《英语国家文化》专八人文知识

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considered “necessary and proper.”
12. The president of the Senate is the ________________ and the presiding officer of the House is
________________.
13. The number of Representatives is fixed at________________.
28. In1620 agroup of ________________ sailed forAmericaon a ship called the Mayflower.
Together with those who arrived later, they set up four colonies, which they called
________________ colonies.
30. The motto of the colonies was “No taxation without ________________.”
31. The eastern part of theUSconsists of highlands formed by the________________Range, the
25. If a President dies or resigns or is removed from office, ________________ succeeds him.
26. The earliest inhabitants inAmericawere ________________, who had come over from
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________________ by crossing the land bridge across the present________________Strait.
27. Christopher Columbus discovered the NewWorld in the year of ________________.
capitalism.
41. TheUnited Stateshad surpassed ________________ in industrial production by the 1880s.
42. The stock raising areas of theUnited Statesare scattered in the neighborhood of the
________________.
29. In terms of their political administration, the thirteen British colonies can be divided into three
types: the ________________ colonies, the ________________ colonies and the
4. In legislation the President has a ________________ power over bills passed by Congress.
5. In theUnited Statestreaties signed by the president with other countries and officials appointed
10. Congress consists of the ________________ and the House of ________________.
11. As a legislative body, Congress has the power to make any ________________ that are
23. If no candidate receives a majority of the votes of the electors, the ________________ chooses
the President and the ________________ chooses the Vice-President.
________________.
40. The three stages that the American economy has experienced in its development are
________________ capitalism, ________________ capitalism and ________________
and ________________ form the second.
38. In the 19th century a large number of Chinese were shipped toAmericaas
“________________.”
39. Most of the Black people in theUSspeak ________________, but the Hispanics speak
by him must be confirmed by the ________________.
6. The Constitution says that only ________________ can declare war upon other nations.
7. The Department of State is headed by the ________________.
24. In 1951 Congress passed an amendment to the Constitution to limit a president to
________________ terms or to ________________ years successively in office.
highest peak of which isMount________________.
32. The two great plateaus west of theRockiesare: the ________________Plateau and the
________________ Plateau.
14. Today the real work of both houses of Congress is done in their ________________.
15. The President’s veto may be overruled by a ________________ vote of both houses of
and the “________________ of powers.”
2. The Constitution gives the executive power to the ________________ alone.
3. The Cabinet of the American government is made up of the heads of ________________.
8. The Department of Justice is headed by the ________________.
9. The national parks in theUnited Statesare managed by the Department of ________________.
________________ Party. They both broke up during the early part of the 19th century.
20. The party that wins a ________________ of the popular votes in the state on the Election Day
33.Alaskaincludes the mainland and the________________Islands.
34. Of the five Great Lakes,Lake________________is wholly within theUni源自文库ed States.
35. Black people in theUSare descended from black slaves imported from ________________.
18. The chief executive of a state is the ________________, elected by ________________ vote.
He or she is the commander of the affairs of the state.
19. The two political parties that emerged in 1789 were the ________________ Party and the
Congress.
16. The Judicial branch of theUSgovernment is headed by the ________________.
17. Like the federal government, a state government is made up of ________________ branches.
will get all the electoral votes of that state.
21. The Presidential candidate who gets the majority of the ________________ votes is elected
President of theUnited States.
36. Black people were declared free initially by Abraham Lincoln’s ________________ in 1863.
37. ________________ people constitute the largest ethnic-racial minority group in theUStoday,
________________, in the ________________ and on the eastern slopes of theRockyRange.
Part II Multiple Choice (20 Items, 1 point each)
1. The continentalUnited Statesis situated in the ________ part of NorthAmerica.
[A] northern [B] southern
[C] central [D] eastern
2. The ________ Mountains form the continental divide of theUnited States.
[A] Appalachian [B] Rocky
[C]Sierra Nevada[D] Cordillera
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学号________姓名________年级________班级________
《英语国家文化》期末考试试卷(B)
请将所有答案做在答题纸上
Part I Blank Filling (60 blanks, 0.5 point each)
1. The Constitution of theUnited Statesfollows two principles: the ________________ system
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