2023年英美概况题库美国部分.doc

The United States
I. Choose the correct answer.
1. In area, the United States is the c largest country in the world.
a. 2nd
b. 3rd
c. 4th
d. 5th
2. The Midwest in the US refers to the region d .
a. west of the Mississippi Valley
b. west of the Appalachian Mountains
c. east of the Rocky Mountains
d. around the Great Lakes and the upper Mississippi Valley.
3. The Backbone of North America refers to the b .
a. Appalachian Mountains
b. Rocky Mountains
c. the Rocky Mountains
d. Sierra Nevada Mountains
4. Death Valley is on the western edge of a .
a. the Great Basin
b. California
c. the Rocky Mountains
d. the Sierra Nevada Mountains
5. Which region might have a dust storm in summer? c
a. The Deep South.
b. The Middle West.
c. The Great Plains
d. The Central Valley of California.
6. Which area has the highest rainfall in the US? b
a. The region around the Great Lakes.
b. The western part of Washington State.
c. The Middle Atlantic states.
d. The Central Valley of California.
7. The US primary suppliers of foreign oil are the following countries except b .
a. Canada
b. Japan
c. Venezuela
d. Saudi Arabia
8. The US largest open-pit copper-mining center is in b .
a. California
b. Utah
c. Montana
d. South Dakota
9. The over 3 million of early Americans in 1790 were mostly of ancestry. c
a. Spanish
b. French
c. British
d. Dutch
10. How many immigrants were legally received by the US each year during the 1980s? b
a. About 270,000.
b. About 700,000.
c. About 675,000.
d. About 800,000
11. The official racial segregation continued to be the law of the US until d .
a. 1860
b. 1863
c. 1918
d. 1954
12. American Indians now mainly live in the a .
a. South
b. West
c. Midwest
d. Northeast
13. The majority of American Hispanics are from the following countries except c .
a. Mexico
b. Cuba
c. Spain
d. Puerto Rico
14. According to the text, which region now leads in percentage increase in population? c
a. The Northeast.
b. The Great Plains.
c. The South.
d. The West.
15. According to the 1994 US census, the second most populous state in the US is c .
a. California
b. New York
c. Texas
d. Washington
16. The trend in migration from cities to suburbs now prevailed in all region b .
a. the Northeast
b. the South
c. the Midwest
d. the West
17. According to the text, the ancestors of the present American Indians came from c .
a. Europe
b. Africa
c. Asia
d. Mongolia
18. Which is not correct to explain the reasons for the sudden daring exploration of the unknown in the mid-15th century? a
a. The ambition for the cast lands.
b. The strong desire for Eastern goods.
c. The improvements in navigation and naval architecture.
d. The great spirit of adventure started by the Renaissance.
19. On his voyage of 1492, Columbus expected to reach c .
a. the New world
b. the West Indies
c. India
d. America
20 Among the following navigators who discovered the route to India? b
a. Christopher Columbus.
b. Vasco da Gama.
c. Bartholoneu Diaz.
d. Ferdinand Magellan.
21. Who was sent by the English King to explore the new way to the East? b
a. Jacques Cartier.
b. John Cabot.
c. Bartholeneu Diaz.
d. Ferdinand Magellan.
22. Which colony in the following was not founded first by the English? c
a. Virginia.
b. Massachusetts.
c. New York
d. Georgia.
23. The breadbasket colonies include the following ones except d .
a. New York
b. Pennsylvania
c. Maryland
d. Virginia
24. The last one fo the 13 colonies was c , which was established in 1733.
a. North Carolina
b. South Carolina
c. Georgia
d. Maryland
25. There was a great change in British policy towards the 13 colonies after .
a. 1760
b. 1763
c. 1764
d. 1767
26. Which Act first set a large scale of opposition in the colonies? b
a. The Sugar Act of 1764.
b. The Stamp Act of 1765.
c. The Quartering Act of 1765.
d. The Tea Act
27. The Tea Act of 1773 was passed by the British Parliament in order to c .
a. get more money from the colonies
b. provide cheap tea for the American consumers
c. help the British East India Company
d. monopolize the American tea business
28. The First Continental Congress was attended by the representatives from all the colonies except d .
a. Delaware
b. Pennsylvania
c. Massachusetts
d, Georgia
29. The first shot of the American War of Independence was fired in b .
a. Concord
b. Lexington
c. Philadelphia
d. Boston
30. Thomas Paine’s Common Sense urged the American colonists to d .
a. abolish slavery in the colonies
b. continue a shipping trade with England
c. win independence through peaceful means
d. declare their independence
31. The principal author of the Declaration of Independence was b .
a. Benjamin Franklin
b. Thomas Jefferson
c. George Washington
d. John Adams
32. Which victory was considered as the turning point of the War of Independence? c
a. The victory at Trenton.
b. The victory at Boston.
c. The victory at Saratoga.
d. The victory at Yorktown.
33. The Confederation created in 1781 was a a .
a. very loose union of states
b. very powerful central government
c. very firm league of states
d. weak government without the legislative power
34. Who was called the Father of the US Constitution? d
a. George Washington.
b. Benjamin Franklin.
c. Alexander Hamilton.
d. James Madison.
35. According to the text, the Constitution was framed on the following ideas except that d .
a. there should be three branches of government: one to make laws, another to execute them, and a third to settle questions of law
b. the three branches should be able to check and balance the other
c. the national government is a government of the people, and not of states alone
d. the new government should impose its authority on the people through states
36. Those who supported the Constitution and preferred a strong national government were called c .
a. Democrats
b. Republicans
c. Federalists
d. Antifederalists
37. How many states were needed to ratify the Constitution? b
a. Eight
b. Nine
c. Eleven
d. Thirteen
38. Which is incorrect to comment on the Federalist Papers? d
a. They support the ratification of the Constitution
b. The defend the principles of the Constitution
c. They help dispel the fears of a national authority
d. They spell out the people’s right
39. The amendment of the Constitution requires the approval of at least c of the states.
a. one-third
b. two-thirds
c. three-fourths
d. three-fifths
40. When the Second War of Independence broke out in 1812, the US president was b .
a. Thomas Jefferson
b. James Madison
c. John Adams
d. James Monroe
41. The Monroe Doctrine had the following features or ideas except d .
a. non-colonization
b. America for Americans
c. non-intervention
d. Latin America for Europeans
42. The US continental expansion was almost complete by d .
a. 1840
b. 1845
c. 1846
d. 1848
43. Cotton became the most profitable crop in the South mainly because of the b .
a. use of irrigation on plantation
b. Whitney’s cotton gin
c. slave labour
d. improved agricultural techniques
44. in 1854, the Republican Party was founded by some b .
a. slaveholders
b. abolitionists
c. democrats
d. proslavery persons
45. In his inaugural address in 1861, Lincoln showed clearly that he b .
a. would abolish slavery in the South
b. would not abolish slavery immediately but to preserve the Union
c. would wage a war against slavery
d. had no idea to abolish slavery in the South
46. Which of the following statements about the Emancipation Proclamation is not accurate? a
a. It immediately freed all slaves living in the United States.
b. It freed slaves only in the Confederacy.
c. It brought many blacks to serve in the Union Army.
d. It gave the North a high moral reason for continuing the war.
47. the most important advantage the North had over the South in the Civil War was its d .
a. manpower
b. superior military leadership
c. European allies
d. industrial superiority
48. An advantage the South had over the North was its d .
a. great mineral resources
b. great number of railroads
c. manpower
d. superior military leadership
49. The first US president who faced impeachment proceedings was b .
a. James Buchanan
b. Andrew Johnson
c. Ulysses S. Grant
d. Rutherford B. Hays
50. The radical Reconstruction was ended under President d .
a. Abraham Lincoln
b. Andrew Johnson
c. Ulysses S. Grant
d. Rutherford B. Hays
51. Gold was discovered in California in c .
a. 1828
b. 1838
c. 1848
d. 1858
52. The first transcontinental railroad in the US was completed in c .
a. 1850
b. 1859
c. 1869
d. 1890
53. Telephone was invented in 1876 by b .
a. Thomas B. Edison
b. Alexander D. Bell
c. Guglielmo Marconi
d. George Westinghouse
54. According to the text the value of manufactured goods in the US was worth twice as that of her agricultural products by d .
a. 1860
b. 1890
c. 1894
d. 1900
55. The first imperialist, the US-Spanish War, broke out in c .
a. 1886
b. 1890
c. 1898
d. 1900
56. After US-Spanish War, the US acquired all the following areas except d .
a. Puerto Rico
b. Guam
c. the Philippines
d. Cuba
57. By the beginning of the 20th century the country that took the first place in economy in Europe was a .
a. Germany
b. France
c. Britain
d. Russia
58. When the First World War began, President Wilson immediately called upon the American people to b .
a. be ready for the war
b. observe strict neutrality
c. give financial help to the Allies
d. end the trade relations with Germany
59. The US joined the First World War in d .
a. 1914
b. 1915
c. 1916
d. 1917
60. Wilson’s Fourteen Points did not include the point of d .
a. disarmament
b. creation of an international organization of nations
c. freedom of the seas, in peace and war
d. creation of an international peacekeeping force
61. Which statement about the US in 1920s is not true? b
a. The gross national product rose.
b. Only the rich could afford new consumer goods.
c. The youth suspected the values of the older generation.
d. There was a fast urbanization in the whole country.
62. In responding to the Depression, President Hoover thought that the basic role of the Government was to b .
a. provide government aid for the poor
b. create conditions favorable to the development of private enterprises
c. intervene in the affairs of economy
d. take the responsibility for the welfare of the people
63. The agricultural Adjustment Act was an attempt to deal with the farmers’ problem of d .
a. soil erosion
b. declining labor supply
c. inflation
d. overproduction
64. Which one is not right to comment on the New Deal? d
a. It relieved unemployment through a vast scheme of public works.
b. It offered relief to farmers through providing money at low rates of interest.
c. It brought in old age and unemployment insurance through providing a system of pension.
d. It reduced the commodity prices by limiting production and devaluing the dollar.
65. Between 1935 and 1939, American foreign policy included all of the following except d .
a. the prohibition of the sale of arms or equipment to nations at war
b. the prohibition of loans to belligerent nations
c. cash-and-carry policy
d. active intervention to prevent aggression
66. The US formerly entered the Second World War in d .
a. 1937
b. 1939
c. 1940
d. 1941
67. Normandy Landing took place on a .
a. June 6, 1944
b. July 6, 1944
c. April 30, 1945
d. April 12, 1945
68. At which conference did Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin agree to call a conference of all the United Nations in San Francisco in April 1945? d
a. The Conference in Teheran, on Nov. 28, 1943.
b. The Conference in Cairo, on Nov. 23, 1943.
c. The Conference at Dumbarton Oaks, in the fall of 1944.
d. Yalta Conference, in Feb. 1945.
69. The post-World War II program of economic assistance to Western Europe was known as c .
a. containment policy
b. Truman Plan
c. Marshall Plan
d. Communist prevention
70. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., advocated the philosophy of b .
a. economic equality
b. nonviolence
c. military protest
d. black power
71. Thousands of American soldiers were sent to Vietnam under President c .
a. Dwight D. Eisenhower
b. John F. Kennedy
c. Lyndon B. Johnson
d. Richard M. Nixon
72. The formal diplomatic relation at the ambassadorial rank between China and the US was established under President b .
a. Nixon
b. Carter
c. Reagan
d. Bush
73. The power of the state in the US is actually from d .
a. the central government
b. the state constitution
c. the US Constitution
d. both b and c
74. The supreme law of the United States includes d .
a. the US Constitution
b. treaties under the authority of the United States
c. laws to ensure the constitutional power being practiced
d. all the above three
75. The terms of the senator and representative are d and years respectively.
a. two…four
b. two…three
c. two…six
d. six…two
76. Which Amendment provided for the direct election of senators? b
a. The 16th Amendment (1913)
b. The 17th Amendment (1913)
c. The 18th Amendment (1919)
d. The 19th Amendment (1920)
77. Certain presidential appointments must be approved by a majority vote in d .
a. Congress
b. the House
c. the Supreme Court
d. the Senate
78. All revenue or tax bills must be originated in b .
a. the Cabinet
b. the House
c. the Senate
d. the Executive Office
79. Who is second in line in presidential succession? a
a. The Speaker of the House.
b. The Vice President.
c. The president pro tempore.
d. The leader of the majority party in the Senate.
80. In the House, the power to decide when the full House will hear the bill is vested in a .
a. the Rules Committee
b. the standing committee
c. Subcommittee
d. the select committee
81. Which one in the following limits the President to two successive terms only? c
a. The 20th Amendment (1933)
b. The 21st Amendment (1933)
c. The 22nd Amendment (1951)
d. The 23rd Amendment (1961)
82. The American President has all the following powers except c .
a. deploying armed forces
b. making treaties
c. declaring war on another country
d. granting pardons
83. The president’s major appointments should be approved by c .
a. Congress
b. the House
c. the Senate
d. the Suprem