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1、2011英美文化与国家概况期末考试填空与简答复习题1.Ofalltheseisles,thelargestoneiscalledGreatBritain.Forthesakeofconvenience,GreatBritainisoftenshortenedtoBritain.2.UnitedKingdomismadeupoffourparts,England,Wales,ScotlandandNorthernIreland.3.TheislandofGreatBritaincanbedividedintotwopartsaccordingtoits
2、geographicfeatures:theHighlandZoneinthenorthandwestandtheLowlandzoneinthesouthandsoutheast.4.InAmerica,ThepresidingofficerofthesenateistheVice-presidentoftheUnitedStateswhoservesaschairmanwhentheSenateisinsession.5.Britaindidnotproducecottonandtextileindustryusedtorelyonwoolast
3、heprincipalfiber.6.InBritain,thecityBirminghamiswellknownforitsproductionofautomobiles,electricityequipment,electronics,munitions,andarms.7.Britishgovernmentisproducedthroughcontestbetweentwomajorpoliticalpartieseveryfiveyears8.Britishcanenjoyhighereducationinthreeways:Universi
4、ties,polytechnicsandOpenUniversities.1.MainlandAmericaissituatedinthesouthernpartofNorthAmericawithtwolandNeighbors,CanadatothenorthandMexicotothesouth.2.ThelongestriverinBritainistheSevernRiver，whichruns355kilometersandemptiesintotheBristolStrait.3.WhiteHouseistheplacewhereAme
5、ricanPresidentlivesandworks.4.British’spopulationisoverwhelminglyurban,withabout90%livinginurbanareasand10%livinginruralareas.5.Britaininventedthelocomotiveandwasthefirstcountrytobuildarailwayintheworldin1825.6.OneofthemostimportantUSgovernmentprincipleis“ChecksandBalances”.7.T
6、hemajorityoftheBritishpeoplebelieveinChristianity,whichisthereligionofthefollowersofJesusChrist.8.ThemostimportantandlongestriverrunningthroughthemiddleplainofAmericaisMississippiRiver.9.TheU.K.hastwoestablishedchurches:theChurchofEnglandandtheChurchofScotland.10.Importantheavy
7、industriesinBritainincludeshipbuildingandmotorvehicle.11.ModernEnglishistheofficiallanguageoftheUnitedKingdomaswellasthefirstlanguageofthevastmajority20.InBritain,theplacewhereparliamenthassessionsinLondonisthePalaceofWestminster.21.TheUSCongresshastwochambers,theSenateandtheHo
8、useofRepresentatives.TheSenatecomprises100Senators,two
