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一、单项选择题 单项选择题Read the following unfinished statements or questions carefully. For each unfinished statement or question, 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 the answer sheet.(50 points,1 point for each)参考答案见试卷末尾
1、Which of the following is NOT a geographical name of Britain?
A.The United Kingdom
B.Great Britain
C.England
D.The British Isles
2、The Romans remained in control of Britain for nearly______years.
A.600
B.500
C.400
D.200
3、Which of the following statements is NOT true about Alfred?
A.Alfred the Great started the English navy.
B.Alfred the Great reorganized the Saxon army, making it more efficient.
C.Alfred the Great established schools and formulated a legal system.
D.Alfred the Great imposed a tax, called the Danegeld, on the Saxons.
4、After the Glorious Revolution came the Age of the______, a monarchy with powers limited by Parliament.
A.Commonwealth
B.Constitutional Monarchy
C.English colonial expansion
D.Hereditary Monarchy
5、According to Magna Carta no tax should be made without the approval of______.
A.the House of Lords
B.the King
C.the Grand Council
D.the House of Commons
6、_______, a dramatist and poet, is generally regarded as the greatest writer in the English language.
A.Charles Dickens
B.Christopher Marlowe
C.William Shakespeare
D.Charlotte Bronte
7、After the Restoration, British Parliament passed a series of severe laws called the Clarendon Code against the______, now known as Nonconformists.
A.Christians
B.Protestants
C.Puritans
D.Catholics
8、Elizabeth I reigned England, Wales and Ireland for_____years and remained single.
A.25
B.30
C.40
D.45
9、After the Wars of the Roses the rule of______began.
A.the Plantagenet
B.the Yorkists
C.the Stuarts
D.the Tudors
10、______was the forerunner of the Conservative Party.
A.The Liberal Party
B.The Whigs
C.The Tories
D.The Labor Party
11、The First World War was fought between two European power blocs: the “Central Powers" and the "Allies". The "Allies” include the following EXCEPT ______.
A.Britain
B.France
C.Russia
D.Austria-Hungary
12、In 1982, the Falkland Islands War broke out between Britain and_____.
A.Argentina
B.Brazil
C.Peru
D.Chile
13、Which of the following about UK’s monarchy is NOT true?
A.The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy.
B.There is no written constitution in the United Kingdom.
C.Today the Queen holds the real power in UK.
D.The continuity of the monarchy has been broken only once.
14、In the United Kingdom, the party which wins the second largest number of seat in the House of Commons becomes______.
A.the official Opposition
B.the leading party
C.the predominant party
D.the“shadow cabinet”
15、The Sovereign’s coronation takes place at______in London.
A.Westminster Abbey
B.Canterbury Abbey
C.York Abbey
D.Northanger Abbey
16、The______is made up of statute law, common law and conventions.
A.British Constitution
B.American Constitution
C.Commonwealth law
D.European Community law
17、There is no Ministry of Justice in the United Kingdom. General responsibility lies with the following EXCEPT_______.
A.the Lord Chancellor
B.the Home Secretary
C.the Attorney General
D.the Prime Minister
18、_______provides for every resident, regardless of income, a full range of medical services. It has become available in Britain since 1948.
A.The Social Security Benefits
B.The National Health Service
C.The Civil Service
D.The National Insurance Fund
19、In summer there are open-air theatres, including one in London’s Regent’s Park, where_____are performed.
A.William Shakespeare’s plays
B.Christopher Marlowe’s plays
C.Ben Johnson’s plays
D.George Bernard Shaw's plays
20、Snooker is thought to have been invented by______.
A.Sir Winston Churchill
B.Sir Neville Chamberlain
C.Sir Charlie Chamberlain
D.Sir John Churchill
21、The largest of the racial and ethnic minorities in the U.S. is______.
A.the Indians
B.the Japanese
C.the Chinese
D.the Blacks
22、The place where Christopher Columbus landed was______.
A.India
B.the islands in Asia
C.the current territory of America
D.the islands in the now West Indies
23、The great international influence of______is that the colonies in Spanish America rose up one after another to overthrow Spanish colonial rule.
A.the American Civil War
B.the Vietnam War
C.the American War of Independence
D.the Korean War
24、In the early 1850s with the Westward Movement, the_____issue became a serious political issue because it might tip the balance of power in the Senate.
A.slavery
B.immigration
C.territory
D.Indian
25、Which of the following is NOT the main cause for the American government to declare war on Germany in the World War I?
A.Germany refused to give up its submarine warfare.
B.Germany tried to get Mexico into the war against the United States.
C.Germany promised Mexico the return of lost territory of Texas.
D.Japan launched the bombing of the Pearl Harbor.
26、In 1932, in the depth of the depression, the American people chose_____ as their next president who promised a “new deal”to get America out of the depression.
A.Theodore Roosevelt
B.Franklin D. Roosevelt
C.Woodrow Wilson
D.Herbert C. Hoover
27、In the Second World War American diplomacy largely was American diplomacy towards______.
A.Germany and Italy
B.Germany and Japan
C.Britain and the Soviet Union
D.Britain and France
28、The real purpose of the Marshal Plan is______.
A.to prevent Greece and Turkey from falling into the hands of the Soviet Union
B.to support any country which said it was fighting against Communism
C.to help Western Europe recover from the Great Depression
D.to prevent Western Europe from possible Soviet expansion
29、_____ was a full-scale, anti-Communist hysteria in the United States in the 1950s.
A.Free Speech Movement
B.The Progressive Movement
C.The Civil Rights Movement
D.McCarthyism
30、Which war turned out to be the longest war the U.S. fought?
A.The Korean War
B.The World War II
C.The World War I
D.The Vietnam War
31、After the Vietnam War, the contradiction between Congress and the Executive resulted in the passage of______.
A.the Smith Act
B.the War Power Act
C.the Civil Rights Act
D.the Voting Rights Act
32、On April 30 1789, George Washington took the oath of office in______which housed the first American government.
A.New York
B.Washington
C.Philadelphia
D.Boston
33、The American policy towards the Soviet Union after the Second World War was______.
A.cooperation
B.neutrality
C.containment
D.impartiality
34、The writers of the Constitution worked out______in order to prevent the government from misusing its power.
A.the Declaration of Independence
B.the Bill of Rights
C.the“winner-take-air system
D.checks and balances
35、The presidential term in the U.S. is four years beginning on______.
A.November 20
B.November 12
C.January 12
D.January 20
36、On Independence Day, some people bring their children to visit the birth place of the nation—_______.
A.Washington D. C.
B.New York City
C.Philadelphia
D.Boston
37、According to the U.S. News & World Report and other journals’ evaluation, ______ on the west coast are the best research universities.
A.Harvard and Yale
B.Princeton and Columbia
C.California and MIT
D.Stanford and Berkley
38、______ is the largest single source of goods imported by the United States.
A.Canada
B.Australia
C.Asia
D.Latin America
39、Theodore Dreiser was the literary representative of American______.
A.Romanticists
B.Transcendentalists
C.Modernists
D.Naturalists
40、______was the first American writer who gained international fame.
A.Washington Irving
B.Benjamin Franklin
C.Nathaniel Hawthorne
D.Mark Twain
41、The most significant feature of Irish landscape is______.
A.lakes
B.bogs
C.low ridges
D.rivers
42、Who was the first English king to bring all Ireland under English control?
A.Henry II
B.Henry Ⅲ
C.Henry Ⅷ
D.James II
43、From east to west ten provinces and two territories in Canada can be divided into______geographical regions.
A.four
B.five
C.six
D.seven
44、Which of the following is NOT one of the Prairie Provinces in Canada?
A.Manitoba
B.British Columbia
C.Saskatchewan
D.Alberta
45、It was______who established the first French settlement in Quebec City in 1608.
A.Henry Hudson
B.John Cabot
C.Jacques Cartier
D.Samuel de Champlain
46、Although Australia has a large area, ______of the continent is hot and dry.
A.one third
B.two thirds
C.half
D.more than half
47、______is famous for its art festival.
A.Sydney
B.Melbourne
C.Adelaide
D.Brisbane
48、Which of the following states in Australia is known as the garden state?
A.Queensland
B.New South Wales
C.Tasmania
D.Victoria
49、The first European to visit New Zealand was______.
A.Abel Tasman
B.Captain James Cook
C.Christopher Columbus
D.Amerigo Vespucci
50、The______is a national symbol in New Zealand.
A.kiwi
B.native owl
C.tuatara
D.lizard
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