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2018
年
4
月高等教育自学考试
英语国家概况试题
课程代码：
00522
全部题目用英文作答，并将答案写在答题纸的相应位置上，否则不计分。
Ⅰ
.
Read
the
following
unfinished
statements
or
questions
carefully.
For
each
unfinished
statement or question, four suggested
answers marked A, B, C and D are given. 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 the answer sheet.
(40 points, 1 point for each)
ional British farming
involved
（
）
, 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 the
Roundheads who were the parliamentary
soldiers led by
（
）
,
and the Cavaliers who were King Charles’s
supporters.
A. John Lilburne
B. Oliver
Cromwell
C. Prince Rupert
D. William Joyce
3.
（
）
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
D. The Blitz
C. The
First World War
objective
of the Chartist Movement was democratic rights for
all men, and it took its name
form
“
（
）
”
.
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
（
）
.
A. Cambridge
C. London
B.
Oxford
D. York
Britain,
thanks to the militant feminist movement of the
suffragettes before the First World
War, votes were granted to women
over
（
）
in 1918.
A. 20
B.25
C. 30
D. 35
（
）
Britain had
built up a big empire,
“
on
which the sun never set
”
.
A. 1900
C. 1920
B. 1910
D. 1930
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Britain, the
Tories were the forerunners
of
（
）
, which still bears the
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
（
）
, is the heir
to the
throne.
A. England
B.
Scotland
C. Wales
D.
Northern Ireland
Britain, a full
meeting of
（
）
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
（
）
.
A. the Lord
Chancellor
C. the Speaker
B.
the Prime Minister
D. the Attorney
General
B. the House of Lords
Britain, the Speaker is a member who
is acceptable to all shades of opinion in
（
）
.
A. the Privy
Council
C. the Supreme Court
D. the House of Commons
British government departments are
staffed by members of
（
）
,
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
（
）
,
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
（
）
.
A.
the income tax
B.
the council tax
C. the capital receipts
D. personal contribution
modern games of tennis originated
in
（
）
in the late
19
th
century.
A.
Scotland
B. Ireland
D.
Wales
C. England
a was named
after
（
）
.
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
（
）
large-scale
population
movements.
A. 2
B.
3
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