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Describing America as a melting pot, the author wants to show its ______.
A．cultural diversity
B．cultural pluralism
C．ethnic unity
D．ethnic diversity
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How does the professor support his statement that "America was the underdog" in the war？
A．With an anecdote about Key's negotiation from a prisoner's release.
B．With Key's letter describing what he saw from the enemy's battleship all night.
C．With testimony from a presumed expert.
D．With an explanation of Britain's interference with American trade.
The fork was an ancient agricultural tool, but for centuries no one thought of eating with it. Not until the eleventh century, when a young lady from Constantinpole brought her fork to Italy, did the custom reach Europe.
By the fifteenth century the use of the fork was widespread in Italy. The English explanation was that Italians were averse to rating food touched with fingers, "Seeing all men's fingers are not alike clean." English travelers kept their friends in stitches while describing this ridiculous Italian custom.
Anyone who used a fork to eat with was laughed at in England for the next hundred years. Men who used forks were thought to be sissies, and women who used them were called show - offs and overnice. Not until the late 1600's did using a fork become a common custom.
The custom of eating with a fork was ______ .
A．brought to Europe from America
B．begun when forks were invented
C．brought to Europe from Asia
D．invented by Italians
听力原文： One of America's most important exports is her modem music. American popular music is played all over the world. It is enjoyed by people of all ages in all countries. The reasons for its popularity are its fast pace and rhythmic beat. The music has many origins in the United States. Country music coming from the rural areas in the Southern United States is one source. Country music features simple themes and melodies, describing day-to-day situations and feelings of country people. Many people appreciate this music because of the emotions expressed by country music songs. A second origin of American popular music is the Blues. It describes mostly sad feelings reflecting the difficult lives of American blacks. It is usually played and sung by Black musicians but it is popular with all Americans. Rock music. is a newer form. of music. It was first known as rock-and-toll in the 1950s. Since then, there have been many forms of rock music; hard rock, soft rock, pop rock, disco music and others. Many performers of popular rock music are young musicians. New popular songs are heard on the radio several times a day. People heard these songs sung in their original English or sometimes translated into other languages. The words may differ but the enjoyment of music is universal.
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A．Its fast pace and rhythms.
B．Its simple themes.
C．Its beautiful melodies.
D．Its features.
听力原文： One of America's most important exports is her modern music. American music is played all over the world. It is enjoyed by people of ail ages in all countries. Although the lyrics are English, people not speaking English enjoy it. The reasons for its popularity are its fast pace and rhythmic beat.
Music has many origins in the United States. Country music which comes from the rural areas in the southern United States is one source. Country music features simple themes and melodies describing day-to-day situations and the feelings of country people. Many people appreciate this music because of the emotions expressed by country music songs.
The second origin of American popular music is the blues. It depicts mostly sad feelings reflecting the difficult lives of American blacks. It is usually played and sung by black musicians, but it is popular with all Americans.
Rock music is a newer form. of music. This music style, featuring fast and repetitious rhythms, was influenced by the blues and the country music. It was first known as rock-and-roll in the 1950s. Since then there have been many forms of rock music: hard rock, soft rock, disco music and others. Many performers of popular music are young musicians.
American popular music is marketed to a demanding audience. Now popular songs are heard on the radio several times a day. Some songs have become popular all over the world. People hear these songs in their original English or sometimes translated into other languages. The words may differ but the enjoyment of the music is universal.
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A．Because it has simple themes.
B．Because its lyrics are in English.
C．Because it depicts the feelings of the common people.
D．Because it has a fast pace and rhythmic beat.
Schlesinger addresses the questions: What holds a nation together？ And what does it mean to be an American？ Describing the emerging cult of ethnicity, Schlesinger praises its healthy effect on a nation long shamed by a history of prejudice and narrow-mindedness. But he warns against the campaign of multicultural advocates to divide the nation into separate ethnic and racial communities. From the start, he observes, the United States has been a multicultural nation, rich in its diversity but held together by a shared commitment to the democratic process and by the freedom of intermarriage. It was this national talent for assimilation that impressed foreign visitors like Alexis de Tocqueyille and James Bryce, and it is this historic goal that Schlesinger champions as the best hope for the future. Schlesinger analyzes what he sees as grim consequences of identity politics: the widening of differences. Attacks on the First Amendment, he argues, threaten intellectual freedom and, ultimately, the future of the ethnic groups. His criticisms are not limited to the left. As a former target of McCarthyism, be understands that the radical right is even more willing than the radical left to re strict and weaken the Bill of Rights.
The author does not minimize the injustices concealed by the "melting pot" dream. The Disuniting of America is both academic and personal, forceful in argument, balanced in judgment. It is a book that will no doubt anger some readers, but it will surely make all of them think again. The winner of Pulitzer Prizes for history and for biography, an authoritative voice of American liberalism, Schlesinger is uniquely positioned to bring bold answers and healing wisdom to this passionate debate over who we are and what we should become.
According to Schlesinger, the United States is ______.
A．a melting pot
B．a nation with diverse cultures held together by the democratic process
C．a federation of ethnic and racial communities
D．a nation with various ethnic and racial groups
In some ways, Ralph Ellison's protagonist in Invisible Man emblematizes
what might be called the "presentist simplicity" of the novel's endorsement of
industrial, imperialist, xenophobic American myth-making. Layer upon layer of
Line allusion mark its chapters, which in combination with the novel's Homeric
(5) ambitiousness, serve finally to obscure rather than to prophesy the actual,
engaged, advanced-guard, public sphere effectiveness of American blacks
already at work modernizing the United States. Simply stated, Ellison believed
morality, equality, and responsibility were affirmative "notions", but blacks, at
the very moment of Invisible Man's glorious reception, were transforming
(10) "notions" into decisively affirmative actions, by courageously putting body and
soul on the line and constructing a sphere of American ethical publicity
undreamed by the novelist. Ellison thus remained silent on the possibilities of an
altogether "unexceptional" America-a post-industrial, radically black public
sphere conditioned America.
The author is primarily concerned with
A．criticizing Ellison on the basis of reactionary assumptions his work makes about politically-involved blacks
B．exposing the limitations of Ellison's novel when compared with the actual work performed by black workers and activists
C．chronicling the effects Ellison's novel had upon the black activist movements of the 1960's
D．comparing Ellison's view of post-industrial black America with that of the activists working at the time
E．critically describing Ellison's approach as novelist to the task of ethical publicity
听力原文： Good morning and welcome to American studies 101. I would like to begin this semester by discussing the region of the United States known as the Northeast. This region includes twelve states and a small area called the District of Columbia that is the home of the national government.
The Northeast is a very important part of the United States, for although it covers only about six percent of the nation's geographical area, it contains approximately one-fourth of the country's population. New York, the most popular city in the United States, and several other large cities are located in this region.
Why are these twelve states so important？ In the first place, the Northeast was one of the first sections of the country to be settled by Europeans. Busy cities developed there when most of America was still a sparsely settled wilderness. Many crucial events in the nation's early history took place there. I'll be describing some of those events Wednesday in my second lecture.
Today the Northeast is a great manufacturing and trading region. Thousands of factories produce a wide variety of goods and provide other regions of the country with items they need. Many large manufacturing firms have their central headquarters here. Some of the country's largest banks, investment agencies, and publishing houses are found in the Northeast. Several of its cities are noted for their fine museums. Some of the country's best known colleges and universities are also located in this region.
Finally the Northeast is the principal location for much of the country's international trade. In the heart of this region New York city is the home of the United Nations.
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A．On the first day of class.
B．At the end of the first week of classes.
C．Halfway through the semester.
D．Just before the final examination.
SECTION B PASSAGES
Directions: In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
听力原文： Good evening, class. Well, tonight we'll begin our discussion of the Colonial period of American history. During this period, people in North America lived in colonies under the authority of the King of England. We'll look at the three kinds of American colonies before the American revolution: royal colonies, proprietary colonies, and corporate colonies.
The first type of American colony was a royal colony. A royal colony was directly under the control of the King of England. By the time of the Revolutionary War in 1775, eight of the colonies had become royal colonies. Georgia, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia were all royal colonies, directly subject to the King of England.
The second type of American colony was a proprietary colony. A proprietary colony was under the control of an individual, the proprietor. By 1775, only three of the colonies remained proprietary colonies: Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.
And the last type of American colony was a corporate colony. These colonies were governed under a charter received from the King of England by a company's stockholders. Only two colonies, Connecticut and Rhode Island, could be considered corporate colonies.
So, these were the three types of colonies: royal, proprietary, and corporate. As we discuss the colonies in detail, you'll see how the type of colony affected the governing of the colony. We'll study the 13 colonies in three groups, the Northern colonies, also known as the New England colonies, the Middle colonies, and the Southern colonies.
How is the information organized in the lecture？
A．By contrasting various periods in American history.
B．By classifying various types of colonies.
C．By describing developments leading to the American revolution.
D．By outlining steps in the development of royal colonies.
SECTION B PASSAGES
Directions: In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
听力原文： Good evening, class. Well, tonight we'll begin our discussion of the colonial period of American history. During this period, people in North America lived in colonies under the authority of the King of England. (11/12) We'll look at the three kinds of American colonies before the American revolution: royal colonies, proprietary colonies, and corporate colonies.
The first type of American colony was a royal colony. A royal colony was directly under the control of the King of England. By the time of the Revolutionary War in 1775, eight of the colonies had become royal colonies. Georgia, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia were all royal colonies, directly subject to the King of England.
The second type of American colony was a proprietary colony. (13)A proprietary colony was under the control of an individual, the proprietor. By 1775, only three of the colonies remained proprietary colonies: Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.
And the last type of American colony was a corporate colony. These colonies were governed under a charter received from the King of England by a company's stockholders. Only two colonies, Connecticut and
Rhode Island, could be considered corporate colonies.
So, these were the three types of colonies: royal, proprietary, and corporate. As we discuss the colonies in detail, you'll see how the type of colony affected the governing of the colony. We'll study the 13 colonies in three groups, the Northern colonies, also known as the New England colonies, the Middle colonies, and the Southern colonies.
How is the information organized in the lecture？
A．By contrasting various periods in American history.
B．By classifying various types of colonies.
C．By describing developments leading to the American revolution.
D．By outlining steps in the development of royal colonies.
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