《英美概况》试题（附答案）(9)

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1. The population of the United States is a bit more than 272 million, about 13% of which are Black, 12 % are Hispanic(讲西班牙语的人)，4% are Asian and the rest are White Americans. 2. It is the third most populous country in the world after China and India. 3. The most populous states are California, Texas, New York, Florida and Illinois. 4. More than 80% of Americans live in urban areas.

巩固：按照人口数量排列，美国在世界排在第几位；按照面积排，美国又是排第几位呢？ 1. Christmas is usually connected to ____

A the reunion of a large family B the eating of Easter eggs C the resurrection of Christ D the forgiving of other’s sins 2. The largest of the ethnic minorities in America is ____ A the blacks B the Mexico-Americans C the Spanish-Americans D the Chinese

3. The British establish ____colonies along the east coast of North American between 16.7 and 1733.

A. 11 B 12 C13 D14

4. The largest university in Canada is ____

A Laval University B The University of Toronto C McGill University D Simon Fraser University

5. Robinson Crusoe is written by ____

A Henry Fielding B Daniel Defoe C Samuel Richardson D Jonathan Swift 6. ____is written by Walt Whitman.

A Representative Men B English Traits C Nature D Leaves of Grass 7. ____is not a novelist.

A Henry James B Emily Dickinson C William Dean Howells D Mark Twain 8. ____is not one of the core branches of linguistics. A Phonology B Psycho-linguistics C Syntax D Semantics 9. ____ is the common factor of the three sounds:[p], [t], [k] A voiceless B spread C voiced D nasal

10. English consonants can be classified into stops, fricatives, nasals, etc, in terms of ____ A manner of articulation B openness of mouth C place of articulation D voicing

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新西兰，由于新西兰整个国家非常狭窄，所以新西兰的任何地方距离海洋都不超过110公里，全国只有一个时区。新西兰正好位于国际日期变更线以西的第一个时区，所以它是第一个迎接新一天的国家。 BBACB AADAB

1. It was during ____ reign that the name Great Britain came into being. A Mary's B Anne's C Jame II's D Oliver Cromwell

2.Where is Edinburgh?

A In Wales B In Scotland C In Northern Ireland D In Ireland 3. One of the most famous national parks in the U.S. is the ____ A Yellowstone National Park B Hyde Park

C Kakadu National Park D American Fishing Center

4. New Zealand is just west of the International Date Line, so it is the first country to get ____ A frozen B wet C the new day D united

5. Mr.Darcy is a character in ____

A Tess of the D'Urbervilles B Pride and Prejudice C Happy Prince D The Mill on the Floss 6. Lyrical Ballads is the joint work between Wordsworth and his friend____ A Coleridge B Bryon C Keats D Shelly

7.____is the representative work of the Jazz Age

A The Great Gatsby B On the Road C Look Back in Anger D The Sun Also Rises 8. The distinction of langue and parole is made by ____ A Hall B Sapir C Chomsky D Saussure

9. ____examines how meaning is encoded in a language. A Semantics B Syntax C Pragmatics D Morphology

10.The sentence “I apologize!” belongs to the category of ____according to the speech act theory. A. expressive B performative C representative D constative

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