英语国家社会与文化入门试卷2772171

英语国家社会与文化》考试试卷（A 卷）

适用班级

学院外国语班级学号姓名成绩

考试时间120 分钟

一二三四五六七八九十总分

题号

分数

得分

一、Fill in the following information gaps(20%)(1 point each)

1.England is a highly ____1____ country ,with more than 80% of its population living in cities ,and about 2% of the population working in agriculture.

2.The first permanent settlement in North America was established, in today's

__ 2 in the year of 1607

3.The American transcendentalist, _____3______- published a startling book called Nature he claimed by studying and respecting to nature individual could reach a higher spiritual state without form religion .

4.The U.S. federal government consist of the following three branches

____4____, the legislative and the judicial .

5.One advantage of corporation over sole proprietorship and partnership is that it has _____5___,so investors risked only the amount of their investment and not their entire assets

6.The best -known stock exchange is ___6_________located in Wall Street area of New York City

7.WASP stands for ______7_______.

8.The majority of the Catholics in the U.S. are descendants of immigrants from _______8______,Italy and Poland.

9. _______9______ , they refer to the five novels written by Fennimore Cooper.

10.A collection of poems written by_____10____, it is a ground-breaking book. That is Leaves of Grass.

11.An jazz music ensemble of musicians consists of two sections: the front line and ____11_____.

12.M.B.A and G.R.E. stand for Master of Business Administration and

_______12______ in U.S. education.

13.In the U.S., B.A. and B.S. stand for Bachelor of Arts and

_______13________in higher education.

14.The two most well known computer companies are IBM and_____14____ in the United States.

15.In the 11th century Britain was invaded by a group of__15____ from northern France .

16.Two Scottish cities which have a ancient and internationally respected universities _______16________ and Glasgow.

17.The Britain, the official head of state is now the King while the real center of political life is in ______17________ .

18.The British Constitution consists of _____18________ ,the common laws and conventions.

19.In jazz music major musical instrument include violin,

_____19_____,piano,trombone , cymbal ,bell, hollow wooden block, chimes ,drum, guitar etc.

20.In the American education , A.A. stands for ____20______.

得分

二、Choose the correct answer for each of the following (35%)(1 point each)

1. Which of the following was NOT one of the three forces that led to the modem development of Europe?

A. The growth of capitalism.

B. The Renaissance.

C. The Religious Reformation.

D. Tile spiritual leadership of the Roman Catholic Church.

1.Who was the first to start the Religious Revolution that brought about the modern development of Europe?

B. John Calvin

C. John Locke

A. Martin Luther D. John Adams

3. Which of the following American values did NOT come from Puritanism?