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USA Culture I. Multiple Choice 1. In America the academic year lasts nine months, from September to _____, with winter and spring vocations. A. July B. June C. August 2. In elementary schools, courses for children include the following except _____. A. reading, writing B. social courses C. foreign languages D. sciences, art and music E. cooking or other manual skills 3. The American teachers’ pay and prestige are _____ in comparison with the general standard of living. A. high B. low C. almost the same 4. There are over _____ universities, colleges and other institutions in the United States. A. 2,000 B. 2,500 C. 3,000 5. Today more than _____ of all the private colleges have some kind of church connection. A. 1/3 B. 1/2 C. 1/5 6. The library in _____ was the first private library in the US. A. Harvard College B. Yale College C. College of New Jersey 7. The first public library was founded in 1731 in _____. A. Boston B. Philadelphia C. Chicago 8. At present America has more than _____ free public libraries. A. 6,000 B. 5,000 C. 7,000 9. VOA Radio Station was established in _____. A. 1924 B. 1934 C. 1894 10. All the newspapers and magazines in America are _____ owned. A. publicly B. privately C. locally 11. _____ is the winter sport in American schools and colleges. A. Football B. Basketball C. Baseball 12. It was the _____ immigrants in the mid-19th century who introduced skiing into the United States. A. Scandinavian B. Dutch C. French 13. 101 American people won the Nobel Prize after _____. A. WWI B. Civil War C. WWII 14. At the end of WWII the art centre of the world moved from _____ to the new world. A. Paris B. London C. Berlin 15. The famous story _____ helps Washington Irving earn great fame in the literary world. A. “Rip Van Winkle” B. “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” C. “The Adventures of a German Student” 16. _____ is regarded as the father of detective stories. A. Mark Twain B. Edgar Alla