2016年自考专业(英语)英语国家概况考试真题及答案

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一、单项选择题 Multiple Choice Questions (30 points, 1 points for each) Read the following unfinished statements or questions carefully. For each unfinished statements or questions, four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D are given. Choose the one that you think best completes the statements or answers the question. Blacken the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET.参考答案见试卷末尾

1、Britain’s climate is of the maritime type, characterized by the followingEXCEPT_______.

A．heavy fog

B．rainstorms

C．cool temperatures

D．frequent cloudy days

2、Between 1649 and 1660, England was not ruled by a monarch, but declaredby Oliver Cromwell a ______.

A．Republic

B．Dominion

C．Federal State

D．Commonwealth

3、______was ceded to Britain by the 1763 Treaty of Paris after the SevenYears’ War.

A．Canada

B．India

C．New Zealand

D．Australia

4、In 1265 _______summoned the Great Council to meet at Westminster, whichhas been seen as the earliest parliament.

A．the Pope

B．Prince Edward

C．Simon de Montfort

D．King Henry Ⅲ

5、Currently, _______ is the head of state of the UK.

A．George VI

B．David Cameron

C．Gordon Brown

D．Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ

6、Under the rule of William the Conqueror, ________were at the bottom of theEnglish feudal scale.

A．serfs

B．barons

C．knights

D．freemen

7、Of the following British newspapers, ________ displays clear political sympathieswith the Labor Party.

A．The Times

B．The Guardian

C．the Daily Mail

D．The Daily Telegraph

8、The Authorized Version of the Bible published in 1611 was made under thecommand of______.

A．James Ⅰ

B．Elizabeth Ⅰ

C．Edward Ⅳ

D．Henry Ⅲ

9、Which of the following statements is NOT true about the Black Death?

A．It led to the Peasant Uprising of 1381.

B．It prevented the development of capitalism in England.

C．It is a deadly bubonic plague, an epidemic disease spread by rat fleas.

D．It killed between one half and one third of the population of England.

10、________is the first city to host the modem Olympic Games three times.

A．Atlanta

B．London

C．Sydney

D．Los Angeles

11、_______ forms a natural boundary between Mexico and the United States.

A．The Colorado River

B．The Columbia River

C．The Mississippi River

D．The Rio Grande River

12、_______, which is the chief center of the American Revolution, is sometimescalled the birthplace of America.

A．The South

B．New England

C．The Midwest

D．The Middle Atlantic States

13、During the 19th century, ______became an ideology integral to the American nationalist movement.

A．Isolationism

B．McCarthyism

C．Manifest Destiny

D．Truman Doctrine

14、The English founded their first permanent settlement on the Americancontinent at_______in 1607.

A．Plymouth

B．Maryland

C．Jamestown

D．Massachusetts

15、The first important national labor organization in the United States, foundedin 1869, was the_______.

A．Knights of Labor (KOL)

B．Trades Union Congress (TUC)

C．American Federation of Labor (AFL)

D．Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)

16、_______is one of the America’s first internationally popular writers in theearly 19th century.

A．Sinclair Lewis

B．John Steinbeck

C．Washington Irving

D．William Faulkner

17、Many great American inventors contributed to the scientific advancementand technological innovation in American culture, and among them_______invented the telegraph.

A．Samuel Morse

B．Thomas Edison

C．Eli Whitney

D．Robert Fulton

18、Britain recognized the independence of the United States when the Treaty ofParis was signed in September_______.

A．1776

B．1781

C．1783

D．1787

19、The______is the longest war that the US has ever fought in history.

A．Korean War

B．Vietnam War

C．Afghanistan War

D．Persian Gulf War

20、On the 30th of April, 1789, George Washington took the oath of office in______, which housed the government.

A．New York

B．Lexington

C．Philadelphia

D．Washington, DC

21、_______is often considered the largest French-speaking city outside France.

A．Ottawa

B．Quebec

C．Toronto

D．Montreal

22、The______ in Canada has 105 members who are appointed by theGovernor-General on the recommendation of the prime minister.

A．Congress

B．Senate

C．House of Commons

D．House of Representatives

23、In Canada, among the linguistic groups whose mother tongue is neitherEnglish nor French, the largest one speaks______.

A．Indian

B．German

C．Inuktitut

D．Chinese

24、_______is the first Australian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1973.

A．Keri Hulme

B．Patrick White

C．Henry Kingsley

D．Thomas Keneally

25、Australia was first founded by the English government as a______in the 1700s.

A．dominion

B．prison colony

C．gold mining base

D．self-governing colony

26、_______is the oldest party in Australia.

A．The National Party

B．Australian Democrat

C．The Australian Labor Party.

D．The Liberal Party of Australia

27、New Zealand director Peter Jackson directed the film______.

A．The Piano

B．Whole Rider

C．The Lord of the Rings

D．Once Were Warriors

28、In the year of______, the Irish Free State left, the British Commonwealth andbecame the Republic of Ireland.

A．1918

B．1920

C．1921

D．1948

29、The President’s term of office in Ireland is______ years.

A．four

B．five

C．six

D．seven

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