2011年7月自考真题英语国家概况68958

全国全国 2011 年年 7 月高等教育月高等教育自学考试自学考试 英语国家概况试题英语国家概况试题 课程代码 课程代码 00522 I Multiple Choice Questions 50 points 1 point for each Directions In this part of the test there are 50 unfinished statements or questions Fo r each of the unfinished statements or questions four suggested answers marked A B C an d D are given Choose the one that you think best completes the statement or answers the qu estion Write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space on your Answer Sheet 1 Which of the following statement is NOT true A Great Britain and England are geographical names B The British Isles are made up of three large islands and hundreds of small ones C At present there are 50 member countries within the Commonwealth 1991 D Wales is in the west of Great Britain 2 built the Hadrian s Wall and the Antonine Wall to keep out of the are a they had conquered A The Romans the Picts B The Beaker Folk the Picts C The Anglo Saxons the Romans D The Danes the Anglo Saxons 3 Who were the ancestors of the English and the founders of England A The Anglo Saxons B The Normans C The Vikings D The Romans 4 The spirit of was the limitation of the powers of the king keeping them wit hin the bounds of the feudal law of the land A the Provision of Oxford B the Constitutions of Clarendon C Domesday Book D Magna Carta 5 When Mary Tudor became Queen at least 300 were burnt as heretics A Protestants B Catholics C Puritans D Muslims 6 The chief demand of the peasants during the Peasant Uprising of 1381 was A the abolition of villeinage B the punishment of the King s ministers C the increase of wages D the reform of the church 7 The significance of the Wars of the Roses was all the following EXCEPT that A feudalism received its death blow B the great medieval nobility was much weakened C the king s power now became supreme D it dealt a death blow to villeinage 8 is one of the comedies of Shakespeare A Othello B Richard III C The Tempest D Julius Caesar 9 In the Glorious Revolution the Catholic king was driven out of England A James I B James II C Charles I D Charles II 10 excluding any Roman Catholic from the succession confirmed the principle of parliamentary supremacy and guaranteed free speech within both the House of Lords an d the House of Commons A The Bill of Rights B The Disabling Act C The Test Act D Instrument of Government 11 As a result of the Industrial Revolution Britain became the A shop of the world B workshop of the world C centre of the world D leader of the world 12 Which of the following is NOT considered a characteristic of farming in the late 18th and the early 19th centuries A Cultivation of fodder crops B Invention of seed drill C Selective breeding of domestic animals D Open field system 13 In Britain abolished rotten boroughs A the People s Charter B the Combination Acts C the New Power Law D the Reform Act of 1832 14 The present British monarch Queen Elizabeth II was crowned in A 1926 B 1947 C 1952 D 1953 15 has the ultimate authority for law making in Britain A The Monarch B The Parliament C The Prime Minister D The Cabinet 16 In the House of Commons all speeches are addressed to who is elected at the beginning of each new Parliament to preside over the House and enforce the rules of order A the Prime Minister B the Monarch C the Speaker D the Lord Chancellor 17 About daily and Sunday newspapers are published nationwide in Britain A 100 B 110 C 120 D 130 18 In Britain is directly responsible for the NHS A a local government B the central government C a voluntary organization D a certain society 19 The day following Christmas Day is known as for on this day gifts are giv en to servants and tradesmen A New Year s Day B Easter Day C Labor Day D Boxing Day 20 Of the following four sports has the longest history in Britain A cricket B golf C football D rugby 21 The three states that have seen the fastest growth in population in the past 20 year s are A California Arizona and New Mexico B California Florida and Nevada C New York Texas and Florida D Arizona Nevada and Florida 22 In American history refer to those who came to Plymouth on board of Ma yflower A the English nobles B the Puritans C the Pilgrims D the English adventurers 23 After President Jefferson bought the Territory from France the territory own ed by the United States almost doubled A Arizona B Texas C Louisiana D California 24 President Abraham Lincoln issued the because he realized that he could wi n support for the Union at home and abroad by making the war a just war against slaver y A Bill of Rights B Emancipation of Proclamation C Declaration of Independence D Civil Right Act 25 The features of the early colonists which have strong influence on the formation of American character are all the following EXCEPT A religious intolerance B respect of individual rights C representative form of government D a strong spirit of individual enterprise 26 Rushed by the Progressive Movement put forward his program of New Fre edom A Woodrow Wilson B Theodore Roosevelt C Franklin D Roosevelt D George Washington 27 The Paris Conference which began on Jan 18 1919 was dominated by the Big F our including A the United States the Soviet Union China and Britain B the United States Britain France and Italy C the United States Britain Germany and Japan D the United States Britain France and the Soviet Union 28 In his inaugural speech said that the only thing we have to fear is fear it self A Abraham Lincoln B Theodore Roosevelt C Franklin D Roosevelt D George Washington 29 As a result of American economic aid under the Marshall Plan recovered a nd began to show signs of development A Turkey B Greece C Western Europe D Eastern Europe 30 During the Cuban Missile Crisis the two superpowers stared at each other with t he possibility of looming large A a nuclear war B a chemical war C the Vietnam War D the Korean War 31 visit to China ended twenty three years of hostility and led to the establishme nt of diplomatic relations in January A President Nixon s 1972 B Jimmy Carter s 1978 C President Nixon s 1979 D George Bush s 1989 32 After long and difficult negotiations in Paris the U S and signed a cease f ire agreement on January 27 1973 A South Vietnam B North Vietnam C the Soviet Union D Korea 33 Which of the following is NOT true of U S foreign trade A Canada is the largest single source of goods imported by the United States B Outside of North America Asia is the largest source of imports C The U S share of world trade has decreased in recent years D Whenever the American economy is in trouble the economy of other countries is affected 34 When the delegates met at Philadelphia in 1787 their task was A to write a new constitution B to adopt the Articles of Confederation C to establish a new form of government D to revise the Articles of Confederation 35 Abraham Lincoln was elected President as the candidate of in 1860 A the Democratic Party B the Republican Party C the Whig Party D the Conservative Party 36 According to the U S Constitution education is mainly a function of A the federal government B the city government C the county government D the state government 37 Which of the following is NOT true about the reasons for the rapid growth of c ommunity colleges A Their open admission policies B Their cheap tuition and fees C Their fixed curriculum structures D Their convenient locations 38 The Waste Land written by is considered the manifesto of the Lost Gene ration A T S Eliot B Walt Whitman C Emily Dickinson D Theodore Dreiser 39 In the 1920s Black literature developed into an upsurge which has come to be known as A the Literature Renaissance B the Harlem Renaissance C the Literature Revival D the knickerbockers era of American literature 40 Easter Sunday is the most important religious holiday for commemorating A the death of Jesus Christ B the birth of Jesus Christ C the crucifixion of Jesus Christ D the resurrection of Jesus Christ 41 The Republic of Ireland is bounded by all the following EXCEPT A the English Channel B the Irish Sea C St George Channel D the Atlantic Ocean 42 Ireland is one of the most countries of Europe A Protestant B Catholic C Puritan D Christian 43 In Canada nearly of the land has no permanent population A 87 B 88 C 89 D 90 44 Who founded the first permanent settlements at Quebec and Montreal on the St Lawrence River A John Cabot B Jacques Cartier C Samuel de Champlain D Henry Hudson 45 All services provided by the Canadian federal government are available in A French and Spanish B English and Italian C Spanish and English D French and English 46 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people constitute of Australia s populat ion A 1 B 1 5 C 2 D 2 5 47 Why has Australia always been a continent with few people A Because Australia is too far away from Europe B Because Australia is the least mountainous and most level of the world s continent s C Because Australia is separated from the rest of the world by seas D Because most of the continent is hot and dry 48 As far as Australian culture is concerned the history of Australia can be divided into the following phases EXCEPT A the period of Australia s original culture B the period of the dominant British culture C the period of Asian culture D the period of a multicultural society 49 In New Zealand the highest peak is in the centre of the mountain range which is called A the Southern Alps B the Northern Alps C the New Zealand Alps D the South Island Alps 50 is described as a living fossil A Moa B Kiwi C Tuatara D Bellbird II Answer the Questions 30 points 3 points for each Directions Give a one sentence answer to each of the following questions Write you r answers in the corresponding space on the