美国文化-在线测试卷一

美国文化在线测试卷一(2014年5月)

PartⅠ Multiple Choice (20%)

( C) 1.The following were the founding fathers of the American Republic except_______.

A. George Washington

B. Thomas Jefferson

C. William Penn

D. Benjamin Franklin

( C) 2. The following are some of the characteristics of Protestantism except______.

A.challenging the authority of the Pope

B.salvation through faith

C.salvation through the church

D.establishing a direct contact with God

( C ) 3. The Bill of Rights consist of ________.

A.10 very short paragraphs in an amendment

B.10 amendments adopted in 1787

C.10 amendments added to the Constitution in 1791

D.The amendments concerning the freedom of speech, the freedom of the

press and the freedom of religion

( B) 4. According to he author, the Articles of Confederation failed because of the following reasons. Which is NOT true?

A. The new states did not cooperate with the Congress or with each other.

B. Some new states wanted to be free from the Union.

C. The Congress could not raise money to pay the national army and to pay

debts owed to France and other countries.

D. The Congress had no power to tax any citizen.

( D ) 5. The latest technology that farmers have ado[ted is ________.

A. artificial fertilizers

B. pesticide

C. tractors

D. computers ( C ) 6. The “American system” of mass production was first used in ______.

A.car industry

B. textile industry

C.firearms industry

D. agriculture

( B ) 7. The first factory in the United States was a cotton textile mill in Pawtucket, in the state of ________.

A. New York

B. Rhode Island

C. Connecticut

D. Georgia

( C ) 8. Three of the following factors gave contributed to the flourishing of large universities in America, which is the exception?

A. Large universities offer the best libraries and facilities or scientific research.

B. Large universities provide students with “mainframe” computers.

C. Large universities offer scholarships to all students.

D. Large universities attract students with modern laboratories.

( D ) 9. The expenditure in American public schools is guided or decided by ______.

A. teachers

B. students

C. headmasters

D. board of education ( A) 10. Both public and private universities depend on the following sources of income except ________.

A. investment

B. student tuition

C. endowments

D. government funding