《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）

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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. En glish drama flourished duri ng Elizabeth I era.

3. After World War II, the British economy became the 2 nd

largest po wer in the world.

4. America was n amed after the great discoverer Amerigo

8. Ves pucci.

Brita in is situated in Western Europe.

The Lake District is closely related with English literature in the 19th cen tury.

River.

The Iongest river in North America is the Missouri

Com mon laws are laws which have bee n established

through com mon p ractice in the courts.

9. The "Bill of Rights" was added to the Con stituti on in 1791.

10. Most heavily populated districts have more senators

than the small states.

11. The Un ited States has two major p olitical p arties: the

Democratic P arty and the Con servative P arty.

12. Toleranee and respect for others are central to the way of life in the U.K.

13. The Protestant Church and the Catholic Church are

two major groups in Christia nity.

14. The second largest religious group in the U.K. is

Buddhism.

15. The University of Oxford is the second oldest

uni versity in the En glish-s peak ing world.

16. Easter Day is to celebrate Christ 'resurrection from

the dead.

17. The New York Times was the first newspaper to

exp ose the Watergate Scan dal.

18. Benjamin Franklin ' Autobiography recorded how

a man rose to fame and wealth from being poor and

obscure.

of ,and the House of

5. I n the U.K., the official head of state is

while the

real centre of p olitical life is in

6. The gover nmen tal po wer shared betwee n the cen tral gover nment

and the state gover nment is called 7. The two major p olitical p arties are

,which is thought to

be more liberal, and ,which is believed to be more

con servative.

8. The Church of En gla nd bala nces the in terests of both

Hawthor ne

'unique gift was for the creati on of

stron gly symbolic stories which touch the dee pest roots of man 'moral nature. As a critic and also a p rolific writer, Mark Twain

became the leader of realism in America.

Part n Fill in the blanks with the correct information. （20 分）

the Gulf of Mexico on the south.

2. The cen tral part of the Un ited States is comp osed of vast plains

betwee n

3. The District of Columbia was named after

while the city of Wash ington was n amed after

4. The Parliame nt is comp osed of three p arts: the quee n, the House

19.

20.

1. The U.S. is bordered by

on the n orth and by

and

16. The Ian guage of the An glo-Sax ons is called

17. Christmas Day is the greatest of the Christian festivals to

is the largest and busiest port on the Great Lakes and

the largest in dustrial and commercial centre of the Midwest. stands magnificently on Liberty

Isla nd in New York Harbor. It is Nati onal Monument which was

and

9. At the end of the 16th

cen tury and the beg inning of the 17th

cen tury,

many

esca ped to the New Land to seek the freedom to

p ractice their own religio n. 10. The Mercha nt of Veni ceis a work of

11. Higher educati on in the Un ited States bega n with the founding of

in 1636.

12. MIT refers to a n ame

of a

uni versity.

It is

13. The main newspapers in Britain

are

and

14. The mai n n ews papers in America

are

and

15. In Halloween the children knock on their neighbors doors ask ing for

as a treat.

commemorate the

of Jesus Christ.

18. 19. The Statue of

p rese nted to the US by France. River is the Ion gest and the most imp orta nt

river in the system of the Gulf.

Part in Choose the correct answer on the basis of what is stated in the text. (20

分)

1. Which of the followi ng is a famous p rehistoric monument?

(a) Ston ehe nge (b) Hadrian ' s Wall (c) Westm in ster Abby (d) Tower of London were the an cestors of the En glish and the foun ders of

En gla nd.

(a) The Roma ns (b) The An glo-Sax ons (c) The Viki ngs

(d) The Norma ns 3. The Mayflower was a shi p take n by (a) Christ op her Columbus (b) Amerigo Ves pucci

20. The

4. "No taxation without representation" was the slogan of

(a) the settlers of Virgi nia (b) the slaves of America (c) the In dia ns of America

(d) the people of the 13 colonial America ns

(a) te mp erate (b) maritime (c) stable (d) both a and b

In dia ns.

(a) The River Thames (b) The Missouri River (c) The Tay River

(d) The Mississ ippi River

7. San Fran cisco's Chi natow n is the largest Chin ese commu nity outside of (a) Asia

(b) Mai niand China (c) Chi na

(d) South-East Asia

5. Brita in has a

climate.

6. is known as the

“ father of waters ” to American

8.Which British p arty supp orts a "free market"?

(a)The Con servative Party

(b)The Liberal Democrats

(c)The P arty of Wales

(d)The Labor Party

9.Who is the n ewly elected Labor P rime Min ister in 2007?

(a)Margaret Thatcher

(b)John Major

(c)To ny Blair

(d)Gordon Brow n

10.The “ New Deal ” was started by

(a)Fran kli n Roosevelt

(b)J. F. Kennedy

(c)George Wash ington

(d)Thomas Jeffers on

11.What kind of sec on dary schools now receives the largest nu mber of stude nts?

(a)Grammar Schools

(b)Tech ni cal Schools

(c)Comp rehe nsive Schools

(d)Secon dary Moder n Schools