英语国家概况课程习题2

英语国家概况课程习题

英语国家概况（1）模拟试题1

I. Fill in the blanks:

1.Britain consists of _____ nations, including England,_____, _______ and

______.

2.The Anglo-Saxons began to settle in Britain in ________ century.

3.The capital of Britain is ______ which has great influence on the UK in all fields

including_______, _______ and _______

4.The capital of Scotland is ______, which is well-known for its natural

5._______, the ancestor of the present Queen, Elizabeth 11, united England under

his rule in 829.

6.In Britain, the official head of state is _______ while the real centre of political

life is in ______

7.The British Constitution consists of _______, _______, and _______.

8.The most important function of the Parliament is to _______._______,

9.Strictly speaking, the Parliament today consists of _______, _______and

_______.

10.Life peers should be nominated by _______ and appointed by _______.

11.The UK is divided into _______ constituencies with each of them represented by

a member in _________

12.The party which wins the majority seats in parliament forms _______and its party

leader becomes _________

13.Normally, a government can be in power for _______ years, and then it has to

resign and hold a general election.

14.There are three major parties in the UK: _______ _______ and _______.

15.From 1979 to 1997, _______ won 4 consecutive elections and was in power for

quite a long time.

16.The two oldest universities in Britain are_______ and _______.

17.Australia, as the World's _______ continent and . _______island, has a population

which is_______ in relation to its size.

18.Geologically, Australia can be divided into three parts: _______ , which is also

know as the_______ , and which runs almost parallel to the eastern coast from northern Queens land to southern Tasmania; the _______, which extends from the Gulf of Carpentries in the north to _______ and the western Victorian coast;

and the Great Western Plateau, which covers most of _______, much of the _______ and South Australia, and part of _______.

19.New Zealand is in the _______ Ocean. _______ is its nearest neighbour. The

_______ and the _______ are its two main land masses. They are separated by _______

20.The Head of State of New Zealand is _______. She is represented in New

Zealand by a _______ whose most important task is to call upon the leader of the _______ to form a government after an election.

21.Columbus discovered the New World in the year of ________

22.The first permanent settlement in North America was established in today's

_______ in the year of _______

23.A federal system is one in which _______ is shared between _______and

_______with some rights reserved to each.

24.The U.S. federal government consists of the following three branches: _______,

_______ and _______

25.The Congress is divided into _______ with _______ members who serve

two-year terms, _______and _______ with lawmakers who serve six-year terms.

26.Groups who try to persuade Congressmen to vote for or against a bill are known

as _______

27.The Supreme Court is composed of _______ chief justice and ~ associate

justices.

28."WASP, stands for _______.

29.In area, Canada is the ________ country on earth.

30.Canada consists of __________ provinces and ________territories.