西电-英美概况答案

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第一单元

The evolution of Middle English was reinforced by the ________ influence.
A、Norman
Samuel Johnson’s dictionary was influential in establishing a standard form of ________.
D、spelling
________ is the most populous and wealthiest part of the country.
A、England
After William the Conqueror invaded and conquered England in 1066, ________ became the official language in England.
B、French
The ________ people were the earliest known inhabitants of Britain.
D、Celtic
________ is the capital city of Wales.
D、Cardiff

第二单元

Recorded history in Britain started from ________.
A、55 BC
By the late 7th century, ________ became the dominant religion in England.
D、Roman Christianity
Which of the following statements is not true during Queen Victoria’s reign?
A、She denied further industrialization and the growth of trade and commerce.
The Norman Conquest marked ________ in England.
A、the establishment of feudalism
The ________ attack on Rome ended the Roman occupation in Britain in 410 AD.
D、Germanic
Which of the following clause is not from Magna Carta?
D、Freeman could be arrested

第三单元

The general election is normally held every ________ years.
B、five
Which party is most likely to support free enterprise and privatization of state-owned enterprises in Britain?
B、The Conservative Party
What is the British government made up of?
A、The Prime Minister and the Cabinet members.
The British Constitution is usually described as “unwritten”. What does it mean?
C、It means that it is not summarized into one single document.
Who is the head of state in Britain?
B、The monarch
Which is not part of the division of powers in Britain?
C、The monarchy

第四单元

In 1945, the ________ carried out drastic reforms and laid the foundation for the post-war British social and economic development.
C、Labor Party
The ________ in the early 1970s worsened an already stagnant economy in Britain.
C、oil crisis
The Blair government was successful in all the following aspects EXCEPT ________.
A、reducing inequality
Britain has devoted about ________ of its land area to agriculture.
D、70%
By the mid-20th century, the era of the ________ was over.
A、British Empire
Of the following practices, ________ did not belong to Thatcher’s social welfare reform.
A、Reducing unemployment

第五单元

Partially funded by central government grants, most of the British universities receive their remaining funds from all the following sources EXCEPT ________.
B、loans
To be admitted to the Open University, one needs to ________.
B、no educational qualifications
Over ________ of British children receive primary and secondary education through the independent system.
C、7%
In Britain, the National Curriculum is compulsory in ________.
A、state schools
Education is compulsory for all children between ________.
A、the ages of 5 and 16
According to the text, admission to universities concerns the following factors except ________.
D、language competence

第六单元

Which is false about Remembrance Day in Britain?
B、It is always on a Sunday in October.
Life on Earth is a kind of ________ program produced by the BBC.
C、documentary
Which of the following is not commonly celebrated in Britain?
A、Thanksgiving
What contents are not likely to be found in the quality press in Britain?
D、Photos and scandals about celebrities
Which is not among the Christmas traditions in Britain?
D、Trooping the Color
Among Britain’s quality press, the following newspapers are regarded as the “Big Three” EXCEPT ________.
C、The Observer

第七单元

Of the following books, ________ is Not written by Thomas Hardy.
D、The Mill on the Floss
Robinson Crusoe is the masterpiece of the eighteenth century writer ________.
B、Daniel Defoe
The Song of Beowulf is the national epic of ________.
A、England
Of Dickens’ novels, ________ is considered most autobiographical.
B、David Copperfield
The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus is a play written by ________.
C、Christopher Marlowe
________ is regarded as the father of English poetry.
C、Geoffrey Chaucer

第八单元

Which state has the largest area?
B、Alaska
The United States of America has ________ states.
D、50
How many time zones are there in continental US?
D、4
Which of the following statements is not true?
D、The Rocky Mountain stretches in the mid-west of US.
The climate of US can be classified as ________, with some mild subtropical and tropical zones.
A、temperate
Which of the following statements is not true?
C、Los Angeles is the third largest city in US. You will find Hollywood, Walk of Fame, Universal Studio, Disney Land there.

第九单元

The first successful English colony in North America was founded at ________ in ________.
B、Jamestown, Virginia
The policy of the United States was ________ at the beginning of the two World Wars.
C、neutrality
In January 1918, President ________ proposed his Fourteen Points as the basis for peace negotiation.
B、Wilson
The Vietnam War was a long-time suffering for Americans, and it continued throughout the terms of Presidents ________.
C、Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson
At age 46, ________ became one of the youngest Presidents in American history.
A、Clinton
The first shots in the American War of Independence were fired in ________.
D、Lexington

第十单元

The U.S. Constitution came into effect in ________.
C、1789
The following are all powers of the President except________.
A、making laws
The terms for a Senator and Representative are ________ and ________ years respectively.
D、six, two
The Constitution of the United States ________.
B、tries to give each branch enough power to balance the others
All the following can make legislative proposals except ________.
B、The Secretary of State
Which of the following statements is true?
D、If the President vetoes a bill, Congress can override the veto by a two-thirds majority.

第十一单元

The following inventions took place during the “second industrial revolution” except ________.
B、refrigerator
The modern American economy progressed from ________ to ________, and then to ________.
C、a colonial economy, a farming economy, an industrial economy
Chaptered companies were not granted the ________ by the British King or Queen.
D、diplomatic authority
________ advocated an economic development strategy in which the federal government would nurture infant industries by providing overt subsidies and imposing protective tariffs on imports.
D、Alexander Hamilton
The four largest manufacturing industries are: computers and electronic products; ________; food, beverage and tobacco; and petroleum products.
B、chemicals
America produces a major portion of the world’s products in the following fields EXCEPT ________.
B、ore

第十二单元

Of the following subjects, ________ are NOT offered to elementary school students.
A、politics and business education
College applicants are chosen on the basis of the following standards EXCEPT ________.
D、their annual college entrance examination
To get a bachelor’s degree, all undergraduate students are required to do the following EXCEPT ________.
C、participating in clubs and activities
Higher education in the United States began with the founding of ________.
B、Harvard College
Of the following, ________ are NOT among the categories of American higher education.
D、four-year community colleges
Formal education in the United States consists of elementary, ________, and higher education.
C、secondary

第十三单元

Of the following, ________ is NOT among the three major radio and TV networks in America.
B、the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
Which of the following statements is true?
A、Los Angeles Times makes a policy not to endorse candidates for high offices such as the President and governors.
The main readers of ________ are government employees and it is closely linked to the American Congress.
A、The Washington Post
________ celebrate Thanks Giving Day.
A、People in the USA and Canada
Independence Day of the United States falls on ________.
B、July 4th

第十四单元

The Joy Luck Club is a novel written by the Chinese-American writer ________.
A、Amy Tan
The Great Gatsby is the masterpiece of ________, a writer of the Jazz age.
A、F Scott Fitzgerald
“Man is not born to be defeated” is a statement made by ________.
D、Ernest Hemingway
Of the following writers, ________ are from the Colonial and Revolutionary Periods.
C、Benjamin Franklin and Jonathan Edwards
________ is regarded as the “father of American literature”.
D、Washington Irving
The Scarlet Letter is a novel written by ________.
B、Nathaniel Hawthorne

第十五单元

In which stage, Chinese people passively communicate with the western societies?
D、The Invasion by Imperial Countries after 19th century
Which belongs to deep culture? A. Traditions
A、Languages
Which is not the elements of culture?
B、Culture determines people’s thought.
Which belongs to surface culture:
C、Food
Which does not belong to the stages of cultural awareness?
C、Non-judgmental observation
In intercultural communication study, what should we focus on firstly?
C、People’s communication in different nations

期末考试

Britain’s important fishing areas include all the following EXCEPT ________.
C、The sea area between Britain and Ireland
The Norman Conquest marked ________ in England.
A、the establishment of feudalism
Britain’s mild climate provides the country with a favorable environment for agriculture and ________.
D、stock raising
Which of the following statement about Independence Day is not true?
D、People eat turkey and pumpkin pies.
The US lies in the central of ________ with ________ to the north, ________ to the south, ________ to the east and ________ to the west.
C、North America, Canada, Mexico, the Atlantic, the Pacific.
The characteristics of dominant American culture are ________.
A、English speaking, Western European, Protestant, and middle class
Which of the following statements is not true?
D、The United States is regarded as a “melting pot” but not as a “salad bowl”.
Which of the following remarks is not true as regards to universities in Britain.
C、Admittance to universities depend on the GCSE results of students.
In the parliament, the House of Commons has important functions except ________.
A、to run the government.
Which is not the feature of the role of the monarchy in Britain?
D、It is political.
The four largest manufacturing industries are: computers and electronic products; ________; food, beverage and tobacco; and petroleum products.
B、chemicals
Which of the following statements is not true about Britain in World War II?
A、Britain lost the war.
President Johnson tried to build a “Great Society” by introducing various programs like the following except ________.
D、Welfare
The climate of Britain is classified as temperate, with ________ summers and ________ winters.
B、warm, cool
The Declaration of Independence was drafted by ________ and was adopted by the Congress on July 4, 1776.
B、Thomas Jefferson
Which of the following is not a name used to refer to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
C、Northern Ireland
Your English teacher explains some points from the text in class, but you don’t understand them, what would you do or say?
D、”I’m sorry, I still don’t understand. Could you please give an example?”
The total number of electors in the United States Electoral College is currently ________.
D、538
The car industry in Britain is mostly ________.
A、foreign-owned
Of all the high school graduates in America, ________ continue college after graduation.
B、more than 60%
William Dean Howells, Henry James, and Mark Twain are all masters of ________.
C、American Realism
The President is directly voted into office by ________.
C、electors elected by the voters
The fundamental cause for the Reformation was King Henry VIII’s efforts to ________.
B、break with Rome
Which of the following is the most important Christian festival for church-goers in Britain?
B、Easter
The most significant achievement of the English Renaissance is ________.
B、drama
The higher education comprises the following categories of institutions but ________.
D、graduate school
Leaves of Grass is a collection of poems by the great American poet ________.
A、Walt Whitman
If someone compliments your scarf, how would you respond to it appropriately?
C、Thank you. I like it too.
What does a “public school” in Britain refer to?
B、An independent school
Which of the following press is recognized as a platform for liberal and left-wing opinions in Britain?
C、The Guardian
The first shots in the American War of Independence were fired in ________.
D、Lexington
College applicants in America are chosen not on the basis of ________.
D、their social status
President ________ introduced the New Deal to deal with the problems of the Great Depression.
A、Roosevelt
________ is passed at the end of Glorious Revolution.
B、Bill of Rights
________ is the most famous metaphysical poet.
A、John Donne
________ is the longest river of Britain, which originates in Wales and flows through western England.
A、The Severn River
You are at the dinner table and want to get the salt on the other side of the table. What would you do or say?
B、Excuse me, could you pass me the salt please?
Who appoints cabinet ministers in Britain?
C、The Prime Minister
President Roosevelt in his New Deal in 1933 introduced his first act which was to deal with the ________.
C、banking crisis
________ is the most populous and wealthiest part of the country.
A、England
The Supreme Court is composed of ________ justices.
D、nine
American services for the affluent, include commercial banking, life insurance, ________ and law services.
A、real estate
Jane Austen, the author of ________, is famous for her novels about love and marriage.
C、Pride and Prejudice
In a business introduction, Americans may ask you to call them by their first name because ________.
B、They want to be comfortable during the discussion.
Which of the following statements is not the reason for Industrial Revolution?
D、The capitalist class became the most important force in the country.
Which of the following is not President Reagan’s achievements?
D、The gap between rich and poor was narrowed.
Which of the following statements is wrong?
D、The Republicans want the government to play an important role in the economy.
Employment in the ________ sector has been increasing in the US since the 1970s.
A、service
Toni Morrison is a Novel Prize winning African-American Writer and she is the author of ________.
D、Beloved
Which sentence incorrectly describes the Commonwealth?
D、Not all the member countries acknowledge the British monarch as the symbolic head.
Of the following practices, ________ did not belong to Thatcher’s social welfare reform.
A、Reducing unemployment
At present, nearly ________ of the world’s population communicate in English.
B、one-third
________ marked the beginning of the Cold War.
A、Truman Doctrine
Which of the following statements is not true?
C、Los Angeles is the third largest city in US. You will find Hollywood, Walk of Fame, Universal Studio, Disney Land there.
The following are all powers of the President except ________.
A、making laws
What is the British government made up of?
A、The Prime Minister and the Cabinet members.
Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau are representatives of ________.
A、New England Transcendentalism
At the heart of the British financial system is the ________, which was founded in 1694 and nationalized in 1946.
B、Bank of England
Some of the world famous universities like Harvard, MIT, and Yale are located in ________.
D、New England
________ is famous for his stream of consciousness novel Ulysses.
A、James Joyce