北京语言大学22春英语国家概况离线作业一及答案参考1. Convicts&39; wives in England were discouraged from following their husbands to Australia.( )A.错误B.正确参考答案：B2. Which of the following writers is a Canadian?A.Emily BronteB.Kate ChopinC.Margaret Atwood参考答案：C3. Protestant Church was separated from the Roman Catholic Church at the Reformation in the 16th century, with about _ million members.A.320B.330C.340D.350参考答案：A4. The Hawaiian Islands are one of the most beautiful places on earth.The weather is friendly.The tempeThe Hawaiian Islands are one of the most beautiful places on earth.The weather is friendly.The temperature ranges from 60-90 degrees all year long.Its a little warmer in summer,and a little cooler in winter,but every day is a beach day for somebody.夏威夷岛是世界上最美丽的地方之一。这里天气晴朗宜人，气温整年在华氏60-90度之间变化。夏天稍暖，冬天稍凉，但对于某些人来说每天都是晒太阳的好日子。这是一个介绍夏威夷岛的导游词，基本采用直译的手法。考虑到60-90的温度引起旅游者的误解，就增加“华氏”的解释避免误会。把原文中的beach day转译为“晒太阳的好日子”，否则直译为“海滩日”就会让人费解。5. Canada is a member of _.A.NATOB.the CommonwealthC.both NATO and the Commonwealth参考答案：C6. Two of the most famous literary works of the late 17th century were _.A.Hamlet and Paradise LostB.Pilgrim s Progress and Paradise LostC.Paradise Lost and Shepherds CalendarD.Romeo and Juliet and Shepherds Calendar参考答案：B7. The Times, which began publishing in 1785, is the British oldest daily newspaper.( )A.错误B.正确参考答案：B8. While many women feel it natural to confer with their partners at every turn , manyWhile many women feel it natural to confer with their partners at every turn , many men feel free to make decisions without such ( )A. consultationB. commitmentC. conclusionD. congratulation参考答案：A9. There was ( ) agreement that it was a splendid wedding.A、ordinaryB、universalC、anniversaryD、reversal参考答案：B10. In our school, _. A) there a swimming pool lies B) there does a swimming pool lie C) a sIn our school, _.A) there a swimming pool liesB) there does a swimming pool lieC) a swimming pool lies thereD) there lies a swimming poolDThere be句型的类似句型中lie等常视为系动词，主谓完全倒装。11. The Greek philosopher Aristotle said that a persons highest happiness comes from the use oThe Greek philosopher Aristotle said that a persons highest happiness comes from the use of his or her intelligence. Religious books such as the Koran and Bible discuss faith as a form. of happiness. The British scientist Charles Darwin believed that all species were formed in a way so as to enjoy happiness. And, the United States declaration of independence guarantees life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness as a basic human right. People throughout history may have had different ideas about happiness. But today, many people are still not very sure about it. Some findings are not surprising. For example, the database suggests that married people are happier than single people. People who like to be with other people are happier than unsocial people. People with children are equally happy as couples without children. And wealthier people are only a little happier than poorer people. This database also shows that studying happiness no longer involves just theories and ideas. Economists, psychiatrists, doctors and social scientists are finding ways of understanding happiness by examining real sets of information. Happiness is an extremely popular subject, if you search for happiness on the web site of the online bookseller, Amazon. com, you will find more than two hundred thousand results. Dan Gilbert teaches psychology at Harvard University in Massachusetts. He recently looks at the way the human mind is different from other animals because we can think about the future and use our imaginations. He also explains how our minds can trick us in a way that creates difficulties in making happy choices for the future. Most of the time when people are wrong about how theyll feel about the future, theyre wrong in the direction of thinking that things will matter to them more than they really do. We are remarkable at our ability to adjust and a-dapt to almost any situation but we seem not to know this about ourselves. And so we mistakenly predict that good things will make us happy, really happy for a really long time. Bad things, why theyll just slay us. It turns out neither of these things is on the whole true. The first paragraph in the passage is mainly talking about_.Athe importance of happinessBthe cause of happinessCthe meaning of happinessDpeople who are happy正确答案：C文章的第一段主要讨论了对幸福概念的不同理解，即幸福的意义，故选C。12. Joe: Why will the plane from New York be delayed?Ann: _Joe: Why will the plane from New York be delayed?Ann: _正确答案：BB 解析：首先应读懂上文，后进行逻辑推理，选择填充词句。上文意为“为什么纽约来的飞机要晚点?”所填充的词句意为“由于大雾的缘故。”13. Historically, less people in Britain have lived in the lowland zone rather than in the harsher highland zone.(