浙江广播电视大学2007年1月期末考试.doc

浙江广播电视大学2007年1月期末考试5103英语国家概况（2）复习提纲考试时间：90分钟考试形式：一纸开卷考试题型：I. There are 20 questions in this part. Each question is followed by four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the correct answer to each of the questions and write your answer at the corresponding place on the ANSWER SHEET.（每小题1.5分，共30分）II. There are altogether 15 blanks in the following sentences. Fill in the blanks and writer your answer at the corresponding places on the ANSWER SHEET.（每小题2分，共30分）III. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F):（每小题2分，共20分）IV. Explain each of the following two items. Write your answer at the appropriate place on the ANSWER SHEET.（每小题10分，共20分）各章节重点：Unit 1-2:1. the geography of New Zealand: a group of islands in the south-west Pacific Ocean, nearest to Australia2. two main land masses: North Island and South Island with their residents3. New Zealands three largest ethnic groups in terms of population4. The official languages in New Zealand5. the major imports and exports of New Zealand6. New Zealands major markets7. the Head of State of New Zealand8. three levels of local government in New Zealand9. the constitution of New Zealand10. New Zealands environmental achievement11. the Correspondence School in New ZealandUnit 3:1. three brilliant civilizations American Indians had developed2. the first English permanent settlement in Virginia3. new taxes imposed in North America 4. John Locke, an English philosopher in the 17th century.5. the founding fathers of United States 6. Benjamin Franklin7. the Declaration of IndependenceUnit 4:1. the executive2. the Bill of Rights3. the power of the president4. a federal system5. the compose of the Supreme Court and its power of judicial reviewUnit 5:1. the achievements of the American Industrial Revolution2. The first factory and its location3. The best-known stock exchange and its location4. the success of American agricultureUnit 6:1. “WASP”culture2. three faiths in the U.S.3. Protestants and Protestant dominations in the US 4. the first Catholic president5. American characteristics of religionUnit 7：1. two writers and their works of the post-Revolutionary period2. Mark Twains works3. characteristics of Emily Dickinsons poem4. T.S. Eliots long poem Waste Land5. Henry James and his works6. the Nobel Prize winnersUnit 8：1. Boards of education2. elementary school3. American higher education4. How schools choose applicants5. three sources of income of Public and private colleges6. the flourishing of large universities7. The Servicemens Readjustment ActUnit 9：1. three social movements and their slogans 2. two characteristics of social movements3. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his famous speech4. The Counter Culture5. freedom ridesUnit 10：1. racial problems2. the high attest rates among minority groups3. poverty as a social problem4. drug abuse 5. crime,. Americas “number one enemy”6. white-collar crimeUnit 11：1. The Pony Express System2. The Stevens family significant contribution in the history of transportation.3. significance of TV and radio4. the invention of telegraphUnit 13：1. Baseball2. the Rocky MountainsUnit 14：1. early Jazz music, brought by black slaves from west AfricaUnit 15-Unit 201. the capital of Canada2. the living standards of Canada3. official languages of Canada4. central Canada, Ontario and Quebec, the industrial heartland and the most densely populated provinces.5. Quebec，the home of most French-speaking people6. the prairie provinces of Canada7. foreign forces greatly in