北京语言大学20春《英语国家概况（II）》作业2【参考答案】

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熊猫奥鹏:20春《英语国家概略（II）》作业2
1.Do you happen to know of the name of George Washington? Is he_________?
A.one of the founding fathers of the United States
B.the first Governor of the State of New York
C.the author of the Declaration of Independence
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2.Prime Minister _______ once said that the U.S.-Canada relationship was was like "a relationship between two farmers".
A.Louis St.Laurent
B.Wilfred Laurier
C.Lester Pearson
D.John A. Macdonald
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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
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4.The author of the novel The Scarlet Letter is_________.
A.Hawthorne
B.Emerson
C.Hemingway
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5.The first inhabitants of the American continent were_________.
A.the Italians
B.the Spanish
C.the Indians
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6.Who first introduced the "moving assembly" line?
A.Eli Whitney
B.Samuel Slater
C.Henry Ford
D.Adam Smith
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7.What is the idea behind checks and balances?
A.To help the president get more power
B.To restrict governmental power and prevent its abuse
C.To help the Congress to derive more authorities
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8.To promote peace and cooperation among nations, Canada plays an active role in international organizations. Which of the following is the exception?
A.the United Nations
B.the Commonwealth
C.the National Organization of Women
D.la Francophonie
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9.The capital of Canada is?
A.Toronto
B.San Francisco
C.Ottawa
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10.Who invented the phonograph and the electric light?
A.Thomas Edison
B.John F Kennedy
C.Bill Gates
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1.Wakefield Scheme was devised by Edward Wakefield, a convict and theorist on colonization, to solve the problem of labor shortage in colonial Australia.
A.过错
B.正确
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2.The Adirondack Mountains, located mainly in the state of New York, contains some of the oldest rocks in the world.
A.过错
B.正确
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3.Horse-racing is a very popular sport among the Irish because they can place a bet for the occasion.
A.过错
B.正确
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4.America’s movies are mostly in Hollywood, near the city of Los Angeles in South California.
A.过错
B.正确
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5.Alexander Hamilton is the second Secretary of Treasureofthe United States.
A.过错
B.正确
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6.The name of Knickerbocker comes from Washington Irving＇s History of New York (1809).
A.过错
B.正确
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7.John Steven, an American entrepreneur in the late 19th century, was the first to use assembly line for manufacturing cars.
A.过错
B.正确
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8.Under the White Australia Policy, immigrants to Australia had to take a test in a European language, the failure of which would be given the status of prohibited immigrant.
A.过错
B.正确
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9.Toni Morrison (1931-) won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993. She is the first African-American writer to receive this honor.
A.过错
B.正确
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10.The earliest settlers in Ireland came around 7000 BC in the Mesolithic or middle Stone Age Period.
A.过错
B.正确
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