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浙江广播电视大学2006年1月期末考试
英语国家概况(2)
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?.There are 20 questions in this part. (20 points) 1.B 2.B 3.B 4.B 5. C 6.C 7.C 8.B 9.C 10.C 11.D 12.D 13.C 14.A 15.D 16.C 17.B 18.A 19.C 20.A
?. There are altogether 15 blanks in the following sentences. (30 points) 21. Puritans
22. William Penn
23. Quaker
24. Letters from an American Farmer
25. a central government
26. its constituent parts
27. a strong central government
28. melting pot
29. mosaic
30. New York Stock Exchange
31. Wall Street
32. Baseball
33. peace
34. order
35. good government
III. There are 10 questions in this part. Answer each of the questions in one full
sentence and write you answer on the answer sheet. (20%)
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36.1492
37. No
38. No
39. No
40. Agribusiness
41. John F. Kennedy/ John Kennedy
42. The Great Gatsby
43. Structure and spontaneity.
44. Christmas Eve 1905
45. Ontario
?. Explain each of the following 6 out of 8. (30%, 5 points for each) 46. Columbus's "discovery" of America
Christopher Columbus, an Italian sailor, believed that by sailing west from Europe he could reach the East. In 1492, he persuaded the Spanish monarchy to support his voyage. He landed on one of the Bahama Islands in the Caribbean Sea and thus "discovered" the New World. Based on his voyage, the Spanish king claimed the territory of the Americas and later conquered the native Americans and established a huge empire.
47. the Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights consists of the first 10 amendments which were added to the Constitution in 1791. The Bill of Rights was passed to guarantee freedom and individual rights such as freedom of speech, the right to assemble in public places, the right to own weapons and so on.
48. Service industries
Service industries are industries that sell a service rather than make a product. Service industries range from banking to telecommunications to the provision of meals in restaurants. As more and more people are employed in service industries in the US, it
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is sometimes said that the US has moved into a "post-industrial era".
49. Affirmative action programs
Affirmative action programs were first advocated by some colleges in the 1960s. The purpose of the program was to equalize educational opportunities for all groups and to make up for past inequality by giving special reference to members of minorities seeking jobs or admission to college.
50.Pony Express System
This was a system of using riders and horses (ponies) to transmit messages and mail orders in the Wild west in mid-19th century. It was replaced by the telegraph system.
51. Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon was the former President of the United States. In the early 1970s, he was involved in the Watergate scandal, for which he was forced to resign from the presidency.
52.The Canadian Mosaic
Canada is a nation of immigrants. When Canada is described as a mosaic, it means that each of the immigrant groups do no have to throw off their old customs, languages and tradition, because there is no particular concept of an overarching Canadian identity. This resembles a mosaic of different cultures which overlap but do not overwhelm each other.
53.the Canadian identity
It refers to something, which is distinctively Canadian, which is different from other countries, and which is the very reason for making Canada so special. For example, two official languages of English and French can be considered as part of the Canadian identity.
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