英美文化真题练习

英美文化真题练习

英语知识

50

题

1.

There are __

C

____ political divisions on the island of Great Britain.

A. one

B. two

C. three

D. four

2.

Magna

Carta

had

altogether

63

clauses

of

which

the

most

important

matters could be seen in three of the following except ___

B_

___.

A. no tax should be made without the approval of the Grand Council;

B. no serf should be arrested, imprisoned or deprived of his property except

by the law of the land

C. London and other towns should retain their ancient rights and privileges

D. There should be the same weights and measures through - out the country.

3. The first steam engine was devised by Thomas Newcomer at the end of the

17th

century,

and

the

Scottish

inventor

___

_B_

___

modified

and

improved

the design in 1765.

A. Abraham Darby

B. James Watt

C. John Kay

D. Richard Arkwright

4.

In

some

areas

factory

farming

methods

are

used,

particularly

for

___

D

_____.

A. growing crop

B. producing milk

C. catching fish

D. rearing poultry

5. By tradition, the leader of the majority party is appointed ___

A_

__ by the

Sovereign in the United Kingdom.

A. Prime Minister

B. Member of Parliament

C. Lord of Appeal

D. Speaker of the House

6.

Under

the

Anglo

-

Irish

Treaty,

Britain

established

___

B_

___

with

dominion status in Ireland in 1921.

A. the Anglican Church of Ireland

B. the Irish Free State

C. the Irish Republican Army

D. the Anglo - Irish Intergovernmental Council

7.

Irish

broadcasting

began

in

___

C_

__

in

a

small

studio

called

Dublin

Broadcasting Station.

A. 1906

B. 1916

C. 1926

D. 1936

8. __

_D_

___ realized that he could win support for

the Union at home and

abroad by making the war a just war against slavery.

A. Frederick Douglass

B. George Washington

C. John Adams

D. Abraham Lincoln

9.

But

even

after

the

abolition

of

slavery,

organized

or

individual

discrimination was practiced against ___

D__

_.

A. Chinese - Americans

B. American Indians

C. Japanese - Americans

D. black Americans

10. From 1948 to 1966 average yearly growth in real spendable earnings was

___

B_

__ percent in the United States.

A. 1.1

B. 2.1

C. 3.1

D. 4.1

11. After a period of prosperity (1920 ~ 1929), government involvement in the

economy increased ____

A__

___.

A. during the Great Depression

B. after the WW I

C. after the WW II

D. during the Cold War

12. The United States grows nearly ___

B__

of the world's grain and supplies

a half of all the exports of grain in the world.

A. one third

B. one fourth

C. one sixth

D. one seventh

13. Through the Department of __

A_

__, the President is responsible for the

protection of Americans abroad and of foreign nationals in the United States.

A. State

B. Justice

C. Labor

D. Defense

14.

The

community

college

embodies

__

_B

_____

belief

that

an

education

should be practical as well as liberal.

A. George Washington's

B. Thomas Jefferson's

C. Abraham Lincoln's

D. Franklin Roosevelt's

15. The exploratory voyage made by ___

B_

__ brought to a close to an era of

European discovery of Australia that had lasted nearly two hundred years.

A. Arthur Philip

B. Mathew Flinders

C. Port Jackson

D. Peter Lalor

16. After the outbreak

of the First World War, Australia followed Britain's

lead and declared war on ___

_D_

___.

A. Japan

B. Turkey

C. Italy

D. Germany

17. The European discovery of Canada can be traced back to the end of the

___

B

___ century.

A. 14th

B. 15th

C. 16th

D. 17th

18. Northern provinces and territories tale up _

_D_

__ of Canada.

A. half

B. two thirds

C. one third

D. four fifths

19.

In

New

Zealand,

hydroelectricity

from

rivers

and

dams

supplies

____

C_

___ of total energy.

A. 15%

B. 16%