英美文化知识竞赛试题范围答案(学生).doc

.试题范围一填空题1. The river Thames is in _C_. A Wales B Scotland C England D Northern Ireland 2. The Industrial Revolution started in _A_. A the Great Britain B the United States C Canada D Australia 3. Big Ben was named after _B_. A Christopher Wren B Benjamin Hall C Ben John D G. Stephenson 4. The most popular sport in America is _A_.A. baseball B. basketball C. football5. Most British couples go to _A_ to have their wedding ceremony.A. church B. concert C. registry office6. The British people usually have a small quantity of _A_ as a first course.A. soup B. sweet C. vegetable7. What the Englishmen usually talk about in their daily life is _D_.A. price B. tax C. weather D. Sports8. The British people are great lovers of betting. The most money they bet mainly on _A_. A. horse racing B. Bingo C. football pools D. dog racing9. _A_ is basically a home and family festival.A. Christmas B. Boxing Day C. Easter Monday10. The British people traditionally like to live in _B_.A. high buildings B. small houses C. big houses11.England occupies the _C_ portion of the U.K. A. northern B. eastern C. southern12. The most important part of the U.K. in wealth is _B_.A. Northern Ireland B. England C. Scotland13.The second largest port in Britain is _C_. A. London B. Belfast C. Liverpool14.The decrease of British population is caused by the following except _D_.A. limitation of immigration B. fall of the birth rateC. fall of death rate D. unemployment15. Ernest Hemingway is _B_.A Englishman B American C Dutch D Denmark16. In which day is Halloween celebrated?BA 5 November B 31 October C 17 March D 25 December 17. American Independence Day fall on _A_.A. the 4th of July B. October 31st C. March 20th18. The general election in America is held every _B_ years.A. 5 B. 4 C. 6 D. 319. The symbol of the US Democratic Party is _A_.A. donkey B. elephant C. eagle20. The symbol of the US Republic Party is _B_.A. tiger B. elephant C. Donkey21. Thanksgiving Day is originated in _B_.A. England B. America C. Scotland D. Canada22. Marriage in America is considered _D_.A. more important to the parents B. a pure religious affairC. rather burdensome D. a pure individual matter23. _B_ American young people live independently after marriage.A. Half B. Most C. Some24. The rate of divorce in America ranks _C_ in the world.A. second B. third C. first D. fourth25. The popular foods in America include the following except _D_.A. hamburgers B. hot dogs C. bread D. rice2、 问答题1.What are the two major parties in Britan? They are the Conservative Party and the Labour Party.2.What is the official full name of Britain? It is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.3.Who is the head of government in Ireland?It is the Prime Minister.4.Who is James Joyce?He is the most well-know Irish writer of the modern period.5.Who were the first Americans?They were the Indians.6.What kind of economic system does the United States have?It has a free-market economy with a dominant private sector.7.What is bilingualism?The phenomenon that English and French are the two official languages in Canada is called bilingualism8. What is the Canada Council?It is the Canadian Governments funding agency.10. Oxford and Cambridge are the most well-known universities in Britain.11. 美国最重要的节日是什么；万圣节为几月几日？ 美国最重要的节日是圣诞节，万圣节每年的11月01日。12.美国内战爆发于_1861_年，结束于_1865_年。13. 哈姆雷特、奥赛罗、李尔王、麦克白,是莎士比亚四大悲剧作品之一。14.在美国感恩节是每年11月的最后一个 星期四.15.