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专业年级： 2014级商英本科 考核方式：闭卷 考试时量：90分钟 试卷类型： 题 号 一 合计 复核人 应得分

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得分 评卷人 复核人 I.You are required to interpret the following terms.（10X5′）

One Standard English Two Magna Carta

Three The Reformation

Four The Seperation of Three Powers Five Thatcherism Six Critical Realism

Eight Thanksgiving Day Nine the Lost Generation

Ten Industial Revolution II You are required to answer the following questions.(5X10) 1. How does the english language develops into a universal lingua franca?

2. What is the British Empire?

3. What do we know about the Renaissance?

4. Why is American regarded as a “nation of immigrants ”?

5. What is your understanding of “checks and balance ”?

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