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单项选择

1 The world-famous Havard University is in _____.

A Massachusetts

B New York

C Washington D.C.

D Maine

2 Which of the following statements about American education is wrong?

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.

3 _____ is a symbol of American theatre and world-class entertainment.

A Broadway

B Wall Street

C The Fifth Avenue

D Times Square

4 ____ is not a tourist attraction in the United States.

A Yellowstone National Park

B Grand Canyon

C St. Patrick’s Cathedral

D Stonehenge

5 ____ was an actor before he became the President.

A Ronald Reagan

B Abraham Lincoln

C Herbert Hoover

D Jimmy Carter

1 A, 哈佛大学位于马萨诸塞州的剑桥(Cambridge)镇。

2 C, 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。

3 A, 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借“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。

4 D, Stonehenge 在英国， 是古代城池的遗迹。

5 A, 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。[page]

6 New Englanders were originally known as _____, which come to stand for all Americans.

A Hippies

B Yankees

C Uncle Sam

D Brother Jonathan

7 On the 30th of April 1789, George Washington took the oath of office in _____, which housed the government then.

A New York

B Washington D.C.

C Philadelphia

D Boston

8 Which of the following people was not an American President?

A John Hancock

B John Adams

C John Q. Adams

D Jimmy Carter

9 Henry Fond was the first man to _____.

A design a plane

B fly an aeroplane

C mass-produciton

D design and make a car

10 “That government of the people, by the people, for the people, … ”were the words by _____.

A Thomas Jefferson

B Abraham Lincoln

C Andrew Johnson

D Theodore Roosevelt

6 B, 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。

7 A, 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。

8 A, 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。

9 C, 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。

10 B, 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。。

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