英语专八人文知识练习题(21)

2014-03-13 17:39:18来源:网络

  大学英语专八人文知识涉及的范围很宽泛,备考时面对英美文学﹑文化﹑及语言学众多资料无从下手,这就要求考生对每一章的基本概念都要清楚,善于高度提炼。下面小编为大家提炼了一些英语专八人文知识练习题,提起来看一下吧。

  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

  答案解析:

  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 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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