黑烟考研试题(与英美概况有关试题) Microsoft Word 文档

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50%

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I.

解 释（

15%

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ring spirit

(1) In the mid-nineteenth centry, it

was

this pioneering spirit that led

American settlers

to travel

westward by

the thousands in search of land and gold. (2) It is still an important part of

the

American

character

.

(3)

Today,

Northerners

and

Midwesterners

are

attracted

to

the

West

because

of

good

business

opportunities

and

a

mild

climate.

2.

Separation

of

powers

Influenced

by

Montesquieu?

s

theory

of

division of powers, the US Constitution ruled that political structures should

share

out

political

power

between

legislative,

executive

and

judicial

authorities,

and

that

these

authorities

should

exercise

checks

against

each

other.

II.

选择正确答案（

15%

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1.

下面有关美国宪法的表述那个是 不对的。

A. it is the oldest written constitution in the world.

B. it is the main expression of the American ideal.

C. It is short and explicit in meaning.

D. It has successfully translated the American ideal into practice.

2. How many terms was Franklin Roosevelt elected for?

A. one

B.

two

C.

three

D.

four

3. Who influenced the Founding Fathers by his theory of division of powers?

A. John Locke

B. Benjamin Franklin

C. Montesquieu

D. George Washington

4. Which of the following is not part of the American Character?

A. He is more interested in the present and the future than in the past.

B.

His interests are more with the decorative than with the functional.

C.

He

may

be

bored

by

medieval

art

but

fascinated

by

modern

engineering.

D. He admires efficiency and financial success.

5. The nuclear family consists of the following except ______

A. grandmother

B. mother

C. father

D. unmarried children

III. Answer the following question (20%)

Comment on the 2004 US presidential election.(about 200 words)

北京第二外国语大学试卷（

2005

）

文学专业试题

综合考试

1

卷

英美概况（

50%

）

语言学（

50%

）

英美文学（

50%

）

n the following (15%)

1. the glorious Revolution

2. The Ku Klux Klan

3. Progressive Movement

II. Choose the correct answer from each of the following (15%)

1.

Which of the following is the most famous of all British newspapers?

A.

The Times

B. The Guardian

C. Daily Telegraph

D. Daily Mirror

2. Which of the following is a tabloid?

A. New Statesman

B.

The Sun

C. Sunday Times

D. Morning Star

3. How many terms was Franklin Roosevelt elected for?

A.

one

B.

two

C.

three

D.

four

4. The nuclear family consists of the following except ______

A. grandmother

B. mother

C. father

D. unmarried children

5. The first group of English Puritans to land in American called themselves

“

Pilgrims

< br>”

because

A. it was the name of their church

B. they had been persecuted

…

C.

they had wandered for a great distance in search of freedom

D. they came from Holland

III. Answer the following question (20%)

What,

according

to

the

author,

is

the

fundamental

cause

of

poverty

in

affluent America?

答案：

1. the glorious Revolution

（

1

）

It referrs to event of 1688 the

English Revolution, when the Catholic King James II was forced to flee with

his baby son to France.(2) The throne was offered to his daughter and her

husband

Dutch

King

William.(3)

The

Bill

of

Rights

was

passed

by

Pariliament

to

restrict

the

power

of

the

Monarchy.

(4)

This

was

the

beginning of the Constitutional Monarchy in Britain.

2.

The

Ku

Klux

Klan

(1)After

the

Civil

war,

some

southern

whites

formed

the

Ku

Klux

Klan.(2)It

was

a

violent

secret

society

that

hoped

to

protect white interests and advantages by terrorizing blacks and preventing

them from making social advances. (3) By 1872, the federal government had

suppressed the Klan, but it revived several times in later history.

3. Progressive Movement

(1) It was a movement in early 20

th

century to

reform

society

and

individuals

through

government

action.

(2)

It

was

primarily

a

movement

of

social

engineer

who

believed

that

scientific

and

cost-efficient solutions could be found to all political problems.

III. Answer the following question (20%) What, according to the author, is

the findamental cause of poverty in affluent America?

答案

: The fundamental cause of poverty in affluent America is the overall

unequal distribution of wealth and income, whereas the poorest fifth receive

only 5.21 percent.

北京第二外国语大学 试卷（

2010

）

811

综合考试（英语

1

150

语言学

(50%)

英美文学（

50%

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英美社会文化（

50%

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I.

Fill the blanks with proper words.(20%. 2 points for each)

1.

In 1215, some feudal barons and the Church forced King ____ to sign

the ________ to place some limits on the King

?

s power.

2.

The

British

Constitution

consists

of

stature

law,

________

and________

。

3.

There

are

three

major

Parties

in

the

UK:_______,

the

Labour

Party

and _______.

4.

The two oldest universities in Britain are ______ and ______.

5.

The US federal government consists of the following three branches:

the executive, _______ and _______.

6.

“

WASP

”

stands for_________________.

7.

According

to

John

locke,

the

right

to

govern

comes

from

an

agreement or _______ voluntarily entered into by free people.

8.

The Three Faiths in the US refer to Protestant, ______ and______.

9.

The first Catholic president in the US was ________

10.

S

ome

of

the

programs

to

equalize

educational

opportunities

for

all

groups by giving special preference to

members of

minority

groups

are called _______.

II.

Tell

what

you

know

about

the

following

in

your

own

words:(30%.

5points for each)

Bill of Rights of 1689

Commonwealth

Times

three traditions of Christmas in Britain

5. Puritantism

Bill of Rights

答案：

I.

Magna Carta

2. common law, conventions

Conservative Party, the Liberal Democratize Party

,Cambridge

5. the legislative, the judicial

6. White Anglo-Saxon Protestant

7. Social contract

8. Cathlic, Jewish

9.J.F. Kennedy

10. affirmative action programs

II.

1688,

King

James

II

?

s

daughter

and

her

husband

William

were

invited

by

the

politicans

and

church

authorities

to

take

the

throne,

on

condition that by they would respect the rights of Pariliament, The Bill of

Rights was passed in 1689 to ensure that the King would never be able to

ignore Parliament.

2.

In the author

?

s opinion, the Commonwealth is a voluntary association of

states

which

is

made

up

mostly

of

former

British

colonies.

There

are

50

members

of

the

Commonwealth:

many

of

these

are

developing

countries

like India and Cyprus; others are developed nations like Australia, Canada

and New Zealand. The Commonwealth is set up as a forum for continued

cooperation and as a sort of support network.

3.

The Times began publishing in 1785 and it is the United Kingdom

?

s

oldest daily newspaper.

4.

There are three Christmas traditions which are particularly British: one

is

the

Christmas

Pantomime,

a

comical

musical

play.

The

main

male

character is played by a young woman while the main female character,

often an ugly woman called

“

the Dame

”

, is played by a man. Another