英美文化复习资料

英语国家社会与文化复习题（2010下）

I．判断正误。（考10题，共10分）

上册：

P15:

8. The Scots苏格兰人and Welsh威尔士人have a strong sense of being British. F

11. Scotland was unified 统一with England through peaceful means. T

P33:

7. The British government does not have direct rule from London over Northern Ireland. F

10. The Good Friday Agreement was approved on 10 April 1998. T

P46:

1. It is no doubt that Britain is the oldest representative democracy in the world. F

3. The oldest institution of government in Britain is the Monarchy. T

7. Britain is both a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy. T

P64:

2. The parliament can call an election sooner than five years. F

9. Children from the upper-middle-class usually have a better education than those from the working of middle-class. T

11. One of the distinctive features about the British class-system is that it has also retained a hereditary aristocracy. T

12. The majority of Britain’s recent immigrants have mainly come from North Asia and Caribbean countries. F

P78:

1. By the 1880’s the British economy was dominant in the would. T

3. By the and of Would War II, Britain had gone heavily into debt in order to develop its manufacturing industry and borrowed large amounts from the US and France. F

6. The leader of the Conservatives, Margaret Thatcher started a series of reforms. An extensive programme of privatization was carried out, and she was successful in an all-round way. F

P98:

1.Much early British literature was concerned with Christianity, and Anglo-Saxons produced many versions of the Bible. T.

4. There was a general flowering of culture and intellectual life in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries which is known as “The Renaissance.” F

5. William Shakespeare is a great poet and much is known of his life. F

8. Writers of romantic literature are more concerned with imagination and feeling than with the power of reason. T

9. Don Juan is an epic poem composed by John Milton. F

P112:

5. Public schools are part of the national education system and funded by the government. F

6. British universities are public bodies which receive funds from central government. T

P181:

1. When referring to Ireland, people mean either the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland, a province of Great Britain. T

4. Ireland has an extreme weather and four distinct seasons. F

8. Although the language of the Celts survived through history, their language is not the official language. F

P252:

2. Most of Australia’s unique plants and animals are imported from other continents. F

5. Dreaming helps the indigenous people to survive in the harsh environment of the desert of Australia. T

7. European travelers declared the continent of Australia terra nullius before the British did. F

下册：P13：

2. In size, New Zealand is similar to Japan plus the British Isles. F

4. Maori people have given up their cultural tradition and have adopted many aspects of western life. F

6. New Zealand was the first country in the world to give women the right to vote. T

P49:

2. Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492. T

3. The first English permanent settlement was founded in California. F