《英美文化概况》教学课件.ppt

4 1．The Three Faiths in the US refer to Protestant, ____ and ____. 2．Freedom of religious belief or non-belief is provided in the ____ in the US Constitution. 1．There are more than 100 Protestants sects in the United States today. 2．When a Supreme Court decision made abortion legal in America, many Catholics, evangelical Protestants and Orthodox Jews objected. 1．Which of the following is not regarded as one of the three basic religious beliefs? A．Protestant. B．Catholic. C．Islamic. D．Judaism. 2．In the United States, people go to church mainly for the following reasons except for ____. A．finding a job in society B．having a place in a community C．identifying themselves with dominant values D．getting together with friends 1．Religious liberty in the US 5 1．____ and ____ are the two major writers of the post-Revolutionary period. 2．“The Masque of the Red Death” and “The Fall of the House of Usher” were stories written by ____. 1．Among the more than 1500 poems Emily Dickinson wrote, she seldom touched upon the subject of death. 2．Henry James wrote several novels about Europeans living in American. 1．Which of the following was written by Henry David Thoreau? A．Nature. B．Walden. C．The Scarlet Letter. D．“The Fall of the House of Usher”. 2．Mark Twain’s works are characterized by the following except ____. A．sense of humor B．egotism C．jokes D．tall tales 1．Transcendentalists 2．The Scarlet Letter 6 1．About 90% of American students go to ____ schools and 10% attend ____ schools. 2．The Puritans introduced ____ education for all children in the 17th century. 1．Harvard College was originally founded to train government officials. 2．It takes at least four years to get bachelor’s degree from an institution of higher learning in the US. 1．In the United States school systems, which of the following divisions is true? A．Elementary school, grammar school. B．Elementary school, junior high school. C．Elementary school, secondary school. D．Junior high school, senior high school. 2．Three of t