2016年自考专业(英语)英语国家概况考试真题及答案

自考英语是指参加全国高等教育自学英语专业的考试，主要是培养具有扎实的英语语言基础和比较广泛的科学文化知识，能在外事、经贸、文化、新闻出版、教育、科研、旅游等部门从事翻译、研究、教学、管理工作的英语高级专门人才。上学吧自考英语题库是专门为自考英语专业的考生提供刷题服务的，相信考生在不断地坚持刷题练习中定会有所收获。现在就点击安装APP刷题。以下为试卷的详细内容：

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、King Edward was known as the “______”because of his religious piety.

A．Defender

B．Protector

C．Conqueror

D．Confessor

2、________is the birthplace for cricket.

A．England

B．Scotland

C．Northern Ireland

D．Wales

3、Which of the following statements is true about Henry Ⅱ’s reform?

A．He abolished the annual land tax and replaced it with a heavier one.

B．He divided the country into six circuits and appointed local barons to herhear cases.

C．He ordered that all cases involving clerks should be tried in the Bishop’scourts.

D．He increased the work of the Chancery both in amount and in sophistication.

4、In Britain, the parliamentary general election is normally held every______ years;while in the US, the presidential election is held every______years.

A．six/five

B．five/six

C．five/four

D．six/four

5、Scottish inventor_______modified and improved the design of steam engineand produced a very efficient one with rotary motion in 1765.

A．James Watt

B．John Kay

C．Richard Arkwright

D．Samuel Crompton

6、The great majority of British parents send their children to______.

A．state schools

B．home schools

C．public schools

D．private schools

7、The narrowest part of the English Channel between England and______isthe Straits of Dover.

A．France

B．Belgium

C．Germany

D．the Netherlands

8、The Hundred Years’ War started in_______and ended in 1453, in which theEnglish lost all of its territories in the European continent EXCEPT______.

A．1337/Calais

B．1337/Flanders

C．1346/Calais

D．1346/Flanders

9、The English Civil War is also called the_______.

A．Seven Years’ War

B．British Reformation

C．Puritan Revolution

D．Glorious Revolution

10、_______, the only American playwright to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, is often considered the father of American drama.

A．Arthur Miller

B．Eugene O’Neill

C．D. H. Lawrence

D．William Faulkner

11、The Mississippi River, also called_______, has played a vital role in Americanhistory.

A．the American Ruhr

B．the Moon River

C．Old Man River

D．Old Mother River

12、The decision on setting up a world organization, the United Nations, wasmade at_______Conference in 1945.

A．Yalta

B．Paris

C．Teheran

D．Potsdam

13、Though______ is no longer the most popular sport in the US, it is still referred to as “the national sport”by the Americans.

A．rugby

B．football

C．baseball

D．basketball

14、In the 1960s’ Civil Rights Movement, African Americans demand the following EXCEPT the______.

A．equal right to vote

B．equal treatment in education

C．equal treatment in transportation

D．election of a president of African origin

15、The difficult period of political, social, and economic changes in the South after the American Civil War is known as_______.

A．Reformation

B．Urbanization

C．Modernization

D．Reconstruction

16、All the following institutions of higher education are located in New EnglandEXCEPT______.

A．Yale

B．MIT

C．Stanford

D．Harvard

17、19. Among the US religious followers, _______account for the largest percentage.

A．Jewish

B．Buddhists

C．Protestants

D．Roman Catholics

18、_______is the day to honor the American dead of all wars.

A．Veterans Day

B．Memorial Day

C．Independence Day

D．Thanksgiving Day

19、In the year of_______, Canada was finally a fully independent nation.

A．1931

B．1939

C．1982

D．1999

20、In terms of land area, Canada spans______time zones and borders three oceans.

A．three

B．four

C．five

D．six

21、The first novel set in Canada was_______, published in 1769.

A．Anne of Green Gables

B．Orion and Other Poems

C．Wild Animals I Have Known

D．The History of Emily Montague

22、The parliament of Australia consists of the Senate and the______.

A．House of Lords

B．House of Burgesses

C．House of Commons

D．House of Representatives

23、In 1770, _______visited southeastern Australia near what is now Sydney andclaimed the land for Britain.

A．James Cook

B．Abel Tasman

C．William Dampier

D．Samuel de Champlain

24、_______is the only major city of Australia not located on a coast.

A．Sydney

B．Canberra

C．Melbourne

D．Brisbane

25、Which of the following statements about the Maori of New Zealand is NOT true?

A．Most Maori today are as well-paid as the Pakeha.

B．The arrival of Europeans disrupted Maori social networks.

C．There are various explanations for the origins of the Maori.

D．Traditional Maori social organization was based on clans.

26、From the late 8th to the 10th century, _______invaded parts of Ireland but were eventually defeated by the Irish.

A．Celts

B．Saxons

C．Vikings

D．Normans

参考答案：

【一、单项选择题】

1~5 DADCA 6~10 AAACB

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