英美文化常识
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1.What are the two major parties in Britain?
------They are the Conservative Party and the
Labour Party.
2.What is the official full name of Britain?
-----It is the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland.
3.Who is the head of government in Ireland?
-----It is the Prime Minister.
4.Who is James Joyce?
-----He is the most well-know Irish writer of
the modern period.
5.Who were the first Americans?
------They were the Indians.
6.What kind of economic system does the
United States have?
-----It has a free-market economy with a
dominant private sector.
7.What is bilingualism?
-----The phenomenon that English and French
are the two official languages in Canada is
called bilingualism.
8.What are the geographical feature of Australia as a continent?
------Australia is the flatest and lowest of the
continents.
9.What are the powers the constitution confers
on the House of Representatives?
------The House of Representatives has powers
to make and change laws.
10.What animal is a national symbol of New
Zealand?
------The kiwi is a national symbol of the
country.
11.What is the Renaissance?
------Renaissance was the revival of classical
literature and artistic styles in European
history.
12.What are the most important journals in the
U.K.?
------They are the Economist,New Statesman
and Society,and Spectator.
13.Why is the Shannon River important to
Ireland?
------Because it provides electricity for much of the Republic.
14.How many states are there in the United
States?
------There are 50 states in the United States.
15.What is Hispanic?
------A Hispanic is a Spanish-speaking person
of the United States.
16.What is the Bill of Rights?
-------It is the term used for the first ten
amendments to the Constitution.
17.What is the Canada Council?
-----It is the Canadian Government’s funding
agency.
18.What is Aborigines?
-------It is the term used to describe the
original people of Australia.
19.What was the nature of the White Australia
Policy?
------It was a discriminatory immigration
policy,which restricted the non –whites to
enter Australia.
20.What are New Zealand’s main exports? ------Meat,wool and dairy products are main
exports.
21.What was Queen Mary known as?
------She was known as the “Bloody Mary”and
also remembered as the monarch who lost the
last British possession on the
continent------French port of calais.
22.What did Britain become after the
Industrial Revolution?
-----Britain became the “workshop of the
world”.
23.What is the House of Lords made up of?
------It is made up of the Lords Spiritual and
the Lords Temporal.
24.What are the two major parties in Ireland?
------They are Fianna Fail and Fine Gael.
25.What is meant by “Vietnamization” of the
war?
--------It meant that South Vietnamese troops
would be war-built up to replace Americal
fighting force.
26.Which country is the world’s biggest producer and user of tobacco?
------It is the U.S.A..
27.Who was the only writer in colonial period
still read today?
-------He was Benjamin Franklin.
28.Who was the first prime minister in
Canada?
------He was Sir John Macdonald.
29.What was the convict system?
------In the convict system, the convicts were
punished by being transported to remote
places.
30.How is New Zealand electricity produced?
------It is produced by:
firstly,hydropower;secondly,gas;thirdly,coal.
31.What is the most important established
Church in Britain?
-----It is the Church of England.
32.What is the jury’s job in Britain?
------In criminal cases,it is to decide the issue
of guilt or innocence.
33.Where were oil and natural gas found in Britain?
------Oil and natural gas are found under the
North Sea.
34.What are the characteristics of Ireland’s
climate?
-----It can be described as “mild,moist and
changeable”.
35.What did the real Americal Literature
begin?
-----It began after the America War of
Independence.
36.Where is the president of the United States’
offcial residence?
-----The White House is his official residence.
37.What kind of history do people often say
that the history of Canada?
------People often say that the history of
Canada is a history of immigration.
38.What is “urban sprawl’’?
------It refers to a city that has grown over a
large area of land.
39.What is the way of changing the
