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《英美概况》复习资料

Chapter1

1.TheUKismadeupoffourparts;theyareEngland,Scotland,WalesandNorthernIreland.

(Chapter1,p1)

2.OffthecontinentalEuropelietwoislandsknownastheBritishIsles.Thelargestofthemis

GreatBritain.ThenextlargestconsistsoftheRepublicofIrelandandNorthernIrelandwhichbelongsto

theUK,(Chapterl,p3)

3.ThetwoyoungeststatesoftheUSAareAlaskainthenorthwesternpartofNorthAmericaand

HawaiiinthecentralPacificOcean.(Chapter1,p2-3)

4.AlaskaisthelargeststateintheUSA,itwaspurchasedbytheUSAfromRussiain1867for

$7,200,000.(Chapter1,p9)

5.ThewholeoftheUSAincludes50statesandafederaldistrict,theDistrictofColumbia,which

istheseatoftheFederalGovernment.(Chapter1,p3)

6.ThemajorriversintheUKaretheRiverSevernandtheThames.(Chapter1,p7)

7.ThemajormountainsintheUKarethePenniees,theCambriansandtheGrampians.(Chapter1,

p7)

8.TheMississippiRiversisthelongestandthemostimportantriverintheUSA.Itflowsfrom

theGreatLakestotheGulfofMexico.(Chapter1,p8)

9.IntheUSA,therearethreegreatmountainranges:theAppalachianMountains,theRocky

MountainsandtheGreatCordilleraMountainRange.(Chapter1,p9)

10.TheLakeDistrictareaisverybeautifulandquiet.ManyEnglishpoets,suchasWordsworth

andS.Coleridgewrotepoemsaboutthedistrict.(Chapter1,p4)

11.LoughNeagh(纳湖)isalakeof396squarekilometersinarea,thelargestlakeinNorthern

Ireland,andintheBritishIslesaswell.(Chapter1,plO)

12.TherenownedYellowstoneNationalParkinthenorthwesternpartofWyomingistheoldest

nationalparkintheworldandcontainsthelargestwildlifepreserveintheUS.(Chapter1,p6)

13.TheColoradoPlateauisthreadedmyman