《英美文化概况》
《英美文化概况》(13)
中国石油大学（北京）2013--2014学年第一学期
《英美文化概况》期末考试试卷A（闭卷考试）
班级：________ 姓名： _______ 学号： ______
Part I Tell whether each of the following statements is true or false. （20 分）
1._________ The best-k nown En glish lege nd, King Arthur,
derives from the Anglo- Saxons ' time.
2._________ English drama flourished during Elizabeth I era.
3._________ After World War II, the British economy became the
2nd largest power in the world.
4._________ America was named after the great discoverer
Amerigo Vespucci.
5._________ Britain is situated in Western Europe.
6._________ The Lake District is closely related with English
literature in the 19 th century.
7._________ The Iongest river in North America is the Missouri
River.
8._________ Com mon laws are laws which have bee n established through common practice in the courts.
9.________ The "Bill of Rights" was added to the Constitution in 1791.
10.________ Most heavily populated districts have more senators than the small states.
11._______ The United States has two major political parties:
the Democratic Party and the Conservative Party.
12.________ Tolerance and respect for others are central to the way of life in the U.K.
13.________ The Protestant Church and the Catholic Church
are two major groups in Christianity.
14.________ The second largest religious group in the U.K. is
Buddhism.
15. _______ The University of Oxford is the second oldest
university in the English-speaking world.
16. _______ Easter Day is to celebrate Christ 's resurrection
from the dead.
17.________ The New York Times was the first newspaper to
expose the Watergate Scandal.
18._______ Benjamin Franklin 's Autobiography recorded
how a man rose to fame and wealth from being poor and
obscure.
19.________ Hawthorne 's unique gift was for the creation
of strongly symbolic stories which touch the deepest roots of man 's moral nature.
20. _______ As a critic and also a prolific writer, Mark
Twain became the leader of realism in America.
Part II Fill in the blanks with the correct information. （20
分）
1.The U.S. is bordered by ______ on the north and by ______
and the Gulf of Mexico on the south.
2.The central part of the United States is composed of vast
plains between _______________ and _________________ .
3.The District of Columbia was named after ______________________
while the city of Washington was named after
4.The Parliament is composed of three parts: the queen, the
House of ______ , and the House of __________ .
5.In the U.K., the official head of state is _______________ w hile
the real centre of political life is in _______ .
6.The governmental power shared between the central
government and the state government is called _________ .
7.The two major political parties are ______ , which is thought
to be more liberal, and ________ , which is believed to be more conservative.
8.The Church of England balances the interests of both
_________ and ___________ .
9.At the end of the 16th cen tury and the beg inning of the 17th
cen tury, many _________ e scaped to the New Land to seek the freedom to practice their own religio n.
10.The Mercha nt of Ven ice is a work of _______ .
11.Higher education in the United States began with the
founding of _____________ in 1636.
12.MIT refers to a n ame of a uni versity. It is
13.The mai n n ewspapers in Britai n are _______ , ___________ ,
__________ and ____________ .
14.The mai n n ewspapers in America are __________ , __________ , __________ and ____________ .
15.In Halloween the children knock on their neighbors doors
asking for __________ as a treat.
16.The Ian guage of the An glo-Sax ons is called______
17.Christmas Day is the greatest of the Christian festivals to
commemorate the _____________ of Jesus Christ.
18._______ is the largest and busiest port on the Great Lakes
and the largest in dustrial and commercial centre of the
Midwest.
19.The Statue of _____________ stands magnificently on Liberty
Island in New York Harbor. It is National Monument which was
presented to the US by France.
20.The _____________ River is the longest and the most important river in the system of the Gulf.
Part ID Choose the correct answer on the basis of what is stated in the text. (20 分)
1.Which of the following is a famous prehistoric monument?
(a)Stonehenge
(b)Hadrian ' s Wall
(c)Westminster Abby
(d)Tower of London
2.________ were the ancestors of the English and the founders
of England.