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Chapter2

1.TheBritishhistorybefore55BCisbasicallyundocumented.（T）

2.TheCeltsbecamethedominantgroupinBritainbetweenthe8thand5

centuriesBC.（T）

3.ThenameofBritaincamefromaCeltictribe---theBritons.（T）

4.TheAnglo--SaxonscametoBritaininthemid--5thcentury.（T）

5.ThechieforkingoftheAnglo--Saxontribesexercisedpowerattheirownwill.（F）

6.TheVikingsbegantoattacktheEnglishcoastinthe8thcentury.（T）

7.HenryIIbuiltupalargeempirewhichincludedEnglandandmostof

France.（T）

8.TheMagnaCartawasdesignedtoprotecttherightsofboththeprivilegedclassandthetownspeople.（F）

9.TheHundredYears'WarwasaseriesofwarsfoughtbetweenEnglandandNormansfoetradeandterritory.（F）

1O.lnanefforttomakeacompromisebetweendifferentreligiousfactions,QueenElizabethIactuallydefendedthefruitoftheReligious

Reformation.（T）

1.TheDattackonRomeendedtheRomanoccupationinBritainin410.

A.NormanB.DanishC.CelticD.Germanic

2.Bythelate7thcentury,DbecamethedominantreligioninEngland.

A.CelticChristianityB.Anglo-Saxon

Christianity

C.GermanicChristianityD.RomanChristianity

3.WestminsterAbbeywasbuiltatthetimeofB.

A.St.AugustineB.EdwardtheConfessor

C.WilliamtheConquerorD.AlfredtheGreat

4.TheCmarkedtheestablishmentoffeudalisminEngland.

A.

B.signingoftheMagna

VikinginvasionCarta

C.NormanConquestD.Adoptionofcommonlaw

5.TheendoftheWarsoftheRosesledtotheruleofC.

A.theHouseofValoisB.theHouseofYork

C.theHouseofTudorD.theHouseofLancaster

6.ThedirectcausefortheReligiousReformationwasKingHenryVIII's

efforttoA

A.divorcehiswifeB.breakwithRome

C.supporttheProtestantsD.declarehissupremepowerover

thechurch

7.TheEnglishCivilWarbrokeoutin1642betweenB.

B.Royalistsand

D.aristocratsand

A.ProtestantsandPuritansParliamentarians

C.noblesandpeasantsChristians

8.AwaspassedaftertheGloriousRevolution.

9.TheIndustrialRevolutionwasaccomplishedinBritainbythemiddleoftheCcentury.

th

10.Britainfacedstrongchallengesinitsglobalimperialdominancebythe

beginningoftheDcentury.

A.17thB.18thC.19thD.20th

Chapter3

1.Conventionsareregardedlessimportantthancommorlawintheworking

oftheBritishgovernment.（F）

2.TheBritishmonarchyhasneverbeeninterruptedthroughoutthe

history.（F）

3.lnreality,theBritishKingorQueenisthesourceofallgovernmentpowers.（F）

4.BritishParliamentisthelaw--makingbodyoftheCommonwealthof

Nations.（F）

5.LordsSpiritualandLordsTemporalareallmembersintheBritishUpperHouse.（T）

6.ThemembersintheHouseofCommonsareappointedratherthan

elected.（F）

7.TheBritishPrimeMinisteristheleaderofthemajoritypartyin

Parliament.（T）

8.CabinetmembersarechosenbythePrimeMinisterfromvariouspoliticalpartiesinParliament.（F）

9.Britishlawconsistsoftwoparts,thecivillawandthecriminallaw.（T）

10.ThelegalsystemsinEngland,Wales,ScotlandandNorthernIrelandaremuchsimilarintermsoflaw,organizationandpractice.（F）

1.TheBritishgovernmentischaracterizedbyadivisionofpowersbetween

threeofthefollowingbrancheswiththeexceptionoftheC.

A.judiciaryB.legislatureC.monarchyD.

executive

2.TheimportaneeoftheBritishmonarchycanbeseeninitseffectonD.

A.passingthebillsB.advisingthegovernment

C.politicalpartiesD.publicattitude

3.Asarevisingchamber,theHouseofLordsisexpectedtoBthe

HouseofCommons.

A.rivalB.complementC.criticizeD.inspect

4.BritishCabinetworksontheprincipleofA.

A.collectiveresponsibilityB.individual

D.defendingthe

responsibility

C.defendingthecollectivismindividuals

5.ThemaindutyoftheBritishPrivyCouncilistoB

A.makedecisionsB.giveadviceC.passbillsD.

supervisetheCabinet

6.InBritain,theparliamentarygeneralelectionisheldeveryC

years.

A.threeB.fourC.fiveD.six

7.ChasadistinctlegalsystembasedonRomanlaw.

A.WalesB.EnglandC.ScotlandD.

NorthernIreland

8.Generallyspeaking,theBritishParliamentoperatesonaB

system.

A.single-partyB.two-partyC.three-partyD.multi-party

9.ThepoliciesoftheConservativePartyarecharacterizedbypragmatismandD.

10.

societygreatlyinthatit

B.improvedpublic

TheLaborPartyaffectedtheBritish

A.setuptheNationalHealthServicetransportation

C.

theeconomicdevelopment

abolishedtheoldtaxsystem

Chapter4

1.Britainwasthefirstindustrializednationintheworld.（T）

2.TheBritisheconomyexperieneedarelativedeclineduringthepostwarperiod.（T）

3.LimitedresourcesandhighunemploymentratewerepersistentproblemsthatpreventedrapideconomicdevelopmentinBritain.（F）

4.Thatcher'srevolutionturnedouttobeagreatsuccessindealingwithalltheBritisheconimicandsocialproblems.（F）

5.TheeconomicapproachadoptedbyTonyBlairisdifferentfromthatoftheLaborpartyandtheConservativeParty.（T）

6.

BlairmadetheBankofEnglandindependentinordertoseparatepoliticsandeconomicpolicy.（T）

7.Britainistheworld'sleadingexporterofpoultryanddairy

products.（F）

8.Thefishingindustryprovidesmorethan50%ofBritain'sdemandfor

fish.（T）

9.Britainisanimportantoilexportersinceitsoilindustryhasalong

history.（F）

10.

NuclearpowerisoneofthemajorenergysourcesinBritain.（T）

1.TheBritisheconomyachievedglobaldominancebytheC

2.

InB,theBritishParliamentpassedtwoimportantactstoestablishawelfarestate.

3.TheAintheearly1970sworsenedanalreadystagnanteconomyinBritain.

5.TheBlairgovernmenthasbeensuccessfulinallthefollowingaspectsexceptD.

A.limitinggovernmentspendingundercontrol

C.reducingunemploymentD.reducinginequality

6.BritainhasdevotedCofitslandareatoagriculture.

7.

Britain'simportantfishingareasineludeallthefollowingexceptD

10.OfthefollowingsectorsinBritain,Chasexperieneed

spectaculargrowthsincetheendofWordWarII.

A.AgricultureB.energyindustryC.serviceindustryindustry

Chapter5

1.TheBritishgovernmenthasbeenresponsibleforeducationsincethe

early1800s.（F）

2.EducationinBritainiscompulsoryforallchildrenbetweentheages

of6and15.（F）

3.TheNationalCurriculumiscompulsoryinboththestatesystemandtheindependentsystem.（F）

4.Whenchildrenfinishtheirschoolingat16,theyarerequiredtotake

anationalGCSEexamination.（T）

5.GraduatesfromstateschoolsinBritainhavealessfavorablechanee

toenterfamousuniversitiesthanthosefromindependentschools.（T）

6.lnthe1960s,alargenumberofnewuniversitieswerefoundedin

Britain.（T）

7.MostBritishpeoplebegintheirdaywithreadingthemorningnewspaperandenditwatchingtelevisionintheevening.（T）

8.TheTimesistheworld'soldestnationalnewspaper（F）

9.TheBBCWorldServicebroadcastsonlyinEnglishthroughoutthe

world.（F）lO.SomeBritishholidaysarecelebratedtomarktheimportanteventsoftheChristiancalendar,andothersarerelatedtolocalcustomsandtraditions.（T）

1.InBritain,thedivisionbetweengrammarschoolsandvocationalschools

wereendedbytheintroductionofcomprehensiveschoolsintheD.

A.1930sB.1940sC.1950sD.1960s

2.AboutBofBritishchildrenreceiveprimaryandsecondary

educationthroughtheindependentsystem.

A.5%B.6%C.7%D.8%

3.Partiallyfundedbycentralgovernmentgrants,theBritish

universitiesreceivetheirremainingfundsfromallthefollowing

sourcesexceptB.

A.tuitionfeesB.loansC.donationscontributions

4.Ofthefollowing,AisNOTabasisofadmissiontoBritain's

universities.

B.A-levelresult

A.resultinnationalentrancetest

C.aninterviewD.schoolreferences

5.TobeadmittedtotheOpenUniversity,oneneedB.

A.someeducationalqualificationsB.noeducational

qualifications

C.GeneralCertificateofEducation-AdvaneedNationalVocational

Qualifications

6.AmongBritain'squalitypress,thefollowingnewspapersareregarded

asthe“BigThree”withtheexceptionofC.

A.TheTimesB.TheGuardianC.TheObserverD.TheDaily

Telegraph

7.LifeonEarthisakindofCprogramproducedbytheBBCand

ispopularamong500millionviewersworldwide.

A.featureB.dramaC.documentaryD.soap

opera

C.

scompanyD.familiestraveling

friendsenjoyingeachotheroverseas

10.ThefollowingChristmastraditionsareparticularlyBritishexcept

A.

A.TroopingtheColorB.QueensChristmas

message

C.BoxingDayD.Christmaspantomime

Chapter9

1.AmericawasnamedafterAmerigoVespucci,whoarrivedonthenewcontinentafterColumbus.（T）

2.ThesecondContinentalCongresswasheldinPhiladelphia,andthe

ContinentalArmyandNavywerefoundedunderthecommandofThomasJefferson.（F）

3.TheCivilWarnotonlyputanendtoslavery,butalsodecidedthat

Americawasasingle,indivisiblenation.（T）

4.ManyAmericanpeopleapprovedoftheVietnamWar.（F）

5.DuringClinton'sterm,theeconomydevelopedsteadily,resultinginalowerrateofunemployment.（T）

6.In1990,Americantroopsandthetroopsfromalliednationslaunched

OperationDesertStorminordertodriveIraqitroopsoutofKuwait.（T）

7.AccordingtotheAmericanadministration,SaddamHusseinandOsamabin

LadenwereresponsiblefortheterroristeventonSeptember11,2001.（F）

8.TheAmericagovernmentregardedIraqanationamongthe"axisof