英美文化课本习题答案

1英美文化教材习题答案Britain1. Who are the British ? 1.the Scottish Highlanders: They are the Scots who live in the mountain areas of the Highlands in Northern Scotland. They are a proud, independent and hardy people who maintain their strong cultural identity.2.the British Isles: The British Isles lie northern of Europe in the Atlantic Ocean. They consist of two large islands-Britain and Ireland and several small islands.3.the National Eisteddfod: Eisteddfod is the Welsh word for “sitting”. National Eisteddfod is the most famous festival of music and verse in Wales. It takes place each August and lasts for about a week. The highlight of the Eisteddfod is a competition for the best epic poem about Wales written and read in Welsh. The winner is crowned Bard, considered the supreme honor in Wales.4.Bard: “Bard” originally denoted the grouping epic poem to the Celtic leaders or warriors for their great achievement. Now, it roughly means the respected poetry.5.Northern Ireland (Ulster): A section of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and the Northern Ireland, located in the northeast of the Ireland, the capital of which is Belfast.6.Oliver Cromwell: Oliver Cromwell was the Roundhead leader during the English Civil War. He defeated King Charles and condemned him to death. The monarchy was overthrown, and the country became for more than ten years a republic.7.William : the protestant King (参见 P10-11)8.The Orange Day celebrations: celebrations held by Protestants on 12 August each year in North Ireland to commemorate the Battle of the Royne in 1690 when the Protestant King William of Orange crushed a Catholic rebellion in Londonderry. The celebrations were always aggressively provocative and fightings often broke out between Protestant marches and Catholic bystanders.9.The Provisional IRA: IRA, the Irish Reputation Army, is a nationalist organization dedicated to the unification of Ireland. It was organized in1919. The IRA refused to accept a separate Northern Ireland under British rule. In 1969 it split into an “official” majority, which disclaimed violence, and a terrorist “provisional” wing, whose attacks on British troops in Northern Ireland, random bombings, and 2others acts of terror in England kept tensions high.10. The Peace People: In the summer of 1976 Betty Williams, a Protestant housewife, was so horrified at the killing fo two children by a running IRA car that she decided to organize the women of Ulster, both Protestant and Catholic, into a pressure group. It is a pressure group working for peace and reconciliation in Ireland. Williams and her Catholic partner, Corrigan, soon gathered thousands of followers despite threats and intimidation from both sides. They continued to pursue their aims and at the end of 1976 the two leaders were awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace.1. The full name of the United Kingdom is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and the Northern Ireland.2. The Romans first landed in Britain in the year of 55BC.3. The Scots are well-known for being inventive, hard-working, serious minded and cautious with money.4. Two of the Welsh characteristics are cultural pride and their love of music and poetry.5. People began to settle in about 10,000 years ago. 6. Name two famous Scottish writers: Robert Burns and Sir Walter Scottor, two Welsh writers: Dylan Thomas and Gwyn Thomas; and two Irish writers: Jonathan Swift and Oscar Wilde. 7. Angles, Saxons and Jutes were the three Germanic tribes that came to be the basis of modern English race. DDBAB2. English History1. Exercise book Page29 12. Page29 23. Page29 3 4. Page29 65. Page30 96. Henry Textbook P28 2nd para.7. Elizabeth Textbook P29 1st para.8. Divine Right Textbook P30 2nd para. (可忽略)39. Page33 2210. Victorianism1. The Crusades 2. Columbus, Vasco da Gama 3. the Middle ages4. the Parliament, the King Charles 5. Charles Darwin 6. the Great Depression 7. the League of Nations, United Nations DBBCD4.British Government SystemI. 1. 学习手册 63 页 III.12. 学习手册 65 页 III.93. 学习手册 65 页 III.104. 学习手册 64 页 III.35. 学习手册 64 页 III.46. 学习手册 64 页 III.77. 学习手册 64 页 III.5II.1. Elizabeth the Second2. On Her Majestys Service3. the Most Order of the Garter4. In her role as head of the Church of England5. Acts of Parliament; the Prerogative of the Crown; Conventions of the Constitution; Common law; Parliamentary Privilege6. Five, 6357. The Crown; the House of Lords; the House of Commons8. Parliament49. The final court of appeal in civil cases and criminal cases, except criminal cases in Scotland.10. To make laws; to control and criticize the executive government; to control the raising and the spending of money11. The Lord Chancellor12. Her ministers13. Parliament; Cabinet; the House of Commons; ParliamentIII. BCADCAIV.1.课本 P68 第二段2.课本 P75 第二，四段 P74 第三段3.课本 P764.课本 P78 第一段5.课本 P81 第三段6.课本 P737.课本 P78 第一，二段5. Industry, Agriculture and Business1.Exercise book Page80 12.P80 23.P81 64.P82 85.Special development area: Textbook P101 2nd para.6.P81 37.P81 48.P81 71. coal, water power 2. the Second World War, the Bank of England, coal, civil aviation3. the Second World War, Labour 4. a nation of shop-keepers 55. the discovery and exploitation of oil and gas in the North Sea. ADCAA6. English LiteratureI.1.学习手册 96 页. III.22.学习手册 96 页. III.33.学习手册 96 页. III.44.学习手册 97 页. III.55.课本 124 页. 第二，三段6.学习手册 96 页. III.77.学习手册 96 页. III.8II.1. Beowulf; the 6th2.their Viking raiders swept into Britain3.the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle;The Roman invasion of Britain in 54B.C.The middle of the 12th century4. Chaucer; Shakespeare; Milton5. Thomas More; Utopia6. Romeo and Juliet; Hamlet; Othello; The Tempest; Twelfth Nights; As You Like It; Richard III; Richard II; Julius Caesar7. The Essays8. Paradise Lost; Paradise Regained; Samson Agonistes 9. Pilgrims Progress10. Jonathan Swift11. His poems London and The Vanity of Human Wishes12. Robert Burns13. Robinson Cruise14. William Wordsworth; Samuel Taylor Coleridge; Lord Byron; John Keats; Percy Bysshe Shelley15. Jane Austen; Anne Bronte; Emily Bronte616. Louis Stevenson; Lewis Carroll; William Makepeace Thackeray;David Copper field; Oliver Twist;George Eliot; Oscar Wilde;The Return of the Nation; Jude the Obscure17. James Joyce; Ulysses18. George Bernard ShawIII. DBCAADAADDIV.1.课本 P115-1162.课本 P122-1233.课本 P1334.课本 P135 第二，三段8.Religion and BeliefsExplain the following in English: 全部在学习手册 P109.Fill the blanks:1) Roman Catholic; Protestant2) The Old Testament; the New Testament.3) Queen; the Archbishop of Canterbury.4) God; Jesus; the Holy Spirit.5) Presbyterian6) The Pope in Rome and the church or priesthood.7) The Presbyterian; the Methodist Church; the Congregational Church; the Baptist Church; the Quakers.8) Humbler forms of life.Answer the questions:1) 学习手册 P106 13、14 题2) P146 第三段3) P148 第二段4) P150 第一段9.Education7Explain the following in English: 1) 2) 3) 6) 7) 8)是学习手册 P140、P141 和 P142 的 .8.11 题4) 5)在书本 P171 第二段Fill the blanks:1) 5;15.2) Christmas; Easter; summer.3) The selective; the comprehensive4) Eton; Harrow; Rugby.5) About three-quarters of income of Britain University.6) Oxford; Cambridge.7) St Andrews; Glasgow (or Aberdeen; Edinburgh)8) Oxford.9) Leeds; Lancaster (any acceptable answers are correct)10) Exclusiveness.Tick the correct answer in each of the following:A C D DAnswer the questions:1) Both educational and social grounds2) P171 第二段3) 学习手册 P148 或 P137 的 24 题4) 书本 P174 最后一段和 P175 最开头一段5) 课本 P175-1776) The college system and the tutorial system.7) P178 最后一段11.The press, Radio and TelevisionExplain the following in English:1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 在学习手册 P1666)书本 P198 第二段的7)书本 P204 第三段Fill the blanks:81) the smallness of the country2) Quality paper; popular paper.3) The Times; The Guardian; the Daily Telegraph; Daily Mail; Daily Mirror; Sun.4) Thomson5) The Conservative Party; the Liberal Party6) Daily Telegraph7) The Sunday Times; Observer.8) Daily Mirror; The Sun.Tick the correct answer in each of the following:D B C B AAnswer the questions:1) 学习手册 P1742) 书本 P201 最后一段书本 P206 最后一段9America1. Atlantic to Pacific. 1.学习手册第 196 页2.课本第 237 页 2nd para.3.学习手册第 197 页4.课本第 237 页 1st para & 第 246 页注释 175.学习手册第 196 页6.学习手册第 197 页7.课本第 239 页最后一段 & 第 240 页第一、二段8.课本第 242 页最后一段 & 第 247 页注释 26. Fill in the blanks1. 50, 13, 35, Hawaii, Alaska2.Alaska, California3.Eastern standard time, central standard time, mountain standard time, pacific standard time4.Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island5.West Virginia, New York State, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland6.The Potomac, Washington D.C7.The Appalachian, Vermon