英美文化第一次比赛题库

英美文化第一次比赛题库

初赛共分10组试题每组里面含有5道试题难易程度基本一致如果出现分数一样的请抢答10道题按照答对题数进行排名

第一组

1._____ is the traditional holiday created by the American people.

A.Christmas

B.Thanksgiving Day

C.Halloween

D.Easter

2.Mrs. Reed is a character in the novel Jane Eyre written by _____.

A.Jane Austen

B.Emily Bronte

C.Charlotte Bronte

D.Elizabeth Barrett Browning

3.The Last Supper and Mona Lisa were painted by _____, a great Italian

painter.

A.Raphael

B.Leonardo da Vinci

C.Picasso

D.Ganguin

4.The film _____ shows Americans search for gold.

A.Modern Times

B.The Gold Rush

C.City Lights

D. A king in New York

5.In 1803, the United States took the advantage of the European War and

purchased the vast area of _____ from Napoleon with 15,000,000 dollars.

A.Alaska

B.Louisiana

C.Kansas

D.Nevada

第二组

1.When do Americans celebrate Thanksgiving Day

A.the fourth Thursday in November

B.the third Thursday in November

C.the fourth Thursday in June

D.the second Wednesday in November

2.In the battle of Waterloo, the Great Napoleon was completely defeated

by _____.

A.the Duke of Wellington

B.Jordan

C.George Washington

D.Robert

E. lee

3.Which of the following books was not written by Ernest Hemingway

A.The Sun Also Rises

B.The Sound and the Fury

C.Farewell to Arms

D.For Whom the Bell Tolls

4.Which of the following sports was NOT invented in Britain Basketball

5.

6.Which region might have a dust storm in summer

A.The Deep South.

B.The Middle West.

C.The Great Plains The Sun Also Rises

D.The Sound and the Fury

E.Farewell to Arms

F.For Whom the Bell Tolls

G.

H.The Central Valley of California.

第三组

1.The US primary suppliers of foreign oil are the following countries

except .

A.Canada

B.Japan

C.Venezuela

D.Saudi Arabia

2.On his voyage of 1492, Columbus expected to reach .

A.the New world

B.the West Indies

C.India

D.America

3.The last one of the 13 colonies was , which was

established in 1733.

A.North Carolina

B.South Carolina

C.Georgia

D.Maryland

4.The first shot of the American War of Independence was fired

in .

A.Concord

B.Lexington

C.Philadelphia

D.Boston

5.Telephone was invented in 1876 by .

A.Thomas

B. Edison

B.Alexander D. Bell

C.Guglielmo Marconi

D.George Westinghouse

第四组

1.By the beginning of the 20th century the country that took the first

place in economy in Europe was .

A.Germany

B.France

C.Britain

D.Russia

2.When the First World War began, President Wilson immediately called

upon the American people to .

A.be ready for the war

B.observe strict neutrality

C.give financial help to the Allies

D.end the trade relations with Germany

3.The US formerly entered the Second World War in .

A.1937

B.1939

C.1940

D.1941

4.Thousands of American soldiers were sent to Vietnam under

President .