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《英美国家概况》
平时作业（
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EXERCISE
ONE
（练习一）
一、
Explain the following in
English:
1.
The
Anglo-Saxons
2.
The House of Lords
3.
Margaret
Thatcher
4.
Concorde
5.
Elizabethan drama
二、
Fill in the blanks:
1.
The island of
Great Britain is made up of ____________,
____________and ____________.
2.
The full name
of the United Kingdom is _________________ and
____________.
3.
Britain consists of _________nations,
including England, ___________, __________ and
____________ .
4.
The capital of Scotland is
____________, which is well-known for its natural
__________..
5.
In Britain, the official head of state
is ____________while the real center of political
life is
in ___________ .
6.
Three major
parties in the UK are _____________,
______________and ______________ .
7.
The UK is
divided into ______________constituencies with
each of them represented by a
member in
_____________ .
8.
The UK economy can be divided into
three main sectors: ____________________, ________
____________ and _______________ .
9.
One of the
oldest of the early “old English” literary works
is ca
lled _________________ .
10.
______________ is generally regarded as
Geoffrey Chaucer’s masterpiece.
三、
Answer the following
questions:
1.
“British history has been a history of
invasion”. Please illustrate this point with the
examples
from the text.
2.
Why is
Northern Ireland, according to the author, so
significant in the United Kingdom?
3.
What is the
history of English parliament? What role did it
play in the Civil War?
4.
What are the similarities and
dissimilarities between the three big parties in
the UK?
5.
What
are some of the characteristics of the early
writing in English Literature?
EXERCISE TWO
（练习二）
一、
Explain the
following in English:
1.
London
2.
The British Isles
3.
The Easter
Rising
4.
The
Conservative party
5.
Modernism
二、
Fill
in the blanks:
1.
The author of Ivanhoe was
_________________; Charles Dickens wrote
_______________
and _______________ .
2.
The most
famous novel by John Fowles was called
______________ .
3.
In 1979, the Conservative party under
______________ came into power and carried out a
program of _______________ .
4.
The party
which wins the majority seats in parliament forms
______________and its
party
leader becomes ______________ .
5.
The electoral
register refers to _____________________ .
6.
According to
tradition, most peerages can only be passed
through the ____________ lines.
7.
To pursue
Irish independence, the most spectacular event in
the Irish history was __________
of
1916, in which the rebels occupied Dublin’s
_____________ .
8.
The Anglo-
Saxons began to settle in Britain in
______________ century.
9.
Charles the First, king of Britain, was
executed, because he attempted to ______________in
the English Revolution.
10.
The two
Scottish cities which have ancient and
internationally respected universities are ____
___________ and _____________ .
三、
Answer the following
questions:
1.
What are the differences between
England, Scotland and Wales in terms of cultural
tradition
2.
What
kind of institution is the House of Lords? What
role does it play in British government?
3.
How has the
English monarchy evolved gradually to the present
constitutional monarchy?
4.
Please define “absolute decline and
relative decline” in the UK economy.
5.
Who was the
best known figure in Elizabethan Drama? What were
some of the major works
done by him?
EXERCISE THREE
（练习三）
一、
Explain the following in
English:
1.
Wimbledon
2.
Christmas
3.
Open University
4.
The hereditary
aristocracy
5.
The British empire.
二、
Fill in the blanks:
1.
Name
two
of
the
well-known
daily
newspapers
in
Britain:
______________and
___________.
2.
There are ___________members of the
Commonwealth including __________ countries as
well as ___________ industrial
countries.
3.. The present foreign
policy of Britain is generally influenced by its
____________ and also by
its _____________ .
3.
One
distinctive
feature
about
the
class
system
in
Britain
is
that
it
still
retains
a
____________ .
4.
____________ is the name used to refer
to the top two universities: Cambridge and Oxford.
5.
GCSE stands
for ______________________________________________
.
6.
Two famous
public schools in England are ________________ and
________________ .
7.
One widely practiced custom on Scottish
Hogmanay is __________________ .
8.
On the second
Saturday in June, the Queen’s birthday is
officially celebrated by ___________
around ______________ in London.
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