英美概況習(xí)題及答案

PAGE77-英美概況習(xí)題及答桉英國(guó)概況練習(xí)題：D1WhichofthefollowingistheBritisholdestdailynewspaper?DATheTelegraphBTheGuardianCTheNewsoftheWorldDTheTimesC2TheriverThamesisin__C___.AWalesBScotlandCEnglandDNorthernIreland3TheIndustrialRevolutionstartedin___A__.AtheGreatBritainBtheUnitedStatesCCanadaDAustralia4WhichofthefollowingistrueunderThatcher撒切爾’sadministration?CATheproportionofowner-occupationdecreased.BPublichousingbecamemoreimportant.CManypublichousesweresoldtopeople.DTheUKbecamemoreEuropean-likeinitshousingarrangement布置.5Britainhasitsnuclearnaval海軍的forcesince__B___.Ait’soneofthedevelopedcountriesintheworldBit’satraditionalseapowerCithasanadvancedindustryDit’sabletoproducesubmarines6WhichofthefollowingistheoldestnationalSundaynewspaperinBritain?CATheTimesBTheGuardianCTheObserverDTheFinancialTimes7BigBenwasnamedafter___B__.AChristopherWrenBBenjaminHallCBenJohnDG.Stephenson8TheCapitalofWalesis__B___.ASwanseaBCardiff卡迪夫CRhondaDBelfast9___A__isEngland’sbiggestnavalbase海軍基地.APortsmouthBSouthamptonCPlymouthDDover10Therearetwomajornationalparties黨派inBritain:theConservativeparty保守黨and_C____.AtheLiberalPartyBtheDemocraticPartyCtheLabourParty工黨DtheRepublicanParty練習(xí)題答案及題解:1D,英國(guó)歷史上最悠久的日?qǐng)?bào)是《泰晤士報(bào)》。2C,泰晤士河位于英格蘭。3A,工業(yè)革命最早從英國(guó)開(kāi)始。4C,1979年撒切爾夫人成為英國(guó)第一任女首相。她提出的政策稱被為“撒切爾主義”。其內(nèi)容包括國(guó)有企業(yè)私有化，采用貨幣主義政策以控制通貨膨脹，削弱工會(huì)的影響，加強(qiáng)市場(chǎng)因素在經(jīng)濟(jì)中的作用，將公有住房賣給公眾，強(qiáng)調(diào)法律和秩序。在一定程度上講，她的計(jì)劃是成功的。她領(lǐng)導(dǎo)英國(guó)經(jīng)濟(jì)度過(guò)了一段最繁華的時(shí)期。5B,英國(guó)擁有其海軍核力量與其一貫的霸主地位是密切相關(guān)的。6C,《觀察家報(bào)》創(chuàng)刊于1791年，是英國(guó)創(chuàng)刊最早的星期日?qǐng)?bào)紙。7B,據(jù)說(shuō)BigBen得名于它在1859年修建時(shí)候的建造者BenjaminHall。8B,威爾士位于大不列顛的西部。首府：加的夫。9A,英國(guó)最大的海軍基地是普茨茅斯。10C,英國(guó)奉行的是兩黨制。其兩大主要政黨是保守黨和工黨。1.JuliusCaesar凱撒invaded入侵Britain__B___.A.onceB.twiceC.threetimes2.KingArthur亞瑟王wasthekingof__B___.A.PictsB.Celts凱爾特人C.ScotsD.Jutes3.Thefirst“KingoftheEnglish”was_B____.A.AlfredB.Egbert埃格伯特C.BedeD.Ethelred4.Christianity基督教wasintroducedintoEnglandinthelate_C____century.A.14thB.8thC.6th5.In1653_A____wasmadeLordProtector守護(hù)神forlife.A.OliverCromwell奧利弗·克倫威爾B.CharlesIC.WilliamII6.ThethreegreatGermanic德國(guó)的tribes部落:theAnglos英國(guó)人,the__A___andtheJutes朱特人whichinvaded入侵BritainformthebasisofthemodernBritishpeople.A.Saxons撒克遜人B.ScotsC.WelshD.7.TheheadofthechurchinAnglo-Saxontimeswas__D___.A.theKingofDenmarkandNorwayB.thekingofEnglandC.JuliusCaesarD.theArchbishop大主教ofCanterbury坎特波特8.The_B____invadedEnglandintheearliesttime.A.DanesB.Iberians伊比利亞人C.RomansD.Celts9.TheVikings維京人，北歐海盜whoinvadedEnglandattheturnofthe8thcenturycamefrom__D___.A.NorwayB.DenmarkC.FranceD.bothAandB10.Edwardwasknownasthe“___A__”becauseofhisreputation名聲forsaintliness圣潔.A.Confessor懺悔者B.ConquerorC.Protector11.NormanConquest征服beganin__B___.A.1016B.1066C.103512.Inhistory_A____wasnicknamed綽號(hào)“KingofLackland”.無(wú)地王約翰A.JohnB.HenryIC.HenryII13.In1181HenryIIissued發(fā)布the___B__whichmadeitcompulsory義務(wù)foreveryfreemaninEnglandtobeprovided裝備witharms.A.InquestofSheriffsB.Assize法令ofArmsC.DoomsdayBook14.HenryPlantagenet金雀花王朝,in1154,establishedtheHouseofAngevin昔時(shí)安如望族的as__B___.A.HenryIB.HenryIIC.HenryIII15.HenryIIappointed被任命in1162___A__Archbishop大主教ofCanterbury坎特伯雷.A.ThomasBecketB.StephenLangtonC.SimondeMortfort16.CharlesIwasbeheaded砍頭in_A____.A.1649B.1648C.165317.Itwas_A____whosummoned傳喚ModelParliament議會(huì)in1295.A.EdwardIB.HenryIVC.SimondeMontfort18.TheGreatCharter大憲章contained__C___setsofprovisions.規(guī)定A.twoB.fourC.three19.ThePeasants農(nóng)民Uprising起義in1381wasledby領(lǐng)著__B___.A.HenryTurnerB.Watt瓦特Tyler泰勒C.Richard20.TheEnglishChurchwasstrictly嚴(yán)格的__A___.A.nationalB.internationalC.regional21.TheGloriousRevolution光榮革命in1688wasinnature事實(shí)上a__A___.A.coup政變d’état國(guó)家，政府B.racialslaughterC.peasantrising22.TheIndustrialRevolutionlaidagoodfoundation基地forthe__A___.A.factoryoftheworldB.expansionofmarketsC.socialupheaval23.TheAmericanRevolution(theAmericanWarofIndependence)brokeoutin___A__andendedin_____.A.1775,1783B.1774,1782C.1786,178424.TheBattle戰(zhàn)役ofHasting黑斯廷斯stookplacein_C____.A.1606B.1042C.106625.TheGreatCharterwassignedby__C___in1215.A.KingHenryIIB.KingRichardC.KingJohn26.Intheearly14thcenturyfeudalism封建主義beganto_C____inEngland.A.growB.flourishC.decline衰退D.end27.Itwas__B___whopublishedthebook“TheRightsofMan”.A.ThomasMoreB.ThomasPaineC.ThomasJefferson28.ThefirstPrimeMinister首相was_A____.A.Wilmington威明頓市B.GeorgeGrenvilleC.RobertWalpole29.TheParliamentof1265whichisknownasthe“__A___”isconsideredthe“beginningofparliament”.A.AllEstatesParliament各階層議會(huì)B.ModelParliamentC.LongParliament30.TheAnglo-Frenchhostility戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)whichbeganin1337andendedin1453wasknownas__B___.A.theWarsofRosesB.theHundredYears’WarC.PeasantUprising31.Inthefirsthalfof17thcentury__B___growrapidly迅速的inEngland.A.feudalismB.capitalism資本主義C.Catholicism32.PrimeMinister首相__A___resistedanyreform改革thatcouldberesisted反抗.A.Palmerstone默斯頓B.RobertPeelC.Gladstone33.BytheendoftheHundredYears’Waronlytheportof__C___remainedunderEnglishrule統(tǒng)治，管理.A.TroyesB.GasconC.Calais加萊34.Inthe14thcenturytookplacethe_B____,theseverest最嚴(yán)厲ofmanyplagues瘟疫inthemiddleages.A.EarthquakeB.BlackDeathC.Drought35.__A___andhisfollowers,knownasLollards維克利夫教派,providedideologicalpreparationforthelabourmovementofthe14thcentury.A.JohnWycliffeB.WattTylerC.Somerset36.BytheendoftheWarsoftheRosestheHouseof__A___began.A.Tudor都鐸王朝B.LancasterC.Plantagenet37.Inthe“__B___”of1388fivelords上議院議員accused控告theKing’sfriendsoftreason叛國(guó)罪underaveryexpansivedefinitionof定義crime.A.AllEstatesparliamentB.MercilessParliament殘忍的議會(huì)C.ModelParliament38.IntheWarsoftheRosestheLancastrianswirebadges徽章of_B____rose.A.whiteB.redC.pinkD.yellow39.ThefirstCivilWar內(nèi)戰(zhàn)inBritainlastedfrom___C__to_____.A.1600,1604B.1640,1644C.1642,164640.WilliamShakespeareismainlya_B____.A.novelistB.dramatist劇作家C.poet41.In1689the“BillofRights”人權(quán)法waspassed._A____beganinEngland.A.TheConstitutionalMonarchy君主立憲制B.AllEstatesParliamentC.HouseofLancaster42.The___A__carriedon繼續(xù)traderelationswithRussiaandcentralAsiancountries.A.MoscowCompanyB.EastlandCompanyC.EastIndiaCompany43.__A___startedtheslavetradeinthesecondpartofthe16thcentury.A.JohnHawkinsB.FrancisDrakeC.Diaz44.In1534Parliamentpassedthe“__B___”,accordingtowhichHenryVIIIwasdeclaredtheheadoftheEnglishA.theBillofRightsB.ActofSupremacy最高權(quán)力法令C.ActofSettlement45.UnderElizabethI___C__wasrestored修復(fù),andshewasdeclared“governor”ofthechurch.A.theRomanChurchB.theCatholicChurchC.theAnglicanChurch國(guó)教46.In1337thehostility敵意betweenEnglandand__A___resultedintheHundredYears’War.A.FranceB.SpainC.Russia47.Thereligiouspersecution迫害mainlyexistedduringthereign統(tǒng)治of__B___.A.CromwellB.CharlesIC.HenryVIII48.Englandfirstbecameaseapower海軍強(qiáng)國(guó)inthetimeof___B__.A.HenryVIIB.ElizabethIC.Victoria49.TheIndustrialRevolutionfirststartedin__B___.A.theironindustryB.thetextile紡織工業(yè)C.thecoalindustry50.From1688to1783EnglishParliamentwasmainlycontrolledbythepartyof_B____.A.ToryB.Whig輝格黨C.Labour51.TheEnglishPrimeMinisterduringtheSecondWorldWarwas_A____.A.Churchill丘吉爾B.ChamberlainC.Baldwin52.AttheEndof__B___century,theEastIndiaCompanywasformed.A.15thB.16thC.14th53.TheSevenYearsWarbetweenEnglandandFrancelastedfrom__A___to_____.A.1756,1763B.1713,1720C.1754,176154.In1689Parliamentpassed“___B__”,limitingthepowersofthecrown王權(quán).A.HabeasCorpusActB.theBillofRightsC.NavigationAct55._A____contrastedthefirstsuccessfulsteamlocomotive蒸汽機(jī)車.A.GeorgeStephensonB.SamuelCromptonC.JamesHargreaves56.The“PeterlooMassacre”彼得魯大屠殺tookplacein__C___.A.BirminghamB.LiverpoolC.Manchester57.Between1911and1914tookplacethefollowingstrikesexcept__B___.A.railwaystrikeB.strikeofthepostmenC.coalstrikeD.strikeofthetransport58.TheVictorianAgewasoverthe__A___began.A.EdwardianAgeB.GeorgianAgeC.ElizabethanAge59.The__B___governmentsurrenderedtotheBritishinvadersandwasforcedtosignthefirstunequalTreatyofNanjingin1842.A.IndianB.QingC.IrishD.Spanish60.TheGreatCharterwasessentiallya_C____.A.CultureMovementB.colonialdocumentC.feudaldocument61.__B___brokeouttwoyearsaftertheHundredYears’WarwithFrance.A.TheBoreWarB.TheWarsoftheRosesC.QueenAnnes’War62.TheReformationwasaproductof__A___.A.theRenaissanceB.theChartistMovementC.theHundredYears’War63.ThegreatestdramatistoftheEnglishRenaissancewas_A____.A.ShakespeareB.MiltonC.ChaucerD.Bacon64.TheEnglishRevolutionmarksthebeginningofthe___B__periodofcapitalism.A.feudalB.modernC.colonialD.medieval65.Bythe__B___in1783,BritainrecognizedtheindependenceoftheUS.A.DeclaratoryActB.TreatyofParisC.TreatyofMontgomery66.TheChartistMovementbeganin_C____andreacheditsheightin_____.A.1845,1858B.1828,1835C.1839,184867.In1840Britainlaunchedanaggressivewaragainst_C____.A.FranceB.IndiaC.ChinaD.68.___A__formedacoalitiongovernmentin1940.A.WinstonChurchillB.LloydGeorgeC.NevilleChamberlain69.Bythe__A___theBritishdominionsbecameindependentstatesinallbutname.A.StatueofWestminsterB.LocarnoTreatyC.DisputesAct70.TheFabiansSocietywasfoundedin1883,includingintellectualssuchas__C___.A.WilliamShakespeare&BenJonsonB.ChristopherMarlowe&JohnMiltonC.G.B.Shaw&H.G.Wells71.BeforeWWII_A____reliedonappeasementoftheEuropeandictatorstoreducetensionsthatmightleadtowar.A.NevilleChamberlainB.StanleyBaldwinC.WinstonChurchill72.DuringWWII,Britain,America,France,SovietUnionandotherantifascistcountriesformedaunitedinternationalalliancewhichwascalled__B___.A.LocarnoTreatyB.GrandAllianceC.StatuteofWestminster73.ThefirstcoalitiongovernmentduringWWIwasorganizedwhen___B__wasthePrimeMinister.A.LloydGeorgeB.HerbertAsquithC.StanleyBaldwin74.WhenGermanyinvaded__C___whichwasneutral,中立的BritaindeclaredwaronGermanyon4August,1914.A.AustriaB.RussiaC.BelgiumI.1-5BBBCA6-10ADBDA11-15BABBA16-20AACBA21-25AAACC26-30CBAAB31-35BACBA36-40ABBCB41-45AAABC46-50ABBBB51-55ABABA56-60CBABC61-65BAABB66-70CCAAC71-74ABBCSocialLife1.MostBritishcouplesgoto___A__tohavetheirweddingceremony.A.churchB.concertC.registryoffice2.Housepricesare_C____inBritain.A.lowB.affordableC.high3.Britishfoodis__C___.A.unlimitedB.abundantC.limitedD.changeable4.Newlyweddedcouplesare_C____tohaveababy.A.eagerB.unwillingC.noteager5.TheBritishpeopleusuallyhaveasmallquantityof__A___asafirstcourse.A.soupB.sweetC.vegetable6.Thebest-knownqualityoftheBritishpeopleistheir___B__.A.conservativenessB.exclusivenessC.phlegm7.TheEnglishsenseofhumoris__B___.A.self-madeB.self-deprecatingC.self-respect8.Englishpeopledonotlaughatthefollowingexcept__D___.A.amisfortuneB.afailureC.acrippleD.ownfaults9.Therighttoprivacyandpersonalfreedomis_B____bytheBritish.A.disturbedB.unquestionedC.notallowedD.questionable10.Three“Don’ts”includethefollowingexcept___D__.A.jumpingupthequeueB.askingawomanherageC.bargainingwhileshoppingD.laughingatone’sownfaults11.WhattheEnglishmenusuallytalkaboutintheirdailylifeis__C___.A.priceB.taxC.weatherD.sports12.Three“ings”includethefollowingexcept__D___.A.bettingB.drinkingC.tippingD.bargaining13.TheBritishpeoplearegreatloversofbetting.Themostmoneytheybetmainlyon__A___.A.horseracingB.BingoC.footballpoolsD.dogracing14.Thethreeroyaltraditionsarethefollowingexcept__D___.A.playingthefluteB.thechangingoftheQueen’sguardC.makingaparliamentaryspeechbyQueenD.watchingthehorseracing15.Playingthefluteisatraditioninheritedfrom__A___.A.QueenVictoriaB.QueenElizabethC.MaryI16.JohnBulldenotedafrank,uneasy,funny__C___calledJohnBullinthe17thcentury.A.ladyB.boyC.gentlemanD.youngman17.DuringthesummerindustrialworkersinBritainhaveatleast__A___weeksofpaidholiday.A.fourB.fiveC.three18.Stateschoolsusuallyhave__A___weeksofsummerholidays.A.sixB.sevenC.five19.St.Patrick’sDayandOrangeman’sDayaretheholidaysonlyspentin_D____.A.EnglandB.WalesC.ScotlandD.N.I.20.___A__isbasicallyahomeandfamilyfestival.A.ChristmasB.BoxingDayC.EasterMonday21.ThepurelypersonalfestivalinBritainis___C__.A.Mothers’DayB.Fathers’DayC.birthday22.BoxingDayison__A___.A.thefirstweekdayafterChristmasB.thefollowingdayofChristmasC.thelastSundayofDecember23.Thefestivalwhichcelebratesahistoricaleventis__C___.A.GoodFridayB.RemembranceDayC.GuyFawkesDay24.NewYear’sDayismoreimportantthanChristmastothe___C__.A.IrishB.EnglishC.ScotsD.welsh25.__B___commemoratesthecrucifixionofJesusChrist,andEasterSundaytheresurrection.A.EasterMondayB.GoodFridayC.Christmas26.Thebirthdayofthe__B___isaNationalDayinBritain.A.headoftheHouseofCommonsB.BritishMonarchC.PrimeMinister27.TheChristmaspuddingisdarkbrown,richandfruity,sometimeswithafew__B___coinshiddeninit.A.goldB.silverC.copper28.ArmisticeDayison_A____whentheBritishrememberthemillionsofpeoplewhodiedinthetwoworldwars.A.November11thB.April21stC.December31st29.Wagesmeanapaymentusuallyofmoneyforlabourorservicesaccordingtocontractandonthefollowingbasisexcept__C___.A.hourlyB.dailyC.monthlyD.piecework30.TheBritishpeopletraditionallyliketolivein___B__.A.highbuildingsB.smallhousesC.bighouses31.Attheageof__B___,mostmenretirefromtheiremployment.A.sixtyB.sixty-fiveC.fifty-five32.Buddhismwasfoundedinthe__A___centuryB.C.bySakyamuni.A.6thB.7thC.8th33.Islamwasfoundedinthe__A___centurybyMohammed.A.7thB.8thC.9th34.Christianitycameintobeinginthe_A____century.A.firstB.secondC.third35.Christianityconsistsofthefollowingexcept__B___.A.CatholicismB.JewishChurchC.ProtestantismD.OrthodoxEasternChurch36.OneoftheFreeChurches__B___isalsocalledtheSocietyofFriends.A.theBaptistB.QuakersC.theMethodist37.TheChurchofEnglandisalsocalled__A___.A.theAnglicanChurchB.theCongregationalC.theSalvationArmyD.Puritanism38.TheChurchofEnglandcameintobeing產(chǎn)生duringthe___C__.A.GloriousRevolutionB.IndustrialRevolutionC.EuropeanReformationI.ACCCABBDBDCDADACAADACACCBBBACBBAAABBACPoliticalSystem1.TheBritishMonarchyis_C____.A.electiveB.democraticC.hereditary2.TheConstitutionalMonarchystartedattheendofthe__A___century.A.17thB.16thC.15th3.The_B____isusedasasymbolofthewholenationandisdescribedastherepresentativeofthepeople.A.PrimeMinisterB.CrownC.Parliament4.TheoldestpartofBritishParliamentis_B____.A.theHouseofCommonsB.theHouseofLordsC.theCharmerD.theShadowCabinet5.ThedecisionmakingorganinBritishParliamentis__B___.A.theCrownB.theCabinetC.ShadowCabinet6.ThelifeofParliamentisfixedat___C__years.A.fourB.sixC.five7.TheHouseofCommonsconsistsof__A___memberswhoareelectedfromthe_____electoraldistricts.A.651,651B.535,535C.635,6358.Thetitlesofthelords,suchasDuke,Marquis,Earl,ViscountandBaron,are__A___.A.hereditaryB.appointedC.elected9.ThequorumintheHouseofCommonsis__B___members.A.thirtyB.fortyC.forty-five10.The___A_______isthesupremeadministrativeinstitution.A.BritishgovernmentB.BritishParliamentC.OppositionD.PrivyCouncil11.The__A___isthecoreofleadershipoftheBritishgovernment.A.CabinetB.PrivyCouncilC.Crown12.ThePrivyCouncilwasestablishedinthe15thcenturywhen___B__wasonthethrone.A.HenryVB.HenryVIC.CharlesI13.Notuntil__A___couldthecabinethavealegalbasis.A.1937B.1714C.186814.Thenumberofthecabinetmembersvaries,beinggenerallyabout__B___.A.40B.20C.3015.Thepresident(orhead)oftheHouseofLordsinBritainis__A___.A.LordChancellorB.SpeakerC.Primeminister16.__B___wasformedbythetradeunions,cooperatives,theSocialDemocraticFederation,theIndependentLabourPartyandtheFabianSocietyin1900.A.The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