英美文化知识比赛题库
1. The highest mountain in the U.S. is Mount _____.
A. Appalachian
B. Mekinley
C. Rocky
2. Hawaii is in the _____ Ocean.
A. Atlantic
B. Indian
C. Pacific
3. ._____ is the largest state in area in the U.S.A.
A. Florida
B. Louisiana
C. Alaska
4. The _____ were the original inhabitants in America.
A. blacks
B. Indian
C. Puerto Ricans
5. Among the five Great Lakes, only _____ is wholly within the United States.
A. Erie
B. Superior
C. Michigan
6. England occupies the _____ portion of the U.K.
A.Northern
B. Eastern
C. Southern
7. London is situated on the River of _____.
A. Parret
B. Thames
C. Spey
8. .____ includes London，the centre of government for the whole nation
A. Scotland
B. Northern Ireland
C. Wales
D. England
9. Scotland occupies the ____ portion of Great Britain.
A. southern
B. northern
C. western
10. Big Ben, the most famous landmark in London，its name comes from _____
A. The person who built it
B. The fact that it is really very heavy
C. The name of the head of the British parliament
11. The U.K. is rich in the following except _____.
A. coal
B. iron
C. gold
12. The famous Y ellowstone National Park is situated in northwestern part of _____.
A. California
B. Arizona
C. Wyoming
13. The American War of Independence started in _____ and ended in _____
A. 1776, 1784
B. 1775, 1783
C. 1706, 1714
14. During the Civil War Lincoln issued the _____, which declared the abolition of slavery.
A. Homestead Bill
B. Emancipation Proclamation
C. Both A and B
15. The following states are among the first thirteen colonies except _____.
A. Maryland
B. South Carolina
C. Delaware
D. Colorado
16. 4.The Second World War broke out in September, _____ and ended in August _____.
A. 1939, 1945
B. 1937, 1943
C. 1938, 1945
17. The two fighting sides in WWII were _____.
A. the Allies and the Axis (powers)
B. the Axis and Holy Alliance
C. the Central Powers and the Allies
18. Charles I was beheaded in _____.
A. 1649
B. 1648
C. 1653
19. ._____ was the only American president who was re-elected three times in succession.
A. Theodore Roosevelt
B. George Washington
C. Franklin
D. Roosevelt D. Thomas Jefferson
20. Norman Conquest began in _____.
A. 1016
B. 1066
C. 1035
21. The first Civil War in Britain lasted from _____ to _____.
A. 1600, 1604
B. 1640, 1644
C. 1642, 1646
22. In history _____ was nicknamed “King of Lackland”.
A. John
B. Henry I
C. Henry II
23. The President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed a policy called _____ to save the economic situation.
A. Good Neighbour
B. the Open Door Policy
C. the New Deal
24. In Feb. _____ came President Nixon’s historic visit to China.
A.1979
B. 1972
C. 1973
25. Which of the following terms does NOT belong to the forms of poetry?
A. ballad
B. sonnet
C. fiction
D. ode
26. Which of the following is NOT one of the four great tragedies written William Shakespeare ?
A. Hamlet
B. King Lear
C. Macbeth
D. Romeo and Juliet
27. The famous saying, “Knowledge is power” , is quoted by ______.
A. Francis Bacon
B. William Shakespeare
C. Jane Austen
D. Karl Mark
28. What is the key note of English Renaissance?
A. optimism
B. humanism
C. pessimism
D. romanticism
29.
6.Charles Dickens takes the French Revolution as the background of his novel “_____ _”.
A. Great Expectations
B. A Tale of Two Cities
C. Bleak House
D. Oliver Twist
30. .“If Winter comes, can spring be far behind?”is an epigrammatic line by ____
A. J. Keats
B. W. Blake
C. W. Wordsworth
D. P. B. Shelley
31. _____ is considered the father of English poetry.
A. Geoffrey Chaucer John Milton C. John Donne
32. The Father of American literature was _____.
A. Mark Twain
B. Washington Irving
C. Walt Whitman
D. Jack London
33. The British people are great lovers of betting. The most money they bet mainly on _____.
A. horse racing
B. Bingo
C. football pools
D. dog racing
