专八人文知识之北美概况
练习题：
1、The traditional dividing line in America between “east” and “west” is the Mississippi River. 密西西比河是美国传统的东方和西方的分界线。
2、The earliest part in America to be found and taken over by early settlers is The Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain. 最早被早期定居者发现和占领的地方是大西洋及其沿岸平原。
3、The largest racial group in the whole population of U.S.A is Non-hispanics white. 非西班牙裔的白人是美国最大的种族群体。
4、Before 2000, the largest minority group in the United States is African Americans. 2000年以前非裔美国人是美国最大的少数民族群体。2000年以后，拉丁裔美国人的人数超过了非裔美国人的人数，成为美国第一大少数民族群体。
5、America has the world’s oldest written constitution and political party. 美国拥有世界上最古老的宪法和政党。
6、The economic problem caused by the depression in 1929 was eventually solved by World War II. 第二次世界大战的爆发帮助美国走出了经济困境。
7、In the United States, primary education requires Six years years. 美国的小学要花费大约六年的时间。
8、Most college students in the United States are in Public institutions. 大部分美国大学生都在公立学校就读。
9、The three main levels of courts of the federal judicial system in America are____________.美国的联邦法院系统包括：the United States District Courts; the United States Courts of Appeal ; the United States Supreme Court.
10、Louisana (which state )is not governed by the common law. 路易斯安娜州不受共同法的约束。
11、Of the fifty states of America, 38 states now have the death penalty as punishment. 美国现有38个州惩罚罪犯采用死刑。
12、The four major regions of the United Sates are Northeast, South, Midwest and Wes t. 美国的主要四大部分不包括北部。
13、The New England Region region’s culture character was shaped largely by Puritan spirit. 美国的新英格兰地区，也就是东北部地区深受清教思想的影响。
14、California is the largest state in terms of size and population in America. 加利福尼亚州是美国最大的州，拥有人口也最多。
15、＂Hollywood＂is often used as a synonym for American films. 好莱坞是美国著名的电影制造地。
16、The most important and largest river in the United States of America is the Mississippi River. 美国最长的河流是密西西比河，也是美国最重要的一条河流。被美国人视为“众河之父”，沿河流域也是美国的主要农作物产区。17、The north-eastern part of the United States ――New England enjoys a typical continental climate. 美国东北部的新英格兰地区是典型的大陆性气候。冬天寒冷，夏天炎热。
18、To the west of mainland American lies the Pacific Ocean. 美国东临大西洋，西濒太平洋，北接加拿大，南靠墨西哥及墨西哥湾。
19、Detroit, a U.S. city bordering Lake Erie, is famous for its automobile industry. 底特律是美国著名的汽车城。
20、The natives of the continent of the America are the Indians. 美国的本土居民是当地的印第安人。
21、New York City is the largest city and the chief port of the United States. 纽约是美国最大的城市同时也是最重要的经济中心和最主要的港口。
22、Blacks enjoys the worst social and economic conditions. 黑人在美国的经济和社会地位都最为低下。23．Washington D.C. is named after both George Washington and Christopher Columbus.首都命名为华盛顿是为了纪念美国的第一任总统乔治·华盛顿，而联邦直辖区命名为哥伦比亚特区是为了纪念第一位从欧洲横渡大西洋到达西半球的探险家克里斯多拂·哥伦布。
24 ．American and British English are two varieties of the English language. 美国英语和英国英语是英语语言的两种变体。
25．The first American president to be elected from the Republican Party was Abraham Lincoln.美国历史上的第一位共和党总统是亚伯拉罕·林肯。
26．Of the fifty states, the smallest state in area is Rhode Island.美国国土面积最小的是罗得岛。
27．The national flag of the United States is known as the Star-Spangled Banner.美国的国旗是星条旗。
28．The number of the Representatives from each American state depends on the population.美国每个州派往众议院的代表人数应与本州人口成比例。
29．The tern “Father of Waters” is used to refer to the Mississippi River.美国的“众河之父”指的是密西西比河。
30. The statue of liberty was given to American people by France as a gift in 1884. 美国的自由女神像是法国人赠予
的礼物。
31. In area, the United States is the 4th largest country in the world. 按领土面积计算：美国是继俄罗斯，加拿大，中国之后的第四名。
32.The 50th state in America is Hawaii. 1959年，Alasica和Hawaii分别为第四十九个和第五十个加入美国的州。
33. Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, is located in Hawaii. Mauna Loa（摩纳罗亚山）是世界上最大的活火山。位于美国Hawaii（夏威夷）。
34. Richard Nixon resigned in 1974 because of the Watergate Scandal.尼克松总统辞职是由于轰动一时的丑闻“水门事件”。水门事件指美国共和党政府在1972年总统竞选运动中的非法活动暴露后的政治丑闻。
35.All the following universities are located in New England EXCEPT____. Berkeley（伯克利），是加利福尼亚大学分院，位于美国加利福尼亚西部。而新英格兰地区包括美国的六个州，由北至南分别为：缅因州、新罕布夏州、佛蒙特州、麻萨诸塞州、罗德岛、康乃狄克州。
A Yale
B Harvard
C MIT
D Berkeley
36.The United States has less than 6% of the world’s population; yet it produces about 25% of the total world output. 美国人口低于世界人口总值的6%，但是美国经济生产总值占世界25%，是高度工业化国家。
37. The Rio Grande River forms a natural boundary between Mexico and the United States. The Rio Grand River（格兰德河）形成了美国与墨西哥的自然分界线。
38. The US formally entered the Second World War in 1941. 1941年的珍珠港事件把美国带入了第二次世界战争，与苏联，英国共同对战法西斯。
39. The Presidents during the American Civil War was Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln是美国第十六届总统，带领美国人走过美国内战，解放奴隶，但是在战争结束不到一周被暗杀。
40 The emblem of the Democratic Party is donkey. 19世纪70年代，在美国的《哈泼斯周刊》上，曾先后出现了政治漫画家托马斯·纳斯特的两幅画，分别以长耳朵的驴和长鼻子的象比拟美国民主党和共和党。后来，纳斯特又在一幅画中同时画进了象和驴，比喻当时的两党竞选。自那以后，驴和象就逐渐成为美国两大党的象征，两党也分别以驴、象作为党徽的标记。
41. Ernest Hemingway is American.文坛巨匠海明威是美国人。
42.John Fitzgerald Kennedy is 35th president.肯尼迪是美国的第35任总统。
43. In 1837, the first college-level institution for women , Mount Holyoke Female Seminary , opened in Massachusetts to serve the “ Muslim sex”.美国的第一所女子学院开设于马萨诸塞州。
44.The capital of Massachusetts is Boston.麻省的首府是波士顿。
45.The Missouri River is the dividing line between the South and North. 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。
46.Seattle is Washington’s largest c ity.华盛顿州的最大城市是西雅图。
47.Washington D.C., the capital of U.S. is situated on the Potomac River banks. 华盛顿特区位于波托马克河上。
48.When did the American Civil War break out? 美国内战爆发于1861年，结束于1865年。
49.Thomas Jefferson prepared the draft of the Declaration of Independence? 为美国起草独立宣言的是托马斯·杰弗逊。
50.In which day is Halloween celebrated? 31 October.万圣节前夕是10月的最后一天即10月31号。
美国概况练习题：
1 The following were the founding fathers of the American Republic except _____.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。
A George Washington
B Thomas Jefferson
C William Penn
D Benjamin Franklin
2 The New Deal was started by Franklin Roosevelt. 新政是罗斯福为了应对美国经济大萧条而提出的。
3 The United States was rated fourth in the world in terms of land areas. 就面积而言，美国是世界第四大国。
4 The expenditure in American public schools is guided or decided by boards of education. 对此有决定权的是教育委
员会。
5 The Bill of Rights consists of 10 amendments added to the Constitution in 1791. 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 The United States produces as much as much as half of the world’s soybeans and corn. 美国出产占世界一半的是大豆和玉米。
7 Which invention marked the beginning of “The Age of Visual Information”? 开创人类视觉信息革命的重大发明是电视机。
A Newspaper
B Telegraph
C Laundry machine
D Television
8 The theory of American politics and the American Revolution originated mainly from John Locke. 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 The District of Manhattan is in the city of New York. 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 The seats in the Senate are allocated to different states equally. 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）。
11 The Rocky Mountains is located in North America.落基山脉位于美国西北部，向东南延伸。
12 Hollywood, the centre of American movie industry, is closest to which city? 好莱坞和迪士尼均位于洛杉矶。
A Los Angles
B Chicago
C New York
D Washington
13 Which of the following is an American newspaper? 《新闻周刊》是美国的报纸，而《国际先驱论坛》是法国的，《卫报》和《每日电讯》为英国的。
A The Guardian
B Newsweek
C The International Herald Tribune
D The Daily Telegraph
14 The U.S. is called a “melting pot” because people from different races live there together.美国被称之为“大熔炉”是因为来自世界各地的人们所带来的各自的文化在此交融形成独特的多元文化特征。
15 The first Puritans came to America on the ship May Flower. 首批清教徒到美国时乘坐的船是“五月花号”。
16 Americans celebrate Memorial Day on the last Monday in May to honor those who have given their lives for their country. Memorial Day 是美国的阵亡将士纪念日。
17 “Trick or Treat” is a phrase that children often use when they celebrated Halloween. 万圣节是美国的传统节日。万圣节前夜，孩子们带着各种面具，穿着奇异的衣服，跑到邻居家门前，高声喊着：“Trick or Treat”，向大人们讨要糖果。不给的邻居就会遭到小孩的恶作剧。
18 The Easter egg and the hare, two of the symbols most frequently associated with Easter, are considered to present fertility and new life.复活节彩蛋和兔子是“多产和新生”的象征。
19 Which of the following books is not written by Mark Twain, whose real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens? Leaves if grass 是Walt Whitman 的作品。
A The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
B The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
C Life on the Mississippi
D Leaves of grass
20 Which of the following books is written by Washington Irving? Washington Irving 被称作是美国文学之父，这是他最有名的作品。A 是Ralph W. Emerson 的作品, B 是Nathaniel Hawthorne 的作品, D 是Earnest Hemingway 的作品。
A Nature
B The Scarlet Letter
C The Sketch Book
D Farewell to Arms
21 The world-famous Havard University is in Massachusetts. 哈佛大学位于马萨诸塞州的剑桥(Cambridge)镇。
22 Which of the following statements about American education is wrong? 在美国，私立高等教育机构要多于公立的。象麻省理工，耶鲁大学，哈佛大学都是私立的。
A Elementary and secondary education in America is free and compulsory
B Private schools are financially supported by religious or nonreligious private organizations or individuals.
C There are more public colleges and universities than the private ones
D Credits taken at community colleges are normally applicable to requirement for a four-year bachelor’s degree.
23 Broadway is a symbol of American theatre and world-class entertainment. 百老汇是一条由南向北贯穿曼哈顿全岛的大道，其中心地带是在第42街“时代广场”附近，周围云集了几十家剧院，上演被称为现代歌舞剧的剧目。
24 ____ is not a tourist attraction in the United States. Stonehenge 在英国，是古代城池的遗迹。
A Yellowstone National Park
B Grand Canyon
C St. Patrick’s Cathedral
D Stonehenge
25 Ronald Reagan was an actor before he became the President. 里根从政前曾经在好莱坞闯荡20多年，参与演出了50多部电影。
26 New Englanders were originally known as Yankees, which come to stand for all Americans. Yankees 一词具有丰富的含义。现在用于代表美国人，俗称美国佬。在美国南部，Yankee是指美国北部各州的居民，即北方佬；而对多数美国人来说，Yankee 意味着新英格兰人。
27 On the 30th of April 1789, George Washington took the oath of office in New York, which housed the government then. 1789年George Washington 在纽约宣誓就职，1790年首都迁往费城。1800年以后定都华盛顿。
28 Which of the following people was not an American President? John Hancock，因其当时在《独立宣言》上的签名很大，他的名字在美语里变成了签名的代名词。
A John Hancock
B John Adams
C John Q. Adams
D Jimmy Carter
29 Henry Fond was the first man to mass-production. Henry Ford 早期是一名技师，虽然没有发明汽车，但他是第
一位批量生产汽车的人。
30 “That government of the people, by the people, for the people, … ”were the words by Abraham Lincoln. 这是Abraham Lincoln 于1863年11月19日在葛底斯堡阵亡将士墓举行落成仪式上发表的著名的《葛底斯堡演说》的片语。
31. What is (are) the nickname(s) of the U.S.A.? “山姆大叔”（Uncle Sam），“乔纳森大哥”和“扬基老”都是美国和美国人的绰号。
A Uncle Sam
B Brother Jonathan
C Yankee
D All of the above
美国概况
美国文学
1.The Old Man and the Sea is one of the great works by Ernest Hemingway.《老人与海》是海明威的作品。
2.In which novel can "Yahoo" be found? Jonathan Swift的Gulliver's Travels（《格列弗游记》）中yahoo暗指人类，集人类丑陋面于一身，服务于动物的一类生物。
A John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress
B Edmund Spencer's The Faerie Queen
C Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels
D Henry Fielding's Tom Jones
3.The Catcher in the Rye is written by J.D. Salinger. The Catcher in the Rye（《麦田里的守望者》）是J.D. Salinger （J.D. 赛琳格）的名著。
4.The image of the famous "henpecked husband" is created by Washington Irving henpecked husband 是指“怕老婆的
男人”，改典型形象出自Washington Irving 的Rip Van Winkle。
5.The literary spokesman of the Jazz is often thought to be Scott Fitzgerald. 二十世纪出现Jazz Age，这一代的年轻人物欲膨胀，沉迷酒色。Scott Fitzgerald的Great Gatsby《了不起的盖茨比》根据时代特征，对深深讽刺了所谓的美国梦。
6. Emerson is the most important person of the transcendental club. Emerson是超验主义的重要代表，所著Nature《论自然》代表了他的哲学观。
7. The main theme of Emily Dickinson is the following except war and peace. Emily Dickinson（1709-1784），美国女诗人，终生未嫁。主要诗歌包括：I Could Not Sto for Death还有，I'm Nobody. Who Are You? 诗歌主题为：爱情，自然，友谊，死亡与不朽。
8.Robert Frost is a famous poet. Robert Frost是十九世纪的美国诗人，后因父亲过世已经英国，在新英格兰享有很高名望。主要作品有：The Road Not Taken，Mending Wall。
9.Dover Beach is written by Mathew Arnold. Dover Beach（《多弗的海滩》）是Mathew Arnold 的作品。
10.The period from 1865-1914 has been referred to as the Age of Realism in the literary history of the United States. 1865-1914，也就是美国内战结束之后，第一次世界大战爆发之前。这个时候涌现的作家，比如Mark Twain刻画出美国经济政治发展引发的社会现实问题，包括“Gold Rush”。
1 Canada is known as the Land of Maple Leaf？加拿大国树为枫树，期国徽和国旗上都有枫叶的图案，因此长期以来枫叶被视作加拿大的象征。
2 The national anthem of Canada is O Canada. 加拿大国歌是《啊！加拿大》。
3 The capital city of Canada is Ottawa. 加拿大首都是渥太华，位于安大略省东南部与魁北克省交界处，是加拿大的经济政治中心，同时也是加拿大的文化中心。
4 According to the Official Language of Act of Canada, there are two official language in this country: they are English and French. 1867年的《不列颠北美法案》将英法两种语言定为加拿大联邦政府和魁北克省社会公共机构的官方语言。1968年的《官方语言法案》规定英语和法语均为加拿大官方语言。
5 Canada is a world primary producer of nickel, zinc, and asbestos……加拿大是世界锌和石棉的第一大生产国，钾碱产量居世界第二，黄金产量居第三，铜产量位居第四。
6 The highest peak in Canada is Mount Logan, which is the Yukon Territory of northwest Canada. 加拿大最高峰为洛根峰，海拔6050米。
7 St. Lawrence and River Columbia are shared by both America and Canada.美加边境有两条国际河流，一条是哥伦比亚河，另一条是圣劳伦斯河。
8 Apart from Paris, France, Montreal is regarded as the largest French-speaking city in the world, known as “Paris the Second”. 蒙特利尔的法裔加拿大占全市人口的三分之二，是除了法国巴黎以外世界上最大的法语城市，素有“小巴黎”之称。
9. Vancouver, the third largest city in Canada, is well known as Ice-Free Harbor. 温哥华总人口190万，是加拿大第三大城市和工商业中心，也是不列颠哥伦比亚区的最大城市、加拿大西海岸主要港口和横贯加拿大全景铁路线的终点。它还是一个天然良港，冬季不结冰。
10.Canada is the world’s second largest country in terms of land area. 加拿大位于美国以北，面积是世界上仅次于俄国的第二大国家。
专八人文知识(练习题)
专八人文知识(练习题) 篇一：★英语专八人文知识题与答案 英语专业八级人文知识 试题(1) 美国概况练习题： 1. The traditional dividing line in America between “east” and “west” is_____. 2. The earliest part in America to be found and taken over by early settlers is ____. 3. The largest racial group in the whole population of U.S.A is____. 4. Before 2000, the largest minority group in the United States is____. has the world’s oldest written constitution and political party. 6. The economic problem caused by the depression in 1929 was eventually solved by____. years. institutions. 9. The three main levels of courts of the federal judicial system in America are____________. 10. _____ (which state ) is not governed by the common law. 练习题答案及题解:
英语专八英美文学常识汇总
英语专八英美文学常识汇总
3专八人文知识:英国地理概况 the english channel: the channel is a narrow sea passage which separates england and france and connects the atlantic ocean and north sea. 英吉利海峡：英吉利海峡是一道狭长的海峡，分割英法两国，连接大西洋和北海。 the dee estuary: a small sea ( in irish sea) where the dee river enters. 迪河河口：是迪河流入的一个小海。 "the act of union of 1801": in 1801 the english parliament passed an act by which scotland, wales and the kingdom of england were constitutionally joined as the kingdom of great britain. 1801合并法：1801年英国议会通过法令，规定英格兰、苏格兰和威尔士根据宪法合并成为大不列颠王国。 gaelic: it is one of the celtic language, and is spoken in parts of the highlands. 盖尔语：是盖尔特语言的一种，在高地地区仍有人说这种语言。 the "backbone of england": it refers to the pennies, the board ridge of hills.
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