英美文化小常识

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1、1.WhatarethetwomajorpartiesinBritain?------TheyaretheConservativePartyandtheLabourParty.2.WhatistheofficialfullnameofBritain?-----ItistheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.3.WhoistheheadofgovernmentinIreland?-----ItisthePrimeMinister.4.WhoisJames

2、Joyce?-----Heisthemostwell-knowIrishwriterofthemodernperiod.5.WhowerethefirstAmericans?------TheyweretheIndians.6.WhatkindofeconomicsystemdoestheUnitedStateshave?-----Ithasafree-marketeconomywithadominantprivatesector.7.Whatisbilingualism?-----Thephenomenon

3、thatEnglishandFrencharethetwoofficiallanguagesinCanadaiscalledbilingualism.8.WhatarethegeographicalfeatureofAustraliaasacontinent?------Australiaistheflatestandlowestofthecontinents.9.WhatarethepowerstheconstitutionconfersontheHouseofRepresentatives?------T

4、heHouseofRepresentativeshaspowerstomakeandchangelaws.10.WhatanimalisanationalsymbolofNewZealand?------Thekiwiisanationalsymbolofthecountry.11.WhatistheRenaissance?------RenaissancewastherevivalofclassicalliteratureandartisticstylesinEuropeanhistory.12.Whata

5、rethemostimportantjournalsintheU.K.?------TheyaretheEconomist,NewStatesmanandSociety,andSpectator.13.WhyistheShannonRiverimportanttoIreland?------BecauseitprovideselectricityformuchoftheRepublic.14.HowmanystatesarethereintheUnitedStates?------Thereare50stat

6、esintheUnitedStates.15.WhatisHispanic?------AHispanicisaSpanish-speakingpersonoftheUnitedStates.16.WhatistheBillofRights?-------ItisthetermusedforthefirsttenamendmentstotheConstitution.17.WhatistheCanadaCouncil?-----ItistheCanadianGovernment’sfundingagency.

7、18.WhatisAborigines?-------ItisthetermusedtodescribetheoriginalpeopleofAustralia.19.WhatwasthenatureoftheWhiteAustraliaPolicy?------Itwasadiscriminatoryimmigrationpolicy,whichrestrictedthenon–whitestoenterAustralia.20.WhatareNewZealand’smainexports?------Me

8、at,woolanddairyproductsaremainexports.21.WhatwasQueenMaryknownas?------Shewasknownasthe“BloodyMary”andalsorememberedasthemonarchwholostthelastBritishpossessiononthecontinent------Frenchportofcalais.22.