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□同意□不同意(1)__The White House____ (2)____ Sydney Opera House_____(3)__The Statue of Liberty_ (4)__bald eagle __(5)___William Shakespear___ (6)___Stonehenge ___Ⅱ. Decide whether the following statements are true(T)or false(F) (20%,2 points for each one)1.In Britain, all children enjoy a nine-year compulsory education.____F___2.In the USA, Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) is the entranceexamination to college.___T___3.Britain’s most famous universities are Oxford and Cambridge.___T____4.The author of the Harry Potter books is an American.___F____5. The great 19th-century novelist Sir Walter named this period as the Battle of Naseby, which lasted for about 30 years.___F____6. By an Act of 1791 Upper Canada (French) and Lower Canada (British) werecreated.___F____7. The federal system of the USA consists of three branches: parliament,president and the Supreme Court.____F___8. The American president is elected every four years to a four-year term, andno more than two full terms are allowed.____T____9. In the UK, Oxford is the oldest university in the high education system.____T____10. New Zealand has a parliamentary system of government closely patterned onthat of the United Kingdom and is a fully independent member of the Commonwealth. It has a written constitution.____F___Ⅲ. Fill in the blanks.(12%,1 point for each blank)1.The full name of the UK is the United Kingdom of Great Britain__and___Northern Ireland__.2.The US currency is __American dollar____.3.The previous party in power of the USA is ______Democratic Party___.4.The government of the UK is constitutional monarch, in which the Queen isregarded as __the Head of State_, and the __Prime Minister__is the head of government.5.The biggest religion in the USA is ___Christianity__.6.Known as the “__melting pot__”, the United States is another typicalmulti-racial country, with a population of 303 million, about 13.3% of which are African Americans, 12.5% Hispanics…7.__Governor-General ___is officially the representative of Queen ElizabethII, and acts only on the advice of the Canadian prime minister.8.In Canada, the Bill, which need three times reading and discuss, is sentto the Senate and becomes the law.9.In British high education, students always ask themselves “What do youthink?” or “What do you know?” They respectively represent the educational idea of _Oxford_ and __Cambridge_.Ⅳ. Listing according to the requirements (38%, 2 point for each blank)Ⅴ. Vocabulary Building: Match each of the items on the left with its meaning on the right. (10%, 1 point for each blank)( j )1.Open University a. using two languages(g)2.constituency b. the revival of classical literature andartistic styles in European history( i )3.checks and balances c. the government branch that approves, amends, andrejects the laws( e )4.aborigines d. special period when American economy almostcollapsed( d )5.Great Depression e. native Australians before the coming of theEuropeans a( h )6.Maoris f. the top leader of the UK( b )7.Renaissance g. the body of voters represented by an electedlegislator or official( f )8.monarch h. the largest minority group of New Zealand ( c )9.legislature i. the supervision and restraints of governmentbranches in the USA( a )10.bilingual j. non-residential university requiring no entrance examⅥ. Tell what you know about the following in your own words, choose any 2 of 3.(8%, 4 points for every one)Comprehensive schoolsAbout 90% of secondary schools are comprehensive schools, which admit children without reference to their academic abilities. Pupils studyeverything from academic subjects like literature and sciences, to more practical subjects like cooking and carpentry.2.Oxford UniversityInformally “Oxford University”, or simply “Oxford”. Located in th e city of Oxford, England, it is the oldest university in the English speaking word.It is also regarded as one of the world’s leading academic institutions.3.Stanford UniversityLocated between San Francisco and San Jose in the heart of Silicon Valley, Stanford University is recognized as one of the world's leading research and teaching institutions.Leland and Jane Stanford founded the University to "promote the public welfare by exercising an influence on behalf of humanity and civilization."。