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英美国家概况B卷

华中师范大学成人高等学历教育业余班

（补考试卷）

课程：

英美国家概况姓名：

得分：

I.Tellwhethereachofthefollowingstatementsistrueorfalse

F1.TheBritishParliamentconsistsoftheQueen,theHousesofLordsandCommons.　

F2.TheUK.,likeIsrael,hasawrittenconstitutionofthesortwhichmostcountrieshave.　

F3.From1979to1997,theConservativePartywon4electionsundertheleadershipofMargaretThatcherandJohnMajor.

F4.ChecksandbalancesisasystemforlimitingthepowersoftheHouseofRepresentatives.

T5.ThePresidentcanappointanyfederaljudgesashewishes.　

F6.TheUnitedStateshastwomajorpoliticalparties:

theDemocraticPartyandtheConservativeParty.

F7.TheProtestantCatholicChurchreacheditsheightintheRomanEmpire.　　

F8.TheProtestantChurchcameintobeingduringtheReformation.

T9.TherebuiltSt..Paul’sCathedralisinBaroquestyle.

F10.TheProtestantChurchisthestatechurchoftheU.S.

T11.EasterisaChristianfestivalonwhichChristianscelebrateJesus’risingfromthedead.　

T12.Fordoctors,“confidentiality”isabasicruletoprotectpatients’personalinformation.

T13.Comprehensiveschoolswerefoundedbefore1960.

T14.Everyonecangotoagrammarschool.

T15.TheUniversityofOxfordisthesecondoldestuniversityintheEnglish-speakingworld.

II.Choosethecorrectansweronthebasisofwhatisstatedinthetext.

16.WhichofthefollowingabouttheHouseofCommonsisNOTtrue?

B

A.MembersofParliamentelecttheCabinet.

B.MPscanbeelectedforlimitlesstimes.

C.MPsareexpectedtorepresenttheinterestsofthepublic.

D.MostMPsbelongtothemajorpoliticalparties.

17.WhichBritishpartysupportsa“freemarket”?

A

A.TheConservativePartyB.TheLiberalParty

C.ThePartyofWalesD.TheLaborParty

18.WhichofthefollowingisaConservativePartyleader?

A

A.MargaretThatcherB.TonyBlair

C.GordonBrownD.BothBandC

19.WhichofthefollowingisNOTguaranteedintheBillofRights?

D

A.ThefreedomofreligionB.Thefreedomofspeechandofthepress

C.TherighttoownweaponsD.Thefreedomofsearchingaperson’shomebypolice

20.WhichofthefollowingabouttheU.S.SupremeCourtisNOTtrue?

A

A.ItiscreatedbytheCongressB.ItiscreatedbytheConstitution

C.Ithastherighttointerpretlaws.D.ItsChiefJudgeoftheSupremeCourtis

appointedforlife.

21.The“NewDeal”wasstartedby_______A

A.FranklinRooseveltB.J.F.Kennedy

C.GeorgeWashingtonD.ThomasJefferson

22.WhatdidtheChristianscallthemselveswhentheybrokeawayfromtheRomanA

CatholicChurch?

A.ProtestantsB.PuritansC.PriestsD.Prayers

23.Whyisa“rollercoaster”agoodillustrationofthereligiousproblemsinTudor

times?

A.ItisreallyexcitingB.Itisreallyfast

C.ItisstrongandcannotfalloverD.Itrapidlychangesdirection

24.HowisOxfordUniversityinfluencedbyreligions?

D

A.ManyofthecollegesinithaveChristiannames.

B.Mostofthecollegeshavetheirownchapels.

C.Itholdsthatauniversityisaplacewherereligionunitespeople.

D.Alloftheabove.

25.Whatisconsideredas“thenationalreligion”ofAmerica?

A

A.Thecombinationofreligionandpatriotism

B.ProtestantC.CatholicD.Christianity

III.Fillintheblankswithcorrectinformation.

26.TheParliamentiscomposedofthreeparts:

theQueen,theHouseofLordsandtheHouseofCommons.

27.IntheU.K.,theofficialheadofstateisQueenwhiletherealcenterofpoliticallifeisintheHouseofCommons.

28.From1979to1997,theConservativePartywon4consecutiveelectionsandwasinpowerforquitealongtime.

29.TheGovernmentalpowersharedbetweenthecentralgovernmentandthestategovernmentiscalledfederalgovernment.

30.TheU.S.federalgovernmentconsistsofthefollowingthreebranches:

legislative,Executivebranchandjudicialbranch.

31.ThetwomajorpoliticalpartiesaretheParty,whichisthoughttobemoreliberal,andtheRepublicanParty,whichisbelievedtobemoreconservative.

32.TheChurchofEnglandbalancestheinterestsofbothpuritansandProtestants.

33.TheMerchantofVeniceisaworkofWilliamShakespeare.

34.TheRomanCatholicChurchcalledforcharitablework,givinghelptothepoorandprotectingtheweak.

35.TheRomanCatholicChurch,theEasternOrthodoxChurchandtheProtestantchurchmakeupthethreemajorgroupsofChristianityintheworld.

IV.Explainthefollowingterms