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英语国家概况（1）课程形成性考核题 英语国家概况（1）课程第2次形成性考核作业 （Unit 06-10） The United Kingdom (II) I. True or False: Unit 6 British Literature ( ) 01. The early British literature was concerned with Christianity, and Anglo-Saxons produced many versions of the Bible. (Unit 6) ( ) 02. There was a general flowering of culture and intellectual life in Europe during the 17th and 18th century which is known as “The Renaissance”. (Unit 6) ( ) 03. Keats, Shelley and Byron brought the Romantic Movement to its height. (Unit 6) ( ) 04. Robinson Crusoe tells the story of a shipwreck and a solitary survival. (Unit 6) ( ) 05. Writers of romantic literature are more concerned with the power of reason than with imagination and feeling. (Unit 6) ( ) 06. Thomas Hardy, the author of Tess of the D’Urbervilles, was a first-class novelist but a second-class poet. (Unit 6) Unit 7 British Education System ( ) 07. The purpose of British education is to provide children with literacy and the other basic skills. (Unit 7) ( ) 08. The 1944 Education Act made entry to secondary schools and universities “meritocratic”. (Unit 7) ( ) 09. British universities are mainly private bodies which collect funds by themselves. (Unit 7) ( ) 10. In Oxford and Cambridge, the BA converts to an MA several years later, upon payment of a fee. (Unit 7) ( ) 11. Grammar schools in Britain select children at the age of 11 and provide them with a language education. (Unit 7) ( ) 12. Comprehensive schools admit children without reference to their academic abilities. (Unit 7) Unit 8 British Foreign Relations ( ) 13. When the Second World ended, Britain no longer was the largest military power in Western Europe. (Unit 8) ( ) 14. According to Unit 8, the most single important factor which influences British contemporary foreign policy is its history. (Unit 8) ( ) 15. The Prime Minister and Cabinet decide on the general direction of Britain’s foreign policy. (Unit 8) ( ) 16. Britain is a parliamentary