英语国家社会与文化试题附答案

英语国家社会与文化试题及答案1.ChristopherColumbusdiscoveredAmericaintheyearof1492.TF2."Notaxationwithoutrepresentation"wastherallyingcryoftheAmericanCivilWar.TF3.3.PresidentF.D.Roosevelt'sPolicytofighttheGreatDepressionwascalled"WaronPoverty".TF4.ThemostdramaticcrisisoftheColdWarwastheCubanMissileCrisis.

TF5.IntheaftermathoftheSeptember11terroistattack,PresidentBushorderedtheinvasionofIraqin2001,andthenAfghanistanin2003.TF6.PeopleindifferentpartsofBritainliketousethenameEnglandtorefertotheircountry.对错7.TheSevernRiveristhelongestriverofBritain,whichoriginatesinWalesandflowsthroughwesternEngland.对错8.TheHundredYears'War(1337-1453)wasaseriesofwarsfoughtbetweentheBritishandtheVikingsfortradeandterritory.对错9.Inanefforttomakeacompromisebetweendifferentreligiousfactions,QueenElizabethIactuallydefendedthefruitoftheReformation.对错10.AmericawasnamedafterAmerigoVespucci,whoarrivedonthenewcontinentafterColumbus.对错11.ThesecondContinentalCongresswasheldinPhiladelphia,andtheContinentalArmyandNavywerefoundedunderthecommandofThomasJefferson.对错12.TheCivilWarnotonlyputanendtoslavery,butalsodecidedthatAmericawasasingle,indivisiblenation.对错13.SanFranciscoisthesecondlargestcityafterNewYorkandtheworldfamousHollywoodandDisneylandarelocatedhere.对错14.Whenselectingacollegeoruniversity,undergraduatestudentshaveagreatconcernforitssize,locationandacademicquality.对错15.TheAmericagovernmentregardedIraqanationamongthe"'axisofevil”.对错16.TheBritishmonarchyhasneverbeeninterruptedthroughoutthehistory.对错17.Inreality,theBritishKingorQueenisthesourceofallgovernmentpowers.对错18.TheBritishParliamentisthelaw-makingbodyoftheCommonwealthofNations.对错19.TheBritishPrimeMinisteristheleaderofthemajoritypartyinParliament.对错20.ThemembersoftheHouseofCommonsareappointedratherthanelected.对错21.ThetermsforaSenatorandRepresentativeare_______and_______years.two,fourtwo,threetwo,sixsix,two22.__________isthecapitalcityofScotland.BelfastEdinburghLondonCardiff23.ThemostsignificantachievementoftheEnglishRenaissanceis

.A.poetryB.dramaC.novelD.pamphlet24.AmongBritain’squalitypress,thefollowingnewspapersareregardedasthe―BigThreewiththeexceptionof

.A.TheTimesB.TheGuardianC.TheObserverD.TheDailyTelegraph25.10.WhichofthefollowingdidNOTtakeplaceintheNixonadministration?A.VietnamizationB.CubanMissileCrisisC.WatergateScandalD.Re-establishingUSrelationswithChina26.TheNormanConquestof

isperhapsthebest-knowneventinEnglishhistory.

A.1063B.1064C.1065D.106627.ThefirstblackswerebroughttoNorthAmericaas

in1619.A.adventurersB.slavesC.servantsD.explorers28.MagnaCartahadaltogether63clausesofwhichthemostimportantmatterscouldbeseeninthreeofthefollowingexcept

.A.notaxshouldbemadewithouttheapprovaloftheGrandCouncil;B.noserfshouldbearrested,imprisonedordeprivedofhispropertyexceptbythelawofthelandC.LondonandothertownsshouldretaintheirancientrightsandprivilegesD.Thereshouldbethesameweightsandmeasuresthrough-outthecountry.29.ThefirststeamenginewasdevisedbyThomasNewcomerattheendofthe17thcentury,andtheScottishinventormodifiedandimprovedthedesignin1765.A.AbrahamDarbyB.JamesWattC.JohnKayD.RichardArkwright30.TwoyearsaftertheendingoftheHundredYears’WarwithFrance,Englandwasthrownintoanotherseriesofcivilwars,

.A.theWaroftheCeltsB.NormanConquestC.theWaroftheRosesD.BattleofHastings31.Theultimateauthorityforlaw-makingresidesin

.A.theQueenB.theCabinetC.theHouseofLordsD.theHouseofCommons32.Inthe18thcentury,thereappearedinEngland,whichowedagreatdealtotheinventionofmachines.A.theBourgeoisRevolutionB.theWarsoftheRosesC.theIndustrialRevolutionD.theReligiousReformation33.The________markedtheestablishmentoffeudalisminEngland.A.VikinginvasionsB.signingoftheMagnaCartaC.NormanConquestD.adoptionofcommonlaw34.ThePrimeMinisterisappointedby

andheorshealwayssitsin

.A.theArchbishopofCanterbury,theHouseofCommonsB.theArchbishopofCanterbury,theHouseofLordsC.theQueen,theHouseofCommonsD.theQueen,theHouseofLords35.TheWarsofRoseslastedforyearsandking

wasreplacedbyking

.A.30,RichardIII,HenryTudorB.50,RichardIII,HenryTudorC.30,RichardI,HenryTudorD.50,RichardI,HenryTudor36.In

,asmallgroupofPuritanssailedandarrivedat

intheMayflowertobethefirstsettlersintheNewLand.A.1620,PlymouthB.1620,LondonC.1720,LondonD.1720,Plymouth37.ThefirstimmigrantsinAmericanhistorycamefrom

and

.A.Ireland/FranceB.England/ChinaC.Scotland/EnglandD.England/Netherlands38.Thefounderswantedthe

branchtobethedominantbranchofthefederalgovernment.executivelegislativejudicialmedia39.Highereducationinth