練習(xí)題：
    1._____is the largest city and the chief port of the United States.
    A.Washington D.C
    B.Los Angeles
    C.San Francisco
    D.New York City
    2._____ enjoys the worst social and economic conditions.
    A.Blacks
    B.Hispanics
    C.Indians
    D.Asian Americans
    3.Washington D.C. is named after___________.
    A.the U.S. President George Washington
    B.Christopher Columbus
    C.both George Washington and Christopher Columbus
    D.none of them
    4.American and British English are two_____ of the English language.
    A.varieties
    B.elements
    C.parts
    D.form
    5.The first American president to be elected from the Republican Party was______.
    A.Thomas Jefferson
    B.James Monroe
    C.James Madison
    D.Abraham Lincoln
    6.Of the fifty states, the smallest state in area is_____.
    A.Rhode Island
    B.Virginia
    C.Texas
    D.Montana
    7.The national flag of the United States is known as_____.
    A.the Star-Spangled Banner
    B.Uncle Sam
    C.Hot Dog
    D.union   Jack
    8.The number of the Representatives from each American state depends on the _____.
    A.contribution a state has made to the nation
    B.population
    C.size
    D.none of the above
    9.The tern “Father of Waters” is used to refer to _____.
    A.the Amazon River
    B.the Mississippi River
    C.the Nile River
    D.the Hudson River
    10 The statue of liberty was given to American people by_____ as a gift in 1884.
    A.France
    B.Spain
    C.Italy
    D.Britain
    練習(xí)題答案及題解:
    1.D, 紐約是美國最大的城市同時(shí)也是最重要的經(jīng)濟(jì)中心和最主要的港口。
    2.A, 黑人在美國的經(jīng)濟(jì)和社會(huì)地位都最為低下。
    3.C, 首都命名為華盛頓是為了紀(jì)念美國的第一任總統(tǒng)喬治?華盛頓，而聯(lián)邦直轄區(qū)命名為哥倫比亞特區(qū)是為了紀(jì)念第一位從歐洲橫渡大西洋到達(dá)西半球的探險(xiǎn)家克里斯多拂?哥倫布。
    4.A, 美國英語和英國英語是英語語言的兩種變體。
    5.D, 美國歷史上的第一位共和黨總統(tǒng)是亞伯拉罕?林肯。
    6.A, 美國國土面積最小的是羅得島。
    7.A, 美國的國旗是星條旗。
    8.B, 美國每個(gè)州派往眾議院的代表人數(shù)應(yīng)與本州人口成比例。
    9.B, 美國的“眾河之父”指的是密西西比河。
    10.A, 美國的自由女神像是法國人贈(zèng)予的禮物。