英美概况试题

( ) 14. Henry VII was responsible for the founding the Church of England.
( ) 15. The destruction of the Spanish Armada not only established the position of England as a major sea power but also paved the way for its foreign expansion.
10. In terms of population and area, Northern Ireland is the smallest part of the United Kingdom. ( T )
11. The Times is the world’s oldest national newspaper. ( F )
5. People in different parts of Britain like to use the name England refer to their country. 6. The Celtic people are the earliest known inhabitants of Britain. ( F )
( ) 20. The Hundred Year’s War refers to the intermittent war between France and England that lasted from 1337 to 1453.
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12. Because of political troubles, Northern Ireland has been quite significant among the four constituent parts of the United Kingdom. ( T )
13. Henry Ⅱ built up a large empire which included England and most of France. ( T )
18. The British economy experienced a relative decline during the postwar. ( T )
19. The Celts became the dominant group in Britain between the 8th and 5th centuries BC. ( T )
( ) 1. The Articles of Confederation is the oldest written constitution in the world.
( ) 2. America is a name given by Columbus.
( ) 3. The United Kingdom is a federal, not a unitary state.
( ) 16. It was the Angles who gave their name to England and the English people.
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( ) 17. The first successful English colony in North America was planted in Virginia in 1620.
3. The majority of the people in Britain are descendants of the Anglo-Saxons. ( T )
4. London is one of the three principal financial centers of the world. ( T )
( ) 12. Members of Parliament (MPs) are those who inherit the noble titles.
( ) 13. British people chose Franklin Roosevelt as Prime Minister in 1940 when the W.W. II broke out.
16. Hamlet depicts the hero’s struggle with two opposing forces: moral integrity and the need to avenge his father’s murder. ( T )
17. Today more than half of the people in Wales still speak the ancient Welsh language. ( F )
( ) 4. The Anglo-Saxon Conquest was important in English history because it laid the foundation on which the English nation was to be formed.
( ) 5. To the west of Great Britain is the second largest island known as Scotland.
24. The British government has been responsible for education since the early 1800s. ( F )
25. The legal systems in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are much similar in terms of law, organization and practice. ( F )
20. Conventions are regarded less important than common law in the working of the British government. ( F )
21. Thatcher’s revolution turned out to be a great success in dealing with all the British economic and social problems. ( F )
22. Alexander Pope was a great English poet who also translated Homer’s Iliad. ( T )
23. Charter companies contributed to Britain’s successful colonization of the U.S. ( T )
8. The island of Great Britain is geographically divided into three parts: England, Scotland and Wales. ( T )
9. The British monarchy has never been interrupted throughout the history. ( F )
( ) 10. The Chartist Movement finally succeeded and it constituted a glorious page in the history of the workers’ struggle for liberation.
( ) 11. Grammar schools emphasize academic studies and teach a wide range of subjects.
14. In reality, the British King or Queen is the source of all government powers. ( F )
15. Limited resources and high unemployment rate were persistent problems that prevented rapid economic development in Britain. ( F )
7. In an effort to make a compromise between different religious factions, Queen Elizabeth Ⅰactually defended the fruit of the Religious Reformation. ( T )
( ) 6. The checks and balance system in America was based on division of power.
( ) 7. London, the capital of the UK, is situated on the Severn River near its mouth.
( ) 18. The Wars of the Roses affected the ordinary people very much.
( ) 19. The Queen formally appoints all government office holders except the Prime Minister.
( ) 8. The Great Charter was signed in 1215 by King John.
( ) 9. James I was the king who was executed during the English Bourgeois Revolution.