英语国家概况试题_全国自考试卷

英语国家概况试题

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全国

2008

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7

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全国自考

2008

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7

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I. Multiple Choice Questions. (50 points, 1 point for each)

Directions:

In

this

part

of

the

test,

there

are

50

unfinished

statements or questions. For each of the unfinished statements

or questions, 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

your

Answer Sheet.

1. Which of the following statements about the Commonwealth

of Nations is NOT true?

A. It has no special powers.

B. It has 50 member countries in 1991.

C. Its member nations are joined together for military purpose.

D.

It

is

a

free

association

of

independent

countries

that

were

once colonies of Britain.

2. Which of the following tribes came to Britain first?

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A. The Jutes. B. The Gaels.

C. The Angles. D. The Saxons.

3. King Alfred made a treaty with Danes allowing them to keep

the northern and eastern parts of England, which later became

known as ______.

A. Wessex B. Sussex

C. Normandy D. the Danelaw

4.

______,

king

of

England

initiated

the

long,

drawn-out

struggle with Fran

ce called the Hundred Years’ War.

A. Edward I B. Edward II

C. Edward III D. Henry III

5.

William

replaced

______,

the

council

of

the

Anglo-Saxon

kings, with ______.

A. the Witan, Parliament B. the Grand Council, the Witan

C.

the

Witan,

the

Grand

Council

D.

the

Grand

Council,

Parliament

6.

Under

Edward

I,

Henry

III’s

son,

______

was

conquered

(1277-1284) and came under the English Crown.

A. Wales B. Ireland

C. Scotland D. England

7.

Magna

Carta

was

a

statement

of

the

feudal

and

legal

relationship

between

______,

a

guarantee

of

the

freedom

of

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the church and a limitation of the powers of the king.

A. the Crown and the barons B. the Crown and the church

C.

the

Crown

and

Parliament

D.

Parliament

and

the

working

class

8.

______

summoned

in

1265

the

Great

Council

to

meet

at

Westminster,

a

meeting

which

has

been

seen

as

that

of

the

earliest parliament.

A. King John B. Henry III

C. Prince Edward D. Simon de Montfort

9.

The

purpose

of

Henry

VIII’s

reform

was

all

the

following

EXCEPT ______.

A. to alter theology in any way

B. to get rid of Papal interference

C. to make an independent church of England

D. to get rid of the English Church’s connection with Pope

10.

The

Restoration

of

the

House

of

Stuart

happened

in

the

year 1660. The monarch who restored was ______.

A. Charles I B. Charles II

C. James I D. James II

11.

On

their

acceptance

of

______,

William

and

Mary

were

crowned

jointly

in

Westminster

Abbey.

Thus

the

age

of

constitutional monarchy began.

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A. the Test Act B. Magana Carta

C. the Bill of Rights D. the Petition of Right

12.

The

English

Renaissance

was

largely

literary,

and

its

finest

representative dramatists were the following EXCEPT ______.

A. Ben Jonson B. Geoffrey Chaucer

C. William Shakespeare D. Christopher Marlowe

13.

After

the

Opium

War

in

1840,

China

ceded

Hong

Kong

to

Britain and opened five ports to British trade by ______.

A. the Treaty of Paris B. the Treaty of Beijing

C. the Treaty of Nanjing D. the Treaty of Tianjin

14. Which of the following is NOT considered a characteristic of

farming in the late 18th and early 19th centuries?

A. The “open

-

field” system.

B. A system of crop rotation.

C. Introduction of artificial fertilizer.

D. Introduction of new agricultural machinery.

15.

Tories

were

traditionalists

who

were

certainly

against

______.

A. hereditary monarchy B. Parliamentary reforms

C. the Church of England D. strict maintenance of law and order

16. The Privy Council remained powerful until the 18th century

when most of its work was taken over by ______.

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A. Parliament B. the Cabinet

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

17. Which of the following statements about UK’s monarchy is

NOT true?

A. The Sovereign reigns, but doest not rule.

B. The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy.

C. The continuity of the monarchy has been broken only once.

D. The monarchy is the oldest institution of government, going

back to at least the 7th century.

18.

Except

that

______

may

not

be

a

Roman

Catholic,

public

offices in Britain are open without distinction to members of all

churches or of none.

A. the Lord Chancellor B. the Prime Minister

C. the Home Secretary D. the Attorney General

19.

The

University

Boat

Race

between

Oxford

and

Cambridge

has been rowed on the Thames almost every ______ since 1836.

A. spring B. summer

C. autumn D. winter

20. The Royal National Eisteddford, which dates back to 1176,

takes place in ______ for a week annually.

A. Wales B. London

C. Scotland D. Edinburgh

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21. Between the end of the civil war and 1880, there was a big

population movement in the United States, with people moving

______.

A. from the rural areas to cities

B. from the core cities to the suburbs

C. from the Northeast to the South and the West

D.

from

the

densely- populated

east

coast

to

the

sparsely- populated west

22.

In

the

United

States,

the

largest

minority

group

is

______

while the fastest-growing minority group is ______.

A. the Asian-American group, Hispanics

B. the African- American group, European ethnic groups

C. the African-American group, the Asian-American group

D. the Asian- American group, the African-American group

23.

The

chief

reasons

for

early

settlers

to

come

to

the

New

Continent were the following EXCEPT ______.

A. to escape from poverty B. to seek better opportunity

C.

to

practice

religious

toleration

D.

to

escape

religious

persecution

24.

The

significance

of

the

War

of

Independence

is

the

following EXCEPT that ______.

A.

it

paved

the

way

for

the

development

of

capitalism

in

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America

B. it was a historic event, by which the American people gained

independence

C. it made both Britain and America realize that their disputes

should be solved through negotiation

D.

it

had

great

international

influence

—

for

instance,

the

colonies rose up one after another to overthrow colonial rule

25.

The

Declaration

of

Independence

was

adopted

by

the

______ Continental Congress on ______.

A. First, July 4, 1767 B. First, July 14,1767

C. Second, July 4,1776 D. Second, July 14,1776

26.

The

Red

Scare

in

1919

and

1920

reflected

______

in

American history.

A. material success B. spiritual frustration

C. intolerant nationalism D. rapid growth of economy

27. ______ realized that he could win support for the Union at

home and abroad by making the war a just war against slavery.

A. Abraham Lincoln B. James Madison

C. George Washington D. Thomas Jefferson

28.

Which

of

the

following

is

NOT

true

about

the

Progressive

Movement?

A. It happened at the turn of the 20th century.

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