英美社会与文化期末试题样式和说明

哈工大 2013 年 春 季学期

大学英语社会与文化试题 (B)

Part I True or False Questions (0.5 x 40 = 20 Points ) Directions: Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to what you have learned in the textbook. And write your answers on the Answer Sheet .

01. Most of Australia’s u nique plants and animals are imported form other continents. 02. Keats, Shelley and Byron brought the Romantic Movement to its height

03. Sinn Fein is a legal political party in Northern Ireland.

Part II Multiple Choice Questions ( 0.5 x 50 = 25 points ) Directions: Choose the best answer to each statement or question according to the information you have got in the textbook. And Write your answers on the Answer Sheet.

01. How many counties are there in Northern Ireland?

A. 26

B. 6

C. 32

D. 20

02. Which of the following is NOT an effect of immigration on British society?

A. There is now a varied cuisine for people to choose from.

B. Class tension has increased.

C. New forms of popular music have emerged.

D. Different religious beliefs have been practiced actively.

03. Which of the following is a privately funded university in Britain?

A. The University of Cambridge.

B. The University of Oxford.

C. The University of Edinburgh.

D. The University of Buckingham.

Part III Filling in the Blanks (0.5 x 60 = 30 Points ) Directions: Fill in the blanks with the correct answer according to the facts that you have learned in the textbook and you can select your answers from the following reference words. And write your answers on the Answer Sheet.

01. Shakespeare’s plays fall into three categories: , comedies and history plays. 02. Comprehensive schools provide a general education from subjects like

literature and science to more practical subjects like cooking and carpentry.

03. Britain has one of the world’s oldest established newspaper industries. The Times ,

which began publishing in 1785, is Britain’s oldest newspaper.

1. daily

2. quality

3. tabloid

4. tragedies

5. academic

6. intelligent

7. national 8. Guardian 9. Financial Times 10. magic

Part IV Explaining The Terms (2 x 5 = 10 points)

Directions: There are five terms in the part. You should explain or describe them in detail.

Please write your answers on the Answer Sheet.

1. The Kiwi

2. The Open Polytechnic in New Zealand

3. The Bill of Rights in the USA

4. “The Wizard of Menlo Park”

5. Martin Luther King Jr.

6. The Strategy of Preemption in the USA

7. Early Jazz Music

8. The Canadian Identity

9. The Canadian Mosaic 10. The Inuit

Part V Writing (1 x 15 = 15 points) Directions:Write a summary and comment on one of the following topics. Please give your description and opinions about the topic as much in detail

as possible. Remember to write no less than 200 words and copy

neatly on the Answer Sheet.

1. How do you understand foreign policies of the USA? Give your comment

on them

2. What are three big parties in the UK? What are some of the similarities

and dissimilarities among the three parties? Compare with the parties in the USA and comment on them

3. What are the similarities and differences in the government systems

between the UK and the USA? Give your comment on them.

4. Do you think Multiculturalism in Australia enables migrants from other

countries to have equality? Compare with the USA and comment on them.

5. What were the major social movements of the 1960s in the USA? Give your

comment on them..