英语二专文化复习提要简版

1、2009-2010学年第一学期英语文化复习提要一 试题类型： 1. Fill in the blanks (30%)1. _2. _, _II. Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions (20%)21. _ 22. _ 23. _ 24. _ 25. _III. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) (10%)41. _ 42. _ 43. _ 44. _ 45. _IV. Tell what you know abou

2、t the following in your own words (20%)51. _52. _53. _54. _V. Answer the following questions in simple words (20%)55. _56._二重点章节：填空，选择和判断题重点复习以下章节：上册：unit 1, unit3, unit4，unit6, unit7, unit8下册：unit3, unit4, unit6, unit 7, unit9, unit12 三： 名词解释和问答题上册的名词解释和回答问题Unit 1Questions for Consideration1. “ Bri

3、tish history has been a history of invasion.” Please illustrate this point with the examples from the text. How did each of the invasions influence English culture?Unit3Tell what you know about the following in your own words:1. The Bill of Rights of 16892. The ConstitutionQuestions for Consideratio

4、n1. What comprises British parliament? What functions does parliament have? What role does the Queen (King) and the Prime Minister play in British government ?Unit4Tell what you know about the following in your own words:1. Class system in British societyUnit6Tell what you know about the following i

5、n your own words:1. Romanticism2. ModernismQuestions for Consideration1. Who is the most important figure in Elizabethan Drama? What are some of his well-known plays?Unit7Tell what you know about the following in your own words:1. Independent schoolsUnit8Tell what you know about the following in you

6、r own words:1. The CommonwealthQuestions for Consideration1. What and how did the British Empire end? How did the British react to this reality? How did the end of British imperialism influence the psychology of the British and the making of Britain's foreign policy?下册的名词解释和回答问题Unit3Tell what yo

7、u know about the following in your own words:1. PuritanismQuestions for Consideration1.How did modem development in Europe influence the settlement of North American colonies?Unit4Tell what you know about the following in you own words:1. The Bill of RightsQuestions for Consideration1. What are some

8、 of the major powers of each of the three branches of the US government? How are the three branches supposed to check and balance each other?2. What are the two political parties in the United States? Do you think they are fundamentally different?Unit6Tell what you know about the following in your o

9、wn words:1. Religious diversityQuestions for Consideration1. What are some of the features in religion that are particularly American? What are some of the major differences between American religion and religion in Europe?Unit 7Tell what you know about the following in your own words:1. The “Lost Generation”Unit9Tell what you know about the following in your own words:1. The civil rights movement2. CountercultureQuestions for Consideration1.What were the major social movements of the 1960s? And what was the historical back