美国概况

　　练习题：

　　1 The following were the founding fathers of the American Republic except _____.

　　A George Washington B Thomas Jefferson

　　C William Penn D Benjamin Franklin

　　2 The New Deal was started by _____.

　　A Franklin Roosevelt B J.K. Kennedy

　　C George Washington D Thomas Jefferson

　　3 The United States was rated _____ in the world in terms of land areas.

　　A second B third C fourth D fifth

　　4 The expenditure in American public schools is guided or decided by _____.

　　A Teachers B students C headmaster D boards of education

　　5 The Bill of Rights consists of _____.

　　A 10 very short paragraphs in an amendment

　　B 10 amendments adopted in 1787

　　C 10 amendments added to the Constitution in 1791

　　D the amendments concerning the freedom of speech, the freedom of the press and the freedom of religion

　　6 The United States produces as much as much as half of the world’s _____.

　　A wheat and rice B cotton C tobacco D soybeans and corn

　　7 Which invention marked the beginning of “The Age of Visual Information”?

　　A Newspaper B Telegraph C Laundry machine D Television

　　8 The theory of American politics and the American Revolution originated mainly from _____.

　　A George Washington B Thomas Jefferson

　　C John Adams D John Locke

　　9 The District of Manhattan is in the city if _____.

　　A Washington D.C. B San Francisco C New York D Chicago

　　10 The seats in the Senate are allocated to different states_____.

　　A according to their population

　　B according to their size

　　C according to their tax paid to federal government

　　D equally

　　练习题答案及题解

　　1 C, 华盛顿、杰弗逊和弗兰克林都是美国创建时的元老功勋、而William Penn 是美国宾州的创始人。

　　2 A, 新政是罗斯福为了应对美国经济大萧条而提出的。

　　3 C, 就面积而言， 美国是世界第四大国。

　　4 D, 对此有决定权的是教育委员会。

　　5 C, 人权法案是于1791年增补到宪法法案上来的前十条修正案。

　　6 D, 美国出产占世界一半的是大豆和玉米。

　　7 D, 开创人类视觉信息革命的重大发明是电视机。

　　8 D, 美国的许多政治观念都是来源于英国著名哲学家约翰?洛克。

　　9 C, 曼哈顿是纽约市的著名经济和商业区， 也是纽约的中心地带。

　　10 D, 美国每一个州在参议院中均有两位议员作为代表，与各州人口无关和众议院不同）。