英美概况题库(美国部分)
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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