英语国家文化学习通超星期末考试答案章节答案2024年

英语国家文化学习通超星期末考试章节答案2024年ThanksgivingDayfallsonthefourthTuesdayinNonmember.

答案:错ItisTheNewYorkTimes

thatfirstuncoveredtheWatergateScandalin

1972.

答案:错Usually,anundergraduatestudenthastoearnatleast120creditsto

receiveadegree.

答案:对After12yearsofschooling,Americanstudentsreceiveabachelor’sdegree

upongraduation.

答案:错AllAmericanchildrenareoffered12yearsofcompulsorypublic

education.

答案:对TheNationalDayoftheUnitedStatesfallson______eachyear.

答案:B.

July4thOfthe

following,______isNOTamongthethreemajorradioandTVnetworks

inAmerica.

答案:B.

thePublicBroadcastingService(PBS)______issoldespeciallytotheupperorupper-middleclassandhasareputationfor

itsseriousattitudeandgreatbulk.

答案:B.

TheNewYorkTimesTogetabachelor'sdegree,allundergraduatestudentsarerequiredtodothe

followingEXCEPT

______.

答案:C.workingforcommunitiesOfthefollowing,______areNOTamongthecategoriesofAmericanhigher

education.

答案:B.researchinstitutionsHighereducationinthe

UnitedStatesbeganwiththefoundingof

______.

答案:B.HarvardCollegeOf

thefollowingsubjects,

______areNOTofferedtoelementaryschoolstudents.

答案:B.

politicsandbusinesseducationFormaleducationintheUnitedStatesconsistsof

______,secondaryandhigher

education.

答案:C.elementaryAutoproductionisoneoftheimportantsectorsinAmericanmanufacturing

industry.

答案:对The1960swasaperiodofconsolidationfortheAmericanbusinesses.

答案:错PresidentRoosevelt's

NewDealhadlittleeffectindealingwiththeeconomic

crisis

intheearly1930s.

答案:错AlthoughslaverywasabolishedasaresultoftheCivilWar,theownersof

plantationsintheSouthmademoreprofitsfromsellingtheir

agriculturalproducts.

答案:错IntheU.S.Constitution,therecognitionoftheimportanceof

“Intellectualproperty”

couldbeidentified.

答案:对Americaistheworld’slargestindustrialnation.

答案:对Employmentinthe______sectorhasbeenincreasingintheU.S.sincethe1970s.

答案:A.serviceThefollowingstatementsarealltrueEXCEPT______.

答案:B.AgribusinessesmaintainabalancedtradepatternbetweenagriculturalimportsandexportsPresidentJohnsontriedtobuilda“GreatSociety”byintroducingvariousprogramslikethefollowingEXCEPT______.

答案:D.UnemploymentPensionThefollowinginventionstookplaceduringthe“secondindustrialrevolution”EXCEPT______.

答案:D.refrigeratorCharteredcompanieswereNOTgrantedthe______bytheBritishKingorQueen.

答案:D.diplomaticauthorityThemodernAmericaneconomyprogressedfrom______to______,andthento______.

答案:C.acolonialeconomy,afarmingeconomy,anindustrialeconomyAmericaproducesamajorportionoftheworld’sproductsinthefollowsfieldsEXCEPT______.

答案:C.oreTheAmericanforeignpolicyduringtheColdWarperiodwascontainmentandintervention.

答案:对TheAmericanforeignpolicythroughoutWorldWarIIwasneutrality.

答案:错TheAmericanpresidentialcampaignsadheretothe

“winner-takes-all”

practice.

答案:对TheDemocraticPartyisconservativeintermsofitsideology.

答案:错II.TranslatethefollowingtermsintoEnglishorChinese.1.民主党2.总统选举团3.《中立宣言》4.《上海公报》5.中央情报局6.Containment

7.Guatemala

8.Cambodia

9.Laos

10.theprimary

答案:DemocraticParty；The

DemocraticParty;

theDemocraticParty;TheElectoralCollege;

theElectoralCollege;ElectoralCollege;TheDeclarationofNeutrality;theDeclarationofNeutrality;DeclarationofNeutrality;TheShanghaiCommunique;theShanghaiCommunique;

ShanghaiCommunique;;CentralIntelligenceAgency;TheCentralIntelligenceAgency;theCentralIntelligenceAgency;CIA;遏制政策;危地马拉;柬埔寨;老挝;(10)初选ThePresidentisdirectlyvotedintoofficeby______.

答案:C.electorselectedbythevotersThejudicialbranchoftheU.S.federalgovernmentconsistsofaseriesofcourts:theSupremeCourt,thecourtsofappealsandthedistrictcourts.

答案:对TheU.S.Congressconsistsoftwohouses:theHouseofCommonsandtheHouseofLords.

答案:错TheformoftheAmericangovernmentisbasedonthreemainprinciples:federalism,theseparationofpowersandrespectfortheConstitutionandtheruleoflaw.

答案:对TheBillofRightswaswrittenintotheConstitutionin1787.

答案:错TheSupremeCourtiscomposedof______justices.

答案:D.nineThefollowingareallpowersofthePresidentEXCEPT______.

答案:C.makinglawsAllthefollowingcanmakelegislativeproposalsEXCEPT______.

答案:C.theSecretaryofStateThetermsforaSenatorandRepresentativeare______and______yearsrespectively.

答案:D.six,twoTheBillofRights______.

答案:B.guaranteescitizensoftheUnitedStatesspecificindividualrightsandfreedomTheConstitutionoftheUnitedStates______.

答案:C.triestogiveeachbranchenoughpowertobalancetheothersTheU.S.Constitutioncameintoeffectin______.

答案:B.1789OnMarch20,2003.AmericanandUnitedNations’

troops,

supportedby

severalothercountries,begananinvasionof

Iraq.

答案:错TheBushadministrationregardedIraqanationamongthe

“axisof

theevil”.

答案:对AccordingtotheAmericangovernment,SaddamHusseinandOsama

binLadenwereresponsiblefortheterroristeventonSeptember11,2001.

答案:错In1990,Americantroopsandthetroopsfromalliednationstook

jointmilitaryactioninordertodriveIraqitroopsoutofKuwait.

答案:对TheVietnamWarwasalong-timesufferingforAmericans,anditcontinuedthroughout

thetermsofPresidents

______.

答案:D.Eisenhower,KennedyandJohnsonPresident

______introducedtheNewDealtodealwiththeproblemsofthe

GreatDepression.

答案:C.

RooseveltThepolicyoftheUnitedStateswas

______atthebeginningofthetwoWorld

Wars.

答案:A.

neutralityTheAmericanCivilWarnotonlyputanendtoslavery,butalsomade

Americaasingle,indivisiblenation.

答案:对TheSecondContinentalCongresswasheldinPhiladelphia,andthe

ContinentalArmyandNavywereestablishedunderthecommandof

ThomasJefferson.

答案:错AmericawasnamedafterAmerigoVespucci,whoarrivedonthenew

continentafterColumbus.

答案:对AbrahamLincolnissuedthe

______tograntfreedomtoallslaves.

答案:C.

EmancipationProclamationInMay1775,

______washeldinPhiladelphiaandbegantoassumethefunctionsofaprovisionalgovernment.

答案:B.

theSecondContinentalCongress“Notaxationwithoutrepresentation”

wastherallyingsloganof

______.

答案:D.thepeopleofthe13coloniesTheSevenYears’

Waroccurred:dbetween

______.

答案:C.

theFrenchandtheBritishThefirstsuccessfulEnglishcolonyinNorthAmericawasfoundedat

______in

______.

答案:C.

Jamestown,VirginiaBasicAmericanculturalvaluesarefreedom,equalityanddesiretowork

hardforahigherstandardofliving.

答案:对ThecharacteristicsofthedominantAmericancultureare

______.

答案:D.

English-speaking,WesternEuropean,Protestantandmiddle-class1.

TheImmigrationActof1924restrictedfurtherimmigrationintotheUnited

States,particularlyfrom

______.

答案:A.

EuropeSanFranciscoisthesecondlargestcityafterNewYorkandtheworld-famousHollywoodis

locatedhere.

答案:错NewYorkiscomposedoffiveboroughs,includingManhattan,Brooklyn,the

Bronx,StatenIslandandQueens.

答案:对A50-centimeterrainfalllinerunsthroughthemiddleoftheUnited

States.

答案:对TheclimateintheUnitedStatescanbeclassifiedastemperate,withsome

mildsubtropicalandtropicalzones.

答案:对TheeasternhighlandsformedbytheAppalachianRangeholdone-third

ofthe

country's

continentalterritory.

答案:错SanFrancisco,LosAngelesandSanDiegoallbelongto

______.

答案:D.CaliforniaThelongestriverintheU.S.is

______.

答案:B.

theMississippiRiverThestateof

______isthelargestinareaofalltheU.S.states.

答案:A.AlaskaTheU.S.liesin

______NorthAmerica,withCanadatothenorth,Mexicotothe

south,theAtlantictoits

______andthePacifictoits

______.

答案:B.

central,east,west8.SomeBritish

holidaysarecelebratedtomarkimportanteventsinthe

Christian

calendar,andsomeothersarerelatedtolocalcustomsand

traditions.

答案:对7.TheBBCWorldServicebroadcastsonlyinEnglishthroughouttheworld.

答案:错6.TheTimes

istheworld’soldestSundaynewspapers.

答案:错5.GraduatesfromstateschoolsinBritainhavealessfavorablechanceto

enterfamousuniversitiesthanthosefromindependentschools.

答案:对4.Whenchildrenfinishtheirschoolingat16,theyarerequiredtotakea

nationalGCSEexamination.

答案:对3.TheNationalCurriculumiscompulsoryinboththestatesystemand

theindependentsystem.

答案:错2.EducationinBritainiscompulsoryforallchildrenbetweentheages

of6and15.

答案:错1.TheBritishgovernmenthasbeenresponsibleforeducationsincethe

early1800s.

答案:错8.ThefollowingChristmastraditionsareparticularlyBritishEXCEPT

______.

答案:A.TroopingtheColor7.

______isBritain'stoppay-televisionprovider.

答案:D.BSkyB6.

LifeonEarth

isakindof

______programproducedbytheBBCandispopular

worldwide.

答案:C.

documentary5.AmongBritain’squalitypressthefollowingnewspapersareregardedasthe

“BigThree”

EXCEPT

______.

答案:C.

TheObserver4.TobeadmittedtotheOpenUniversity,oneneeds

______.

答案:B.

noeducationalqualifications3.Partiallyfundedbycentralgovernmentgrants,mostoftheBritishuniversities

receivetheirremainingfundsfromallthefollowingsourcesEXCEPT

______.

答案:B.

loans2.Over

______ofBritishchildrenreceiveprimaryandsecondaryeducation

throughtheindependentsystem.

答案:C.7%1.InBritain,thedivisionbetweengrammarschoolsandvocationalschoolswas

endedbytheintroductionofcomprehensiveschoolsinthe

______.

答案:D.1960s4.ThefollowingChristmastraditionsareparticularlyBritishEXCEPT

______.

答案:A.TroopingtheColor3.______isBritain'stoppay-televisionprovider.

答案:D.BSkyB2.LifeonEarth

isakindof

______programproducedbytheBBCandispopular

worldwide.

答案:C.

documentary1.AmongBritain’squalitypressthefollowingnewspapersareregardedasthe

“BigThree”

EXCEPT

______.

答案:C.

TheObserver3.SomeBritish

holidaysarecelebratedtomarkimportanteventsinthe

Christian

calendar,andsomeothersarerelatedtolocalcustomsand

traditions.

答案:对2.TheBBCWorldServicebroadcastsonlyinEnglishthroughouttheworld.

答案:错1.TheTimes

istheworld’soldestSundaynewspapers.

答案:错Inanefforttomakeacompromisebetweendifferentreligiousfactions,

QueenElizabethIactuallydefendedthefruitoftheReformation

答案:对TheHundredYears'

Warwasaseriesofwarsfoughtbetweenthe

BritishandtheVikingsfortradeandterritory.

答案:错TheMagnaCartawasdesignedtoprotecttherightsofboth

theprivileged

classandthetownspeople.

答案:错HenryIIbuiltupalargeempirewhichincludedEnglandandmostof

France.

答案:对Thechieforkingofthe

Anglo-Saxon

tribesexercisedpowerattheir

ownwill.

答案:错The

Anglo-Saxons

cametoBritaininthe5thcentury.

答案:对Britishhistory

before55BCis

basicallyundocumented.

答案:对TheIndustrialRevolutionwasaccomplishedinBritainby

themiddleofthe

______century.

答案:19th______waspassedaftertheGloriousRevolution.

答案:TheBillofRightsTheEnglishCivilWarbrokeoutin1642between

______.

答案:theRoyalistsandthe

ParliamentariansThedirectcausefortheReformationwasKingHenryVIII’seffortto

______.

答案:divorcehiswifeTheendoftheWarsoftheRosesledtotheruleof

______.

答案:theHouseofTudor3.

The

______markedtheestablishmentoffeudalisminEngland.

答案:NormanConquestBythelate7thcentury,______becamethedominantreligioninEngland.

答案:RomanChristianityThe

______attackonRomeendedtheRomanoccupationinBritainin410.

答案:GermanicTheThamesRiveristhelongestriverofBritain,whichoriginatesinWalesandflowsthroughwesternEngland.

答案:错SamuelJohnson'sdictionarywasinfluentialinestablishingastandardformof______.

答案:spellingTheevolutionofMiddleEnglishwasreinforcedbythe______influence.

答案:NormanTheintroductionofChristianitytoBritainaddedthefirstelementof______wordstoEnglish.

答案:LatinandGreekAmongthefourpartsoftheUnitedKingdom,______isthesmallest.

答案:NorthernIreland______isthecapitalcityofScotland.

答案:EdinburghTheCelticpeopleweretheearliestknowninhabitantsofBritain.

答案:对ThetwomainislandsoftheBritishIslesare______.

答案:GreatBritainandIrelandAnswerthefollowingquestioninabout200words:

ExplaintheriseandfalloftheBritishEmpire.

答案:1.

TheriseoftheBritishEmpire:1)ThecolonizationofNewfoundlandin1583markedthebeginningoftheBritishEmpire.By1837,BritainhadbeenanempirewhichincludedthecoloniesinCanada,IndiaandmanysmallstatesintheWestIndies.2)Duringthemid-19thcentury,Britainconsolidatedtheexistingcoloniesbybringingthemunderthedirectcontrolofthegovernment.3)Bytheendofthe19thcentury,theBritishEmpireincludedaboutaquarteroftheglobalpopulationandaquarteroftheworld’slandmass.BeforeWorldWarI,Britainbecamethelargestcolonialempireintheworld.2.ThefalloftheBritishEmpire:1)However,BritainsufferedagreatlossofitsmanpowerandseasupremacyinthetwoWorldWarsandexhausteditsreservesofgold,dollarsandoverseasinvestment.2)MostofBritain’scoloniesgainedindependenceasaresultofWorldWarII,whichinevitablyledtofalloftheBritishEmpire.Answerthefollowingquestioninabout200words:

Illustrate

the

reasons

andsignificance

ofthe

Industrial

Revolution

inBritain.

答案:1)

Thereasonsforthe

Industrial

Revolution:a.

Britainhadahugemarket.

Afterthegloriousrevolution,theBritishParliamentwasmadeupof

prosperous

merchantsand

entrepreneurs

insupportofcommerceandindustry.DuringtheSevenYears’

War(1756-1763),

Britain

seizedmostoftheFrenchcoloniesinNorthAmericaincludingCanadaaswellasFrenchtradingcoloniesinIndiaandbecametheworld’sleadingcolonialpower,withnecessaryrawmaterialsandalargemarket.b.

Englandacquiredfromitscoloniesenormouswealthtodevelopitsindustry.

The

mostwell-knowntradingcompanywastheEastIndiaCompanywithatradingmonopolyinIndiaandpartsofEastAsia.

c.

Theenclosuremovement

deprivedmanysmalllandownersoftheirproperty.

Thisnewclassoflandlesslaborershadtoseekpaidemploymentfromthelarge

landowners

tofind

workintherapidlygrowingindustrialareas.

2)

ThechangesaftertheIndustrialRevolution:a.

The

industrial

productivityincreaseddramatically.

Britainbecamethemostadvanced

industrial

countryin

the

world.b.

Britainunderwentmassurbanization.

Newcitiesspranguplike

Manchester,Leeds,

Birmingham

and

Sheffield.c.

Thecapitalclassandtheproletariatoccurred.2.TheBritishmonarchyhasneverbeeninterruptedthroughoutthehistory.

答案:错Directions:Readthefollowingstatementsanddecidewhethertheyaretrue

(T)

orfalse

(F).1.Conventionsareregardedlessimportantthanthestatutorylawintheworking

of

theBritishgovernment.

答案:对7.CabinetmembersarechosenbythePrimeMinisterfromvarious

politicalpartiesinParliament.

答案:错5.ThemembersoftheHouseofCommonsareappointedratherthanelected.

答案:错8.

ThelegalsystemsinEngland,Wales,ScotlandandNorthernIreland

aremuch

similarintermsoflaw,organizationandpractice.

答案:对3.Inreality,

theBritishKingorQueenisthesourceofallgovernmentpowers.

答案:错6.TheBritishPrimeMinisteristheleaderofthemajoritypartyinParliament.

答案:对4.TheBritishParliamentisthelaw-makingbodyoftheCommonwealthof

Nations.

答案:错10.In1949,________,oftenconsideredamilestoneinthehistoryofthemodernCommonwealth，acceptedandrecognizedIndia’scontinuedmembershipasarepublic.

答案:D.The

LondonDeclaration9.

Britainisaparliamentarydemocracywithaconstitutionalmonarchyinwhichthepowerofthemonarchislimitedbythe________.

答案:C.

TheParliament8.InBritain,theparliamentarygeneralelectionisheldevery

______years.

答案:C.five7.ThepoliciesoftheConservativePartyarecharacterizedbypragmatism

and

______.

答案:D.

abeliefinindividualism6.Generallyspeaking,theBritishParliamentoperatesona

______system.

答案:B.

two-party5.ThemaindutyoftheBritishPrivyCouncilisto

______.

答案:B.

giveadvice4.

______isatthecenteroftheBritishpoliticalsystem.

答案:A.TheCabinet3.Asarevisingchamber,theHouseofLordsisexpectedto

______theHouse

ofCommons.

答案:B.

complement2.TheimportanceoftheBritishmonarchycanbeseeninitseffecton

______.

答案:D.publicattitudeChoosethebestanswertocompleteeachofthefollowingstatements.1.TheBritishgovernmentischaracterizedbyadivisionofpowersbetweenthreeof

the

followingbranchesEXCEPTthe

______.

答案:C.

monarchy5.Britain’simportantfishingareasincludeallthefollowingEXCEPT

______.

答案:D.

theseaareabetweenBritainandIreland6.CoalminingindustryinBritainprovides

______oftheenergyconsumedin

thecountry.

答案:B.

one-fourth1.The______intheearly1970sworsenedanalreadystagnant

economy

inBritain.

答案:A.oilcrisis3.TheBlairgovernmentwassuccessfulinallthefollowingaspectsEXCEPT

______.

答案:D.reducinginequality2.Ofthefollowingpractices,

______didnotbelongtoThatcher'ssocial

welfare

reform.

答案:C.

reducingunemployment7.ThecarindustryinBritainismostly

______.

答案:A.

foreign-owned8.OfthefollowingsectorsinBritain,

______hasexperiencedspectacular

growthsincetheendofWorldWarII.

答案:C.

theservicesector4.Britainhasdevotedabout

______ofitslandareatoagriculture.

答案:C.

70%5.SamuelJohnson'sdictionarywasinfluentialinestablishingastandardformof______.

答案:C.spelling4.TheevolutionofMiddleEnglishwasreinforcedbythe______influence.

答案:A.Norman3.TheintroductionofChristianitytoBritainaddedthefirstelementof______wordstoEnglish.

答案:D.LatinandGreek2.AmongthefourpartsoftheUnitedKingdom,______isthesmallest.

答案:D.NorthernIreland1.______isthecapitalcityofScotland.

答案:B.Edinburgh5.TheCelticpeopleweretheearliestknowninhabitantsofBritain.

答案:对4.ThemajorityofthepeopleinBritainaredescendantsoftheAnglo-Saxons.

答案:对3.Intermsofpopulationandarea,NorthernIrelandisthesecondlargestpartofBritain.

答案:错2.TodaymorethanhalfofthepeopleinWalesstillspeaktheancientWelshlanguage.

答案:错1.TheSevernRiveristhelongestriverofBritain,whichoriginatesinWalesandflowsthroughwesternEngland.

答案:对1.TheBritishgovernmentischaracterizedbyadivisionofpowersbetweenthreeof

the

followingbranchesEXCEPTthe

______.

答案:C.

monarchy10.EverytwoyearstheCommonwealthHeadsofGovernmentMeetingisheldinLondontodiscussmattersofmutualinterest.

答案:错9.TheCommonwealthisnotapoliticalunionofanysort,anditsmemberstateshavefullautonomytomanagetheirowninternalandexternalaffairs.

答案:对4.TheBritishParliamentisthelaw-makingbodyofthe

Commonwealthof

Nations.

答案:错1.Conventionsareregardedlessimportantthanthestatutorylawintheworking

of

theBritishgovernment.

答案:对3.Limitedresourcesandhighunemploymentratewerepersistentproblems

thatpreventedrapideconomicdevelopmentinBritainafter

WorldWarII.

答案:错7.Britainisanimportantoilexportersinceitsoilindustryhasalong

history.

答案:错1.Britainwasthefirstindustrializednationintheworld.

答案:对2.TheBritisheconomyexperiencedarelativedeclineduringthepost-warperiod.

答案:对5.TheeconomicapproachadoptedbyTonyBlairwasdifferentfromthat

oftheoldLaborPartyandtheConservativeParty.

答案:对4.Thatcher’srevolutionturnedouttobeagreatsuccessindealingwith

alltheBritisheconomicandsocialproblems.

答案:错6.BlairmadetheBankofEnglandindependentinordertoseparate

politicsfromeconomicpolicy.

答案:对WhatisStandardEnglish?

答案:StandardEnglishisbasedonthespeechoftheupperclassofsoutheastern

England.Itispreferredbytheeducatedandiswidelyusedinthemediaandtaught

atschools.Ithasdevelopedandhasbeenpromotedasamodelforcorrect

BritishEnglish.Itisalsothenormcarriedoverseas.Today,Standard

Englishiscodifiedtotheextentthatthegrammarandvocabularyaremuchsame

everywhereintheworldwhereEnglishistaughtandused.ListthereasonsoftheIndustrialRevolutioninBritain.

答案:Thereasonsforthe

Industrial

Revolution:1.

Britainhadahugemarket.

2.

Englandacquiredfromitscoloniesenormouswealthtodevelopitsindustry.

3.

Theenclosuremovement

deprivedmanysmalllandownersoftheirproperty.WhatroledoesthemediaplayinBritishleisureculture?

答案:ThemediaplaysanessentialroleinBritishleisureculturesinceithelpstoshape

thepublic'sopinion,determinepeople'smoralandpoliticalorientationand

consolidateorunderminetheruleof

agovernment.WhatarethethreefunctionsoftheHouseofCommons?

答案:ThethreefunctionsoftheHouseofCommonsare:todraftlaws,toscrutinize

theactivitiesofthegovernmentandtoinfluencefuturegovernmentpolicy.TheNationalCurriculumiscompulsoryinboththestatesystemand

theindependentsystem.

答案:错TheeconomicapproachadoptedbyTonyBlairwasdifferentfromthat

oftheoldLaborPartyandtheConservativeParty.

答案:对SomeBritish

holidaysarecelebratedtomarkimportanteventsinthe

Christian

calendar,andsomeothersarerelatedtolocalcustomsand

traditions.

答案:对TheTimes

istheworld’soldestSundaynewspapers.

答案:错TheBritishParliamentisthelaw-makingbodyofthe

Commonwealthof

Nations.

答案:错Inreality,

theBritishKingorQueenisthesourceofallgovernmentpowers.

答案:错Conventionsareregardedlessimportantthanthestatutorylawintheworking

of

theBritishgovernment.

答案:对CabinetmembersarechosenbythePrimeMinisterfromvarious

politicalpartiesinParliament.

答案:错ThelegalsystemsinEngland,Wales,ScotlandandNorthernIreland

aremuch

similarintermsoflaw,organizationandpractice.

答案:对Thatcher’srevolutionturnedouttobeagreatsuccessindealingwith

alltheBritisheconomicandsocialproblems.

答案:错Whenchildrenfinishtheirschoolingat16,theyarerequiredtotakea

nationalGCSEexamination.

答案:对BlairmadetheBankofEnglandindependentinordertoseparate

politicsfromeconomicpolicy.

答案:对Inanefforttomakeacompromisebetweendifferentreligiousfactions,

QueenElizabethIactuallydefendedthefruitof______.

答案:theReformation；ReformationAmongBritain’s

“qualitypress”,______,

TheGuardian

and

TheDailyTelegraph

areregardedasthe

“Big

Three”.

答案:TheTimes;

TheTimesInBritain,theparliamentarygeneralelectionisheldevery

______years.

答案:five；5______isatthecenteroftheBritishpoliticalsystem.Itisthesupremedecision-makingbodyintheBritishgovernment.

答案:TheCabinet；CabinetGenerallyspeaking,theBritishParliamentoperatesona

______system.

答案:two-partyInBritain,thedivisionbetweengrammarschoolsandvocationalschoolswas

endedbytheintroductionof______schoolsinthe

1960s.

答案:comprehensive2.AmongthefourpartsoftheUnitedKingdom,

______isthesmallest.

答案:NorthernIrelandTherearetwoparallelschoolsystemsinBritain

forprimaryandsecondaryeducation.

Oneisthestatesystem,

and

the

otheris

the______

system.

答案:independentIn1689,theBillofRights

waspassedafterthe______

RevolutiontolimitthepowerofthemonarchandguaranteetheauthorityofParliament.

答案:GloriousThe

______markedtheestablishmentoffeudalisminEngland.

答案:NormanConquestTherearethreeChristmastraditionswhichareparticularlyBritish.TheyaretheChristmaspantomime,theQueen'sChristmasmessage

and______.

答案:BoxingDay;the

BoxingDayThedevelopmentoftheEnglishlanguagecanbedividedintothreeperiods:

OldEnglish,MiddleEnglishand______.

答案:ModernEnglishTheBritish

______

istheleaderofthemajoritypartyinParliament,andineffectthemostpowerfulleaderinBritain.

答案:PrimeMinisterThe

______

WorldServicebroadcasts

in32languagesthroughouttheworld.

答案:BBC17.TheBlairgovernmentwassuccessfulinallthefollowingaspectsEXCEPT

______.

答案:D.reducinginequality15.The______intheearly1970sworsenedanalreadystagnant

economy

inBritain.

答案:A.oilcrisis20.LifeonEarth

isakindof

______programproducedbytheBBCandispopular

worldwide.

答案:C.

documentary3.SamuelJohnson'sdictionarywasinfluentialinestablishingastandardformof______.

答案:C.spelling19.TobeadmittedtotheOpenUniversity,oneneeds

______.

答案:B.

noeducationalqualifications9.TheimportanceoftheBritishmonarchycanbeseeninitseffecton

______.

答案:D.publicattitude7.TheEnglishCivilWarbrokeoutin1642between

______.

答案:theRoyalistsandthe

Parliamentarians1.ThetwomainislandsoftheBritishIslesare

______.

答案:A.GreatBritainandIreland8.TheBrit