英語國家概況答案

1、英語作業(yè)答案Unit 1I .Read the following statements carefully and decide whether they areTrue orFalse.1. The island of Great Britain is geographically divided into three parts: England,Scotland and Wales. (T)英倫三島包括英格蘭、蘇格蘭和威爾士。2. People in different parts of Britain like to use the name England to refer tot

2、heir country. (F) British3. Today more than half of the people in Wales still speak the ancient Welshlanguage. (F)4. In terms of population and area， Northern Ireland is the second largest partof the United Kingdom. (F) 英格蘭是面積最大，人口最多的5. The longest river of Britain originates in Wales. (T) The River

3、 Severn 文河6. Because of political troubles， Northern Ireland has been quite significantamong the four constituent parts of the United Kingdom. (T)1. The two main islands of the British Isles are.不列顛群島是由兩個(gè)大島組成的：不列顛和愛爾蘭A.Great Britain and Ireland B.Great Britain and ScotlandC.Great Britain and WalesD.

4、Great Britain and England2. is the capital city of Scotland.A. Belfast B. Edinburgh C. AberdeenD.Cardiff3. Among the four parts of the United Kingdom，is thesmallest.A.EnglandB. Scotland1 / 15C.WalesD. Northern Ireland4. The introduction of Christianity to Britain added the first element of words to

5、English.A. Danish and FinnishB. Dutch and GermanC. French and ItalianD. Latin and Greek5. The evolution of Middle English was reinforced by the influence.A. Norman B. Dutch C. German D. Danish6. Samuel Johnson's dictionary was influential in establishing a standardformof .A. grammarB. handwritin

6、gC. spellingD. pronunciationA. halfB. a quarterC. One thirdD. one fifthIII. Give brief answers to the following questions-1. What is the full name of the U.K.?The full name is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland2. Why do tourists from all over the world like to go to Scotland?Th

7、ey like to enjoy the beautiful Scottish scenery, to drink Scotch whisky and tosee Scotsman wearing kilts and playing bagpipes.3. How many periods can the development of the English language be dividedinto and what are they?The development of the English language can be divided into three periods: Ol

8、dEnglish, Middle English and Modern English.2 / 15IV . State your understanding of the following questions in about 100 words.1. who are British people?2. What is Standard English?Standard English is based on the speech of the upper class of the southeasternEngland; it is widely used in media and ta

9、ught at schools. It is preferred by theeducated, middle-class people. Is has developed and has been promoted as a modelfor the correct British English. It is also the norm標(biāo)準(zhǔn))carried overseas. Today,Standard English is codified to the extent that the grammar and vocabulary are muchthe same everywhere

10、 in the world where English is taught and used. Unit 21. Read the following statements carefully and decide whether they are True orFalse.2. The British history before 55 BC is basically undocumented. (T)3. The Celts became the dominant group in Britain between the 8th and 5thcenturies BC. (T)4. The

11、 name of Britain came from a Celtic tribe the Britons. (T)5. The Anglo Saxons came to Britain in the mid-5th century. (T) (不 考)6. The chief or king of the Anglo-Saxon tribes exercised power at their own will.(F)7. The Vikings began to attack the English coast in the 8th century. (T)8. Henry II built

12、 up a large empire which included England and most of France (T)9. The Magna Carta was designed to protect the rights of both the privilegedclass and the townspeople. (F)10. The Hundred Years' War was a series of wars fought between England andNormans for trade and territory. (F)3 / 151 The atta

13、ck on Rome ended the Roman occupation in Britain in 0B DanishD GermanicA NormanC Celtic2. By the late 7th century， became the dominant religion inEnglandA Celtic ChristianityB Anglo-Saxon ChristianityC Germanic ChristianityD Roman Christianity3. Westminster Abbey（威斯敏斯特教堂）was built at the time ofA. S

14、t. AugustineB. Edward the Confessor（千悔者愛德華 ）C William the ConquerorD Alfred the Great4. The marked the establishment of feudalism（封建制度）in EnglandA Viking invasionB signing of the Magna Carta5. The end of the Wars of the Roses led to the rule of .A the House of ValoisB the House of YorkC. the House o

15、f Tudor都專！樓）D. the House of Lancaster出身于族徽為紅玫瑰的蘭開斯特家族的亨利都鐸結(jié)束了玫瑰戰(zhàn)爭， 登上了英國王位，稱亨利七世6. The direct cause for the Religious Reformation was King Henry VIII'S effortto .A divorce his wifeB break with Rome4 / 15C support the ProtestantsD declare his supreme powerover thechurch7. The English Civil War br

16、oke out in 1642 between .A Protestants and PuritansB Royalists and ParliamentariansC nobles and peasantsD aristocrats and Christians8. was passed after the Glorious Revolution世 榮革命）.A Bill of RightsB Act of SupremacyC Provisions of OxfordD Magna CartaA 17thB 18thC 19thD 20th0 Britain faced strong ch

17、allenges in its global imperial dominance by the beginning of thecentury A 17thB 18thC 19thD 20thIII. Give brief answers to the following questions.2. What were some of Queen Victoria's major achievements?3. What were the two camps in Europe in World War I ?4. Why did Britain cooperate closely w

18、ith the United States after WorldWarn ?Answers: 1. They are the House of Commons and the House of Lords.4. Because they were allied during the war and shared the same worries aboutthe former Soviet Union.IV . State your understanding of the following questions.5 / 151. What were the results of the I

19、ndustrial Revolution in Britain?2. The Rise and Fall of the British Empire?Answers:1. The Industrial Revolution changed Britain in many ways. First, industrialproductivity increased dramatically. Britain became the most advanced industrialcountry and also the financial center in the world. Second, u

20、rbanization took place.Many new cities sprang up. Third, it caused great changes in the class structure. Theold social classes declined, and new ones emerged and developed. The conflictbetween the capitalists and the proletarians became the most important politicalissue.2. Colonization of Newfoundla

21、nd, the first British colony overseas, in 1583marked the beginning of the British Empire. By 1837, Britain had long been an empire which included the colonies in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India andmany small states in the West Indies. By the end of the 19th century, the BritishEmpire included

22、a quarter of the global population and nearly a quarter of theworld's landmass. During the mid-19th century, the British government consolidated the existing colonies by bringing them under the direct control of thegovernment. Before World War I , Britain had the largest colonial empire in thewo

23、rld. However, Britain suffered great loss to its manpower in the two World Warsand exhausted its reserves of gold, dollars and overseas investment. Most of Britain'scolonies gained independence since the 1940s, which inevitably led to the fall of theEmpire.Unit 4 Politics and Government of UK1 R

24、ead the following statements carefully and decide whether they are True orFalse2 The British monarchy has never been interrupted throughout the history F3 In reality ， the British King or Queen is the source of all government powers F6 / 154. British Parliament is the law-making body of the Commonwe

25、alth ofNations（英聯(lián)邦國家）.F5. Lords Spiritual（_b議院神職議員）and Lords Tempora代議院世俗議 員） areall members in the British Upper House（t 議院）.T6. The members in the House of Commons議院）are appointed rather thanelected F上議院是指派的，下議院是選舉的。7. The British Prime Minister is the leader of the majority party in Parliament T8

26、. Cabinet members的閣IU員）are chosen by the Prime Minister fromvarious political parties in Parliament FCabinet members are chosen by the Prime Minister from members of thewinning political parties in Parliament9. British law consists of two parts, the civil law and the criminal law T0 The legal system

27、s in Englan，d Wales， Scotland and Northern Ireland aremuch similar in terms of law, organization and practice F1 The British government is characterized by a division of powers betweenthree of the following branches with the exception of the .A. judiciary 司法B. Legislature立法C. monarchyD. executive 行政

28、2. The importance of the British monarchy君主政體）can be seen in its effecton .A passing the billsB advising thegovernmentC political partiesD public attitude7 / 153. As a revising chamber審裁室），the House of Lords is expected to the House of Commons4. British Cabinet works on the principle of .A. collecti

29、ve responsibility（集體責(zé)任）B. individual responsibilityC defending the collectivismD defending the individuals5 . The main duty of the British Privy Council樞密院）is to .A make decisionsB give adviceC pass billsD supervise the Cabinet6 In Britain， the parliamentary general election is held every years.A th

30、reeB fourC fiveD.six7 has a distinct legal system based on Roman lawA WalesB EnglandC ScotlandD Northern Ireland8 Generally speaking， the British Parliament operates on a system.A single-partyB two -partyC three-partyD multi-party9 The policies of the Conservative Party are characterized by pragmati

31、sm 實(shí)用主義 and .A government interventionB nationalization ofenterprisesC social reformD a belief in individualism0 The Labor Party affected the British society greatly in that it8 / 15A set up the National Health ServiceB improved publictransportationC abolished the old tax systemD enhanced theeconomi

32、cdevelopment田. Give brief answers to the following questions.1 What are the three functions of the House of Commons?There are three main functions of the House of Commons. The first is to debateand vote upon legislation and the second is to give the chance for the opposition toquestion what the gove

33、rnment is doing with legislation, the way it conducts itself, etc.The third function is private member's business where MP's may get up and make aspeech in the House about an issue or event that he/she would like to draw attention to.2 . What kind of public image does Liberal Democrats自 由民主黨

34、)have inBritain?張老師的答案： Liberal Democrats was founded in March, 1988. In public'seyes, Liberal Democrats adopts more progress policy on the issue of public services,social equity and environmental protection etc. It continues to maintain thecooperation with Labor Party, and it is third party in

35、UK with 100,000 party members.The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a social liberal politicalparty in the United Kingdom. The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of theLiberal Party and the Social Democratic Party. The two parties had formed theelectoral SD) Liberal Alliance for

36、seven years before then. The current leader of theparty is Nick Clegg. At the 2010 general election, 57 Lib Dem MPs were elected,making them the third -largest party in the House of Commons, behind theConservative Party with 307 and the Labour Party with 258. The Liberal Democratsformed a coalition

37、government with the Conservative Party, with NickClegg asDeputy Prime Minister and other Liberal Democrats in the cabinet.Unit 1 Geography and People 9 / 15I Read the following statements carefully and decide whether they are True orFalse1. The eastern highlands formed by the Appalachian的巴拉契亞山脈） hol

38、done third of the country's continental territory F 1/3-1/62. The climate in the United States can be classified as temperat，e with somemild subtropical（亞熱帶的）and tropical（熱帶的）zones. T4. San Francisco!舊金山）is the second largest city after New York and theworld famous Hollywood and Disneyland are l

39、ocated here F 洛杉磯 是第二大城市6 Half of the U S population lives in the western metropolitan centers F東部7 The Blacks brought from Africa to America usually worked on plantations orfarms in the North F 在美國南部8 During the 1830s and 1840s， many northern Europeans and Irish immigrants came to America T9 Basic

40、American cultural values are freedom， equality and desire to workhard for a higher standard of living T1 The United States hasstates on the continen tA 50 B 48 D 352 The state ofis the largest in area of all the state sA Alaska B HawaiiC Texas D Florida3 The U S lies inNorth America， with Canada to

41、the north，Mexico to the south ， the Atlantic 大西洋 to itsand the Pacific太平洋 toitsA northern ， east， westB central， east， west10 / 15C southern ， west， east D western ， east， west4 The largest river in the U S is.A the Missouri RiverB the Mississippi RiverC the Ohio RiverD the Colorado River5 Some of t

42、he world famous universities like Harvard， Yale and MIT are locatedA in the SouthB along the Pacific CoastC. in New England新英格蘭D. in the Midwest6 is located on the U S.-Canadian border between Lake ErieandLake OntarioA Yellowstone National ParkB The Grand CanyonC Niagara Falls 尼亞加拉大瀑布D The Great Sal

43、t Lake7 The native Alaskan population includes the following excepttheA Indians B Eskimos C Aleuts D Blacks8 The largest minority in the United States is the .A Pacific IslandersB BlacksC Native AmericansD AsiansIII Give brief answers to the following questions1 How is the life of the Native America

44、ns today?About 2.5 million Native Americans live in the USA today. The biggest tribes arethe Cherokee, Chippewa, Navajo and Sioux. About a third of the Indians in the US liveon reservations. The rest live in cities or towns. 11 / 15Indian culture is still preserved on reservations. Here, Indians pra

45、ctice oldtraditions. However, they are worried that their traditions will disappear becausemore and more Indians are being integrated into society.Some tribes get money from tourism or selling handicrafts. In 1988 the government allowed casinos and other gambling operations on reservations. Othertri

46、bes earn money from taxes on oil or gas that is produced on their land.Chapter 6 Literature1 Read the following statements carefully and decide whether they are True orFalse1 . The Canterbury TaleS坎特伯雷故事集）is a representative work of the OldEnglish Period F 中古英語的代表作2 . Renaissance文藝復(fù)興）is characterize

47、d by admiration of the GreekandLatin classics T3 Hamlet depicts the hero's struggle with two opposing forces： moral integrity and the need to avenge his father's murder T4 Alexander Pope was a great English poet who also translated Homer's Iliad （伊利亞特） T5 Jonathan Swift is probably the f

48、oremost prose satirist in the English language， and Robinson Crusoe is his masterpiec e Fby Daniel Defoe6 William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge brought the RomanticMovement to its height F they are Keats, Byron, Shelley.7 Lord Byron distinguished himself by the musical quality of his short

49、poems,詈檔慍？甥？抄播？豬琰敢扎徼濯挈.F by Shelley8 Jane Austen was a we-llknown novelist of the stream of consciousness school F12 / 159. Joseph Conrad朦納德）is classified as a forerunner驅(qū)）ofModernism ， which prevailed before World War II T0. V.S Naipaul （奈保爾）detailed in his works the dual （兩部分的）problems of the Thir

50、d World ： the oppression of colonialism and the chaos of postcolonialism （后殖民主義）.T1 The most significant achievement of the English Renaissance is .A poetryB dramaC novelD pamphlet2 is viewed as Romantic poetry's “ Declaration ofindependence” A “ I Wondered Lonely as a Cloud”B Don JuanC “ Prefac

51、e to Lyrical Ballad”sD Prometheus Unbound3 . Of Dickens' novels is considered autobiographical（自傳的）.A A Tale of Two CitiesB David CopperfieldC Oliver TwistD Great Expectations4 is a representative of English Critical Realism at the turn ofthe 19thcenturyA Robert Louis StevensonC Joseph Conrad馬斯

52、.哈代）5 Of the following statements Romanticism （新浪漫主義）.B John MiltonD. Thomas Hard （托is NOT correct in terms of Neo-A It prevailed at the end of the 19th centuryB The writers were dissatisfied with the social reality13 / 15C The writers believed in “Art for Art's Sake” （ 藝術(shù)至上主義） D Treasure Island

53、 was a representative work6 is NOT included in the modernist groupA. Oscar Wild （奧斯卡王爾彳惠）B. Virginia WoolfC William Butler YeatsD T S Eliot他是為藝術(shù)而藝術(shù)”的倡導(dǎo)者。7 Of the following books， was NOT written by Thomas HardyA Jude the ObscureB Tess of theD'UrbervillesC Adam Bed（e BY George Elio）tD The Return of the Native8 . Of the following statements,is NOT correct about Virginia Woolf（弗吉尼亞伍爾夫）.A She was a central figure of the' Bloomsbury Group” 8 She experimented with stre