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1.What are the two major parties in Britan?

------They are the Conservative Party and the Labour Party.

2.What is the official full name of Britain?

-----It is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

3.Who is the head of government in Ireland?

-----It is the Prime Minister.

4.Who is James Joyce?

-----He is the most well-know Irish writer of the modern period.

5.Who were the first Americans?

------They were the Indians.

6.What kind of economic system does the United States have?

-----It has a free-market economy with a dominant private sector.

7.What is bilingualism?

-----The phenomenon that English and French are the two official languages in Canada is called bilingualism.

8.What are the geographical feature of Australia as a continent?

------Australia is the flatest and lowest of the continents.

9.What are the powers the constitution confers on the House of Representatives?

------The House of Representatives has powers to make and change laws.

10.What animal is a national symbol of New Zealand?

------The kiwi is a national symbol of the country.

11.What is the Renaissance?

------Renaissance was the revival of classical literature and artistic styles in European history.

12.What are the most important journals in the U.K.?

------They are the Economist,New Statesman and Society,and Spectator.

13.Why is the Shannon River important to Ireland?

------Because it provides electricity for much of the Republic.

14.How many states are there in the United States?

------There are 50 states in the United States.

15.What is Hispanic?

------A Hispanic is a Spanish-speaking person of the United States.

16.What is the Bill of Rights?

-------It is the term used for the first ten amendments to the Constitution.

17.What is the Canada Council?

-----It is the Canadian Government’s funding agency.

18.What is Aborigines?

-------It is the term used to describe the original people of Australia.

19.What was the nature of the White Australia Policy?

------It was a discriminatory immigration policy,which restricted the non –whites to enter Australia.

20.What are New Zealand’s main exports?

------Meat,wool and dairy products are main exports.

21.What was Queen Mary known as?

------She was known as the “Bloody Mary”and also remembered as the monarch who lost the last

英美国家政治、地理、历史、文学等各方面的知识问答(英文版)北外、上外等高校保送生考试题型!!!

British possession on the continent------French port of calais.

22.What did Britain become after the Industrial Revolution?

-----Britain became the “workshop of the world”.

23.What is the House of Lords made up of?

------It is made up of the Lords Spiritual and the Lords Temporal.

24.What are the two major parties in Ireland?

------They are Fianna Fail and Fine Gael.

25.What is meant by “Vietnamization” of the war?

--------It meant that South Vietnamese troops would be war-built up to replace Americal fighting force.

26.Which country is the world’s biggest producer and user of tobacco?

------It is the U.S.A..

27.Who was the only writer in colonial period still read today?

-------He was Benjamin Franklin.

28.Who was the first prime minister in Canada?

------He was Sir John Macdonald.

29.What was the convict system?

------In the convict system, the convicts were punished by being transported to remote places.

30.How is New Zealand electricity produced?

------It is produced by: firstly,hydropower;secondly,gas;thirdly,coal.

31.What is the most important established Church in Britain?

-----It is the Church of England.

32.What is the jury’s job in Britain?

------In criminal cases,it is to decide the issue of guilt or innocence.

33.Where were oil and natural gas found in Britain?

------Oil and natural gas are found under the North Sea.

34.What are the characteristics of Ireland’s climate?

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

35.What did the real Americal Literature begin?

-----It began after the America War of Independence.

36.Where is the president of the United States’ offcial residence?

-----The White House is his official residence.

37.What 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.

38.What is “urban sprawl’’?

------It refers to a city that has grown over a large area of land.

39.What is the way of changing the constitution in Australia?

------The Constitution can be changed only by referendum.

40.Where is the volcanic activity in New Zealand?

------The volcanic activity can be found on the central plateau in North Island.

41.What are the three natural zones in Scotland?

------They are the Highlands in the north,the central Lowlands and the southern Uplands.

英美国家政治、地理、历史、文学等各方面的知识问答(英文版)北外、上外等高校保送生考试题型!!!

42.What was the Gunpowder plot of 1605?

------It was the most famous of the Catholic conspiracies.

43.What did the English Industrial Revolution begin with?

-----It began with the textile industry.

44.What is the capital of Ireland?

------It is Dublin.

45.Which state is the largest in the United States?

------Alaska is the largest one.

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