英美文化复习范围

英美文化考试范围（加强版）

题型

一、选择题 55分二、填空题 15分三、简答题 20分（4问）四、问答题 10分（2选1） 具体范围

一、选择题 第1、3、5、10章课后选择题

补充：Unit 1

1. The ancestors of the Welsh are ___A__.

A. the Celts B. the Romans C. the Angles D. the Normans

2. Which of the following is not one of the three Germanic tribes that came to be the basis of modern English race?A

A. the Viking Danes B. the Angles C. the Saxons D. the Jutes

3. The historical Arthur is believed by most historians as a _A__ warrior.

A. Celtic B Anglo C Saxon D Norman

4. For much of the Middle Ages, Britain was ruled by a(n) ___B___-speaking aristocracy.

A. English B. French C. German D. Gaelic

Unit 2

1. One of the following took place during the Elizabethan age:B

A. the making of the Magna Carta

B. the defeat of the Spanish Armada by the English navy

C. the rule of Alfred the Great

D. the defeat of King Harold by France

2. In England, the monarch, D , declared that the Pope was no longer head of the Church of England.

A. Bloody Mary C. King Henry V

B. Queen Elizabeth I. D. King Henry VIII

3. Three of the following were characteristics of the Elizabethan age. Which of the four is the exception? A

A. Queen Elizabeth advocated the Divine Right and quarreled with Parliament.

B. Protestantism gradually became the dominant faith.

C. This was the age of literature when Shakespeare lived and when English literature blossomed.

D. This was the age of adventure on the sea.

4. Victorianism was characterized by the following except D

A. It was in an age of imperialism

B. It saw the great progress in sciences with Charles Darwin as a prominent figure.

C. It was the age when the great progress was made in the field of communications.

D. It was an age when the Battle of Hastings was won by the Duke of Wellington. Unit5

21. Which of the following states is called “the Old Colony State”? B

A. Pennsylvania B. Massachusetts C. Delaware D. Georgia

22. The term “Father of Waters” is used to refer to _____C_____.

A. the Amazon River C. the Mississippi River

B. the Nile River D. the Hudson River

23. Which of the following was not first grown by Native Americans? B

A. potato C. pumpkin

B. cabbage D. corn

24. The first colony at Jamestown in Virginia survived because the colonists discovered a way to earn money. Which of the following was discovered by the Virginians? B

A. shipping cotton to Europe

B. growing tobacco in Virginia

C. making a profit by fishing

D. growing cotton

25. Three of the following were the motives of the English Puritans who went to New England as immigrants. Which was the exception? A

A. They believed that the Church of England was not Catholic enough.

B. They believed that the Church of England was too Catholic in religious practices.

C. They were persecuted in England.

D. They wanted to established a colony based on their own religious ideals.

26. Thanksgiving Day is originally celebrated by people for __D___.

A. health

B. safety

C. freedom

D. harvest

27. __C___ was the only Founding Father to sign the Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, the Treaty of Alliance with France, and the Treaty of Paris.

A. George Washington B. Thomas Jefferson C. Benjamin Franklin D. John Adams

28. The following words of wisdom were given by Benjamin Franklin except __B___

A. A penny saved is a penny earned.

B. All for one, one for all. ([法] Dumas pére大仲马)

C. Time is money.

D. Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

29. George Washington served _B____ term(s) as US President.

A. one B. two C. three D. four

30. The author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin was ______C______.

A. Thomas Paine B. Barbara Smith

C. Harriet Beecher Stowe D. Mark Twain

判断会变为选择题型

39. The first English colony was set in (Jamestown in Virginia).

40. The (bald eagle) was chosen as the representative of the United States.

41. Geographically the United States can be roughly divided into three parts— the western part, the southern part and New England. (X)

42. The (Rocky Mountains) are the backbone of North America.

45. Pilgrim Fathers settled at Plymouth in (1620).

46. The purpose of the First Continental Congress was to (放宽高压政策)

47. (Benjamin Franklin) was the first to celebrate the American Dream.

50. The Bill of Rights ensured the （individual liberties）

51. Mount Rushmore is famous for the faces of four American Presidents, who are G. Washington, T. Jefferson, A. Lincoln, and T. Roosevelt. （此处有改动，原版为F.Roosevelt，是错误的）

52. The Battle of Gettysburg was fought on July 1 and 2, 1863 and is considered the turning point in the (Civil War.)

二、填空题

Unit1

5. Normans under William the Conqueror invaded England from France, defeating the Saxon king Harold at the Battle of ___ ____ Hastings ____ in 1066.

6.The full name of the United Kingdom is _ The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

___.

6. The two largest islands of the British Isles are _ England ___ and __ Ireland.__. (此处有改动)

7. All the kings of the Middle Ages in Britain spoke __ French ___ as their mother tongue, and after the Hundred Years’ War, the __ English ____ language took its place.

8. What are the main consequences of the Norman Conquest? The significance of Norman Conquest lies in the following aspects: the foundation of aristocracy, the final unifica …… 此处隐藏：7301字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……