[外语类试卷]专业英语八级英国国家概况(英国历史)模拟试卷1及答案与解析.doc
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1、专业英语八级英国国家概况(英国历史)模拟试卷 1及答案与解析 一、 PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN) Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question. 1 In history, Romans occupied Britain for about_years. ( A) 700 ( B) 600 ( C) 500 ( D) 400 2 Which of the following trib
2、es first came to Britain? ( A) Anglos. ( B) Saxons. ( C) Jutes. ( D) Celts. 3 The three great Germanic tribes: the Anglos, the_and the Jutes, which invaded Britain, form the basis of the modern British people. ( A) Saxons ( B) Scots ( C) Welsh ( D) Essex 4 William won the Battle of Hastings. Later,
3、on_, he was crowned King of England. ( A) Easter Day ( B) St. Andrews Day ( C) Christmas Day ( D) Boxing Day 5 William, Duke of Normandy, is now known as_. ( A) William the Confessor ( B) William Lion-Heart ( C) the father of the British navy ( D) William the Conqueror 6 Because of the_in 1066, a lo
4、t of French words entered into the English vocabulary. ( A) Norman Conquest ( B) Crusades ( C) Invasion of the Vikings ( D) Wars of the Roses 7 The Wars of Roses are fought between_. ( A) France and Britain ( B) England and Scotland ( C) England and Wales ( D) two branches of the English royal famil
5、y 8 During the reign of_, England was separated from the Roman Empire religiously. ( A) Henry VII ( B) Henry VIII ( C) Elizabeth I ( D) James II 9 The legend of the Knights of the Round Table is always associated with_. ( A) Alfred the Great ( B) King Arthur ( C) William the Conqueror ( D) King Haro
6、ld 10 The Great Charter (Magna Charter) was signed by_in 12 ( A) King Henry II ( B) King John ( C) King William ( D) King Richard 11 _of 1215 was regarded as the basis of the modern English constitution. ( A) Enclosure Acts ( B) The Act of Union ( C) Magna Charter ( D) Peoples Charter 12 During the
7、14th century, an epidemic named_spread over Europe and caused millions of deaths. ( A) Black Death ( B) Malaria ( C) Rift Valley Fever ( D) Scarlet Fever 13 The Black Death, which ravaged England in the 14th century, carried off_. ( A) 3/4 of the population ( B) 1/4 of the population ( C) 1/5 of the
8、 population ( D) 1/2 of the population 14 Britain was once a (n)_country for a short period of time in its history under the lead of Oliver Cromwell. ( A) Democratic ( B) Commonwealth ( C) Republic ( D) United 15 The defeat of the Spanish Armada by the English navy took place during_. ( A) The Civil
9、 Wars ( B) The Victorian Age ( C) The Elizabeth Age ( D) The Glorious Revolution 16 Mary I is remembered less by her official title than the nickname “Bloody Mary“ because ( A) she was a devout catholic and had a lot of Protestants burnt to death ( B) she launched a series of wars ( C) she showed no
10、 mercy to Catholics ( D) she killed all her brothers and sisters in order to get the throne 17 Which of the following does NOT belong to the historical influence of the Bill of Rights? ( A) It marks the replacement of the autocratic monarchy with a constitutional monarchy. ( B) It marks the end of m
11、edieval period the period of feudalism. ( C) It marks the beginning of the modern period the period of capitalism. ( D) It marks the beginning of the English Renaissance. 18 _was the founder of the Plantagenet Dynasty and ruled England for 35 years. ( A) Henry I ( B) King Stephen ( C) Henry II ( D)
12、Count of Anjou 19 During the reign of_, Wales was brought under English rule. ( A) Henry III ( B) Edward I ( C) Edward II ( D) Edward III 20 _became the first prince to hold the title of Prince of Wales, which continues to be borne by the eldest son of the reigning monarch. ( A) Richard I ( B) Henry
13、 III ( C) Edward II ( D) Edward III 21 The chief demand of the peasants during the Peasant Uprising of 1381 was_. ( A) the abolition of villeinage ( B) the punishment of the Kings ministers ( C) the increase of wages ( D) the reform of the church 22 The name of Wars of the Roses was, in fact, coined
14、 by the great 19th century novelist_. ( A) Charles Dickens ( B) George Elliot ( C) Sir Walter Scott ( D) Charlotte Bronte 23 _declared himself Supreme Head of the Church of England in 1535. ( A) Henry VIII ( B) Henry IV ( C) Henry VII ( D) Edward III 24 Mary died childless and her half-sister_came t
15、o the throne in 1558. ( A) Ann ( B) Victoria ( C) Elizabeth ( D) Catherine 25 In_, a small group of Puritans sailed from Plymouth in the Mayflower, and found New Plymouth in America, Britains first settlement in the New World. ( A) 1614 ( B) 1615 ( C) 1620 ( D) 1621 26 The Great Civil War, as it bec
16、ame known, was fought between_. ( A) Royolists and Parliamentarians ( B) the House of Lancaster and the House of York ( C) king and church ( D) England and Scotland 27 From 1649 to 1658 England was called a commonwealth, ruled by Oliver Cromwell as ( A) President ( B) Lord Protector ( C) Lieutenant
17、general ( D) Commander of the new model army 28 The longest reign in British history was the monarch of_, which lasted from 1837 to 1901. ( A) Queen Elizabeth I ( B) Queen Victoria ( C) Queen Mary I ( D) Henry VIII 29 An empire “on which the sun never sets“ is a nickname of the Britain during the re
18、ign of ( A) Queen Elizabeth I ( B) Queen Victoria ( C) Queen Mary I ( D) Henry VIII 30 The Whigs and the Tories originated from the Glorious Revolution became_in the mid-19th century. ( A) the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party ( B) the Labor Party and the Conservative Party ( C) the Liberal P
19、arty and the Republican Party ( D) the Labor Party and the Republican Party 31 Land Enclosure was a disaster for the_evicted from their land by the enclosures. ( A) landlords ( B) tenants ( C) farmers ( D) wage laborers 32 In Ireland and Scottish Highlands land enclosure led to mass emigration, part
20、icularly to_. ( A) Africa ( B) Eastern Europe ( C) Asia ( D) the New World 33 In England no females were allowed to vote in national elections before_. ( A) 1918 ( B) 1920 ( C) 1928 ( D) 1945 34 The Labor Party had its origins in the_, which was formed in January, 1893. ( A) Independent Labor Party
21、( B) Grand National Consolidated Trade Union ( C) Amalgamated Society of Engineers ( D) Trade Union Congress 35 As a result of the First World War, the_was established in 19 ( A) League of Nations ( B) British Commonwealth ( C) British East India Company ( D) United Nations 36 The British Empire end
22、ed in_. ( A) the 1920s ( B) the 1930s ( C) the 1940s ( D) the 1950s 37 The Blitz radically changed the face of London for the first time since_nearly 3 centuries earlier. ( A) the Black Death ( B) the Great Fire ( C) the Civil War ( D) the Great Plague 38 The joint communique issued by the US and Br
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