自考00522英语国家概况模拟试题及答案9

自考00522英语国家概况模拟试题及答案9

1.The Tower of London,a historical sight,located in the centre of London,was built by___.

A.King Arthur

B.Robin Hood

C.Oliver Cromwell

D.William the Conqueror

2.Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of British government?

A.It offers the Queen high political status and supreme power.

B.It is both a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy.

C.It is the oldest representative democracy in the world.

D.It has no written form of Constitution.

3.Under whose reign was the Bill of Rights passed?

A.William of Orange

B.JamesⅡ

C.Oliver Cromwell

D.GeorgeⅠ

4.Which of the following livestock has the biggest number in the UK?

A.Beef cattle.

B.Dairy cattle

C.Chicken.

D.Sheep.

5.Which group of people cannot vote in the general election?

A.Members in the House of Commons.

B.Lords in the House of Lords.

C.The UK citizens above the age of 18.

D.The UK resident citizens of the Irish Republic.

6.A free press is considered very important to the functioning of parliamentary democracy because

___________.

A.it plays a watchdog function,keeping an eye on the government

B.it informs people of current affairs in the world.

C.it provides people with subjective reports.

D.it publishes short pamphlets for Parliament.

7．Of Which people is Robert Burns a national poet?

A.The Welsh people

B.The Irish people

C.The Scottish people

D.The English people

8．.It was said that Christianity was introduced into Ireland by __________

A.the Vikings

B.the Normans

C.Brian Buru

D.Saint Patrick

9.In the 17th century,the English government encouraged people from Scotland and Northern England to emigrate to the north of Ireland because _________.

A.they wanted to increase its control over Ireland

B.they had too many people and didn’t have enough space for them to live in Britain

C.they intended to expand their investment

D.they believed that Ireland was the best place for them

10.Which is the largest city in Scotland?

A.Cardiff

B.Edinburgh

C.Glasgow

D.Manchester

二．填空

1.Charles the First,king of Britain,was executed,because he attempted to overrule___________ in the English Revolution.

2.The _________IRA believed that they had made enough progress so that they could concentrate on a political process,and run candidates for_______.

3.It’s hard to make talks successful between the British and Irish governments without the participation of __________and____________.

4.The party which wins the majority seats in parliament forms _________and its party leader becomes

__________-.

5.Since 1945,the UK economy has experienced ________ decline rather than _______ decline.

6.The UK economy can be divided into three main sectors:________industries,secondary industries and

________industries.

7.Shakespeare’s plays fall into three categories.They are _________,_________and history plays.

8.Charlotte Bronte and Emily Bronte are noted for their respective novel ________and __________which are largely the love stories of a woman for a man.

9.People usually dress up and show off their fashionable clothes and elaborate hats for the social event called __________.

10.Traditionally,people gave Christmas gifts or money to their staff or servants on ___________,which is the day after Christmas.