1、单选题：
Which two states in America share no boundaries with the rest of the country?
选项：
A:Utah and Alaska
B:Hawaii and Tennessee
C:Alaska and Hawaii
D:Vermont and Rhode island
答案: 【Alaska and Hawaii】

2、单选题：
Which of the following is NOT true of the Rocky Mountains?
选项：
A:new
B:irregular
C:rough
D:old
答案: 【old】

3、单选题：
Which of the following statement is true about the Northeast region in the United States?
选项：
A:This region is a leader in innovative business methods, publishing, and the design and production of high-tech weaponry, aircraft, engines, tools and computers.
B:This region has a long tradition of supporting education.
C:Americans tend to trace many of the nation’s core values to this region.
D:All of the above statements.
答案: 【All of the above statements.】

4、单选题：
Which of the following is NOT a core value that is said to have derived from the early settlers of New England in the region of Northeast in the United States?
选项：
A:The American belief in progress and their optimistic attitude toward life.
B:The American emphases on individualism, thrifty lifestyles, and hard work.
C:The American philosophy of pragmatism.
D:The American commitment to homogeneous community life.
答案: 【The American philosophy of pragmatism.】

5、单选题：
______ is not a state in the South of the United States.
选项：
A:California
B:Florida
C:Louisiana
D:South Carolina
答案: 【California】

6、单选题：
Of all the major cities in the Midwest, ______ remains the region’s premier city, for it is both the national hub of the commodities market and the regional hub of air transportation and the home of widely diversified industries and cultural institutions.
选项：
A:Indianapolis
B:Kansas City
C:St. Louis
D:Chicago
答案: 【Chicago】

7、单选题：
The forces that drove the early immigrants from Europe to the New World don’t include_______.
选项：
A:the sense of other worlds to conquer
B:the decline of trade and the growth of feudalism in Europe
C:the Crusades
D:the 15th century Renaissance
答案: 【the decline of trade and the growth of feudalism in Europe】

8、单选题：
Culturally, the West has a place in American minds as a myth as well as a set of values. It represents all the following except______ .
选项：
A:individualism
B:freedom
C:possibility
D:self-reliance and the future.
答案: 【individualism】

9、单选题：
In order to curb the massive flow of immigrants, the United States enacted ______ to limit immigration.
选项：
A:the Immigration Act of 1921
B:the Immigration Act of 1924
C:the liberalization of immigration law in 1965
D:the liberalization of immigration law in 1924
答案: 【the Immigration Act of 1924】

10、单选题：
Which of the following statements about Hispanics (or: Latinos) is NOT true?
选项：
A:They generally share Spanish as a second language, and sometimes the first language.
B:Puerto Ricans and the Cubans have similar American experience with Mexican Americans.
C:The majority of them are of Mexican origin.
D:They constitute the largest ethnic minority in the United States.
答案: 【Puerto Ricans and the Cubans have similar American experience with Mexican Americans.】