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《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.whatdoesVOAstandfor?