英美概况考试试题集
英语专业考研英美概况自测题（一）
British Survey Test
Part I Geography
1. The total area of the U.K. is _____.
A. 211,440
B. 244,110
C. 241,410
D. 242,534
2. England occupies the _____ portion of the U.K.
A. northern
B. eastern
C. southern
3. The most important part of the U.K. in wealth is _____.
A. Northern Ireland
B. England
C. Scotland
4. _____ is on the western prominence between the Bristol Channel and the Dee estuary.
A. Wales
B. Scotland
C. England
5. Wales was effectively united with England in the _____ century.
A. 14th
B. 15th
C. 16th
6. By the Act of Union of _____ Scotland and the kingdom of England and Wales were constitutionally joined as the Kingdom of Britain.
A. 1707
B. 1921
C. 1801
7. Physiographically Britain may be divided into _____ provinces.
A. 13
B. 12
C. 14
8. Mt. Ben Nevis stands in _____.
A. the Scottish Highlands
B. Wales
C. England
9. The main rivers parting in Britain runs from _____.
A. north to south
B. south to north
C. east to west
10. Cheviot hills lie along the border between _____ and England.
A. Scotland
B. Wales
C. Vale of Eden
11. The longest river in Britain is _____.
A. Severn
B. Clyde
C. Bann
12. London is situated on the River of _____.
A. Parret
B. Thames
C. Spey
13. Edinburgh is the capital of _____.
A. England
B. Scotland
C. Wales
14. The rivers flowing into the _____ are mainly short.
A. North Sea
B. English Channel
C. Dee estuary
15. Mt. Snowdon stands in _____.
A. Scotland
B. Wales
C. England
16. The source of the important River Thames is in the _____.
A. Cotswolds
B. Oxford Clay
C. Pennines
17. About _____ of the water requirements are obtained from underground sources.
A. 50%
B. 38%
C. 42%
18. Gaelic is mainly spoken in _____.
A. Scotland
B. England
C. Northern Ireland
19. The Bank of England was nationalized in _____.
A. 1964
B. 1946
C. 1694
20. Britain is basically an importer of _____.
A. food
B. raw materials
C. manufactures
D. both A and B
21. British farmers produce enough food to supply _____ of the needs of the population.
A. 2/3
B. 4/5
C. 1/2
22. Britain’s main cereal crop is _____.
A. oats
B. corn
C. barley
D. rye
23. The center of the Britain financial system is _____.
A. Bank of England
B. Bank of Britain
C. Bank of U.K.
24. The three Germanic tribes that invaded Britain include the following except _____.
A. the Angles
B. the Saxons
C. the Picts
D. the Jutes
25. “Black Country” refers to _____.
A. countryside in England
B. an area around Birmingham
C. a country in Africa
26. The second largest port in Britain is _____.
A. London
B. Belfast
C. Liverpool
27. The capital city of Northern Ireland is _____.
A. Cardiff
B. Belfast
C. Leith
28. Celtic tribes began to settle in Britain from about _____ B.C.
A. 410
B. 750
C. 300
29. The U.K. is rich in the following except _____.
A. coal
B. iron
C. gold
D. tin
30. The decrease of British population is caused by the following except _____.
A. limitation of immigration
B. fall of the birth rate
C. fall of death rate
D. unemployment
31. The proportion of the English in the whole population is _____.
A. 60%
B. 80%
C. 70%
32. The Queen’s University is in the city of _____.
A. Belfast
B. Edinburgh
C. Manchester
33. The contribution made by the Normans to Britain is the following except _____.
A. final unification of England
B. foundation of aristocracy
C. great administrative progress
D. some peculiarities of dialect
34. About _____ percent of the population live in cities or towns.
A. 80
B. 85
C. 90
35. The land available for farming in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland does not exceed _____ million acres.
A. 30
B. 25
C. 40
36. The highest mountain in England is _____.
A. Mt. Mourne
B. Mt. Snowdon
C. Mt. Seafell
37. The second largest city in England is _____.
A. Glasgow
B. Birmingham
C. Manchester
38. The modern Scots and Irish are the descendants of _____.
A. Gaels
B. Britons
C. Anglo-Saxons
39. Scotland occupies the _____ portion of Great Britain.
A. southern
B. northern
C. western
40. By the Act of Union in _____, the name United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was adopted.
41. _____ has its own national church and its own system of law.
A. Wales
B. Northern Ireland
C. Scotland
42. The _____ End includes Westminster, St. James’ Palace
A. East
B. West
C. North
43. _____ includes London, the centre of government for the whole nation.
A. Scotland
B. Northern Ireland
C. Wales
D. England
1. The U.K. is situated in _Northwestern____ Europe.
2. The full title of the U.K. is the United Kingdom of _____ _____ and _____ _____.
3. The U.K. consists of England, _____, _____ and Northern Ireland.
4. The largest part of U.K. is _____.
5. The capital of England and of Great Britain is _____.
6. _____ _____ is composed of six Irish counties that elected to remain in the union with Great Britain.
7. The name United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was replaced by the present name after the 26 counties of Ireland obtained autonomy in _____.
8. The highest mountain in Britain is _____ _____.
9. The “Backbone of England” refers to the _____.
10. Natural gas was discovered in Britain in the _____ _____.
11. The most important river is the River of _____.
12. The political centre of the Commonwealth is _____.
13. Belfast Lough and Lough Neagh lie in _____ _____.
14. The climate of Britain is moderated by the _____ _____ _____ and is much milder than that of many places in the same latitude.
15. Britain’s Industrial Revolution took place betwee n _____ and _____.
16. The Bank of England was founded in _____.
17. The population of the U.K. is more than _____ million.
18. Britain is basically an exporter of _____.
19. The population of the U.K. consists of the English, the Welsh, the Scottish and the _____.
20. In Wales many people speak _____.
21. People sing the national anthem in _____.
22. The earliest invasion is that by the _____-haired Mediterranean race called the Iberians.
23. The modern _____ and _____ are the descendants of the Gaels of the Celtic tribes.
24. The Britons of the Celtic tribes were the forefathers of the modern _____.
25. Greater London is made up of 12 _____ London boroughs and _____ Outer London boroughs.
26. The International festival of music and the arts is held every year in the city of _____.
27. The British national anthem is _____ _____ _____ _____.
28. The U.K. lies to the _____ of France.
29. Westminster, the area of central government administration is situated in the _____ End.
30. River _____ flows through Glasgow.
31. Mt. Seafell stands in _____.
32. The source of the River _____ is in the Cotswolds.
33. The capital city of Wales is _____.
34. The United Kingdom is rich in _____, iron, tin, copper, lead and silver.
35. Define the Following Terms
36. “Backbone of England”:Pennines
37. Greater London
38. Celts
39. The “Irish Question”
I. Answer the Following Questions
英美概况一答案
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英美概况英国历史部分
History
1. Julius Caesar invaded Britain __B___.
A. once
B. twice
C. three times
2. King Arthur was the king of __B___.
A. Picts
B. Celts
C. Scots
D. Jutes
3. The first “King of the English” was _B____.
A. Alfred
B. Egbert
C. Bede
D. Ethelred
4. Christianity was introduced into England in the late __C__ century.
A. 14th
B. 8th
C. 6th
5. In 1653 _A____ was made Lord Protector for life.
A. Oliver Cromwell
B. Charles I
C. William II
6. The three great Germanic tribes: the Anglos, the _A____ and the Jutes which invaded Britain form the basis of the modern British people.
A. Saxons
B. Scots
C. Welsh
D. Wessex
7. The head of the church in Anglo-Saxon times was _D____.
A. the King of Denmark and Norway
B. the king of England
C. Julius Caesar
D. the Archbishop of Canterbury
8. The ___B__ invaded England in the earliest time.
A. Danes
B. Iberians
C. Romans
D. Celts
9. The Vikings who invaded England at the turn of the 8th century came from __D___.
A. Norway
B. Denmark
C. France
D. both A and B
10. Edward was kno wn as the “__A___” because of his reputation for saintliness.]
A. Confessor
B. Conqueror
C. Protector
11. Norman Conquest began in __B___.
A. 1016
B. 1066
C. 1035
12. In history ___A__ was nicknamed “King of Lackland”.
A. John
B. Henry I
C. Henry II
13. In 1181 Henry II issued the ___B__ which made it compulsory for every freeman in England to be provided with arms.
A. Inquest of Sheriffs
B. Assize of Arms
C. Doomsday Book
14. Henry Plantagenet, in 1154, established the House of Angevin as _B____.
A. Henry I
B. Henry II
C. Henry III
15. Henry II appointed in 1162 _A____ Archbishop of Canterbury.
A. Thomas Becket
B. Stephen Langton
C. Simon de Mortfort
16. Charles I was beheaded in _A____.
A. 1649
B. 1648
C. 1653
17. It was __A___ who summoned Model Parliament in 1295.
A. Edward I
B. Henry IV
C. Simon de Montfort
18. The Great Charter contained __C___ sets of provisions.
A. two
B. four
C. three
19. The Peasants Uprising in 1381 was led by _B____.
A. Henry Turner
B. Watt Tyler
C. Richard
20. The English Church was strictly __A___.
A. national
B. international
C. regional
21. The Glorious Revolution in 1688 was in nature a __A___.
A. coup d’etat
B. racial slaughter
C. peasant rising
22. The Industrial Revolution laid a good foundation for the _A____.
A. factory of the world
B. expansion of markets
C. social upheaval
23. The American Revolution (the American War of Independence) broke out in __A___ and ended in _____.
A. 1775, 1783
B. 1774, 1782
C. 1786, 1784
24. The Battle of Hastings took place in ___C.
A. 1606
B. 1042
C. 1066
25. The Great Charter was signed by ___C__ in 1215.
A. King Henry II
B. King Richard
C. King John
26. In the early 14th century feudalism began to ___C__ in England.
A. grow
B. flourish
C. decline
D. end
27. It was ___B__ who published the book “The Rights of Man”.
A. Thomas More
B. Thomas Paine
C. Thomas Jefferson
28. The first Prime Minister was __C___.
A. Wilminton
B. George Grenville
C. Robert Walpole
29. The Parliament of 1265 which is known as the “__A___” is considered the “beginning of
parliament”.
A. All Estates Parliament
B. Model Parliament
C. Long Parliament
30. The Anglo-French hostility which began in 1337 and ended in 1453 was known as _B____.
A. the Wars of Ros es
B. the Hundred Years’ War
C. Peasant Uprising
31. In the first half of 17th century __B___ grow rapidly in England.
A. feudalism
B. capitalism
C. Catholicism
32. Prime Minister ___A__ resisted any reform that could be resisted.
A. Palmerston
B. Robert Peel
C. Gladstone
33. By the end of the Hundred Years’ War only the port of __C___ remained under English rule.
A. Troyes
B. Gascon
C. Calais
34. In the 14th century took place the ___B__, the severest of many plagues in the middle ages.
A. Earthquake
B. Black Death
C. Drought
35. __A___ and his followers, known as Lollards, provided ideological preparation for the labour movement of the 14th century.
A. John Wycliffe
B. Watt Tyler
C. Somerset
36. By the end of the Wars of the Roses the House of _A____ began.
A. Tudor
B. Lancaster
C. Plantagenet
37. In the “___B__” of 1388 five lords accused the King’s friends of treason under a very expansive definition of crime.
A. All Estates parliament
B. Merciless Parliament
C. Model Parliament
38. In the Wars of the Roses the Lancastrians wire badges of _B____ rose.
A. white
B. red
C. pink
D. yellow
39. The first Civil War in Britain lasted from ___C__ to _____.
A. 1600, 1604
B. 1640, 1644
C. 1642, 1646
40. William Shakespeare is mainly a _B____.
A. novelist
B. dramatist
C. poet
41. In 1689 the “Bill of Rights” was passed. __A___ began in England.
A. The Constitutional Monarchy
B. All Estates Parliament
C. House of Lancaster
42. The ___A__ carried on trade relations with Russia and central Asian countries.
A. Moscow Company
B. Eastland Company
C. East India Company
43. ___A__ started the slave trade in the second part of the 16th century.
A. John Hawkins
B. Francis Drake
C. Diaz
44. In 1534 Parliament passed the “_B____”, ac cording to which Henry VIII was declared the head of the English Church.
A. the Bill of Rights
B. Act of Supremacy
C. Act of Settlement
45. Under Elizabeth I __C___ was restored, and she was declared “governor” of the church.
A. the Roman Church
B. the Catholic Church
C. the Anglican Church
46. In 1337 the hostility between England and _A____ resulted in the Hundred Years’ War.
A. France
B. Spain
C. Russia
47. The religious persecution mainly existed during the reign of ___B__.
A. Cromwell
B. Charles I
C. Henry VIII
48. England first became a sea power in the time of _B____.
A. Henry VII
B. Elizabeth I
C. Victoria
49. The Industrial Revolution first started in __B___.
A. the iron industry
B. the textile industry
C. the coal industry
50. From 1688 to 1783 English Parliament was mainly controlled by the party of ___B__.
A. Tory
B. Whig
C. Labour
51. The English Prime Minister during the Second World War was _A____.
A. Churchill
B. Chamberlain
C. Baldwin
52. At the End of __B__ century, the East India Company was formed.
A. 15th
B. 16th
C. 14th
53. The Seven Years War between England and France lasted from __A___ to _____.
A. 1756, 1763
B. 1713, 1720
C. 1754, 1761
54. In 1689 Parliament passed “__B___”, limiting the powers of the c rown.
A. Habeas Corpus Act
B. the Bill of Rights
C. Navigation Act
55. __A___ contrasted the first successful steam locomotive.
A. George Stephenson
B. Samuel Crompton
C. James Hargreaves
56. The “Peterloo Massacre” took place in ___C__.
A. Birmingham
B. Liverpool
C. Manchester
57. Between 1911 and 1914 took place the following strikes except _B____.
A. railway strike
B. strike of the postmen
C. coal strike
D. strike of the transport
58. The Victorian Age was over the __A___ began.
A. Edwardian Age
B. Georgian Age
C. Elizabethan Age
59. The ___B__ government surrendered to the British invaders and was forced to sign the first unequal Treaty of Nanjing in 1842.
A. Indian
B. Qing
C. Irish
D. Spanish
60. The Great Charter was essentially a __C___.
A. Culture Movement
B. colonial document
C. feudal document
61. ___B__ broke out two years after the Hundred Years’ War with France.
A. The Bore War
B. The Wars of the Roses
C. Queen Annes’ War
62. The Reformation was a product of _A____.
A. the Renaissance
B. the Chartist Movement
C. the Hundred Years’ War
63. The greatest dramatist of the English Renaissance was _A____.
A. Shakespeare
B. Milton
C. Chaucer
D. Bacon
64. The English Revolution marks the beginning of the __B___ period of capitalism.
A. feudal
B. modern
C. colonial
D. medieval
65. By the ____B_ in 1783, Britain recognized the independence of the US.
A. Declaratory Act
B. Treaty of Paris
C. Treaty of Montgomery
66. The Chartist Movement began in _____ and reached its height in __C___.
A. 1845, 1858
B. 1828, 1835
C. 1839, 1848
67. In 1840 Britain launched an aggressive war against _C____.
A. France
B. India
C. China
D. America
68. __A___ formed a coalition government in 1940.
A. Winston Churchill
B. Lloyd George
C. Neville Chamberlain
69. By the ___A__ the British dominions became independent states in all but name.
A. Statue of Westminster
B. Locarno Treaty
C. Disputes Act
70. The Fabians Society was founded in 1883, including intellectuals such as ___C__.
A. William Shakespeare & Ben Jonson
B. Christopher Marlowe & John Milton
C. G. B. Shaw & H. G. Wells
71. Before WWII __A___ relied on appeasement of the European dictators to reduce tensions that might lead to war.
A. Neville Chamberlain A. Stanley Baldwin C. Winston Churchill
72. During WWII, Britain, America, France, Soviet Union and other antifascist countries formed a united international alliance which was called _B____.
A. Locarno Treaty
B. Grand Alliance
C. Statute of Westminster
73. The first coalition government during WWI was organized when __B___ was the Prime Minister.
A. Lloyd George
B. Herbert Asquith
C. Stanley Baldwin
74. When Germany invaded __C__ which was neutral, Britain declared war on Germany on 4 August, 1914.
A. Austria
B. Russia
C. Belgium
D. Poland
1. At about 3000 BC, some of the _____ settled in Britain.
2. About 122 AD, in order to keep back the Picts and , the _____ built Hadrian’s Wall.
3. The real Roman conquest began in _____.
4. _____ _____’s “Paradise Lost” was published in 1667.
5. Beowulf, considered the greatest Old English poem, is assigned to _____ Times.
6. _____ was considered the first national hero.
7. On Christmas Day 1066 Duke _____ was crowned in Westminster Abbey.
8. In history John was nicknamed King of _____.
9. John signed the document in 1215, which in history was called the Great Charter or _____ _____.
10. In 1086 William had his official to make a general survey of the land, known as _____ Book.
11. The most famous scholar during Anglo-Saxon Times was _____.
12. The Battle of _____ paved the way for the Norman Conquest to England.
13. The Norman Conquest increased the process of _____ which had begun during the Anglo-Saxon Times.
14. Duke William was known in history as William the _____.
15. Along with the Normans came the _____ language.
16. The English parliament originated in the _____ _____.
17. The head of the _____ was Archbishop of _____.
18. The _____ _____ in 1688 was in nature a coup d’etat.
19. The Peopl e’s Charter included _____ points such as universal male suffrage.
20. The corrupt Qing government surrendered to Britain and was forced to sign the first unequal Treaty of _____ in 1842.
21. After the Crimean War _____ was forced not to fortify Sebastopol.
22. The third collection of the poll tax in the early part of 1381 became the fuse of _____ _____ rising.
23. The Wars of the Roses broke out between the _____ and the _____.
24. The Enclosure Movement began in the _____ century.
25. By the treaty of _____ in 1783, Britain recognized the independence of the US.
26. In _____ Britain launched the Opium War against China.
27. The East India Company formed at the end of the 16th century was one of _____ companies.
28. After the Reformation the Roman Catholic Church was _, the English Church was strictly ___.
29. Mary I re-established Catholicism and burnt three hundred Protestants, for which she was called “_____” Mary.
30. “Renaissance” means “___”, i.e. Europe rediscovering its origins in the cultures of anc ient Greek and Rome.
31. During the Renaissance, the thinkers who worked for freedom and enlightenment were called “__”.
32. The nature of the Wars of the Roses was a _____ _____ war.
33. By the beginning of the Tudor reign the manor system was replaced by the _____ system.
34. In the summer of 1588 the Spanish ships, the _____ _____ was defeated by English ships.
35. The greatest English humanist was Sir _____ whose work _____ became a humanistic classic in the world literature.
36. English Renaissance began in _____ century.
37. The House of _____ was notorious for its absolutist rule.
38. During the Civil Wars (1642 – 1648) the supporters of Parliament were called _____ while the supporters of the King Charles I were called _____.
39. In 1653 Cromwell was made _____ _____ for life and started his military dictatorship openly.
40. The Seven Years War was ended by the Treaty of _____.
41. The first two parties appeared in England were the _____ and the _____.
42. The basic point of the People’s Charter is _____ _____.
43. In 1764 James Hargreaves invented the _____ _____.
44. From 1863 to the end of the century Britain had been carrying a foreign policy of ____ _____.
45. The Parliament passed the Act of __ in 1701, excluding James Catholic son from the succession.
46. After Charles I was beheaded in 1649 England was declared a _____.
47. In September 1939 Germany invaded _____, thus Britain and France declared war on Germany.
48. The Industrial Revolution started during the last part of the _____ century.
49. The steam engine was invented by _____ _____ in 1769.
50. Samuel Crompton invented the _____ _____ in 1779.
51. Edmund Cartwright invented the _____ _____ in 1785.
52. Upon the completion of the _____ _____ by 1850 England became the workshop of the world.
53. In 1868 the first Trade Union Congress met in _____.
54. In 1534 Parliament passed the “_____ _____ _____”.
55. On the eve of WWI the Triple Alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and _____ was formed.
56. The First World War was an imperialist war as well as a _____ war because it was not confined only to Europe. It lasted _____ years.
57. At the _____ _____ _____, the League of Nations was established and the Treaty of Versailles was signed.
58. The _____ _____ of 1926 was Austen chamberlain’s ch ief claim to fame as foreign secretary.
59. On May 7, 1945, _____ surrendered unconditionally.
60. It was _____ _____ who led the country during the “miracle of Dunkirk”.
61. When George I began the Houses of Hanover in 1714, the _____ system was established. Explain the Following Terms
英美概况自测题（二）英国历史部分答案
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1. II. Iberians Romans 43 A.D John Milton Anglo-Saxon Alfred William Lackland Magna Carta Domesday Bede Hastings feudalism Conqueror French Great Council Church Glorious Revolution 6 Nanjing Russia Watt Tyler’s
2. Lancasterians, Yorkists 15th Paris 1840 Chartered international, national Bloody rebirth humanists feudal civil money Invincible Armada Thomas More, Utopia 16th Stuart Roundheads, Cavaliers Lord Protector Paris Tory, Whig universal suffrage Spinning Jenny splendid isolation Settlement Commonwealth Poland 18th James Watt Spinning Mule Power Loom Industrial Revolution Manchester Act of Supremacy Italy world, 4 Paris Peace Conference Locarno Treaty Germany Winston Churchill cabinet
英语考研英美概况模拟题（三）英国文化部分
Culture
Multiple Choice
1. All children in the UK must, by law, receive a full-time education from the age of ___ to _____.
A. 5, 16
B. 6, 17
C. 7, 18
2. In state schools the letters A, B and C are often used to describe “_____” or parallel classes.
A. grade
B. form
C. streams
3. Public schools belong to the category of the _____ schools.
A. state
B. independent
C. local
4. The pupils who had got the highest marks in the “eleven plus” examination would go to_ school.
A. grammar
B. technical
C. secondary modern
5. Oxford and Cambridge are the oldest universities dating from _____ and _____.
A. 1167, 1284
B. 1234, 1325
C. 1335, 1427
6. There are over _____ universities in Britain.
A. thirty
B. forty
C. fifty
7. The two features of Oxford and Cambridge are the college system and the _____.
A. records of attendance
B. governing council
C. tutorial system
8. The universities of St. Andrews, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Edinburgh are called the four _____ universities.
A. old
B. new
C. Scottish
9. The _____ university offers courses through one of BBC’s television channels and b y radio.
A. open
B. new
C. middle aged
10. Buckingham University is and _____ university which was established in 1973.
A. independent
B. open
C. old
英语国家概况课后题总结和答案
Chapter 1 land and people are the differences between Britain and the British Isles, Great Britain,England,the United Kingdom and the British Commonwealth The British Isles,Greant Britina and England are geographical names, no the official names of the country,while the official name is the United Kingdom,but the full name is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern British Commonwealth is a free association of independent countries that were once colonies of Britian. the geographical position of Britian Britain is an island country. It lies in the north Atlantic Ocean off the north coast of is separated from the rest of Europe by the English channel in the south and the North Sea in the east. in Great Britain are mostly highland and lowland The north and west of Britain are mainly highland, while the south and south-east are mostly lowlands. Britain have a favourable climate why Yes,it has a favourable climate, because it has a maritime type of climate---winters are mild,not too cold and summers are cool, not too has a steady reliable rainfall throughout the whole has a small range of temperature,too. are the factors which influence the climate in Britain Which part of Britain has the most rainfall and which part is the driest
英美概况试卷
学院 专业班级 学 号 姓 名 教室 号 座位 号 . ———— 装 —————订 — ————线——————外——————不——————要——————答 — ———— 题 — ——— ( 第 1 页， 共6 页 ) 页 ) ( 第 2 页， 共 6 页 ) 湖南涉外经济学院2016-2017学年度第 一 学期期末课程 《英语国家概况》考察试卷 专业年级： 2014级商英本科 考核方式：闭卷 考试时量：90分钟 试卷类型： 题 号 一 合计 复核人 应得分 100 实得分 得分 评卷人 复核人 I.You are required to interpret the following terms.（10X5′） One Standard English Two Magna Carta Three The Reformation Four The Seperation of Three Powers Five Thatcherism Six Critical Realism Eight Thanksgiving Day Nine the Lost Generation Ten Industial Revolution II You are required to answer the following questions.(5X10) 1. How does the english language develops into a universal lingua franca? 2. What is the British Empire? 3. What do we know about the Renaissance? 4. Why is American regarded as a “nation of immigrants ”? 5. What is your understanding of “checks and balance ”?
英美国家概况期末试题A卷
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