《英美国家概况》考试题.docx

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《英美国家概况》考试题

《英语国家文化》期末考试试

I. Multiple Choice （20%） 

1.The highest mountain peak in Britain is called ________. 

[A] Ben Nevis 

[B] Cross Fell 

[C] Snowdon 

[D] Scafell 

2.The Lake District is well-known for________. 

[A] its wild and beautiful scenery 

[B] its varied lakes 

[C] the lake Poets 

[D] all of the above three 

3. Which of the following is NOT the feature of British climate?

[A] Coldness. 

[B] More rainy days. 

[C] Changeability . 

[D] More fogs. 

4.The established church of Britain is ________. 

[A] The Church of Scotland 

[B] Free churches 

[C] The United Reformed Church 

[D] The Church of England 

5.Easter is kept, commemorating the ________of Jesus Christ. 

[A] coming 

[B] birth 

[C] death 

[D] resurrection 

6.Under Mrs. Thatcher, British economy in 1980s gradually ____C__ 

[A] declined 

[B] recessed 

[C] recovered 

[D] went down 

7.Tertiary industry does NOT include ________. 

[A] retailing 

[B] insurance 

[C] electronics 

[D] banking 

8.In Britain, government cannot spend any money without the permission of ________. 

[A] the Queen 

[B] the Prime Minister 

[C] the House of Commons 

[D] the House of Lords 

9.________ is seen as the party of the “middle”, occupying the ideological ground between the two main parties.

[A]TheConservative 

[B]TheLabour 

[C]TheLiberalDemocratic 

[D]TheTory 

10.ThegeneralelectioninBritainisheldevery________years.

[A]3 

[B]4 

[C]5 

[D]6 

11.TheearliestsettlersontheBritishIsleswerethe________. 

[A]Celts 

[B]Gaels 

[C]Iberians 

[D]Brythons 

12.In43A.D.Romansunder________conqueredBritain.

[A]JuliusCaesar 

[B]Claudius 

[C]Augustine 

[D]thePope 

13.________launchedtheHundredYears’War.

[A]EdwardI 

[B]EdwardII 

[C]EdwardIII 

[D]HenryIII  

14.BlackDeathtosomeextentbrought________tovillains

[A]higherwages 

[B]greaterfreedom 

[C]betterlife 

[D]bothAandB 

15.TheBritishIndustrialRevolutionfirstbeganinthe________industry.

[A]ironandsteel 

[B]textile 

[C]coal-mining 

[D]ship-building 

16.Theterm“RottenBoroughs”means ________.

[A]boroughsthatwererotten. 

[B]dirtyboroughs 

[C]boroughsinwhichtherewerenoinhabitants. 

[D]constituenciesthatwererepresentedintheHouseofCommonsthoughtherewasnotaninhabitantinit.17.ThefailureoftheChartistMovementwascausedbythefollowingreasonsexcept________.

[A]dividedleadership 

[B]astrongpartywithsocialismasitsprogramme 

[C]influenceofUtopianandpetty-bourgeoisideologies[D]immaturityoftheworkingclass

18.Theauthorof“WealthofNations”is________.

[A]AdamSmith 

[B]DavidRicardo 

[C]ThomasMalthus 

[D]RobertOwen 

19.WhichisNOTthemembercountryoftheTripleAlliance？

[A]Germany 

[B]France 

[C]Austria-Hungary 

[D]Italy 

20.WhichwasNOTthemembercountryoftheTripleEntente?

[A]Britain. 

[B]France. 

[C]Russia. 

[D]Italy. 

II.Blankfilling（10%） 

1.ThepresentsovereignofBritainisQueen________,andPrince________istheheirtothethrone. 

2.Theoretically,theQueenhasallthepower,butinreality, she must acton the advice ofthe________3.Parliamentisthesupreme________authorityinBritain4.Parliamentconsistsofthe________, theHouseof________andtheHouseof________. 

5.ThepresidingofficeroftheHouseofCommonsis“________.”

6.TheBritishgovernmentiscomposedofthe________Ministerandotherministers,whoareresponsibletothequeen. 

7.TheCabinetiscomposedofthemost________ministerswhomeetregularlyunderthecallofthePrimeMinister.

III.Trueorfalsestatement（10%）

1.Kangaroo,emuandkoalaareuniqueanimalsofNewZealand. 

2.QueenElizabethIIistheheadofNewZealand. 

3.Australiaisdividedintosixstatesandtwoterritories. 

4.QueenElizabethIIistheQueenofAustralia.TheQueenisrepresentedbythePrimeMinisteratfederallevel. 

5.TheCommonwealthParliamentofAustraliacomprisetheQueen,theSenate,andtheHouseofRepresentatives. 

6.TheQueenisrepresentedintheparliamentofAustraliabytheGovernor-General,whobyconventionactsontheadviceofthequeen.

7.FromMarch2005toAugust2006,NewZealandtheonlycountryintheworldinwhichallthehighestofficesinthelandhavebeenoccupiedsimultaneouslybywomen. 

8.NationalanthemofAustraliais“GodDefendAustralia”,whilethatofNewZealandis“AdvanceNewZealandFair.” 

9.ThepoliticalsystemofNewZealandisbaseduponaconstitutionalrepublicwithaparliamentarydemocracy 

10.ParliamentofNewZealandismadeupofonlyonehouse. 

IV.Matching（10%） 

Column A  

1.Liverpool 

2.Hull

3.Sheffield 

4.Manchester 

5.Glasgow 

6.Londona.ThesteelmanufacturingcenterofBritain 

7.Birmingham 

8.Belfast 

9.EdinburghG.thelargestcityinScotland 

10.CardiffH.thecapitalofWales 

Column B

A.thesteelmanufacturingcenterofBritain

B.theformercenteroftextileindustryofBritain 

C.thefishingportinHumberside 

D.thelargestcityinBritain 

E.thesecondlargestcityinBritain 

F.thedistrictofMerseyside 

I.ThecapitalofNorthernIreland 

J.thecapitalofScotland 

V.Translation（10%） 

1.Anglo-SaxonHeptarchy 

2.APEC 

3.CommonMarket 

4.CrownCourt 

5.DoomsdayBook 

6.EU 

7.HighCourtofJustice 

8.RomanConquest 

9.stagflation 

10.tertiaryindustries 

VI.Termexplanation（10%） 

1.theCabinet 

2.GloriousRevolution 

3.BritishIsles 

4.OliverCromwell 

VII.Questionsfordiscussion（30%） 

1.WhatweretheconsequencesoftheBritishIndustrialRevolution？

2.What’syourideaabouttheecessityfortheUKtokeepthemonarchy（thequeenortheking）?

3.WhatarethenaturaladvantagesthathelptheUnitedKingdombecomeaworldpower?

《英语国家文化》参考答案和评分标准（C）

I.MultipleChoice（20%）

1.[A]2.[D]3.[A]4.[D]5.[D]6.[C]7.[C]8.[C]9.[B]10.[C]11.[C]12.[B]13.[C]14.[D]15.[B]16.[D]17.[B]18.[A]19.[B]20.[D]

II.Blankfilling（10%）

1.ElizabethII,Charles2.ministers（primeminister）3.legislative4.monarch（或queen或king或sovereign）,lords,commons5.Mr.Speaker6.Prime7.importantIII.Trueorfalsestatement（10%）1.F2.T3.T4.F5.T6.F7.T8.F9.F10.T

IV.Matching（10%）

1.f2.c3.a4.b5.g6.d7.e8.i9.j10.h

V.Translation（10%）

1.盎格鲁—萨克森七国2.亚太经济合作组织（亚太经合组织）3.共同市场4.王座法庭5.《英国地理图志》（《末日审判书》）6.欧洲联盟（欧盟）7.高等法院8.罗曼征服9.（经济）滞涨10.第三产业

VI.Termexplanation（10%）

1.theCabinet12

（1）composedoftheheadsofthemostimportantdepartments+primeminister

（2）meetingregularly,workingingreatsecrecy,connectedwiththeprincipleofcollectiveresponsibility

2.GloriousRevolution

（1）CharlesIIruledthecountrycruelly+theinterestsofthebourgeoisiewasprovoked

（2）In1688,thetwopartiesofthebourgeoisieunitedandstagedabloodlesscoupd’étatandputWilliamofOrangeonthethroneandformedanalliancewiththelandowners.

3.BritishIsles

（1）ComposedofEngland,Scotland,WalesandNorthernIreland

（2）Includingsmallislandaround

4.OliverCromwell

（1）ledtheparliamentaryarmyanddefeatedtheking

（2）establishedthecommonwealth

（3）ruledthecountrycruelly

VII.Questionsfordiscussion（30%）

1.WhatweretheconsequencesoftheBritishIndustrialRevolution?

（1）Theindustrialbourgeoisiegainedsupremacyinthe1840snotonlyintheeconomicbutalsointhepoliticallifeofthecountry.

（2）Productivitywasgreatlyincreased.

（3）Asaresultofthegrowthofindustry,populationwasmoreandmoreconcentratedintownsandcities.

（4）Therapidgrowthofcapitalism,whilebringingenormouswealthtotheindustrialbourgeoisie,causedmiseriesanddisastersamongtheworkingpeople.

（5）Asthecapitalistsintensifiedtheirexploitationoftheworkingclass,thelattertookactionagainstthebourgeoisgovernment.

2.What’syourideaaboutthenecessityfortheUKtokeepthemonarchy（thequeenortheking）?

本题为论述题，无现成答案，只要考生能够论述以下三点，就可给满分。

（1）Thetheoreticalandsuperficialpowerofthemonarch.

（2）AlmostallthepowerisvestedintheCabinetandtheParliament.（3）Themonarchisthesymbolofthenationalunityandjustice.3.WhatarethenaturaladvantagesthathelptheUnitedKingdombecomeaworldpower?

（1）Geographiclocation

（2）Climate（3）Natureresources