2021年英美概况题库美国部分

The United States

I. Choose the correct answer.

1. In area，the United States is the c largest country in the world.

a. 2nd

b. 3rd

c. 4th

d. 5th

2. The Midwest in the US refers to the region d .

a. west of the Mississippi Valley

b. west of the Appalachian Mountains

c. east of the Rocky Mountains

d. around the Great Lakes and the upper Mississippi Valley.

3. The Backbone of North America refers to the b .

a. Appalachian Mountains

b. Rocky Mountains

c. the Rocky Mountains

d. Sierra Nevada Mountains

4. Death Valley is on the western edge of a .

a. the Great Basin

b. California

c. the Rocky Mountains

d. the Sierra Nevada Mountains

5. Which region might have a dust storm in summer? c

a. The Deep South.

b. The Middle West.

c. The Great Plains

d. The Central Valley of California.

6. Which area has the highest rainfall in the US? b

a. The region around the Great Lakes.

b. The western part of Washington State.

c. The Middle Atlantic states.

d. The Central Valley of California.

7. The US primary suppliers of foreign oil are the following countries except

b .

a. Canada

b. Japan

c. Venezuela

d. Saudi Arabia

8. The US largest open-pit copper-mining center is in b .

a. California

b. Utah

c. Montana

d. South Dakota

9. The over 3 million of early Americans in 1790 were mostly of ancestry. c

a. Spanish

b. French

c. British

d. Dutch

10. How many immigrants were legally received by the US each year during the 1980s? b

a. About 270,000.

b. About 700,000.

c. About 675,000.

d. About 800,000

11. The official racial segregation continued to be the law of the US until d .

a. 1860

b. 1863

c. 1918

d. 1954

12. American Indians now mainly live in the a .

a. South

b. West

c. Midwest

d. Northeast

13. The majority of American Hispanics are from the following countries except

c .

a. Mexico

b. Cuba

c. Spain

d. Puerto Rico

14. According to the text，which region now leads in percentage increase in population? c

a. The Northeast.

b. The Great Plains.

c. The South.

d. The West.

15. According to the 1994 US census，the second most populous state in the US is

c .

a. California

b. New York

c. Texas

d. Washington

16. The trend in migration from cities to suburbs now prevailed in all region

b .

a. the Northeast

b. the South

c. the Midwest

d. the West

17. According to the text，the ancestors of the present American Indians came from

c .

a. Europe

b. Africa

c. Asia

d. Mongolia

18. Which is not correct to explain the reasons for the sudden daring exploration of the unknown in the mid-15th century? a

a. The ambition for the cast lands.

b. The strong desire for Eastern goods.

c. The improvements in navigation and naval architecture.

d. The great spirit of adventure started by the Renaissanc

e.

19. On his voyage of 1492，Columbus expected to reach c .

a. the New world

b. the West Indies

c. India

d. America

20 Among the following navigators who discovered the route to India? b

a. Christopher Columbus.

b. Vasco da Gama.

c. Bartholoneu Diaz.

d. Ferdinand Magellan.

21. Who was sent by the English King to explore the new way to the East? b

a. Jacques Cartier.

b. John Cabot.

c. Bartholeneu Diaz.

d. Ferdinand Magellan.

22. Which colony in the following was not founded first by the English? c

a. Virginia.

b. Massachusetts.

c. New York

d. Georgia.

23. The breadbasket colonies include the following ones except

d .

a. New York