17秋《英语国家概况》(II)作业1 试卷总分:100 测试时间:-- 一、单选题(共 10 道试题,共 50 分。) V 1. What is the idea behind checks and balances? A. To help the president get more power B. To restrict governmental power and prevent its abu C. To help the Congress to derive more authorities 满分:5 分 2. Which of the following American values did NOT come from Puritanism? A. Separation of state and church B. Respect of education C. Intolerant moralism D. A n of mission 满分:5 分 3. The author of the novel The Scarlet Letter is_________. A. Hawthorne B. Emerson C. Hemingway 满分:5 分 4. Who first introduced the "moving asmbly" line? A. Eli Whitney B. Samuel Slater C. Henry Ford D. Adam Smith 满分:5 分 5. 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 满分:5 分 6. The U.S. government consists of three branches:___________. A. the executive branch, the legislative branch, and the judicial branch B. the State Department, the Department of Defen, and the Energy Department C. the White Hou, the Senate, and the Supreme Court 满分:5 分 7. Who is Abraham Lincoln? What was he famous for? A. Uncle Tom's Cabin B. The Federalist Papers C. The Emancipation Proclamation 满分:5 分 8. The following were the main Reformation leaders except ___________. A. Martin Luther B. Martin Luther King C. John Calvin D. The English King Henry VIII 满分:5 分 9. Alexander Hamilton was 。 A. The first Secretary of Treasury of the USA B. The first president of the USA 满分:5 分 10. Lord Baltimore's feudal plan failed becau ___________. A. there were more Protestant than Catholics in Maryland B. the wilderness of the continent made the plan impossible C. there was plenty of land while labor was scarce D. the English king did not like the plan 满分:5 分 |