英语国家概况（上册）部分题型复习范围
题型：选择30个，15分；填空26个，26分；名词解释4个，20分；简答题4个，24分；综合论述写作1题，15分。
名词解释：
1. The Anglo-Saxons
2. The three traditions of Christmas in Britain
3. The Irish Pipe
4. Pastoralists
5. The oral culture of Ireland
6. The Dreaming
7. Absolute decline of the UK economy after WWII
8. Difference between the Dreaming and Protestantism
9. The Great Famine
10. The Bill of Rights of 1689
11. The White Australia policy
简答题：（答案要求简练，稍作陈述，注意要点。）
1. What are the three major British foreign relations? Please describe briefly.
2.Retell the factors and major events which contributed to the formation of the
English Parliament and the rise of its power.
3. “British history has been a history of invasions.”Please illustrate the four major
invasions and identify which “native” king or hero resisted against each invasion.
4.What are the three big parties in the UK? What are some of the similarities and
dissimilarities between the three parties?
5. What changes did the status of “being a member of the EU countries’bring to Ireland in terms of economy, women issue, and religion?
6.According to our textbook, what is “absolute decline and relative decline” in the
UK economy after WWII. How does the author of our textbook explain the reasons for the absolute decline and relative decline?
7.What are the different classes in UK? What exactly are the ways to judge one’s
class?
8. Please introduce briefly “How the Irish live now”, taking “the son of a farmer, the
daughter of a middle-class family in Dublin, the child in an underclass family” as examples, with concise comparisons with the lifestyles of their parents.
(P132)
综合论述写作
Write an essay titled “What I know about Australia” in no less than 150 words, with at least five of the following elements covered: land, people, religion, politics, economy,
based on what you’ve learned from the textbook and what you’ve known as facts . (15 points)
