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《英美文化概况》13

《英美文化概况》（13）

中国石油大学（北京）2013--2014学年第一学期

《英美文化概况》期末考试试卷A（闭卷考试）

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PartⅠTellwhethereachofthefollowingstatementsistrueorfalse.（20分）

1.________Thebest-knownEnglishlegend,KingArthur,derivesfromtheAnglo-Saxons’time.

2.________EnglishdramaflourishedduringElizabethIera.

3.________AfterWorldWarII,theBritisheconomybecamethe2ndlargestpowerintheworld.

4.________AmericawasnamedafterthegreatdiscovererAmerigoVespucci.

5.________BritainissituatedinWesternEurope.

6.________TheLakeDistrictiscloselyrelatedwithEnglishliteratureinthe19thcentury.

7.________ThelongestriverinNorthAmericaistheMissouriRiver.

8.________Commonlawsarelawswhichhavebeenestablished

throughcommonpracticeinthecourts.

9.________The"BillofRights"wasaddedtotheConstitutionin1791.

10.________Mostheavilypopulateddistrictshavemoresenatorsthanthesmallstates.

11.________TheUnitedStateshastwomajorpoliticalparties:

theDemocraticPartyandtheConservativeParty.

12.________ToleranceandrespectforothersarecentraltothewayoflifeintheU.K.

13.________TheProtestantChurchandtheCatholicChurcharetwomajorgroupsinChristianity.

14.________ThesecondlargestreligiousgroupintheU.K.isBuddhism.

15.________TheUniversityofOxfordisthesecondoldestuniversityintheEnglish-speakingworld.

16.________EasterDayistocelebrateChrist’sresurrectionfromthedead.

17.________TheNewYorkTimeswasthefirstnewspapertoexposetheWatergateScandal.

18._______BenjaminFranklin’sAutobiographyrecordedhowamanrosetofameandwealthfrombeingpoorandobscure.

19.________Hawthorne’suniquegiftwasforthecreationofstronglysymbolicstorieswhichtouchthedeepestrootsofman’smoralnature.

20.________Asacriticandalsoaprolificwriter,MarkTwainbecametheleaderofrealisminAmerica.

PartⅡFillintheblankswiththecorrectinformation.（20分）

1.TheU.S.isborderedby______onthenorthandby______andtheGulfofMexicoonthesouth.

2.ThecentralpartoftheUnitedStatesiscomposedofvastplainsbetween_____________and_______________.

3.TheDistrictofColumbiawasnamedafter______________whilethecityofWashingtonwasnamedafter______________.

4.TheParliamentiscomposedofthreeparts:

thequeen,theHouseof______,andtheHouseof_________.

5.IntheU.K.,theofficialheadofstateis_____________whiletherealcentreofpoliticallifeisin____________.

6.Thegovernmentalpowersharedbetweenthecentralgovernmentandthestategovernmentiscalled________.

7.Thetwomajorpoliticalpartiesare________,whichisthoughttobemoreliberal,and________,whichisbelievedtobemoreconservative.

8.TheChurchofEnglandbalancestheinterestsofboth________and________.

9.Attheendofthe16thcenturyandthebeginningofthe17thcentury,many________escapedtotheNewLandtoseekthefreedomtopracticetheirownreligion.

10.TheMerchantofVeniceisaworkof________.

11.HighereducationintheUnitedStatesbeganwiththefoundingof___________in1636.

12.MITreferstoanameofauniversity.Itis___________________.

13.ThemainnewspapersinBritainare_________,_________,_________and_________.

14.ThemainnewspapersinAmericaare_________,_________,_________and_________.

15.InHalloweenthechildrenknockontheirneighbors’doorsaskingforasatreat.

16.ThelanguageoftheAnglo-Saxonsiscalled_______

17.ChristmasDayisthegreatestoftheChristianfestivalstocommemoratethe_________ofJesusChrist.

18._______isthelargestandbusiestportontheGreatLakesandthelargestindustrialandcommercialcentreoftheMidwest.

19.TheStatueof__________standsmagnificentlyonLibertyIslandinNewYorkHarbor.ItisNationalMonumentwhichwaspresentedtotheUSbyFrance.

20.The___________RiveristhelongestandthemostimportantriverinthesystemoftheGulf.

PartⅢChoosethecorrectansweronthebasisofwhatisstatedinthetext.（20分）

1.Whichofthefollowingisafamousprehistoricmonument?

（a）Stonehenge

（b）Hadrian’sWall

（c）WestminsterAbby

（d）TowerofLondon

2.________weretheancestorsoftheEnglishandthefoundersofEngland.

（a）TheRomans

（b）TheAnglo-Saxons

（c）TheVikings

（d）TheNormans

3.TheMayflowerwasashiptakenby_______________.

（a）ChristopherColumbus

（b）AmerigoVespucci

（c）agroupofpeoplewhowantedtogetholdoftreasures

（d）agroupofpeoplewhodesiredfreereligiouspractice

4."Notaxationwithoutrepresentation"wasthesloganof___________.

（a）thesettlersofVirginia

（b）theslavesofAmerica

（c）theIndiansofAmerica

（d）thepeopleofthe13colonialAmericans

5.Britainhasa_______climate.

（a）temperate

（b）maritime

（c）stable

（d）bothaandb

6._______________isknownasthe“fatherofwaters”toAmericanIndians.

（a）TheRiverThames

（b）TheMissouriRiver

（c）TheTayRiver

（d）TheMississippiRiver

7.SanFrancisco'sChinatownisthelargestChinesecommunityoutsideof___________.

（a）Asia

（b）MainlandChina

（c）China

（d）South-EastAsia

8.WhichBritishpartysupportsa"freemarket"?

（a）TheConservativeParty

（b）TheLiberalDemocrats

（c）ThePartyofWales

（d）TheLaborParty

9.WhoisthenewlyelectedLaborPrimeMinisterin2007?

　（a）MargaretThatcher

　（b）JohnMajor

　（c）TonyBlair

　（d）GordonBrown

10.The“NewDeal”wasstartedby____________.

（a）FranklinRoosevelt

（b）J.F.Kennedy

（c）GeorgeWashington

（d）ThomasJefferson

11.Whatkindofsecondaryschoolsnowreceivesthelargestnumberofstudents?

（a）GrammarSchools

（b）TechnicalSchools

（c）ComprehensiveSchools

（d）SecondaryModernSchools

12.WilliamShakespeare,Britain’sgreatestwriterwenttoa_____school.

（a）comprehensive

（b）grammar

（c）technical

（d）independent

13.Thosewhodowellintheexaminationof_____cangoontouniversityforstudy.

（a）“O”LevelofGCE

（b）“A”LevelofGCE

（c）CSE

（d）elevenplus

14.OfFaulkner’snovelsthreearemasterpiecesbyanyliterarystandard.Whichoneis

NOThismasterpiece?

（a）TheSoundandtheFury

（b）Absalom,Absalom!

（c）GoDown,Moses

（d）TheGrapesofWrath

15.Transcendentalistdoctrinesfoundtheirgreatestliteraryadvocatesin____andThoreau.

（a）Jefferson

（b）Freneau

（c）Emerson

（d）oversoul

16.WhichofthesepoemsiswrittenbyEdgarAllanPoe?

（a）TheRaven

（b）TheFalloftheHouseofUsher

（c）Nature

（d）Legia

17.ThefirstContinentalCongresswasheldin_____.

（a）Boston

（b）Philadelphia

（c）NewYork

（d）Lexington

18.ThemainpurposeofThomasPaine’s“CommonSense”wasto_____.

（a）mobilizepublicopiniontosupporttherevolution

（b）declarewarwithEngland

（c）askhelpfromFrance

（d）Toexposetheevilsofcapitalism

19.ThefirstshotoftheAmericanWarofIndependencewasfiredin_____.

（a）Concord

（b）Lexington

（c）Philadelphia

（d）Boston

20.TheUnionArmydefeatedtheConfederateArmyat_____,wherethevictorywastheturningpointofthewar.

（a）Philadelphia

（b）Manassas

（c）Gettysburg

（d）FortSumter

PartⅣTranslatethefollowingwordsintoChinese.（20分）

1.DeclarationofIndependence2.UncleTom’sCabin

3.Redbrick4.TheGreatDepression

5.NewEngland6.WASP

7.TheEnclosuremovement8.RomanInvasion

9.TheEastIndiaCompany10.TheIndustrialRevolution

11.TheWarsofRoses12.Hispanics

13.TheChartistMovement14.TheColdWar

15.OpenUniversity16.Federalism

17.TheGreatDepression18.TheNewDeal

19.Truman20.HouseofLords

PartⅤExplainthefollowingterms.（20分）

1.TheElectoralCollege

2.NormanConquest

3.TheBostonTeaParty

4.TheGloriousRevolution

5.TheConstitutionalMonarchy

6.WhereiscalledNewEngland?

7.WhydidtheAmericanCivilWarbreakout?

WhichbattlewasregardedastheturningpointoftheCivilWar?

附加题:

1.Choosetheonethatyouthinkbestcompletesthestatementoranswers.Writetheletteroftheansweryouhavechoseninthecorrespondingspace.

1TheBritishIslesaremadeupof____

A.twolargeislandsandhundredsofsmallones

B.twolargeislandsandNorthernIreland

C.threelargeislandsandhundredsofsmallones

D.threelargeislandsandNorthernIreland.

2TherearethreepoliticaldivisionsontheislandofGreatBritain.Thereare____

A.BritainScotlandandWales

B.England,ScotlandandWales

B.Britain,ScotlandandIreland

D.England,ScotlandandIreland

3.TheCommonwealthofNationsisanassociationofindependentcountries____

A.thathavealargenumberofBritishimmigrants

B.thatfoughtonthesideofBritaininthetwoworldwars

C.thatspeakEnglishastheirnativelanguage

D.thatwereoncecoloniesofBritain

4.InBritishhistory,bothSaxonsanAngelscamefrom____

A.northernEurope

B.northernGermany

C.southernEurope

D.southernGerman

5.Itwas____wholaidthefoundationoftheEnglishstate.

A,theVikings

B.theDanes

C.Celts

D.theAnglo-Saxons

6.InBritain,theprimeministeristheleaderofthepartythatholdsthemostseatsin____

A.theHouseofLords

B.theHouseofCommons

C.theSenate

D.theHouseofRepresentative

7.TheBillofRightsisthetermusedforthefirst____amendmentstotheConstitutionoftheUnitedStates.

A.five

B.seven

C.ten

D.thirteen

8.WhichbranchoftheAmericangovernmenthasthepowertointerprettheConstitution?

A.TheSupremeCourt

B.ThePresident

C.TheHouse

D.TheSenate

9.WhatistheofficialnameofGreatBritain?

10.InBritain,whatdoesBBCstandfor?

InU.S.whatdoes