2022年英美文化100题_共7页

1、英美概况1. the colonial life can be described as the following except _b_. a. simple b. easy c. rough d. hard 2. on october 19th, 1781, the british general cornwallis and his 7,000 men surrendered at _a_. a. yorktown b. boston c. charleston 3. the first ten amendments, known as _a_, were added to the co

2、nstitution in 1791. a. the bill of rights b. the articles c. civil rights 4. the pamphlet “ common sense” was written by _b_. a. thomas edison b. thomas paine c. thomas jefferson 5. as the result of the u.s.-mexican war, nearly _b_ of the entire territory of mexico was lost. a. 1/4 b. 1/2 c. 1/3 6.

3、in 1844 the u.s. forced the chinese government to sign the first unequal treaty of _b_. a. wangxia b. nanjing c. tianjin 7. the _a_ stopped the holy alliance s program, and prevented the european countries from extending their influence. a. monroe doctrine b. sedition act c. holy alliance 8. _b_ was

4、 the first president who developed the power of vote into one of the means of making laws. a. john adams b. andrew jackson c. andrew johnson 9. during the civil war lincoln issued the _b_, which declared the abolition of slavery. a. homestead bill b. emancipation proclamation c. both a and b 10. the

5、 battle of _b_ was the turning point of the american civil war. a. bull run b. gettysburg c. richmond 11. mccarthy was notorious for his harsh _c_ persecution of the progressive people. a. religious b. spiritual c. political 12. the ku klux klan was the most notorious terrorist society which persecu

6、ted the _a_. a. blacks b. indians c. progressive people 13. in sino-american relations theodore roosevelt exercised the so-called “ _a_ ” , invading china by means of both force and culture. a. open door policy b. big stick c. douglas bill 14. the assassination of a (n) _c_ prince, arch duke fedinan

7、d, served as the direct fuse for the outbreak of wwi. a. australia b. belgium c. austria 15. in april 1945 a conference was held at _a_ to organize the united nations. a. san francisco b. new york c. philadelphia 16. the two fighting sides in wwii were _a_. a. the allies and the axis (powers) b. the

8、 axis and holy alliance c. the central powers and the allies 17. the president franklin d. roosevelt proposed a policy called _c_ to save the economic situation. 精品学习资料 可选择p d f - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 第 1 页，共 7 页 - - - - - - - - -a. good neighbour b. the open door policy c. the new deal 18. the

9、 _c_ broke out in june 1950 and ended in the summer of 1953. a. vietnam war b. cold war c. korean war 19. in april 1949 twelve nations established the nato to coordinate the military actions of member nations against the _c_. a. germany b. japan c. soviet union (2 ban stopped here) 20. the second wo

10、rld war broke out in september, _a_ and ended in august _. a. 1939, 1945 b. 1937, 1943 c. 1938, 1945 21. the battle of _a_ took place in 1942 and it was the turning point of the pacific area. a. midway island b. britain c. normandy 22. on december 7th, 1941, the base of the american pacific fleet, p

11、earl harbour, was suddenly attacked by the _c_ air force and navy. a. spanish b. french c. japanese 23. the declaration of independence was drafted by a committee including _b_ as head. a. george washington b. thomas jefferson c. both a and b 24. in 1945 a conference was held in _a_ to found the uni

12、ted nations. a. san francisco b. chicago c. new york 25. president nixon visited china in _c_. a. 1973 b. 1974 c. 1972 26. _c_ was the only american president who was re-elected three times in succession. a. theodore roosevelt b. george washington c. franklin d. roosevelt d. thomas jefferson 27. the

13、 city s name “ philadelphia” means _a_. a. brotherly love b. fishing pit c. philosophy 28. only the climate in the southern part of _a_ is tropical. a. florida b. georgia c. virginia 29. about _b_ of the world s annual agricultural products come from the united states. a. half b. one third c. two th

14、irds 30. the highest mountain in the u.s. is mount _b_. a. appalachian b. mekinley c. rocky 31. the two largest chinatowns are located in the following cities except _c_. a. new york b. san francisco c. miami 32. texas, having belonged to _c_, was annexed by the u.s. in 1845. a. france b. russia c.

15、mexico 33. the city st. louis in america is called the gateway towards the _b_. a. east b. west c. northeast d. southwest 精品学习资料 可选择p d f - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 第 2 页，共 7 页 - - - - - - - - -34. the steel and iron industries are mainly distributed around the city of _a_. a. pittsburgh b. chicago

16、 c. new york 35. the largest industrial city in america is _a_. a. chicago b. boston c. houston 36. _c_ is famous for many stores and shops. a. wall street b. broadway c. fifth avenue 37. in _a_, people can find the historical spot, the independence national historical park. a. philadelphia b. st. l

17、ouis c. san francisco 38. boston is situated in boston bay, _b_. a. maine b. massachusetts c. connecticut 39.in “song of myself ”, whitman writes that _. c a. woman is not worth mentioning b. woman is not as great as man c. woman as the mother of human beings is the greatest d. none of the above 40.

18、the theme of thanksgiving has always been _. b a. friendship and happiness b. peace and plenty c. cooperation and rich reward d. love and happiness 41. london is situated on the river of _b_ a. parret b. thames c. spey 42. edinburgh is the capital of _b_. a. england b. scotland c. wales 43. the glor

19、ious revolution in 1688 was in nature a _a_. a. coup d etat b. racial slaughter c. peasant rising 44. the industrial revolution laid a good foundation for the _a_. a. factory of the world b. expansion of markets c. social upheaval 45. the american revolution (the american war of independence) broke

20、out in _a_ and ended in _. a. 1775, 1783 b. 1774, 1782 c. 1786, 1784 46. the battle of hastings took place in _c_. a. 1606 b. 1042 c. 1066 47. william shakespeare is mainly a _b_. a. novelist b. dramatist c. poet 48. england first became a sea power in the time of _b_. a. henry vii b. elizabeth i c.

21、 victoria 49. the industrial revolution first started in _b_. a. the iron industry b. the textile industry c. the coal industry 50. the greatest dramatist of the english renaissance was _a_. 精品学习资料 可选择p d f - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 第 3 页，共 7 页 - - - - - - - - -a. shakespeare b. milton c. chaucer

22、d. bacon 51. the most famous broadcasting company in britain is _a_. a. british broadcasting corporation b. independent broadcasting authority c. reuters 52. _b_ is the monarch s present london home. a. westminster palace b. buckingham palace c. whitehall palace 53. stratford-on-avon is the place wh

23、ere _a_ was born in 1564. a. william shakespeare b. charles dickens c. samuel butler 54. the famous story _a_ helps washington irving earn great fame in the literary world. a. “ rip van winkle” b. “ the legend of sleepy hollow” c. “ the adventures of a german student” 55. _b_ is regarded as the fath

24、er of detective stories. a. mark twain b. edgar allan poe c. herman melville 56. _a_ is the first writer in america to win the nobel prize in literature. a. sinclair lewis b. saul bellow c. ernest hemingway 57. the greatest american playwright is _b_. a. arthur miller b. eugene o neil c. robert fros

25、t 58. _a_ belonged to the lost generation. a. ernest hemingway b. wilt whitman c. tennessee williams 59. the most popular sport in america is _b_. a. baseball b. basketball c. football 60. after his death a bust of henry wadsworth longfellow was placed in the poet s corner of _a_. a. westminster abb

26、ey b. camp of cambridge university c. oxford university 61. for his work, _b_ was honoured “ the harlem laureate” . a. robert frost b. langston hughs c. walt whitman 62. arthur miller s masterpiece is _a_. a. death of a salesman b. the crucible c. the price 63. _a_ is the earliest university in amer

27、ica. a. harvard b. yale c. rhode island 64. the father of american literature was _a_. a. mark twain b. washington irving c. walt whitman d. jack london 65. valentine s day falls on _. a. july 4thb. march 21stc. february 14th 66. a hamburger is usually made from _a_. a. beef b. pork c. combination o

28、f beef and pork 67. in america snack bars and coffee shops are usually _a_. 精品学习资料 可选择p d f - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 第 4 页，共 7 页 - - - - - - - - -a. cheap b. expensive c. formal 68. the outstanding characteristic of american society is the diversity of _c_. a. climate b. industry c. people 69. so

29、metimes two couples go out together. this is known as _c_. a. steady dating b. casual dating c. double dating d. blind dating 70. the popular american belief is _b_. a. part-time working b. self-made man c. manual labour (class 1 stopped here) 71william, duke of normandy, is now known as _. a willia

30、m rufus bwilliam the confessor cwilliam the great dwilliam the conqueror 72in britain,_ is the symbol of the whole nation. a the queen bthe prime minister cthe prince dthe parliament 73easter is the chief christian festival, which celebrates_. a the birth of jesus christ bthe resurrection of jesus c

31、hrist cthe coming of spring dthe revival of christianity 74which work praised the idea of equality and democracy and also celebrated the dignity, the self-reliant spirit and the joy of the common man? a a leaves of grass by walt whitman. bself-reliance by ralph waldo emerson. clife on the mississipp

32、i by mark twain. d sister carrie by theodore dreiser. 75.in 1620,_ sailed to the new world in a ship called “mayflower. a. the puritans b. the pilgrims c. the english nobles d. the english poor 76.in his inaugural speech,_ said that “ the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. a. woodrew wilson

33、b. theodore roosevelt c. franklin d.roosevelt d. george washington 77.the telephone was invented in 1876 by _. a. thomas edison b. alexander bell c. george westinghouse d. albert einstein 78.after charles i was beheaded,_ became lord protector and exercised bourgeois dictatorship. a. james ii b. cro

34、wnwell c. charles ii d. elizabeth i 79.westminster abbey is well known for its _ which has been the traditional burial ground of the most famous english poets. a. speakers corner b. london tower c. poets corner d. archbishop 精品学习资料 可选择p d f - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 第 5 页，共 7 页 - - - - - - - - -80

35、.the nobles forced king john to sign _ on june 15,1215. a. the great charter b. the people s charter c. the declaration of btreda d. the bill of rights 81.britain s climate is characterized by _. a. cold winter and hot summer b. spring all the year round c. fog and drought d. mild temperature and pl

36、entiful rainfall 82.the pentagon is a large building which houses the us _ department. a. foreign affairs b. defense c. cultural d. development 83._ is the pseudonym of samuel langhorne clemens. a. walt whitman b. mark twain c. bret harte d. henry 84. _ began in the early 20th century as a music of

37、black americans. a. jazz b. rock and roll c. country music d. both b and c. 85. uncle tom s cabin gives a vivid description of the _. a. early settlers b. puritans c. native indians d. black slaves 86.america was named after_. a. italian navigator columbus b. navigator amerigo vespucci c. some india

38、n chieftain d. george washington, founding father of the united states 87.the eldest son of queen elizabeth ,prince charles, prince of_, is the heir to the throne. a. england b. scotland c. wales d. northern ireland 88. john milton s greatest poetical work _ is the only generally acknowledged epic i

39、n english literature since beowulf. a. areopagiticab. paradise lostc. lycidasd. samson agonistes 89. charles dickens novel _ is famous for its vivid descriptions of the workhouse and life of the underworld in the nineteenth-century london. a. the pickwick paperb. oliver twistc. david copperfieldd. n

40、icholas nickleby 90. as a sequel to the adventures of tom sawyer, _ marks the climax of mark twain s literary activity. a. the adventures of huckleberry finn b. life on the mississippic. the gilded age d. roughing it 91. “ it is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a

41、good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” the quoted part is taken from_. a. jane eyreb. wuthering heightsc. pride and prejudiced. sense and sensibility 92. shakespeare s four greatest tragedies are _. a. romeo and juliet, othello, king lear, hamlet 精品学习资料 可选择p d f - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 第 6 页，

42、共 7 页 - - - - - - - - -b. hamlet, othello, macbeth, the merchant of venice c. hamlet, othello, king lear, macbeth d. romeo and juliet, the merchant of venice, othello, hamlet 93. the major concern of _ fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological development of his characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature. a. john galsworthy s b. thomas hardy s c. d. h. lawrence s d. charles dickens 94. the work that