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1、人文知识英语国家社会与文化人文知识的考察范围宽泛.但并不要求有很深的研究,所以,主要是把握好出题的方向和侧重点.测试要求:能基本了解主要英语国家的地理、历史、现状、文化传统等.考题回顾1999年:1.TheObserver2.ThegeographicallocationofNorthAmerica3.TheolduniversitiesinU.K.4.WestminsterPalace2000:ThetitlesofEnglishnobilityThefeaturesofIrishlandscapeThelo

2、ngestriverinBritainThelegislativebranchinU.K.TheHundredYears’War2001:ThefoundingofHarvardThesettlementofAnglo-SaxonsTheofficialnameofU.K.TheeconomicactivityofCanada2002:WallStreet—thefinancialcenterBigBen,BenjaminHallThecompulsoryeducationinU.K.Threebranches

3、ofU.S.A.government2003:ThelocationofCaliforniaBritishnewsagencyThefoundingfathersofU.S.A.ThegeographyofCanada2004:1920sinU.S.A.ThelargestriverinU.S.A.ThediscoveryoftheNewWorldThefirstsettlementinAmerica2005:ThecapitalcityofCanadaHowlongtheU.S.Presidentserves

4、TheimportantcitiesinU.S.A.ThestatechurchinEngland2006:ThePresidentintheCivilWar2.ThecapitalcityofNewZealand3.ThenativesofAustralia4.ThePrimeMinisterinBritainisheadoftheCabinet2007:1.TheoriginofthecurrentBritishpopulation2.TheHeadofStateofCanadaisrepresentedb

5、ytheGovernor-general3.TheauthoroftheDeclarationofIndependence4.TheoriginalinhabitantsofAustralia2008:ThelargestcityinCanada.ThelegislativebranchoftheU.S.governmentTheoldestsportinU.S.A.TheheadoftheexecutivebranchinNewZealand2009:TheHeadofStateofNewZealandThe

6、capitalofScotlandTheauthoroftheDeclarationofIndependenceandtheU.S.presidentThecitieslocatedontheeasterncoastofAustralia.参考书籍:英语专业八级人文知识及改错(上海外国语大学何树主编)英语国家概况(余志远主编)网络资料TheUnitedKingdom:地理、人口及基本事实考过题目:1.Thelongestriver(2000)2.Theofficialname(2000)3.Theorigino

7、fthepopulation4.BigBen,BenjaminHall5.ThecapitalofScotland(2009)备考点:Officialnamevs.GeographicalNames:TheBritishIsles,GreatBritainandEnglandTheBritishEmpire:abigempireonwhichthesunneverset(1900);1/4oftheworld’speopleandlandareaTheCommonwealth(ofNations):1931,5

8、0independentmembers,economicties2.Geographicalposition:ItliesintheNorthAtlanticOceanoffthenorthcoastofEurope.ItisseparatedfromtherestofEuropebytheEnglishChannelinthesouthandtheNorthSeaintheeast.