2009年7月英语国家概况自考试题

全国2009年7月自考
英语国家概况试题
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I. Multiple Choice Questions. (50 points, 1 point for each)
Directions: In this part of the test, there are 50 unfinished statements or questions. For each of the unfinished statements or questions, four suggested answers marked, B, C and D are given. Choose the one that you think best completes the statement or answers the question. Write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space on your Answer Sheet.
1. Which of the following statements is NOT true about Britain?
 A. Great Britain and England are geographical names.
 B. The official name of Britain is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
 C. Britain has four political divisions on the island of Great Britain.
 D. British Empire was replaced by the British Commonwealth in 1931.
2. The successful Roman invasion took place in ______, headed by ______.
 A. 43 AD, the Emperor Claudius  B. 43 AD, Julius Caesar
 C. 55 BC, Julius Caesar  D. 55 BC, the Emperor Claudius
3. During the fifth century when the Roman Empire fell, the Germanic ______ invaded and conquered Britain.
 A. Angles and Celts  B. Angles and Picts
 C. Angles and Britons  D. Angles and Saxons
4. In the year 597, England began to be Christianized. It was mainly due to the work of ______.
 A. St. Augustine  B. Constantine
 C. Pope Gregory  D. Ethelbert, king of Kent
5. ______ is regarded by many Englishmen as the foundation of English liberties.
 A. The beginning of British Parliament
 B. The People’s Charter
 C. The Petition of Right
 D. Magna Carta of 1215
6. ______ is known as “the father of the British navy” as he founded a strong fleet which first beat the Danes at sea.
 A. Ethelred  B. William
 C. Alfred  D. Edward
7. Which of the following is NOT true about “Domesday Book”?
 A. It was compiled to discover how much to be called upon to pay by taxes.
 B. It was so called because it seemed to the English like the Book of Doom used on Judgment Day.
 C. It was completed as the result of a general survey of England.
 D. it is kept in the public library in London.
8. The Lollards were ______ who had played a very important role in the Peasant Uprising of 1381.
 A. poor priests and itinerant preachers  B. poets and writers
 C. merchants  D. craftsmen
9. The word Renaissance is from ______, meaning “rebirth”, and was first applied by the ______ historian Jakob Burckhardt in 1860.
 A. English, Swiss  B. French, Italian
 C. French, Swiss  D. English, Italian
10. The significance of the Wars of the Roses was all the following EXCEPT that ______.
 A. feudalism received its death blow
 B. the great medieval nobility was much weakened
 C. the king’s power now became limited
 D. no less than 80 nobles of royal blood were killed in the wars
11. The Religious Reformation in England was led by King ______, and the direct cause was his divorce case with ______.
 A. Henry VIII, Catherine of Aragon  B. Henry Tudor, Elizabeth of York
 C. Henry II, Eleanor of Aquitaine  D. Henry I, Matilda
12. Which of the following statements is NOT true about Elizabeth I?
 A. Elizabeth I broke Mary’s ties with Rome.
 B. Elizabeth I restored her father’s independent Church of England.
 C. Elizabeth I’s religious reform was a compromise of views.
 D. Elizabeth I’s religious settlement was acceptable to both extreme Protestants and ardent Catholics.
13. After the Restoration, British Parliament passed a series of severe laws called ______ against the Puritans, now known as Nonconformists.
 A. the Act of Succession  B. the Petition of Right
 C. the Clarendon Code  D. the Act of Supremacy
14. The spark of the First World War was struck at Sarajevo on June 28 ______, when the ______ Crown Prince Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist.
 A. 1913, German  B. 1914,Austrian
 C. 1913, Bulgarian  D. 1914, English
15. The leader of the House of Lords is ______.
 A. the Archbishops of Canterbury  B. the Monarch
 C. the Prime Minister  D. the Lord Chancellor
16. Which of the following is NOT considered a characteristic of farming in England in the late 18th and early 19th centuries?
 A. Use of artificial fertilizer.
 B. Introduction of new agricultural machinery.
 C. The “open-field” system.
 D. A system of crop rotation.
17. In the United Kingdom, police officers are NOT allowed to join ______ or to go on strike.
 A. a trade union  B. a political party
 C. a club  D. a society
18. The Church of England is NOT free to change its form of worship, as laid down in ______, without the consent of Parliament.
 A. the Bill of Rights  B. the Provisions of Oxford
 C. the Constitutions of Clarendon  D. the Book of Common Prayer
19. The British universities are governed by ______ or by ______ and enjoy academic freedom.
 A. royal charters, Act of Parliament
 B. the People’s Charter, the Reform Act of 1832
 C. the Great Charter, the Bill of Rights
 D. the Petition of Right, the Test Act
20. Rupert Murdoch’s News International, one of the largest publishing corporations, owns the following national papers EXCEPT ______.
 A. the Times B. the Sun
 C. News of the World  D. the Daily Telegraph
21. Now about 80% to 90% of immigration to the United States is from ______.
 A. Asian and Hispanic countries
 B. African countries
 C. European countries
 D. Central and South American countries
22. The Declaration of Independence clearly explained the political theory behind the American Revolution which came from ______.
 A. the British philosopher John Locke
 B. the Italian philosopher John Locke
 C. the American president George Washington
 D. the American statesman Thomas Jefferson
23. In 1787, all of the states except Rhode Island were represented to revise the Articles of Confederation at ______.
 A. the First Continental Congress  B. the Second Continental Congress
 C. the Constitutional Convention  D. the First US Congress
24. In 1865, ______, which banned slavery, was added to the American Constitution.
 A. the Tenth Amendment  B. the Thirteenth Amendment
 C. the Declaration of Independence  D. the Bill of Rights
25. Which of the following is NOT true about the Bill of Rights?
 A. It was meant to protect the blacks for the right to vote, to use the public facilities and to enjoy the same education as white people.
 B. It was the first ten amendments to the American Constitution.
 C. It was not until the federalists agree to the Bill of Rights Amendments that ratification of the Constitution was assured.
 D. It guarantees the basic rights for the individual such as the freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and so on.
26. As a result of ______, the territory owned by the United States almost doubled.
 A. the Louisiana Purchase