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英语国家社会与文化期末试题三（燕山大学）发布人：圣才学习网发布日期：2010-08-21 10:32
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I.Fill in the blanks（20 points）
1.Britain consists of（1）nations，including England，（2），（3），and（4）.2.To pursue Irish independence，the most spectacular event in the Irish history was（5）
of 1916，in which the rebels occupied Dublin’s（6）and forced the British to take it
by military means.3.The U.S.federal government consists of the following three branches： the（7），the（8）and the（9）.4.A government in Britain cannot stand for longer than（10）years except in exceptional
circumstances.5.（11）was not conquered by the Romans，nor was it conquered by Anglo-Saxons.6.The UK economy can be broken down into three main areas：（12）industries，（13）
industries and（14）industries.In Pharmaceuticals，the British company GlaxoWellcome is the
biggest（15）company in the world.ICI is the second largest（16）manufacturer in the
world.7.（17）set up the colony of Pennsylvania in America.（18）set up the colony of
Maryland.8.One of the developments brought about by the Industrial Revolution in America is the
emergence of new forms of busine organizations，notably the（19）and the（20）.II.Choose the correct answer from each of the following，and write down the
corresponding letter in the brackets.（20 points）
（）1.Which of the following statements about the UK economy is NOT true？
（A）Britain remains one of the Group of Seven large industrial economies.（B）Britain has experienced a relative economic decline since 1945.（C）There has been a period of steady decreasing of living standards.（D）Some smaller economies have overtaken the UK in terms of output per capita.（）2.Which of the following livestock has the biggest number in the UK？
（A）beef cattle
（B）diary cattle
（C）chicken
（D）sheep
（）3.The “American system” of ma production was first used in.（B）textile industry（A）car industry
（C）firearms industry（D）
agriculture
（）4.The latest technology that American farmers have adopted is.（A）artificial fertilizers（B）
pesticide
（C）tractors
（D）computers
（）5.Which group of people can NOT vote in the general election in Great Britain？
（A）members in the house of Commons
（B）Lords in the House of Lords（C）the UK citizens above the age of 18（D）the UK resident citizens of the Irish Republic（）6.Who is the last leader of the Labor party in Great Britain at present？
（A
C））John Harold（B）Tony Blair Major（（D）Margaret Thatcher Wilson
（）7.The following were some of the characteristics of Protestantism except.（A）challenging the authority of the Pope
（B）salvation through faith
（C）salvation through the church
（D）establishing a direct contact with God
（）8.Both public and private universities in the United States depend on the following
sources of income except.（B）student tuition
（（AC））investmentendowments
（D）government funding
（）9.In the United States school systems，which of the following divisions is true？
（A）elementary school，grammar school（B）elementary school，junior high school（C）elementary school，secondary school（D）junior high school，senior high school
（）10.The expenditure in American public schools is guided or decided by.（A teachers（B）students
（C）headmasters（D）boards of education
III.Answer the following questions briefly.1.What are the major invasions in the British history？（8 points）
2.What are the three major national parties in Great Britain？ And what are the two major
political parties in the U.S.？（5 points）
3.Who cannot vote in the general election in the U.K.？（4 points）
4.What is the background in the 16th and 17th century Europe against which the colonists
began to set up permanent settlements in North America？（6 points）
IV.Matching（10 points）
The left column is a list of people’s names，and the right one is some information about
these people.Match them and write down the letter of the information on the line before the
names.1.Robert Burnsa.the UK’s first woman
Prime Minister and the former leader of the Conservative Party
2.King Haroldb.the king of England in the
5th century and united the British and drove the Saxons back
3.William Pennc.the leader of the SCLC
during the civil rights movement of the 1960s in the U.S.4.Lord Baltimore IId.an outlaw who hid himself in the forest and robbed from the rich to give the poor
5.Richard Nixone.the Saxon king who was defeated and killed in the battle of Hasting in 1066
6.Robin Hoodf.a poet who wrote in Scots dialect and the author of“Auld Land Syne”
7.King Arthurg.a legal political party in Northern Ireland which supports the IRA to fight for the union of Ireland
8.Margaret Thatcherh.the founder of the colony of Maryland
9.Martin Luther King，Jr.i.the former President of the U.S.，who was involved in the Watergate scandal
10.Sinn Feinj.the man who set up the colony of Pennsylvania
V.Write an eay of about 300 words choosing from one of the following topics.（27 points）
1.Make a comparison between the British educational system and the American educational system.2.What are the reasons for the succe of the American economy？
3.What are the reasons for the problem in Northern Ireland？
4.What do you think is the relationship between English language learning and culture study？ What can you learn from this course？
