尼龙刷英语国家概况试卷5

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8. The English Renaissance achieved its finest expression in __________


A. Elizabethan drama


















B. Leonardo Da
Vinci’
s works


C. Thomas Moor
’
s works















D. Thomas Wyatt
’
s poems
9. The English Civil War had been seen as a conflict between ________


A. the Commons and the Lords













B. the King and the Barons


C. Parliament and the King
















D. the Crown and the Church
10. Two of the most famous literary works of late 17
th
century England were John Bunyan
’
s Pilgrim
’
s
Progress and _________


A. William Shakespeare
’
s Hamlet













B. Francis Bacon
’
s Essays


C. John Milton
’
s Paradise Lost















D. Christopher Marlowe
’
s Tamburlaine
11. In Britain, ________ were the forerunners of the Conservative Party.


A. the Tories



















B. the Puritains


C. the Whigs



















D. the Anglo- Americans
12. As a result of the Industrial Revolution, Britain became ________


A.
“the
shop of the world
”

















B.
“
the workshop of the world
”



C.
“
the centre of the world
”
















D.
“the
leader of the world
”

13. ________ is generally regarded as the greatest writer in the English language


A. Christopher Marlowe













B. William Shakespeare


C. Edmund Spenser

















D. Charles Dickens
14. In Britain, the prime minister is the leader of the party that holds the most seats in ___


A. the House of Lords

















B. the House of Commons


C. the Senate
























D. the House of Representatives
15. In Britain, private schools or independent schools are called __________


A. grammar schools

















B. high schools


C. public schools



















D. state schools
16. In American, the first English colony was founded at _______ in 1607.


A. Jamestown, Virginia















B. Plymouth, Massachusetts


C. New Amsterdam


















D. Boston, Massachusetts
17. The first immigrants in American history came from _______ and _________


A. Ireland/France



















B. England / China


C. Scotland / England
















D. England / the Netherlands
18. The British established 13 colonies along ___________
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The British Isles are made up of ________


A. two large islands and hundreds of small ones


B. two large islands and Northern Ireland


C. three large islands and hundreds of small ones


D. three large islands and Northern Ireland
2. There are three political divisions on the island of Great Britain. They are _____


A. Britain, Scotland and Wales












B. England, Scotland and Wales


C. Britain, Scotland and Ireland











D. England, Scotland and Ireland
3. In British history, both Saxons and Angels came from ________


A. northern Europe
























B. northern Germany


C. southern Europe
























D. southern Germany
4. It was _________ who laid the foundations of the English state.


A. the Vikings





















B. the Danes


C. the Celts























D. the Anglo-Saxons
5._________ is perhaps the best-known event in English history.


A. The Norman Conquest of 1066

















B. The Great Charter of 1215


C. The Hundred Years
’
War with France












D. The English Renaissance
6. In the reign of the Norman kings ___________ flowered on the English soil.


A. the German culture


















B. the British culture


C. the Danish culture



















D. the Norman culture
7. Black Death, an epidemic disease spread by rat fleas, spread through Europe in the ____century


A.13
th










B. 14
th









C. 15
th










D. 16
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A. the west coast of North America












B. the west coast of South America


C. the east coast of North America













D. the east coast of South America
19. The American War of Independence began with ________


A. the battles of Trenton




















B. the Boston Tea Party


C. the battles of Lexington and Concord








D. the battles of Gettysburg
20. The declaration of Independence was drafted by ________


A. Abraham Lincoln





















B. John Adams


C. Benjamin Franklin




















D. Thomas Jefferson
21. The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by _______ during the Civil War


A. George Washington


















B. Abraham Lincoln


C. Thomas Jefferson




















D. Franklin Roosevelt
22. The 1920s in the U.S. has been described as a period of __________


A. cultural revival
















B. loss of purpose


C. development in science and technology


D. material success and spiritual frustration
23. McCarthyism refers to the anti-Communist hysteria whipped up by senator McCarthy ______


A. after world war I




















B. during world war II


C. in the early 1950s



















D. in the 1960s
24. The famous leader of black movements in the U.S. in the 60s is _________


A. Abraham Lincoln


















B. George Garrison


C. Douglas Moor





















D. Martin Luther King
25. The functions of institutions of higher education in the U.S. are _______


A. research and teaching


B. teaching and degree awarding


C. professional training, teaching and public service


D. teaching, research and public service
26. Walt Whitman
’
s masterpiece is ________


A. Leaves of Grass
























B. Song of Myself


C. A tramp Abroad
























D. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

27.

The_____, the backbone of the North American continent, is also known as the Continental Divide.
A. Appalachians


























B. Rockies

C. Blue Ridge Mountains



















D. Great Smokies
28. The American Constitution was drawn up in 1787 when _________


A. the War of Independence was started












B. the War of Independence was won


C. the American Civil War was started













D. the American Civil War was won
29.
2. The general election in America is held every _____ years.

A. 5









B. 4









C. 6








D. 3
30. Among the following authors, the one who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, is __


A. T. S. Eliot




























B. Emily Dickenson


C. Walt Whitman
























D. Richard Wright
31. The legal holiday observed annually in the U.S. on the fourth Thursday of November is _____


A. Independence Day




















B. Thanksgiving Day


C. Washington
’
s Birthday

















D. Halloween
32. The theme of Thanksgiving has always been ____________.


A. friendship and happiness

















B. peace and plenty


C. cooperation and rich reward















D. love and happiness
33. By long custom, nationally observed holidays in the U.S. include the following except ______


A. Christmas



























B. V
alentine
’
s Day


C. Lincoln
’
s Birthday




















D. Mid-Summer
’
s Day
34. In terms of area Canada is the ________ country in the world.


A. largest






B. second largest






C. third largest









D. fourth largest
35. The first British settlers in Canada were _______ who refused to fight against the British army the
War of American Independence.


A. French refugees























B. British merchants


C. American refugees





















D. French reformers
36. Australia was originally inhabited by ________.


A. Indians







B. Eskimos










C. Maoris










D. Aborigines
37. _______ is the oldest of the Australian states because it was the first colony established by Britain


































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