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1、1.WhatarethetwomajorpartiesinBritan?------TheyaretheConservativePartyandtheLabourParty.2.WhatistheofficialfullnameofBritain?-----ItistheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.3.WhoistheheadofgovernmentinIreland?-----ItisthePrimeMinister.4.WhoisJamesJoyce?-----Heisthemostwell-kn

2、owIrishwriterofthemodernperiod.5.WhowerethefirstAmericans?------TheyweretheIndians.6.WhatkindofeconomicsystemdoestheUnitedStateshave?-----Ithasafree-marketeconomywithadominantprivatesector.7.Whatisbilingualism?-----ThephenomenonthatEnglishandFrencharethetwoofficiallanguagesinCanadaisc

3、alledbilingualism.8.WhatarethegeographicalfeatureofAustraliaasacontinent?------Australiaistheflatestandlowestofthecontinents.9.WhatarethepowerstheconstitutionconfersontheHouseofRepresentatives?------TheHouseofRepresentativeshaspowerstomakeandchangelaws.10.Whatanimalisanationalsymbolof

4、NewZealand?------Thekiwiisanationalsymbolofthecountry.11.WhatistheRenaissance?------RenaissancewastherevivalofclassicalliteratureandartisticstylesinEuropeanhistory.12.WhatarethemostimportantjournalsintheU.K.?------TheyaretheEconomist,NewStatesmanandSociety,andSpectator.13.WhyistheShan

5、nonRiverimportanttoIreland?------BecauseitprovideselectricityformuchoftheRepublic.14.HowmanystatesarethereintheUnitedStates?------Thereare50statesintheUnitedStates.15.WhatisHispanic?------AHispanicisaSpanish-speakingpersonoftheUnitedStates.16.WhatistheBillofRights?-------Itisthetermus

6、edforthefirsttenamendmentstotheConstitution.17.WhatistheCanadaCouncil?-----ItistheCanadianGovernment’sfundingagency.18.WhatisAborigines?-------ItisthetermusedtodescribetheoriginalpeopleofAustralia.19.WhatwasthenatureoftheWhiteAustraliaPolicy?------Itwasadiscriminatoryimmigrationpolicy

7、,whichrestrictedthenon–whitestoenterAustralia.20.WhatareNewZealand’smainexports?------Meat,woolanddairyproductsaremainexports.21.WhatwasQueenMaryknownas?------Shewasknownasthe“BloodyMary”andalsorememberedasthemonarchwholostthelastBritishpossessiononthecontinent------Frenchportofcalais

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