英语社会与文化考试题.doc

西 安 财 经 学 院 试 题（卷）纸 命题教师 张瑜 学期 2011 — 2012 学年第 1 学期 使用班级 电商08级 、计本09级、软件0901、金融08级 考核方式开卷笔试 课程名称 《英语社会文化》 阅卷教师签名 题号 一 二 三 四 五 六 七 八 九 十 总分 得分 注意事项： 命题 教师 1.出题用五号字、宋体输入，打印用正规A4纸张。 2.装订线以外的各项均由命题教师填写，不得漏填。 考生 1.装订线内的“班级”、“学号”、“姓名”、“时间”等栏由考生本人填写。 2.一律用黑色的签字笔答题，否则试卷无效。 一、Fill in the following information gaps(30%)(3point each) 1． The U.S. federal government consist of the following three branches the executive, _ _legislative___and the judicial. 2． _Washington D. C. is the capital and political center of the United States. 3． Hawaiian is an official language in the state of Hawaii. 4． The United Kingdom is a country made up of four parts: England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. 5．The main religion in Britain is Christianity as practiced by the Anglican Church. 6．There are two official languages in Ireland: English and Irish (or Gaelic). 7． With an area of 9,984,670 square kilometers, _Canada is a huge country, second in size only to Russia and slightly larger than China. 8． The capital of Canada is the city of _Qttawa__, which is in the province of Ontario, located above the Great Lakes. 9． Canberra , specifically built as a capital city, is located in the Australian Capital Territory (A.C.T.) 10. The first inhabitants of _New Zealand_, the Maori, are thought to have arrived over 1,000 years ago, traveling on canoes from a South Pacific homeland. 二、Choose the correct answer for each of the following (20%)(2 point each) 1. The British Queen decided to open____C____ to summer tourists to raise money, which caused a lot criticism from the public. A. The Tower of London. B. British Museum. C. Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle. D. Westminster Abbey 2. These ____ A _____ stand today as Wales’ great tourist attractions. Tourism is an important industry A. castles and estates B. Hadrian’s Wall C. Giant’s Causeway D. Royal Pavilion 3. In the United States, people