英语国家社会与文化入门
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一、Fill in the following information gaps(20%)(1 point each)
1. In England more than ___1__ of its population living in cities ,and about
2% of the population working in agriculture, so England is a highly urbanized
country .
2. In the year of ____2_____,the first permanent settlement in North
America was established, in today's Virginia .
3.Ralph Waldo Emerson, a American transcendentalist, published a startling
book called __3__,he claimed by studying and respecting to nature individual
could reach a higher spiritual state without form religion .
4.The U.S. federal government consist of the following three branches the
executive , _____4_____and the judicial.
5.One advantage of 5 over sole proprietorship and partnership is that it
has limited liability, so investors risked only the amount of their investment
and not their entire assets
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第3章美国的起始I.Decide whether the following statements are true(T)or false(F):
1.The question“What is an American?”was first asked by J.Hector St.John de Crevecoeur. _____
【答案】T
【解析】什么样的⼈叫美国⼈?这⼀经典的问题是由法国农⼈赫克托.圣约翰·德克雷夫科尔在他的《美国农⼈书简》⼀书中提出来的。因此此题正确。2.Christopher Columbus discovered America in1492._____
【答案】T
【解析】克⾥斯托弗·哥伦布是西班⽛著名航海家,于1492年第⼀个发现美洲⼤陆。因此此题正确。3.The first English permanent settlement was founded in California._____
【答案】F
【解析】1607年,英国有3艘船只⾏驶到北美,殖民者史密斯等在弗吉尼亚亨利⾓登陆,并定居下来。因此此题错误。4.Massachusetts was established by English puritans who separated themselves from the Roman Catholic Church._____
【答案】F
【解析】这批出逃的清教徒并⾮是从罗马天主教反叛⽽出,⽽是从英国国教中反叛⽽出。因此此题错误。5.The state of Pennsylvania used to be inhabited by the Quakers._____
【答案】T
【解析】宾⼣法尼亚州曾属于威廉佩恩。⽽他本⼈则信仰贵格派,他决定按照贵格会的理想,
建⽴⼀个宗教信仰和政治⾃由的地⽅。因此宾州是美国第⼀个宗教信仰⾃由的地⽅。所以此题正确。6.The theory of politics of the American Revolution came from John Locke,a French philosopher in the17th century._____
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第7章 美国文学
Ⅰ. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F):
1. American literature is mainly about the seeking of the American people for
success and happiness. _____
【答案】T
【解析】美国文学主要是关于美国人民追寻成功和幸福。
2. Rip Van Winkle was a character created by James Fenimore Cooper. _____
【答案】F
【解析】《瑞普·凡·温克》是小说家及历史家华盛顿·欧文(Washington Irving)的名篇。故
事主要讲述主人公瑞普·凡·温克喝醉之后在梦中的奇遇,然后顿悟过了一生。
3. The Leather-Stocking Tales
consist of five novels depicting the American West.
_____
【答案】T
【解析】《皮袜子故事集》是美国作家詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库柏(James Fenimore Cooper)
的系列小说,共包含《杀鹿者》(The Deerslayer
)、《最后的莫希干人》(The Last of the
Mohicans
)、《探路人》(The Pathfinder
)、《拓荒者》(The Pioneer
)和《大草原》(The
Prairie
)等五部小说。
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4. Before Mark Twain, all major American writers were born on the East Coast. _____
empiren.帝国
imerialadj.帝国的
emncounterv.遇到,受到
immigrationn.移居
ethnicityn.种族
Pakistann.巴基斯坦
Caribbeann.,adj.加勒比海(的)
stereotypen.陈规
sovereigntyn.主权
distinctionn.差别,特征
constituentadj.组成的,构成的
multiracialadj.多种族的
exaggeratev.夸张
stockbrokern.股票(证券)经纪人
tendv.倾向(于),趋向(于)
galleryn.画廊,美术馆
urbanishedadj.都市化的
Scottishn.adj苏格兰人,苏格兰的
Welshn. adj.威尔士人,威尔士的
Irishn.,adj.爱尔兰人,爱尔兰的
Celticadj.凯尔特人的,凯尔特语的
originatev.开始;起始于某地
Germanicadj.日耳曼人的
Anglesn.盎格鲁人 (5世纪由德国北部移居英国)
Saxonn.撒克逊人(原住德国,一部分于5世纪中叶至6世纪上半叶移居英国)
derivev.由……而来
Excaliburn.亚瑟王之魔剑
embellishv.传颂,歌颂
castlen.城堡
Tintageln.延塔哲岬(在英格兰西南部,传说 中的亚瑟王诞生地)
Cornwalln.康瓦尔(英国西南部一郡,首府为Bodmin)
knightn.(中古时的)骑士,武士
Camelotn.卡米洛(传说中亚瑟王宫殿所在地)
fortn.要塞;堡垒,城堡
Somersetn.索美塞得郡(英格兰南部一郡)
precedencen.上帝;较高位置
monarchn.君主;帝王
Scandinavian.斯堪的纳维亚(北欧国家的,指:瑞典、挪威、丹麦、荷兰、冰岛)
ferociousadj.凶残的,野蛮的
versusprep.对(多用于诉讼或竞技之中,缩写作v.或vs.)
sophisticatedadj.老于世故的