[简答题] The vast expanse of the United States of America stretches from the heavily industrialized, metropolitan Atlantic seaboard across the rich flat farms of the central plains, over the Rocky Mountains to the fertile west coast, then halfway across the Pacific to the balmy (温和的) island-state of Hawaii. The American scene awes the viewer with both its variety and size. The continental United States (not counting outlying Alaska and Hawaii) measures, 4,500 kilometers from its Atlantic to Pacific coasts, 2,575 kilometers from Canada to Mexico. The entire nation (all 50 states) covers an area of 9 million square kilometers and has a population of 220 million people. The sparsely settled, far-northern state of Alaska is the largest of America’’s 50 states. It is more than two and a half times the size of Sichuan province. Texas, in the southern part of the country, is second in size. Texas is half the size of Alaska. A land of heavy forests (311 million hectares) and barren desert

更多"The vast expanse of the United Stat"的相关试题:

查看答案

[填空题]The fiscal year for the United States government starts on October
first and ends September thirtieth. Other fiscal years begin in April or July.
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants begin its fiscal year (1)
on August first. Accountants add earnings and losses at the end of a fiscal (2)
year. These numbers are needed to know how much is owed for taxes, and
how much is left for the next budget. Congress is supposing to approve (3)
federal spending for the coming fiscal year by October first. This does not
always happen. Both the House of Representatives or the Senate must (4)
write and vote for their own budget resolution. This is a general plan for (5)
spending. Then, a conference committee meet. Members from both houses (6)
are on this committee. T

查看答案

[填空题]Only four states in the United States do not use sales tax which include general sales taxes, excise taxes, and import taxes.

查看答案

[单项选择]

The United States government’s support of slavery was based on an overpowering practicality. Before America even had a history it was busy creating a{{U}} (67) {{/U}}ethnic class for it to look down{{U}} (68) {{/U}}. The history of black people in the United States begins with the birth of{{U}} (69) {{/U}}. African Americans were{{U}} (70) {{/U}}not just as a lower class of people, but simply as property, creating an{{U}} (71) {{/U}}for equality that may never{{U}} (72) {{/U}}Slaves were subjected to the poorest of living{{U}} (73) {{/U}}, whippings not uncommon, and often having tight knit families, mothers and daughters, fathers and sons split when sold{{U}} (74) {{/U}}from each other. Early slave resistance was often to the effect of{{U}} (75) {{/U}}property, running away or just working{{U}} (76) {{/U}}but sometimes went a
A. African
B. black
C. American
D. hungry

查看答案

我来回答:

提交