09年4月英语国家概况大纲

各省、自治区、直辖市高等教育自学考试办公室、解放军自学考试办公室： 高等教育自学考试英语国家概况（2005版）自学考试大纲修订试行以来，考生及有关方面反映意见较多，认为现行大纲中的个别考核目标不够明确，容易对大纲考核目标的理解产生疑义。经组织全国考委外语类专业委员会研究论证，全国考办决定对现行考核目标进行调整。调整后的大纲考核目标以章节形式出现。现将调整后大纲考核目标印发给你们，请及时向社会公布。 调整后的英语国家概况自学考试大纲将于2009年4月考试试行。 附件：英语国家概况自学考试大纲的考核目标全国高等教育自学考试指导委员会办公室二八年七月八日附件：英语国家概况自学考试大纲的考核目标 Part One The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandChapter 1 Land and PeopleI. Different Names for Britain and its PartsChapter 2 The Origins of a NationIEarly Settlers3The CeltsIIRoman BritainIIIThe Anglo-SaxonsThe Viking and Danish InvasionsVThe Norman ConquestChapter 3 The 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 4 Transition 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 5 The 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 7 Government and AdministrationThe MonarchyParliament1. The House of Lords2. The House of CommonsThe Cabinet and MinistryThe Privy CouncilChapter 8 Justice and the LawIVThe JudiciaryVPoliceChapter 9 Social AffairsHealth and Social Services1The National Health ServiceReligion1Established churchesFestivals and Public Holidays1Christian festivals2Other festivals3Public holidaysChapter 10 Cultural AffairsEducation3Higher educationThe Media1NewspapersSportsThe Arts3DramaPart Two The Republic of IrelandChapter 11 Geography and HistoryI. Geographical FeaturesII. Climate and WeatherIII. Population and ReligionIV. Historical backgroundPart Three The United States of AmericaChapter 14 Population, Race and Ethnic GroupsI. IntroductionIV. Racial and Ethnic Minorities1BlacksChapter 15 American 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 16 American 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 17 American 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 18 The Economy(Two paragraphs)The Economic System of the United StatesVForeign TradeVIProblems in the U.S. EconomyChapter 19 Political 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 20 EducationCharacteristics of American EducationElementary and Secondary EducationHigher EducationEducation ReformsChapter 21 Literature, Architecture and MusicAmerican Literature1Washington Irving2Emerson and Hawthorne3Mark Twain4Whitman and Dickinson5Theodore Dreiser6T. S. Eliot7Ernest Hemingway8Hughes and WrightChapter 22 Holidays and FestivalsNew Years DayIVValentines DayVIEaster DayVIIIIndependence DayIXHalloweenXIThanksgiving DayIIChristmas DayPart Four CanadaChapter 23 Geography and HistoryGeographic Features4. Geographic regionsThe making of Canada1The European discovery3Self-government and Confederation4The Canadian nationChapter 26 Society and CultureICanadian Society1Population2Immigration3Bilingualism4MulticulturalismPart Five AustraliaChapter 27 Land and peopleThe Geographical Structure1The 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 Divisions 1New South Wales2Victoria3Queensland4South Australia5West Australia6TasmaniaChapter 32 Society and Culture