浙江7月自考英语国家概况试题及答案解析.pdf

…………………………………………………………精品自学考试资料推荐………………………………………………浙江省2018年7月高等教育自学考试英语国家概况试题课程代码：00522Ⅰ.ReadthefollowingstatementsanddecidewhicharetrueandwhicharefalsebyputtingTfortrueorFforfalse.(20%)1.ThefirstshotoftheAmericanIndependenceWarwasfiredatFortSumter.2.WhentheFirstWorldWarbrokeout,theU.S.PresidentWilsonimmediatelydeclaredwaragainstGermany.3.Historically,Irelandhadbeenfreeofethnicconflictsbecauseofracialhomogeneity.4.WesternAustraliaisthebiggestAustralianstate,whileTasmaniaisthesmalleststate.5.January6iscelebratedasNewZealandNationalDay,Waitangi.6.EnglishcolonialexpansionbeganwiththecolonizationofNewfoundlandin1583.7.WhentheKoreanWarbrokeoutinJune,1950,Marshallsentthe7thFleettotheTaiwanStraitstopreventthePLAfromliberatingTaiwan.8.Bilingualism,anefforttorecognizetherightsofCanada’sFrench-speakingminority,hashaditsdesiredeffect.9.AllIrishnewspapersareprivatelyanddomesticallyowned.Attemptsforforeigncontrolhavebeenvigorouslyopposed.10.AfterheateddebatesbytheBritishParliament,capitalpunishmentformurderwasrestoredinBritain.11.InBritain,theParliament’smainfunctionsarelaw-making,authorizationoftaxationandpubilcexpenditure,andexaminationoftheactionsoftheGovernment.12.TheuniversitiesofOxfordandCambridge,popularlyknownasOxbridge,datefromthe12thand13thcenturies.13.InSeptember,1774,theFirstInternationalCongresswasheldinPhiladelphia.14.Inthe1920s,BlackLiteraturedevelopedintoanupsurgewhichhascometobeknownastheBlackRenaissance.15.NationalnewspapersinBritainarepopularlydividedinto3groups:quality,popularandmid-marketpapersonthebasisofdifferencesinstyleandcontent.16.ThetypicalorganizationalpatternforelementaryandsecondaryschoolsintheUSisthatofgradedschools.17.Irelandisaplannedeconomywithadominantprivatesector.18.ThemosttypicalEnglishsportsisskatingwhichhasbeeninexistencesincethe16thecntury.19.TheUnionarmyunderthecommandofUlyssesGrantdefeatedtheConfederatearmyatGettysburg.20.TheMississippihasbeencalled“fatherofwaters”or“oldmanriver”.Ⅱ.Fillintheblankswithappropriateinformation.(10%)1.Britis