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1、英美国家概况期末复习考试题型说明：10个简答题和5个论述题。一．简答题1.WhatisthefullnameoftheU.K.?ThefullnameistheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.2.WhatarethetwocomponentsoftheBritishParliament?TheyaretheHouseofCommonsandtheHouseofLords.3.WhydidBritaincooperatecloselywiththeU

2、nitedStatesafterWorldWarⅡ?BecausetheywerealliedduringthewarandsharedthesameworriesabouttheformerSovietUnion.4.WhatarethethreefunctionsoftheHouseofCommons?Thethreefunctionsare:todraftlaws,toscrutinize,criticizeandrestraintheactivitiesofthegovernment,andtoin

3、fluencefuturegovernmentpolicy.5.InwhatwaysdoBritishuniversitiesenjoycompleteacademicfreedom?Britishuniversitiesenjoycompleteacademicfreedombecausetheycanappointtheirownstaff,decidewhichstudentstoadmit,providetheirowncoursesandawardtheirowndegrees.6.Whatare

4、thethreecategoriesofShakespeare’splaysandtheirrepresentatives?Shakespeare’splaysfallintothreecategories:comedy,tragedyandhistoricalplay.TherepresentativesofhiscomediesincludeAMidsummerNight’sDream.TheMerchantofVenice,AsYouLikeItandTwelfthNight.Hismajorhist

5、oricalplaysincludeRichardIII,HenryIVandAntonyandCleopatra.HisgreattragediesarerepresentedbyHamlet,Othello,KingLear,Macbeth,andRomeoandJuliet.7.WhatwereNixon'swell-knowncontributionsduringhispresidency?Nixonmadethreewell-knowncontributions:a)broughttheVietn

6、amWartoaclose;b)reestablishingU.S.relationswithChina;c)negotiatingthefirstStrategicArmsLimitationTreatywiththeformerSovietUnion.8.WhatarethetwocharacteristicsoftheU.S.Constitution?Oneis"checkandbalances".Theotheristhatthepowersofthecentralgovernmentandthep

7、owerofstategovernmentsarespecified.9.说出三个英国的节日Christmas,Easterand"Troopingthecolor"二．论述题1.WhatarethecharacteristicsofEnglishliteratureinthe20thcentury?Englishliteratureinthe20thcenturycanberoughlydividedintotwoperiods:ModernismandPostmodernism.Modernismpre

8、vailedbeforetheSecondWorldWar,Itcanbeviewedasadeliberatedeparturefromtraditionandischaracterizedbytheuseofinnovativeformsofexpression.Modernistwritingseemsunorganized,hardtounderstand.Itoftenportraystheaction