英美概况模拟试题

英美概况模拟试题

单项选择

Read the following unfinished statements or questions carefully. For each unfinished statem ent or question four suggested answers A, B, C and D are given. Choose the one you think best completes the statement or answers the question: (20 points)

1. The Bill of Rights is the term for the first amendments to the Constitution.

a. ten B. eleven c. twelve d. thirteen

2. The President of the United States is head of the branch.

a. legislative

b. executive

c. judicial

d. party

3. The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by during the Civil War.

a. George Washington

b. Abraham Lincoln

c. Thomas Jefferson

d. Franklin Roosevelt

4. The 1920s in the United States has been described as a period of .

a. cultural revival

b. loss of purpose

c. development in science and technology

d. material success and spiritual frustration

5. It was who first called Native Americans “Indians”.

a. Lincoln

b. Columbus

c. Washington

d. Jefferson

6. The United States did not join the Second World War directly until

a. Great Depression

b. Pearl Harbor incident

c. the Japanese attack on China

d. the German attack on Poland

7. When we speak of “father of waters” or “old man river”, we are referring to .

a. the Colorado River b . the Ohio River

c. the Missouri River

d. the Mississippi River

8. Celts were different groups of ancient people who came originally from .

a. France

b. Denmark

c. Ireland

d. Germany

9. The Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, .

a. First/1774

b. First /1776

c. Second/1774

d. Second/1776

10. The British recorded history begins with .

a. the arrival and settlement of Celts

b. the Norman Conquest

c. Roman invasion

d. Viking and Danish invasions

11. The predecessor of the English parliament is .

a. the Great council

b. the Witan

c. the House of Plantagenet

d. Magna Carta

12. Civil Rights Movement happened in .

a. the 1960s

b. the 1950s

c. the 1940s

d. the 1930s

13. The , the backbone of the North American continent, is also known as the Continental Divide.

a. Appalachians

b. Rockies

c. Blue Ridge Mountains

d. Great Smokies

14. To help the British East India Company out of difficulty, the British government allo wed the

company to sell at a lower price in the colonies through its own people.

a. coffee

b. spice

c. silk

d. tea

15. About half of the Britain’s trade is with .

a. the United States

b. South-east Asia

c. the EC

d. the Latin America

16. The House of Commons consists of Members of Parliament.

a. 651

b. 1,200

c. 1,198

d. 763

17. Most Americans lived in .

a. city areas

b. countryside

c. mountain areas

d. river valleys

18. The British Parliament has a maximum duration of years.

a. four

b. six

c. eight

d. five

19. Of the five Great Lakes on the border between Canada and the United States,

is the only one entirely in the U. S.

a. Lake Huron

b. Lake Ontario

c. Lake Michigan

d. Lake Erie

20. The Chartist Movement was officially launched at a great meeting in Birmingham in , with the

aim of pressing the Parliament to accept the People

’s Charter.

a. 1836

b. 1838

c. 1840

d. 1842

二．是非题

Read the following statements carefully and decide if each of them is True or False: ( 20 points)

( )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.

( ) 4. The Anglo-Saxon Conquest was important in English history because it laid the fou ndation

on which the English nation was to be formed.

( ) 5. To the west of Great Britain is the second largest island known as Scotland. ( ) 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. ( ) 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. ( ) 10. The Chartist Movement finally succeeded and it constituted a glorious page in the history of

the workers’ struggle for liberation.