专八人文知识模拟试题(8)
1. In area, the United States is the ____ largest country in the world.
A 2nd
B 3rd
C 4th
D 5th
2.The 50th state in America is ____
A Alaska
B Texas
C Hawaii
D Rhode Island
3. Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, is located in ____
A Hawaii
B Alaska
C Texas
D Perth
4. Richard Nixon resigned in 1974 because of ____.
A the Great Depression
B the Black Power Movement
C the Watergate Scandal
D the Isolation policy
5.All the following universities are located in New England EXCEPT____
A Yale
B Harvard
C MIT
D Berkeley
6.The United States has less than 6% of the world’s population; yet it produces about ____ of the total world output.
A 20%
B 25%
C 30%
D 35%
7.What forms a natural boundary between Mexico and the United States?
A The Rio Grande River
B The southern Rocky Mountains
C The Colorado River
D The Gulf of California
8. The US formally entered the Second World War in ____
A 1937
B 1939
C1941
D 1943
9. The Presidents during the American Civil War was .
A Andrew Jackson
B Abraham Lincoln
C Thomas Jefferson
D George Washington
10 The emblem of the Democratic Party is ____.
A elephant
B donkey
C bear
D bull