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1、推免研究生《英语国家概况》考试范冃（英美两国）I.TrueorFalse（每个1.5分X10个=15分）全部在课后练习里，重点是最基木的常识题。II.Choice（每个1.5分X20个=30分）全部在课后练习里，重点是最基本的常识题III.TermExplanation（5分X5个=25分）Terms课文中的问题答案（参考课文中的内容，也可补充信息）1.StandardEnglish112592.BillofRights(inU.S.)无1263.ThanksgivingDay1622714.N
2、ormanConquest无14-155.BritishParliament无31-336.Lostgeneration1782727.Meltingpot1112678.Renaissance无679.theCommonwealthofNations4226110.A-level无551.StandardEnglishStandardEnglishisbasedonthespeechoftheupperclassofsoutheasternEngland.Itispreferredbythee
3、ducatedandiswidelyusedinthemediaandtaughtatschools-IthasdevelopedandhasbeenpromotedasamodelforcorrectBritishEnglish・Itisalsothenormcarriedoverseas.Today,StandardEnglishiscodifiedtotheextentthatthegrammarandvocabularyaremuchthesameeverywhereintheworld
4、whereEnglishistaughtandused.2.BillofRights(inU.S.)In1791,thefist10amendmentswerecreatedintheConstitution.AndthisistheBillofRights,whichguaranteesfreedomofreligion,speechandthepress,therightofpeacefulassemblyandpetition,therighttokeepandbeararms,andfr
5、eedomagainstunreasonablesearchandseizure,amongothers.3.ThanksgivingDayThanksgivingisassociatedwiththetimewhenEuropeansfistcametotheNewWorld.WhenPilgrimsfirstarrivedin1620,lifewasveryhardandtherewasnotenoughfood,somanyofthemdied.TheNativeAmericanshelp
6、edthemandthentheyhadabountifulharvestnextyear・SotheyheldabigcelebrationtothankGodandtheNativeAmericans.1.NormanConquestOnSeptember27,1066,WilliamtheConquerorconfiscatedalmostallthelandandgaveittohisfollowers.ItisbelievedthattheNormanConquestofEngland
7、markedtheestablishmentoffeudalisminEngland.AndNorman-Frenchculture,language,mannerswereintroduced.ItapivotaleventinEnglishhistory.2.BritishParliamentParliamentisthelaw-makingbodyofBritain.Strictlyspeaking,itconsistsoftheCrown,theHouseofLordsandtheHou
8、seofCommons.Themonarchyisusuallyregardedasaseparateinstitution.ThemainlegislativefunctionoftheHouseofLordsistoexamineandrevisebillsfromtheHouseofCommons.TheHouseofCommonsperformsthreemajorfunctions:draftingnewlaws,scrutinizingtheactionsofthegovernmen
