新版英美概况复习习题_
新版英美概况习题
英国部分：
一、名词解释
1.The City of London
2.King Harold
3.The Vikings
4.King Arthur
5.King Alfred
6.The Anglo-Saxons
7.General election
8.Prime minister
9.Divine right of the king
10.Oxbridge
11.The Bill of Rights of 1689
12.The function of the parliament
13.Different classes of Great Britain
14.Elizabethan Drama
15.Wuthering Heights
16.Grammar schools
17.tertiary industries
18.The open university
19.Christmas
20.Football hooligans
21.The invasion of the Romans
22.The Great Charter/Magna Carta
23.The Glorious Revolution
24.the Battle of Hastings
二、简答题
1.The Canterbury T ales
2.William Shakespeare
3.relative decline of the UK economy
4.Robert Burns
5.Wimbledon International Tennis Championship
6.Soccer
7.the Easter Rising
8.Robert the Bruce
9.Boxing Day
10.Halloween
11.Robin Hood
12.Union Jack
13.Hereditary peers
14.Easter uprisings
15.The full name of the UK and the capital of each part
16.The Romantic poets
17.The Industrial Revolution
18.Public schools
19.One Hundred Years’ War
20.General election
21.the “Three Circles” foreign policy
三、论述题
1.The relation between the Queen and the government
2.The establishment of the colonies of the UK
3.The classes of the UK
4.The relative decline of Great Britain
美国部分：
一、名词解释
1.Puritans
2.The Declaration of Independence
3.George Washington
4.Benjamin Franklin
5.California Gold Rush
6.The Bill of Rights
7.Eli Whitney
8.Wall Street
9.an indentured servant
https://www.doczj.com/doc/3819220814.html,/doc/d316531671.html,pulsory education of the USA
11.Segregation Law
12.Melting pot
13.Michael Jordan
14.The purchase of Alaska
二、简答题
1.The establishment of Virginia
2.The Articles of Confederation
3.The three branches of the American government
4.The American Industrial Revolution
5.James Fenimore Cooper
6.Mark Twain
7.American Civil War
8.The New Deal
9.The Lost Generation
10.Ernest Hemingway
11.Different kinds of American schools
12.The Servicemen’s Readjustment Act
13.The American Dream
14.The purchase of Louisiana
三、论述题
1.Why the USA is called a nation of immigrants?
2.The democratic system of the USA
3.The American Civil War
4.Why do the Americans consider sports very important in their life?
5.The success of Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal
Multiple Choice:
1. Which of the following CANNOT be found in London?
A. Teahouses
B. Galleries
C. Museums
D. Theatres
2. The Tower of London, a historical sight, was built by _____.
A. King Harold
B. Robin Hood
C. Oliver Cromwell
D. William the Conqueror
3. Who were the ancestors of the English and the founders of England?
A. The Anglo-Saxons
B. the Normans
C. the Vikings
D. the Romans
4. The United Kingdom is made up of _____ parts.
A. two
B. three
C. four
D. five
5. The capital of the Scotland is _____.
A. London
B. Belfast
C. Edinburgh
D. Cardiff
6. The first inhabitants in England are the _____.
A. Celts
B. Romans
C. Normans
D. Danes
7. The first invaders to England in 43AD were the _____.
A. Normans
B. Vikings
C. Germans
D. Romans
8. King Arthur is a well-known king from the legends of the _____.
A. Jutes
B. Anglo-Saxons
C. Danes
D. Normans
9. “William the Conqueror” defeated and killed the English king in the Battle of _____.
A. London
B. Calais
C. Hastings
D. Canterbury
10. The king who was executed in the 17th century was _____.
A. William I
B. Henry I
C. Charles I
D. George I
11. The Scottish king _____ defeated the English army in the
Battle of Bannockburn, leading to
300 years of full independence for Scotland.
A. William Wallace
B. Robert the Bruce
C. James I
D. Canute
12. The leader of the republican “roundheads” was _____ who killed the king in the 17th century.
A. Oliver Cromwell
B. Robert Burns
C. Winston Churchill
D. Robin Hood
13. By whom is a “vote of no confidence” decided?
A. The House of Commons
B. The House of Lords
C. The Prime Minister
D. The two big parties
14. Which of the following books is written by Geoffrey Chaucer?
A. Beowulf
B. The Canterbury Tales
C. Treasure Island
D. Ivanhoe
15. which of the following tragedy written by Shakespeare?
A. Dr. Faustus
B. Frankenstein
C. Hamlet
D. Sense and Sensibility
16. In Britain, the greatest majority of parents send their children to _____.
A. private schools
B. public schools
C. state schools
D. grammar schools
17. Which of the following is NOT considered a characteristic of London?
A. The cultural centre.
B. The business centre.
C. The financial centre
D. The sports centre.
18. Under whose reign was the Bill of Rights passed?
A. James II
B. William of Orange
C. Oliver Cromwell
D. George I
19. Which of the following DID NOT belong to Romanticism?
A. Keats
B. Shelly
C. Wordsworth
D. Defoe
20. Which of the following is a privately funded university in Britain?
A. The University of Cambridge
B. The University of Oxford
C. The University of Edinburgh
D. The University of Buckingham
21. Which of the following is NOT one of the three forces that led to the modern development of
Europe?
A. The growth of capitalism
B. The Renaissance
C. The Religious Reformation
D. The spiritual leadership of the Roman Catholic Church
22. The following are the founding fathers of the United States except _____.
A. George Washington
B. Thomas Jefferson
C. William Penn
D. Benjamin Franklin
23. “No taxation without representation” was the rallying cry of _____.
A. the settlers of Virginia
B. the people of Pennsylvania
C. the colonists in New England
D. the people of the 13 colonies on the eve of the American Revolution
24. The following are the writers of the Declaration of Independence except _____.
A. Thomas Jefferson
B. George Washington
C. John Adams
D. Benjamin Franklin
25. The man who named the American primitive people “Indians” is _____.
A. Amerigo Vespucci
B. Christopher Columbus
C. Henry Hudson
D. John Cabot
26. The Seven Year’s War was fought between Britain and _____.
A. Spain
B. Holland
C. France
D. Portugal
27. Which of the following states refused to participate in the Constitutional Convention?
A. Virginia
B. Rhode Island
C. New York
D. Maryland
28. Which of the following is the only branch that can make federal laws and levy federal taxes?
A. The executive
B. The legislative
C. The judicial
D. The president
29. Which of the following is NOT guaranteed in the Bill of Rights?
A. The freedom of religion
B. The freedom of searching a person’s home by police
C. The freedom of speech and of the press
D. The right of owning weapon if one wishes
30. The New Deal was started by _____.
A. Franklin Roosevelt
B. J. F. Kennedy
C. George Washington
D. Thomas Jefferson
31. The “American system” of mass production was first used in _____.
A. car industry
B. textile industry
C. firearms industry
D. agriculture
32. Which of the following is NOT considered as part of the service industry?
A. banking
B. management consultation
C. airline
D. steelmaking
33. The United States was rated the _____ in the world in terms of land area and the size of
population.
A. second
B. third
C. fourth
D. fifth
34. In which year was the USA rated NO. 1 in terms of production capacity in the world?
A. 1920
B. 1950
C. 1945
D. 1960
35. The USA produces as much as half of the world’s _____.
A. wheat and rice
B. cotton
C. tobacco and vegetable oil
D. soybeans and corn
36. The latest technology that the American farmers have adopted is _____.
A. artificial fertilizers
B. pesticide
C. tractors
D. computers
37. Which of the following was a writer of the post-Revolutionary period?
A. Edgar Allan Poe
B. Natty Bumppo
C. Washington Irving
D. Rip Van Winkle
38. Which of the following was written by James Fenimore Cooper?
A. The Last of the Mohicans
B. The Legend of the Sleepy Hollow
C. The Masque of the Red Death
D. Moby Dick
39. Which of the following subjects are NOT offered to elementary school students?
A. mathematics and languages
B. politics and business education
C. science and social studies
D. music and physical education
40. The expenditure in American public schools is guided or decided by _____.
A. teachers
B. students
C. headmasters
D. boards of education
41. Both public and private universities depend on the following sources of income except _____.
A. investment
B. student tuition
C. endowments
D. government funding
42. Who was the author of the popular play The Melting Pot?
A. Mark Twain
B. Stephen Crane
C. Henry James
D. Israel Zangwill
43. Which of the following was President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s main concern?
A. health care
B. personal freedom
C. material wealth
D. social justice
44. Which of the following institutions is responsible for the making of the Internet?
A. the US military
B. the US entertainment industry
C. the US film industry
D. the US education sector
45. Niagara Falls is located in the State of _____.
A. New York
B. Virginia
C. North Carolina
D. South California
46. If you visit Alaska, you can see the following except _____.
A. northern Polar Light
B. glaciers
C. surfers
D. caribou
47. The Everglades, du bbed with the name of “the River of Grass”, is _____ containing a large
collection of wildlife.
A. a green river
B. a deep valley
C. a subtropical wetlands
D. a small island
48. Michael Jordan is a famous player of _____.
A. football
B. basketball
C. baseball
D. tennis
49. Ronald Reagan used to be a _____.
A. basketball player
B. sports radio announcer
C. conservative political columnist
D. sports writer
50. Which of the following remarks is NOT true about Hawaii?
A. Hawaii is made up of a large group of big and small islands
B. There are numerous active volcanoes in Hawaii
C. More than 40 percent of the local residents in Hawaii are American Asians
D. The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941
Fill in the blanks:
1.The United Kingdom consists of __________, __________, __________, and _____________.
2.The English language has three stages in its history. They are _______________,
_______________, _______________.
3.The novel Robinson Crusoe was written by
____________________.
4.The doctrine of the “divine right of kings” held that the sovereign derived his authority from
_______, not from _________.
5.The party which wins the majority seats in parliament forms ______ and its party leader
becomes_______.
6.Normally a government of the United Kingdom can be in power for____years, and then it has
to resign and hold a general election.
7.The “Jewel in the Crown”of the British Empire____, which provided _______ and a big
market for British goods, gained independence in 1947.
8.Since 1945, the UK has experienced ______ decline rather than _____ decline.
https://www.doczj.com/doc/3819220814.html,/doc/d316531671.html, two of the tragedies written by William Shakespeare:___________________, _____________________.
10.Charlotte Bronte and Emily Bronte are noted for their respective novel __________________
and ____________________ which are largely the love stories of
a woman for a man.
11.The author of Ivanhoe was _______________, Charles Dickens novel ___________________
tells the story of an orphan child drawn into crime in the London underworld.
12.The two oldest universities in Britain are _________________ and _____________________.
13.American Indians had developed three brilliant civilizations before the Europeans arrived.
They were______, _______, and _______.
https://www.doczj.com/doc/3819220814.html,/doc/d316531671.html, two of the taxes imposed on North American colonies by the British Parliament on the
eve of the American Revolution: ___________________ and ___________________.
15.After the War of Independence was won, the national government was called______, and the
agreement that guided the government was________.
16.A federal system is one in which power is shared between______ and______with some rights
reserved to each.
17.Two major political parties in the USA are_______ and _______.
18.The best-known stock exchange is________ located in________ area of New York City.
19._______ and ___________ are the two major writers of the post-revolutionary period.
https://www.doczj.com/doc/3819220814.html,/doc/d316531671.html, two of Ernest Hemingway’s famous novels: ____________________________, and ___________________________________________.
21.About 90% of the American students go to ___________ schools and 10% attend
_______________ schools.
22.In the Declaration of Independence (1776), Thomas Jefferson wrote the classic words which
were widely acclaimed as the traditional values by all Americans, they are: “_____, _____, _________”.
23.By the 1960s, the Foreign Service began to recruit its members through a highly competitive
test open to all, regardless of______, ______, and________.
英美概况第四版上册课后练习题含答案简介 《英美概况》是一本全面介绍英国和美国的文化、历史、政治、经济和社会现象的教材。第四版上册是其最新版本，为了帮助读者更好地掌握教材内容，本文主要介绍了《英美概况》第四版上册的课后练习题及其答案。 课后练习题 第一章马恩列斯主义的世界影响 1.为什么20世纪初期，马克思主义在俄国和中国得到了很多支持者？ 答案：在俄国和中国，工业化程度较低，社会阶级结构明显，人民处于经济和政治上的不利地位，马克思主义提供了一种解释和改变社会状况的思想和方法，因此在这些国家得到了很多支持者。 2.马恩列斯主义的三个基本组成部分是什么？ 答案：哲学、政治经济学和科学社会主义是马克思主义的三个基本组成部分。 第二章英美宪政制度的深层问题 1.英美宪政制度的两个特点是什么？ 答案：一是权力均衡制度的实行，二是国家最高权力代表制度的实行。 2.英国议会制度的基本形式是什么？ 答案：英国议会制度的基本形式是下院和上院的双院制。 第三章英国的政治体系及其现状 1.请简要介绍英国两大主要政党的区别。
答案：英国两大主要政党是保守党和工党。保守党主张经济自由主义、传统价值观和强硬外交政策，工党主张社会民主主义、平等和国际主义。 2.英国各地区的议员数目是不同的，为什么？ 答案：英国根据各地区的人口数确定议员数目，保证各地区在议会中的代表权重相当。 第四章美国的政治体系及其现状 1.美国总统、参议员和众议员的任期分别是多久？ 答案：美国总统任期为4年，参议员任期为6年，众议员任期为2年。 2.美国政治体系中的分权制度是什么？ 答案：美国政治体系中的分权制度是各州与中央政府之间权力的分立和制衡，各州政府在一定范围内有独立的权力。 结语 以上是《英美概况》第四版上册的部分课后练习题及其答案。本文仅供参考，读者们可以通过这些练习题，更好地掌握教材的内容。
新版英美概况习题 英国部分： 一、名词解释 1.The City of London 2.King Harold 3.The Vikings 4.King Arthur 5.King Alfred 6.The Anglo-Saxons 7.General election 8.Prime minister 9.Divine right of the king 10.Oxbridge 11.The Bill of Rights of 1689 12.The function of the parliament 13.Different classes of Great Britain 14.Elizabethan Drama 15.Wuthering Heights 16.Grammar schools 17.tertiary industries 18.The open university 19.Christmas 20.Football hooligans 21.The invasion of the Romans 22.The Great Charter/Magna Carta 23.The Glorious Revolution 24.the Battle of Hastings 二、简答题 1.The Canterbury Tales 2.William Shakespeare 3.relative decline of the UK economy 4.Robert Burns 5.Wimbledon International Tennis Championship 6.Soccer 7.the Easter Rising 8.Robert the Bruce 9.Boxing Day 10.Halloween 11.Robin Hood 12.Union Jack 13.Hereditary peers 14.Easter uprisings 15.The full name of the UK and the capital of each part 16.The Romantic poets
英美概况复习题 一、填空题 1. ________________和______________是最近加入美国的两个新州。_______________在加拿大的西北部，夏威夷位邻中___________洋。_____________是夏威夷的首府。 2．__________________山脉和落基山脉是美国的两座大山脉。____________山脉是北美大陆的脊梁，也被成为大陆分水岭。 3．大不列颠岛上有三个政治区：英格兰、______________和_____________。 4．是美国电影工业中心，位于美国西岸的重要海港城市_______________。 5．英国是一个岛国。它位于____________洋北部，与欧洲大陆的北海岸隔海相望。南面的____________海峡和东面的________海将它与欧洲其它部分隔开。 6．《____________》是约翰国王1215年在封建贵族压力下签定的。其精神是限制国王权力，使其在英国封建法律允许的范围内活动。 7．_________河是英国最长的河流, 全长338公里。_____________河是英国第二大河，也是英国最重要的河, 全长336公里。 8．英国的官方正式名称是：___________________________________________________。 9．不列颠群岛由两个大岛：____________________岛（较大的一个）和_____________兰岛，及成千上万个小岛组成。 二、单项选择题 题号 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 答案 1．独立大厦位于______，它曾是北美独立战争中大陆会议的会址。 A．旧金山B．费城C．波士顿D．匹兹堡 2．英国议会由哪几部分组成？ A．首相和内阁B．上议院和下议院 C．首相、上议院和下议院D．英王、上议院和下议院 3．下面哪个州属于美国石油的主要产区？ A．德克萨斯B．威斯康辛C．宾夕法尼亚D．弗吉尼亚 4．以下不属于英国议会下院职权的是： A．监督政府B．监督财政 C．立法D．划分各行政部门的权利 5．纽约是英国人从_________手中夺取的。 A．法国人B．荷兰人C．西班牙人D．意大利人 6．波士顿“倾茶事件”是针对哪项税法的推行？ A．唐森税法B．印花税法C．糖税法D．茶税 7．_____被定为美国的国庆日 A．7月4日B．7月6日C．7月7日D．7月14日 8．1688年的____在英国确立了君主立宪的资本主义制度。 A．工业革命B．光荣革命C．大宪章D．护国公制度 9．16世纪英国的宗教改革是由哪位国王发起的？ A．伊丽莎白一世B．亨利八世C．玛丽一世D．查理一世 10．15世纪末最先来到美洲大陆的欧洲探险家来自： A．西班牙B．法国C．意大利D．荷兰 三、判断题 编号 1 2 3 答案 1．美国南北战争中，北方政府领导人是托马斯﹒杰斐逊。 2．英王是国家元首、司法首领、全国武装部队总司令和英国国教世俗领袖。 3．英国政府机构是世界上最早按照资产阶级的“三权分立”学说建立起来的。
英美概况复习题 英美概况复习题 一、地理概况 英美两国位于北美洲，英国位于欧洲西北部，英国是英格兰、苏格兰、威尔士和北爱尔兰四个国家的联合王国，美国则是由50个州组成的联邦共和国。英国是一个岛国，由大不列颠岛和北爱尔兰岛组成，美国则是一个大陆国家，横跨北美洲。英国的首都是伦敦，美国的首都是华盛顿特区。 二、历史概况 英国是一个历史悠久的国家，曾经是大英帝国的核心。英国在16世纪经历了工业革命，成为世界上第一个工业化国家，对世界的政治、经济和文化产生了深远的影响。美国则是一个相对较年轻的国家，于18世纪末脱离英国殖民地的统治，成立了独立的美利坚合众国。美国在19世纪经历了西进运动和内战，逐渐成为世界上最强大的国家之一。 三、政治制度 英国是一个君主立宪制国家，国家元首是女王伊丽莎白二世，但实际上政府的运作主要由首相和议会负责。英国的议会制度是二院制，由上议院和下议院组成。美国则是一个总统制国家，国家元首和政府首脑是同一人，即总统。美国的议会制度是两院制，由参议院和众议院组成。 四、经济概况 英国是一个发达的资本主义经济体，以服务业为主导，金融、保险、房地产等行业发达。英国是世界上最大的外汇市场之一，伦敦也是全球金融中心之一。美国是世界上最大的经济体，以多元化的经济结构闻名，制造业、金融业、科
技业等都非常发达。美国的纽约、洛杉矶等城市也是世界级的金融中心和商业 中心。 五、文化概况 英国和美国都有丰富的文化遗产。英国是莎士比亚的故乡，拥有众多文学巨匠，如狄更斯、奥斯卡·王尔德等。英国的音乐、戏剧和电影产业也非常发达，披头 士乐队、皇后乐队等都是英国的文化符号。美国是好莱坞的发源地，拥有世界 上最大的电影产业。美国的音乐、文学和艺术也非常丰富多样，爵士乐、摇滚乐、现代艺术等都是美国的文化瑰宝。 六、教育体系 英国和美国都拥有世界一流的教育体系。英国的剑桥大学、牛津大学等享有盛誉，被认为是世界上最好的大学之一。美国的哈佛大学、斯坦福大学等也是世 界顶尖的教育机构。英美的教育体系注重学术研究和实践能力的培养，吸引了 大量的国际学生。 七、社会福利 英国和美国都有相对完善的社会福利体系。英国实行全民医疗保险制度，所有 居民都可以享受免费或低价的医疗服务。英国也有相对较高的福利保障标准， 包括失业救济、住房补贴等。美国的社会福利制度相对较为复杂，医疗保险和 社会救济等由各州和联邦政府共同负责。美国的福利标准因州而异，有些州的 福利保障相对较好，有些州则较为薄弱。 八、社会问题 英美两国都面临一些共同的社会问题。例如，两国都存在贫富差距大、社会不 平等的问题。同时，英国和美国也都面临着移民、种族关系、犯罪等挑战。这
来安方新编英美概况最新修订版笔记和典型题 第1卷（英国） 第1章土地和人民 1.1 复习笔记 Ⅰ. The British Isles and Great Britain 1. Full name 2. Constituents 3. Introduction of Each Part 4. Physiographic Features 5. Climate and Weather 6. Factors Influencing English Weather 7. Inland Water 8. The English Language Ⅱ. People and the State 1. People 2. Party Politics 3. Central Government 4. Local Governments 5. Law 6. Reform of the Law Court 7. Legal Profession 8. Police Force 9. Religion 10. Characteristics of the English People Ⅲ. National Economy 1. General Survey 2. Company Law and Framework of Industry 3. Heavy and Light Industries 4. Textile Industries
5. Agriculture 6. Transportation and Communication 7. British Disease and Thatcher’s Medicine 8. Cities Ⅰ. The British Isles and Great Britain (不列颠群岛及大不列颠) 1. Full name (全称) The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Irelan d大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国 2. Constituents (组成部分) (1)The Island of Great Britain: England, Scotland and Wal es大不列颠岛：英格兰、苏格兰和威尔士 (2)Northern Ireland北爱尔兰 3. Introduction of Each Part (各部分简介) (1)England (英格兰) England is the largest and most developed of all the thre e political divisions. 英格兰是三个中最大的和最发达的政治分区。 (2)Scotland (苏格兰) Scotland is the second largest both in area and populatio n. 苏格兰在面积和人口上是第二大区。 (3)Wales (威尔士) Wales is the smallest of the three both in area and popul ation. 在面积和人口方面，威尔士是最小的一个区。 (4)Northern Ireland (北爱尔兰) Northern Ireland has a population of one and a half milli on. About one-third of them are Roman Catholics who are op posed to the unification of Northern Ireland with Great Britai
英美概况国部分复习题 1. The Harlem Renaissance哈莱姆文艺(黑人文艺)复兴: It was a black cultural movement that spanned the 1920s and 1930s. African-American social thought that was expressed through the visual arts, as well as through music, literature, theater and dance. Centered in the Harlem district of New York City, it was also called the New Negro Movement and had a profound influence across the United States and even around the world. 2. The Second Continental Congress: As the suggestion of Virginia and Massachusetts, a meeting involving forty-five members representing all the colonies except Georgia, was held in Philadelphia(费城) in September, 1774. The meeting was known in American history as the First Continental Congress. On April 19th, 1775, a small battle took place between the British soldier and the militia(民兵) men in Lexington and Concord near Boston. In May 1775, the second Continental Congress was gathering in Philadelphia. The Congress decided to take the charge of the troops around Boston and appoint George Washington as commander. Since then American had their own armed forces and that they had made up their mind to fight for their freedom and independence. 3. Progressive Movement: Muckrakers, a reform-minded journalist exposed various dark side of the seemingly prosperous society → a national-wide Progressive Movement. It was unorganized effort in economy, politics and society. T o reform society and improve the situation of individu al, to reform government, to eliminate corruption…. It was primarily a movement of social engineers who believed that scientific and cost-efficient solution could be
新编英美概况教程课后练习题含答案 前言 本文旨在提供一个适用于学习英美概况的练习题集合，以及它们的答案解析。 本文所包含的内容是基于新编英美概况教程，旨在帮助学生更深入地了解学习材料。 练习题 第一部分：选择题 1. 英国的首都是哪个城市？ A. 伦敦 B. 爱丁堡 C. 华盛顿特区 D. 巴黎 答案：A 解析：英国的首都是伦敦。 2. 美国共和国宪法是哪一年颁布的？ A. 1776 B. 1787 C. 1791 D. 1865 答案：B
解析：美国共和国宪法是1787年5月25日至9月17日在费城制定的，并于1788年6月21日正式生效。 3. 英国著名的医生和作家是谁？ A. 爱默生 B. 鲁迅 C. 莎士比亚 D. 福克纳 答案：C 解析：莎士比亚不仅是英国最杰出的剧作家，也是享誉全球的文学巨匠。 第二部分：填空题 1. 美国国土面积是多少？ 答案：9,826,630平方千米 解析：美国的国土面积非常广阔，大约达到9,826,630平方千米。 2. 英国的官方语言是什么？ 答案：英语 解析：英国的官方语言是英语。 3. 美国的国花是什么？ 答案：月季 解析：美国的国花是月季。
第三部分：简答题 1. 请简述英美概况教程的主要内容。 答案： 英美概况教程主要介绍了英国和美国的历史、地理、政治、文化及社会方面的 知识，主要包括以下几个方面： •英国的历史和文化 •美国的历史和文化 •英美政治体制 •英美社会制度和价值观念 2. 请解释美国民主制度的核心原则是什么？ 答案： 美国民主制度的核心原则是人民主权、法治和个人自由。这其中，人民主权代 表着民主的基本精神，即公民在政治决策中应享有平等的决策权；法治则是基于一个国家应该是受法律支配的基本原则；而个人自由是建立在法治基础上的一种权利，它确保公民们可以享有生命、自由和追求幸福的权利，同时也要承担相应的社会责任。 结论 本文提供了适用于学习英美概况的练习题集合及其答案解析，主要包括选择题、填空题和简答题三个部分。通过做练习题可以帮助学生更好地掌握和理解学习材料中的知识点，从而提高学习成绩。
广东外语外贸大学成人高等教育 2021学年第一学期 《英美概况》第一套复习题 考核对象：业余本科 20级英语专业 I. Decide whether the following statements are true or false. Write T for True and F for False . ( 1.5 points each , 30 points in total ) 1. The island of Great Britain is geographically divided into three parts: England, Scotland and Wales. 2. People from different parts of Britain like to use the name England to refer to their country. 3. In terms of population and area, Northern Ireland is the second largest part of the United Kingdom. 4. Because of political troubles, Northern Ireland has been quite significant among the four constituent parts of the United Kingdom. 5. The majority of the people in Britain are descendants of the Anglo-Saxons. 6. The Celtic people are the earliest known inhabitants of Britain. 7. English changed into what is described as Modern English from the late 16th century. 8. The British history before 55 BC is basically undocumented. 9. The Celts became the dominant group in Britain between the 8th and 5th centuries BC. 10. The name of Britain came from a Celtic tribe – the Britons. 11. The Anglo –Saxons came to Britain in the mid-5th century. 12. The Vikings began to attack the English coasts in the 8th century. 13. Henry II built up a large empire which included England and most of France. 14. The Magna Carta was designed to protect the rights of both the privileged class and the townspeople. 15. The Hundred Years ’ War was a series of wars fought between England and Normans for trade and territory. 16. In an effort to make a compromise between different religious factions, Queen Elizabeth I actually defended the fruit of the Religious Reformation. 17. In reality, the British King or Queen is the source of all government powers. 18. British Parliament is the law-making body of the Commonwealth of Nations. 19. The members in the House of Commons in Britain are appointed rather than elected. 20. Britain was the first industrialized nation in the world. Answer keys: 1. T 2. F 3. F 4. T 5. T 6. T 7. F 8. T 9. T 10. T 11.T 12. T 13. T 14. F 15. F 16. T 17. F 18. F 19. F 20. T II. Choose the one that best completes each of the following statements. (2 points each, 40 points in total) 1. ___B_____ is the capitall city of Scotland. A. Belfast B. Edinburgh C. Aberdeen D. Cardiff 2. Among the four parts of the United Kingdom, ____D_____ is the smallest. A. England B. Scotland C. Wales D. Northern Ireland 3. Almost a quarter of the British population lives in ____B_______ England.
Chapter1 Geographical Features and Natural Resources 1.In area, the United States is the 4th largest country in the world. 2.The Midwest in the US refers to the region around the Great Lakes and the upper Mississippi Valley. 3.The Backbone of North America refers to the Rocky Mountains 4.Death Valley is on the western edge of the Great Basin. 5.The Great Plains might have a dust storm in summer. 6.The western part of Washington State has the highest rainfall in the US. 7.The US primary suppliers of foreign oil are the following countries except Japan 8.The US largest open-pit copper-mining center is in Utah. 1. The United States is bordered on the north by Canada, on the south by Mexico and the Guff of Mexico, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean. 2. The large territory of the continental US is divided into three basic areas: A. the Atlantic seacoast west to the Appalachians B. the Mississippi River Basin C. the Rockies west to the Pacific 3. The Middle Atlantic States are the most densely populated region in the US, where the land is flat and fertile. 4. The Central Valley of California is a highly productive area, which produced enormous amounts of fruits and vegetables. 5. Most production of oil and natural gas in the US comes from offshore areas of Louisiana and Texas, and from onshore areas of Texas, Oklahoma and California. Her big consumption of energy now has made America insufficient in oil supply. The US reliance of foreign oil has reminded consistently in the 40% ranges. 6. The United States has little trouble caused by the shortage of fresh water. Farmlands in the US making up about 12% of the arable lands in the world, and they are among the richest and most productive. Chapter 2 American Population 1.The over 3 million of early Americans in 1790 were mostly of British ancestry. 2.About 700,000 immigrants were legally received by the US each year during the 1980s. 3.The official racial segregation continued to be the law of the US until 195 4. 4.American Indians now mainly live in the South. 5.The majority of American Hispanics are from the following countries except Spain. 6.The West now leads in percentage increase in population. 7.According to the 1994 US census, the second most populous state in the US is Taxes. 8.The trend in migration from cities to suburbs now prevailed in all regions except the South. 1.The United States is the third most populous nation in the world. 2.Prior to 1875 anyone from any country could enter the US freely and take up permanent residence there. Later the US Congress passed laws restricting immigration on the basis of morality, race, and national origin. The 1952 Immigration and Nationality Act reaffirmed national origin as the chief criterion for eligibility and established a preferential system for skilled workers and for relatives of the US citizens. For many years the US restricted to total number of immigrants to 270,000 each year, although the real immigrants numbered much greater than the limit. The 1990 Immigration Act limits the total number of immigrants to 700,000 from 1992 to 1995 and 675,000 thereafter. 3.The first blacks arrived in Jamestown in 1619 as indentured servants, but soon[ after 1619 they were brought to colonies as slaves. The blacks were formally freed in1863, but continued to suffer the institutionalized segregation for about a century. Today many blacks still live in the South, some have entered the middle class, but one-third of all black families still live below the poverty line. 4.The Chinese-Americans have proved to be industrious and intelligent. They are now viewed as a “model minority” in the US. According to the 2010 US census, there were about 3.8 million Chinese-Americans living in the US. The figure was more than twice what it was in 1990. Chapter 3 Discovery and Colonization of the New World 1. The ancestors of the present American Indians came from Asia. 2.“The ambition for the vast lands”is not correct to explain the reasons for the sudden daring exploration of the unknown in the mid-15th century. 3. On his voyage of 1492, Columbus expected to reach India. 4. Vasco da Gama discovered the route to India. 5. John Cabot was sent by the English King to explore the new way to the east.
《英美概况（二）》练习题一答案 套一、答案 I．Fill in the following blanks in English 1. cotton 2. Indians 3. Superior; Michigan; Huron; Erie; Ontario; Michigan; Canada 4. 1607 5. 12 6. winner-take-all; majority /270 7. Vice- Presidency 8.1854 9. private 10. Pittsburg 11. space 12. Scandinavian 13. Civil Rights Movement 14. 88 000, 18 000 15. 1922 16. four 17. Independence II. In each of the following questions there are four choices. Choose the correct one 1. C 2.B 3.A 4.D 5.A 6.C 7.B 8.C 9.D 10.B 11.B 12.B 13.D 14.D 15.A 16.C 17.B 18.B 19.D 20.D III. Decide whether the following statements are true [T] or false [F] 1.T 2. F 3. F 4.F 5. T 6. F 7.F 8.T 9. T 10.T III. Define the following terms 1. Yale University is a private university in New Haven, Connecticut, USA, which was named after Elihu Yale, an early patron and was chartered in 1701. It consists of Yale College for men, three other undergraduate schools for men and women, and eight graduate schools for men and women. 2. It is the largest and most famous American stock market. Located on Wall Street in New York City, it centralizes the trading of stock of over 3000 corporations, and hundreds of millions of shares are bought and sold there each day. 3.The second continental congress was held in Philadelphia in May 1775. It decided to take charge of the troops around Boston and appointed George Washington as commander to fight for their freedom and independence. IV. Answer the following questions 1.In the post World War 11 decade, the United States was the richest nation in the world. After a brief period of postwar adjustment, the economy boomed. Consumers demanded goods and services. Businesses produced more to meet this demand. With 6 percent of the world' s population, the United States produced half the world's goods. As productivity rose, the labor market changed. Employment grew rapidly in the service sector, which includes sales work, office work, and government jobs. Federal foreign aid programs provided overseas markets for US businesses. Finally, the government spent large amounts of money by providing loans, fighting the Cold War, and finding social programs. Technological advances, many achieved with federate aid, ushered in new industries and sped up the pace of production in old ones. Government spending plus consumer demand led to an era of widespread prosperity, rising living standards, and social mobility… 2. The mass education can provide free public education for all of American children and improve the whole quality of American citizenries, while it also has caused several problems. One criticism is that basic education in the United States catered to the “least common denominator”,meaning the teacher gives attention to the
最新英美概况答案 最新英美概况答案 【篇一：《英美概况》试题(附答案)】 multiple choices: choose one right answer from the four choices: 1. the highest mountain in britain is ____. a. scafell b. ben nevis c. the cotswolds d. the forth 2. the longest river in britain is _____. a. the clyde b. the mersey c. the severn d. the thames 3. the largest lake in britain is _____. a. the lough neage b. windermere water c. coniston water d. the lake district 4. which part of britain is always fighting? a. england b. scotland c. wales d. northem ireland 5. the immigrants coming to britain are mainly from _____. a. europe b. the united states c. africa
d. the west indies, 6. the first inhabitants in britain were _____. a. the normans b. the celts c. the iberians d. the anglo-saxons 7. british recorded history began with _____. a.roman invasion b. the norman conquest c. the viking and danish invasion d. the anglo-saxons invasion 8. in 829, _____ actually became the overlord of all the english. a. john b. james i c. egbert d. hey i 9. christmas day ____, duke william was crowned in westminster abbey. a. 1056 b. 1066 c. 1006 d. 1060 10. hey ii was the first king of the _____ dynasty. a. windsor b. tudor c. malcolm d. plantagenet 11. in 1265 ____ summoned the great council, which has been seen as the earliest parliament. a. hey iii