英语国家概况(二)期末复习提要

 

一、教学目的与基本要求

本课程的教学目的，在为学生提供美国、加拿大两个主要英语国家的社会与文化知识，使之了解和熟悉这些国家的地理、历史、政治、经济、社会、文化和生活等方面的基本情况和制度，同时提高应用英语的能力。

知识要求:要求学生在学习完本课程后，对美国、加拿大的地理、历史、政治、经济、社会、文化和生活等方面的基本情况和制度，有较好的了解，并能在工作中加以运用。

语言学习:学生应结合有关这两个英语国家地理、历史、政治、经济、社会、文化和生活等方面的基本情况和制度，学会与之相关的英语语汇和表达方式。

能力要求:通过课文的阅读，1）提高学生对社会与文化类英语读物的阅读能力。2）提高学生听懂有关英语国家社会与文化情况的英语讲座、报告和广播的能力。3）培养学生用英语进行相关的交谈、讨论、辩论和评论的能力，能作5分钟的连贯性讲话。4）培养学生以获取信息和表达思想为目的的阅读技巧。

 

二、考核方式

本课程的考核采取两种形式：形成性考核和课程终结考试。课程总成绩为百分制，形成性考核占20%，课程终结考试占80%。

1．  形成性考核：包括平时作业、参与面授辅导和各项教学活动的情况。

2．  课程终结考试：满分100分，由四川电大统一命题，在同一时间实行全省统一考试。

 

三、命题依据

本课程终结考试的依据是广播电视大学英语专业教学计划、“英语国家概况”课程教学大纲以及《英语国家社会与文化入门下册》教材。

 

四、考试题型

期末考试为比试，时间120分钟，总分100分，共四大题。题型如下：

一、      单项选择题： 20分，20小题。考察学生对课文内容细节的理解。考试重点是教材中每课相关练习。

二、      填空题：   30分， 15个小题。每空填一词。 考察学生对课文重要知识点的识记。考试重点是教材中每课相关练习。

三、      简答题：

10个小题，20分。要求学生只回答要点，不作具体阐述。考察学生对课文中文化背景知识的综合理解。考试重点是每一课的综合性知识点。

四、      名词解释

30分，八道小题,学生选作其中的六道。要求学生用英语解释。考察的重点是每课中出现的重点名词。

 

五、复习模拟题

一、单项选择题：

1.       The following were the main religious Reformation leaders except _____.

A.      Martin Luther

B.      John Calvin

C.      Martin Luther King

D.     The English king Henry VIII

2.       The following were the founding fathers of the American Republic except ___.

A.      George Washington

B.      William Penn

C.      Benjamin Franklin

D.     Thomas Jefferson

3.       Which of the following is the only branch that can make federal laws and levy federal taxes?

A.      The executive

B.      The legislative

C.      The Judicial

D.     The president

4.       The New Deal was started by ___.

A.      Franklin Roosevelt

B.      J.F. Kennedy

C.      George Washington

D.     Thomas Jefferson

5.       The United States had the first standard paper currency in ___.

A.      1839

B.      1880

C.      1863

D.     1913

6.       The United States produces as much as half of the world’s ____.

A.      wheat and rice

B.      cotton

C.      tobacco and vegetable oil

D.     soybeans and corn

7.       Which of the following was not a Protestant denomination?

A.      The Baptists

B.      The Catholics

C.      The Methodists

D.     The Presbyterians

8.       Which of the following was a writer of the post-Revolutionary period?

A.      Edgar Allen Poe

B.      Natty Bumppo

C.      Washington Irving

D.     Rip Van Winkle

9.       ____ was interested in writing about Americans living in Europe.

A.      Henry James

B.      Mark Twain

C.      William Dean Howells

D.     Stephen Crane

10.   In US, both public and private universities depend on the following sources of income except ___.

A.      Student tuition

B.      Investment

C.      Endowments

D.     Government funding

11.   ____, the chief spokesman of Black Muslin advocated violence in self defense and black pride.

A.      Malcolm X

B.      Stokeley Carmichael

C.      Ella Baker

D.     James Farmer

12.   Which of the following does not belong to the White-collar crime?

A.      Bribery

B.      Tax evasion

C.      False advertising

D.     Robbery

13.   Cyrus H McCormick invented ___.

A.      the electric bulb

B.      the revolver

C.      the mechanical reaper

D.     the railroad

14.   ___ had the title of “ the Wizard of Menlo Park”.

A.      John Stevens

B.      Charlie Chaplin

C.      Robert Fulton

D.     Thomas A Edison

 

15.   The main mountain range in the west of US stretching from the Canadian border to New Mexico is _____.

A.      the Appalachian Mountains

B.      the Rocky Mountains

C.      the Green Mountains

D.     the Blue Ridge Mountains

16.   In plying basketball, misbehavior or unsportsmanlike actions may result in ___.

A.      time out

B.      overtime

C.      technical foul

D.     foul

17.   Who first came and settled in Canada?

A.      British colonists

B.      French colonists

C.      American colonists

D.     Spanish colonists

18.   Who is the most influential person in the Canadian government?

A.      the Queen

B.      a Cabinet Minister

C.      the Prime Minister

D.     the Governor General

19.   Around the beginning of 20th century, Chinese laborers came to Canada to ___.

A.      work as farmers and miners

B.      build the railroad

C.      do fur trade

D.     open shops

20.   Which of the following industries account for more than half of the GDP in Canada?

A.      Primary industries

B.      Secondary industries

C.      Tertiary industries

D.     None of the above

二、填空题

1．  The best known stock exchange is ___1___ located in __2___ area of New York city.

2．  The US congress is divided into ___3____ with _4__ members who serve two-year terms, and ___5_ with _6__ lawmakers who serve six-year terms.

3．  According to John Locke, the right to govern comes from an agreement or _7__ voluntarily entered into by free people.

4．  The Three Faiths in the US refer to _8__, __9_ and _10__.

5．  Mark Twain’s novel _____11__ is considered as the greatest novel in American literature.

6．  Columbus discovered the New World in the year of __12__.

7．  One advantage of corporation over sole proprietorship and partnership is that it has __13___ so investors risks only the amount of their investment.

8．  The Puritans introduced __14_ education for all children and public tacation for _15__ in the 17th century.

三、简答题：

1.       Which of the U.S government agency used human beings as guineas pigs to test drugs including LSD?

2.       Which three organizations provided the strongest leadership of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s?

3.       What did the Puritans introduce to the US education in the 17th century?

4.       Name three novels written by Ernest Hemingway.

5.       What is F. Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece?

6.       WASP culture is the mainstream of US society. What does “WASP” stand for?

7.       Where did the majority of the Catholic immigrants in the US come from?

8.       Who was the first Secretary of Treasury of the US?

9.       What were the most important principals of the Holy Experiment of the Quaker Pennsylvania?

10.   Who is the writer of the novel “The Sound and The Fury”?

 

四、名词解释

1.       Transcendentalists

2.       religious liberty in the US

3.       US agribusiness

4.        the Bill of Rights

5.       the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act

6.       the Civil Rights Movement in the US

7.       the American black “underclass”

8.       the Canadian mosaic