《英美文化概况》

《英美文化概况》(13)

中国石油大学（北京）2013--2014学年第一学期

《英美文化概况》期末考试试卷A（闭卷考试）

班级：________ 姓名： _______ 学号： ______

Part I Tell whether each of the following statements is true or false. （20 分）

1._________ The best-k nown En glish lege nd, King Arthur,

derives from the Anglo- Saxons ' time.

2._________ English drama flourished during Elizabeth I era.

3._________ After World War II, the British economy became the

2nd largest power in the world.

4._________ America was named after the great discoverer

Amerigo Vespucci.

5._________ Britain is situated in Western Europe.

6._________ The Lake District is closely related with English

literature in the 19 th century.

7._________ The Iongest river in North America is the Missouri

River.

8._________ Com mon laws are laws which have bee n established through common practice in the courts.

9.________ The "Bill of Rights" was added to the Constitution in 1791.

10.________ Most heavily populated districts have more senators than the small states.

11._______ The United States has two major political parties:

the Democratic Party and the Conservative Party.

12.________ Tolerance and respect for others are central to the way of life in the U.K.

13.________ The Protestant Church and the Catholic Church

are two major groups in Christianity.

14.________ The second largest religious group in the U.K. is

Buddhism.

15. _______ The University of Oxford is the second oldest

university in the English-speaking world.

16. _______ Easter Day is to celebrate Christ 's resurrection

from the dead.

17.________ The New York Times was the first newspaper to

expose the Watergate Scandal.

18._______ Benjamin Franklin 's Autobiography recorded

how a man rose to fame and wealth from being poor and

obscure.

19.________ Hawthorne 's unique gift was for the creation

of strongly symbolic stories which touch the deepest roots of man 's moral nature.

20. _______ As a critic and also a prolific writer, Mark

Twain became the leader of realism in America.

Part II Fill in the blanks with the correct information. （20

分）

1.The U.S. is bordered by ______ on the north and by ______

and the Gulf of Mexico on the south.

2.The central part of the United States is composed of vast

plains between _______________ and _________________ .

3.The District of Columbia was named after ______________________

while the city of Washington was named after

4.The Parliament is composed of three parts: the queen, the

House of ______ , and the House of __________ .

5.In the U.K., the official head of state is _______________ w hile