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Chapter 1 Geography and Population
1. Where are the UK and the USA respectively located?
2. What are the similarities and differences in the physiographical features between the UK and the USA?
3. What are the major rivers and mountains in the UK and the USA?
4. What is the possible significance of the geography of the USA to the development of the economy in the country?
5. Which, geography or human beings, is more important in the development of a country? Justify your point of view.
6. Compare the population of the UK with that of the USA. (e.g. composition, distribution, etc.)
7. Compare London with Washington D.C.
8. Who were the natives in the UK and in the USA?
9. What are similarities and differences of concentration of population in the UK and the USA? Chapter 2 History
1. Compare the beginnings of the UK with those of the USA. 2. How did the Normans establish the first House in Britain? 3. Why was it important to discover America?
4. How and why did the Puritans come to North America?
5. How did France, Spain and England divide North America after the discovery of America? 6. What were the conflicts between England and American colonists? 7. What are the contents of the Magna Carta? What is its nature?
8. What is the nature of the Hundred Years’ War? What are the consequences? 9. Why could the Industrial Revolution first take place in the UK? 10. How did the Wars of the Roses proceed?
11. What led to the outbreak of the War of American Independence? 12. What is the significance of the American Civil War?
13. What are the causes of the First World War?
14. What roles did the UK and the USA play in the Second World War?
15. Why did the USA experience the six economic crises while the UK did not?
16. What did the UK nationalization mean and why was there nationalization in the UK?
17. Why was the UK no longer a world major power after the Second World War and what did the labour government try to do in order to catch up?
18. What is the real problem of the Northern Ireland and what is your suggestion of solution to the problem?
19. Why does the USA remain an economic power in the world?
20. When and how did the Civil Rights Movement happen in the USA and what is its significance?
21. Why was there a Cold War after the Second World War? What is its consequence? What lesson can we draw from it?Chapter 3 Political Systems
1. What is the political system of the UK? What is the political system of the USA? Compare them.
2. Comment on “She (the Queen) reigns but she does not rule.”
3. Why do we say that “the members of the stronger party in the House of Commons are the
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real law-makers”?
4. What is the essence of the political system in both the UK and the USA? 5. How does a bill become an act, or a law in the UK and in the USA? 6. Why do the British value their opposition party? 7. Why do the British exercise the two-party system? 8. Who cannot vote in the British general election and why?
9. What are the serious disadvantages in the British general election? What do you think of them?
10. What are the disadvantages of the primary election in the USA? 11. What is “the winner-take-all” principle?
12. Compare the British party system with the American party system igogo and the principles
Chapter 4 Economy and Foreign Relations
1. What is the difference between the function of nationalization in the UK and the function of government support in the USA?
2. Why couldn’t US economy avoid economic crises?
3. What are the features of the UK economy and the features of the US economy respectively? What is the difference between them?
4. Make a contrast between the agriculture in the UK and that in the USA. 5. Compare the industry in the UK with that in the USA.
6. What are the uses of corn in the US and why do the Americans use corn as forage as well? 7. Why do the Americans have the agricultural belts? 8. What are the characteristics of the British trade?
9. What are the striking contrasts between trade in the UK and that in the USA? 10. What is the function of the UK in the European Union? 11. What is the function of the UK in the NATO?
12. Comment on the relation between the USA and Russia. 13. Comment on the relation between the USA and the UK. 14. Comment on the relation between the USA and the PRC. 15. Why was there the Cold War?
Chapter 5 Culture
1. What are the problems of the British science?
2. Why did the American science develop so quickly?
3. What are the contributions that the UK has made in science? 4. In what fields does the USA take the lead in modern sciences? 5. What are the three symbols of technology?
6. Compare the elementary education of the UK with that of the USA. 7. Compare the secondary education of the UK with that of the USA.
8. Make a contrast between the higher education in the UK and that of the USA.
9. Make a contrast between the public school in the UK and the private school at the high school level in the USA.
10. What does “middle school” mean to an American?
11. Do you like “tutorial system” in the UK? Why or why not?
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12. Compare BBC with NBC.
13. Make a comparison between the broadcasting system in the UK and that in the USA.
14. What are the features of the British press? Why is there no censorship of the British press? 15. Make a contrast between the Reuters and the Associated Press?
16. Why could the USA broadcast and televise the trans-Atlantic news after 1965? 17. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of television. (??? – icywarmtea) 18. Why is cricket regarded as the most English of games?
19. What is the British sportsmanship? How do you like it?
20. Who introduced bowling into the USA? What do you think of it? 21. What are the popular sports in the UK and in the USA? Compare them.
22. What is an anthem? What is the difference between an anthem and a song?
23. How do you like the deleted stanza in God Save the Queen? Why do you think so? 24. What do you think of the rhyming in the national anthem of the USA? 25. Compare the national anthem of the UK with that of the USA.
26. Why do the British use Jack as part of the name of the national flag of the UK? 27. Why do the Americans use stars and stripes as the symbols of the USA?
Chapter 6 Social Life and Religion
1. What are the shared customs in the UK and in the USA? 2. What are the customs which only the USA possesses? 3. What are the customs which only the UK has? 4. How do yerror Royal Traditions?
5. Why do the British people like to talk about the weather? 6. Comment on the “Self-Made” man.
7. What holidays are shared holidays both in the UK and in the USA? 8. What holidays are the holidays that only the UK celebrates?
9. What holidays does the USA celebrate only?
10. Compare the Hyde Park in the UK with the Yellowstone National Park in the US. 11. What is the feature of Madame Tussaud’s?
12. Why is the New Year’s Day celebration different in England and in Scotland? 13. Why is it difficult and elastic to describe the social life in the UK and in the US?
14. What are the five aspects in the explanation of the social life in the UK?
15. What are the five aspects in the explanation of the social life in the USA? How do you like the aspects in terms of the social life in the UK and in the USA respectively?
16. Why is the rate of divorce in the US high? Can you make some comments on this issue? 17. How do you treat the gap between the poor and the rich?
18. What are the main features of the British worship?
19. Can you make a contrast between the features of American worship and those of British worship?
20. What is the British worship in general?
21. What is the American worship? Is there any similarity or difference between the British worship and the American worship?
22. Can you say something about the problems of religion in the USA?
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how many metropolitan areas does England have? 英国有几个主要城市？ A: seven. 七个 2、what is the backbone of England? 英国的“脊柱“是什么？ A: the pennines.奔宁山脉(位于英国北部) 3、from what languages is english derived? A:english is mainly derived the anglo-saxon and norman-french languages. A.英语主要起源于盎格鲁撒克逊语及法国诺而曼语。 4、what have the scottish people been famous for? A:the scottish people have been famous for their close-knit clans,colorful plaid kilts,and skill as fierce warriors.（ A苏格兰人主要因团结的部落，花翘的苏格兰方格呢短裙及足智多谋的勇士而闻名。 5.why was the Roman impact upon the britons surprisingly limited? A:because the romans always treated the britons as a subject people of slave class and they never intermarried with the native britons. 为什么罗马对不列颠人的影响极其有限? 答:因为罗马人把不列颠人作为奴隶阶级的属民来对待,他们也从来不与本地不列颠人通婚. 6.what was the result of the Synod of Whitby in yorkshire in 664? A:the result of the synod of whitby was that the roman missinaries gained the upper hand over the Celtic missionaries. 在约克郡的威特郡会议的结果是什么? 答:结果是罗马传道士比凯尔特传道士占了上风. 7.what was harold doing when he was informed of the invasion of northumbria by tostig and harold hardrada? was in the south preparing to resist the expected attack from normandy. 当得知托斯蒂格和挪威国王哈罗得.哈德拉达要进攻诺森比利亚时，哈罗得在做什么？答：他正在南部准备抵抗诺曼底人的进攻。 8.where did harold defeat tostig and hardrada? A:at stanford bridge. 哈罗得在哪里击败了他们？答：斯坦福桥。 7.what did william do after he suppressed the Saxon risings in the north? built a string of defense castles to ensure his military control of the whole coutry. 威廉平定了撒克逊人的起义在做什么？答：他建造了一串防卫城堡来确保的他军事控制整个国家。 8.why did william I give his barons large estates in England? A:because he wanted to get a promise of military service and a proportion of the land's produce. 为什么威廉给他的贵族很多财产? 答:因为他想换取服役和收租. 9.what was the peculiar feature of the federal system of England? A:all landowers,big or small,took the oath of allegiance for the land they held ,not only to their immdiate lord ,but also to the king. 英国封建制度特有的特点是什么? 答:所有的土地拥有者,或大或小,都要对他们手中的土地,不仅要宣誓效忠于直接领主,而且要效忠与国王. 10.why did william I have the domesday book compiled? A:william I had the domesday book compiled because he wanted to have a reliable record of all his land ,his tenants and their possessions and to discover how much his tenants could be asked to pay by way of taxes. 为什么威廉要编写末日审判书？答：因为他想有一个可靠的记录，关于所有的土地、佃户和他们的财产并查明他们能交多少税。 11.what was william I's policy towards the church? wanted to keep it completely under his control,but at the same time to uphold its power. 威廉对教会的政策是什么? 答:他想完全控制它的同时,赞成它拥有权利. 12.why did Henry II make Thomas Becket archbishop of Canterbury? thought that thomas becket would assist him in carrying out legal reforms. 为什么亨利二世要使托马斯成为坎特伯雷大主教? 答:亨利认为他会帮助他施行法律改革. 13.what brought henry II make into collision with thomas becket,the Archibishop of canterbury? A:the exeptional privilieges enjoyed by the clergy brought henry II into collision with thomas becket. 什么使亨利和贝克特产生冲突？答：神职人员特有的权利。 14.what are the two aspects of the norman legacy that contributed to great domestic unrest in england in 12th and 13th centuries? A:one was england's possession of territory in France.the other was norman adherence to roman Catholicism. 在12和13世纪，诺曼遗产给英格兰国内带来的很大动乱的两方面原因是什么？答：一个是英国在法国占有土地；二是诺曼对天主教的忠诚。 15.what was the impact of the wars of the roses on feudalism in england? A:the wars of the roses dealt a death blow to feudalism in england. 玫瑰战争对英国封建制度的影响是什么?
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