英美概况4套练习题

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1、ExercisesExercise1一、是非题ReadthefollowingstatementscarefullyanddecideifeachofthemisTrueorFalse：()1・TheArticlesofConfederationistheoldestwrittenconstitutionintheworld・()2.AmericaisanamegivenbyColumbus.()3.TheUnitedKingdomisafederal,notaunitarystate・()4.TheAnglo-Saxon

2、ConquestwasimportantinEnglishhistorybecauseitlaidthefoundationonwhichtheEnglishnationwastobeformed.()5.TothewestofGreatBritainisthesecondlargestislandknownasScotland・()6.ThechecksandbalancesysteminAmericawasbasedondivisionofpowe匚()7.London,thecapitaloftheUK,issitu

3、atedontheSevernRivernearitsmouth.()&TheGreatCharterwassignedin1215byKingJohn.()9.JamesIwasthekingwhowasexecutedduringtheEnglishBourgeoisRevolution.()10.TheChartistMovementfinallysucceededanditconstitutedagloriouspageinthehistoryoftheworkers5struggleforlibcration.(

4、)11.Grammarschoolsemphasizeacademicstudiesandteachawiderangeofsubjects.()12.MembersofParliament(MPs)arethosewhoinheritthenobletitles.()13.BritishpeoplechoseFranklinRooseveltasPrimeMinisterin1940whentheW.W.IIbrokeout.()14.HenryVIIwasresponsibleforthefoundingtheChur

5、chofEngland・()15.ThedestructionoftheSpanishArmadanotonlyestablishedthepositionofEnglandasamajorseapowerbutalsopavedthewayforitsforeignexpansion.()16.ItwastheAngleswhogavetheirnametoEnglandandtheEnglishpeople・()17.ThefirstsuccessfulEnglishcolonyinNorthAmericawaspla

6、ntedinVirginiain1620.()18.TheWarsoftheRosesaffectedtheordinarypeopleverymuch・()19.TheQueenformallyappointsallgovernmentofficeholdersexceptthePrimeMinister.()20.TheHundredYear'sWarreferstotheintermittentwarbetweenFranceandEnglandthatlastedfrom1337to1453.二、名词解释Expla

7、inthefollowingtermsinEnglish：1・TheGreatDepression2.IndustrialRevolution3.MeltingPot4.BlackDeath5.AmericanConstitution三、简答题Giveaone-senteneeanswertoeachofthefollowingquestions・1.WhenwastheSecondWarwithEnglandinAmericanhistory?2.WhatarethetwomajorpoliticalpartiesinB

8、ritain?1.WhatisthegeneralclimateinBritain?1.WhichAmericanpresidentwasinvolvedinWatergateAffair?2.WhatisthemostimportantriverinBritain?四、论述题Writebetween1