英语国家概况_习题集(含答案)

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习题

【说明】：本课程《英语国家概况》（编号为12010）共有单选题,名词解释题,简答题,填空题2等多种试题类型，其中，本习题集中有[简答题]等试题类型未进入。

一、单选题

1. Celts were different groups of ancient people who came originally from________

A. France

B. Denmark

C. Ireland

D. Germany

2. Who invaded and conquered Britain for the first time in 55 BC?

A. Emperor Claudius

B. Julius Caesar

C. King Alfred

D. King Ethelred

3. Who is the author of Murder in the Cathedral?

A. Christopher Marlowe

B. T. S. Eliot

C. Ben Johnson

D. Thomas Becket

4.When Oliver Cromwell died in 1658, and was succeeded by his son, ______, the regime began immediately to collapse.

A. Henry

B. Hamilton

C. Richard

D. Charles

5. The 18th century saw selective breeding of cattle, sheep and houses by _________.

A. Jethro Tull

B. Thomas Coke

C. George III

D. Robert Bakewell

6. Which of the following is not one of the members of the Lords Temporal?

A. all hereditary peers and peeresses of the England, Scotland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom (but not peers of Ireland)

B. lire peers created to assist the House in its judicial duties

C. senior bishops of the Church of England

D. all other life peers

7. Two years after the ending of the Hundred Years’ War with France, England was thrown into another series of civil wars, ________.

A. the War of the Celts

B. Norman Conquest

C. the War of the Roses

D. Battle of Hastings

8. Appeals in criminal cases in England and Wales may NOT be heard by _________.

A. the Magistrates' Court

B. the Court of Appeal

C. the High Court

D. the Crown Court

9. Established Churches in Britain are___________.

A. Church of England and Churches in Wales

B. Church in Wales Church of Scotland

C. The Anglican Churches

D. Church of England and Church of Scotland

10.Apart from a break during the Second World War, the BBC has been providing regular television broadcasts since ___________.

A. 1935

B. 1936

C. 1937

D. 1938

11. The largest river in Ireland is ____________.

A. the Shannon River

B. Liffey River

C. Macgillicuddy's Reek

D. Carrantuohill

12.The following farming activities are engaged by farmers in the valleys of Nova Scotia except __________.

A. dairying

B. raising animals

C. apple growing

D. potato growing

13. The Pacific northwest is favored with a _______ climate like that of Britain.

A. Mediterranean

B. maritime

C. continental

D. subtropical

14. The first blacks were brought to North America as ________ in 1619.

A. adventurers

B. slaves

C. servants

D. explorers

15. 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

16. The Great Depression was induced by all the following causes but ________.

A. stock market speculation

B. credit over - expansion

C. government involvement

D. lack of control over the banking system

17. The Norman Conquest of _______ is perhaps the best - known event in English history.

A. 1063

B. 1064

C. 1065

D. 1066

18. ______ ranks the first in the production of apples in the US.

A. Washington

B. Kansas

C. Michigan

D. Wisconsin

19. The heads of the various executive departments form a council of advisers generally known as the President's __________.

A. Advisory Group

B. Executive Office

C. Special Commission

D. Cabinet

20. The master's degree can normally be earned in ______ year by students holding a bachelor's