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西南大学网络与继续教育学院课程考试试题卷 类别：网教 专业： 2019年3月 课程名称【编号】： 大学英语 【0481】 A 卷 大作业 满分：100 分 5.Janet: Can we talk for a second? Amy: __________ Janet: Well, sort of. Yes. A. Sorry, I am busy at the moment. C. Sure, is there anything wrong? B. Where shall we meet? D. What can I do for you? 第二部分：阅读理解（共10小题；每小题4分，满分40分） 此部分共有2篇短文，每篇短文后有5个问题。请从每个问题后的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Passage 1 The United States covers a large part of the North American continent. Its neighbors are Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. Although the United States is a big country, it is not the largest in the world. In 2000, its population was over 222 million. When this land first became a nation, after winning its independence from England, it had thirteen states. Each of the states was represented on the American flag by a star. All these states were in the eastern part of the continent. As the nation grew toward the west, new states were added and new stars appeared on the flag. For a long time, there were 48 stars. In 1959, however, two more stars were added to the flag, representing the new states of Alaska and Hawaii. Indians were the first people of the land which is now the United States. There are still many thousands of Indians now living in all parts of the country. Sometimes it is said that the Indians are “the only real Americans”. Most Americans come from all over the world. Those who came first in greatest numbers to make their homes on the eastern coast of North America were mostly from England. It is for that reason that the language of the United States is English and that its culture and customs are more like those of Englan