《英美概况》试题(附答案)word文本

A. Scafell
B. Ben Nevis
C. the Cotswolds
D. the Forth
A. the Clyde
B. the Mersey
C. the Severn
D. the Thames 3. The largest lake in Britain is
A. the Lough Neage
B. Windermere Water
C. Coniston Water
D. the Lake District 4. Which part of Britain is always fighting?
A. England
B. Scotland
C. Wales
D. Northem Ireland
A. the Normans
B. the Celts
英美概况》
I. Multiple Choices: Choose one right answer from the four choices:
1. The highest mountain in Britain is
2. The longest river in Britain is
5. The immigrants coming to Britain are mainly from
A. Europe
B. the United
States
C. Africa
D. the West Indies
6. The first inhabitants in Britain were
C. the Iberians
D. the Anglo-Saxons
7. British Recorded history began with .
A. Roman invasion
B. the Norman Conquest
C. the Viking and Danish invasion
D. the Anglo-Saxons invasion 8. In 829, ___ a ctually became the overlord of all the English.
A. John
B. James I
C. Egbert
D. Henry I
9. Christmas Day __ , Duke William was crowned in Westminster Abbey.
A. 1056
B. 1066
C. 1006
D. 1060
10. Henry II was the first king of the d ynasty.
A. Windsor
B. Tudor
C. Malcolm
D. Plantagenet
11. In 1265 __ s ummoned the Great Council, which has been seen as the earliest parliament.
12. The Hundred Years 'war srttaed in _____ and ended in _______ , in which the English had lost all the
territories of France except the French port of .
A. 1337, 1453, Flanders
B. 1337, 1453, Calais
C. 1346, 1453, Argencourt
D. 1346, 1453, Brest
13. The Wars of Roses lasted for _ years and king ____ was replaced by king __ .
A. 30, Richard III, Henry Tudor
B. 50, Richard III, Henry Tudor
B. C. 30, Richard I, Henry Tudor D. 50, Richard I, Henry Tudor
14. The Renaissance began in __ in the early _ century.
A. England, 14
B. England, 15
C. Italy, 14
D. Italy, 15
15. The English Civil War is also called .
A. the Glorious Revolution
B. the Bloody Revolution
C. the Catholic Revolution
D. the Puritan Revolution
16. In ___ , a small group of Puritans sailed from i n the Mayflower to be the first settlers in the North America.
A. 1620, London
B. 1620, Plymouth
C. 1720, London
D. 1720, Plymouth
17. In the 18th century, there appeared in England, which owed a great deal to the invention of machines.
A. the Industrial Revolution
B. the Bourgeois Revolution
C. the Wars of the Roses
D. the Religious Reformation
18. English colonial expansion began with the colonization of in 1583.
A. Canada
B. Australia
C. India
D. Newfoundland
19. ___ w as famous for his abdication because of his marriage with a divorced American:
A. Edward VIII
B. Edward VII
C. George VI
D. George VII
20. In January __ Britain became a member of the European Economic Community.
A. 1957
B. 1967
C. 1973
D. 1979
21. soon after __ , Britain not only gave up its econmic hegemony but also suffered a deep loss of its
position of industrial leadership.
22. In the 1970s among the developed countries, Britain maintained the lowest rate and the highest ____ rate.
A. inflation, growth
B. growth, inflation
C. growth, divorce
D. growth, birth
23. The following are all reasons of British decline of coal industry except .
A. the exhaustion of old mines
B. costly extraction
B. C. little money being invested D. the labour shortage
24. Britain 's foreign trade is mainly with _ .
A. developing countries
B. other Commonwealth countries
C. other developed countries
D. EC
25. The House of Lords is presided over by .
A. the Lord Chancellor
B. the Queen
C. the Archbishop of Canterbury
D. the Prime Minister
26. A General Election is held every years and there are __ members of Parliaments are elected.
A. five, 600
B. five, 650
C. five, 651
D. four, 651
27. The Prime Minister is appointed by and he or she always sits in .
A. the Archbishop of Canterbury, the House of Commons
B. the Archbishop of Canterbury, the House of Lords
C. the Queen, the House of Commons
D. the Queen, the House of Lords
28. The ultimate authority for law-making resides in .
A. the Queen
B. the Cabinet
C. the House of Lords
D. the House of Commons
29. The sources of British law include .
A. statutes, common law, equity law and European Community law
B. statutes, common law and equity law
C. statutes, common law and European Community law
D. a complete code and statutes
30. In criminal trials by jury, _______________________ passes sentenced and decide the issue of guilt or innocence.
A. the judge, the jury
B. the judge, the judge
C. the jury, the jury
D. the Lord Chancellor, the jury
31. __ tries the most serious offences such as murder and robbery.
A. Magistrates 'courts
B. Youth courts
C. district courts
D. The Crown Court
32. London 's Metropolitan Police Force is under the control of .
A. the England secretaries
B. the Scottish Secretaries
C. Northern Ireland Secretaries
D. the Home Secretary
33. The National Health Service was established in the UK in _____________________ and based at first on __________________________________________________ .
A. 1948, Acts of Parliament
B. 1958, Acts of Parliament
C. 1948, the Bill of Rights
D. 1958, the Bill of Rights
34. The non-contributory social security benefits include the following except .
A. war pension
B. child benefit
C. family credit
D. unemployment benefit
35. Except that __ may not be a Roman Catholic, public offices are open without distinction to members of all churchs or of none.
A. the lord Chancellor
B. the Prime Minister
C. the Speaker
D. the ministers of all departments
36. About 90 per cent of the state secondary school population in the UK attend .
A. independent schools
B. junior schools
C. independent schools
D. primary schools
37. There are some __ universities, including the Open University.
A. 900
B. 290
C. 90
D. 50
38. In Britain, children from the age of 5 to 16 can b y law.
A. receive completely free education
B. receive parly free education
C. receive no free education if their families are rich
D. receive no free education at all
39. With regard to its size, the USA is the country in the world.
A. largest
B. second largest
C. third largest
D. fourth largest
40. In the following rivers, has been called the American Ruhr.
A. the Mississippi
B. the Missouri
C. the Hudson
D. the Ohio
41. Among the following rivers, forms a natural boundary between Mexico and the U.S.
A. the Potomac
B. the Columbia
C. the Rio Grande River
D. the Colorado
42. All the following universities and colleges are located in New England, except .
A. Yale
B. Harvard
C. Oxford
D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
43. The nation 's capital city Washington D.C. and New York ar e located in ________ .
A. the American West
B. the Great Plains
C. the Midwest
D. the Middle Atlantic States
44. The Midwest in America 's most important ______ a rea.
A. agricultural
B. industrial
C. manufacturing
D. mining in dustry
45. In the case of Brown versus Board of Education, the Supreme Court ruled that .
A. separate educational facilities had been illegal
B. educational facilities had been separate but equal
C. educational facilities had been equal
D. separate educational facilities were inherently unequal
46. The Chinese Exclusion Act was passed in _ .
A. 1882
B. 1883
C. 1900
D. 1924
47. The first immigrants in American history came from ______ and .
A. Ireland/France
B. England/China
C. Scotland/England
D. England/Netherland
48. Uncle Tom 's Cabin and Roots are two novels which give a vivid description of the miserable life of the ___ .
A. early settlers
B. Puritans
C. native Indians
D. black slaves。