英语国家概况新考纲

1、英语国家概况新考纲英语国家概况考核目标 一、英国部分1 .land and peopledifferent names for britain and its parts2.0rigins of the nationarrival and settlement of the celtsbasis of modern english race: the anglo-saxonsthe viking and danish invasionsking alfred and his contributionsthe norman conquest and its consequences3.shapi

2、ng of the nationengland's feudalism under the rule of william the conquerorcontents and the significance of the great charterorigins of the english parliamentthe hundred years* war with france and its consequencesconsequences of the black death4. transition to the modern agethe nature and conseq

3、uences of the wars of the roseshenry viii and the english reformationelizabeth i and parliamentelizabeth religious reform and her foreign policydistinctive features of the english renaissancethe civil wars and their consequencesthe commonwealth under oliver cromwellthe restoration and glorious revol

4、ution5. rise and fall of the british empirewhigs and toriesagricultural changes in the late 18th centurythe english industrial revolution and its impact on the development of britainthe chartist movement and its consequencesthe building of the british empirebritain and the first world warbritain and

5、 the second world warpostwar britainthatcherism6. government and administrationthe british constitutionconstitutional monarchy in britainthe british parliament and its functionsthe british government7.social affairsreligion in british societyfestivals and public holidays in britain&cultural affa

6、irsthe education system in britainthe college system and the tutorial systemquality papers and popular papersthe bbc and its programssports in britainmajor forms of art in britain二、美国部分1 population, race and ethnic groupscharacteristics of the american populationblack people and the civil rights mov

7、ement2. american historythe 'discovery' of the new worldcauses of the colonization of the new worldthe original 13 coloniesthe american war of independence and its consequencesestablishment of a federal form of governmentconsequences of territorial expansion and the westward movementthe amer

8、ican civil war and its impact on the development of the u.s rapid growth of capitalism after the civil war3. american history (1900-1945)economies growth in the early 20th centuryprogressivism and some of the reform effortsrole of the u.s. in wwicharacteristics of the 1920seffects of the great depre

9、ssion on american societyfranklin roosevelt and the new dealamerica in wwii4. america in postwar era (1945-1980)origins of the cold warthe truman doctrine and the marshall planeffects of mccarthyism of on american societythe postwar boom in the u.su.s. china relations (1949-1972)the new right and th

10、eir program5. the u.s. economyfactors that contribute to the fast growth of the economycharacteristics of the u.s. economythe importance of foreign tradeproblems facing the u.s. economy6. political institutionsa workable form of government under the constitutionseparation of powers with checks and b

11、alances under the constitutionsafeguards for individual liberty under the constitutionpowers of the american presidentpowers of the house of representativespowers of the senatethe judicial systemthe two-party system and the characteristics of the two major parties7. educationcharacteristics of ameri

12、can educationelementary and secondary education in the u.s.different types of colleges and universitiesthe admission system in u.s. universitiesthe role of the community collegecontinuing educationeducation reform in the 1980s and early 1990s8. literaturemajor american writers and their worksharlem

13、renaissance and black writing in american literature9. holidays and festivalsnew year's day celebration in the u.s.practices of valentine's dayeaster in the u.s.independence dayhalloweenthanksgiving daychrismas三、加拿大、澳大利亚、新西兰和爱尔兰部分1 canadacanada's geography and historycanada's geograp

14、hical featuresgeographical regions and their characteristicsthe european discovery of canadathe rivalry between the british and the french self-government and the founding of the confederation2. australiaaustralia's geographical featuresaustralia's geographical structurefactors that affect australia climatecomposition of australia populationaustralia's built environmentpolitical divisions in australia3. new zealandnew zealand geographycharacteristics of new zealands climatenative plants and animalshistorical background of new zealandthe treaty of waitangi 1840characte