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1、英美概况模拟试题（一）一．1~5abbdb6~10bdddc11~15aabdc16~20aadcb二．1~5FFFTF6~10TFTFF11~15TFFFT16~20TFFFT三．1．OnOctober24,1929,theAmericanstockmarketcrashed.Billionsofdollarsofpaperprofitswerewipedoutwithinafewhours.Thisledtoalongeconomicdepression.2.TheIndustrialRevolutionreferstothem

2、echanizationofindustryandtheconsequencesinsocialandeconomicorganizationinBritaininthelate18thandearly19thcenturies.Britainwasthefirstcountrytoindustrialize.TheIndustrialRevolutioninBritainfirstbeganinthetextileindustry.3.SincetheUnitedStatesisanationofmanyethnicgroups,

3、itisalsoknownasa“meltingpot,”meaningimmigrantsfromdifferentnationsallovertheworldhavemixedtomakeuptheAmericannation.4.BlackDeathwasthemodernnamegiventothedeadlybubonicplague,anepidemicdiseasespreadbyratfleas.ItspreadthroughEuropeinthe14thcentury.ItsweptthroughEnglandin

4、thesummerof1348withoutwarning.Itkilledmanypeople.Asaresultoftheplague,muchlandwasleftuntendedandtherewasaterribleshortageoflabor.5.TheConstitutionoftheUnitedStatesisthebasicinstrumentofAmericangovernmentandthesupremelawoftheland.Itistheoldestwrittenconstitutioninthewor

5、ld.Itwasdrawnupin1787andwentintoeffectin1789.Itfoundedfederalismandintroducedchecksandbalancesintogovernmentforthefirsttimeinhistory.四．1.TheSecondWarbetweenAmericaandEnglandwasduring1812~1814.2.ThetwomajorpoliticalpartiesinBritainareConservativePartyandLaborParty.3.Bri

6、tainenjoysmaritimeclimate.4.RichardNixonwasinvolvedinWatergateScandal.5.ThemostimportantriverinBritainisThamesRiver.五．In1066thearmyofWilliam,DukeofNormandy,defeatedKingHarold’stroops.HewascrownedKingofEngland.Hethenbuiltastringofdefensecastleensurehismilitarycontroloft

7、hewholecountry.ThisistheNormanConquestinBritishhistory.AftertheNormanConquest,WilliamtheConquerorconfiscatedalmostallthelandandgaveittohisNormanfollowers.HereplacedtheweakSaxonrulewithastrongNormangovernment.Sothefeudalsystemwascompletelyestablished,England.Relationswi

8、ththeContinentwereopened.Thecivilizationandcommercewereextended.Norman-Frenchculture,language,manners,andarchitecture