《英美国家概况》考试题

《英语国家文化》期末考试试I. Multiple Choice (20%)1.The highest mountain peak in Britain is called____.

____BenNevisCrossFellSnowdonScafell2.The Lake District is well-known for________.[A] its wild and beautiful scenery[B] its varied lakesthelakePoets[D] all of the above three3. Which of the following is NOTthe featuretish climate?

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BriColdness.Morerainydays.Changeability.Morefogs.4.The established church of Britain is ________.TheChurchofScotlandFreechurches精品文库TheUnitedReformedChurchTheChurchofEngland5.Easter is kept, commemoratingthe ________of Jesus Cingbirthdeathresurrection6.Under Mrs. Thatcher, British economyin 1980s gradually ____C__[A] declined[B] recessed[C] recovered[D] went down7.Tertiary industry does NOTinclude ________.retailinginsuranceelectronicsbanking8.In Britain, government cannot spend any moneywithout the permission of ________.欢迎下载 2精品文库theQueenthePrimeMinistertheHouseofCommonstheHouseofLords9.________ is seen as the party of the “middle”, occupying the ideological ground between the two mainparties.[A]TheConservative[B]TheLabour[C]TheLiberalDemocratic[D]TheTory10.Thegeneralelection inBritain isheldevery________years.[A]3[B]4[C]5[D]611.Theearliest settlers ontheBritish Isles werethe________.[A]Celts[B]Gaels[C]Iberians[D]Brythons欢迎下载 3精品文库[A]JuliusCaesar[B]Claudius[C]Augustine[D]thePope13.________launchedtheHundredYears’War.[A]EdwardI[B]EdwardII[C]EdwardIII[D]HenryIII14.BlackDeathtosomeextentbrought________tovillains[A]higherwages[B]greaterfreedom[C]betterlife[D]bothAandB15.TheBritishIndustrialRevolutionfirstbeganinthe________industry.[A]ironandsteel[B]textile[C]coal-mining[D]ship-building16.Theterm“RottenBoroughs”means ________.[A]boroughsthatwererotten.欢迎下载 4精品文库[B]dirtyboroughs[C]boroughsinwhichtherewerenoinhabitants.[D]constituenciesthatwererepresentedintheHouseofCommonsChartistMovementwascausedbythefollowingreasonsexcept________.[A]dividedleadership[B]astrongpartywithsocialismasitsprogramme[C]influenceofUtopianandpetty-bourgeoisideologies[D]immaturityoftheworkingclass18.Theauthorof “WealthofNations”is________.[A]AdamSmith[B]DavidRicardo[C]ThomasMalthus[D]RobertOwen19.WhichisNOTthemembercountryoftheTripleAlliance ？[A]Germany[B]France[C]Austria-Hungary[D]Italy20.WhichwasNOTthemembercountryoftheTripleEntente?[A]Britain.欢迎下载 5精品文库[B]France.[C]Russia.[D]Italy.II.Blankfilling(10%)1.ThepresentsovereignofBritainisQueen________,andPrince________istheheirtothethrone.2.Theoretically,theQueenhasallthepower,butinreality, she must acton the advice ofthe________3.Parliamentisthesupreme________authorityinBritain4.Parliamentconsistsofthe________, theHouseof________andtheHouseof________.5.ThepresidingofficeroftheHouseofCommonsis “________.”6.TheBritish governmentiscomposedofthe________Ministerandotherministers,whoareresponsibletothequeen.7.TheCabinetiscomposedofthemost________ministerswhomeetregularlyunderthecallofthePrimeMinister.III.Trueorfalsestatement(10%)1.Kangaroo,emuandkoalaareuniqueanimalsofNewZealand.2.QueenElizabethIIistheheadofNewZealand.3.Australiaisdividedintosixstatesandtwoterritories.4.QueenElizabethIIistheQueenofAustralia.TheQueenisrepresentedbythePrimeMinisteratfederallevel.欢迎下载 6精品文库5.TheCommonwealthParliamentofAustralia comprisetheQueen,theSenate,andtheHouseofRepresentatives.6.TheQueenisrepresentedintheparliamentofAustraliabytheGovernor-General,whobyconventionactsontheadviceofthequeen.7.FromMarch2005toAugust2006,NewZealandtheonlycountryintheworldinwhichallthehighestofficesinthelandhavebeenoccupiedsimultaneouslybywomen.8.NationalanthemofAustraliais “GodDefendAustralia”,whilethatofNewZealandis “AdvanceNewZealandFair.”9.ThepoliticalsystemofNewZealandisbaseduponaconstitutionalrepublicwithaparliamentarydemocracy10.ParliamentofNewZealandismadeupofonlyonehouse.IV.Matching(10%)ColumnA1.Liverpool2.Hull3.Sheffield4.Manchester5.Glasgow7.Birmingham8.Belfast欢迎下载 7精品文库ColumnBA.thesteelmanufacturingcenterofBritainB.theformercenteroftextileindustryofBritainC.thefishingportinHumbersideD.thelargestcityinBritainE.thesecondlargestcityinBritainF.thedistrictofMerseysideI.ThecapitalofNorthernIrelandJ.thecapitalofScotlandV.Translation(10%)1.Anglo-SaxonHeptarchy2.APEC3.CommonMarket4.CrownCourt5.DoomsdayBook6.EU7.HighCourtofJustice8.RomanConquest9.stagflation10.tertiaryindustries欢迎下载 8精品文库VI.Termexplanation(10%)1.theCabinet2.GloriousRevolution3.BritishIsles4.OliverCromwellVII.Questionsfordiscussion(30%)1.WhatweretheconsequencesoftheBritish Industrial Revolution？2.What’syourideaabouttheecessityfortheUKtokeepthemonarchy(thequeenortheking)?3.WhatarethenaturaladvantagesthathelptheUnitedKingdombecomeaworldpower?《英语国家文化》参考答案和评分标准（C）I.MultipleChoice(20%)[A]2.[D]3.[A]4.[D]5.[D]6.[C]7.[C]8.[C]9.[B]10.[C]11.[C]12.[B]13.[C]14.[D]15.[B]16.[D]17.[B]18.[A]19.[B]20.[D]II.Blankfilling(10%)ElizabethII,Charles2.ministers(primeminister)3.legislative4.monarch(或queen或king或sovereign),lords,commons5.Mr.Speaker6.Prime7.importantIII.Trueorfalsestatement(10%)1.F2.T3.T4.F5.T6.F7.T8.F9.F10.TIV.Matching(10%)欢迎下载 9精品文库1.f2.c3.a4.b5.g6.d7.e8.i9.j10.hV.Translation(10%)盎格鲁—萨克森七国2.亚太经济合作组织（亚太经合组织）3.共同市场4.王座法庭5.《英国地理图志》(《末日审判书》)6.欧洲联盟（欧盟）7.高等法院8.罗曼征服9.（经济）滞涨10.第三产业VI.Termexplanation(10%)1.theCabinet12(1)composedoftheheadsofthemostimportantdepartments+primeminister(2)meetingregularly,workingingreatsecrecy,connectedwiththeprincipleofcollectiveresponsibility2.GloriousRevolutionCharlesIIruledthecountrycruelly+theinterestsofthebourgeoisiewasprovokedIn1688,thetwopartiesofthebourgeoisieunitedandstagedabloodlesscoupd’étatandputWilliamofOrangeonthethroneandformedanalliancewiththelandowners.3.BritishIslesComposedofEngland,Scotland,WalesandNorthernIrelandIncludingsmallislandaround4.OliverCromwell欢迎下载 10精品文库ledtheparliamentaryarmyanddefeatedthekingestablishedthecommonwealthruledthecountrycruellyVII.Questionsfordiscussion(30%)1.WhatweretheconsequencesoftheBritishIndustrialRevolution?(1)Theindustrialbourgeoisiegainedsupremacyinthe1840snotonlyintheeconomicbutalsointhepoliticallifeofthecountry.(2)Productivitywasgreatlyincreased.(3)Asaresultofthegrowthofindustry,populationwasmoreandmoreconc