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英语国家概况试题库I.Readthefollowingunfinishedstatementsorquestionscarefully.Foreachunfinishedstatementorquestion,foursuggestedanswersmarkedA,B,CandDaregiven.Choosetheonethatyouthinkbestcompletesthestatementoranswersthequestion.Writetheletteroftheansweryouhavechoseninthecorrespondingspaceontheanswersheet.(10%)1.TheConstitutionoftheUnitedStateswasframedinPhiladelphiain_________.A.1776B.1783C2.IntheUnitedStates,theDepartmentof______advisesthePresidentonforeignrelations.A.DefenseB.StateC.CommerceD.Labor3.RepresentativesintheUnitesStatesareelected_________.A.annuallyB.everytwoyearsC.everythreeyearsD.everyfouryears4.Whichofthefollowinghasthepowertomakefederallawsandlevyfederaltaxes?A.TheexecutiveB.ThelegislativeC.ThejudicialD.Thepresident5.TheNewDealwasstartedby________.A.FranklinD.RooseveltB.J.F.KennedyC.GeorgeWashingtonD.ThomasJefferson6.WhichofthefollowingisNOTregardedasoneofthethreebasicreligiousbeliefs?A.ProtestantismB.CatholicismC.IslamD.Judaism7.WhichofthefollowingisNOTapowerofthePresidentintheU.S.?A.TovetothebillspassedbytheCongressB.ToappointfederaljudgeswhenvacanciesoccurC.ToproposelegislationtotheCongressD.Tomakelaws8.ThefirstCatholicPresidentintheU.S.was_______.A.JohnF.KennedyB.GeorgeWashingtonC.AbrahamLincolnD.GeorgeW.Bush9.Duetohisfirmbeliefinnon-violentpeacefulprotestinthespiritofIndia’sleaderGandhi,_______wasawardedtheNobelPeacePrizein1964.A.MalcolmXB.JohnF.KennedyC.MartinLutherKing,Jr.D.JamesFarmer10.In1972,U.S.President_____madeatriptoChinatoimproverelationswiththePeople’sRepublicofChina.A.CarterB.TrumanC.BushD.Nixon11.________weretheancestorsoftheEnglishandthefoundersofEngland.A.TheAnglo-SaxonsB.TheNormansC.TheDanishVikingsD.TheRomans12.________isthesmallestofthefourpartsofGreatBritain.A.EnglandB.WalesC.ScotlandD.NorthernIreland13.AllofthefollowingaremajornationalpartiesinGreatBritainexcept________.A.theConservativePartyB.theLabourPartyC.theLiberalDemocratsD.theRepublicanParty14.InBritain,a“voteofnoconfidence”isdecidedby_________.A.theHouseofCommonsB.theHouseofLordsC.thetwomajorpartiesD.thePrimeMinister15.InBritain,thegreatmajorityofparentssendtheirchildrento___________.A.privateschoolsB.independentschoolsC.stateschoolsD.publicschools16.Throughtheexaminationcalled“the11plus”,studentswithacademicpotentialgoto_____.A.grammarschoolsB.comprehensiveschoolsC.publicschoolsD.technicalschools17.WhichofthefollowingisnotinvolvedinmakingtheforeignpolicyinBritain?A.TheQueenB.TheForeignandCommonwealthOfficeC.ThePrimeMinisterandtheCabinetD.TheMinistryofDefenceandtheTreasury18.WhichgroupofpeopleCANNOTvoteinthegeneralelection?A.MembersintheHouseofCommonsB.LordsintheHouseofLordsC.TheUKcitizensabovetheageof18D.TheUKresidentcitizensoftheIrish19.Halloweeniscelebratedon__________.A.October31stB.November5thC.March17thD.December25th20.AllofthefollowingwasinventedinBritainexcept________.A.footballB.tennisC.basketballD.cricketII.Defineterms1.BillofRightsintheUnitedStates[TheBillofRightsconsistsofthefirsttenamendmentswhichwereaddedtotheConstitutionin1791.Itwaspassedtoguaranteefreedomandindividualrightssuchasfreedomofspeech,therighttoassembleinpublicplaces,therighttoownweaponsandsoon.]2.Judicialreview[JudicialreviewreferstothepoweroftheSupremeCourttodecidewhethercongressionallegislationorexecutiveactionviolatestheConstitution.]3.ThestrategyofpreemptioninU.S.foreignpolicy[ItisalsoknownastheBushDoctrine.InanaddressdeliveredtotheWestPointgraduates,PresidentBush,forthefirsttime,putforwardthestrategyofpreemption.Bypreemption,theUSmeansthatwhenitdeterminesthatacountrywhichisrepressiveandhostiletotheUShasacquiredorproducedweaponsofmassdestructionorhasthepotentialtohavesuchweapons,theUSshoulduseforcetoremovethisthreattoUSsecurityandshouldnotwaittillthedangerbecomesimminentoruntiltheUSisattacked.]4.TheHouseofLords[TheHouseofLordsconsistsoftheLordSpiritual,whoaretheArchbishopsandmostprominentbishopsoftheChurchofEngland;andtheLordsTemporal,whichreferstothoselordswhoeitherhaveinheritedtheseatfromtheirforefathersorhavebeenappointed.Thelordsmainlyrepresentthemselvesinsteadoftheinterestsofthepublic.]5.Comprehensiveschools(inBritain)[ComprehensiveschoolsarethemostpopularsecondaryschoolsinBritaintoday.Suchschoolsadmitchildrenwithoutreferencetotheiracademicabilitiesandprovideageneraleducation.Pupilscanstudyeverythingfromacademicsubjectslikeliteraturetomorepracticalsubjectslikecooking.]6.Constitutionalmonarchy(inBritain)[Constitutionalmonarchyisamonarchyinwhichthepowersoftherulerarerestrictedtothosegrantedundertheconstitutionandlawsofthenation.InBritain,theQueenistheofficialheadofstate,butherpowersarelargelytraditionalandsymbolic.Theconstitutionallocatestherestofthegovernment’spowertothelegislatureandjudiciary.]7.Federalism[Afederalsystemisoneinwhichpowerissharedbetweenacentralauthorityanditsconstituentparts,withsomerightsreservedtoeach.]8.Counterculture[InthewakeoftheFreeSpeechMovementandtheNewLeft,thereappearedaphenomenonthathistorianscalledthecounterculture.ItrejectedcapitalismandotherAmericanprinciples.Theyhadmoralsdifferentfromthosetaughtbytheirparents.Somegroupsofyouthtriedtoconstructdifferentwaysoflife.Amongthemostfamouswerethehippies.Theysoughtnewexperiencethroughdroppingoutanddrugtaking.Butitwasmusic,rockmusicinparticular,thatbecamethechiefvehicleforthecounterculturalassaultonthetraditionalAmericansociety.Thecountercultureexertedagreatinfluenceuponpeople’sattitudestowardsocialmorals,marriages,careerandsuccess.]9.AffirmativeAction[Itisaprogramthatseekstoredresspastdiscriminationthroughactivemeasurestoensureequalopportunity,asineducationandemployment.]10.Blues(music)[Bluesreferstoatypeofslow,sadmusicfromtheSouthernUS,fromthecityofNewOrleans.Itisderivedfromablendoffieldchanteyandspiritual–aformofhymnsingingprevalentinAfricanAmericanChristianchurches.ThetraditionofthevocalballadusuallyaccompaniedbyaguitaralsocontributedtotheformofBlues.ThemusicoftheBlueshasapeculiar,poignantsadness.Thelyricsofthebluespiecesaresardonicfilledwithwry,self-deprecatinghumor.]11.Sep.11terroristattack[OnSeptember11,2023,terroristshijackedfourAmericanpassengerplanes,twosmashingintotheWorldTradeTowers,oneintothePentagon,andthefourthonesmashingintothefieldsinPennsylvaniaasaresultofthestrugglebythepassengers.3,000innocentliveswerelostintheterroristattacks.Thewholeworldwasshocked,andanti-terrorismbecameapriorityontheagendaofthemajorityofthecountriesallovertheworld.]12.TheHouseofCommons[TheHouseofCommonsistherealcenterofBritishpoliticallifebecauseitittheplacewhereabout650electedrepresentatives(MembersofParliament)makeanddebatepolicy.TheseMPsareelectedintheGeneralElectionsandshouldrepresenttheinterestsofthepeoplewhovoteforthem.]13.Grammarschools[ItisatypeofsecondaryschoolsinBritain.Grammarschoolsselectchildrenattheageof11throughanexaminationcalled“11plus”.Thosechildrenwiththehighestmarksgotogrammarschools,whichlayemphasisonadvancedacademicsubjectsratherthanthemoregeneralcurriculumofthecomprehensiveschoolsandexpectmanyoftheirpupilstogoontouniversities.]14.Puritanism[PuritanswerethosewhofollowedthedoctrineofJohnCalvinandwantedtopurifytheChurchofEngland.TheybelievethathumanbeingsarepredestinedbyGodbeforetheyareborn.SomeareGod’schosenpeoplewhileothersaredamnedtohell.Neitherchurchnorgoodworkcansavepeople.ThesignofbeingGod’selectissuccessinhisworkorprosperityinhiscalling.TheyalsoarguethateveryonemustreadtheBibleinordertofindGod’swillandestablishadirectcontactwithGod.ThesebeliefshaveproducedagreatimpactuponAmericanculture.]15.NewDeal[TheNewDealreferstothedomesticreformprogramoftheadministrationofFranklinD.Roosevelt.Itisgenerallyconsideredtoconsistoftwophases.Inthefirstphase(1933—1934),attemptsweremadetoproviderecoveryandrelieffromtheGreatDepressionthroughprogramsofagriculturalandbusinessregulation,inflationandpricestabilization.Inthesecondphase(1935—1941),socialandeconomiclegislationwasprovidedtobenefitthemassofworkingpeople.]III.Answerquestionsbriefly.1.WhatarethefourbasicrequirementsforsecondaryschoolstudentswhowanttoapplyforarespecteduniversityintheUnitedStates?[FourrequirementsforuniversityapplicantsintheUnitedStates:highschoolrecords;recommendationsfromhighschoolteachers;impressionduringinterviewsbytheuniversity;scoresontheScholasticAptitudeTests.]2.Describebrieflythethree-tierednationalcourtsystemoftheU.S.[Americafederalcourtsystemconsistsofthreelevels:theSupremeCourt,federalcourtofappeal,andfederaldistrictcourt.]3.DescribethefourcategoriesofinstitutionswhichcomprisethesystemofhighereducationintheUnitedStates.[Americanhighereducationsystemiscomposedoffourcategories:theuniversitywhichcanconferbachelor’s,master’sanddoctoraldegrees;thefour-yearundergraduateinstitutions;thetechnicaltraininginstitution;andthetwo-yearcollegeorcommunitycollege.]4.ListtherolesofthemonarchyinBritaintoday.[Theroleofthemonarchtodayisprimarilyasymboloftraditionandtheunityofthestate.Besides,sheislegallytheheadoftheexecutive,anintegralpartofthelegislature,headofthejudiciary,commanderinchiefofthearmedforces,andsupremegovernoroftheChurchofEngland.ShealsoactsasadvisorofthePrimeMinister.]5.WhatfactorsplayanimportantroleinthecontemporaryforeignpolicyofUK?[Answer:ContemporaryforeignpolicyofUKisinfluencedmainlybythreefactors:itsimperialhistory,itsgeopoliticaltraits,anditsspecialrelationshipwiththeUnitedStates.]6.ItissaidthatBritishhistoryhasbeenahistoryofinvasions.Whatarethemajorinvasions?[ThemajorinvasionsinthehistoryofBritainincludetheRomaninvasionin43A.D.,theinvasionbytheAnglesandtheSaxons,theinvasionbytheVikingsfromScandinavia,andtheNormanConquest.]7.Illustratetheprincipleofchecksandbalanceswithexamples.[Itisaprincipleofgovernmentunderwhichseparatebranchesareempoweredtopreventactionsbyotherbranchesandareinducedtosharepower.Exampleofchecksandbalances:thepresidenthasthepowertovetobillsandsuggestbills;thejudgesareappointedbythepresident;theCongresscanimpeachthepresident;theSupremeCourthasthepowertodecidewhetheralawordirectiveisconstitutional(judicialreview).]8.WhatarethemajorfunctionsofBritishParliament?[ThefunctionsofBritishParliamentare:topasslaws;tovotefortaxation;toscrutinizegovernmentpolicy,administrationandexpenditure;andtodebatethemajorissuesoftheday.]9.WhatwerethemajorideasintheDeclarationofIndependence?[Thedocumentdeclaredthatallmenwereequalandthattheywereentitledtosomeunalienablerightssuchaslife,libertyandthepursuitofhappiness.Italsoexplainedthephilosophyofgovernment:thepowerofgovernmentcamefromtheconsentofthegovernedandthepurposeofgovernmentwastosecuretherightsmentionedabove.ThetheoryofpoliticsandtheguidingprinciplesoftheAmericanRevolutionmainlycamefromJohnLocke.]10.WhatarethepowersoftheUSpresident?[ThepresidentcanproposelegislationtoCongress.HecanvetoanybillpassedbyCongress.Butthevetocanbeoverriddenbyatwo-thirdsvoteinbothhouses.Thepresidentcanappointfederaljudgesasvacanciesoccur.Heisthecommander-in-chiefofthearmedforces.Hehasotherbroadauthoritiesinrunningdepartmentsandhandlingforeignrelations.]11.WhatarethetwomajorconcernsofmanyAmericansabouttheirpoliticalsystem?Why?[Oneconcernisaboutthehighcostofcampaigni
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