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1、《英美概況》 I. Multiple Choices: Choose one right answer from the four choices: 1.??????The highest mountain in Britain is ____. A. Scafell?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? B. Ben Nevis C. the Cotswolds????????????????????????????????????????????????????D. the Fort

2、h 2. The longest river in Britain is _____. A. the Clyde?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? B. the Mersey C. the Severn????????????????????????????????????????????????????????D. the Thames 3. The largest lake in Britain is _____. A. the Lough Neage???????????????????

3、??????????????????????????? B. Windermere Water C. Coniston Water??????????????????????????????????????????????????D. the Lake District 4. Which part of Britain is always fighting? A. England???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? B. Scotland C. Wales????????????????????

4、????????????????????????????????????????????D. Northem Ireland 5. The immigrants coming to Britain are mainly from _____. ??A. Europe???????????????????????????????????? B. the United States ??C. Africa?????????????????????????????????????? D. the West Indies, Indies and Pakistan 6. The first

5、 inhabitants in Britain were _____. A. the Normans??????????????????????????????????????????????????????B. the Celts C. the Iberians????????????????????????????????????????????????????????D. the Anglo-Saxons 7. British Recorded history began with _____. ??A. Roman invasion???????????????????

6、???????????????????????????B. the Norman Conquest ??C. the Viking and Danish invasion????????????????????????D. the Anglo-Saxons invasion 8. In 829, _____ actually became the overlord of all the English. ??A. John??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????B. James I?????????

7、? ??C. Egbert?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? D. Henry I 9. Christmas Day ____, Duke William was crowned in Westminster Abbey. ??A. 1056???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? B. 1066 ??C. 1006????????????????????????????????????????????????????

8、???????? D. 1060 10. Henry II was the first king of the _____ dynasty. ?? A. Windsor?????????????????????????????????????????????????????? B. Tudor ?? C. Malcolm??????????????????????????????????????????????????????D. Plantagenet 11. In 1265 ____ summoned the Great Council, which has been se

9、en as the earliest parliament. ?? A. Henry III???????????????????????????????????????????????????? B. the Pope ?? C. Barons???????????????????????????????????????????????????????? D. Simon de Montfort 12. The Hundred Years’ war stated in ____ and wa ended in ____, in which the English had lost

10、 all the territories of France except the French port of ____. ?? A. 1337, 1453, Flanders??????????????????????????????????B. 1337, 1453, Calais ?? C. 1346, 1453, Argencourt?????????????????????????????? D. 1346, 1453, Brest 13. The Wars of Roses lasted for _____ years and king _____ was repla

11、ced by king _____. ?? A. 30, Richard III, Henry Tudor????????????????????????B. 50, Richard III, Henry Tudor ?? C. 30, Richard I, Henry Tudor??????????????????????????D. 50, Richard I, Henry Tudor 14. The Renaissance began in ____ in the early ____ century. ?? A. England, 14?????????????????

12、??????????????????????????????? B. England, 15 ?? C. Italy, 14?????????????????????????????????????????????????????? D. Italy, 15 15. The English Civil War is also called _____. ?? A. the Glorious Revolution????????????????????????????????B. the Bloody Revolution ?? C. the Catholic Revolutio

13、n????????????????????????????????D. the Puritan Revolution 16. In _____, a small group of Puritans sailed from _____ in the Mayflower to be the first settlers in the New Land. ?? A. 1620, London??????????????????????????????????????????????B. 1620, Plymouth ?? C. 1720, London??????????????????

14、????????????????????????????D. 1720, Plymouth 17. In the 18th century, there appeared ____ in England, which owed a great deal to the invention of machines. ?? A. the Industrial Revolution?????????????????????????????? B. the Bourgeois Revolution ?? C. the Wars of the Roses????????????????????

15、??????????????D. the Religious Reformation 18. English colonial expansion began with the colonization of _____ in 1583. ?? A. Canada????????????????????????????????????????????????????????B. Australia ?? C. India????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????D. Newfoundland 19.

16、_____ was famous for his abdication because of his marriage with a divorced American: ?? A. Edward VIII????????????????????????????????????????????????B. Edward VII ?? C. George VI?????????????????????????????????????????????????? D. George VII 20. In January _____ Britain became a member of t

17、he European Economic Community. ?? A. 1957?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? B. 1967 ?? C. 1973?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? D. 1979 21. soon after _____, Britain not only gave up its econmic hegemony but also suffered a deep loss of its pos

18、ition of industrial leadership. ?? A. 1900?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? B. the First World War ?? C. the Second World War????????????????????????????????D. 1960 22. In the 1970s among the developed countries, Britain maintained the lowest _____ rate and the highest

19、 _____ rate. ?? A. inflation, growth?????????????????????????????????????????? B. growth, inflation ?? C. growth, divorce????????????????????????????????????????????D. growth, birth 23. The following are all reasons of British decline of coal industry except _____. ?? A. the exhaustion of ol

20、d mines?????????????????????????? B. costly extraction ?? C. little money being invested????????????????????????????D. the labour shortage 24. Britain’s foreign trade is mainly with _____. ?? A. developing countries????????????????????????????B. other Commonwealth countries ?? C. other devel

21、oped countries?????????????????? D. EC 25. The House of Lords is presided over by _____. ?? A. the Lord Chancellor?????????????????????????????????????????? B. the Queen ?? C. the Archbishop of Canterbury???????????????????????????? D. the Prime Minister 26. A General Election is held every

22、_____ years and there are _____ members of Parliaments are elected. ?? A. five, 600??????????????????????????????????????????????????????B. five, 650 ?? C. five, 651??????????????????????????????????????????????????????D. four, 651 27. The Prime Minister is appointed by _____ and he or she alw

23、ays sits in _____. A.?????????????????? the Archbishop of Canterbury, the House of Commons B.????????????????????the Archbishop of Canterbury, the House of Lords C.?????????????????? the Queen, the House of Commons D.?????????????????? the Queen, the House of Lords 28. The ultimate authori

24、ty for law-making resides in _____. ?? A. the Queen????????????????????????????????????????????????????B. the Cabinet ?? C. the House of Lords??????????????????????????????????????D. the House of Commons 29. The sources of British law include _____. A.?????????????????? statutes, common law,

25、 equity law and European Community law B.????????????????????statutes, common law and equity law C.?????????????????? statutes, common law and European Community law D.?????????????????? a complete code and statutes 30. In criminal trials by jury, _____ passes sentenced and _____ decide the

26、issue of guilt or innocence. A.?????????????????? the judge, the jury??????????????????????????????????????B. the judge, the judge C. the jury, the jury???????????????????????????????????????????????? D. the Lord Chancellor, the jury 31. ____ tries the most serious offences such as murder and

27、robbery. ?? A. Magistrates’ courts?????????????????????????????????????? B. Youth courts ?? C. district courts?????????????????????????????????????????????? D. The Crown Court 32. London’s Metropolitan Police Force is under the control of _____. ?? A. the England secretaries?????????????????

28、??????????????? B. the Scottish Secretaries ?? C. Northern Ireland Secretaries????????????????????????D. the Home Secretary 33. The National Health Service was established in the UK in _____ and based at first on _____. ?? A. 1948, Acts of Parliament??????????????????????????????B. 1958, Acts

29、of Parliament ?? C. 1948, the Bill of Rights???????????????????????????????? D. 1958, the Bill of Rights 34. The non-contributory social security benefits include the following except _____. ?? A. war pension???????????????????????????????????????????????? B. child benefit ?? C. family credi

30、t???????????????????????????????????????????????? D. unemployment benefit 35. Except that _____ may not be a Roman Catholic, public offices are open without distinction to members of all churchs or of none. ?? A. the lord Chancellor??????????????????????????????B. the Prime Minister ?? C. the

31、Speaker????????????????????????????????????????D. the ministers of all departments 36. About 90 per cent of the state secondary school population in the UK attend _____. ?? A. independent schools?????????????????????????????????????????? B. junior schools ?? C. independent schools?????????????

32、????????????????????????????? D. primary schools 37. There are some ____ universities, including the Open University. ?? A. 900?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? B. 290 ?? C. 90???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? D. 50 38. In B

33、ritain, children from the age of 5 to 16 can _____ by law. A.??????????????????????????????????receive completely free education B.??????????????????????????????????receive parly free education C.??????????????????????????????????receive no free education if their families are rich D.???????

34、???????????????????????????receive no free education at all 39. With regard to its size, the USA is the _____ country in the world. ?? A. largest????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????B. second largest ?? C. third largest????????????????????????????????????????????????

35、????????D. fourth largest 40. In the following rivers, _____ has been called the American Ruhr. ?? A. the Mississippi?????????????????????????????????????????????????? B. the Missouri ?? C. the Hudson????????????????????????????????????????????????????????D. the Ohio 41. Among the following r

36、ivers, _____ forms a natural boundary between Mexico and the U.S. ?? A. the Potomac??????????????????????????????????????????????????????B. the Columbia ?? C. the Rio Grande River???????????????????????????????????????? D. the Colorado 42. All the following universities and colleges are locate

37、d in New England, except _____. ?? A. Yale???????????????????????????????????? B. Harvard ?? C. Oxford????????????????????????????????D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 43. The nation’s capital city Washington D.C. and New York are located in _____. ?? A. the American West?????????????

38、?????????????????????????????B. the Great Plains ?? C. the Midwest????????????????????????????????????????????????????D. the Middle Atlantic States 44. The Midwest in America’s most important _____ area. ?? A. agricultural??????????????????????????????????????????????????????B. industrial ??

39、 C. manufacturing??????????????????????????????????????????????????D. mining in dustry 45. In the case of Brown versus Board of Education, the Supreme Court ruled that _____. A.???????????????????????????????? separate educational facilities had been illegal B.?????????????????????????????????

40、?educational facilities had been separate but equal C.???????????????????????????????? educational facilities had been equal D.???????????????????????????????? separate educational facilities were inherently unequal 46. The Chinese Exclusion Act was passed in _____. ??A. 1882????????????????

41、????????????????????????????????????????????????B. 1883 ??C. 1900????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????D. 1924 47. The first immigrants in American history came from ____ and ____. A. Ireland/France??????????????????????????????????????????????????????B. England/China

42、 C. Scotland/England??????????????????????????????????????????????????D. England/Netherland 48. Uncle Tom’s Cabin and Roots are two novels which give a vivid description of the miserable life of the _____. A. early settlers??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????B. Puritans

43、 C. native Indians????????????????????????????????????????????????????????D. black slaves 49. According to American historians and specialists in demography, there are _____ great population movement in the history of the United States. A. two?????????????????????????????????????????????????????

44、????????????????? B. three ?? C. four????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????D. five 50. Many early Chinese immigrants worked in the mining industry, especially in the _____. ?? A. gold mines??????????????????????????????????????????????????????B. silver mines ?? C. c

45、oal mines?????????????????????????????????????????????????????? D. copper mines 51. The Declaration of Independence was drafted by _____. ?? A. James Madison?????????????????????????????????????????????? B. Thomes Jefferson ?? C. Alexander Hamilton???????????????????????????????????????? D. Ge

46、orge Washington 52. On July 4, 1776, _____ adopted the Declaration of Independerce. A.???????????????????????????????? the First Continental Congress B.??????????????????????????????????the Second Continental Congress C.???????????????????????????????? the Third Continental Congress D.????

47、???????????????????????????? the Constitutional Convention 53. The victory of _____ was the turning point of the War of Independence. ?? A. Saratoga???????????????????????????????????????????????????????? B. Gettysburg ?? C. Trenton?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? D.

48、Yorktown 54. Ten amendments introduced by James Madison in 1789 were added to the Constitution. They are knows as _____. ?? A. the Articles of Confederation?????????????????????????? B. the Bill of Right ?? C. the Civil Rights?????????????????????????????????????????????? D. Federalist Papers

49、 55. President Jefferson bought _____ from France and doubled the country’s territory. ?? A. New Mexico??????????????????????????????????????????????????B. the Louisiana Territory ?? C. Kansas??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????D. Ohio 56. The Declaration of Independence

50、 came from the theory of British philosopher _____. ?? A. Paul Revere????????????????????????????????????????????????????B. John Locke ?? C. Cornwallis??????????????????????????????????????????????????????D. Frederick Douglass 57. During the WWII, the Axis powers were mainly made up by __. ?

51、? A. Germany, France and Japan????????????????????????????B. France, Japan and Britain ?? C. Germany, Italy and Britain?????????????????????????????? D. German, Italy and Japan 58. The Progressive Movement is a movement demanding government regulation of the _____ and _____ conditions. ?? A. e

52、conomy/political????????????????????????????????????????????B. social/political ?? C. economy/social?????????????????????????????????????????????? D. political/cultural 59. As a result of WWI, _____ was not one of the defeated nations. ?? A. Germany?????????????????????????????????????????????

53、??????????? B. Austro-Hungary ?? C. Ottoman???????????????????????????????????????????????????????? D. Russia 60. The aim of President Roosevelt’s New Deal was to “save American _____.” ?? A. economy???????????????????????????????????????????????????????? B. politics ?? C. society???????????

54、?????????????????????????????????????????????????D. democracy 答?? 案 I. Multiple Choices: Choose one right answer from the four choices. 1. B?????????????? 2. C?????????????????? 3. A???????????????????? 4. D??????????????????5. D?????????????? 6. C?????????????? 7. A?????????????????? 8. C??

55、??????????????????9. B??????????????????10. D?????????????????? 11. D????????????12. B???????????????? 13. A??????????????????14. C???????????????? 15. D?????????????????? 16. B????????????17. A???????????????? 18. D??????????????????19. A??????????????????20. C?????????????????? 21. C??????????

56、22. B??????????????????23. D??????????????????24. C??????????????????25. A??????????????????26. C?????????? 27. C??????????????????28. D??????????????????29. A??????????????????30. A?????????????????? 31. D?????????? 32. D??????????????????33. A??????????????????34. D??????????????????35. A????????

57、???? 36. D?????????? 37. C??????????????????38. A??????????????????39. D??????????????????40. D??????????????????41.C????????????42. C??????????????????43. D??????????????????44. A??????????????????45. D??????????????????46. A?????????? 47. D??????????????????48. D??????????????????49. C???????????

58、???????50. A??????????????????51. B?????????? 52. B??????????????????53. A??????????????????54. B?????????????????? 55. B??????????????????56. B?????????? 57. D??????????????????58. C??????????????????59. D??????????????????60. D??????????????????61. C?????????? 62. B??????????????????63. D?????????

59、?????????64. C??????????????????65. D??????????????????66. D?????????? 67. B??????????????????68. C??????????????????69. C??????????????????70. D 71. B????????????72. B??????????????????73. B??????????????????74. D??????????????????75. D II. Fill in the blanks: 1.??????Ceographically speaking,

60、the north and west of Britain are _______, while the east and south-east are mostly______. 2.??????Welsh is located in the ______ of Great Britain. 3.??????The ancestors of the English ______, while the Scots, Welsh and Irish the ______. 4.??????In the mid-5th century, three Teuronic tribes __

61、____, _____, and _____ invaded Britain. Among them, the _____ gave their name to English people. 5.??????The battle of _______ witnessed the death of Harold in October, 1066. 6.??????Under William, the ______ system in England was completely established. 7.??????The property record in William’

62、s time is known as ______, which was compiled in _____. 8.??????_____’s grave became a place of pilgrimage in and beyond chaucer’s time after he was murdered. 9.??????______ was the deadly bubonic plague, which reduced England’s population from four million to ______ million by the end of the 14

63、th century. 10.??One of the consequences of the Uprising of 1381 was the emergence of a new class of ______ farmers. 11.??James I and his son Charles I both believed firmly in ______. 12.??During the Civil War, the Cavaliers supported ________, while the Roundheads supported _______. 13.??Af

64、ter the Civil War, Oliver Cromwell declared England a ______, later, he became _________. 14.??In 1707, the Act of _______ united England and ______. 15.??The two parties originated with the Glorious Revolution were _____ and _______. The former were the forerunners of the ______ Party, the latt

65、er were of the ______ party. 16.??In 1765, the Scottish inventor _____ produced a very efficient _____ that could be applied to textile and other machinery. 17.??After the Industrial Revolution, Britain became the “______” of the world. 18.??During the Second World War ________ led Britain to

66、final victory in 1945. 19.??In 1974 and 1977, the two ______ shock caused inflation to rise dramatically. 20.??Natural gas was discovered in 1965 and oil in 1970 under _______. 21.??_______ has Europe’s largest collection of foreign owned chip factories. 22.??New industries in Britain include______, ______ and other high-tech industries. 23.??The party which wins the second largest number of seats becomes the official ______, with its own leader and “______ cabinet”. 24.??The Prime M