《英美概况》试题(附答案).doc

《英美概况》
I. Multiple Choices: Choose one right answer from the four choices:
1. The highest mountain in Britain is ____.
A. Scafell B. Ben Nevis C. the Cotswolds D. the Forth
2. The longest river in Britain is _____.
A. the Clyde B. the Mersey C. the Severn D. the Thames
3. The largest lake in Britain is _____.
A. the Lough Neage B. Windermere Water C. Coniston Water D. the Lake District
4. Which part of Britain is always fighting?
A. England B. Scotland C. Wales D. Northem Ireland
5. The immigrants coming to Britain are mainly from _____.
A. Europe B. the United States C. Africa D. the West Indies,
6. The first inhabitants in Britain were _____.
A. the Normans B. the Celts C. the Iberians D. the Anglo-Saxons
7. British Recorded history began with _____.
A. Roman invasion B. the Norman Conquest
C. the Viking and Danish invasion D. the Anglo-Saxons invasion
8. In 829, _____ actually became the overlord of all the English.
A. John B. James I C. Egbert D. Henry I
9. Christmas Day ____, Duke William was crowned in Westminster Abbey.
A. 1056 B. 1066 C. 1006 D. 1060
10. Henry II was the first king of the _____ dynasty.
A. Windsor B. Tudor C. Malcolm D. Plantagenet
11. In 1265 ____ summoned the Great Council, which has been seen as the earliest parliament.
A. Henry III B. the Pope C. Barons D. Simon de Montfort
12. The Hundred Years’ war started in ____ and ended in ____, in which the English had lost all the territories of France except the French port of ____.
A. 1337, 1453, Flanders B. 1337, 1453, Calais C. 1346, 1453, Argencourt D. 1346, 1453, Brest
13. The Wars of Roses lasted for _____ years and king _____ was replaced by king _____.
A. 30, Richard III, Henry Tudor B. 50, Richard III, Henry Tudor
B. C. 30, Richard I, Henry Tudor D. 50, Richard I, Henry Tudor
14. The Renaissance began in ____ in the early ____ century.
A. England, 14 B. England, 15 C. Italy, 14 D. Italy, 15
15. The English Civil War is also called _____.
A. the Glorious Revolution B. the Bloody Revolution
C. the Catholic Revolution D. the Puritan Revolution
16. In _____, a small group of Puritans sailed from _____ in the Mayflower to be the first settlers in the North America.
A. 1620, London B. 1620, Plymouth C. 1720, London D. 1720, Plymouth
17. In the 18th century, there appeared ____ in England, which owed a great deal to the invention of machines.
A. the Industrial Revolution B. the Bourgeois Revolution
C. the Wars of the Roses D. the Religious Reformation
18. English colonial expansion began with the colonization of _____ in 1583.
A. Canada B. Australia C. India D. Newfoundland
19. _____ was famous for his abdication because of his marriage with a divorced American:
A. Edward VIII B. Edward VII C. George VI D. George VII
20. In January _____ Britain became a member of the European Economic Community.
A. 1957 B. 1967 C. 1973 D. 1979
21. soon after ___ Britain not only gave up its econmic hegemony but also suffered a deep loss of its position of industrial leadership.
A. 1900 B. the First World War C. the Second World War D. 1960
22. In the 1970s among the developed countries, Britain maintained the lowest _____ rate and the highest _____ rate.
A. inflation, growth B. growth, inflation C. growth, divorce D. growth, birth
23. The following are all reasons of British decline of coal industry except _____.
A. the exhaustion of old mines B. costly extraction
B. C. little money being invested D. the labour shortage
24. Britain’s foreign trade is mainly with _____.
A. developing countries B. other Commonwealth countries
C. other developed countries D. EC
25. The House of Lords is presided over by _____.
A. the Lord Chancellor B. the Queen C. the Archbishop of Canterbury D. the Prime Minister
26. A General Election is held every _____ years and there are _____ members of Parliaments are elected.
A. five, 600 B. five, 650 C. five, 651 D. four, 651
27. The Prime Minister is appointed by _____ and he or she always sits in _____.
A. the Archbishop of Canterbury, the House of Commons
B. the Archbishop of Canterbury, the House of Lords
C. the Queen, the House of Commons
D. the Queen, the House of Lords
28. The ultimate authority for law-making resides in _____.
A. the Queen B. the Cabinet C. the House of Lords D. the House of Commons
29. The sources of British law include _____.
A. statutes, common law, equity law and European Community law
B. statutes, common law and equity law
C. statutes, common law and European Community law
D. a complete code and statutes
30. In criminal trials by jury, _____ passes sentenced and _____ decide the issue of guilt or innocence.
A. the judge, the jury B. the judge, the judge
C. the jury, the jury D. the Lord Chancellor, the jury
31. ____ tries the most serious offences such as murder and robbery.
A. Magistrates’ courts B. Youth courts C. district courts D. The Crown Court
32. London’s Metropolitan Police Force is under the control of _____.
A. the England secretaries B. the Scottish Secretaries
C. Northern Ireland Secretaries D. the Home Secretary
33. The National Health Service was established in the UK in _____ and based at first on _____.
A. 1948, Acts of Parliament B. 1958, Acts of Parliament
C. 1948, the Bill of Rights D. 1958, the Bill of Rights
34. The non-contributory social security benefits include the following except _____.
A. war pension B. child benefit C. family credit D. unemployment benefit
35. Except that _____ may not be a Roman Catholic, public offices are open without distinction to members of all churchs or of none.
A. the lord Chancellor B. the Prime Minister C. the Speaker D. the ministers of all departments
36. About 90 per cent of the state secondary school population in the UK attend _____.
A. independent schools B. junior schools C. independent schools D. primary schools
37. There are some ____ universities, including the Open University.
A. 900 B. 290 C. 90 D. 50
38. In Britain, children from the age of 5 to 16 can _____ by law.
A. receive completely free education
B. receive parly free education
C. receive no free education if their families are rich
D. receive no free education at all
39. With regard to its size, the USA is the _____ country in the world.
A. largest B. second largest C. third largest D. fourth largest
40. In the following rivers, _____ has been called the American Ruhr.
A. the Mississippi B. the Missouri C. the Hudson D. the Ohio
41. Among the following rivers, _____ forms a natural boundary between Mexico and the U.S.
A. the Potomac B. the Columbia C. the Rio Grande River D. the Colorado
42. All the following universities and colleges are located in New England, except _____.
A. Yale B. Harvard C. Oxford D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
43. The nation’s capital city Washington D.C. and New York are located in _____.
A. the American West B. the Great Plains C. the Midwest D. the Middle Atlantic States
44. The Midwest in America’s most important _____ area.
A. agricultural B. industrial C. manufacturing D. mining in dustry
45. In the case of Brown versus Board of Education, the Supreme Court ruled that _____.
A. separate educational facilities had been illegal
B. educational facilities had been separate but equal
C. educational facilities had been equal
D. separate educational facilities were inherently unequal
46. The Chinese Exclusion Act was passed in _____.
A. 1882 B. 1883 C. 1900 D. 1924
47. The first immigrants in American history came from ____ and ____.
A. Ireland/France B. England/China C. Scotland/England D. England/Netherland
48. Uncle Tom’s Cabin and Roots are two novels which give a vivid description of the miserable life of the _____.
A. early settlers B. Puritans C. native Indians D. black slaves
49. According to American historians and specialists in demography, there are _____ great population movement in the history of the United States.
A. two B. three C. four D. five
50. Many early Chinese immigrants worked in the mining industry, especially in the _____.
A. gold mines B. silver mines C. coal mines D. copper mines
51. The Declaration of Independence was drafted by _____.
A. James Madison B. Thomes Jefferson C. Alexander Hamilton D. George Washington
52. On July 4, 1776, _____ adopted the Declaration of Independerce.
A. the First Continental Congress
B. the Second Continental Congress
C. the Third Continental Congress
D. the Constitutional Convention
53. The victory of _____ was the turning point of the War of Independence.
A. Saratoga B. Gettysburg C. Trenton D. Yorktown
54. Ten amendments introduced by James Madison in 1789 were added to the Constitution. They are knows as _____.
A. the Articles of Confederation B. the Bill of Right
C. the Civil Rights D. Federalist Papers
55. President Jefferson bought _____ from France and doubled the country’s territory.
A. New Mexico B. the Louisiana Territory C. Kansas D. Ohio
56. The Declaration of Independence came from the theory of British philosopher _____.
A. Paul Revere B. John Locke C. Cornwallis D. Frederick Douglass
57. During the WWII, the Axis powers were mainly made up by __.
A. Germany, France and Japan B. France, Japan and Britain
C. Germany, Italy and Britain D. German, Italy and Japan
58. The Progressive Movement is a movement demanding government regulation of the _____ and _____ conditions.
A. economy/political B. social/political C. economy/social D. political/cultural
59. As a result of WWI, _____ was not one of the defeated nations.
A. Germany B. Austro-Hungary C. Ottoman D. Russia
60. The aim of President Roosevelt’s New Deal was to “save American _____.”
A. economy B. politics C. society D. democracy
答 案
I. Multiple Choices: Choose one right answer from the four choices.
1. B 2. C 3. A 4. D 5. D
6. C 7. A 8. C 9. B 10. D
11. D 12. B 13. A 14. C 15. D
16. B 17. A 18. D 19. A 20. C
21. C 22. B 23. D 24. C 25. A 26. C 27 C 28. D 29. A 30. A
31. D 32. D 33. A 34. D 35. A 36. D 37. C 38. A 39. D 40. D 41.C 42. C 43. D 44. A 45. D 46. A 47. D 48. D 49. C 50. A 51. B 52. B 53. A 54. B 55. B 56. B 57. D 58. C 59. D 60. D 61. C 62. B 63. D 64. C 65. D 66. D 67. B 68. C 69. C 70. D 71. B 72. B 73. B 74. D 75. D
II. Fill in the blanks:
1. Ceographically speaking, the north and west of Britain are _______, while the east and south-east are mostly______.
2. Welsh is located in the ______ of Great Britain.
3. The ancestors of the English ______, while the Scots, Welsh and Irish the ______.
4. In the mid-5th century, three Teuronic tribes ______, _____, and _____ invaded Britain. Among them, the _____ gave their name to English people.
5. The battle of _______ witnessed the death of Harold in October, 1066.
6. Under William, the ______ system in England was completely established.
7. The property record in William’s time is known as ______, which was compiled in _____.
8. _____’s grave became a place of pilgrimage in and beyond chaucer’s time after he was murdered.
9. ______ was the deadly bubonic plague, which reduced England’s population from four million to ______ million by the end of the 14th century.
10. One of the consequences of the Uprising of 1381 was the emergence of a new class of ______ farmers.
11. James I and his son Charles I both believed firmly in ______.
12. During the Civil War, the Cavaliers supported ________, while the Roundheads supported _______.
13. After the Civil War, Oliver Cromwell declared England a ______, later, he became _________.
14. In 1707, the Act of _______ united England and ______.
15. The two parties originated with the Glorious Revolution were _____ and _______. The former were the forerunners of the ______ Party, the latter were of the ______ party.
16. In 1765, the Scottish inventor _____ produced a very efficient _____ that could be applied to textile and other machinery.
17. After the Industrial Revolution, Britain became the “______” of the world.
18. During the Second World War ________ led Britain to final victory in 1945.
19. In 1974 and 1977, the two ______ shock caused inflation to rise dramatically.
20. Natural gas was discovered in 1965 and oil in 1970 under _______.
21. _______ has Europe’s largest collection of foreign owned chip factories.
22. New industries in Britain include___ ______ and other high-tech industries.
23. The party which wins the second largest number of seats becomes the official ______, with its own leader and “______ cabinet”.
24. The Prime Minister is appointed by ______, and his/her official residence is _____.
25. There are two tiers of local government throughout England and Wales: _____ and ______.
26. The criminal law in Britain presumes the _____ of the accused until he has been proved guilty beyond reasonable doubt.
27. The jury usually consists of _______ persons in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and _____ persons in Scotland.
28. The ultimate court of appeal in civil cases throughout the UK is _______.
29. In Britain the welfare state applies mainly to _____, national insurance and ______.
30. The two established churches in Britain are ____ and _____.
31. Education in the UK is compulsory for all between the ages of (______ in Northen Ireland) and _____.
32. In the past children in Britain were allocated to different secondary schools on the basis of selection tests known as _______, which was replaced by ______.
33. Education after 16 in the UK is divided into _____ and ______.
34. The most-known universities in Britain are _____ and _____ which date from the _____ and _____ centuries.
35. In ____, Alaska and Havaii became the 49th and 50th states.
36. In the Great Lakes, only _____ belongs to U.S. completely while the other four are shared with Ganada.
37. _______ is separated from the main land by Canada.
38. The Rockies, the backbone of the North American Continent, is also known as _____.
39. _____ is the largest continental state in area in the U.S.
40. The West can be divided into three parts: the Great Plains, the Rocky Mountains and _____.
41. The South is the headquarters of a large segment of the ______ and ________ industry.
42. New England is sometimes called the ______ of America.
43. _______ is considered to be one of the characteristics of the American people since one in five moves to a new home every year.
44. The first blacks were brought to north America as slaves in _____.
45. The largest group of Asian-Americans are the ______.
II. Fill in the blanks:
1. highlands, lowlands 2. west 3. Anglo-Saxons, Celts 4. Jutes, Saxons, Angles, Angles 5. Hastings 6. feudal 7. Domesday Book, 1086 8. Thomas Becket 9. Black Death, two 10.