英美概况简答题
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（仅供参考，比较长的题可适当进行修改。）
1. Who are the British People?
The British people consist of:
超市活动促销方案1) The native Celtic people；
2) The Anglo-Saxons；
3) Immigrants from its former colonies and the rest of the world.
2. What is Standard English?
1) Standard English is bad on the speech of the upper class of southeastern England.
2) It is preferred by the educated and is widely ud in the media and taught at schools.
3) It has developed and has been promoted as a model for correct British English.
4) It is also the norm carried overas;
5) Today, standard English is codified to the extent that the grammar and vocabulary are much the same everywhere in the world English is taught and ud.
3. How many periods can the development of the English Language be divided into and what are they?
The development of the English language can be divided into three periods:
1) Old English;
2) Middle English;
3) Modern English.
4. What does the British parliament consist of?
他是谁The British parliament consist of:
诗意的网名1) The Crown;
2) The Hou of Lords;
3) The Hou of Commons.
5. What are the three functions of the Hou of Commons?
1) To draft laws;
2) To scrutinize the activities of government;pingfang
3) To influence future government policy.
6. What is the Commonwealth of Nations?
1) The Commonwealth of Nations is a voluntary association of independent sovereign states, all of which acknowledge the British monarch as the symbolic head of the associat
ion;
2) It is not a political union of any sort, and its member states have full autonomy to manage their own internal and external affairs;
3) Its primary purpo is to advocate democracy ,human rights and to promote economic cooperation and growth within its members.
7. What was the cau of the American Civil War?
1) The Southern planters of America needed a large number of black of black African slaves;
绿山墙的安妮思维导图2) A growing demand for free labor in the North;
3) The Northerners demanded a law to protect tariffs and asked the government to finance the building of railways and roads, but the Southerns were against it and advocated free trade.
8. What are the basic American values? (P.107)
1）Freedom；
2）Equality；
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3）小孩干咳Desire to work hard for a higher standard of living.
9. What is a “melting pot西黄胶囊”?
1) The United States is not merely a nation, but a nation of nations;
2) The immigrants came in waves, including the Europeans, the Africans and the Asians;
3) Therefore, America is described as a “melting pot” where various racial and ethnic groups are assimilated into the American culture.
10. What is the origin of Thanksgiving?
1) Thanksgiving is associated with the time when Europeans first came to the New World；
2) When Pilgrims first arrived in 1620, life was very hard and there was not enough food, so many of them died;
3) The Native Americans helped them, so they held a big celebration to thank God and the Native Americans.
