CapitolHill.TheAmericanflagStatueofLiberty.GeorgeW.Bush1.WhatformofgovernmentistheUnitedStates?A.TheUnitedStatesisaRepublic(共和政体）。B.TheUnitedStatesisaDictatorship(独裁政权）。C.TheUnitedStatesisaMonarchy.(君主制）。2.WhowasthefirstPresident?A.AbrahamLincolnB.GeorgeWashingtonC.BillClinton3.Whomakesthelaw?A.Thepresidentmakesthelaw.B.ThesupremeCourt(联邦最高法院）makesthelaw.C.Thecongress（国会）makesthelaw.4.Whopresides(主持)thesenate(参议院）？A.ThepresidentB.ThevicepresidentC.Thespeaker(众议院议长）5.Independencewaswonfromwhatcountry?A.GermanyB.FranceC.England6.WherewasthefirstcapitaloftheUnitedStates?A.Philadelphia(费城)B.WashingtonD.C.C.NewYorkCity7.Whichstateisbestknownforwine?A.NewYorkB.CaliforniaC.Florida8.WhichmusicformorganizedintheUnitedStates?A.JazzB.RockandRollC.Folksongs9.What’sthecapitalofNewYorkcity?A.Albany（奥尔伯尼）B.NewYorkC.Buffalo（巴福罗）10.Howmanystrips(条，带)arethereontheUnitedStatesflag?A.12B.50C.13DecidewhetherthefollowingsentencesareDecidewhetherthefollowingsentencesareTrueTrueofofFalseFalse..1.NewYorkisthelargeststateintheUS.2.MoststatenamescomefromSpanishorEnglish.3.Atlantaisknownasthe“BigApple”.4.TheConstitutionwaswrittenin1779.TexasNativeAmericanLanguagesNewYork17895.Thereare52starsontheAmericanflag.6.GeorgeWashingtonwasthefirstAmericanPresident.7.ThefirstsettlersarrivedinNorthAmericaabout30,000yearsago.8.TheMississippiRiveristhelongestriverintheworld.50The“firstsettlers”isnativeAmericanwhocametoNorthAmericafromAsia.USThelongestriverintheworldistheNileRiver.Thinking:Ifyouhaveachancetolearnsomethingaboutacountry,whatdoyouwanttoknow?AcountryLocationsizepopulationcapitallanguageeducationweatherhistoryAgricultureandindustryTotalareaabout9.4millionsquarekilometers(thefourthlargest);hasalongcoastlineof22,680kilometerspopulationabout300millionLanguageEnglish&Spanish(someminoritygroups)ReligionChristianity(56%);Catholic(28%);Judaism(2%)Climatecontinentalclimate(mostpart)subtropicalclimate(thesouth)NicknameUncleSam&Meltingpot1234567891011121Washington2California3NewMexico4Texas5Louisana.6Mississippi7Alabama8Georgia9Florida.10Kentucky11Virginia12NewYork.AmericaliesintheSouthofNorthAmerica.ItissurroundedbythePacificOecantothewestandtheAtlanticOceantotheeast.ThenorthernlandneighbourisCanada,andthesouthernisMexicoandtheGulfofMexico.MississippiRiverUncleSamwasnamedafterSamuelWilson.Duringthewarof1812,SamuelWilsonworkedasabutcherandmeatpacker（包装工人）.HeprovidedlargeamountsofmeatfortheUSArmy.Thebarrels(大桶）weremarked“U.S.”。Supposedly,someonewhosawthe"U.S."stamp（图章）suggested--perhapsasajoke--thattheinitials（首字母）stoodfor"UncleSam"Wilson.Theideathatthemeatamountscamefrom"UncleSam"ledtotheideathatUncleSamrepresentedthefederal（联邦制的）government.Americaisabigmeltingpot.Themeltingpotheremeansthatpeoplewithdifferentculturalandracialbackgroundsimmigrate（迁移）totheStates,livetogether,getmixedandbuildupthiswonderfulculturethatwecallAmericanculturetoday.Therewasasayingthat“withoutWashington,theremighthavebeenanotherWashington.ButwithoutLincoln,Americanhistorymighthavebeenre-written.IftheUnitedStateshadbeendividedintotwocountries,therewouldhavebeenlittlechanceforittobecomewhatitisnow.GrandCanyonYellowstoneNationalParkYosemiteNationalParkNiagaraFallsItisbestknownforitstourismindustry.MiamiBeachiswarmandbeautifuleveninthewinter.Would...
