英语专八人文知识练习题

英语专八人文知识练习题

练习题：

1 The following were the founding fathers of the American Republic except _____.

A George Washington

B Thomas Jefferson

C William Penn

D Benjamin Franklin

2 The New Deal was started by _____.

A Franklin Roosevelt

B J.K. Kennedy

C George Washington

D Thomas Jefferson

3 The United States was rated _____ in the world in terms of land areas.

A second

B third

C fourth

D fifth

4 The expenditure in American public schools is guided or decided by _____.

A Teachers

B students

C headmaster

D boards of education

5 The Bill of Rights consists of _____.

A 10 very short paragraphs in an amendment

B 10 amendments adopted in 1787

C 10 amendments added to the Constitution in 1791

D the amendments concerning the freedom of speech, the freedom of the press and the freedom of religion

6 The United States produces as much as much as half of the world’s _____.

A wheat and rice

B cotton

C tobacco

D soybeans and corn

7 Which invention marked the beginning of “The Age of Visual Information”?

A Newspaper

B Telegraph

C Laundry machine

D Television

8 The theory of American politics and the American Revolution originated mainly from _____.

A George Washington

B Thomas Jefferson

C John Adams

D John Locke

9 The District of Manhattan is in the city if _____.

A Washington D.C.

B San Francisco

C New York

D Chicago

10 The seats in the Senate are allocated to different states_____.

A according to their population

B according to their size

C according to their tax paid to federal government

D equally

练习题答案及题解

1 C, 华盛顿、杰弗逊和弗兰克林都是美国创建时的元老功勋、而William Penn 是美国宾州的创始人。

2 A, 新政是罗斯福为了应对美国经济大萧条而提出的。

3 C, 就面积而言， 美国是世界第四大国。

4 D, 对此有决定权的是教育委员会。

5 C, 人权法案是于1791年增补到宪法法案上来的前十条修正案。

6 D, 美国出产占世界一半的是大豆和玉米。

7 D, 开创人类视觉信息革命的重大发明是电视机。

8 D, 美国的'许多政治观念都是来源于英国著名哲学家约翰?洛克。

9 C, 曼哈顿是纽约市的著名经济和商业区， 也是纽约的中心地带。

10 D, 美国每一个州在参议院中均有两位议员作为代表，与各州人口无关和众议院不同）。