09年4月
I.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)
1. Strictly speaking, “the British Isles” refers to_______.
A. Great Britain
B. Ireland
C. the United Kingdom
D. Great Britain and Ireland
2. Which of the following kings was responsible for the complete establishment of the
feudal system in England?
A. Edward I
B. Henry II
C. Alfred the Great
D. William the Conqueror
3. The spirit of the Great Charter was ______.
A. a limitation of the powers of the king
B. a guarantee of the freedom of the serfs
C. a limitation of the powers of the Church
D. a declaration of equality among all people
4. Which of the following is NOT true about the result of the Black Death?
A. Much land was left untended.
B. There was a terrible shortage of labour.
C. The surviving peasants had lost their power of bargaining.
D. Landowners tended to change from arable to sheep-farming.
5. The War of Roses that took place from 1455 to 1485 was fought between ______.
A. Britain and France
B. the Parliament and the Crown
C. the working people and the aristocrats
D. two branches of the Plantagenet family
6. The English Renaissance was largely literary, and it achieved its finest expression in
the so-called ______.
A. Romantic poetry
B. Romantic fiction
C. Elizabethan poetry
D. Elizabethan drama
7. British constitutional monarchy is a system under which the powers of the ______ are
limited by Parliament or the constitution.
A. church
B. king or queen
C. g overnment ministers
D. Bishop’s court
8. The Tories in Britain were the forerunners of ______, which still bears this nickname
today.
A. the Labor Party
B. the Liberal Party
C. the Conservative Party
D. the Social Democratic Party
9. Which of the following was NOT included in the six-point demand of the Chartist
Movement?
A. Equal electoral districts
B. V oting by secret ballot
C. The vote for all adult males
D. The vote for all adult females
10. During the First World War, Britain was allied with ______.
A. Turkey
B. the Central Powers
C. France and Russia
D. Germany and Austria-Hungary
11. Who was the man that led Britain in the crisis of the Second World War?
A. George VI
B. Theodore Roosevelt
C. Neville Chamberlain
D. Sir Winston Churchill
12. The new policies adopted by Mrs. Thatcher and Conservative Government after the 1979 election was known as ______.
A. Thatcherism
B. the New Deal
C. New Frontier
D. Keynesianism
13. Over the past one thousand years, the British ______ has been broken only once between 1649 and 1660.
A. Cabinet
B. Parliament
C. Monarchy
D. Privy Council
14. Who has the power to appoint the Prime Minister in Britain?
A. The Queen
B. The Parliament
C. The House of Lords
D. The Church of England
15. In Britain, a full meeting of ______ is called only when a Sovereign dies or announces his or her intention to marry.
A. the Privy Council
B. the Parliament
C. the House of Commons
D. the House of Lords
16. Which of the following is NOT involved in the British judicial responsibilities?
A. Attorney General
B. Ministry of Justice
C. The Lord Chancellor
D. The Home Secretary
17. Bank holidays in Britain refer to ______.
A. official public holidays
B. holidays for the banks only
C. public holidays except for the banks
D. holidays for the financial institutions only
18. Which statement about the British universities is NOT true?
A. They enjoy academic freedom.
B. They cannot appoint their own staff.
C. They are governed by royal charters.
D. They provide their own courses and award their own degrees.
19. ______, the most popular sport in England as well as in Europe, has its traditional home in England where it was developed in the 19th century.
A. Basketball
B. Tennis
C. Football
D. Baseball
20. London’s Metropo litan Police Force is directly under the control of _______.
A. the Prime Minister
B. the Lord Chancellor
C. the Home Secretary
D. the Attorney General
21. Which statement about the Puritans is NOT true?
A. The Puritans did not allow religious dissent.
B. The Puritans were poor artisans and unskilled peasants.
C. They were dissatisfied with the political corruption in England.
D. They went to the United States to establish what they considered the true church.
22. The largest racial and ethnic minority in the U.S. is the ______, which accounts over
12.1% of the population.
A. blacks
B. Asians
C. Indians
D. Hispanics
23. The three well-known authors who penned the Federalist Papers are ______.
A. Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and John Jay
B. George Washington, James Madison and John Jay
C. Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay
D. Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Adams
24. When Abraham Lincoln was elected president, the southern states broke away and formed a new nation called ______.
A. the Southern States of America
B. the Federalist States of America
C. the Confederate States of America
D. the Anti-confederate States of America
25. With the development of industry and extension of railroad network in the early 20th century in the U.S.A., there appeared ______.
A. a rapid growth of cities
B. an influx of foreign goods
C. an increase of urban ghettos
D. a great increase in the number of farms
26. In the early 19th century, ______ actively used the Sherman Antitrust Act to stop monopolistic business mergers in the United States.
A. J.P. Morgan
B. Woodrow Wilson
C. Henry Rockefeller
D. Theodore Roosevelt
27. The Red Scare in 1919 and 1920 was a typical example of American ______.
A. religious intolerance
B. intolerant nationalism
C. Progressive Movement
D. deregulation of big trusts
28. In the early 1930s, the American foreign policy was isolationist, but the ______ suddenly changed the whole situation, which propelled the U.S. into the Second World War.
A. Pearl Harbor attack
B. bombing of Guam island
C. seizing of American merchant ships
D. sinking of American passenger ships
29. In 1962, President ______ finally decided on the use of naval force to prevent military material and arms from entering Cuba and demanded Soviet removal of the missiles there.
A. Nixon
B. Truman
C. Johnson
D. Kennedy
30. In 1853, in the ______, another 30,000 square miles of Mexican land were added to the territory of the U.S.A.
A. Atlantic Purchase
B. Mexican Purchase
C. Gadsden Purchase
D. Louisiana Purchase
31. The four problems that face the economy of the United States are______.
A. unemployment, inflation, financial crisis and trade deficit
B. unemployment, inflation, financial deficit and trade deficit
C. mortgage losses, inflation, financial deficit and trade deficit
D. unemployment, market failures, financial deficit and trade deficit
32. Which statement about the U.S. Constitution is NOT true?
A. It is the supreme law of the land.
B. It is the oldest written constitution in the world.
C. It was adopted in 1781 at the Second Continental Congress.
D. It provides the basis for political stability, economic growth and social progress.
33. The American President usually takes an oath of office, administered by the ______ of the United States in January.
A. Chief Justice
B. House Speaker
C. Secretary of State
D. Senate Majority Leader
34. The U.S. Constitution provides that the ______ shall be President of the Senate.
A. Vice President
B. Secretary of State
C. Senate Majority Leader
D. Senate Minority Leader
35. Which one of the following is NOT government-run at the U.S. federal level?
A. Motor vehicle
B. The road system
C. National defense
D. The postal service
36. It is generally agreed that U.S. higher education began with the______.
A. Civil War
B. Independence War
C. founding of Harvard College
D. founding of Princeton University
37. Formal education in the United States consists of ______.
A. kindergarten, junior and senior education
B. junior, elementary and secondary education
C. elementary, secondary and higher education
D. kindergarten, secondary and higher education
38. In his Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway ______.
A. expresses the idea of facing defeat courageously
B. shows the basic goodness and wisdom of ordinary people
C. praises the ideas of equality and democracy and the joy of common people
D. describes the sharp contrast of wealth and poverty in Chicago and New York
39. In the early part of the 19th century, ______ was the center of American writing.
A. Boston
B. Detroit
C. New York City
D. Philadelphia
40. The most important patriotic holiday in the U.S. is ______.
A. Halloween
B. Veterans’ Day
C. Thanksgiving Day
D. Independence Day
41. The capital city of Ireland is ______.
A. Cork
B. Dublin
C. Galway
D. Waterford
42. Historically, Ireland has been free of ethnic conflicts because of its ______.
A. racial unity
B. racial homogeneity
C. multi-culturalism
D. high rate of emigration
43. Ireland has the following demographic features EXCEPT ______.
A. a late marriage age
B. an excess of females in the population
C. a high proportion of bachelors and spinsters of all ages
D. a low birthrate compounded by a century of emigration
44. Which of the following is a typical bilingual city in Canada?
A. Ottawa
B. Calgary
C. Toronto
D. Vancouver
45. Which of the following statements about immigration in Canada is NOT true?
A. It is estimated that one-third of Canadians were born in other countries.
B. Immigration has always been an important source of its population growth.
C. Immigration has played an important role in the development of its economy.
D. in the past Britain and Western Europe were the principal sources of Canadian immigration.
46. In terms of land area, Canada is the ______ largest country in the world.
A. second
B. third
C. fourth
D. fifth
47. The head of state of Australia is ______.
A. the Governor
B. the President
C. the Prime Minister
D. the Queen of England
48. ______ is the only city on the western coast of Australia with a population of over one million.
A. Perth
B. Sydney
C. Brisbane
D. Melbourne
49. A ______, where two parts of the earth’s crust meet, runs the length of New Zealand.
A. fault line
B. built area
C. dormant volcano
D. geothermal area
50. The Treaty of Waitangi in 1840 was an agreement between ______.
A. the Maori whalers and the British Crown
B. the Maori people and the British missionaries
C. the Maori traders and the British missionaries
D. the chiefs of the Maori people and the British Crown
II. Give a one-sentence answer to each of the following questions. Write your answer in the corresponding space on the answer sheet. (30 points, 3 points for each)
51. What are the main functions of the British Parliament?
52. What were the two countries Elizabeth I successfully played off against each other for nearly 30 years?
53. What was the outcome of the English Civil War?
54. What are the three main Christian festivals in the U.K.?
55. What were the three cornerstones of American postwar economic boom?
56. What was the most important document produced between China and the United States when President Nixon visited China in 1972?
57. What is the most central function of the U.S. Congress?
58. What are the two major parties that dominate American politics at the federal, state and local levels?
59. What are the two official languages used in Ireland?
60. Who are the native people living in Australia?
III. Explain each of the following terms in English. Write your answer in the corresponding space on the answer sheet in around 40 words. (20 points, 5 points for each)
61. Open University
62. The Speaker (of the House of Commons in Britain)
63. Muckrakers
64. The stock market crash of 1929
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全国2011年4月高等教育自学考试英语国家概况试题
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I. Read the following unfinished statements or questions carefully. For each unfinished stateme nt 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)
1._______ is NOT a political division on the island of Great Britain.
A. Ireland
B. Wales
C. England
D. Scotland
2._______ , King of Wessex, is known as “the father of British Navy” who founded a strong fleet whic
h first beat the Danes at sea.
A. Alfred
B. Henry
C. Edward
D. William
3. The _______ Conquest in 1066 is perhaps the best known event in English history.
A. Roman
B. Viking
C. Anglo-Saxon
D. Norman
4. _______was the modern name given to the deadly bubonic plague, an epidemic disease spread by rat fleas in the 14th century.
A. Cholera
B. Malaria
C. Black Death
D. Yellow Fever
5. The name Wars of Roses was, in fact, coined by the great 19th century novelist_______.
A. Walter Scott
B. Ben Johnson
C. Francis Bacon
D. Edmund Spenser
6. Winston Churchill was heavily defeated at the general election of 1945 because _______.
A. he did not act as a great war leader
B. he failed to lead his country to victory
C. people wanted Britain to return to the politics of the 1920s and 30s
D. the Conservative Pa rty’s traditional principles seemed old-fashioned
7._______ overthrew the feudal system in England and is generally regarded as the beginning of modern world history.
A. Puritan Revolution
B. The War of Roses
C. The English Civil War
D. The Glorious Revolution
8. The British Monarchy has been in existence for more than 1,000 years going back to at least the ___ ____ century.
A. 8th
B. 9th
C. 10th
D. 11th
9. In the line of succession to the throne, _______ have precedence over other candidates (heirs).
A. the monarch’s sons
B. the queen’s sisters
C. the monarch’s brothers
D. the queen’s daughters
10._______ is NOT a constitutional part of the British Parliament.
A. The Cabinet
B. The Sovereign
C. The House of Lords
D. The House of Commons
11. Each session of the British Parliament usually lasts for_______.
A. one year
B. two years
C. four years
D. half a year
12. In the general election, an MP candidate must deposit 500 pounds, which is returned if he or she re ceives _______ or more of the vote cast.
A. 5%
B. 10%
C. 15%
D. 20%
13. Only in _______ are police officers allowed to carry firearms for personal protection and for duty pu rposes.
A. Wales
B. England
C. Scotland
D. Northern Ireland
14. In Great Britain, almost _______of medical prescription items are supplied free.
A. 50%
B. 60%
C. 70%
D. 80%
15. The two established churches in Britain are_______.
A. Church of England and Church of Wales
B. Church of Ireland and Church of England
C. Church of Ireland and Church of Scotland
D. Church of England and Church of Scotland
16. Full time first-degree university courses usually last _______ in England.
A. 2 years
B. 3 years
C. 4 years
D. 5 years
17. _______ is a “quality” newspaper in Britain.
A. The Sun
B. The Times
C. The Daily Star
D. The Daily Mirror
18. The home of golf is_______.
A. Wales
B. England
C. Scotland
D. Northern Ireland
19. In the United Kingdom, ministers are appointed by the Queen on the recommendation of_______.
A. the Prime Minister
B. the Lord Chancellor
C. the Duke of Edinburgh
D. the Speaker of the House of Commons
20. _______was the British Prime Minister who adopted appeasement policy to Nazi Germany during the Second World War.
A. Tony Blair
B. Margaret Thatcher
C. Winston Churchill
D. Neville Chamberlain
21. The percentage of immigrants in the United States varies greatly from region to region with the ____ ___United States accounting for 14.8% of foreign-born population in the 1980s.
A. Southern
B. Northern
C. Western
D. Eastern
22. In the U.S. the high birth rate during the “baby boom” main ly refers to the period _______.
A. 1920—1930
B. 1946—1964
C. 1972—1982
D. 1980—1990
23. In 1607 the first English colony in America was founded at Jamestown,_______.
A. Maine
B. Virginia
C. Massachusetts
D. New Hampshire
24. After the United States bought the _______ for only $15 million, its territory almost doubled.
A. Ohio Territory
B. Gadsden Territory
C. Louisiana Territory
D. New Mexico Territory
25. When Abraham Lincoln was elected president, the southern states broke away and formed a new nati on called_______.
A. the Confederate Unions
B. the Federal States of America
C. the Federal Union of America
D. the Confederate States of America
26. The Civil War ended with the passing of the _______to the Constitution, which banned slavery in th
e United States.
A. Tenth Amendment
B. Eleventh Amendment
C. Twelfth Amendment
D. Thirteenth Amendment
27. Which of the following statements is NOT a reason to explain the rapid growth of capitalism after t he Civil War?
A. The U.S. federal government put low taxes on foreign imports.
B. There was enough labor supply for the development of American industries.
C. Science and invention played a key role in accelerating America’s industrial development.
D. With the war over, both foreign and domestic capital became available for investment.
28. The Peace Conference after World War I in 1918 was dominated by the Big Four, that is _______.
A. the United States, Britain, Japan and Italy
B. the United States, Russia, France and Italy
C. the United States, Britain, France and Italy
D. the United States, Britain, France and China
29. Which of the following statements about Franklin Roosevelt is NOT true?
A. He was a great communicator.
B. He had a sure sense of what seemed practical or possible.
C. He called out the army to drive out the World War I veterans.
D. His fireside chats over the radio were listened to by millions of people.
30. The incident that made the United States formally declare war against the Axis Powers was _______.
A. the Great Depression
B. the attack on the Soviet Union
C. the Japanese invasion of China
D. the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941
31. During the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, President _______finally decided to use naval force to prev ent military material and arms from going into Cuba.
A. Nixon
B. Johnson
C. Kennedy
D. Eisenhower
32. After the Geneva Conference on Indochina in 1954, the United States replaced _______as the main f orce in providing aid for South Vietnam.
A. Japan
B. Britain
C. France
D. Turkey
33. In the United States, amendments must have the approval of _______of the states before they enter i nto force.
A. one-third
B. two-thirds
C. two-fifths
D. three-fourths
34. The U.S. Constitution provides that the _______shall be President of Senate.
A. President
B. Chief Justice
C. Vice President
D. Attorney General
35. In the United States, _______period of the party system arose in the last years of the 18th century o ver the debate on the ratification of the Constitution.
A. the first
B. the second
C. the third
D. the fourth
36. Under the Constitution, _______is the federal official primarily responsible for the relations with forei gn nations.
A. the president
B. the federal chief justice
C. the Speaker of the House
D. the Senate Majority Leader
37. In the U.S., the revenues for public schools primarily come from_______.
A. states and localities
B. religious communities
C. state boards of education
D. federal government and states
38. American higher education began with the founding of _______in 1636.
A. Yale University
B. Harvard College
C. University of Virginia
D. Princeton University
39. Rip Van Winkle is a character from the famous book _______written by Washington Irving.
A. The Sketch Book
B. The Scarlet Letter
C. A History of New York
D. Poor Richard’s Almanac
40. Which of the following s tatements about New Year’s Day is NOT true?
A. In the U.S. it is a nationally observed holiday.
B. It is thought of as a good time to make the New Year decisions.
C. Most people like to hold big parties and make pumpkin lanterns on that day.
D. The celebration of this holiday begins the night before—on New Year’s Eve.
41. The Irish lowland _______.
A. is a rocky area
B. has many high mountains
C. is covered by green forests
D. has different landscapes from place to place
42. Which of the following statements about the weather of Ireland is true?
A. It has a lot of rainfall.
B. It often snows in winter.
C. It is a country of sunshine.
D. It is quite windy throughout the year.
43. Today, Ireland is _______.
A. a colony of Great Britain
B. a free state within Great Britain
C. an independent and sovereign state
D. a member of the British commonwealth
44. The city that has an ice-free harbor as Canada’s major outlet to the Pacific Ocean is_______.
A. Ottawa
B. Quebec
C. Toronto
D. Vancouver
45. Nowadays, _______are the natives in Canada.
A. French-speaking people
B. English-speaking people
C. the Canadian Indians and Inuit
D. the early immigrants from Europe
46. Politically Australia is divided into six states and Sydney is the capital of_______.
A. Victoria
B. Queensland
C. South Australia
D. New South Wales
47. In Australia, about a quarter of the national income is from the _______ of Western Australia.
A. lumbering
B. agriculture
C. shipbuilding
D. mineral export
48. Earthquakes in New Zealand do not cause many deaths because of _______.
A. the dormant volcanoes
B. the concrete building materials
C. the small population in many areas
D. the mild magnitude of the earthquakes
49. New Zealand remains green all year round because_______.
A. there is enough bushes
B. the trees are deciduous
C. its native trees are evergreen
D. the trees can receive enough sunshine
50. The reason why Maori workers moved to the cities to make a living after World War II is that____ ___.
A. they lost their land
B. they learned skills during the war
C. they lost their social and cultural links
D. they regained their identity as the native people
II. Give a one-sentence answer to each of the following questions. Write your answer in the correspondin g space on the answer sheet. (30 points, 3 points for each)
51. On which day does Easter fall?
52. What are the four Scottish universities established in the 14th and 15th centuries?
53. What kinds of courses require five-year study in British universities?
54. What was King Edward (1042-1066) known as?
55. Give an example to illustrate the highly aggressive and intolerant nationalism in 1919 and 1920 in th
e United States.
56. What was the key problem that affected the progress in U.S.-China relations from 1972 to 1979?
57. What are the most memorable words Lincoln said in a short speech on the occasion of dedicating th
e national cemetery at Gettysburg in 1863?
58. What is the American tradition of laissez faire?
59. What explains the absence of large forests in Australia?
60. Who is the head of the Australian government?
III. Explain each of the following terms in English. Write your answer in the corresponding space on the answer sheet in around 40 words. (20 points, 5 points for each)
61. Industrial Revolution
62. Bank Holiday
63. Amerigo Vespucci
64. Research universities
全国2010年7月高等教育自学考试英语国家概况试题
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I．MultipIe Choice Questions．(50 points，1 point for each)
Directions：In this part of the test,there are 50 unfinished statements or questions．For each of the unfini shed statements or questions，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 your Answer Sheet．
1.Christianity was first brought to England by______.
A.the Romans
B.the Celts
C.the Anglo-Saxons
D.the Danes
2.The names such as Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday came from______.
A.Christianity
B.Teutonic religion
C.Druidism
D.Catho1icism
3.At about 700 BC，______began to arrive in England from eastern and central Europe，now France，Be lgium and southern Germany.
A.the Celts
B.the Beaker Folk
C.the Romans
D.the Anglo-Saxons
4.______made a treaty with the Danes allowing them to keep the northern and eastern parts of England，which later became known as the Danelaw.
A.King Ethelred
B.King Alfred
C.King Edward
D.King Harold
5.Many hundreds of rebels were put to death by______ as he passed triumphantly with an army of 40，0 00 men through Kent and Essex.
A.King Henry II
B.King Richard
C.King John
D.King Edward III
6.For electoral purposes Britain is divided into ______ constituencies，each of which has ______ represen tative(s) in Parliament.
A.651，one
B.561，two
C.651，two
D.561，one
7.The Wars of the Roses broke out shortly after ______.
A.the Black Dea th
B.the Watt Tyler’s Uprising
C.the Hundred Years’ War
D.the Glorious Revolution
8.It was during the reign of______that the name Great Britain came into being in 1707.
A.E1izabeth I
B.Henry VIII
C.Charles I
D.Anne
9.Real religious Change came in Edward VI’s time.People call his switch to______ theology “the Reform ation”.
A.Puritan
B.Protestant
C.Catholic
D.Christian
10.The English Civil War has been seen as a conflict between________.
A.the Commons and the Lords
B.the King and the Barons
C.the Parliament and the King
D.the Crown and the Church
11.After William and Mary were crowned jointly in Westminster Abbey on their acceptance of the Bill o
f Rights，the age of_______ began.
A.monarchy
B.constitutional monarchy
C.capitalism
D.federal government
12.As a result of the First World War settlement，the ______was established.
A.League of Nations
B.British Commonwealth
C.British East India Company
D.United Nations
13.In Britain，the election of ________returned the________ to power and Margaret Thatcher became the first woman prime minister in Britain.
A.1979，Conservative Party
B.1983，Labor Party
C.1979，Liberal Democrats
D.1983，Democratic Party
14.The House of Commons is headed by________.
A.the Prime Minister
B.the Speaker
C.the Lord Chancellor
D.the Monarch
15. The Witan, the basis of the Privy Council was created by________.
A. the Celts
B. the Anglo-Saxons
C. the Normans
D. the Romans
16. Which of the following is NOT one of the members of the Lords Temporal in the House of Lords?
A. All hereditary peers and peeresses of England, Scotland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom.
B. Life peers created to assist the House in its judicial duties.
C. Senior bishops of the Church of England.
D. All other life peers.
17. Margaret Thatcher believed in the following EXCEPT________.
A. self-reliance
B. the strengthening of trade unions
C. privatization
D. the use of monetary policies to control inflation
18. Established Churches in Britain are________.
A. the Church of England and the Church of Wales
B. the Church of Wales and the Church of Scotland
C. the Anglican Churches
D. the Church of England and the Church of Scotland
19. ________appeal to people wanting news of more entertaining character in Britain.
A. Popular newspapers
B. Quality newspapers
C. “Mid-market” newsp apers
D. Daily newspapers
20. ________is the most popular sport in England and in Europe.
A. Rugby
B. Tennis
C.Snooker
D. Football
21. The Open University is a non-residential university based in the new town of________.
A. Milton Keynes
B. Glasgow
C. Edinburgh
D. Cambridge
22. From 1980 to 1989, the population between the age of 25 and 44 increased by 28.1% in America b ecause_____.
A. those who were born during the period of large inflow of immigrants reached this age bracket
B. those who were born after the World War II reached this age bracket
C. those who were born during the World War I reached this age bracket
D. those who were born before the World War II reached this age bracket
23. On April 6, 1789, George Washington was elected the President of America and took the oath of off ice in_____.
A. Washington D.C.
B. Philadelphia
C. Boston
D. New York
24. After_____, the United States saw great developments in industry, agriculture, science and technology, and population.
A. the Civil War
B. the War of Independence
C. the Vietnam War
D. the Second World War
25. _____is a clear explanation of the political theory behind the revolution and this theory came from t he British philosopher John Locke.
A. The Articles of Confederation
B. The American Constitution
C. The Declaration
D. The Bill of Rights
全国2010年4月高等教育自学考试英语国家概况试题
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I. Read the following unfinished statements or questions carefully. For each unfinished st atement or question，four suggested answers marked A，B，C and D are given. Choose the one th at you think best completes the statement or answers the question. Write the letter of the answer y ou have chosen in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.(50 points，1 point for each)
1.___________of 1066 is perhaps the best-known event in English history, in which William，
the Conqueror confiscated almost all the land and gave it to his followers.
A. The Roman Conquest
B. The Anglo-Saxon Conquest
C. The Norman Conquest
D. The Celt Conquest
2.As a result of the Black Death，___________.
A. all land was left untended
B. no labor was required any longer
C. 1and owners tended to change from arable to sheep-farming
D. surviving peasants were not able to bargain about their wages
3.Which of the following statements about Elizabeth I(1 55 8-1 603)is true?
A. Elizabeth was 35 when she came to the throne.
B. Elizabeth remained single.
C. Elizabeth was not able to work with Parliament.
D. Her reign was a time of diminishing English nationalism.
4. ___________ was not in the“Allies” in the First World War.
A. Britain
B. France
C. Russia
D. Turkey
5.The English Civil War is also called ___________ .
A. the Revolutionary War
B. the Puritan Revolution
C. the Reformation
D. the Renaissance
6.The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy. The head of State is a king or a queen .In practic e，___________.
A. Parliament rules the country
B. the Sovereign reigns but does not rule