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1、UnderstandingtheUnitedStatesChapter1AGeneralSurveyI.Gap-filling1.The United Statescoversthecentralpartof_______.2._______isthecapitalandeconomiccenteroftheUnitedStates.3.ThelowestpointoftheUSis_______.4._______isthenationalfloweroftheUS.5._______istheleastpopulousstateoftheUS.6.TheUnitedStatesi

2、sa_______consistingof_______states.7.In_______,theUnitedStatesdeclareditsindependencefrom_______.8.TheofficiallanguageoftheUSis_______,andthesecondmostspokenlanguageis_______._______isanofficiallanguageinthestateofHawaii.9.Religiously,mostAmericansare_______;amongthem52%are______and24%______.10

3、._______istheresidenceofthePresidentoftheUnitedStates,andtheCapitolHillishometo_______.II.TermsExplanation11.UncleSam12.IndependenceDayIII.AnswertheFollowingQuestions13.WhatisthenameofthenationalanthemoftheUnitedStates?14.WhywasRosetakenasthenationalfloweroftheUS?Chapter2GeographyandHistoryA．Ge

4、ographyI.Decidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.Write“T”fortrueand“F”forfalseinthespaceprovided.___1.The United Statesistheworld’ssecondmostpopulouscountry.___2.HawaiiisanislandstateoftheUnitedStates.Ⅱ.MultipleChoices3.WhichisthetallestmountainintheUnitedStates?A.MountWhitney.B.Mount

5、McKinley.C.RockyMountains.D.TheSawatchMountains.4.WhichcityisthemostpopulouscityintheUnitedStates?A.WashingtonD.C.B.LosAngeles.C.NewYorkCity.D.Philadelphia.III.Gap-filling5.______isknownastheFatherofWatersintheU.S6._____gotitsnickname“HogButchertotheWorld”foritsonceprosperousslaughterhouses.IV.

6、ShortAnswerQuestions7.IntowhichlargebodyofwaterdoestheMississippiRiverflow?8.WhichriverformsalongborderbetweentheUnitedStatesandMexico?9.WhichriverformspartoftheboundarybetweenCanadaandtheUnitedStates?10.WhichoneofthefivelakesisentirelyintheUnitedStates?B．HistoryI.Decidewhetherthefollowingstate

7、mentsaretrueorfalse.Write“T”fortrueand“F”forfalseinthespaceprovided.___1.TheAmericanfirstThanksgivingDaywascelebratedonthelastThursdayinNovemberof1620.___2.ThefortuneseekerswhorushedtoCaliforniatolookforgoldin1849wereknownasForty-