31．The conference that decided to set up a world organization ——the United Nations was held in ______.
A．Teheran
B．Cairo
C．Yalta
D．Washington
32．The President of the United States can issue rules, regulations and instructions, which are called ______.
A．legal acts
B．standing orders
C．verdicts
D．executive orders
33．The political theory of American Revolution came from the well-known philosopher ______.
A．Thomas Jefferson
B．Thomas Paine
C．Alexander Hamilton
D．John Locke
34．Which statement is NOT true about the Great Depression in the 1930s?
A．Billions of dollars of paper profits were wiped out within a few days.
B．Misery and personal sufferings were widespread.
C．Many lost their land and other properties because of foreclosures.
D．The stock market crash was the beginning of long economic recovery.
35．During the American Civil War, the victory at ______ proved to be the turning point for the Union Army.
A．Harrisburg
B．Gettysburg
C．Lexington
D．Fort Sumter
36．Which statement is NOT true about the American Indians?
A．Heavy drinking and suicide rates are far above the national averages.
B．The average life expectancy of Indians is around 50 years.
C．All the American Indians are now living in the government reservations.
D．One fourth of the Indian families live below the poverty level.
37．The American Standard Oil Company was founded by ______.
A．John Rockefeller
B．du Pont
C．J.P. Morgan
D．Andrew Carnegie
38．A typical example of American intolerant nationalism from 1919—1920 was ______ that exaggerated the danger of Communism.
A．McCarthyism
B．the Ku Klux Klan
C．the Red Scare
D．Desegregation
39．Currently between 80% and 90% of immigrants to the U.S. are from ______ countries.
A．Asian and African
B．European and Hispanic
C．Asian and Hispanic
D．Scandinavian and Asian
40．______ is the only organization which has the power to interpret the U.S. Constitution.
A．The Supreme Court
B．The Department of State
C．The House of Representatives
D．The Senate
