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1、《英美概况》复习资料Chapter11.TheUKismadeupoffourparts,theyareEngland,Scotland,WalesandNorthernIreland.(Chapter1,p1)2.OffthecontinentalEuropelietwoislandsknownastheBritishIsles.ThelargestofthemisGreatBritain.ThenextlargestconsistsoftheRepublicofIrelandandNorthernIr
2、elandwhichbelongstotheUK.(Chapter1,p3)3.ThewholeoftheUSAincludes50statesandafederaldistrict,WashingtonDistrictofColumbia,whichistheseatoftheFederalGovernment.(Chapter1,p3)4.ThetwoyoungeststatesoftheUSAareAlaskainthenorthwesternpartofNorthAmericaandHawaiii
3、nthecentralPacificOcean.(Chapter1,p2-3)5.AlaskaisthelargeststateintheUSA,itwaspurchasedbytheUSAfromRussiain1867for$7,200,000.Thetotalareais1,500,0oosquarekilometers,muchofwhichismountainous.(Chapter1,p9)6.HawaiiislocatedinthePacificOcean.ItscapitalisHonol
4、uluonOahu.Itsareais16,764squarekilometers.Itbecamearepublicin1894,cededitselftotheUSAin1898andbecamethefiftiethstateoftheUSAin1959.(Chapter1,p9)7.ThemajorriversintheUKaretheRiverSevernandtheThames.(Chapter1,p7)8.ThemajormountainsintheUKarethePenninesinthe
5、middle,theCambriansinthewestandtheGrampiansintheNorthofBritain.(Chapter1,p7)499.TheMississippiRiversisthelongestandthemostimportantriverintheUSA.ItflowsfromtheGreatLakestotheGulfofMexico.(Chapter1,p8)10.IntheUSA,therearethreegreatmountainranges:theAppalac
6、hianMountains,theRockyMountainsandtheGreatCordilleraMountainRange.(Chapter1,p9)11.TheLakeDistrictareaisverybeautifulandquiet.ManyEnglishpoets,suchasW.WordsworthandS.Coleridgewrotepoemsaboutthedistrict.(Chapter1,p4)12.LoughNeagh(纳湖)isalakeof396squarekilome
7、tersinarea,thelargestlakeinNorthernIreland,andintheBritishIslesaswell.LoughistheIrishwordforlake,meaninganarmofthesea.(Chapter1,p10)13.OldFaithfulisthemostfamousgeyserinTheYellowstoneNationalPark,eruptingmorethan100feetintheairaboutevery73minutes.(Chapter
8、1,p6)14.ColoradoValleyortheGrandCanyoninnorthernArizonaisthebestknownoneofmanydeepvalleysorcanyonsinTheColoradoPlateau.Itisoneofthegreatnaturalwondersoftheworld.Itmeasuresabout277mileslong,upto18mileswide,andmoretha
