单选题After the Civil War the American clipper ships were gradually _____ by even larger and faster iron vessels.A changedB takenC replacedD exchanged

The newly described languages were often so strikingly different from the well studied languages of Europe and Southeast Asia that some scholars even accused Boas and Sapir of fabricating their data Native American languages are indeed different, so much so in fact that Navajo could be used by the US military as a code during World War II to send secret messages.

A.the 17th century … the American War of Independence

B.the 18th century … the American Civil War

C.the 17th century … the American Civil War

D.the 18th century … the U.S.– Mexican War

One of the most important battles of the American Civil War took _________at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in 1863.

A． position

B． part

C． place

D． chance

My American friend knows my problem because I()my ideas with him.

A.have changed

B.changed

C.have exchanged

D.exchanged

"The pen is more powerful than the sword (剑)." There have been many writers who used their pens to fight things that were wrong. Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe was one of them. She was born in the USA in 1811. One of her books not only made her famous but has been described as one that excited the world, and was helpful in causing a civil war and freezing the slaves. The civil war was the American Civil War of 1861, in which the Northern States fought the Southern States and finally won. This book was named "Uncle Toms Cabin". There was time when every English-speaking man, woman, and child has read this novel that did so much to stop slavery. Not many people read it today, but it is still very interesting. The book has shown us how a warm-hearted writer can arouse (唤起) peoples sympathies (同情). The writer herself had neither been to the Southern States nor been a slave. The Southern Americans were very angry at the novel, which they said did not at all represent (代表) true state of affairs,

1、According to the passage ( ).

A、every English-speaking person had read "Uncle Tom's Cabin"

B、"Uncle Tom's Cabin" was not very interesting

C、those who don''t speak English can not have read "Uncle Tom's Cabin"

D、the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" did a great deal in the American Civil War

2、How old was Mrs. Stowe when her world famous book was published? ( )

A、About 60 years old.

B、Over 50 years old.

C、In her forties.

D、Around 30 years old.

3、What do you learn about Mrs. Stowe from the passage? ( )

A、She had been living in the north of America before the American Civil War.

B、She herself encouraged the northern Americans to go to war and set the slaves free.

C、She was better as writing as using a sword.

D、She had once been a slave.

4、Why could Mrs. Stowe's book cause a civil war in America? ( )

A、She wrote so well that Americans loved her very much.

B、She disclosed (揭露) the terrible wrongs that had been done to the slaves in the Southern States.

C、The Southern Americans hated the book while the Northern Americans like it.

D、The book had been read by many Americans.

5、What can we learn from the passage? ( )

A、We needn't use weapons (武器) to fight things that are wrong.

B、 writer is more helpful in a war than a soldier.

C、We must understand the importance of literature and art.

D、No war can be won without such a book as "Uncle Tom's Cabin".

A.before the Civil War

B.after the Civil War

C.before the War of Independence

D.after the War of Independence

A.agriculture

B.economics

C.culture

D.politics

Why did American city residents want to live in the suburbs after World War Ⅱ?

A. Because older American cities were dying.

B. Because they were richer and needed more space.

C. Because cities contained the wont pare of society.

D. Because they could hardly afford a live in the city.

A.the War of the Celts

B.Norman Conquest

C.the War of the Roses

D.Battle of Hastings

In the years after the Civil War most American painters received their training in Europe, the majority studying in the French schools at Paris or Barbizon, and a smaller number in Germany at Munich(慕尼黑) and Dusseldorf(杜塞尔多夫). The teaching of the Barbizon school, which stressed the use of color and the creation of an impression or a mood, influenced many American artists. One group of American painters, led by James McNeill Whistler and John Singer Sargent, expatriated(移居国外) themselves from the American scene and settled in Europe. Whistler, who is often ranked as the greatest genius(天才) in the history of American art, was a versatile(多才多艺的) and industrious(勤奋的) artist who was equally proficient(熟练的) in several media-oil, watercolor, etching(铜版画)-and with several themes-portraits and his so-called "nocturnes(夜景画)", impressionistic sketches(印象画) of moonlight on water and other scenes. He was one of the first to appreciate the beauty of Japanese color prints and to introduce Oriental concepts into Western art.

1. For a period after the Civil War, the majority of American painters ____.

A、was influenced by the Barbizon school

B、painted in the impressionist style

C、studied art in Europe

D、used striking color in their work

2. According to the passage, one group of American painters ____.

A、left America never to return

B、turned their back on the American art tradition

C、copied the style. of Whistler and Sargent

D、were unaffected by the European style. of painting

3. From the passage we are led to believe that Whistler ____.

A、did much of his painting at night

B、produced a large number of pictures

C、combined several media and themes in his paintings

D、was most proficient in impressionistic sketches

4. According to the passage, Whistler was one of the first Western painters to ____.

A、use Japanese ideas in his own work

B、become interested in Japanese printing

C、admire Japanese oil paintings

D、start producing Japanese sketches

5. The main theme of this passage is ____.

A、Whistler's influence on Western art

B、The influence of European art on American painters

C、The influence of Oriental art on Whistler

D、The American painters' influence in Europe