《英语国家概况》判断题

2010年《英语国家概况》判断题含答案

《英语国家概况》判断题

U.K.

1. The BBC World Service broadcasts only in English throughout the world. F 2. The British history before 55 BC is basically undocumented. T 3. The majority of the people in Britain are descendants of the Anglo-Saxons. T 4. London is one of the three principal financial centers of the world. T 5. People in different parts of Britain like to use the name England to refer to their country. F

6. The Celtic people are the earliest known inhabitants of Britain. T 7. In an effort to make a compromise between different religious factions, Queen Elizabeth I actually defended the fruit of the Religious Reformation. T 8. The island of Great Britain is geographically pided into three parts: England, Scotland and Wales. T

9. The British monarchy has never been interrupted throughout the history. F 10. In terms of population and area, Northern Ireland is the smallest part of the United Kingdom. T

11. The Times is the world’s oldest national newspaper. F 12. Because of political troubles, Northern Ireland has been quite significant among the four constituent parts of the United Kingdom. T 13. Henry II built up a large empire which included England and most of France. T

14. In reality, the British King or Queen is the source of all government powers. F

15. Limited resources and high unemployment rate were persistent problems that prevented rapid economic development in Britain. F

16. Hamlet depicts the hero’s struggle with two opposing forces: moral integrity and the need to avenge his father’s murder. T

17. Today more than half of the people in Wales still speak the ancient Welsh language. F

18. The British economy experienced a relative decline during the postwar period. T

19. The Celts became the dominant group in Britain between the 8th and 5th centuries BC. T

20. Conventions are regarded less important than common law in the working of the British government. F

21. Thatcher’s revolution turned out to be a great success in dealing with all the British economic and social problems. F

22. Alexander Pope was a great English poet who also translated Homer’s Iliad. T

23. Charter companies contributed to Britain’s successful colonization of the U.S. T

24. The British government has been responsible for education since the early

1800s. F

25. The legal systems in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are much

similar in terms of law, organization and practice. F

26. Blair made the Bank of England independent in order to separate politics and

economic policy. T

27. In the U.K., the National Curriculum is compulsory in both the state system

and the independent system. F

28. William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge brought the Romantic

Movement to its height in British literature. F

29. Jonathan Swift is probably the foremost prose satirist in the English language,

and Robinson Crusoe is his masterpiece. F

U.S.

30. Thanksgiving Day falls on the fourth Tuesday in November. F 31. San Francisco is the second largest city after New York and the world famous

Hollywood and Disneyland are located there. F

32. Education is governed by state and local governments instead of the national

government in the U.S. T

33. Yale University is the second eldest institution of higher learning in the United

States. F

34. Walt Whitman introduced great innovations to American literature, and he

devised a poetic style, free verse. T

35. The United States is the fifth most populous nation in the world, ranking

behind China, India, Brazil and South Africa. F

36. During Clinton’s term, the economy developed steadily, resulting in a lower

rate of unemployment. T

37. Although slavery was abolished as a result of the Civil War in the U.S., the

owners of plantations in the South made more profits from selling their agricultural products. F

38. According to the American administration, Saddam Hussein and Osama bin

Laden were responsible for the terrorist event on September 11, 2001. F 39. Almost half of the immigrants coming to the United States in the 1980s were

Asians. T

40. American poet, Emily Dickinson’s poems are usually long, exploring the inner

life of the inpidual. F

41. The form of the U.S. government is based on three main principles: federalism,

the separation of powers, and respect for the Constitution and the rule of law. T

42. The United States is the third largest country in the world in terms of territory.

F

43. The world economy has little to do with the growth and decline of the

American foreign trade. F

44. American foreign policy during the Cold War period was containment and

intervention. T

45. In the United States, certain presidential appointments must be approved by

Congress. T

46. New York is the commercial and financial center of the United States, and it is

also one of the three principal economic centers in the world. T 47. The Civil War not only put an end to slavery, but also decided that America

was a single, inpisible nation. T

48. The U.S. congress is the legislative branch of the federal government and it

consists of two houses: the House of Commons and the House of Lords. F 49. The eastern highlands formed by the Appalachians hold one third of the U.S.

continental territory. F

50. The judicial branch of the federal government consists of a series of courts: the

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