2023年英美文化真题练习.doc

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%
C. 17%
D. 18%

20. In the United States, Halloween is night - time ___A___ holiday.
A. children's
B. men's
C. women's
D. old men's

21. Australia is generally divided into the following three topographical regions except __B___.
A. the Great Western Plateau
B. the Outback
C. the Eastern Highlands
D. the Central Eastern Lowlands

22. In Britain the succession order of the Crown can be altered only by common consent of __D___.
A. all members of the royal family
B. the House of Lords and the House of Commons
C. cabinet and ministry
D. the countries of the Commonwealth

23. New Zealand is the world's largest exporters of ___A_____.
A. lamb
B. expertise
C. honey
D. potatoes

24. Today __C___ is Ireland's most influential daily.
A. the Irish Press
B. the Irish Independence
C. the Irish Times
D. the Irish Daily

25. In the United States, __A___ is a leading commercial crop in the South.
A. cotton
B. tobacco
C. peanut
D. apple

26. Britain is separated from the rest of Europe by the English Channel in the ____B___ and the North Sea in the east.
A. east
B. south
C. west
D. north
27. The first known settlers of Britain were ___D____.
A. the Jutes
B. the Celts
C. the Saxons
D. the Iberians

28. The English Civil War is also called ___A___.
A. the Puritan Revolution
B. the second Magna Carta
C. the Long Parliament
D. the Anglican War

29. The Tories were the forerunners 0f ____D___ , which still bears the nickname today.
A. the Labour Party
B. the Liberal Party
C. the Social Democratic Party
D. the Conservative Party

30. In Britain only ___B____ of the population are farmers but they manage 7O% of the land area.
A. 2%
B. 3%
C. 4%
D. 5%

31. Which of the following Statements is NOT true about the Prime Minister in Britain? D
A. He is appointed by the Queen.
B. He is Minister for the Civil Service.
C. He sits in the House of Commons.
D. He receives ￡88,292 a year.

32. London's Metropolitan Police Force is directly under the control of ____B___ .
A. the Lord Chancellor
B. the Home Secretary
C. the Attorney General
D. the Prime Minister

33. Which of the following statements is NOT true about the National Health Service? B
A. It Provides for every resident a full range of medical services.
B. It is administered by the central government.
C. Its emergency ambulances are available for doctors' urgent calls.
D. It has suffered from under funding in recent decades.

34. There are some ___D____ universities in the United Kingdom, including the Open University.
A. 75
B. 80
C. 85
D. 9O

35. Ireland is divided into two political parts: ___C____ .
A. Northern Ireland and southern Ireland
B. Southern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland
C. the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
D. Northern Ireland and Britain

36. The Grand Canyon in north-western ___B____ is one of nature's most impeessive sights.
A. Utah
B. Arizona
C. Nevada
D. Idaho

37. The first immigrants in American history came from ___C____ .
A. England and Germany
B. England and Ireland
C. England and the Netherlands
D. England and Spain

38. The United States went to war with ___A____ in 1812, the last war fought between these two countries.
A. Britain
B. France
C. Spain
D. Mexico

39. In 1932, in the depth of the depression, the American people chose ___B____ as their
next president who promised a "new deal" to get America out of depression.
A. Theodore
B. Franklin D. Roosevelt
C. Woodrow Wilson
D. Herbert Hoover

40. Martin Luther King, Jr., a young black clergyman, became a national leader of the ___B____ Movement.
A. Boycott
B. Civil Rights
C. Segregation
D. Integration

41. The cultivated land in the U.S. makes up ___A____ of the total land, and people who are engaged in farming make up only 2.7% of the total population.
A. 21%
B. 31%
C. 41%
D. 51%

42. The Constitution of the United States provides that ___D____ shall be President of the Senate.
A. the Secretary of State
B. the Chief Justice
C. the President
D. the Vice President

43. The typical organizational pattern for elementary and secondary schools in the United States is that of ____C___ .
A. classified schools
B. vocational schools
C. graded schools
D. public schools

44. In the 1920s, Black Literature developed into an upsurge which has come to be known as ____B___ .
A. the Manhattan Renaissance
B. the Harlem Renaissance
C. the Black Revival
D. the African-American Rebirth

45. Of all the symbols, ____D___ , which are considered to represent fertility and new life: are those most frequently associated with Easter.
A. the pumpkin and the turkey
B. the lamb and the beef
C. the spring peas and the potatoes
D. the egg and the rabbit

46. Canada was divided Into Upper Canada (English speaking) and Lower Canada (French speaking) in ____A___ and they were united again in ___A____ .
A. 1791/1840
B. 1775/1791
C. 1840/1867
D. 1775/1867

47. Canada's early economic development was founded on ___A____ .
A. resource industries
B. heavy industries
C. light industries
D. manufacturing industries

48. What law made French the offical language in Canada's Quebec? B
A. The Official Language Act.
B. The Charter of the French Language in Quebec.
C. The Meech Lake Accord.
D. The new Canadian Constitution.

49. The Canadian population is chiefly characterized by ___C____ .
A. its size
B. its growth
C. its linguistic duality
D. its French origins

50. Australia has always been a continent with few people mainly because ____D___ .
A. Australia is too far away fram Europe
B. Australia is the least mountainous and most level of the world's continents
C. Australia is separated from the rest of the world by seas
D. most of the continent is hot and dry