《英美文化概况》(13)

1、中国石油大学（北京）2013-2014学年第一学期英美文化概况期末考试试卷 A（闭卷考试）班级：姓名：学号：题号一二三四五总分得分Part I Tell whether each of the following statements is true or false.（20 分）1. The best-k nown En glish lege nd, King Arthur, derivesfrom the Anglo- Saxons time.2. English drama flourished during Elizabeth I era.3. After World War II,

2、the British economy became the 2 ndlargest power in the world.4. America was named after the great discoverer AmerigoVespucci.5. Britain is situated in Western Europe.6. The Lake District is closely related with Englishliterature in the 19th cen tury.7. The Iongest river in North America is the Miss

3、ouriRiver.8. Com mon laws are laws which have bee n establishedthrough com mon practice in the courts.9. The Bill of Rights was added to the Con stitutio n in1791.10. Most heavily populated districts have more senatorsthan the small states.11. The United States has two major political parties: theDe

4、mocratic Party and the Con servative Party.12. Toleranee and respect for others are central to theway of life in the U.K.13. The Protesta nt Church and the Catholic Church aretwo major groups in Christia nity.14. The second largest religious group in the U.K. isBuddhism.15. The University of Oxford

5、is the second oldestuni versity in the En glish-speak ing world.16. Easter Day is to celebrate Christ resurrection fromthe dead.17. The New York Times was the first newspaper toexpose the Watergate Scan dal.18. Benjamin Franklin Autobiography recorded howa man rose to fame and wealth from being poor

6、 andobscure.19. Hawthor neunique gift was for the creati on ofstrongly symbolic stories which touch the deepest roots ofman moral nature.20. As a critic and also a prolific writer, Mark Twainbecame the leader of realism in America.Part II Fill in the blanks with the correct information.（20 分）1. The

7、U.S. is bordered byon the n orth and byandthe Gulf of Mexico on the south.2. The cen tral part of the Un ited States is composed of vast pla insbetwee nand.3. The District of Columbia was named after while the city of Wash ington was n amed after.4. The Parliame nt is composed of three parts: the qu

8、ee n, the Houseof, and the House of.5. I n the U.K., the official head of state iswhile thereal centre of political life is in.6. The gover nmen tal power shared betwee n the cen tral gover nmentand the state gover nment is called.7. The two major political parties are, which is thought tobe more li

9、beral, and, which is believed to be morecon servative.8. The Church of En gla nd bala nces the in terests of bothand.9. At the end of the 16th century and the beg inning of the 17th cen tury,manyescaped to the New Land to seek the freedom topractice their own religio n.10. The Mercha nt of Ven iceis

10、 a work of.11. Higher education in the United States began with the founding ofin 1636.12. MIT refers to a n ame of a uni versity. It is13. The ma in n ewspapers in Brita in are, ,and.14. The main newspapers in America are,and.15. In Halloween the children knock on their neighbors doorsasking for as

11、 a treat.16. The Ian guage of the An glo-Sax ons is called17. Christmas Day is the greatest of the Christian festivals tocommemorate theof Jesus Christ.18. is the largest and busiest port on the Great Lakes andthe largest in dustrial and commercial centre of the Midwest.19. The Statue of stands magn

12、ificently on LibertyIsland in New York Harbor. It is National Monument which wasprese nted to the US by Fran ce.20. TheRiver is the Ion gest and the most importa ntriver in the system of the Gulf.Part ID Choose the correct answer on the basis of what is statedin the text. (20 分)1. Which of the follo

13、wing is a famous prehistoric monument?(a) Ston ehe nge(b) Hadrian s Wall(c) Westmi nster Abby(d) Tower of London2. were the an cestors of the En glish and the foun ders ofEn gla nd.(a) The Roma ns(b) The An glo-Sax ons(c) The Viki ngs(d) The Norma ns3. The Mayflower was a ship take n by.(a) Christop

14、her Columbus(b) Amerigo Vespucci(c) a group of people who wan ted to get hold of treasures(d) a group of people who desired free religious practice4. No taxation without representation was the slogan of(a) the settlers of Virgi nia(b) the slaves of America(c) the In dia ns of America(d) the people o

15、f the 13 colonial America ns5. Britai n has aclimate.(a) temperate(b) maritime(c) stableto America n(d) both a and b6. is known as the“ father of watersIn dia ns.(a) The River Thames(b) The Missouri River(c) The Tay River(d) The Mississippi River7. San Fran ciscos Chi natow n is the largest Chin ese

16、 commu nityoutside of.(a) Asia(b) Main la nd Chi na(c) Chi na(d) South-East Asia8. Which British party supports a free market?(a) The Con servative Party(b) The Liberal Democrats(c) The Party of Wales(d) The Labor Party9. Who is the newly elected Labor Prime Minister in 2007?(a) Margaret Thatcher(b)

17、 John Major(c) Tony Blair(d) Gordon Brow n10. The “ New Deal ” was started by.(a) Fran kli n Roosevelt(b) J. F. Kenn edy(c) George Wash ington(d) Thomas Jeffers on11. What kind of sec on dary schools now receives the largest nu mber of stude nts?(a) Grammar Schools(b) Tech ni cal Schools(c) Comprehe

18、 nsive Schools(d) Secon dary Moder n Schools12. William Shakespeare, Britaingreatest writer went to aschool.(a) comprehe nsive(b) grammar(c) tech ni cal(d) in depe ndent13. Those who do well in the exam in ati on ofcan go on touni versity for study.(a) “ O Level of GCE(b) “ A Level of GCE(c) CSE(d)

19、eleve n plus14. Of Faulkner novels three are masterpieces by any literary sta ndard. Which one isNOT his masterpiece?(a) The Sound and the Fury(b) Absalom, Absalom!(c) Go Dow n, Moses(d) The Grapes of Wrath15. Transcendentalist doctrines found their greatest literaryadvocates inand Thoreau.(a) Jeffe

20、rs on(b) Fren eau(c) Emers on(d) oversoul16. Which of these poems is written by Edgar Allan Poe?(a) The Rave n(b) The Fall of the House of Usher(c) Nature(d) Legia17. The first Con ti nen tal Con gress was held in.(a) Bost on(b) Philadelphia(c) New York(d) Lex ington18. The main purpose of Thomas Pa

21、ine Common Sense” was to(a) mobilize public opinion to support the revoluti on(b) declare war with En gla nd(c) ask help from France(d) To expose the evils of capitalism19. The first shot of the American War of Independence was fired in(a) Con cord(b) Lex ington(c) Philadelphia(d) Bosto n20. The Uni

22、on Army defeated the Con federate Army at where the victory was the turning point of the war.(a) Philadelphia(b) Man assas(c) Gettysburg(d) Fort SumterPart IV Tran slate the follow ing words into Chin ese.(20 分)I. Declaratio n of In depe ndence3. Redbrick5. New En gla nd7. The En closure moveme nt9.

23、 The East In dia Compa nyII. The Wars of Roses13. The Chartist Moveme nt15. Open Uni versity17. The Great Depressi on19. Truma n2. Un cle Tom Cabi n4. The Great Depressi on6. WASP8. Roma n In vasi on10. The In dustrial Revolution12. Hispa nics14. The Cold War16. Federalism18. The New Deal20. House o

24、f LordsPart V Explain the following terms. (20 分)1. The Electoral College2. Norma n Conq uest3. The Bosto n Tea Party4. The Glorious Revoluti on5. The Con stituti onal Mon archy6. Where is called New En gla nd?7. Why did the American Civil War break out? Whichbattle was regarded as the turning point

25、 of the CivilWar?附加题：1. Choose the one that you think best completes thestatement or answers. Write the letter of the answeryou have chosen in the corresponding space .1 The British Isles are made up ofA. two large islands and hundreds of small onesB. two large islands and Northern IrelandC. three l

26、arge islands and hundreds of small onesD. three large islands and Northern Ireland.2 There are three political divisions on the island ofGreat Britain. There areA. Britain Scotland and WalesB. England, Scotland and WalesB. Britain, Scotland and IrelandD. England, Scotland and Ireland3. The Commonwealth of Nations is an association ofindependent countriesA. that have a large number of British immigrantsB. that fought on the side of Britain in the two world warsC. that speak English as their nativ