英语专业八级人文知识讲座.ppt

人文知识
英语国家社会与文化
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,所以,主要是把握好出题的方向和侧重点.
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测试要求:
能基本了解主要英语国家的地理、历史、现状、文化传统等.
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考题回顾
1999 年:
1. The Observer
2. The geographical location of North America
3. The old universities in .
4. Westminster Palace
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2000:
The titles of English nobility
The features of Irish landscape
The longest river in Britain
The legislative branch in .
The Hundred Years’ War
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2001:
The founding of Harvard
The settlement of Anglo-Saxons
The official name of .
The economic activity of Canada
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可以互相讨论下，但要小声点
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2002:
Wall Street—the financial center
Big Ben, Benjamin Hall
The compulsory education in .
Three branches of . government
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2003:
The location of California
British news agency
The founding fathers of .
The geography of Canada
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2004:
1920s in .
The largest river in .
The discovery of the New World
The first settlement in America
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