英美概况(一)19春在线作业2-0005
试卷总分:100 得分:100
一、单选题 (共 20 道试题,共 60 分)
1.The 1990s saw the birth of the famous sheep ()(the first mammal produced from a donor cell taken from an adult rather than from an embryo).
A.Dolly
B.Molly
C.Folly
2.The doctrine of Christianity is the ().
A.Koran
B.the Bible
C.the Booklet
D.the doctrine
3.The First World War broke out on July 28th, () and ended on November 11th, 1918.
A.1911
B.1915
C.1916
D.1914
4.There are () national daily newspapers in the UK.
A.five
B.three
C.six
D.nine
5.In the period of the Heptarchy, there was a king called Egbert, the king of Wessex, who began to call himself “King of the ()”.
A.Britain
B.the Scotland
C.English
D.the Ireland
6.Any child in UK may attend, without paying fees, until they are eighteen. Education at this stage is ().
A.compulsory
B.optional
C.free
D.expensive
7.Talking about () is a constant topic of conversation in the UK.
A.weather
B.sport
C.money
D.health
8.The capital of the Northern Ireland is ().
A.Dublin
B.Belfast
C.London
D.Machester
9.The present sovereign is Queen (), 11th generation of the House of Hanover and the head of state of the country.
A.Elizabeth III
B.Elizabeth II
C.Elizabeth
D.ElizabethI
10.Around the turn of the 8th century northern warriors, called (), invaded England.
A.the Pirates
B.the Vikings
C.the soldiers
D.the Hikings
11.() bored beneath the English Channel now links the UK with France.
A.The Channel Tunnel
B.the English Tunnel
C.the Ocean Tunnel
D.the French Tunne
12.The King or the () is the head of state, the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, the head of the Judicature in the UK, and the temporal head of the Established Church of England.
A.the son of the King
B.Queen
C.Prince
D.Princess
13.Overseas commodity trade alone accounts for about () of the country's national income.
A.one sixth
B.one third
C.half
D.one fourth
14.The () University is perhaps the cheapest and most far-reaching method yet found of spreading higher education.
A.Night
B.after work
C.Open
D.Free
15.The Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph support the () Party.
A.Labor
B.Radical
C.Conservative
D.Democratic
16.Sir Francis Bacon heralded a new age of learning in the early () century.
A.sixteenth
B.fifteenth
C.eighteenth
D.seventeenth
17.() is the center of the British financial system.
A.The Bank of Ireland
B.The Bank of England
C.The Bank of Britain
D.The English Bank
18.During the dark early days of the War, economist William Beveridge put forward proposals for postwar “()” social security.
A.life-long
B.cradle-to-grave
C.family
D.complete
19.Around 3000 B.C., some of () from the Mediterranean lands settled in Britain.
A.Iberrians
B.Celtics
C.Anglo-Saxons
D.Vikings
20.Mrs. Thatcher continued her policies of tight economic control, the () of industry and "dismantling" of the welfare state.
A.nationalization
B.division
C.control
D.privatization
二、判断题 (共 20 道试题,共 40 分)
21.Mrs. Thatcher was very popular with the masses.
22.Knights were experienced professional soldiers, for they they fought for their lords whenever it was necessary, but they did not own land.
23.In every state school the head teacher does not have autonomy to decide what is to be taught and how the teaching is to be carried out.
24.Christians worship Jesus Christ as the Son of God and Savior of Mankind.
25.The public school is a private secondary school in the UK.
26.The Monarchy, as we know it today, began to take shape at the end of the 15th century.
27.The Great Charter was essentially a feudal document.
28.Roman power in Britain collapsed in the year of 310.
29.The first main feature of the British worship is its unity among the churches.
30.In Britain, "government" and "cabinet" mean different things.
31.At the end of the 17th century and the beginning of the 18th century, many Puritans suffered from persecution, and some of them went to America as immigrants.
32.Lake Poets refer to three English Poets, Robert Southey, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and William Wordsworth, who lived in the Lake District of England
33.It is not up to the judges to decide on the “sentence” in the court of UK.
34.The English people are not descendents of Anglo-Saxon who came to England after the Romans left Britain in 410 AD.
35.The House of Lords, the oldest part of Parliament did not evolve from a council.
36.The Welfare State is the name given to the UK because it has adopted the principle that the welfare of every individual is the collective responsibility of the country.
37.The EU is the largest trading union and a very important economic organ in the world.
38.The importance of Monarch lies in its effect on public attitude and it is also a constant symbol for the whole nation.
39.The Salvation Army preaches and does charitable work among the poor.
40.The Allies during the World War I refer to countries including England, France and Germany.
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