2009年《英语国家概况》和《英美文学选读大纲》调整通知
高教自考英语语言文学专业两门全国统考课程考试大纲将作调整　　

全国考办在组织全国考委外语类专业委员会研究论证后，决定对高等教育自学考试英语语言文学专业“英美文学选读”（课程代码：0604）和“英语国家概况”（课程代码：0522）两门课程的自学考试大纲的部分内容进行调整。调整后的《英美文学选读自学考试大纲》和《英语国家概况自学考试大纲》将于2009年4月考试试行。
　　具体调整如下：

《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 Foreign 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 the Second World War
　　4. Postwar Britain
　　Chapter 7 Government and Administration
　　Ⅰ.The Monarchy
　　Ⅱ.Parliament
　　1. The House of Lords
　　2. The House of Commons
　　Ⅲ.The Cabinet and Ministry
　　Ⅳ.The Privy Council
　　Chapter 8 Justice and the Law
　　IV.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 11 Geography and History
　　I. Geographical Features
　　II. Climate and Weather
　　III. Population and Religion
　　IV. Historical background
　　Part Three The United States of America
　　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.Ernest 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

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