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1、试卷代号：6545湖南广播电视大学 2014年1月开放教育期末考试英语国家概况（2）试题 2013年 12月注 意 事 项一、将你的学号、姓名及分校(工作站)名称填写在答题纸的规定栏内。考试结束后，把试卷和答题纸放在桌上。试卷和答题纸均不得带出考场。二、仔细阅读题目的说明，并按题目要求答题。答案一定要写在答题纸指定的位置上，写在试卷上的答案无效。三、用蓝、黑圆珠笔或钢笔答题，使用铅笔答题无效。Part I. Multiple Choice (20小题，每题2分，共40分) Choose the best answer according to the coursebook. 1.Which o
2、f the following statements was correct around the time of the American Revolution? A. The American had the mixed blood of Europeans or their descendants. B. The American had the mixed blood of Europeans with American Indians. C. The American had the mixed blood of Europeans with blacks. D. The Ameri
3、can had the blood of English and their descendants only. 2.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 3.Which of the following statements was NOT corrected when the War of
4、 Independence was over? A. Each new state had its own government. B. Each new state made its own government. C. The nation government was called the Congress with little power. D. The relationship between the states and the national government were clearly defined. 4.The “American system” of mass pr
5、oduction was first used in _. A. car industry B. textile industry C. firearms industry D. agriculture 5.Which of the following is unconstitutional in the United States? A. Catholics can build their own schools and hospitals. B. Public money is provided to support religious schools. C. Non-Catholics
6、can go to Catholic-run schools. D. Women have the right to abortion. 6.Mark Twains works are characterized by the following except _. A. sense of humor B. egotism C. jokes D. tall tales 7.Three of the following authors are Nobel Prize winners. Which one is not? A. Ernest Hemingway. B. Eugene ONeil.
7、C. William Faulkner. D. F. Scott Fitzgerald.8.Black Americans sang the anthem of the civil rights movement, “_” affirming their commitment to fight racial prejudice. A. Let it all hang out B. Hell, no, we wont go C. We shall overcome D. Speak your heart without interruption 9.In the 1950s the condit
8、ions of American women were generally improved except _. A. they had better education B. they spent less time making food and clothes at home C. they had more job opportunities than their mothers generation D. their families owned their own houses in the suburbs 10.The American foreign policy up to
9、WWII can be described as _. A. containment B. swinging between containment and interventionism C. unilateralism D. swinging between isolationism and internationalism 11.What did the U.S. mean by containment? A. It would use whatever means to prevent the Soviet Union from breaking out of its sphere o
10、f influence. B. It wanted to reverse the situation in which the Soviet Union reached parity with the US in nuclear force C. It planned to drag the Soviet Union into another round of arms race. D. It intended to shift the balance of terror. 12.When did President Nixon make a trip to China to improve
11、relations with the Peoples Republic of China? A. In 1970. B. In 1971. C. In 1972. D. In 1973. 13.The main mountain range in the west of US stretching from the Canadian border to New Mexico is _. A. the Appalachian Mountains B. the Rocky Mountains C. the Green Mountains D. the Blue Ridge Mountains 14
12、.The State of California is on _. A. the Atlantic Coast B. the Gulf of Mexico C. the Pacific coast D. the Caribbean Sea 15.Blues was derived from a blend of field chantey and spiritual which is _. A. a form of rock n roll singing popular among American teenagers B. a form of operatic singing origina
13、ted from Southern European countries C. a form of country music singing D. a form of hymn singing prevalent in African-American Christian churches 16.The Complex drumming in the rhythm section of early jazz music was brought over to America by _. A. Spanish missionaries from Europe B. Black slaves f
14、rom West Africa C. British colonists from Asia D. the Creole from the West India 17. The two main land masses in New Zealand are _. A. the White Island and the thermal region B. the North Island and the South Island C. the Southern Alps and the North Island D. Auckland and the South Island 18. The three levels of local governments of New Zealand are _. A. regional councils, District Courts and community boards B. the High Court, District Courts and Dispute Tribunals C. regional councils, territorial authorities and community boards D. regional councils, city councils and communit
