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关于调整全国统考课程《英语国家概况自学考试大纲》 的考核目标的通知 考委办函［2008］53号 各省、自治区、直辖市高等教育自学考试办公室、解放军自学考试办公室： 高等教育自学考试《英语国家概况》（2005版）自学考试大纲修订试行以来，考生及有关方面反映意见较多，认为现行大纲中的个别考核目标不够明确，容易对大纲考核目标的理解产生疑义。经组织全国考委外语类专业委员会研究论证，全国考办决定对现行考核目标进行调整。调整后的大纲考核目标以章节形式出现。现将调整后大纲考核目标印发给你们，请及时向社会公布。 调整后的《英语国家概况自学考试大纲》将于2009年4月考试试行。 附件：《英语国家概况自学考试大纲》的考核目标   全国高等教育自学考试指导委员会办公室 二○○八年七月八日

 

 

 

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《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

IX. 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

3. Britain and the Second World War

4. 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

I. Geographical Features

II. Climate and Weather

III. Population and Religion

IV. Historical background

 

Part Three  The United States of America

 

Chapter 14  Population, Race and Ethnic Groups

I.  Introduction

IV. 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

VI. Maoritanga

5. Race relations