英语国家概况期末试卷A答案商务英语

湖州职业技术学院2012---2013学年第二学期

商务英语12级《英语国家概况》期末考查试卷（答案）

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Ⅰ. Identify the following pictures.(12%,2 points for each one)

(1)__The White House____ (2)____ Sydney Opera House_____

(3)__The Statue of Liberty_ (4)__bald eagle __

(5)___William Shakespear___ (6)___Stonehenge ___

Ⅱ. Decide whether the following statements are true(T)or false(F) (20%,2 points for each one)

1.In Britain, all children enjoy a nine-year compulsory education.

____F___

2.In the USA, Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) is the entrance examination to

college.

___T___ 3.Britain’s most famous universities are Oxford and Cambridge.

___T____

4.The author of the Harry Potter books is an American.

___F____

5. The great 19th-century novelist Sir Walter named this period as the Battle of Naseby, which

lasted for about 30 years.

___F____

6. By an Act of 1791 Upper Canada (French) and Lower Canada (British) were created.

___F____

7. The federal system of the USA consists of three branches: parliament, president and the

Supreme Court.

____F___

8. The American president is elected every four years to a four-year term, and no more than

two full terms are allowed.

____T____

9. In the UK, Oxford is the oldest university in the high education system.

____T____

10. New Zealand has a parliamentary system of government closely patterned on that of the

United Kingdom and is a fully independent member of the Commonwealth. It has a written constitution.

____F___

Ⅲ. Fill in the blanks.(12%,1 point for each blank)

1.The full name of the UK is the United Kingdom of Great Britain__and ___Northern

Ireland__.

2.The US currency is __American dollar____.

3.The previous party in power of the USA is ______Democratic Party___.

4.The government of the UK is constitutional monarch, in which the Queen is regarded as

__the Head of State_, and the __Prime Minister__is the head of government.

5.The biggest religion in the USA is ___Christianity__.

6.Known as the “__melting pot__”, the United States is another typical multi-racial

country, with a population of 303 million, about % of which are African Americans, % Hispanics…

7.__Governor-General ___is officially the representative of Queen Elizabeth II, and acts

only on the advice of the Canadian prime minister.

8.In Canada, the Bill, which need three times reading and discuss, is sent to the Senate and

becomes the law.

9.In British high education, students always ask themselves “What do you think” or

“What do you know” They respectively represent the educational idea of _Oxford_ and __Cambridge_.

Ⅳ. Listing according to the requirements (38%, 2 point for each blank)

Ⅴ. Vocabulary Building: Match each of the items on the left with its meaning on the right. (10%, 1 point for each blank)

( j ) University a. using two languages

(g) b. the revival of classical literature and artistic styles in European history ( i ) and balances c. the government branch that approves, amends, and rejects the laws

( e ) d. special period when American economy almost collapsed

( d ) Depression e. native Australians before the coming of the Europeans a

( h ) f. the top leader of the UK

( b ) g. the body of voters represented by an elected legislator or official

( f ) h. the largest minority group of New Zealand

( c ) i. the supervision and restraints of government branches in the USA ( a ) j. non-residential university requiring no entrance exam

Ⅵ. Tell what you know about the following in your own words, choose any 2 of 3.(8%, 4 points for every one)Comprehensive schools

About 90% of secondary schools are comprehensive schools, which admit children without reference to their academic abilities. Pupils study everything from academic