英语国家概况课后答案.docx

1、英语国家概况课后答案英语国家概况课后答案【篇一：英语国家概况课程习题(附答案)】英语国家概况（1）模拟试题1 i. fill in the blanks: 1. britain consists of _4_ nations, including england,_scotland_, _wales_ and northern ireland_. 2. the anglo-saxons began to settle in britain in _5th_ century. 3. the capital of britain is _london_ which has great influe

2、nce on the uk in all fields including_government_, _finance_ and _culture_ 4. the capital of scotland is _edinburgh_, which is well-known for its natural 5. _egbert_, the ancestor of the present queen, elizabeth 11, united england under his rule in 829. 6. in britain, the official head of state is t

3、he queen_ while the real centre of political life is in the house of commoms_ 7. the british constitution consists of _statute law_, _common law_, and _conventions_. 8. the most important function of the parliament is to _pass laws_._, 9. strictly speaking, the parliament today consists of the queen

4、 _, the house of lords_and the house of commons_. 10. life peers should be nominated by _the prime minister_ and appointed by _the sovereign_. 11. the uk is divided into _651_ constituencies with each of them represented by a member in _the parliment_ 12. the party which wins the majority seats in p

5、arliament forms _the goverment_and its party leader becomes _prime minister_ 13. normally, a government can be in power for _5_ years, and then it has to resign and hold a general election. 14. there are three major parties in the uk: _the conservative_party_ the liberal anddemocratic party_ and the

6、 labourparty_.15. from 1979 to 1997, _the _conservatuve party_ won 4 consecutive elections and was in power for quite a long time. 16. the two oldest universities in britain are_cambridge_ and _oxford_. 17. australia, as the worlds _smallest_ continent and . largest_island, has a population which is

7、_small_ in relation to its size. 18. geologically, australia can be divided into three parts: _the eastern highlands_ , which is also know as the_great dividingrange_ , and which runs almost parallel to the eastern coast from northern queens land to southern tasmania; the central eaetern lowlands_,

8、which extends from the gulf of carpentries in the north to _eastern southarstralia_ and the western victorian coast; and the great western plateau, which covers most of western australia_, much of the northern territory_ and south australia, and part of _western queenlands_. 19. new zealand is in th

9、e _south-west pacific_ ocean. _australia_ is its nearest neighbour. the _north island_ and the _south island_ are its two main land masses. they are separated by _cook strait_ 20. the head of state of new zealand is _queen elizabeth 2_. she is represented in new zealand by a _covernor-general_ whose

10、 most important task is to call upon the leader of the _majority_party_ to form a government after an election. 21. columbus discovered the new world in the year of _1492_ 22. the first permanent settlement in north america was established in todays virginia_ in the year of _1607_ 23. a federal syst

11、em is one in which _power_ is shared between _a central authority_andits constituent parts _with some rights reserved to each. 24. the u.s. federal government consists of the following three branches: the executive_, _the legislative_ and _the judiciary_25. the congress is divided into the house of

12、representatives_ with _435_ members who serve two-year terms, _the senate_ with_100_ lawmakers who serve six-year terms. 26. groups who try to persuade congressmen to vote for or against a bill are known as _lobbies_ 27. the supreme court is composed of _one_ chief justice and 8 associate justices.

13、28. wasp, stands for _white anglo saxon_protesant_. 29. in area, canada is the _second_ country on earth. 30. canada consists of _10_ provinces and _3_territories. 第一卷选择题答案 bdacabbcdd acbcbadaca baaba dccbc bbdad bcdcc bdabb d【篇二：英语国家概况答案】it 1 .read the following statements carefully and decide whet

14、her they are true or false. 1. the island of great britain is geographically divided into three parts: england, scotland and wales. (t)英伦三岛包括英格兰、苏格兰和威尔士。 2.people in different parts of britain like to use the name england to refer to their country. (f)british 3. today more than half of the people in

15、 wales still speak the ancient welsh language. (f) 4.in terms of population and area，northern ireland is the second largest part of the united kingdom. (f)英格兰是面积最大，人口最多的 5. the longest river of britain originates in wales. (t)the river severn:赛文河 6. because of political troubles，northern ireland has

16、 been quite significantamong the four constituent parts of the united kingdom. (t) . choose the one that best completes each of the following statements. 1. the two main islands of the british isles are. 不列颠群岛是由两个大岛组成的：不列颠和爱尔兰 a.great britain and ireland b.great britain and scotland c.great britain

17、and walesd.great britain and england 2. is the capital city of scotland. a. belfastb. edinburgh c.aberdeen d. cardiff 3. among the four parts of the united kingdom，is the smallest. a.england b. scotland c.walesd. northern ireland 4. the introduction of christianity to britain added the first element

18、 ofwords to english. a. danish and finnish b. dutch and german c. french and italian d. latin and greek 5. the evolution of middle english was reinforced by theinfluence. a. normanb. dutch c. german d. danish 6. samuel johnsons dictionary was influential in establishing a standard form of. a. gramma

19、r b. handwriting c.spelling d. pronunciation 7. at present, nearly of the worlds population communicate in english. a. half b. aquarter c. one third d. one fifth 1. what is the full name of the u.k.? the full name is the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland 2. why do tourists from al

20、l over the world like to go to scotland? they like to enjoy the beautifulscottish scenery, to drink scotch whisky and to see scotsman wearing kilts and playing bagpipes. 3. how many periods can the development of the english language be divided intoand what are they? the development of the english l

21、anguage can be divided into three periods: old english, middleenglish and modern english. 4. why did english become more important after the black death(黑死病)? the laboring and merchant classes grew in economic and social importance after the black death, so english also grew in importance compared t

22、o french. . state your understanding of the following questions in about 100words. 1. who are british people? the first known inhabitants in britain were celts who are the ancestors of welsh, scottish and irish people. then came the anglos, the saxons and the jutes who brought with them english lang

23、uage. many people from other european countries came later, and in modern times there are a lots of immigrants from many formercommonwealth(共和国) countries from every part of the world, and the british people are also composed of people from different ethnic and cultural backgrounds. 2. what is stand

24、ardenglish? standard english is based on the speech of the upper class of the southeastern england; it is widely used in media and taught at schools. it is preferred by the educated, middle-class people. is has developed and has been promoted as a model for the correct britishenglish. it is also the

25、 norm(标准) carried overseas. today, standardenglish is codified to the extent that the grammar and vocabulary are much the same everywhere in the world where english is taught and used. unit 2 i. read the following statements carefully and decide whether they are true or false. 1. the british history

26、 before 55 bc is basically undocumented. (t) 2. the celts became the dominant group in britain between the 8th and 5th centuries bc. (t) 3. the name of britain came from a celtic tribe the britons. (t) 4. the anglosaxons came to britain in the mid-5th century. (t)(不考) 5. the chief or king of the ang

27、lo-saxon tribes exercised power at their own will.(f) 6. the vikings began to attack the english coast in the 8th century.(t) 7. hey ii built up a large empire which included england and most of france(t) 8. the magna carta was designed to protect the rights of both the privileged classand the towns

28、people. (f) 9. the hundred years war was a series of wars fought between england and normans for trade and territory. (f) 10. in an effort to make a compromise between different religious factions，queen elizabeth i actually defended the fruit of the religious reformation.(t) . choose the one that be

29、st completes each of the following statements.1theattack on rome ended the roman occupation in britain in 410 anorman bdanish ccelticdgermanic 2by the late 7th century，became the dominant religion in england aceltic christianity banglo-saxon christianity cgermanic christianity droman christianity 3w

30、estminster abbey(威斯敏斯特教堂) was built at the time of. astaugustine bedward the confessor(忏悔者爱德华) cwilliam the conquerordalfred the great 4themarked the establishment of feudalism(封建制度) in england aviking invasionbsigning of the magna carta cnorman conquest dadoption of common law 5the end of the wars

31、of the roses led to the rule of. athe house of valois bthe house of york cthe house of tudor(都铎楼)dthe house of lancaster 6the direct cause for the religious reformation was king hey viiis effort to. adivorce his wife bbreak with rome csupport the protestants ddeclare his supreme power over the church 7. the