練習(xí)題：
    1 The world-famous Havard University is in _____.
    A Massachusetts
    B New York
    C Washington D.C.
    D Maine
    2 Which of the following statements about American education is wrong?
    A Elementary and secondary education in America is free and compulsory
    B Private schools are financially supported by religious or nonreligious private organizations or individuals.
    C There are more public colleges and universities than the private ones
    D Credits taken at community colleges are normally applicable to requirement for a four-year bachelor’s degree.
    3 _____ is a symbol of American theatre and world-class entertainment.
    A Broadway
    B Wall Street
    C The Fifth Avenue
    D Times Square
    4 ____ is not a tourist attraction in the United States.
    A Yellowstone National Park
    B Grand Canyon
    C St. Patrick’s Cathedral
    D Stonehenge
    5 ____ was an actor before he became the President.
    A Ronald Reagan
    B Abraham Lincoln
    C Herbert Hoover
    D Jimmy Carter
    6 New Englanders were originally known as _____, which come to stand for all Americans.
    A Hippies
    B Yankees
    C Uncle Sam
    D Brother Jonathan
    7 On the 30th of April 1789, George Washington took the oath of office in _____, which housed the government then.
    A New York
    B Washington D.C.
    C Philadelphia
    D Boston
    8 Which of the following people was not an American President?
    A John Hancock
    B John Adams
    C John Q. Adams
    D Jimmy Carter
    9 Henry Fond was the first man to _____.
    A design a plane
    B fly an aeroplane
    C mass-produciton
    D design and make a car
    10 “That government of the people, by the people, for the people, … ”were the words by _____.
    A Thomas Jefferson
    B Abraham Lincoln
    C Andrew Johnson
    D Theodore Roosevelt
    練習(xí)題答案及題解:
    1 A, 哈佛大學(xué)位于馬薩諸塞州的劍橋(Cambridge)鎮(zhèn)。
    2 C, 在美國， 私立高等教育機(jī)構(gòu)要多于公立的。象麻省理工， 耶魯大學(xué)， 哈佛大學(xué)都是私立的。
    3 A, 百老匯是一條由南向北貫穿曼哈頓全島的大道， 其中心地帶是在第42借“時代廣場”附近， 周圍云集了幾十家劇院， 上演被稱為現(xiàn)代歌舞劇的劇目。
    4 D, Stonehenge 在英國， 是古代城池的遺跡。
    5 A, 里根從政前曾經(jīng)在好萊塢闖蕩20多年，參與演出了50多部電影。
    6 B, Yankees 一詞具有豐富的含義。 現(xiàn)在用于代表美國人，俗稱美國佬。 在美國南部，Yankee是指美國北部各州的居民， 即北方佬;而對多數(shù)美國人來說，Yankee 意味著新英格蘭人。
    7 A, 1789年George Washington 在紐約宣誓就職， 1790年首都遷往費(fèi)城。 1800年以后定都華盛頓。
    8 A, John Hancock，因其當(dāng)時在《獨(dú)立宣言》上的簽名很大，他的名字在美語里變成了簽名的代名詞。
    9 C, Henry Ford 早期是一名技師， 雖然沒有發(fā)明汽車， 但他是第一位批量生產(chǎn)汽車的人。
    10 B, 這是Abraham Lincoln 于1863年11月19日在葛底斯堡陣亡將士墓舉行落成儀式上發(fā)表的著名的《葛底斯堡演說》的片語。