第一章测试1.
Which two states in America share no boundaries with the rest of the country?
A:Alaska and Hawaii B:Hawaii and Tennessee C:Vermont and Rhode island D:Utah and Alaska
答案:A
2.
Which of the following is NOT true of the Rocky Mountains?
A:new B:old C:irregular D:rough
答案:B
3.
Which of the following statement is true about the Northeast region in the United States?
A:This region is a leader in innovative business methods, publishing, and the design and production of high-tech weaponry, aircraft, engines, tools and computers. B:Americans tend to trace many of the nation’s core values to this region. C:All of the above statements.
D:This region has a long tradition of supporting education.
答案:C
4.
Which of the following is NOT a core value that is said to have derived from the early settlers of New England in the region of Northeast in the United States?
A:The American commitment to homogeneous community life.
答案:D
5.
______ is not a state in the South of the United States.
A:Florida B:California C:South Carolina D:Louisiana
答案:B
6.
Of all the major cities in the Midwest, ______ remains the region’s premier city, for it is both the national hub of the commodities market and the regional hub of air transportation and the home of widely diversified industries and cultural institutions.
A:Chicago B:St. Louis C:Indianapolis D:Kansas City
答案:A
7.
The forces that drove the early immigrants from Europe to the New World don’t include_______.
A:the Crusades B:the sense of other worlds to conquer C:the decline of trade and the growth of feudalism in Europe D:the 15th century Renaissance
答案:C
8.
Culturally, the West has a place in American minds as a myth as well as a set of values. It represents all the following except______ .
A:individualism B:freedom C:self-reliance and the future.
D:possibility
答案:A
9.
In order to curb the massive flow of immigrants, the United States enacted ______ to limit immigration.
A:the Immigration Act of 1924 B: the Immigration Act of 1921 C:the liberalization of immigration law in 1965 D:the liberalization of immigration law in 1924
答案:A
10.
Which of the following statements about Hispanics (or: Latinos) is NOT true?
A:They constitute the largest ethnic minority in the United States. B:Puerto Ricans and the Cubans have similar American experience with Mexican Americans. C:The majority of them are of Mexican origin. D:They generally share Spanish as a second language, and sometimes the first language.
答案:B
