十套考研美国概况练习题及答案.docx

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十套考研美国概况练习题及答案

AmericanSurveyTest

地理

1.The_____partofAmericaconsistsofhighplateausandmountainsformedbytheGreatCordilleraRange.

A.easternB.westernC.northeastern

2.Ineastern_____liesDeathValley,85metresbelowsealevel.

A.CaliforniaB.UtahC.Arizona

3.Inthewestofthe_____lietheColoradoPlateausandtheColumbiaPlateaus.

A.RockyMountainB.CoastRangeC.CascadesMountains

4.The_____liesbetweentheColoradoPlateausandColumbiaPlateaus

A.GreatBasinB.ColoradoValleyC.GreatPlains

5.ThefamousYellowstoneNationalParkissituatedinnorthwesternpartof_____.

A.CaliforniaB.ArizonaC.Wyoming

6.Theworld-knownColoradoValleyliesinnorthern_____,whichiscutbytheColoradoRiver.

A.ArizonaB.UtahC.Montana

7.AmongthefiveGreatLakes,only_____iswhollywithintheUnitedStates.

A.ErieB.SuperiorC.Michigan

8.Onlytheclimateinthesouthernpartof_____istropical.

A.FloridaB.GeorgiaC.Virginia

9.Washington,thecapitaloftheUS,isonthe_____river.

A.PotomacB.DelawareC.St.Laurence

10.ThewidthoftheNiagaraFallisabout_____metresandthedropaverage_____metres.

A.1650,50B.1240,49C.1540,49

11._____partisthemostdenselypopulatedregioninAmerica.

A.ThesouthernB.ThenortheasternC.Thewestern

12.TheGreatSaltLakeliesinnorthern_____.

A.IdahoB.ArizonaC.NevadaD.Utah

13._____hasbeencalledthe“cradleofAmericanLiberty”.

A.PhiladelphiaB.PlymouthC.Boston

14.About_____oftheworld’sannualagriculturalproductscomefromtheUnitedStates.

A.halfB.onethirdC.twothirds

15.ThehighestmountainintheU.S.isMount_____.

A.AppalachianB.MekinleyC.Rocky

16.MountMekinleyliesinthe_____Range.

A.SierraNevadaB.CascadesC.Alaska

17.ThetwolargestChinatownsarelocatedinthefollowingcitiesexcept_____.

A.NewYorkB.SanFranciscoC.Miami

18.Theworld’slargestfreshwaterlakeisLake_____.

A.SuperiorB.OntarioC.Victoria

19.Theworld-famousNiagaraFallsliebetweenlakesof_____.

A.ErieandMichiganB.ErieandOntarioC.SuperiorandHaron

20._____oftheAmerica’sterritoryiscoveredwithforests.

A.1/4B.1/5C.1/3

21.Texas,havingbelongedto_____,wasannexedbytheU.S.in1845.

A.FranceB.RussiaC.Mexico

22.Hawaiiisinthe_____Ocean.

A.AtlanticB.IndianC.Pacific

23.TheAmericanblackpopulationconsistsof_____ofthetotalpopulation.

A.1/10B.1/5C.1/9

24._____isthelargeststateinareaintheU.S.A.

A.FloridaB.LouisianaC.Alaska

25.TheUnitedStatestodayisthe_____largestcountryinsizeintheworld.

A.thirdB.fifthC.fourth

26.Abouthalfofthetotalpopulationisconcentratedinthefollowingareasexcept_____.

A.AtlanticCoastB.PacificCoastC.Northwest

D.aroundtheGreatLakesE.GulfofMexico

27.Thereare_____riversystemsintheU.S.A.

A.8B.3C.6

28.Detroitisfamousfortheproductionof_____.

A.automobileB.timberC.bamboo

29.TheCitySt.LouisinAmericaiscalledthegatewaytowardsthe_____.

A.EastB.WestC.NortheastD.Southwest

30.Thecity_____isgiventhenickname“SpaceCityofU.S.A.”.

A.BostonB.HoustonC.SanFrancisco

31.The_____weretheoriginalinhabitantsinAmerica.

A.blacksB.IndiansC.PuertoRicans

32.Thesteelandironindustriesaremainlydistributedaroundthecityof_____,providing_____percentofthetotaloutputeachyear.

A.Pittsburgh,60B.Chicago,50C.NewYork,60

33.ThelargestindustrialcityinAmericais_____.

A.ChicagoB.BostonC.Houston

34.OnlytheclimateinthesouthwesternpartofFloridabelongsto_____.

A.subtropicalB.continentalC.tropical

35.¬_____isfamousformanystoresandshops.

A.WallStreetB.BroadwayC.FifthAvenue

36.In_____peoplecanfindthehistoricalspot,theIndependenceNationalHistoricalPark.

A.PhiladelphiaB.St.LouisC.SanFrancisco

37.BostonissituatedinBostonBay,_____.

A.MaineB.MassachusettsC.Connecticut

38.TheColumbiaRiverandtheColoradoRiverbelongtothesystemof_____.

A.theGulfB.theAtlanticC.thePacific

I.Fillintheblanks

1.TheUnitedStatesissituatedinthe_____partof_____America.

2.TheU.S.isboundedby_____onthenorthandby_____andtheGulfofMexicoonthesouth.

3.TothewestofAmericaliesthe_____Ocean.

4.TotheeastofAmericaliesthe_____Ocean.

5.TheseatoftheAmericanFederalGovernmentistheDistrictof_____.

6.The_____partismadeupofthehighlandsformedbytheAppalachianRange.

7.Thefamous_____NationalParkislocatedinthenorthwesternpartofWyoming.

8.Thewesternpartofthecentralplainisalsocalledthe“__________”.

9.TheMississippiRiverflowsfromthe_____lakestotheGulfof_____.

10.ThelowestpointinthewholeofNorthAmericais__________.

11.Theworld-known__________liesinnorthernArizona,whichiscutbytheColoradoRiver.

12.ThelargestislandsaltlakeinNorthAmericaisthe__________Lake.

13.TheUnitedStatesincludes_____statesanda_____district,theDistrictofColumbia.

14.TheDeclarationofIndependencewasfirstreadonJuly4th,_____.

15.Thetwomaintributariesofthe_____RiveraretheMissouriRiverandtheOhioRiver.

16.ThefiveGreatLakesliebetweentheboundaryof_____andtheUnitedStates.

17.Throughthemiddleofthecountry,northandsouth,runsalinewhichisknownasthe____________________.

18.TheSouthregioninAmericahasingeneral,awarmclimate.Peopleoftencallitthe“__________”.

19.Thelargeststate,_____,isfamousforitsglacier,waterfallandripples.

20.Thererisesthetendencyofshiftingthecentreofindustriesfromthe_____tothe_____.

21.Thefamous__________isknownasthefinancialcentre,thesymboloftheAmericanmonopolycapitalism.

22._____isthecentreoftheatresinAmerica.

23.ThenicknameofPittsburghisthe_____and_____City.

24._____isthesecondlargestinpopulationintheU.S.

25.Thetwoyoungeststatesare_____inthenortheasternpartofAmericaand_____inthecentralPacific.

26.MostoftheinhabitantsintheU.S.areof_____origin.

27.NegroslaveswerefirstbroughttoAmericaatthebeginningofthe_____century.

28.TheDeathValleyis_____metresbelowsealevel.

29.ThepopulationoftheUnitedStatesisabout_____million.

30.TheStatueofLibertyIslandin__________harbour.

31.__________isthebaseofthePacificFleetoftheU.S.A.

32.__________isthesmalleststateinsizeandthemostdenselypopulatedstateoftheU.S.A.

33.Fromageographicalpointofview,thefiftystatesaregroupedinto_____regions.

34.ThenicknameofHoustonCityis__________.

35._____becamethefiftiethstateoftheUnitedStatesin1959.

36.__________isthelongestandthemostimportantriverinthesystemofGulf.

37.TheLibraryofCongressisinthecityof_____.

38.NewEnglandislocatedinthe_____cornerofthecountry.

39.TheareaofthePacificcoastisknownforitsgrowthoffruits,vegetablesandwheat,especiallyin_____.

40.TheMiddleAtlanticRegionismarkedbyitsindustry.Itisoftencalledthe_____Northeast.

II.ExplaintheFollowingTerms

1.“Thebackboneofthecontinent”

2.meltingpot

III.AnswertheFollowingQuestions

1.GiveabriefpresentationoftheU.S.economy.

2.WhyisDetroitfamous?

英语考研英美概况模拟题（六）美国地理部分答案：

PartI

I.BAAACACAABBDAABCCABACCACCCBABBBAACCABC

II.

1.central,northCanada,MexicoPacificAtlanticColumbiaeasternYellowstoneGreatPlainsGreat,MexicoDeathValleyColoradoValleyGreatSalt50,federal1776MississippiCanada50centimetreRainfallLineSunnySouthAlaskaSouthwestWallStreetBroadwayIron,SteelChicagoAlaska,HawaiiEuropean17th85240/256NewYorkPearlHarbourRhodeIsland8SpaceCityHawaiiMississippiRiverWashingtonnortheasternCaliforniaIndustrial

PartIIHistory

I.MultipleChoice

1.ThehistoryoftheU.S.isgenerallyagreedtohavebegunin_____.

A.1620B.1607C.1776

2.Thefollowingstatesareamongthefirstthirteencoloniesexcept_____.

A.MarylandB.SouthCarolinaC.DelawareD.Colorado

3._____wasthefirstmanwhosailedaroundtheearth.

A.JohnCabotB.MagellanC.BalboaD.Cartier

4.Thecoloniallifecanbedescribedasthefollowingexcept_____.

A.simpleB.easyC.roughD.hard

5.TheStampActwaspassedin_____andwasrepealedin_____.

A.1765,1766B.1764,1765C.1763,1764

6.TheFirstContinentalCongresswasheldin_____inSeptember,1774.

A.PhiladelphiaB.BostonC.NewYork

7.TheAmericanWarofIndependencestartedin_____andendedin_____.

A.1776,1784B.1775,1783C.1706,1714

8.WashingtonwonthegreatvictoryonDecember26,1776in_____.

A.GettysburgB.PittsburghC.Trenton

9.Thebattleof_____markedtheturningpointoftheWarofIndependence.

A.NewYorkB.SaratogaC.BunkerHill

10.OnOctober19th,1781,theBritishGeneralCornwallisandhis7,000mensurrenderedat_____.

A.YorktownB.BostonC.Charleston

11.TheConstitutionalConventionwasheldin1787torevise_____.

A.TheArticlesoftheConfederationB.BillofRights

C.CivilRights

12.Thefirsttenamendments,knownas_____,wereaddedtotheConstitutionin1791.

A.theBillofRightsB.theArticlesC.CivilRights

13.AftertheFederalGovernmentwasestablished,thecity_____waschosenasthecapitalforthetimebeing.

A.WashingtonB.NewYorkC.Philadelphia

14.Thepamphlet“CommonSense”waswrittenby_____.

A.ThomasEdisonB.ThomasPaineC.ThomasJefferson

15.TheSecondPresidentJohnAdamsadoptedahigh-handedpolicywhichwascalled_____.

A.the“IntolerableActs”B.Un-AmericanActivities

C.theSedition