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单项选择题In the early part of the 19th century, ______ was the center of American writing.

A．Boston
B．Detroit
C．New York City
D．Philadelphia

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1.单项选择题In his Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway ______.

A．expresses the idea of facing defeat courageously
B．shows the basic goodness and wisdom of ordinary people
C．praises the ideas of equality and democracy and the joy of common people
D．describes the sharp contrast of wealth and poverty in Chicago and New York

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2.单项选择题Formal education in the United States consists of ______.

A．kindergarten, junior and senior education
B． junior, elementary and secondary education
C．elementary, secondary and higher education
D．kindergarten, secondary and higher education

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3.单项选择题It is generally agreed that U.S. higher education began with the______.

A．Civil War
B．Independence War
C．founding of Harvard College
D． founding of Princeton University

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4.单项选择题Which one of the following is NOT government-run at the U.S. federal level

A．Motor vehicle
B． The road system
C．National defense
D． The postal service

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5.单项选择题The U.S. Constitution provides that the ______ shall be President of the Senate.

A．Vice President
B．Secretary of State
C．Senate Majority Leader
D． Senate Minority Leader

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6.单项选择题The American President usually takes an oath of office, administered by the ______ of the United States in January.

A．Chief Justice
B． House Speaker
C．Secretary of State
D． Senate Majority Leader

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7.单项选择题Which statement about the U.S. Constitution is NOT true

A．It is the supreme law of the land.
B．It is the oldest written constitution in the world.
C． It was adopted in 1781 at the Second Continental Congress.
D． It provides the basis for political stability, economic growth and social progress.

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8.单项选择题The four problems that face the economy of the United States are______.

A．unemployment, inflation, financial crisis and trade deficit
B．unemployment, inflation, financial deficit and trade deficit
C．mortgage losses, inflation, financial deficit and trade deficit
D．unemployment, market failures, financial deficit and trade deficit

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9.单项选择题In 1853, in the ______, another 30,000 square miles of Mexican land were added to the territory of the U.S.A.

A．Atlantic Purchase
B．Mexican Purchase
C．Gadsden Purchase
D．Louisiana Purchase

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10.单项选择题In 1962, President ______ finally decided on the use of naval forceto prevent military material and arms from entering Cuba and demandedSoviet removal of the missiles there.

A．Nixon
B．Truman
C．Johnson
D．Kennedy

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