1st is an international Labour Day, a public holiday in the USA
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（107）The common house during colonial times was log cabin.
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（108）In the system of the Pacific, there are two major rivers: the Columbia River and the Colorado River.
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（109）In the autumn of 1620, the first group of people started for America in a ship named the "Mayflower". They landed at a place they named Plymouth
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（110）Pittsburgh ,the steel capital of the country, is the oldest and largest steel making center.
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（111）Every state constitution divides political power among four elements.
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（112）In 1820, the Spanish colony of Florida became part of American’s territory.
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（113）The second continental congress was held in Philadelphia in May 1776
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（114）The first computer came into being in 1944and in the same year, the first atom bomb was tested.
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（115）Independence Day is celebrated in all the states
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（116）The spirit of “do-it-yourself” may be reflected in many aspects of American life.
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（117）Abraham Lincoln is the sixteenth president of the USA from 1861 to 1865.
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（118）The eastern part is made up of the highlands formed by the Appalachian Range.
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（119）Five-year-old children have one year of preschool training in many schools
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（120）The election process in the United States is rather simple.
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（121）The USA has many achievements in the field of science and technology
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（122）The Indians were the original inhabitants on the continent. However, ever since the discovery of the land in 1492 they have been cruelly treated. They were driven into barren desert regions, the so-called “Indian Reservations”.
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（123）On August 14, 1945, Germany surrendered and the Second World War ended.
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（124）A member of either House of Congress doesn't have the right to introduce a bill.
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（125）Chicago, the second largest US city in terms of population in the United States of America, lies on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan at a point where the Chicago River enters the lake.
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（126）The Great Depression of 1929 to 1933, like a hurricane, shook the United States and the whole capitalist world to its foundation.
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（127）The poverty and wealth of the US is not distributed evenly by race, geography or age.
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（128）About 96 percent of all American homes have television sets and more than 25 percent have two or more sets.
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（129）Impeachment is a charge brought by the US House of Representatives against an official in the judicial or executive branches of the federal government.
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（130）The principal author of the Declaration of Independence was Thomas Jefferson
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（131）The president really has enormous power, both in his or her own capacity as the chief executive and acting through members of his or her Cabinet.
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（132）The District of Columbia is the seat of the Federal Government.
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（133）On December 7th, 1942, Japan attacked a US naval base at Pearl Harbour. The attack on Pearl Harbour shook the whole country of the United States of America. The next day President Roosevelt gave a short address and Congress declared war on Japan.
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（134）Most of the USA is in the temperate zone，with four distinct seasons and varying numbers of hot and co1d days each season, while the northern states and AIaska have extremely cold winters.
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（135）The standard of living of American farmers is generally high.
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（136）The first National Thanksgiving Day was set on November 16, 1789 by George Washington in his inauguration.
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（137）Boston is situated in Boston Bay, Massachusetts. It is a fine natural harbor and one of America's great seaports.
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（138）The Great Plains is the eastern part of the central plain.
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（139）Problems exist in American religion. Some of the small sects are extremely intolerant.
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（140）The candidate with the most votes in a state wins all of that state’s electoral votes. This is known as the winner-take-all principle.
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（141）In April 1947, just at the end of the war, a conference was called at San Francisco in America to organize the United Nations.
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（142）Houston is located near the Gulf of Mexico and is connected with the Gulf by a deep- water channel
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（143）The first shot of the American War of Independence was fired in Lexington
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（144）New York City is the largest city in the US, followed by Los Angeles and Chicago.
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（145）A federal system is one in which power is shared between central authority and its constituent parts with some rights reserved to each.
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（146）The executive body consists of fourteen departments and many independent agencies, including the postal service.
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（147）Before the English controlled North America, Spaniards were the most important colonists there.
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（148）During the American Revolution in 1776, George Washington had his headquarters for a time in New York City.
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（149）American’s biggest challenge is coming from Pacific Rim countries such as Japan, South Korea, and Singapore.
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（150）Most Americans consider their religious beliefs and activities to be private matters.
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（151）Photography, stamp collection, needlework, and gardening are popular leisure pursuits.
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（152）The first English traveler to the New World was John Cabot.
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（153）In 1852, a New England woman named Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote novel titled Uncle Tom’s Cabin, which intensified the political debate on slavery.
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（154）Public protests by blacks and other minority groups took place in the 1960s.
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（155）All the people who start businesses dream of huge corporations in the U.S
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（156）Judicial review is the power of the courts to rule whether actions taken by the legislative or executive branches of the government are consistent with the powers granted to those branches by the US Constitution and is therefore null and void.
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（157）In 1860, the Democratic Party put up Abraham Lincoln for presidency.
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（158）The general election is held on the second Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each election year.
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（159）In 1965, the USA launched the world's first communication space satellite —"Early Bird"
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（160）Old Faithful is the most famous geyser in the Yellowstone National Park .
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（161）In the USA, the most popular sport in antumn is baseball.
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（162）Washington, the capital of the United States, is in Washington D. C. and is situated on the Potomac River between the two states of Maryland and Virginia.
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（163）In 1862, President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation which formally abolished the slavery system in America.
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（164）The US played a decisive role in ending World War I.
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（165）In the USA only the president are elected by all the people, on nationwide scale.
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（166）The US federal government has three branches: the legislative, the executive and the judicial.
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（167）In the 1960s and 1970s, tennis enjoyed a huge growth as some of the new professional stars, especially women, stimulated amateurs.
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（168）NBC also called National Broadcasting Network, is one of the three major radio and television networks in the USA.
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（169）The Christmas season begins from Thanksgiving and continues through Christmas to New Year's Day.
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（170）The continental USA runs 4505 kilometers from its Atlantic coast to Pacific coast，and 2574 kilometers from Canada to Mexico.
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（171）Between the two plateaus lies the Great Basin, including the part of Nevada, a small section of Oregon and the southeastern part of California. It is the driest part of the country.
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（172）Lake Michigan is wholly within the United States of America while the other four run along the boundary between the USA and Canada.
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（173）The Federal Government is supposed to keep independent from the states governments.
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（174）The pamphlet “Common Sense” was published by Thomas Jefferson.
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（175）With a period of rapid industrial development and prosperity in 1920’s, Americans’ purchasing power grew as quickly as it should.
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（176）In 1803, the U.S.took advantage of the European War and purchased the vast area of Louisiana.
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