【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 policy. He also in each year submits to Congress a “State of the Union Message”, budget message and other reports. He may introduce legislative bill to Congress. The President has great power in the government. The legislative branch refers to Congress. Only Congress has the right。 to make laws. It is the supreme legislative body of the nation, It is made of two houses — the senate and the House of the Representatives. The judicial branch refers to the Supreme Court and some inferior courts. The Supreme Court is the highest court of the whole land and has the sole right to interpret the Constitution and review laws to see whether they are in agreement with the Constitution. The Supreme Court is headed by a Chief Justice and eight other justices.套三、答案I. Fill in the following blanks. 1. Harvard, 2. the end of American Civil War, Eastern Church, 4. Louisiana, 5. arrow and heart. 6. patriotism。 American ideals, 7. individuals, 8. New Year’s Day。 Santa Claus。 North Pole。 Christmas Eve。 sleigh。 reindeer。 Christmas treeII. In each of the following questions there are four choices. Choose the correct answer. (10%) 1. A . 6. D III. Explain the following terms. 1. When Franklin D. Rooselvelt was elected American President in 1982, American was in the Great Depression. In order to save the situation, he made a program to deal with the economic emergency. This program is known as the “ New Deal “. According to the “New Deal”, Roosevelt took efforts to consolidate the old marker at abroad and also to conquer new ones. At home, many public project, were launched to create employment through a huge increase in government responsibility. Crops were destroyed and agriculture production was cut down to stabilize the falling farm prices. The big industries were pelled to make reforms. Roosevelt also took some measures of “social security”, paying pension to the old, unemployed and the injured. The “New Deal” relaxed the economic crisis, made some concessions to the working people. The more important thing is that the Roosevelt Government carried out a progressive foreign policy against fascist aggression and wars.2. It is the largest library in the USA. It serves as a reference library. In 1800 Congress passed legislation founding the Library of Congress in Washington, ., which was initially established to serve the needs of the members of Congress. Since then, this extraordinary collection has bee one of the world’s great libraries and a depository for every work copyrighted in the United States. The library is open to the public and maintains major collections of papers, photographs, films, maps, and music. 3. In brief, the mass media, including the press, radio, TV and Internet, is the methods of munication for the people. They offer general and narrow audiences with ideas, information and entertainment.4. Voice of America is the most famous of the radio stations of the America. It is started on the air in Washington . in 1942 in the Second World War as a speaker for war information. VOA programs include news, mentary, popular music and features about American culture. Owing to its external service function, now it has 16 broadcasting stations, and about 40 foreign languages were used besides English, ranging from Albanian to Chinese. Some advanced technology such as relay facilities and satellites are used to send programs overseas.5. A famous novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1852. The novel described the cruel things that might happen to a slave under a cruel master. It had a very strong influence and aroused a great and universal hatred for slavery. IV. Answer the following questions. 1. By the end of the 19th century the United States had grown into a highly developed industrial country and reached the stage of imperialism. Then it began its overseas expansion. Hawaii fell into her control in 1893. In 1