[外语类试卷]专业英语八级(美国国家概况)模拟试卷3及答案与解析.doc
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1、专业英语八级(美国国家概况)模拟试卷 3及答案与解析 一、 PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN) Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question. 1 Legal, official discrimination against black Americans has been abolished, but_. ( A) inequality and subtle discrimination
2、 still exist ( B) discrimination in education still exists ( C) discrimination in employment still exists ( D) the poverty rate of the black is the highest among all racial and ethnic groups 2 Many Indian tribes depended on_for their existence, which were almost wiped out by the white people. ( A) t
3、he crops ( B) the buffalo ( C) cows ( D) corns 3 Among the major Hispanic groups, the largest group are_. ( A) Puerto Ricans ( B) Mexican-Americans ( C) Cuban-Americans ( D) Central and South American immigrants 4 The Cuban-Americans have done very well_. ( A) in Florida ( B) in business with Cuba (
4、 C) politically ( D) economically 5 Experts say that Asian-Americans mainly owe their success to the Asian tradition of_. ( A) education ( B) hard work ( C) family ( D) all of the above 6 The “powwow“ is a community celebration including the following activities except_. ( A) crafts ( B) dance ( C)
5、the playing of drum ( D) crying 7 The most important obstacle to Hispanic success in the labor market is_. ( A) the language problem ( B) their low education ( C) their lack of professional skill ( D) discrimination 8 In the construction of cross-country railroads in the 1860s,_played an important r
6、ole. ( A) Black Americans ( B) Hispanics ( C) Chinese laborers ( D) Japanese-Americans 9 One of the signs of the awakening of the American Indians is_. ( A) the reappearance of the “powwow“ ( B) the legal steps they are taking to recover land and resources that have been grabbed from them illegally
7、( C) their refusal to live on reservations ( D) none of the above 10 The social and economic conditions of the Indians are often poor and_of the Indian families live below the poverty level. ( A) half ( B) one fourth ( C) one third ( D) three quarters 11 Recently most of the immigration to the Unite
8、d States has been from_. ( A) Asian countries ( B) Asian and Hispanic countries ( C) Eastern European countries ( D) former Soviet Republic countries 12 The first immigrants in American history came from_. ( A) England and Germany ( B) England and Ireland ( C) England and the Netherlands ( D) Englan
9、d and Spain 13 The United States is_. ( A) the most populous country in the world ( B) the second most populous country in the world ( C) the third most populous country in the world ( D) the fourth most populous country in the world 14 A trend that occurs at the same time with the movement to the S
10、outh and the West of the United States is_. ( A) the flow of people to the sunbelt area ( B) the flow of people from small cities to big cities ( C) the growth of small towns ( D) the outflow of city residents from the core cities to the suburbs 15 The average life expectancy of the Red Indians is_.
11、 ( A) higher than the national average ( B) lower than the national average ( C) about the same as the national average ( D) none of the above 16 The major Hispanic groups in the United States are_. ( A) the Mexicans and Haitians ( B) the Puerto Ricans and Cubans ( C) the Mexicans and the Puerto Ric
12、ans ( D) the Mexicans, Puerto Ricans and Cubans 17 In the United States, the first largest immigration movement took place_. ( A) right after the American War of Independence ( B) in the mid-1810s ( C) at the turn of the 20th century ( D) right after the Civil War 18 The “first Americans“ were_. ( A
13、) the Black Slaves ( B) the Pilgrims ( C) the Indians ( D) the Hispanics 19 The first English colony was founded at_in_. ( A) Jamestown, Virginia; 1607 ( B) Boston, Massachusetts; 1607 ( C) Plymouth, Massachusetts; 1773 ( D) New Amsterdam; 1607 20 Christopher Columbus was an_navigator. ( A) British
14、( B) Italian ( C) Spanish ( D) Portuguese 21 During the drafting of the Declaration of Independence and the drafting of the Constitution, the issue of Negro slavery was_. ( A) not raised ( B) raised but voted down ( C) bitterly debated ( D) raised but because of strong southern opposition it was put
15、 aside for greater objective 22 The great Puritan migration began in_. ( A) 1630 ( B) 1607 ( C) 1620 ( D) 1643 23 The Declaration of Independence was drafted by_. ( A) James Madison ( B) Thomas Jefferson ( C) Alexander Hamilton ( D) George Washington 24 The Puritan tradition was mainly developed in
16、the_colony. ( A) Virginia ( B) Massachusetts Bay ( C) Pennsylvania ( D) New York 25 Abraham Lincoln belonged to_. ( A) the Federalist Party ( B) the Whig Party ( C) the Republican Party ( D) the Democratic Party 26 The Declaration of Independence was adopted by the continental Congress on_. ( A) Apr
17、il 19,1775 ( B) the Christmas Day of 1776 ( C) May 10, 1775 ( D) July 4, 1776 27 In the early 1850s, with the westward movement, the slavery issue became a serious political issue endangering the unity of the country because_. ( A) whether the future states formed as a result of the westward movemen
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