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第三章 单元测试

1、判断题：
The United States of America was established as an independent nation on July 4, 1776, with a federal government exercising highest authority since then.

选项：
A:对
B:错
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2、多选题：
Some of the most important principles established in the US Constitution include __________.

选项：
A:checks and balances
B: limited government
C:popular sovereignty
D:federal system
E:separation of powers
答案:

3、判断题：
Separation of powers ensures that political power in the US is separated between a federal or national government and a series of state governments.

选项：
A:对
B:错
答案:

4、单选题：
Which of the following statements concerning the US Congress are NOT true?

选项：
A:Senators and House members are different in their numbers and their terms of office.
B:Congress is made up of Senate and the House of Representatives, each with legislators elected by the people.
C:The number of House members is equal among all 50 states, with 2 members from each state.
D:All suggested legislations would be decided by members of the US Congress.
答案:

5、判断题：
The number of Senators each state has is determined by its population. More populated states have more senators.

选项：
A:对
B:错
答案:

6、判断题：
The Supreme Court is the highest court in the United States, which means a decision of the Supreme Court cannot be appealed to any other court.

选项：
A:错
B:对
答案:

7、多选题：
In the United States federal government, the executive branch __________.

选项：
A:is headed by President, Vice President and a group of advisors collectively known as the President’s cabinet.
B:  is responsible for foreign relations with other countries
C:comprises President, Vice President, and other executive officials
D: is with the most important function of making the federal law and collecting federal taxes
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8、多选题：
Which of the following statements concerning the US political parties is NOT true?

选项：
A:The Republican Party is the party with longer history in American political stage.
B:The Democratic Party is the more conservative party, supporting limited government regulation of the economy, lower taxes, and more traditional social policies.

C:There are virtually no other party except for the Democratic Party and the Republican Party in the US.
D: The US has a two-party system, with Democratic Party and the Republican Party as the two leading parties.
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9、判断题：
All members of the Congress are directly elected by the people of each state.

选项：
A:对
B:错
答案:

10、判断题：
American Presidents and Vice-Presidents are directly elected by voters in each state.

选项：
A:对
B:错
答案:

第四章 单元测试

1、单选题：
Lord Baltimore who set up the colony of （    ） was（     ） in religion.

选项：
A:Baptism, Virginia

B:Catholic, Maryland
C:Quaker, Pennsylvania
D:Puritan, New England
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2、判断题：
By the early 1760s, the 13 English colonies in North America were ready to separate themselves from Europe.

选项：
A:对
B:错
答案:

3、判断题：
Alexander Hamilton was the third president of the U.S.

选项：
A:错
B:对
答案:

4、判断题：
Many people believe that the economic freedom of capitalism is crucial to America’s economic success.

选项：
A:错
B:对
答案:

5、判断题：
The federal government emerged from the war as a potent economic actor, able to regulate economic activity and to partially control the economy through spending and consumption.

选项：
A:错
B:对
答案:

6、单选题：
The Vietnam War was responsible for (    ) on the financial resources of the US economy.

选项：
A:A gradual growth
B: A further development
C:A heavy strain
D:A rapid increase
答案:

7、单选题：
President Ronald Reagan was a strong supporter of the idea that (    ).

选项：
A:The federal government needed big decreases in national defense.
B:Government regulations should be reinforced to affect the consumer and the workplace.

C:Social programs should be reinforced.
D:The federal government had too much power and influence.
答案:

8、判断题：
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is a pact eliminating most trade barriers between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico that went into effect on January 1, 1994.

选项：
A:对
B:错
答案:

9、判断题：
The Trans-Pacific Partnership was a free trade agreement between the United States and 11 other countries that border the Pacific Ocean. Before that could happen, on January 23, 2017, President Trump signed an executive order to withdraw the United States from the agreement.

选项：
A:错
B:对
答案:

10、单选题：
The dramatic increase in the number of births (     ) in the U.S. is called the Baby Boom.

选项：
A:From 1974 to 1986
B:From 1924 to 1936
C:From 1946 to 1964
D:From 1994 to 2006
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第五章 单元测试

1、判断题：
American university students have always liked to get degrees that are aimed at preparing them specifically for certain professions.

选项：
A:对
B:错
答案:

2、判断题：
One of the things that decides whether an applicant can be accepted by a college is his/her scores on the Scholastic Aptitude Tests.

选项：
A:错
B:对
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3、判断题：
Under the NCLB law, if a school misses its state’s annual achievement targets for two years or more, it is identified as not “making AYP” and is subject to a cascade of increasingly serious sanctions.

选项：
A:错
B:对
答案:

4、判断题：
Segregating blacks into separate schools was unconstitutional after the decision of the Supreme Court in 1954.

选项：
A:错
B:对
答案:

5、判断题：
Harvard College was originally founded to train government officials.

选项：
A:对
B:错
答案:

6、多选题：
In the 17th century, the Puritans introduced two practices that still influence American youth: ______ and ______.

选项：
A:“Latin Grammar” school
B:compulsory education
C:public taxation for schools
D:private education
答案:

7、单选题：
The most common division between primary and secondary education in the US is ___________.

选项：
A:grammar schools (Grade Kindergarten to Grade 6) and high schools (Grade 7 to Grade 12)
B:elementary schools (Grade Kindergarten to Grade 8) and high schools (Grade 9 to Grade 12)
C:elementary schools (Grade Kindergarten to Grade 3), middle schools (Grade 4 to Grade 6) and high schools (Grade 7 to Grade 12)
D:primary schools (Grade 1 to Grade 6) and middle schools (Grade 7 to Grade 12)
答案:

8、多选题：
Most secondary schools offer the same “core” of required subjects, including: ______.

选项：
A:social studies and physical education
B:mathematics
C:English
D:science
答案:

9、多选题：
Common American higher education institutions include __________.

选项：
A:colleges, with undergraduate programs
B:two-year, or community colleges
C:universities, with both undergraduate and graduate schools
D:technical training and other special-purpose institutions
答案:

10、单选题：
The expenditure in American public schools is guided or decided by ______.

选项：
A:headmasters
B:teachers
C:boards of education
D:students
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第六章 单元测试

1、判断题：
Pax Americana indicates American policy to create a world order dominated by the United States.

选项：
A:对
B:错
答案:

2、判断题：
The United States had its first test of the hydrogen bomb in 1953 after the Soviet Union had its such test in 1952.

选项：
A:错
B:对
答案:

3、判断题：
The Clinton Administration made international peace, economic prosperity and promotion of democracy the three pillars of American foreign policy.

选项：
A:错
B:对
答案:

4、判断题：
When George W. Bush became president, his foreign strategy had two prominent elements: isolationism and faith in military strength.

选项：
A:对
B:错
答案:

5、判断题：
After the Sept. 11 terrorist attack, anti-terrorism became a priority on the agenda of the majority of the countries all over the world.

选项：
A:错
B:对
答案:

6、单选题：
After the Second World War, the United States became a stronger country, proved by the following facts except that _______.

选项：
A:the US suffered no losses in the war
B:the US had over 70% of the gold reserve of the world in its coffers
C:the US had over 50% of industrial production of the world in its hand
D:the US was the sole possessor of atomic bombs
答案:

7、单选题：
During the arms race between the Soviet Union and the US, what caused fear and anxiety on the part of the Unite States?

选项：
A:The Warsaw Pact was founded in 1955.
B:In 1949, the Soviet Union detonated its first atomic device.
C:In 1957, the Soviet Union launched two Sputniks into the orbit.
D:The Soviet Union had its first test of the bomb in 1953.
答案:

8、单选题：
When did President Nixon make a trip to China to improve relations with the People’s Republic of China?

选项：
A:In 1973.
B:In 1971.
C:In 1970.
D:In 1972.
答案:

9、单选题：
On one occasion during the Cold War period, the United States and the Soviet Union were on the brink of a nuclear war. What was that occasion?

选项：
A:The US sent 50,000 troops to Vietnam.
B:The Cuban Missile Crisis occurred in 1962.
C:The US fought the Korean War.
D:Large numbers of people fled East Berlin and East Germany to West Germany in 1961.
答案:

10、单选题：
The Clinton Administration made the following elements the three pillars of American foreign policy. Which of the following is NOT included?

选项：
A:National security.
B:Promotion of democracy.
C:Economic prosperity.
D:Contraction.
答案:

第七章 单元测试

1、多选题：
Most important social movements of the 1960s include （）.

选项：
A:The Civil Rights Movement
B:The Women’s Movement
C:The Anti-Vietnam War Movement
D:The Youth Movement
答案:

2、多选题：
The basic reason for the social movements was some groups of people failed to equally share the opportunities and prosperity of American society, especially ( ).
选项：
A:black people
B:young people
C:women
D:old people
答案:

3、多选题：
Some of the most influential leadership organizations in the 1960s Civil Rights movement include ().

选项：
A:Southern Christian Leadership      Conference (SCLC)
B:Congress of Racial Equality      (CORE)
C:Student Nonviolent Coordinating      Committee (SNCC)
D:National Organization for Women
答案:

4、单选题：
(   ), the most notorious terrorist group of white supremacy attacked civil rights workers and conducted many other crimes against black people in American south.

选项：
A:American Association Orthodontists
B: Ku Klux Klan
C:ASTM International

D:The Organization of American States
答案:

5、单选题：
The slogan “black power” was started by (  ), then leader of SNCC in 1966, and is still one of the most important expressions of black autonomy and self-determination today.

选项：
A:Martin Luther King
B:Malcolm X
C:Stokely Carmichael

D:W. E. B. Du Bois
答案:

6、单选题：
The greatest progress of civil rights and integration, the bill introduced by JFK, was finally passed and signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson as (  ).

选项：
A:Equality Act
B:Employment Act of 1946
C:Anti-Discrimination Act
D:Civil Rights Act of 1964
答案:

7、多选题：
Youth movement of the 1960s was characterized with a series of movements with different ideas and goals, which included (  ).

选项：
A:Anti-War Movement
B:Free Speech Movement
C:Conservative Movement
D:“Hippie (countercultural)”      Movement
答案:

8、单选题：
Anti-war Movement refers to the large gatherings of activists, including young people around the country to hold rallies, demonstrations, and to openly speak out against the war in (  )

选项：
A:Cold War
B:South Korea
C: World War II
D: Vietnam
答案:

9、单选题：
(  ) of the following statements is NOT true about what happened during the Women’s Movement?

选项：
A:Many women in the movement  demanded equal opportunity for jobs and equal pay.
B:Only small groups of women  actively participated in the Women’s Movement.

C:NOW (National Organization for Women) was established to challenge sex discrimination and stereotype in  the society.
D:Many of the same tactics used  in other social movements were also used in Women’s Movement.
答案:

10、判断题：
Social movements of the 1960s brought great changes to the American society and American people; however, many of the problems that these movements hoped to solve still exist in today’s U.S. society.

选项：
A:错
B:对
答案:

第八章 单元测试

1、判断题：
American cultural values often mean that despite all the differences in regions, national origins, races, classes, etc., Americans do generally think and behave in a particular way.

选项：
A:对
B:错
答案:

2、多选题：
The American character developed on the basis of __________.

选项：
A:Puritan beliefs and its legacy
B:migrants from different parts of the world
C:abundant resources of a new land
D: the frontier conditions
E:individualistic ideas
答案:

3、判断题：
American values are faithfully observed in American life. Equality of opportunity, for example, is not only an ideal but also a reality.

选项：
A:对
B:错
答案:

4、多选题：
Which of the following statements concerning the American Dream are NOT true?

选项：
A:The American Dream is seen as one of the basic characteristics of the American culture because people all agree on the basic meaning of the Dream.

B:The American Dream is an optimistic and idealistic conception of American life.
C:The American Dream means the same to everyone, a big house, a good job, a good salary, good education, etc.
D: Such phrases as “all men are created equal” and “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” are good sources of the American Dream.
答案:

5、判断题：
Highly charged issues such as immigration and race have often been quoted to challenge the effectiveness of the American Dream as the American character.

选项：
A:错
B:对
答案:

6、判断题：
People maintain that the American Dream’s foundation in the Protestant work ethic and self-improvement has been replaced by self-preservation, social survival, and individualism.

选项：
A:对
B:错
答案:

7、多选题：
One of the central values in American culture is the idea of progress because __________

选项：
A:American people often have an optimistic view—effort would bring progress.
B:American economy has progressed and expanded immensely since its independence.
C:America has progressed to a large and powerful country over time.
D:Americans are ready to take an active response to the challenge of obstacles and bad conditions so as to achieve progress.
答案:

8、多选题：
Americans’ orientation to action can be observed from such popular phrases as __________.

选项：
A:“on the go”
B:“on the move”
C:“on the run”
D:“on the road”

答案:

9、判断题：
Many Americans hold quite negative opinions toward time;  they complain about the necessity of routine and the tyranny of the clock in work, and even scheduled non-working hours.

选项：
A:对
B:错
答案:

10、判断题：
Americans sometimes seek advice from various experts in order to help them make up their own minds.

选项：
A:错
B:对
答案: