英语国家概况标准模拟试卷四

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 answer to the question Write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space on the answer sheet 50 points I point for each 1 The largest lake in Britain is D it is in A the Lake Distriet England B the North Sea Scotland C the Tyne England D the Lough Neagh Northern Ireland 2 The Anglo Saxons created the D to advise the king the basis of the Privy Council A Whitby B Synod C Shirt court D Witan 3 William replaced the Witan the council of the Anglo Saxon Kings with A A the Grand Council B the House of Lords C the House of Commons D Parliament 4 The Black Death swept through England in the summer of B without warning A 1347 B 1348 C 1350 D 1351 5 After the Hundred Year s War power in England was in the hands of a number of rich and ambitious C A bishops B merchants C nobles D royal family members 6 The English Renaissance is said to have begun in c A 1422 B 1478 C 1485 D 1495 7 Which is ot the characteristic of the English Renaissance B A England followed a course of history greatly independent of the others in Europe B The native literature was sufficiently subjected by foreign influnences C English Renaisssance literature is primarily artistic rather than philosophical and scholarly D The Renaissance coincided with the Reformation in England 8 William and Mary jointly accepted C and were crowned jointly in Westminister Abbey the age of constitutional monarchy of a monarchy with powers limited by Parliament began A Petition of Right B Test Act C Bill of Rights D Great Charter 9 Australia was first discovered by the C in the early 1600s A Spanish B Morris C Dutch D French 10 Thanks to the militant feminist movement of the B led by Mrs Pankhurst before the First World War votes were granted to women over 30 in 1918 A Luddites B Suffragettes C Chartists D Levellers 11 After the first World War D was established A the United Nations B the Central Powers C the Allies D the League of Nations 12 In January C Britain became a full member of the European Economic Community A 1957 B 1967 C 1973 D 1979 13 Which of the following about UK s monarchy is Not TRUE C 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 the United Kingdom D The continuity of the monarchy has been broken once 14 The House of Lords is presided over by A A the Lord Chancellor B the Queen C the Archbishop of Canterbury D the Prime Minister 15 c is responsible for the security accommodation and services in the House of Lords part of the Palace of Westminster A The Lord Chancellor B The Speaker C The Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod D The Clerk of the parliaments 16 In Britain the citizens aged B or over have the right to vote A 16 B 18 C 21 D 30 17 Which of the following statement is not true D A The Sovereign must be a member of Church of England B Church of England archbishops bishops and deans are appointed by the Monarch on the advice of the PM C The two archbishops the bishops of London Durham and Winchester have seats in the House of Lords D Clergy of the Church of England and of other churches may sit in the House of Commons 18 Which public holiday is the Scottish holiday only c A New Year s Day B Good Friday C Bank Holiday D Easter Day 19 Which of the following is not the quality Sundays A A The Times B Sunday Telegraph C The Sunday Times D The Observer 20 The British Film Institute has teh world s largest library of information on D A film B television C music D Both A and B 21 Ireland is divided into two political units They are C A Northern Ireland and Wales B Wales and Scotland C Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland D Scotland and England 22 In 1170 the Anglo Saxons invade Ireland from then on conflicts between the English and the Irish went on for almost B years A 1000 B 800 C 600 D 500 23 A major source of population growht in the United States is A A immigration B social security C high birth rate D low death rate 24 Uncle Tom s Cabin and Roots are two novels which give a vivid description of the D A early settlers B puritans C native Indians D blank slaves 25 The Declaration of Independence was adopted by the D Continental Congress on July 4 A First 1774 B First 1776 C Second 1774 D Second 1776 26 The Constitutional Convention in America was attended by C A all of the 13 states B all of the states excepte Maryland C all of the states excepte Rhode Island D all of the states but later Rhode Island withdrew fromt the convention 27 The foundation fo American Constitutional system was completed in D A 1781 B 1787 C 1788 D 1791 28 The largest land that the U S get from France was A A the Louisiana Territory B Texas C New Mexico D Old Northwest 29 The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by B during the Civil War A George Washington B Abraham Lincoln C Thomas Jefferson D Franklin Roosevelt 30 Pushed by the Progressive Movement President Theodore Roosevelt 1901 1909 and Woodrow Wilson 1913 1921 initiated changes from the 19th century tradition of B A monopoly B laissez faire C government regulation D market control 31 On April 6 1917 the U S government declared war on B A Italy B Germany C French D Poland 32 In his inaugrual speech D said that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself A Abraham Lincoln B Theodore Roosevelt C Woodrow Wilson D Franklin Roosevelt 33 The United States did not joint the Second World War directly until B in December 1941 A Great Depression B Pearl Harbor incident C the Japanese attack on China D the German attack on Poland 34 The Supreme Court played a role in approving the lawfulness of anti Communist activities by A A upholding the constitutionality of the Smith Act B convicting 11 highranking Comunist leaders C supporting the trial of Alger Hiss D supporting President Truman s executive order 35 The Vietnam War that the U S fought lasted from C to A 1945 1970 B 1950 1970 C 1950 1975 D 1953 1975 36 The American economy is characterized by a high degree of C A free competition B planned economy C monopoly D decentralization 37 In 1781 B adopted the Articles of Confederation in the U S A the First Continental Congress B the Second Continental Congress C the National Committee D the President 38 The American Constitution says that only A can declare war upon other nations A President B Senate C Cabinet D Congress 39 It is said that Thomas Jefferson s belief that an education should be pratical as well as liberal is best embodied by D A research universities B doctoral universities C comprehensive colleges D community colleges 40 America 2000 An Education Strategy was issued by the American President A in 1991 A Bush B Clinton C Reagan D Carter 41 Among the following authors the one who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946 is A A T S Eliot B Emily Dickenson C Walt Whitman D Richard Wright 42 A was the first book by a Black author about Black life A Native Son B Black Boy C The Weary Blues D For Whom the Bell Tolls 43 The Symbols that are associated with Valentine s Day are the following except D A cards decorated with hearts B Cupid armed with bow and arrow C flowers tied with red ribbons D toast turkey 44 In Canada thinly settled region of D takes up four fifths of the country A Atlantic provinces B the Canadian Shield C British Columbia D northern Canada 45 Why were the French troops in Canada defeated by the British druing the Seven Years War C A Because they were not used to the weather in Canada B Because they did not get suppport from the local people C Because they did not receive the supplies they nedded so badly D Because the British had larger and better settlements in Canada 46 The United Canada was at Confederation divided into Ontario and A A Quebec B Alberta C New Brunswick D Nova Scotia 47 Since 1971 the Canadian government has adopted a policy of C recognizing that cultural pluralism within a bilingual framework is the essence of the Canadian identity A assimilation B integration C multiculturalism D gender equality 48 With a geologicial history of more than C billion years Australia is one of the oldest land masses in the world A 1 B 2 C 3 D 4 49 B is the biggest Australian state accounting for one third of the total area of the country A Victoria B Western Australia C Melbourne D Queensland 50 Which of the following is dormant volcano D A Ruapehu B Ngaurohoe C Marlborough D Tongariro II Give a one sentence answer to each of the following question Write your answer in the corresponding space on the answer sheet 30 points 3 points for each 51 Who began to invade England from the end of the 8th century From the end of the 8th century the NOrwegian Vikings and teh Danes from Denmark began to invade England 52 What was Domesday Book The book was the result of a general survey of England made in 1085 and stated the extent value the population state of cultivation and ownership of the land 53 In Britain what does BBC stand for British Broadcasting Corporation 54 What is largely responsible for the lack of extreme summer heat and winter cold in Ireland The North Atlantic Current is responsible for the lack of extreme summer heat and winter cold in Ireland 55 Which state is the largest in the United States Alaska is the largest one 56 Who drafted The Declaration of Independence in the U S He was Thomas Jefferson 57 What mechanism did the writers of the Constitution introduce to provide safeguards They introduced the mechanism of separation of powers and check and balances 58 What was the consequence of the Seven Years War between the British and the French After the Seven Years War from 1756 to 1763 the French were forced to give up every inch of land in North America and the whole of Canada came under the British rule 59 What does the outback refer to in Australia The outback usually refers to the interior and the centre of the Western Plateau and its norther plains 60 What animal is regarded as a nation symbol of New Zealand The kiwi Explain each of the following terms in English Write yore answer in the corresponding space on the answer sheet in around 40 words 20 points 5 points for each 61 The C