【浙江】00522英语国家概况自学考试大纲

接全国考办通知,《英语国家概况自学考试大纲》中对考核目标进行了调整，调整后的大纲将于2009年4月考试试行，现公布如下：

《英语国家概况自学考试大纲》的考核目标

Part One  The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Chapter 1  Land and People

Ⅰ.Different Names for Britain and its Parts

Chapter 2  The Origins of a Nation

Ⅰ.Early Settlers

3．The Celts

Ⅱ.Roman Britain

III．The Anglo-Saxons

Ⅳ．The Viking and Danish Invasions

V．The Norman Conquest

Chapter 3  The Shaping of the Nation

Ⅰ．Norman Rule

1. William’s Rule

Ⅱ．The Great Charter and the Beginning of Parliament

1. The Great Charter

Ⅲ．The Hundred Years’ War with France

Ⅳ．The Black Death and the Peasant Uprising

Chapter 4  Transition to the Modern Age

Ⅰ．Transition to the Modern Age

Ⅱ．The English Reformation

Ⅲ．Elizabeth I

1. Elizabeth and Parliament
2. Elizabeth’s Religious Reform
3. Elizabeth’s Foreign Policy

Ⅳ．The English Renaissance

VII. The Civil Wars

VIII. The Commonwealth

1. The Restoration and the Glorious Revolution of 1688

Chapter 5  The Rise and Fall of the British Empire

Ⅰ．Whigs and Tories

Ⅱ．Agricultural Changes in the Late 18^th Century

Ⅲ．The Industrial Revolution

Ⅳ．The Chartist Movement

VII．Twentieth Century

1. Britain and the First World War
2. Britain and the Second World War
3. Postwar Britain

Chapter 7  Government and Administration

Ⅰ．The Monarchy

Ⅱ．Parliament

1. The House of Lords
2. The House of Commons

Ⅲ．The Cabinet and Ministry

Ⅳ．The Privy Council

Chapter 8  Justice and the Law

IV．The Judiciary

V．Police

Chapter 9  Social Affairs

Ⅰ．Health and Social Services

1．The National Health Service

Ⅲ．Religion

1．Established churches

Ⅳ．Festivals and Public Holidays

1．Christian festivals

2．Other festivals

3．Public holidays

Chapter 10  Cultural Affairs

Ⅰ．Education

3．Higher education

Ⅱ．The Media

1．Newspapers

Ⅲ．Sports

Ⅳ．The Arts

3．Drama

Part Two  The Republic of Ireland

Chapter 11  Geography and History

1. Geographical Features
2. Climate and Weather

III. Population and Religion

1. Historical background

Part Three  The United States of America

Chapter 14  Population, Race and Ethnic Groups

1. Introduction
2. Racial and Ethnic Minorities

1．Blacks

Chapter 15  American History  (I)

Ⅰ．Discovery of the New World

Ⅱ．The Colonial Period

Ⅲ．The War of Independence

Ⅳ．A New Form of Government

Ⅵ．Territorial Expansion and Westward Movement

Ⅶ．The Civil War

Ⅷ．Rapid Growth of Capitalism after the Civil War

Chapter 16  American History  (II)

Ⅰ．Economic Development

Ⅱ．Progressivism

Ⅲ．World War I and the United States

Ⅳ．The United States in the 1920s

Ⅴ．The Great Depression and the New Deal

Ⅵ．World War II and the United States

Chapter 17  American History  (III)

Ⅰ．The Origins of the Cold War

Ⅱ．The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan

V．McCarthyism

VII．American Society During the Postwar Boom: 1945-1960s

VIII．The Cuban Missile Crisis

IX．The Vietnam War

X．United States’ Relations with China

XII．Watergate Scandal

Chapter 18  The Economy

(Two paragraphs)

Ⅰ．The Economic System of the United States

V．Foreign Trade

VI．Problems in the U.S. Economy

Chapter 19  Political Institutions

Ⅰ．The U.S. Constitution

1．The Federal system

2．Separation of powers: checks and balances

3．Provisions for amendment

Ⅱ．The Executive Branch

1．The Presidency

2．Presidential Powers

Ⅲ．The Legislative Branch

2. Powers of the House and Senate
3. Officers of the Congress
4. Functions of the Congress

Ⅴ．Political Parties (two-party system)

Chapter 20  Education

Ⅰ．Characteristics of American Education

Ⅱ．Elementary and Secondary Education

Ⅲ．Higher Education

Ⅴ．Education Reforms

Chapter 21  Literature, Architecture and Music

Ⅰ．American Literature

1．Washington Irving

2．Emerson and Hawthorne

3．Mark Twain

4．Whitman and Dickinson

5．Theodore Dreiser

6．T. S. Eliot

7．Ernest Hemingway

8．Hughes and Wright

Chapter 22  Holidays and Festivals

Ⅰ．New Year’s Day

IV．Valentine’s Day

VI．Easter Day

VIII．Independence Day

IX．Halloween

XI．Thanksgiving Day

ⅩII．Christmas Day

Part Four  Canada

Chapter 23 Geography and History

Ⅰ．Geographic Features

4. Geographic regions

Ⅱ．The making of Canada

1．The European discovery

3．Self-government and Confederation

4．The Canadian nation

 

Chapter 26  Society and Culture

I．Canadian Society

1．Population

2．Immigration

3．Bilingualism

4．Multiculturalism

Part Five  Australia

Chapter 27 Land and people

Ⅰ．The Geographical Structure

    1．The Great Western Plateau

2．The Eastern Highlands

3．The Central Eastern Lowlands

Ⅱ．Climate

3. Causes and effects of the hot and dry climate

Ⅳ．People

1．Population

2．Population density and distribution

Ⅴ．Australia’s Built Environment

1．Sprawling cities

2．Rural areas

Ⅵ．Political Divisions  

1．New South Wales

2．Victoria

3．Queensland

4．South Australia

5．West Australia

6．Tasmania

 

Chapter 32  Society and Culture

IV．Australian Culture

1．Aboriginal culture

2．Modern Australian culture

Part Six  New Zealand

Chapter 33   The Making of New Zealand

Ⅰ．Geography

Ⅱ．Climate

Ⅲ．Plants and Animals

Ⅳ．Historical Background

2．The Treaty of Waitangi 1840

Ⅴ.Maoritanga

5.Race relations