(英语国家概况1课程第2次形成性考核答案和讲评.doc

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次形成性考核答案和讲评 （Unit 06-10） The United Kingdom (II) I. True or False: Unit 6 British Literature (T) 01. The early British literature was concerned with Christianity, and Anglo-Saxons produced many versions of the Bible. (Unit 6) (F) 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) There was a general flowering of culture and intellectual life in Europe between the 14th and 17th centuries which is known as “The Renaissance”. (T) (T) 03. Keats, Shelley and Byron brought the Romantic Movement to its height. (Unit 6) (T) 04. Robinson Crusoe tells the story of a shipwreck and a solitary survival. (Unit 6) (F) 05. Writers of romantic literature are more concerned with the power of reason than with imagination and feeling. (Unit 6) Writers of romantic literature are more concerned with imagination and feeling than with the power of reason. (T) (F) 06. Thomas Hardy, the author of Tess of the D’Urbervilles, was a first-class novelist but a second-class poet. (Unit 6) Thomas Hardy, the author of Tess of the D’Urbervilles, was not only a first-class novelist but also a first-class poet. (T) Unit 7 British Education System (F) 07. The purpose of British education is to provide children with literacy and the other basic skills. (Unit 7) The purpose of British education is not only to provide children with literacy and the other basic skills but also to socialize the children. (T) (T) 08. The 1944 Education Act made entry to secondary schools and universities “meritocratic”. (Unit 7) (F) 09. British universities are mainly private bodies which collect funds by themselves. (Unit 7) British universities are mainly public bodies which receive funds from the central government. (T) (T) 10. In Oxford and Cambridge, the BA converts to an MA several years later, upon payment of a fee. (Unit 7) (F) 11. Grammar schools