[自考类试卷]全国自考(英语国家概况)模拟试卷9及答案与解析.doc
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1、全国自考(英语国家概况)模拟试卷 9 及答案与解析一、单项选择题1 Which of the following tribes came to Britain first? ( )(A)Jutes.(B) Angles.(C) Saxons.(D)Teutons.2 In British history, both Saxons and Angels came from _. ( )(A)northern Europe(B) northern Germany(C) southern Europe(D)southern Germany3 On Christmas Day_, Duke Willi
2、am was crowned in Westminster Abbey. ( )(A)1056(B) 1066(C) 1006(D)10604 Most of the land belonging to the Saxons was confiscated by William and given to_. ( )(A)the Danes(B) the Irish(C) the Scots(D)the Norman Barons5 William made the Italian-born _Archbishop of Canterbury. ( )(A)Lanfranc(B) Wyclif(
3、C) Geoffrey(D)Stephen6 English Parliament began to come into being in_. ( )(A)1258(B) 1264(C) 1265(D)12667 No less than_nobles of royal blood were killed in the Wars of the Roses. ( )(A)80(B) 90(C) 100(D)1108 In Britain, the First Civil War was fought between the Roundheads who were the parlia-menta
4、ry soldiers led by _, and the Cavaliers who were King Charless supporters. ( )(A)John Lilburne(B) Oliver Cromwell(C) Prince Rupert(D)William Joyce9 The English Civil War has been seen as a conflict between _. ( )(A)the Commons and the Lords(B) the King and the Barons(C) Parliament and the King(D)the
5、 Crown and the Church10 After the Restoration, the Parliament passed a series of severe laws called against the Puritans, now known as_. ( )(A)the Clarendon Code, Levellers(B) Test Act, Levellers(C) the Clarendon Code, Nonconformists(D)Test Act, Nonconformists11 The law, which joined England and Sco
6、tland in 1707, was_. ( )(A)the Act of Supremacy(B) the Act of Union(C) the Reform Act(D)the Magna Carta12 The spinning jenny was invented in 1766 by_. ( )(A)James Watt(B) James Hargreaves(C) John Ray(D)Samuel Crompton13 The six points of the People s Charter were achieved gradually over the period o
7、f_, although the sixth has never been practical. ( )(A)1836-1848(B) 1842-1848(C) 1848-1908(D)1858-191814 Margaret Thatcher believed in self-reliance and what has come to be known as_in Britain in the 1980s. ( )(A)privatization(B) collectivization(C) nationalization(D)government control15 The United
8、Kingdom is governed in the name of _, by_. ( )(A)the king; His Majestys Government(B) the Queen; Her Majestys Government(C) the Sovereign; Prime Minister(D)the Sovereign; His or Her Majestys government16 The Privy Council remained powerful until the 18th century when most of its work was taken over
9、by the _. ( )(A)House of Lords(B) House of Commons(C) High Court(D)Cabinet17 In Britain, the highest judicial appointments are made by the Queen on the advice of_. ( )(A)the Lord Chancellor(B) the Prime Minister(C) the Speaker(D)the Attorney General18 The important patriotic festival in Britain is_.
10、 ( )(A)St. Georges Day(B) St. Patricks Day(C) Armistice Day(D)Guy Fawkes Day19 Because of_,the population in Ireland shrank from 2 million by 1841 to 6 million within the next 20 years. ( )(A)the Black Death(B) the Crusade(C) the Great Famine(D)the Great Flood20 What is Ireland called in Gaelic? ( )
11、(A)Irea.(B) Aire.(C) Eare.(D)Eire.21 21._are also known as the Continental Divide. ( )(A)The Rocky Mountains(B) The Appalachian Highlands(C) The Coast Mountains(D)The Blue Mountains22 In the case of Brown versus Board of Education, the Supreme Court ruled that_. ( )(A)separate educational facilities
12、 had been illegal(B) educational facilities had been separate but equal(C) educational facilities had been equal(D)separate educational facilities were inherently unequal23 In the U. S. , the fastest growing minority group is _. ( )(A)the African Americans(B) the Hispanic Americans(C) the Native Ind
13、ians(D)the Asian Americans24 The first Knglish colony in America was founded at _. ( )(A)Plymouth(B) the Massachusetts Bay(C) Jamestown(D)New York25 The result of the War with Mexico in 1846 was _. ( )(A)American annexation of California and New Mexico(B) the independence of California and New Mexic
14、o(C) a payment of 15 million U. S. dollars to Mexico for the annexation of California and New Mexico(D)a payment of 15 million U. S. dollars to Mexico26 President Lincoln was shot dead five days after ( )(A)he made a speech at Gettysburg(B) general Lee, commanding general of the Confederate army sur
15、rendered his troops(C) the adoption of the thirteenth Amendment(D)Robert E. Lee surrendered27 In 1900, the United States ranked first in the production of_. ( )(A)coal(B) electricity(C) oil(D)wheat28 _ produced the first airplane in 190( )(A)Henry Ford(B) Rockefeller(C) J. P. Morgan(D)Wright brother
16、s29 _ made a reduction of tariffs by 10% for the first time since the Civil War. ( )(A)Franklin Roosevelt(B) Theodore Roosevelt(C) Woodrow Wilson(D)Herbert Hoover30 The goal of Roosevelts New Deal was_. ( )(A)to save the American democracy(B) to change the American economic system(C) to weaken monop
17、oly interests in America(D)to nationalize banks and financial institutions in America31 During the Second World War, American wartime objectives were the total destruction of powers and the establishment of a world order after unconditional victory in accord with American ideals and interests. ( )(A
18、)Asian(B) European(C) the Axis(D)the Allied32 Marshall Plan was announced on June 5, _. ( )(A)1947(B) 1948(C) 1949(D)195033 McCarthyism refers to the anti-Communist hysteria whipped up by Senator McCarthy . ( )(A)after WWI(B) in the early 1950s(C) during WWII(D)in the 1960s34 The following are the f
19、actors that have contributed to the development of the U. S. economy EXCEPT ( )(A)the vast space and resources of the land(B) the ideals of freedom and economic opportunity(C) English as its national language(D)hard work by the people35 The estimated number of people living under the poverty line in
20、 1995 was 7 million which makes up about _of the total population. ( )(A)15%(B) 10%(C) 0.14(D)0.336 American Presidents are elected _. ( )(A)every two years(B) every four years(C) every five years(D)every six years37 The most central function of the U. S. Congress is _. ( )(A)the passage of laws(B)
21、discussion of laws(C) the execution of laws(D)judicial work38 The governing board of school district in the U. S. is responsible for_. ( )(A)the hiring of teachers and staff(B) the designing of a suitable curriculum(C) the compiling and approving of the budget(D)all of the above39 Which of the follo
22、wing is not true about the reason for the rapid growth of the community college? ( )(A)The open admission policies.(B) The cheap tuition and fees.(C) The fixed curriculum structures.(D)The wide geographic distribution and convenient locations.40 The “new basics“ in the report“ A Nation At Risk“ issu
23、ed in the U. S. refer to ( )(A)English and mathematics(B) science and social studies(C) computer science(D)all of the above41 Nathaniel Hawthorne was one of those who transcendentalism because it glorified absolute individualism with no regard for social impact. ( )(A)supported(B) was indifferent to
24、(C) attacked(D)had nothing to do with42 _are associated with Halloween. ( )(A)Ghost costumes and witcheshats(B) Pumpkin Lanterns(C) Trick or treat(D)All of the above43 _, the second largest city of Canada, is located in Quebec. ( )(A)Montreal(B) Vancouver(C) Toronto(D)Ottawa44 Canada is made up of p
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