江苏开放大学英语国家社会与文化形考作业一高分参考答案23年秋

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一、江苏开放大学英语国家社会与文化形考作业一高分参考答案单选题

1、The annual Edinburgh International Festival is held in __________ .

A、Northern Ireland

B、Wales

C、England

D、Scotland

正确答案：D

2、Strictly speaking, Great Britain comprises three countries, namely _____.

A、England, Wales, and Northern Ireland

B、England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland

C、England, Scotland, and Wales

D、Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland

正确答案：C

3、On formal occasions, __________ is used, but in everyday conversation, __________ is a widely accepted name for the nation.

A、Great Britain/Britain

B、the United Kingdom/Britain

C、the United Kingdom/England

D、England/Great Britain

正确答案：B

4、In recent years, Britain has had in _________ the highest percentage (over a third) of 21-year-olds graduating from university.

A、Western Europe

B、Europe

C、the world

D、European Union

正确答案：B

5、Which of the following is NOT a popular sport in Great Britain?

A、basketball

B、soccer

C、cricket

D、rugby

正确答案：A

6、Famous private schools like Eton in Britain are known as “__________”.

A、faith schools

B、state schools

C、public schools

D、royal schools

正确答案：C

7、Charity schools requested that the name “public school” be used to indicate that they were open to the public regardless of __________.

A、educational beliefs

B、political beliefs

C、social beliefs

D、religious beliefs

正确答案：D

8、The British value humor quite a lot, particularly in their __________.

A、private life

B、political life

C、religious life

D、inter-personal relationship

正确答案：D

9、According to the passage, to people from outside Great Britain, the best known quality of the British, and in particular of the English, is “ __________ ”.

A、shyness

B、reserve

C、frankness

D、talkativeness

正确答案：B

10、For some Britons, the spirit of “fair play” can be best expressed in the national game of _________.

A、rugby

B、football

C、cricket

D、baseball

正确答案：C

11、The British see irony as a form of free _____ for body, mind, and spirit.

A、Expression

B、display

C、outlet

D、medication

正确答案：D

12、Christianity was introduced to England, Wales, and Southern Scotland by the __________.

A、Romans

B、Danes

C、Anglo-Saxons

D、Celts

正确答案：A

13、England is often talked about in terms of a _____ divide, which is cultural, economic, and political.

A、east/west

B、north/south

C、east/south

D、west/north

正确答案：B

14、“Generation X”often prefers __________ .

A、coffee houses to cyber cafes

B、bank cashiers to cash machines

C、socializing to computers

D、virtual world to reality

正确答案：D

15、Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese is a pub frequented in the past by all of the following England’s literary giants except __________ .

A、Geoffrey Chaucer

B、Samuel Johnson

C、Oliver Goldsmith

D、Charles Dickens

正确答案：A

16、The percentage of British working-class children attending university is declining because they are not able to compete with children from affluent families in the entrance examination.

A、True.

B、False.

正确答案：B

17、Britain has the third largest Jewish population in Europe.

A、True.

B、False.

正确答案：B

18、Both the young and old Britons of all ethnic origins nowadays tend to mix in places of public

entertainment.

A、True.

B、False.

正确答案：B

19、The history of education in England can be traced back to no further than the Anglo-Saxons’ settlement.

A、True.

B、False.

正确答案：B

20、English is the only language spoken by British citizens.

A、True.

B、False.

正确答案：B

21、According to the passage, if one wants to understand England and English ways, he/she needs to understand its class system.

A、True.

B、False.

正确答案：A

22、When English people are making a journey by bus, they will do their best to find an empty seat, and if by train, an empty compartment.

A、True.

B、False.

正确答案：A

23、Only the peoples of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, including the English, Scots, Irish, and Welsh, are called“British”.

A、True.

B、False.

正确答案：B

24、Prince Charles’ remarks about his coronation suggest that he is in favor of multiculturalism.

A、True

B、False

正确答案：A

25、In the past, horse racing and fox-hunting in Britain were pursued exclusively by aristocrats and wealthy landowners.

A、True

B、False

正确答案：A

二、江苏开放大学英语国家社会与文化形考作业一高分参考答案简答题

1、What are the chief reasons for the fertility rate in Britain to decline steadily over recent decades?

正确答案：There are mainly three reasons for Britain’s declining fertility rate in recent decades.First,improvements in female education and career prospects tend to discourage women from havingmore than one or two babies.Secondly,compared with the past when children were muchneeded to work the land for the family, there is far less social pressure for women to havechildren in today’s Britain.Thirdly, having a child in Britain nowadays has become an expensivething. To feed,clothe，house， and educate a child is now a major financial commitment.Consequently, the traditional twentieth century average British family with 2.4 children has nowdwindled to 1.8.

2、What are British parents concerned with when choosing a school for their children?

正确答案：In choosing a school for their children, British parents are concerned with such things as potentialacademic progress, the development of life skills and the kind of social,cultural and spiritualexperience offered by the school.

3、What are the key pointers of the upper class in Britain?

正确答案：They include, among other things, coming from the“old”families; having education at goodprivate schools such as Eton, followed by university — Oxford or Cambridge; possessing wealth;holding prestigious occupation; and, enjoying such pastimes as hunting, shooting, and fishing.

4、What is the full and official name of Britain?

正确答案：The full and official name of Britain is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern lreland(the UK).

5、By what means is working-class culture projected in Britain?.

正确答案：Working-class culture in Britain is mostly projected through the TV “soaps”.

6、What is the social significance of accent and dialect in Great Britain?

正确答案：Since both accent and dialect give the listener clues about a speaker’s geographical and socialbackground, a high degree of social significance has been attached to English speech. Forinstance,nonstandard features in speech may suggest that the speaker has had less formaleducation, and that he/she may have spent most or all his/her life in the same locality. Partly forthis reason, some British grammarians recommended the speech of London and the Court as themost correct and desirable. lt was selected largely because it was spoken by the ruling class —the aristocracy and the Court — and therefore carried authority. Thus, dialect speakers becamesocially stigmatized as rustic, provincial, poor and uneducated.Although many efforts have beenmade to promote a wider acceptance of regional speech in the public sphere, some varieties maystill carry negative connotations.

7、What kind of stories are most pantomimes about in Britain? Name just a few.

正确答案：Fairy stories and Oriental tales are among the most common,and traditional titles includeAladdin, Cinderella and Snow White.

8、How do young mainstream people react to the cultural practices of immigrants as Britain becomes increasingly multi-ethnic?

正确答案：Young mainstream people are making efforts to adopt immigrants’ practices.