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高等教育自学考试《英语国家概况》（2005版）自学考试大纲修订试行以来，考生及有关方面反映意见较多，认为现行大纲中的个别考核目标不够明确，容易对大纲考核目标的理解产生疑义。经组织全国考委外语类专业委员会研究论证，全国考办决定对现行考核目标进行调整。调整后的大纲考核目标以章节形式出现。现将调整后大纲考核目标印发给你们，请及时向社会公布。
调整后的《英语国家概况自学考试大纲》将于2009年4月考试试行。
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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
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