电大小抄《美国文化》期末复习大纲.docVIP

对外经济贸易大学远程教育学院 《美国文化》课程期末考试 复习大纲 一、期末考试复习范围 1. 复习内容以课件为主，参考书为辅。 2. 期末考试考查全部课件内容, 即Unit1-Unit11。由于期中考试测试了Unit1-Unit6这六单元的学习情况，请同学们准备期末考试时，仅复习Unit1-Unit6 的词汇部分，即课件中的Section B。但要求同学们回到课文重新看一下Section B中的单词或词组出现的句子，Section B中的词汇均在课文Section A 中用黑体标示出来，同学们能够很快找到原句。 3. 同学们准备期末考试时，重点复习以下五单元的内容： Unit 7 The American Economy and Work Unit 8 Race and Ethnic Relations in the United States Unit 9 American Family Unit 10 American Political System Unit 11 American Foreign Policy 以上各单元的复习应侧重理解和掌握课文讲解部分，即每单元Section A：Texts 。另外要求复习每单元课文后的单词列表Section B。复习方法同上，详见2。 二、期末考试题型 本次期末考试分为以下两种题型： 1. 词汇 2. 判断题 每种题型详情请同学们参照以下期末考试模拟题。 三、期末考试模拟题 I. Vocabulary Check Complete the following sentences with the most appropriate word or phrase from the four choices given. 1. Americans sometimes distrust the ____ of business people, believing that they are capable of putting profit before product safety, or a cleaner environment. A. motivations B. ambitions C. motives D. aims 2. Most Americans believe businesses need some government ____, although they may disagree on how much. A. regulation B. control C. guidance D. assistance 3. The legislative or lawmaking branch of the American government is called the ____. A. Supreme Court B. Congress C. Senate D. House of Representatives 4. The process of ____ in the United States has been much more successful for white ethnic groups than for nonwhite ethnic groups. A. integration B. assimilation C. melting D. desegregation II. True or False Statements Read each of the following statements carefully and write A if the statement is true and B if it is false. ___ 1. The civil rights movement of the 1960s helped to bring about a significant degree of assimilation of blacks into the larger American culture. ___ 2. The stock market crash of 1929 ushered in the Great Depression of the 1930s, and it was not until World War II that the American economy turned around. ___ 3. The American inv