2010年自考英语《英语国家概况》冲刺练习汇总

2010年自考英语《英语国家概况》冲刺练习(十)

1. The annual population growth rate of the 1990s was ______.

A. 1%

B. 0.9%

C. over 1%

D. under 1%

2. A major source of population growth is ________.

A. immigration

B. baby boom

C. rising birth rate

D. larger number of young people

3. The immigrants spread unevenly across the country, with ______having the largest percentage of immigrants.

A. Northeast

B. the West

C. Midwest

D. the South

4. ________was an important immigration spot in late 19th century and early 20th century.

A. Ellis Island

B. San Francisco

C. Hawaii

D. Miami

5. The three states that have seen the fastest growth in population in the past 20 years are ______.

A. California, Arizona and New Mexico

B. California, Florida and Nevada

C. New Mexico, Texas and Florida

D. Arizona, Nevada and Florida

6. One of the reasons for the growth of population in Florida is because of its _________.

A. expanding economy

B. large number of Cuban-Americans

C. climate

D. exotic food

7. More than _____of the population in the United States lived in city areas in 1988.

A. 60%

B. 75%

C. 90%

D. 50%

8. The population between the age of 25 and 44 increased by 28.1% from 1980 to 1989 because ___________.

A. this was the period of large inflow of young immigrants

B. this was the birth age of the baby boomers.

C. the large number born during WW II reached this age bracket

D. those who were born in the period of baby boom reached this age

bracket

9. Up to the end of WW II, there were ______waves of large-scale emigration to the United States.

A. four

B. two

C. three

D. None of the above

10. Between 1845 and 1854, about 1.5 million Irishmen emigrated to United States because of __________.

A. famine

B. English oppression

C. war

D. Both A & B

11. During the third wave of immigration from 1890 to 1910, many came from ____.

A. Britain and the Netherlands

B. Austria-Hungary and Russia

C. Japan and China

D. Mexico and Cuba

12. According to historians and specialists in demography, there are _____ great population movement(s) in the history of the United States.

A. four

B. three

C. five

D. None of the above

13. In the last great population movement, a large number of people moved to ______.

A. the Northwest

B. the sunbelt areas

C. the South

D. the Southwest

14. Between 1960 and 1990, a large number of people moved from_____.

A. core cities to the suburbs

B. rural areas to cities

C. small cities to large cities

D. None of the above