《英语国家概况（II）》作业3

共20道题 总分：100分

一、单选题(共10题，50分)

1.What are the original inhabitants of Canada now called?

A、The Indians

B、The First Nations

C、The Eskimos

2.Who is the Prime Minister of Canada at present?

A、Justin Trudeau

B、Pierre Trudeau

C、Jean Chirac

3.Which Canadian prime minister referred to the two world wars as ” the vortex of European militarism”?

A、Lester Pearson

B、Wilfred Laurier

C、Pierre Trudeau

D、Brian Mulroney

4.In Vancouver schools, it is estimated that more than half of the students speak _______.

A、German

B、French

C、Mandarin Chinese

D、Cantonese

5.Which of the following is a tourist attraction in the United States?

A、Yellowstone National Park

B、The Babylon Garden

C、The English castle

D、The coral reefs

6.During the Second World War, the Japanese settlers in Canada were forced to move _______.

A、to east of the Rocky Mountains

B、back to Japan

C、to Pearl Harbour

D、to the east coast

7.The novel The English Patient is written by____.

A、a British writer

B、a Canadian writer

8.Which of the following writers is a Canadian?

A、Emily Bronte

B、Kate Chopin

C、Margaret Atwood

9.In more recent years, partly through Canadian diplomatic efforts, things like ____________ and ____________have been put on the international agenda.

A、arms control, human rights

B、economic crisis, inequality

C、organized crime, drug trafficking

D、women’issues, the environment

10.Which of the following games is played in a “ballpark”?

A、Football

B、Basketball

C、Baseball

二、判断题(共10题，50分)

1.It was in 1954 that the Supreme Court ruled that the practice of segregating blacks into separate schools was unconstitional.

A、错误

B、正确

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2.Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique, published in 1963, changed the way large numbers of women thought about themselves and other women.

A、错误

B、正确

3.After Legal segregation ended in the South as a result of the civil rights movement, and racism is no longer an extremely serious social, political problem in the U.S.

A、错误

B、正确

4.New York City is the second largest city of the United States.

A、错误

B、正确

5.Former President Nixon remarked on several occasions that drug abuse is American’s “number one enemy” and that “we must declare war against it.”

A、错误

B、正确

6.Convicts＇ wives in England were discouraged from following their husbands to Australia.

A、错误

B、正确

7.The Prime Minister and his Cabinet at federal level is the acknowledged center of Australian parliamentary power.

A、错误

B、正确

8.The Yellowstone National Park was established in 1908 by President Theodore Roosevelt.

A、错误

B、正确

9.In the early 15th century, the British took over the continent of Australia and declared it “terra nullius”.

A、错误

B、正确

10.The word “Ireland” is used ambiguously to mean both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

A、错误

B、正确