英美文化判断题汇总

第三单元
1、It is no doubt that Britain is the oldest representative democracy（民主）in the world
2、In Britain, the process of state-building（国家建设）has been one of evolution rather than revolution, contrast to France and the US（与法国和美国相比）
3、The oldest institution（机构）of government in Britain is the Monarchy （君主政体）
4、The divine（神圣的）right of the king means the sovereign（主权）derived（派生的）his authority（权威）from his subjects（主题）
5、As the king in theory had God on his side, it was thought that he should exercise absolute（绝对）power
6、The term “parliament（议会）” was first officially used in 1066 to describe the gathering of feudal barons（封建贵族）and representatives from counties and towns
7、Britain is both a parliamentary democracy（议会民主制）and a constitutional monarchy（君
主立宪制）
8、Britain, like Israel, has a written constitution of the sort which most countries have
9、Common laws are laws which have been established（建立）through common practice（实践）in the courts（法院）
第四单元
1、In the UK, a government cannot stand for longer than five years except in exceptional circumstances（情况下）
2、Anyone who is eligible（符合条件的）to vote with 500 pounds as deposit（存款）can stand as an MP（国会议员）
3、Each main party is given some time on national TV to “sell” their policies. The time is not given free and has to be paid by the party
4、The amount spent in national campaign（运动）is not limited other than that on TV
5、Secrecy（保密）is not an important part of the voting process
6、There are two major national parties in the U.K. according to the text
7、Liberal Democratic（自由民主）party is the newest of the major national parties
8、Children from the upper-middle-class（中上层阶级）usually have a better education than those from the working or middle-class
9、The majority of middle-class people today have working class parents or grandparents
10、One of the distinctive features（独特的特征）about the British class-system is that it has also retained（保留）a hereditary aristocracy （世袭的贵族）
11、The majority of Britain’s recent immigrants have mainly come from
North Asia（北亚）and Caribbean（加勒比）countries
12、Most immigrants earn a living by opening restaurants or becoming musicians
13、The majority have problems of unemployment published its Household Energy Management Strategy（家庭能源管理策略）
14、On March 2, 2010, the British government publish its Household Energy Management Strategy
15、On December 27, 2009 the TN Climate（气候）Change Conference was held in Copenhagen
16、According to the Kyoto Protocol（京都议定书）, the government has agreed that the UK will meet tough targets（艰难的目标）to reduce carbon emissions incrementally（增量）between now and 2020
第七单元
1、The purpose of British education is not only to provide children with literacy（读写能力）and the other basic skills but also to socialize（社交）children
2、The state seldom interferes（干扰）with the decision of when, where, how and what children are taught
3、The enduring feature（持久特征）of British education is the continuing debate over what should be taught in schools
4、The 1944 Education Act made entry to secondary schools（中学）and universit ies “meritocratic（精英）”
5、Public schools are part of the national education system and funded by the government
6、British universities are public bodies which receive funds from central government
7、All secondary schools in Britain are run and supervised（监督）by the government
8、In Oxford and Cambridge the BA converts to an MA several years later, upon payment of a fee
9、Independent schools get money mainly through the private sector（部门）and tuition（学费）
rates, with some government support
10、Grammar schools select children at the age of 11 and provide them with a general education
world.
美国部分
Unit4
1. When the War of Independence was over, the United States was one unified nation as it is today. was not
2. The agreement that set this plan of cooperation among different states after the War of American Independence was called the Constitution of the United States. the 联邦条款
3. The US Constitution set up a federal system with a strong central
government. 联邦制
4. The main duty of the Congress is to make laws, including those which levy taxes that pay for the work of the federal government. 国会
5. Under a Constitutional Amendment passed in 1951, a president can be elected to only one term. two terms
6. The president has the authority to appoint federal judges, and all such court appointments are subject to confirmation by the House of Representatives. 众议院the Senate 参议院
7. The 10 very short paragraphs which guarantee freedom and individual rights and forbid interference with lives of individuals by the government are called the Bill of Rights. 人权法案
8. The idea of checks and balances as a way of restricting governmental power and preventing its abuse was first provided in the Federalist Paper. 制约与平衡
9. Today, the United State has two major political parties. One is the Democratic Party, formed before 1800. The other is the Republican Party, formed in the 1850s, by the people in the states of the North and West. 民主党，共和党
10. Americans have to join a political party in order to vote to be a candidate for public office. 公职do not have to
Unit 6 Religion in the United States
1. During the War of Independence and many years after that the
Americans were mostly concerned about religious freedom.Americans‟ minds during the War of Independence and for years afterward.
2. According to the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, there would be a state-supported region. 联邦政府不得给予任何宗教以特殊优惠。

3. Those citizens whose religion forbids them to fight in wars can perform other services instead of becoming soldiers.
4. The Baptists are the largest Protestant group in the US with 25 million members. 浸礼会教徒
5. There are more than 100 Protestant sects in the United States today. 派别
6. There are more Catholic than Protestant in the US.
7. John F. Kennedy was the first Catholic elected as the US president.
8. Today many Jewish people don‟t think of themselves as ethnically Jewish any more and have adopted a secular, non-religious outlook. 犹太教人
9. When a Supreme Court decision made abortion legal in America,
10. In America, scientific and economic advance and rising material progress have been accompanied by a decline in religious observance. Unit 8 Education in the United States
1. Critics of the affirmative 肯定的action programs are of the opinion that this results in reverse discrimination. 逆向歧视
2. The Servicemen‟s Readjustment Act, or GI Bill of Right, gave veterans 退役军人priority重点，优先in finding better jobs.
3. American university students have always liked to get degrees that are aimed at preparing them specifically for certain professions.
4. One of the things that decides whether an applicant can be accepted by
a college is his/her scores on the Scholastic Aptitude Tests.
5. According to the author, larger universities are always better, and more desirable universities are always more expensive. 令人满意的
6. It takes at least four years to get a bachelor‟s degree from an institution of higher learning in the US.
7. Segregating blacks into separate school was unconstitutional after the decision of the Supreme Court in 1954.
8. Harvard College was originally founded to train government officials. religious ministers。