2011年英语国家概况试题

2011年7月英语国家概况 试题

课程代码：00522

I. Multiple Choice Questions. (50 points, 1 point for each)

Directions: In this part of the test, there are 50 unfinished statements or questions. For eachof the unfinished statements or questions, four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D aregiven. Choose the one that you think best completes the statement or answers the question.Write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space on your Answer

Sheet.

1. Which of the following statement is NOT true?

A. Great Britain and England are geographical names.

B. The British Isles are made up of three large islands and hundreds of small ones.

C. At present there are 50 member countries within the Commonwealth (1991).

D. Wales is in the west of Great Britain.

2. ____ built the Hadrian’s Wall and the Antonine Wall to keep ____ out of the area they had conquered.

A. The Romans; the Picts

C. The Anglo-Saxons; the Romans

A.The Anglo-Saxons

C.The Vikings

law of the land.

A. the Provision of Oxford

C. Domesday Book

A. Protestants

C. Puritans

A. the abolition of villeinage

B. the punishment of the King’s ministers

C. the increase of wages

D. the reform of the church

7. The significance of the Wars of the Roses was all the following EXCEPT that ____.

A. feudalism received its death blow

B. the great medieval nobility was much weakened

C. the king’s power now became supreme

D. it dealt a death blow to villeinage

8. ____ is one of the comedies of Shakespeare.

A. Othello

C. The Tempest

A. James I

C. Charles I B. Richard III D. Julius Caesar B. James II D. Charles II B. the Constitutions of Clarendon D. Magna Carta B. Catholics D. Muslims B. The Beaker Folk; the Picts D. The Danes; the Anglo-Saxons B. The Normans D. The Romans 3. Who were the ancestors of the English and the founders of England? 4. The spirit of ____ was the limitation of the powers of the king, keeping them within the bounds of the feudal 5. When Mary Tudor became Queen, at least 300 ____ were burnt as heretics. 6. The chief demand of the peasants during the Peasant Uprising of 1381 was ____. 9. In the Glorious Revolution the Catholic king, ____ was driven out of England.

10. ____, excluding any Roman Catholic from the succession, confirmed the principle of parliamentary

supremacy and guaranteed free speech within both the House of Lords and the House of Commons.

A. The Bill of Rights

C. The Test Act

A. “shop of the world”

C. “centre of the world”

centuries?

A. Cultivation of fodder crops

B. Invention of seed drill

C. Selective breeding of domestic animals

D. “Open-field” system B. The Disabling Act D. Instrument of Government B. “workshop of the world” D. “leader of the world” 11. As a result of the Industrial Revolution, Britain became the ____. 12. Which of the following is NOT considered a characteristic of farming in the late 18th and the early 19th

13. In Britain, ____ abolished “rotten boroughs”.

A. the People’s Charter

C. the New Power Law

A. 1926

C. 1952

A. The Monarch

C. The Prime Minister B. the Combination Acts D. the Reform Act of 1832 B. 1947 D. 1953 B. The Parliament D. The Cabinet 14. The present British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II was crowned in ____. 15. ____ has the ultimate authority for law-making in Britain.

16. In the House of Commons, all speeches are addressed to ____ who is elected at the beginning of each new Parliament to preside over the House and enforce the rules of order.

A. the Prime Minister

C. the Speaker

A. 100

C. 120

A. a local government

C. a voluntary organization

A. New Year’s Day

C. Labor Day

A. cricket

C. football

A. California, Arizona and New Mexico

B. California, Florida and Nevada

C. New York, Texas and Florida

D. Arizona, Nevada and Florida

22. In American history, ____ refer to those who came to Plymouth on board of Mayflower.

A. the English nobles

C. the Pilgrims B. the Puritans D. the English adventurers B. the Monarch D. the Lord Chancellor B. 110 D. 130 B. the central government D. a certain society B. Easter Day D. Boxing Day B. golf D. rugby 17. About ____ daily and Sunday newspapers are published nationwide in Britain. 18. In Britain, ____ is directly responsible for the NHS. 19. The day following Christmas Day is known as ___, for on this day gifts are given to servants and tradesmen. 20. Of the following four sports, ____ has the longest history in Britain. 21. The three states that have seen the fastest growth in population in the past 20 years are ____.

23. After President Jefferson bought the ____ Territory from France, the territory owned by the United States almost doubled.

A. Arizona

C. Louisiana B. Texas D. California

24. President Abraham Lincoln issued the ____, because he realized that he could win support for the Union at home and abroad by making the war a just war against slavery.

A. Bill of Rights

C. Declaration of Independence

the following EXCEPT ____.

A. religious intolerance

B. respect of inpidual rights

C. representative form of government

D. a strong spirit of inpidual enterprise

26. Rushed by the Progressive Movement, ____ put forward his program of New Freedom.

A. Woodrow Wilson

C. Franklin D.Roosevelt B. Theodore Roosevelt D. George Washington B. Emancipation of Proclamation D. Civil Right Act 25. The features of the early colonists which have strong influence on the formation of American character are all

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