英语国家社会与文化入门试卷

一、Fill in the following information gaps(20%)(1 point each)

1. In England more than ___1__ of its population living in cities ,and about 2% of the population working in agriculture, so England is a highly urbanized country .

2. In the year of ____2_____,the first permanent settlement in North America was established, in today's Virginia .

3.Ralph Waldo Emerson, a American transcendentalist, published a startling book called __3__,he claimed by studying and respecting to nature individual could reach a higher spiritual state without form religion .

4.The U.S. federal government consist of the following three branches the executive , _____4_____and the judicial.

5.One advantage of 5 over sole proprietorship and partnership is that it has limited liability, so investors risked only the amount of their investment and not their entire assets

6.The best -known stock exchange is New York Stock Exchange located in

_____6_____area of New York City

7.WASP stands for _______7______.

8.The majority of the Catholics in the U.S. are descendants of immigrants from Ireland,_______8_______and Poland.

9.The Letherstocking Tales, they refer to the five novels written by9.

10.A collection of poems written by Walt Whitman , it is a ground-breaking book. That is 10

11.An jazz music ensemble of musicians consists of two sections:

________11________ and the percussion.

12. G.R.E and M.B.A. stand for Graduate Record Examination and

__________12________ in U.S education.

13.In the U.S., B.A. and B.S. stand for ________13_________and Bachelor of Science in higher education.

14.The two most well known computer companies are ______14_______ and Apple in the United States.

15.Now the largest software company is _____15___________whose director is Bill Gates in the United States.

16.Two Scottish cities which have a ancient and internationally respected universities, they are Edinburgh and _______16____________.

17.The Britain, the official head of state is now ________17_______ while the real center of political life is in the House of Commons .

18.The British Constitution consists of statute law ,_____18___________ and convention.

19.In jazz music major musical instrument include __19_____, clarinet, piano , trombone , cymbal ,bell, hollow wooden block, chimes ,drum, guitar etc.

20.In the American education A.S. stands for ___20_______.

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二、Choose the correct answer for each of the following (35%)(1 point each)

1. The Supreme Court of in the U.S. today consist of a chief justice and ____ associate justices.

A. 1

B. 8

C.11

D.435

2. 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.

3. 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.

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

A. George Washington.

C. John Adams.

B. Thomas Jefferson.

D. John Locke.

5. Which of the following was NOT a denomination of Protestantism?

A. Catholics.

C. Quakers.B. Puritans.

D. Church of England.

6. Which of the following is NOT guaranteed in the Bill of Rights?

A. The freedom of religion.

B. The freedom of searching a person's home by police.

C. The freedom of speech and of the press.

D. The right to own weapons if one wishes

7.Service industry does not include_______________.

A. Banking

B. Airline

B. management consultation

C. steelmaking

8. The United States produces as much as half of the world's