期末复习题1
中秋节的由来100字-个性自我介绍
期末复习-1
Part I Fill in the blanks with
proper words or expressions.
1. The largest
racial minority in America is _______________. The
first group of them was
brought into Virginia
colony as __________ in 1619. (African
American, slaves)
2. After WWII, American
blacks formed the _______________ movement to end
racial
discrimination and fight for
_______________. (Civil Rights,
equal civil rights)
3. _______________ were
the original inhabitants in the continents. When
North America was
discovered and settled by
Europeans, Native Americans were driven to live in
the so-called
_______________.
(American Indians, Indian Reservations)
4. The
US lies in _______________, North America, with
Canada to the north, ___________ to
the south,
the Atlantic to its _________ and the Pacific to
its ________.
(the central part of, Mexico
and Gulf of Mexico, east, west.)
5.
_______________is the largest freshwater lake
among the Great Lakes. The world-famous
Niagara Falls is located on the US-Canadian
border Between Lake _______________and Lake
_______________.
(Lake Superior, Erie, Ontario.)
6. The
Mississippi River flows about 6400km. From its
northwestern source in ______________
to the
Gulf of Mexico. The River is known to some Native
American Indians as
_______________.
(the Rockies, the father of waters.)
7.
Religion in the United States is remarkable both
in its _________level compared to other
developed countries and in its _________.
(high adherence, diversity.)
8. There is no
single pattern of American character. Personality
in America is shaped by the
diverse
_________and _________origins.
(racial,
cultural)
9. Americans value _________ as a
virtue, even at the expense of vacation time and
to the point of
pressure.
(hard work)
10. It is a widespread belief that in America,
everyone is equal to the opportunities of success.
Americans don’t have a _________ in their
culture.
(formal class system)
11. The
uniqueness of American history made the American
spirit of _________ come into being.
Americans
believe that this spirit is closely connected to
their freedom.
(“do-it-yourself”)
12. “The
American Dream” first showed up in James Adams’
book _________written in 1931.
(The Epic of
America)
Part II translation
English
to Chinese
1. the Stars and Stripes
2. the
Star-Spangled Banner
3. the Capitol
4. the
Pentagon
5. the Mississippi River
6. the Appalachians
7. the Rockies
8.
the Great Lakes
9. the Ivy League
10. the
Lost Generation
Part III Choose the
answer that best completes the sentence.
1.
Which of the following does not refer to the
national flag of the US?
A. The Stars and
Stripes B. The Old Glory C. The Star-spangled
Banner
Jack Union
D
Part IV
Decide which of the following statements are True
1. The Mississippi River Basin lies between
the Appalachians and Rocky Mountains. T
2. The Great Basin is known as the “Barn of
America” F
3. Harvard has the second largest academic
library in the world. F
Part V Answer the following questions
briefly.
1. Why is New England regarded as the
cradle of America?
New England is a region
in the northeastern corner of the United States
consisting of the
six states of Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
and Connecticut,
where the earliest English
settlements in North America was made.
In the
late 18th century, the New England Colonies
initiated the resistance to the British
Parliament's efforts to impose new taxes
without the consent of the colonists.
The
confrontation led to the Declaration of
Independence in July 1776, which resulted in
the War of American Independence that brought
about the birth of the United States of
America.
2. Why is the United States known
as “a melting pot”?
Melting pot is
metaphorically used to refer to the US because it
is a country of many ethnic
groups from
different parts of the world, who came to the New
World for freedom in politics
or religion.
They have been dissipating their different ethnic
cultures towards some “standard”
by living and
working together in the “melting pot” of the US
and gradually forming a new
nation.
3.
Could you give a brief introduction about “Indian
reservation”?
Indian Reservation is the
living place of Indians.
Indians were driven
westward to live in these barren desert places
when Europeans settled in
American continent.
In these isolated places, they were allowed to
keep a part of their own culture and customs.
But the Reservations lacked basic public
facilities and life-sustaining opportunities.
The situation is somewhat better today, but
there continues to be problems
Part VI.
Answer the question.
1. Your understanding of
“American Dream”.
The American Dream is
“that dream of a land in which life should be
better and richer and fuller
for everyone,
with opportunity for each according to ability or
achievement. … It is not a dream
of motor cars
and high wages merely, but a dream of social order
in which each man and each
woman shall be able
to attain to the fullest stature of which they are
innately capable.”
The foundation of the
American Dream is the Declaration of Independence
- “that all Men are
created equal, that they
are endowed by their Creator with certain
unalienable Rights, that
among these are life,
Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.”
In the dream, is the right
to own
property,
to follow your own vision of
religion,
to be rewarded for your labors
to have the opportunities to advance,
economically, politically or in any other field