2020 知到智慧树英美文化答案

第一章 单元测试
1、In area, the United States is the ___ largest country in the world.
A:2nd
B:3rd
C:4th
D: 5th
答案: 【4th】

2、Among the five Great Lakes, only ____ is wholly within the United States.
A:Superior
B:Erie
C:Huron
D:Michigan
答案: 【Michigan 】

3、The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship to American people from the people of ____.
A:France
B:The United Kingdom
C:Australia
D:Canada
答案: 【France 】

4、_____ is the capital city of Scotland.
A:Cardiff
B:Belfast
C:Edinburg
D:Aberdeen
答案: 【Edinburg 】

5、According to a 2005 estimate, Britain now has a population of over ____million.
A:16
B:160
C:60
D:600
答案: 【60 】

6、Among the four parts of the United Kingdom, _____is the smallest.
A:Northern Ireland
B:England
C:Scotland
D:Wales
答案: 【Northern Ireland 】

7、The Missouri River is called “the Father of Waters".
A:错
B:对
答案: 【错】

8、Yellowstone National Park is known for its wildlife and its many geothermal features.
A:对
B:错
答案: 【对】

9、The most populous city in America is New York City.
A:对
B:错
答案: 【对】

10、The island of Great Britain is geographically divided into three parts: England, Scotland and Wales.
A:对
B:错
答案: 【对】

11、The UK is bordered by three seas and one ocean.
A:错
B:对
答案: 【对】

12、Scotland is the most populous among the four parts of the UK.
A:对
B:错
答案: 【错】

第二章 单元测试
1、The Britain founded _____ colonies along the East Coast in America.
A:11
B:14
C:12
D:13
答案: 【13 】

2、The principal author of the Declaration of Independence was ___.
A:John Adams
B:Thomas Jefferson
C:Benjamin Franklin
D: George Washington
答案: 【Thomas Jefferson】

3、How many continental states were there at the time of the independence of the United States?
A:13
B:50
C:48
D:35
答案: 【13 】

4、But even after the abolition of slavery, organized or individual discrimination was practiced against _.
A:Chinese-Americans
B:Japanese-Americans
C: American Indians
D:Black Americans
答案: 【Black Americans】

5、In his inaugural address in 1861, Lincoln showed clearly that he ____.
A:would abolish slavery in the South
B: would not abolish slavery immediately but to preserve the Union
C:had no idea to abolish slavery in the South.
D:would wage a war against slavery
答案: 【 would not abolish slavery immediately but to preserve the Union】

6、After a period of prosperity (1920-1929), government involvement in the economy increased __.
A:after World War I
B:after World War II
C:during the Great Depression
D:during the Cold War
答案: 【during the Great Depression】

7、In 1932, in the depth of the depression, the American people choose __ as their next president who promised a “new deal” to get America out of depression.
A:Theodore
B:Franklin Roosevelt
C:Woodrow Wilsom
D:Herbert Hoover
答案: 【Franklin Roosevelt】

8、An English colony was founded in America in 1620 by a group of people fleeing religious persecution with the ship called Mayflower.
A:错
B:对
答案: 【对】

9、The First Continental Congress was held in Boston in September, 1774.
A:错
B:对
答案: 【错】

10、The Great Depression only happened in America.
A:对
B:错
答案: 【错】

11、In the year 1066, William the Conqueror invaded England from France, defeating the Saxon king Harold at ___.
A:the Battle of Crecy
B:the Battle of Agincourt
C:the Battle of Hasting
D:the Battle of Waterloo
答案: 【the Battle of Hasting】

12、The ____attack on Rome ended the Roman occupation in Britain in 410.
A:Norman
B:Germantic
C:Danish
D:Celtic
答案: 【Germantic 】

13、Westminster Abbey was built at the time of_____ .
A:Alfred the Great
B:Edward the Confessor
C:St. Augustine
D:William the Conqueror
答案: 【Edward the Confessor】

14、The ______marked the establishment of feudalism in England.
A:Viking invasion
B:signing of the Magma Carta
C:Norman Conquest
D:adoption of common law
答案: 【Norman Conquest 】

15、The direct cause for the Religious Reformation was King Henry VIII’s effort to_____.
A:delare his supreme
B:support the Protestants
C:divorce his wife
D:break with Rome
答案: 【divorce his wife 】

16、_____ was passed after the Glorious Revolution.
A:Bill of Rights
B:Provisions of Oxford
C:Act of Supremacy
D:Magna Carta
答案: 【Bill of Rights 】

17、The Industrial Revolution was accomplished in Britain by the middle of the____ century.
A:20th
B:18th
C:17th
D:19th
答案: 【19th】

18、The British history before 55BC is basically undocumented.
A:对
B:错
答案: 【对】

19、The Celts became the dominant group in Britain between the 8 th and 5 th centuries

BC.
A:错
B:对
答案: 【对】

20、The name of Britain came from a Celtic tribe– the Britons.
A:错
B:对
答案: 【对】

21、The Anglo-Saxons came to Britain in the mid-5th century.
A:错
B:对
答案: 【对】

22、The chief or king of the Anglo–Saxon tribes exercised power at their own will.
A:对
B:错
答案: 【错】

第三章 单元测试
1、The real center of power in Parliament is_____.
A:the House of Lords
B:the Cabinet
C:the House of Commons
D:the Queen
答案: 【the House of Commons 】
2、The real power of the House of Lords lies in____.
A:discussing bills
B:being Supreme Court
C:helping to pass money bills
D:delaying bills
答案: 【being Supreme Court 】

3、During the 200 or so years before the mid-19th century, British politics was dominated by the Tories and the Whigs.
A:对
B:错
答案: 【对】

4、Economically, the Conservative Party support private enterprise and minimal state regulation, and accepts the mixed economy, which involves private ownership of business with some government control.
A:错
B:对
答案: 【对】

5、What are the general principles of the form of US government?
A:the integration of powers
B:the separation of powers
C:Federalism
D:respect for the Constitution and the rule of law
答案: 【the separation of powers;
Federalism ;
respect for the Constitution and the rule of law】

6、Which of the following are the functions of the US state government?
A:dealing with matters concerning public health
B:providing law and order
C:dealing with matters concerning education
D:dealing with things which concern day-to-day life
答案: 【dealing with matters concerning public health ;
providing law and order ;
dealing with matters concerning education ;
dealing with things which concern day-to-day life】

7、Which of the following statements of US Senate or Senator are true?
A:The Senate has 100 members. Each of the 50 states elects two Senators.
B:A senator must have been an American citizen for at least nine years.
C:A senator must be over 20 years old, a resident in the state which they represent.
D: The term for Senators is six years, but one third of them are elected every two years.
答案: 【The Senate has 100 members. Each of the 50 states elects two Senators. ;
A senator must have been an American citizen for at least nine years. ;
The term for Senators is six years, but one third of them are elected every two years.】

8、Members of the House of Representatives must over 35 years old and must have been an American citizen for at least 7 years.
A:对
B:错
答案: 【错】

9、The US state government is concerned with foreign affairs and with matters of general concern to all the states, including interstate commerce.
A:对
B:错
答案: 【错】

10、The US Democrats want the government to play an important role in the economy and emphasize full employment as a matter of national concern.
A:错
B:对
答案: 【对】

第四章 单元测试
1、Chaucer made great contribution in making the dialect of London the standard for the modern English speech and therefore he is considered as a great master of the English language.
A:对
B:错
答案: 【对】

2、The King James Bible is not only considered to be the culmination of Bible translations but also one of the greatest literary works of all time.
A:对
B:错
答案: 【对】

3、Which of the following plays of Shakespeare are tragedies?
A:Hamlet
B:King Lear
C:Othello
D:The Tempest
答案: 【Hamlet ;
King Lear ;
Othello 】

4、The adventures of Gulliver include_____.
A:the adventure in Lilliput
B:the adventure in Houyhnhnm
C:the adventure in Laputa
D:the adventure in Brobdingnag
答案: 【the adventure in Lilliput ;
the adventure in Houyhnhnm;
the adventure in Laputa;
the adventure in Brobdingnag 】

5、“If winter comes, can spring be far behind” is from “Ode to the West Wind” written by ______.
A:Wordsworth
B:Byron
C:Keats
D:Shelly
答案: 【Shelly】

6、Becky Sharp is the heroine in the novel of _ by Thackeray.
A:Vanity Fair
B:Oliver Twist
C:The Mill on the Floss
D:Jane Eyre
答案: 【Vanity Fair 】

7、The Picture of Dorian Gray is a novel in which Oscar Wilde best practiced his principle of _.
A:the art for art's sake
B:classicism
C:the stream of consciousness
D:sentimentalism
答案: 【the art for art's sake 】

8、The author of The Golden Notebook is _____ .
A:Kazuo Ishiguro
B:Angela Carter
C:Doris Lessing
D:V. S. Naipaul
答案: 【Doris Lessing 】

9、The Colonial Period of American literature stretched roughly from the settlement of America in the early 17th century through the end of __ century.
A:the 21th
B:the 19th
C:the 20th
D:the 18th
答案: 【the 18th 】

10、Benjamin Franklin was the epitome of the ______.
A:American Enlightenment
B:Charterist Movement
C:Sugar Act
D:Romanticist
答案: 【American Enlightenment 】

11、American writers after World War I self-consciously acknowledged that they were (a)”_,” devoid of faith and alienated from the Western civilization.
A:Beat Generation
B:Sons of Liberty
C:Lost Generation
D:Angry Young Men
答案: 【Lost Generation】

12、More than five hundred poems Dickinson wrote are about nature, in which her general Skepticism about the relationship between ______ is well-expressed.
A:man and man
B:man and nature
C:men and women
D:man and God
答案: 【man and nature】

13、__ was often regarded as America’s first man of letters, Father of American Literature, devoting much of his career to literature.
A:James Fenimore Cooper
B:Benjamin Franklin
C:Washinton Irving
D:Philip Freneau
答案: 【Washinton Irving 】

14、With Howells, James, and Mark Twain active on the scene, __ became the major trend in the 70s and 80s of the 19th century.
A:naturalism
B:sentimentalism
C:realism
D:romanticism
答案: 【realism 】

第五章 单元测试
1、The literacy rate in Britain is one of the highest in the world at over 99 percent.
A:对
B:错
答案: 【对】

2、Every child in Britain must by law receive full-time education from the age of five to eighteen.
A:对
B:错
答案: 【错】

3、The great majority of parents, however, send their children to ___ schools, where education and equipment, including text books and stationery, are entirely free.
A:independent
B:public
C:private
D:state
答案: 【state 】

4、Recruitment of universities in the UK are based on__ .
A:interview
B:A-level examination
C:practice
D:school references
答案: 【interview ;
A-level examination ;
school references】

5、Oxbridge is a term which is now used to refer to ______ collectively, often with implications of their superior intellectual or social status.
A:two systems
B:two universities
C:two bridges
D:two famous persons
答案: 【two universities】

6、The education in America lays emphasis on the basic nature of knowledge and learning.
A:错
B:对
答案: 【对】

7、College students must maintain at least a low D average in order to remain in school.
A:对
B:错
答案: 【错】

8、“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character– that is the goal of true education.” was a remark by ____ .
A:Vance Pakard
B:George Washington
C:Martin Luther King
D:Franklin Roosevelt
答案: 【Martin Luther King 】

9、There are two stages in secondary education in the US, that is, __ .
A:grammar school
B:senior high school
C:junior high school
D:elementary school
答案: 【senior high school ;
junior high school 】

10、How do high school students go to universities? There is no annual college entrance examination, applicants are chosen on the basis of the following aspects_____.
A:high school records
B:high school teachers' recommendations
C:interviews
D:scores of SAT
答案: 【high school records ;
high school teachers' recommendations ;
interviews ;
scores of SAT】

第六章 单元测试
1、Which of the following are the main Features of religion in the UK?
A:There's unity among the churches.
B:There's co-operation among the churches.
C:Up-to-date.
D:More social.