彩光00522英语国家概况200504

2005

年上半年高等教育自学考试全国统一 命题考试

ional British farming involved

（

A

）

, which dated back to the 5

th

century.

A. the open field system

B. the system of crop rotation

C. the use of artificial fertilizer

D. the use of new agricultural machinery

Britain, the First Civil War was fought between t

he Roundheads

who were the

parliamentary soldiers led by

（

B

）

, and

the Cavaliers

who were King Charles’s

supporters.

A. John Lilburne B. Oliver Cromwell

C. Prince Rupert D. William Joyce

3.

（

D

）

radically changed the face of London for the first time since the Great Fire

nearly three centuries earlier.

A. The Black Death B. The Civil War

C. The First World War D. The Blitz

objective of the Chartist Movement was democratic rights for all men, and it took

its name f

orm“

（

C

）

”.

A. The Bill of Rights B. The Agreement of the People

C. the People’s Charter D. the Great Charter

, the Domesday Book is kept in the Public Records Office in

（

C

）

.

A. Cambridge B. Oxford

C. London D. York

Britain, thanks to the militant feminist movement of the suffragettes before the First

World War, votes were granted to women over

（

C

）

in 1918.

A. 20 B.25

C. 30 D. 35

（

A

）

Britain had built up a big empire, “on which the sun never set”.

A. 1900 B. 1910

C. 1920 D. 1930

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Britain, the Tories were the forerunners of

（

B

）

, which still bears he

nickname today.

A. the Labor Party B. the Conservative Party

C. the Liberal Party D. the Social Democratic Party

eldest son of Queen Elizabeth

Ⅱ

—

Prince Charles, Prince of

（

C

）

, is the heir to

the throne.

A. England B. Scotland

C. Wales D. Northern Ireland

Britain, a full meeting of

（

A

）

is called only when a Sovereign dies or

announces his or her intention to marry.

A. the Privy Council B. the House of Lords

C. the House of Commons D. the Parliament

Britain, the highest judicial appointments are made by the Queen on the

advice of

（

B

）

.

A. the Lord Chancellor B. the Prime Minister

C. the Speaker D. the Attorney General

Britain, the Speaker is a member who is acceptable to all shades of opinion in

（

D

）

.

A. the Privy Council B. the House of Lords

C. the Supreme Court D. the House of Commons

British government departments are staffed by members of

（

A

）

, whose

duty is to assist in carrying out laws passed by Parliament.

A. the Civil Service B. the Privy Council

C. the House of Lords D. the House of Commons

the 1970s, oil was discovered in

（

D

）

, but the revenue from oil did not create

an economic miracle for Britain.

A. the English Channel B. the Irish Sea

C. the St. George Sea D. the North Sea

authorities in Great Britain raise revenue through

（

B

）

.

A. the income tax B. the council tax

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C. the capital receipts D. personal contribution

modern games of tennis originated in

（

C

）

in the late 19

th

century.

A. Scotland B. Ireland

C. England D. Wales

a was named after

（

B

）

.

A. Italian navigator Columbus

B. navigator Amerigo Vespucci

C. some Indian chieftain

D. George Washington, founding father of the United States

n 1860 and 1990, the United States witnessed

（

C

）

large-scale population

movements.

A. 2 B. 3

C. 4 D. 5

the beginning of the Berlin Blockade, President Truman turned down the

option of

（

A

）

.

A. sending supplies through the highways, protected by tanks and troops

B. sending supplies through the waterways

C. starting large-scale airlifting

D. staring limited airlifting to test the Soviets

1900, the United States ranked first in the production of

（

A

）

.

A. coal B. electricity

C. oil D. wheat

the War of Independence, America allied with

（

B

）

.

A. Spain B. France

C. Holland D. Germany

Constitutional Convention in America was attended by

（

C

）

.

A. all of the 13 states

B. all of the states except Maryland

C. all of the states except Rhode Island

D. all of the states, but later Rhode Island withdrew from the convention

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ent Theodore Roosevelt made use of the Hepburn Act to

（

C

）

.

A. regulate federal-funded electricity project

B. maintain forest reserves

C. regulate railway price

D. ban corporation merger

the United States, Henry Ford became famous

（

D

）

.

A. because of his wealth

B. because he set up the Standard Oil Corporation

C. because he was the first to invent cars

D. because of his Model T automobile

attitude of many Americans toward different political views after WW

Ⅱ

can be

described as

（

B

）

.

A. following the main trend of view B. intolerant

C. indifferent D. tolerant

the U.S., the Red Scare refers to

（

A

）

.

A. a senseless hysteria about the danger of communism

B. a fear of Soviet subversion

C. a senseless hate of anything foreign

D. an intolerance of any idea different from the mainstream idea

zation was realized in the U.S.

（

C

）

.

A. in 1900 B. in 1910

C. after WWI D. after WW

Ⅱ

the United States, the“winner

-take-

all”system applies to

（

C

）

.

A. all the states B. a majority of the states

C. all states except Maine D. only Maine

“Old

Man and Sea”, Hemingway praises the old man’s attitude towards

（

A

）

.

A. defeat and failure B. the sea

C. his work D. nature

order to remember George Washington

（

C

）

.

A. a memorial hall was built in his birthplace

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