英语国家概况2009年4月新大纲.docx

英语国家概况2009年4月新大纲附件：英语国家概况自学考试大纲的考核目标 Part OneThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandChapter 1Land and PeopleI. Different Names for Britain and its PartsChapter 2The Origins of a NationIEarly Settlers3The CeltsIIRoman BritainIIIThe Anglo-SaxonsThe Viking and Danish InvasionsVThe Norman ConquestChapter 3The Shaping of the NationNorman Rule1. Williams RuleThe Great Charter and the Beginning of Parliament1. The Great CharterThe Hundred Years War with FranceThe Black Death and the Peasant UprisingChapter 4Transition to the Modern AgeTransition to the Modern AgeThe English ReformationElizabeth I1. Elizabeth and Parliament2. Elizabeths Religious Reform3. Elizabeths Foreign PolicyThe English RenaissanceVII. The Civil WarsVIII. The CommonwealthIX. The Restoration and the Glorious Revolution of 1688Chapter 5The Rise and Fall of the British EmpireWhigs and ToriesAgricultural Changes in the Late 18th CenturyThe Industrial RevolutionThe Chartist MovementVIITwentieth Century1. Britain and the First World War3. Britain and the Second World War4. Postwar BritainChapter 7Government and AdministrationThe MonarchyParliament1. The House of Lords2. The House of CommonsThe Cabinet and MinistryThe Privy CouncilChapter 8Justice and the LawIVThe JudiciaryVPoliceChapter 9Social AffairsHealth and Social Services1The National Health ServiceReligion1Established churchesFestivals and Public Holidays1Christian festivals2Other festivals3Public holidaysChapter 10Cultural AffairsEducation3Higher educationThe Media1NewspapersSportsThe Arts3DramaPart TwoThe Republic of IrelandChapter 11Geography and HistoryI. Geographical FeaturesII. Climate and WeatherIII. Population and ReligionIV. Historical backgroundPart ThreeThe United States of AmericaChapter 14Population, Race and Ethnic GroupsI.IntroductionIV. Racial and Ethnic Minorities1BlacksChapter 15American History(I)Discovery of the New WorldThe Colonial PeriodThe War of IndependenceA New Form of GovernmentTerritorial Expansion and Westward MovementThe Civil WarRapid Growth of Capitalism after the Civil WarChapter 16American History(II)Economic DevelopmentProgressivismWorld War I and the United StatesThe United States in the 1920sThe Great Depression and the New Deal World War II and the United StatesChapter 17American History(III)The Origins of the Cold WarThe Truman Doctrine and the Marshall PlanVMcCarthyismVIIAmerican Society During the Postwar Boom: 1945-1960sVIIIThe Cuban Missile CrisisIXThe Vietnam WarXUnited States Relations with ChinaXIIWatergate ScandalChapter 18The Economy(Two paragraphs)The Economic System of the United StatesVForeign TradeVIProblems in the U.S. EconomyChapter 19Political InstitutionsThe U.S. Constitution1The Federal system2Separation of powers: checks and balances3Provisions for amendmentThe Executive Branch1The Presidency2Presidential PowersThe Legislative Branch2. Powers of the House and Senate3. Officers of the Congress4. Functions of the CongressPolitical Parties (two-party system)Chapter 20EducationCharacteristics of American EducationElementary and Secondary EducationHigher EducationEducation ReformsChapter 21Literature, Architecture and MusicAmerican Literature1Washington Irving2Emerson and Hawthorne3Mark Twain4Whitman and Dickinson5Theodore Dreiser6T. S. Eliot7Ernest Hemingway8Hughes and WrightChapter 22Holidays and FestivalsNew Years DayIVValentines DayVIEaster DayVIIIIndependence DayIXHalloweenXIThanksgiving DayIIChristmas DayPart FourCanadaChapter 23 Geography and HistoryGeographic Features4. Geographic regionsThe making of Canada1The European discovery3Self-government and Confederation4The Canadian nationChapter 26Society and CultureICanadian Society1Population2Immigration3Bilingualism4MulticulturalismPart FiveAustraliaChapter 27 Land and peopleThe Geographical Structure 1The Great Western Plateau2The Eastern Highlands3The Central Eastern LowlandsClimate3. Causes and effects of the hot and dry climate People1Population2Population density and distributionAustralias Built Environment1Sprawling cities2Rural areasPolitical Divisions1New South Wales2Victoria3Queensland4South Australia5West Australia6TasmaniaChapter 32Society and CultureIVAustralian C