2012英语专八考试模拟题:人文知识(5)

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  2012英语专八考试模拟题:人文知识(5)

  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. Ernest Hemingway is _____.

  A. Englishman

  B. American

  C. Dutch

  D. Denmarkncv

  5. John Fitzgerald Kennedy is _____ president.

  A. 35th

  B. 34th

  C. 33rd

  D. 32nd

  6. _____ is the dividing line between the South and North.

  A. The Hudson River

  B. The Potomac River

  C. The Ohio River

  D. The Missouri Riverncv

  7. When did the American Civil War break out?

  A. 1775

  B. 1812

  C. 1861

  D. 1863

  8. Who prepared the draft of the Declaration of Independence?

  A. John Adams

  B. Thomas Jefferson

  C. Benjamin Franklin

  D. John Hancock

  9. In which day is Halloween celebrated?

  A. 5 November

  B. 31 October

  C. 17 March

  D. 25 December

  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

  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WilliamPenn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.B 文坛巨匠海明威是美国人。

  5.A 肯尼迪是美国的第35任总统。

  6.D 美国南北的分界线是密苏里河,东西的分界线是密西西比河。

  7.C 美国内战爆发于1861年,结束于1865年。

  8.B 为美国起草独立宣言的是托马斯?杰弗逊。

  9.B 万圣节前夕是10月的最后一天即10月31号。

  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)。

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