《英美文化概况》

1、英美文化概况(13)中国石油大学（北京）2013-2014学年第一学期英美文化概况期末考试试卷 A（闭卷考试）班级：姓名：学号：题号一二三四五总分得分Part I Tell whether each of the following statements is true or false.（20 分）1. The best-k nown En glish lege nd, King Arthur,derives from the Anglo- Saxons time.2. English drama flourished during Elizabeth I era.3. After Worl

2、d War II, the British economy became the2nd largest power in the world.4. America was named after the great discovererAmerigo Vespucci.5. Britain is situated in Western Europe.6. The Lake District is closely related with Englishliterature in the 19 th century.7. The Iongest river in North America is

3、 the MissouriRiver.8. Com mon laws are laws which have bee n establishedthrough common practice in the courts.9. The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitutionin 1791.10. Most heavily populated districts have moresenators than the small states.11. The United States has two major political parties:

4、the Democratic Party and the Conservative Party.12. Tolerance and respect for others are central to theway of life in the U.K.13. The Protestant Church and the Catholic Churchare two major groups in Christianity.14. The second largest religious group in the U.K. isBuddhism.15. The University of Oxfo

5、rd is the second oldestuniversity in the English-speaking world.16. Easter Day is to celebrate Christ s resurrectionfrom the dead.17. The New York Times was the first newspaper toexpose the Watergate Scandal.18. Benjamin Franklins Autobiography recordedhow a man rose to fame and wealth from being po

6、or andobscure.19. Hawthorne s unique gift was for the creationof strongly symbolic stories which touch the deepest roots of man s moral nature.20. As a critic and also a prolific writer, MarkTwain became the leader of realism in America.Part II Fill in the blanks with the correct information.（20 分）1

7、. The U.S. is bordered by on the north and by and the Gulf of Mexico on the south.2. The central part of the United States is composed of vastplains between and .3. The District of Columbia was named after while the city of Washington was named after4. The Parliament is composed of three parts: the

8、queen, theHouse of , and the House of .5. In the U.K., the official head of state iswhilethe real centre of political life is in.6. The governmental power shared between the centralgovernment and the state government is called .7. The two major political parties are , which is thoughtto be more libe

9、ral, and , which is believed to be moreconservative.8. The Church of England balances the interests of bothand.9. At the end of the 16th cen tury and the beg inning of the 17thcen tury, manyescaped to the New Land to seek thefreedom to practice their own religio n.10. The Mercha nt of Ven ice is a w

10、ork of.11. Higher education in the United States began with thefounding ofin 1636.12. MITrefers to a n ame of a uni versity. It is13. The mai n n ewspapers in Britai n are,and.14. The mai n n ewspapers in America are,and.15. In Halloween the children knock on their neighbors doorsasking for as a tre

11、at.16. The Ian guage of the An glo-Sax ons is called17. Christmas Day is the greatest of the Christian festivals tocommemorate theof Jesus Christ.18. is the largest and busiest port on the Great Lakesand the largest in dustrialand commercial centre of theMidwest.19. The Statue of stands magnificentl

12、y on LibertyIsland in New York Harbor. It is National Monument which was presented to the US by France.20. The River is the longest and the most importantriver in the system of the Gulf.Part ID Choose the correct answer on the basis of what is stated in the text. (20 分)1. Which of the following is a

13、 famous prehistoric monument?(a) Stonehenge(b) Hadrian s Wall(c) Westminster Abby(d) Tower of London2. were the ancestors of the English and the foundersof England.(a) The Romans(b) The Anglo-Saxons(c) The Vikings(d) The Normans3. The Mayflower was a ship taken by .(a) Christopher Columbus(b) Amerig

14、o Vespucci(c) a group of people who wanted to get hold of treasures(d) a group of people who desired free religious practice4. No taxation without representation was the slogan of(a) the settlers of Virginia(b) the slaves of America(c) the Indians of America(d) the people of the 13 colonial American

15、s5. Britain has a climate.(a) temperate(b) maritime(c) stable(d) both a and b6. is known as the “ father of waters ”toAmerican Indians.(a) The River Thames(b) The Missouri River(c) The Tay River(d) The Mississippi River7. San Franciscos Chinatown is the largest Chinese community outside of .(a) Asia

16、(b) Mainland China(c) China(d) South-East Asia8. Which British party supports a free market?(a) The Conservative Party(b) The Liberal Democrats(c) The Party of Wales(d) The Labor Party9. Who is the newly elected Labor Prime Minister in 2007?(a) Margaret Thatcher(b) John Major(c) Tony Blair(d) Gordon

17、 Brown10. The “ New Deal ” was started by .(a) Franklin Roosevelt(b) J. F. Kennedy(c) George Washington(d) Thomas Jefferson11. What kind of secondary schools now receives the largest number of students?(a) Grammar Schools(b) Technical Schools(c) Comprehensive Schools(d) Secondary Modern Schools12. W

18、illia m Shakespeare, Britain gsreatest writer went to a school.(a) comprehensive(b) grammar(c) technical(d) independent13. Those who do well in the examination of can go on touniversity for study.(a) “O” Level of GCE(b) “A” Level of GEC(c) CSE(d) eleven plus14. Of Faulkner s novels three are masterp

19、ieces by any literary standard. Which one isNOT his masterpiece?(a) The Sound and the Fury(b) Absalom, Absalom!(c) Go Down, Moses(d) The Grapes of Wrath15. Transcendentalist doctrines found their greatest literaryadvocates in and Thoreau.(a) Jefferson(b) Freneau(c) Emerson(d) oversoul16. Which of th

20、ese poems is written by Edgar Allan Poe?(a) The Raven(b) The Fall of the House of Usher(c) Nature(d) Legia17. The first Continental Congress was held in.(a) Boston(b) Philadelphia(c) New York(d) Lexington18. The main purpose of Thomas Paine s “Common Sense ”was to .(a) mobilize public opinion to sup

21、port the revolution(b) declare war with England(c) ask help from France(d) To expose the evils of capitalism19. The first shot of the American War of Independence wasfired in .(a) Concord(b) Lexington(c) Philadelphia(d) Boston20. The Union Army defeated the Confederate Army at where the victory was

22、the turning point of the war.(a) Philadelphia(b) Manassas(c) Gettysburg(d) Fort SumterPart IV Tran slate the follow ing words into Chin ese.(20 分) 17. The Great Depression 18. The New DealI. Declaration of Independence3. Redbrick5. New England7. The Enclosure movement9. The East India CompanyRevolut

23、ionII. The Wars of Roses13. The Chartist Movement2. Uncle Tom s Cabin4. The Great Depression6. WASP8. Roman Invasion10. The Industrial12. Hispanics14. The Cold War15. Open University16. Federalism19. Truman 20. House of LordsPart V Explain the following terms. （20 分）1. The Electoral College2. Norman

24、 Conquest3. The Boston Tea Party4. The Glorious Revolution5. The Constitutional Monarchy6. Where is called New England?7. Why did the American Civil War break out? Whichbattle was regarded as the turning point of the Civil War?附加题 :1. Choose the one that you think best completes the statement or ans

25、wers. Write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space .1 The British Isles are made up of A. two large islands and hundreds of small onesB. two large islands and Northern IrelandC. three large islands and hundreds of small onesD. three large islands and Northern Ireland.2 T

26、here are three political divisions on the island ofGreat Britain. There are A. Britain Scotland and WalesB. England, Scotland and WalesB. Britain, Scotland and IrelandD. England, Scotland and Ireland3. The Commonwealth of Nations is an association of independent countriesA. that have a large number of British immigrantsB. that fought on the side of Britain in the two world warsC. that speak English