《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 Religiou 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 18th Century
Ⅲ.The Industrial Revolution
Ⅳ.The Chartist Movement
Ⅶ.Twentieth Century
1.Britain and the First World War
3.Britain and First World War
4.Postwar Britain
Chapter 7 Goveernment and Administration
Ⅰ.The Monarchy
Ⅱ.Parliament
1.The House of Lords
2.The House of Connons
Ⅲ.The Cabinet and Ministry
Ⅳ.The Privy Council
Chapter 8 Justice and the Law
Ⅵ.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 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.Emest 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
