英语国家概况课后题汇总及答案(2)

C. friends enjoying each other’s company D. families traveling overseas

50. The following Christmas traditions are particularly British except .

A. Trooping the Color B. Queen’s Christmas message

C. Boxing Day D. Christmas pantomime

51. The most significant achievement of the English Renaissance is .

A. poetry B. drama C. novel D. pamphlet

52. is viewed as Romantic poetry’s ―Declaration of Independence.‖

A. ―I Wondered Lonely as a Cloud‖ B. Don Juan

C. ―Preface to Lyrical Ballads‖ D. Prometheus Unbound

53. Of Dickens’ novels, is considered autobiographical.

A. A Tale of Two Cities B. David Copperfield

C. Oliver Twist D. Great Expectations

54. is a representative of English Critical Realism at the turn of the 19th century.

A. Robert Louis Stevenson B. John Milton

C. Joseph Conrad D. Thomas Hardy

55. Of the following statements, is NOT correct in terms of Neo-Romanticism.

A. It prevailed at the end of the 19th century.

B. The writers were dissatisfied with the social reality.

C. The writers believed in ―Art for Art’s Sake‖.

D. Treasure Island was a representative work.

56. is NOT included in the modernist group.

A. Oscar Wild B. Virginia Woolf

C. William Butler Yeats D. T. S. Eliot

57. Of the following books, was NOT written by Thomas Hardy.

A. Jude the Obscure B. Tess of the D’Urbervilles

C. Adam Bede D. The Return of the Native

58. Of the following statements, is NOT correct about Virginia Woolf.

A. She was a central figure of the ―Bloomsbury Group‖.

B. She experimented with stream of consciousness.

C. She was an influential feminist.

D. Her masterpiece was The Rainbow.

59. Of the following writers, is NOT a Nobel Prize winner.

A. Samuel Beckett B. James Joyce C. William Golding D. V. S. Naipaul

60. Waiting for Godot is written by A. Samuel Beckett B. George Orwell C. William Golding D. D. H. Lawrence

61. The United States has states on the continent.

A. 50 B. 49 C. 48 D. 35

62. The state of is the largest in area of all the states.

A. Alaska B. Hawaii C. Texas D. Florida

63. The U. S. lies in North America, with Canada to the north, Mexico to the south, the

Atlantic to its and the Pacific to its A. northern, east, west B. central, east, west

C. southern, west, east D. western, east, west

64. The largest river in the U. S. is .

A. the Missouri River B. the Mississippi River

C. the Ohio River D. the Colorado River

65. Some of the world famous universities like Harvard, Yale and MIT are located A. in the South B. along the Pacific Coast

C. in New England D. in the Midwest

66. is located on the U. S. –Canadian border between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.

A. Yellowstone National Park B. The Grand Canyon

C. Niagara Falls D. The Great Salt Lake

67. The native Alaskan population includes the following except the A. Indians B. Eskimos C. Aleuts D. Blacks

68. The largest minority in the United States is the .

A. Pacific Islanders B. Blacks C. Native Americans D. Asians

69. The Immigrants Act of 1924 restricted the further immigration into the United States,

particularly from A. Europe B. Asia C. Africa D. South America

70. The characteristic of dominant American culture is A. English-speaking, northern European, Roman Catholic and middle-class

B. English-speaking, western European, Roman Catholic and upper-class

C. English-speaking, northern European, Protestant and upper-class

D. English-speaking, western European, Protestant and middle-class

71. The first successful English colony in North America was founded at in A. Jamestown, Louisiana B. Boston, Massachusetts

C. Jamestown, Virginia D. Plymouth, Georgia

72. Pilgrim Fathers are a group of who came to America to avoid persecution in

England.

A. Protestants B. Puritans C. Catholics D. Christians

73. The Seven Years’ War occurred between the A. French and American Indians B. French and Spaniards

C. French and British D. British and American Indians

74. ―No taxation without representation‖ was the rallying slogan of A. the settlers of Virginia B. the people of Pennsylvania

C. the colonists in New England D. the people of the 13 colonies

75. The first shots of the American War of Independence were fired in A. Concord B. Lexington C. Philadelphia D. Boston

76. In May 1775, was held in Philadelphia and began to assume the functions of a

national government.

A. the First Continental Congress B. the Second Continental Congress

C. the Boston Tea Party D. the Congress of Confederation

77. Abraham Lincoln issued to grant freedom to all slaves.

A. Declaration of Independence B. Constitution

C. Emancipation Proclamation D. Bill of Rights

78. The policy of the United States was at the beginning of the two world wars.

A. neutrality B. full involvement C. partial involvement D. appeasement

79. President applied New Deal to deal with the problems of the Great Depression.

A. Wilson B. Truman C. Roosevelt D. Kennedy

80. The Vietnam War was a long-time suffering for Americans, and it continued throughout the

terms of Presidents .

A. Johnson, Nixon and Ford B. Truman, Eisenhower and Kennedy

C. Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon D. Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson

81. The U. S. Constitution came into effect in A. 1787 B. 1789 C. 1791 D. 1793

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