英美文化常识(北外保送生考试常年保留题型!!!)7页word文档

2021年1月25日发(作者：twist)
are the two major parties in Britan?
------They are the Conservative Party and the Labour Party.
is the official full name of Britain?
-----It is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
is the head of government in Ireland?
-----It is the Prime Minister.
is James Joyce?
-----He is the most well-know Irish writer of the modern period.
were the first Americans?
------They were the Indians.
kind of economic system does the United States have?
-----It has a free-market economy with a dominant private sector.
is bilingualism?
-----The phenomenon that English and French are the two official languages in Canada is called
bilingualism.
are the geographical feature of Australia as a continent?
------Australia is the flatest and lowest of the continents.
are the powers the constitution confers on the House of Representatives?
------The House of Representatives has powers to make and change laws.
animal is a national symbol of New Zealand?
------The kiwi is a national symbol of the country.
is the Renaissance?
------Renaissance was the revival of classical literature and artistic styles in European history.
are the most important journals in the U.K.?
------They are the Economist,New Statesman and Society,and Spectator.
is the Shannon River important to Ireland?
------Because it provides electricity for much of the Republic.
many states are there in the United States?
------There are 50 states in the United States.
is Hispanic?
------A Hispanic is a Spanish-speaking person of the United States.
is the Bill of Rights?
-------It is the term used for the first ten amendments to the Constitution.
is the Canada Council?
-----It is th
e Canadian Government’s funding agency.

is Aborigines?
-------It is the term used to describe the original people of Australia.
was the nature of the White Australia Policy?
------It
was
a
discriminatory
immigration
policy,which
restricted
the
non
–
whites
to
enter
Australia.
are New Zealand’s main exports?

------Meat,wool and dairy products are main exports.
was Queen Mary known as?
------
She was known as the “Bloody Mary”and also remembered as the monarch who lost the last
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British possession on the continent------ French port of calais.
did Britain become after the Industrial Revolution?
-----
Britain became the “workshop of the world”.

is the House of Lords made up of?
------It is made up of the Lords Spiritual and the Lords Temporal.
are the two major parties in Ireland?
------They are Fianna Fail and Fine Gael.
is meant by “Vietnamization” of the war?

--------It meant that South Vietnamese troops would be war-built up to replace Americal fighting
force.
country is the world’s biggest producer and user of tobacco?

------It is the U.S.A..
was the only writer in colonial period still read today?
-------He was Benjamin Franklin.
was the first prime minister in Canada?
------He was Sir John Macdonald.
was the convict system?
------In the convict system, the convicts were punished by being transported to remote places.
is New Zealand electricity produced?
------It is produced by: firstly,hydropower;secondly,gas;thirdly,coal.
is the most important established Church in Britain?
-----It is the Church of England.
is the jury’s job in Britain?

------In criminal cases,it is to decide the issue of guilt or innocence.
were oil and natural gas found in Britain?
------Oil and natural gas are found under the North Sea.
are the characteristics of Ireland’s climate?

-----
It can be described as “mild,moist and changeable”.

did the real Americal Literature begin?
-----It began after the America War of Independence.
is the president of the United States’ offcial residence?

-----The White House is his official residence.
kind of history do people often say that the history of Canada?
------People often say that the history of Canada is a history of immigration.
is “urban sprawl’’?

------It refers to a city that has grown over a large area of land.
is the way of changing the constitution in Australia?
------The Constitution can be changed only by referendum.
is the volcanic activity in New Zealand?
------The volcanic activity can be found on the central plateau in North Island.
are the three natural zones in Scotland?
------They are the Highlands in the north,the central Lowlands and the southern Uplands.
was the Gunpowder plot of 1605?
------It was the most famous of the Catholic conspiracies.
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did the English Industrial Revolution begin with?
-----It began with the textile industry.
is the capital of Ireland?
------It is Dublin.
state is the largest in the United States?
------Alaska is the largest one.
is the American foreign policy in the early 1930s?
-----In the early 1930s,the American foreign policy was isolationist.
is affirmative action?
------It is the preferential treatment for minorities and women in education and employment.
was established in 1670 in Canada?
------The English Hudson Bay Company was established in 1670.
hemisphere is Australia in?
------It is in the Southern hemisphere.
is the capital of New Zealand?
------It is Wellington.
were the Vikings?
-----The Vikings were the Norwegians and the Danes from Denmark.
system was completely established under William in English?
-----The feudal system was completely established under William in English.
are the main courts of civil jurisdiction in England and Wales?
-----They are the Country Courts.
did Ireland declare itself a republic?
------Ireland declared itself a republic on April 18,1949.
is known as the agricultural capital of the U.s.?
-----Omaha is known as the argricultural capital of the U.S.A..
is the most central functions of the Congress in America?
-----It is the passage of laws.
is Mark Twain’
s master work?
-----It is the Adventure of Huckleberry Finn.
city is Canada’s largest city?

-----It is Toronto.
was Australia called in the 1950s?
------
Australia was called “the lucky country”in the 1950s.

do you think is the most noticeable feature of New Zealand geography?
-----It is mountains widely spread all over the country where active volcanoes scatter.
war was relatively smooth,with no bloodshed,nor any execution of the king in Britain?
------It is the Glorious Revolution.
are the three periods as far as the evolution of the British economy is concerned?
-------There
are
steady
development
in
the
50s
and
60s,economic
recession
in
the
70s
and
economic recovery in the 80s.
is a constitutional monarchy?
------It is a governmental system in which the head of State is a king or a queen who reigns but
does not rule.
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