英语专业八级英美文化概况
When did the Pilgrims have their first Thanksgiving Feast?
Response:
A. In 1620.
B. In 1621.
C. In 1624.
D. In 1777.
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问题:
What meat was probably NOT on the Pilgrims' Thanksgiving menu?
Response:
A. Beef.
B. Fish.
C. Lobster.
D. Fowl.
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问题:
The reason for the above Thanksgiving feast at Plymouth was to _____.
Response:
A. celebrate the harvest, thank the God and the native Indians
B. thank the God only
C. thank the weather of the New World
D. celebrate their arrival at new land
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问题:
Which American president didn't like the idea of having a national Thanksgiving Day?
Response:
A. Jefferson.
B. Truman.
C. Roosevelt.
D. Kennedy.
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问题:
Which vegetable or fruit was NOT on the menu at the first thanksgiving feast in 1621?
Response:
A. Potatoes.
B. Berries.
C. Pumpkin.
D. Corn.
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问题:
Which American president proclaimed in 1863 a national Thanksgiving Day to be observed every year on the fourth Thursday of November？
Response:
A. President Washington.
B. President Lincoln.
C. President Jefferson.
D. F. D. Roosevelt.
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问题:
The date of the national Thanksgiving Day in Canada is different from that in U.S.A. It's on _____.
Response:
A. the third Thursday in November
B. May 14
C. the second Monday in October
D. September 2
All children in the UK must, by law, receive a full-time education from the age of _____ to _____.
Response:
A. 5, 16
B. 6, 17
C. 7, 18
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问题:
In Britain, Public schools are also called _____ schools.
Response:
A. state
B. independent
3. local
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Oxford and Cambridge are the oldest universities dating from _____ and _____ respectively.
Response:
A. 1167, 1284
B. 1234, 1325
C. 1335, 1427
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Public schools in the United States receive fund from three levels: _____.
Response:
A. federal (联邦), state, and local
B. state, local, church
C. federal, state, big companies
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问题:
In America the academic year lasts nine months, from September to _____, with winter and spring vocations.
Response:
A. July
B. June
C. August
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The library in _____ was the first private library in the US.
Response:
A. Harvard College
B. Yale College
C. College of New Jersey
The largest state of all the states in America is ____.
Response:
A. Texas
B. California
C. Alaska
D. Hawaii
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问题:
What is the largest river in America ____?
Response:
A. The Ohio River
B. The Columbia
C. The Mississippi River
D. The Colorado
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The British established 13 colonies along ____.
Response:
A. the west coast of North America
B. the west coast of South America
C. the east coast of South America
D. the east coast of North America
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问题:
"The Declaration of Independence" was drafted by ____.
Response:
A. Thomas Jefferson
B. George Washington
C. Benjamin Franklin
D. John Adams
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问题:
In the Civil War, Lincoln issued the famous ____.
Response:
A. "The Bill of Rights"
B. "The Emancipation Proclamation"
C. "The Federalist Paper"
D. "The Declaration of Independence"
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问题:
The 1920s in the United States has been described as a period of _____.
Response:
A. cultural revival
B. development in science and technology
C. loss of purpose
D. material success and spiritual frustration
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问题:
In his inaugural speech (就职演说), ____ said that “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself”.
Response:
A. Woodrow Wilson
B. Franklin D. Roosevelt
C. Hurry Truman
D. Benjamin Franklin
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问题:
Which branch of American government has the power to interpret the Constitution?
Response:
A. The Supreme Court
B. The President
C. The House
D. The Senate
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How many seats do the House of Representatives have?
Response:
A. 635
B. 120
C. 435
D. 351
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Harvard University was founded in _____.
Response:
A.1366
B. 1633
C.1636
D. 1363
Which of the following is NOT a federal holiday of America?
Response:
A. New Year's Day.
B. Valentine's Day.
C. Labor Day.
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问题:
Whose birthday is a federal holiday?
Response:
A. Abraham Lincoln.
B. Martin Luther King, Jr.
C. Franklin
D. Roosevelt.
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When is the Labor Day of America?
Response:
A. May 1.
B. September 6.
C. The first Monday of September.
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Which holiday is on July 4?
Response:
A. Independence Day.
B. Labor Day.
C. Memorial Day.
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Which holiday was established to honor the people killed in the American Civil War?
Response:
A. Independence Day.
B. Memorial Day.
C. Thanksgiving Day.
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Veterans Day (退伍军人节) was originally called ____?
Response:
A. Memorial Day.
B. Armistice Day.
C. Remembering Day.
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What is Veterans Day established for?
Response:
A. Honoring Americans killed in the American Civil War.
B. Honoring Americans who had served in World War I.
C. Honoring Americans who had served in World War II.
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When is Thanksgiving Day?
Response:
A. November 25.
B. First Sunday in November.
C. Fourth Thursday in November.
How to tell whether this 20 years’ old lady is a Japanese citizen?
Response:
A. If brown hair, thick, short bowlegs (弓形腿), then
Japanese.
B. If bow all the time, then Japanese.
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问题:
How to tell whether this 20 years’ old gentleman is a Japanese citizen?
Response:
A. Long and permed hair (烫发), highly possible to be
Japanese.
B. Wearing sneaker (运动鞋) all the time, highly possible to
be Japanese.
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What is the classic gesture or pose for photos of Japanese?
Response:
A. V gesture.
B. Holding shoulders or taking arms.
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问题:
An increasing number of Japanese have acquired how to distinguish the pronunciation of ‘L’ and ‘ R’ in languages other than their mother tongue though they still have trouble for ____.
Response:
A. L and N
B. H and F
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Walking in casual outfit, Japanese is noticeable for wearing a _____ around his or
her neck.
Response:
A. yellow ribbon
B. towel
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问题:
Among the following two kinds of soft drinks, which is way more commonly ordered by Japanese?
Response:
A. Sprite.
B. Coke.
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Another unique feature of Japanese male is that ____.
Response:
A. they trim their own eyebrows
B. they shave their legs
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Why do Japanese people of both genders have hoarse (嘶哑的) voice?
Response:
A. They eat too much toad sashimi.
B. They smoke too much Marlboro and drink too much sake (清
酒).
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问题:
Female senior citizens in Japan usually____.
Response:
A. have bind feet
B. wear heavy makeup and hats
Which of the following is NOT a figure in Christie's detective novels?
Response:
A. Hercule Poirot (赫尔克里?6?1波洛).
B. Miss Jane Marple (马普尔小姐).
C. Auguste Dupin (杜宾).
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问题:
Agatha Christie was a/an ____ writer.
Response:
A. British
B. American
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问题:
Which of the following is Agatha Christie's work?
Response:
A. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd（《罗杰疑案》）
B. The Gold-Bug（《金甲虫》）
C. The Woman in White（《白衣女人》）
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问题:
Agatha was born in ____.
Response:
A. 1880
B. 1890
C. 1900
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问题:
Agatha's second husband was ____.
Response:
A. a writer
B. an archaeologist（考古学家）
C. an anthropologist（人类学家）
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Which of the following movies was adapted from Agatha’s novel?
Response:
A. Marple: Ordeal by Innocence（《马普尔小姐探案之无妄之灾》）
B. Gosford Park（《高斯福庄园》）
C. The Usual Suspect（《非常嫌疑犯》）
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问题:
"Come, Tell Me How You Live" is a/an ____.
Response:
A. poem
B. novel
C. autobiography (自传)
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What is Agatha's first novel?
Response:
A. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
B. The Mysterious Affair at Styles
C. The Murder at the Vicarage
Penelop's web：源自史诗《奥德赛》(Odyssey)。泊涅罗珀(Penelop)是奥底修斯
(Odysseus)的妻子，以忠贞而著称。特洛伊战争持续了十年，Odysseus在返家的途中又耽搁了十年。在这漫长的二十年中，许多王公贵族向Penelop求婚，她都托辞
说必须等织完布后才能予以考虑，一到晚上，她又将白天织好的布再拆开。因此
Penelop's web现在的意思就是 _____。
Response:
A. 忠贞于爱情之人
B. 努力工作之人
C. 永远无法完成的工作
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Damon and Pythias：Damon和Pythias是好朋友。Pythias出事被判了死刑，为了使他能够回家探视亲人，Damo留在牢中作人质，如果Pythias不按时返回，就处死Damon。当期限满，临处刑之际，Pythias及时赶回。国王深受感动，将二人全部释放，因此，Damon and Pythias 意思是 ____。
Response:
A. 生死之交
B. 勇敢之人
C. 无畏权贵之人
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Under the rose：爱神丘比特(Cupid)是爱与美之神维纳斯(Venus)红杏出墙，和战神玛斯
(Mars)所生的儿子。为了维护其母的声誉，丘比特给沉默之神哈伯克拉底(Harpocrates)送了一束玫瑰花，请他守口如瓶，不要把维纳斯的风流韵事传播出去。哈伯克拉底接受了玫瑰花就缄默不语了，成为名副其实的“沉默之神”。由于这个神话传说，古罗马人把玫瑰花当作沉默或严守秘密的象征，并在日常生活中相尚成风。人们去串门做客，当看到主人家的桌子上方画有玫瑰，客人就了解在这桌上所谈的一切均不应外传。因此，Under the rose的意思就是____。
Response:
A．遵守承诺
B. 沉默不语
C．秘密地，私下地
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Apple of discord：佩琉斯和忒提斯举行婚礼时忘记了邀请不和女神厄里斯(Eris)。这位女神大为恼火，留下一个刻有“献给最美者”的金苹果，引起了雅典娜、赫拉和阿芙罗狄忒的纷争，此事导致漫长的特洛伊战争(Trojan War)。因此apple of discord的意思就是___？
Response:
A. 选美比赛
B. 不和的根源
C. 人们的嫉妒之心
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The Trojan horse：在特洛伊战争中，希腊人为了攻打特洛伊城，造了一匹巨大的木马，其中藏有希腊士兵。他们故意装出弃木马逃走的样子，特洛伊人将木马作为战利品请进城。半夜，士兵们从木马内爬出，将城中的人杀死。特洛伊城陷落。The Trojan Horse经过不断引用已成为一个广泛流传的成语，现在常用来指____。
Response:
A. 暗藏的危险或内奸
B. 巧妙战略
C. 愚蠢的举动
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Judgment of Paris： Eris不请自来,参加众神的聚会，离开时留下金苹果。三位女神为了争夺金苹果不分高下，决定让Zeus决定，宙斯无法在自己的妻子、智慧女神和爱与美的女神之间抉择。为难之际，Zeus拨开云雾向人间看去，看到了Troy的二王子Paris正在牧羊，于是将决定权交给了Paris。三个女神分别以“最大的疆土”、“最聪明的头脑”和“最美丽的女人”作为诱惑，而最终Paris放弃了江山选择了Venus，获得了最美丽的女人海伦。如今，Judgment of Paris的意思就是____？
Response:
A．忠于爱情
B．畏惧权贵
C．不爱江山爱美人
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Achilles' heel:阿基里斯是希腊勇士，人与神的结晶。出生之后被母亲倒提着在冥河中浸过，除了足跟之外，全身刀枪不入。但最终在特洛伊战争中被Paris的箭射中脚跟而亡。Achilles' heel意指____。
Response:
A．意料之外的胜利
B．伟大的母爱
C．唯一致命弱点
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Pandora's box （潘多拉的盒子）：普罗米修斯（Prometheus）为人类盗来了天火，激怒了宙斯（Zeus）。Zeus决定惩罚人类，于是他命令火神造出一个美貌的女人Pandora,让她去勾引Prometheus的弟弟埃比米修斯（Epimetheus）。结果Epimetheus上了当，接近了Pandora, Pandora于是将手中的盒子打开，放出了里面的罪恶、灾难、疾病、不幸，只留下了“希望”在盒子里。现在，Pandora's box的意思就是 ____。
Response:
A. 漂亮女人
B. 灾难的根源
C. 等待希望
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The sword of Damocles (达摩克利斯之剑)：Damocles是叙拉古王朝的一位大臣，非常羡慕帝王的荣华富贵。一天，国王让他坐在王位上，在Damocles的头上用一根头发悬一把利剑，告诉他王权的危险就像是那把剑一样，随时可能降临。现在，the sword of Damocles 的意思就是 ____。
Response:
A. 高贵中隐藏的危险
B. 高贵中的压力
C. 成功的危险
The Go board has a grid of ____ lines on it.
Response:
A. 11x11
B. 15x15
C. 19x19
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问题:
In the game of Go, which player moves first?
Response:
A. The one using black stones(棋子).
B. The one using white stones.
C. It will be decided by the game of rock-paper-scissors(石
头剪子布).
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问题:
The game of Go originates from ____.
Response:
A. China
B. Japan
C. Korea
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问题:
Go was originally played on a 17×17 line grid, but a 19×19 grid became standard by the time of ____.
Response:
A. the Han Dynasty
B. the Tang Dynasty
C. the Ming Dynasty
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问题:
A full set of Go stones usually contains ____ black stones and ____ white ones.
Response:
A. 180, 180
B. 181, 180
C. 180, 181
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问题:
In China, the game is traditionally played with ____.
Response:
A. single-convex stones (单面凸起的棋子)
B. double-convex stones(双面凸起的棋子)
C. irregular-shaped stones
Britpop is a subgenre of _____.
Response:
A. rock music
B. pop music
C. country music
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问题:
Which of the following is not a Britpop band?
Response:
A. Blur.
B. Green Day.
C. Oasis.
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____ is regarded as the origin of Britpop.
Response:
A. Madchester（曼彻斯特疯潮，发源于曼彻斯特的一股音乐潮流）
B. Punk rock（朋克摇滚）
C. Garage rock（车库摇滚）
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问题:
Britpop bands were influenced by ____ of the past.
Response:
A. British new age music
B. British classic music
C. British guitar music
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问题:
Which of the following is not a Britpop album (专辑)?
Response:
A. Parklife
B. Hybrid Theory
C. Definitely Maybe
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What is the debut album (首张专辑) of Oasis?
Response:
A. Pablo Honey
B. Suede
C. In Rainbows
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Which Britpop band was originally known as The Rain?
Response:
A. Radiohead
B. Suede
C. Oasis
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英美文化概况之英国篇
英美文化概况之英国篇 英国早期人文历史常识 （一） 英国东邻北海，西、北面对大西洋，南面是英吉利海峡（the English Channel），与法国隔海相望。 地理上，这里被称为“不列颠群岛”（British Isles），由大不列颠岛（Great Britain）和爱尔兰岛（Ireland）这两大岛屿，以及其它几百个小岛组成。 大不列颠岛上分布着英格兰、苏格兰和威尔士（England,Scotland and Wales）三个区域，而爱尔兰岛则分成北爱尔兰和爱尔兰共和国（Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland）两块。 政治上，大不列颠和北爱尔兰共同组成联合王国（the United Kingdom），而爱尔兰共和国则是独立于联合王国而存在的独立的国家。我们通常所说的英国，则是指联合王国。 联合王国的首都是伦敦（London）；而爱尔兰共和国的首都是都柏林（Dublin）。 大不列颠岛在政治上被划分成英格兰、苏格兰和威尔士三个区域，其中英格兰面积最大、人口最多，总的来说也最为富裕。因此很多人通常会用“英格兰人”（English）指代“不列颠人”（British），这点当然会引起苏格兰人和威尔士人（Scots and Welsh）的不满。不列颠在大约一百年前曾统治着世界上四分之一的人口和土地，其殖民地遍布全球各大洲。二战之后，随着不列颠国力衰退，各殖民地纷纷独立，不列颠帝国（the British Empire）在1931年起被英联邦所取代。
英联邦（the Commonwealth of Nations）是由英国和已经独立的前英国殖民地或附 属国组成的联合体。英国作为英联邦元首并无政治实权；各国在一定协议上相互进行政治、主要是经济方面的磋商和合作；各成员国也有权利选择退出英联邦。 （二） 英国地势西北高、东南低。其西北地区主要地形是高原；而东部和东南部则主要是低地，他们是整个欧洲平原（the Great European Plain）的组成部分。 英格兰占据了大不列颠南面的最大部分土地，那里地势平缓，多为平原、丘陵和沼泽地。特别是英格兰东部沿海地区，土地肥沃，适于耕种。 苏格兰多为山地、湖泊和岛屿，它拥有三大自然区：北部高地，中部低地以及南部山陵。不列颠最高峰尼维斯峰（Ben Nevis）便座落于此，高1,343米。威尔士亦是多山地区，6%的土地被森林覆盖，大部分村庄以放牧为主。 北爱尔兰北部为多岩石、荒蛮的海岸，曲折蜿蜒。其东北部多为高地，东南部为山区，而中部则是低浅的盆地。 不列颠是个岛屿国家，四面环海，它隔着英吉利海峡与欧洲大陆遥遥相望。位处英法两国之间的英吉利海峡最窄之处被称作多佛海峡（Straits of Dover），仅有33公里宽度。1985年英国政府和法国政府决定在多佛海峡处修建海峡隧道。 总长153公里的隧道于1994年五月竣工通车，使得欧洲公路网得以连成一体，被誉为人类工程史上的一个伟业。 英国河流分布细密。塞文河（the Severn）是英国第一大河流，长338公里，它同西
英语国家概况美国部分精讲系列
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