[填空题]The first American ______ (perform) of this opera was in 1926.

[填空题]The first American ______ (perform) of this opera was in 1926.

[单项选择]Washington Irving was the American first man of letters to be known internationally. His works were received enthusiastically both in England and in the United States. He was, in fact, one of the most successful writers of his time in either country, delighting a large general public and at the same time winning the admiration of fellow writers like Scott in Britain and Poe and Tarwthorne in the United States. The respect in which he was held was partly owing to the man himself, with his warm friendliness, his good sense, his politeness, his gay spirits, his artistic integrity, his love of both the old World and the New. Thackeray described Irving as a "gentleman, who, though himself born in no very high sphere, was most finished, polished, witty; socially the equal of the most refined Europeans". In England he was granted an honorary degree from Oxford -- an unusual honor for a citizen of a young, uncultured nation -- and received the medal of the Royal Society of Literature; America

[单项选择]The first American writer who gained international fame was
A. Mark Twain.
B. R. W. Emerson.
C. Washington Irving.
D. Walt Whitman.

[单项选择]was the first American President who was inaugurated in the city of Washington.（　）
A. John Adams
B. Thomas Jefferson
C. James Madison
D. Benjamin Franklin

[单项选择]Who was the first American playwright winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1936.（　）
A. Jack Kerouac
B. William Faulkner
C. Eugene Galdstone O’Neill
D. John Updike

[单项选择]The first American President who inaugurated in Washington City was
A. George Washington.
B. Thomas Jefferson.
C. John Adams.
D. Abraham Lincoln.

[简答题]According to the first paragraph an American student is allowed

[单项选择]The first immigrants in the American history came from
A. France.
B. England and Netherlands.
C. Russia.
D. Spain and Portugal.