华中师大《英美概况》练习测试题库及答案(2)

D. Robert Bakewell

47. Which of the following statements does not properly descried Britain's economy before the Second World War?

A. Britain was known as the factory of the world.

B. Britain had the highest standard of living in Europe. C. Britain gave up its economic hegemony in the world. D. Britain sold many manufactured goods overseas.

48. Established Churches in Britain are___________. A. Church of England and Churches in Wales B. Church in Wales Church of Scotland C. The Anglican Churches

D. Church of England and Church of Scotland

49. Apart from a break during the Second World War, the BBC has been providing regular television broadcasts since ___________. A. 1935 B. 1936 C. 1937 D. 1938

50. The Declaration of Independence was adopted by the ____ Continental Congress on July 4, _____.

A First / 1774 B. First / 1776 C. Second / 1774 D. Second / 1776

III．Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). If they are false, correct the errors in them.

51．About one-third of the people in Northern Ireland are Roman Catholics. Catholic extremists organized Irish Republican Army, who at first fought for the independence of Ireland, but now uses terrorism in effort to incorporate Northern Ireland with the Republic of Ireland. 52．The Thames River is the largest and most important river in Britain.

53．The introduction of the printing technology to England helped to spread English into many countries and places over the world so that it has become the most important international language in the present day.

54．The national flag of Great Britain is made up of a blue background and three crosses: the red cross of St. George of England, the white saltire of St. Andrew of Scotland and the red saltire of

Ireland.

55．The federal government of the United States is comprised of three branches—the legislative, the executive and the judicial, under the principle of separation of powers.

56．Generally speaking, the U.S. economy consists of three sectors: the market sector, the corporate sector and the public sector.

57．The most important lakes in America are the Great Lakes including four big lakes: Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.

58．The first settlers in 13 colonies in America were from different European countries. They were generally known as WASPS.

59．In the 1930s, the United States experienced the Great Depression which first began with the New York stock market crash.

60．The northern part of Great Britain was originally dominated by people generally called the Welsh. Their territory thus became known as Wales.

61．Old English was an inflected language in which relations of the words in the sentence were mainly indicated by the use of case endings.

62．Britain’s legal system is comprised of four elements: Constitution, common law, equity law, and European Community Legislation.

63．The Tower of London was built to be a prison, which witnessed the death of many of the king’s enemies.

64．The English Bourgeois Revolution in the 17th century ended in the capital punishment of Charles I.

65．The Mississippi River is the most important and largest river in the United States. 66．The first distinct feature of the American Constitution was its division of power.

67．Abraham Lincoln became President of the United States in 1861, representing the Democratic Party.

68．The executive branch of the US federal government, also known as the Administration, is headed by the Congress. …… 此处隐藏：1458字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……