英美概况期末模拟题1及答案-推荐下载

　一. 单项选择题

Read the following unfinished statements or questions carefully. For each unfinished statement 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. Franklin Roosevelt’s program for the depression was called .

a. Progressivism

b. laissez faire

c. New Freedom

d. New Deal

2. The United States did not join the Second World War directly until in December，1941.

a. Great Depression

b. Pearl Harbor incident

c. the Japanese attack on China

d. the German attack on Poland

3. From 1649 to 1658 England was called a Commonwealth. It was ruled first by Oliver Cromwell as .

a. Lord Protector

b. Lieutenant General

c. Commander of the New Model Army

d. President

4. Ireland is in the of Great Britain.

a. east

b. south C. west d. north

5. WASPs referred to .

a. the mainstream Americans

b. Hispanics

c. Asian-Americans

d. Blacks

6. Lincoln's Emancipation proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution formally ended .

a. the immigration movement

b. the Civil War

c. the slave system

d. the industrialization

7. About a hundred years ago，as a result of imperialist expansion，Britain ruled one fourth of the world people and of the world’s land area.

a. one third

b. one fifth

c. one fourth

d. tow fifths

8. The Celt’s religion was .

a. Teutonic religion

b. Christianity

c. Druidism

d. Buddhism

9. The spirit of the Great Charter was the limitation of the powers of ，keeping them within the bounds of the feudal law of the land.

a. the Archbishop of Canterbury

b. the barons

c. the church

d. the king

10. The ultimate authority for law-making resides in the .

a. the House of Lords

b. the House of Commons

c. the Privy Council

d. the Shadow Cabinet

11. The English Renaissance was largely .

a. religious

b. ideological

c. philosophical

d. literary

12. In the Industrial Revolution，changes occurred earliest and quickest in .

a. hardware

b. textile

c. pottery

d. chemicals

13. The Romans led by Julius Caesar launched their first invasion on Britain in

a. 200B. C.

b. 55 B. C.

c. 55 A. D.

d. 410 A. D.

14. The Hundred Years’ War started in .

a. 1733

b. 1453

c. 1337

d. 1357

15. Civil Rights Movement happened in .

a. the 1960s

b. the 1950s

c. the 1940s

d. the 1930s

16. The open declaration of the containment policy was made by on March 12，1949 in a speech to the joint session of Congress.

a. President Roosevelt

b. President Kennedy

c. General Marshall

d. President Truman

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

a. 651

b. 1，200

c. 1，198

d. 763

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

a. the United States

b. South-east Asia

c. the EC

d. the Latin America

19. 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

20. At the beginning of the First World War，the United States pursued a policy of

.

a. containment

b. neutrality

c. pro-Germany partiality

d. pro-Ally partiality

二.是非题

Read the following statements carefully and decide if each of them is True or False：（20 points ） （） 1. The Bill of Rights is the term for the first twelve amendments to the Constitution.

（） 2. The stock market crash in 1929 was the beginning of a long economic depression in the U. S.

（） 3. George Washington was the first president of the United States.

（） 4. The system of the parliamentary government of the U.K. is based on a written constitution.

（） 5. Benjamin Franklin alone drafted the Declaration of Independence，and on July 4，1776，the Congress adopted the declaration.

（） 6. Britain was the first country to start the Industrial Revolution which contributed to the establishment of the British Empire.