复习题大纲1

英国部分简答题：

1.What is the geographical position of the UK?

2.Why can’t the term “English”be used to address all the people of the UK?

3.What are the key elements in “Britishness” that the citizens of

the UK share?

4.How has English language evolved in history? Why is it said that it is important to the UK’s class structure?

5.What were the factors that caused Britain to become the first

country to industrialize?

6.What is the Queen’s role as monarch? What does the phrase

“the monarch is supposed to reign but not rule”mean? 7.How did the religious Reformation take place in England? 8.What were the effects of the British Industrial Revolution? 9.Why hasn’t the UK adopted the Euro as its currency? 10.W hy is the UK said to be one of the world’s leading financial centers?

11.F ollowing the Second World War, the UK introduced a series

of legislative and policy reforms known as “welfare state”. What schemes are included in the welfare state?

12.W hy is the British Social Security system said to take care of

the people “from the cradle to the grave”? Does it provide a comprehensive service for the needy?

13.H ow can the British universities be classified? How are they

governed?

14.I n the UK, what is General Certificate of Education? 15.W hat is the climate in the UK? What influences the climate?

美国部分：

1.How does a bill become a law in USA? 2.Why did the early settlers come to America? 3.What’s the influence of the War of Independence? 4.What was the significance of the Civil War?

5.What are the causes that made the U.S. enter the World War

l?

6.What do you think of America declaration of the WWII? 7.What is an American?

8.What is the main content of American culture? 9.What are the ideals of American Education?

10.W hat kind of economic system does the United States have?

What are its characteristics?