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英美概况考试试题集

英语专业考研英美概况自测题

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BritishSurveyTest

PartIGeography

1.ThetotalareaoftheU.K.is_____.

A.211,440B.244,110C.241,410D.242,534

2.Englandoccupiesthe_____portionoftheU.K.

A.northernB.easternC.southern

3.ThemostimportantpartoftheU.K.inwealthis_____.

A.NorthernIrelandB.EnglandC.Scotland

4._____isonthewesternprominencebetweentheBristolChannelandtheDeeestuary.

A.WalesB.ScotlandC.England

5.WaleswaseffectivelyunitedwithEnglandinthe_____century.

A.14thB.15thC.16th

6.BytheActofUnionof_____ScotlandandthekingdomofEnglandandWaleswereconstitutionallyjoinedastheKingdomofBritain.

A.1707B.1921C.1801

7.PhysiographicallyBritainmaybedividedinto_____provinces.

A.13B.12C.14

8.Mt.BenNevisstandsin_____.

A.theScottishHighlandsB.Wales

C.England

9.ThemainriverspartinginBritainrunsfrom_____.

A.northtosouthB.southtonorthC.easttowest

10.Cheviothillsliealongtheborderbetween_____andEngland.

A.ScotlandB.WalesC.ValeofEden

11.ThelongestriverinBritainis_____.

A.SevernB.ClydeC.Bann

12.LondonissituatedontheRiverof_____.

A.ParretB.ThamesC.Spey

13.Edinburghisthecapitalof_____.

A.EnglandB.ScotlandC.Wales

14.Theriversflowingintothe_____aremainlyshort.

A.NorthSeaB.EnglishChannelC.Deeestuary

15.Mt.Snowdonstandsin_____.

A.ScotlandB.WalesC.England

16.ThesourceoftheimportantRiverThamesisinthe_____.

A.CotswoldsB.OxfordClayC.Pennines

17.About_____ofthewaterrequirementsareobtainedfromundergroundsources.

A.50%B.38%C.42%

18.Gaelicismainlyspokenin_____.

A.ScotlandB.EnglandC.NorthernIreland

19.TheBankofEnglandwasnationalizedin_____.

A.1964B.1946C.1694

20.Britainisbasicallyanimporterof_____.

A.foodB.rawmaterials

C.manufacturesD.bothAandB

21.Britishfarmersproduceenoughfoodtosupply_____oftheneedsofthepopulation.

A.2/3B.4/5C.1/2

22.Britain’smaincerealcropis_____.

A.oatsB.cornC.barleyD.rye

23.ThecenteroftheBritainfinancialsystemis_____.

A.BankofEnglandB.BankofBritainC.BankofU.K.

24.ThethreeGermanictribesthatinvadedBritainincludethefollowingexcept_____.

A.theAnglesB.theSaxonsC.thePictsD.theJutes

25.“BlackCountry”refersto_____.

A.countrysideinEnglandB.anareaaroundBirmingham

C.acountryinAfrica

26.ThesecondlargestportinBritainis_____.

A.LondonB.BelfastC.Liverpool

27.ThecapitalcityofNorthernIrelandis_____.

A.CardiffB.BelfastC.Leith

28.CeltictribesbegantosettleinBritainfromabout_____B.C.

A.410B.750C.300

29.TheU.K.isrichinthefollowingexcept_____.

A.coalB.ironC.goldD.tin

30.ThedecreaseofBritishpopulationiscausedbythefollowingexcept_____.

A.limitationofimmigrationB.fallofthebirthrate

C.fallofdeathrateD.unemployment

31.TheproportionoftheEnglishinthewholepopulationis_____.

A.60%B.80%C.70%

32.TheQueen’sUniversityisinthecityof_____.

A.BelfastB.EdinburghC.Manchester

33.ThecontributionmadebytheNormanstoBritainisthefollowingexcept_____.

A.finalunificationofEnglandB.foundationofaristocracy

C.greatadministrativeprogressD.somepeculiaritiesofdialect

34.About_____percentofthepopulationliveincitiesortowns.

A.80B.85C.90

35.ThelandavailableforfarminginEngland,Wales,ScotlandandNorthernIrelanddoesnotexceed_____millionacres.

A.30B.25C.40

36.ThehighestmountaininEnglandis_____.

A.Mt.MourneB.Mt.SnowdonC.Mt.Seafell

37.ThesecondlargestcityinEnglandis_____.

A.GlasgowB.BirminghamC.Manchester

38.ThemodernScotsandIrisharethedescendantsof_____.

A.GaelsB.BritonsC.Anglo-Saxons

39.Scotlandoccupiesthe_____portionofGreatBritain.

A.southernB.northernC.western

40.BytheActofUnionin_____,thenameUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandIrelandwasadopted.

41._____hasitsownnationalchurchanditsownsystemoflaw.

A.WalesB.NorthernIrelandC.Scotland

42.The_____EndincludesWestminster,St.James’Palace

A.EastB.WestC.North

43._____includesLondon,thecentreofgovernmentforthewholenation.

A.ScotlandB.NorthernIrelandC.WalesD.England

1.TheU.K.issituatedin_Northwestern____Europe.

2.ThefulltitleoftheU.K.istheUnitedKingdomof__________and__________.

3.TheU.K.consistsofEngland,_____,_____andNorthernIreland.

4.ThelargestpartofU.K.is_____.

5.ThecapitalofEnglandandofGreatBritainis_____.

6.__________iscomposedofsixIrishcountiesthatelectedtoremainintheunionwithGreatBritain.

7.ThenameUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandIrelandwasreplacedbythepresentnameafterthe26countiesofIrelandobtainedautonomyin_____.

8.ThehighestmountaininBritainis__________.

9.The“BackboneofEngland”referstothe_____.

10.NaturalgaswasdiscoveredinBritaininthe__________.

11.ThemostimportantriveristheRiverof_____.

12.ThepoliticalcentreoftheCommonwealthis_____.

13.BelfastLoughandLoughNeaghliein__________.

14.TheclimateofBritainismoderatedbythe_______________andismuchmilderthanthatofmanyplacesinthesamelatitude.

15.Britain’sIndustrialRevolutiontookplacebetween_____and_____.

16.TheBankofEnglandwasfoundedin_____.

17.ThepopulationoftheU.K.ismorethan_____million.

18.Britainisbasicallyanexporterof_____.

19.ThepopulationoftheU.K.consistsoftheEnglish,theWelsh,theScottishandthe_____.

20.InWalesmanypeoplespeak_____.

21.Peoplesingthenationalanthemin_____.

22.Theearliestinvasionisthatbythe_____-hairedMediterraneanracecalledtheIberians.

23.Themodern_____and_____arethedescendantsoftheGaelsoftheCeltictribes.

24.TheBritonsoftheCeltictribesweretheforefathersofthemodern_____.

25.GreaterLondonismadeupof12_____Londonboroughsand_____OuterLondonboroughs.

26.TheInternationalfestivalofmusicandtheartsisheldeveryyearinthecityof_____.

27.TheBritishnationalanthemis____________________.

28.TheU.K.liestothe_____ofFrance.

29.Westminster,theareaofcentralgovernmentadministrationissituatedinthe_____End.

30.River_____flowsthroughGlasgow.

31.Mt.Seafellstandsin_____.

32.ThesourceoftheRiver_____isintheCotswolds.

33.ThecapitalcityofWalesis_____.

34.TheUnitedKingdomisrichin_____,iron,tin,copper,leadandsilver.

35.DefinetheFollowingTerms

36.“BackboneofEngland”:

Pennines

37.GreaterLondon

38.Celts

39.The“IrishQuestion”

I.AnswertheFollowingQuestions

英美概况一答案

PartIDCBAACAAABABBBBABABDACACBCBBCDBADAACBABACBD

II.NorthwesternGreatBritain,NorthernIrelandScottish,WelshEnglandLondonNorthernIreland1921BenNevisPenninesNorthSeaThamesLondonNorthernIrelandAtlanticGulfStream1750,1850169457manufactureIrishWelshEnglishdarkScots,IrishWelshInner,20EdinburghGodSavetheQueenNorthWestClydeEnglandThamesCardiffcoal

英美概况英国历史部分

History

1.JuliusCaesarinvadedBritain__B___.

A.onceB.twiceC.threetimes

2.KingArthurwasthekingof__B___.

A.PictsB.CeltsC.ScotsD.Jutes

3.Thefirst“KingoftheEnglish”was_B____.

A.AlfredB.EgbertC.BedeD.Ethelred

4.ChristianitywasintroducedintoEnglandinthelate__C__century.

A.14thB.8thC.6th

5.In1653_A____wasmadeLordProtectorforlife.

A.OliverCromwellB.CharlesIC.WilliamII

6.ThethreegreatGermanictribes:

theAnglos,the_A____andtheJuteswhichinvadedBritainformthebasisofthemodernBritishpeople.

A.SaxonsB.ScotsC.WelshD.Wessex

7.TheheadofthechurchinAnglo-Saxontimeswas_D____.

A.theKingofDenmarkandNorwayB.thekingofEngland

C.JuliusCaesarD.theArchbishopofCanterbury

8.The___B__invadedEnglandintheearliesttime.

A.DanesB.IberiansC.RomansD.Celts

9.TheVikingswhoinvadedEnglandattheturnofthe8thcenturycamefrom__D___.

A.NorwayB.Denmark

C.FranceD.bothAandB

10.Edwardwasknownasthe“__A___”becauseofhisreputationforsaintliness.]

A.ConfessorB.ConquerorC.Protector

11.NormanConquestbeganin__B___.

A.1016B.1066C.1035

12.Inhistory___A__wasnicknamed“KingofLackland”.

A.JohnB.HenryIC.HenryII

13.In1181HenryIIissuedthe___B__whichmadeitcompulsoryforeveryfreemaninEnglandtobeprovidedwitharms.

A.InquestofSheriffsB.AssizeofArmsC.DoomsdayBook

14.HenryPlantagenet,in1154,establishedtheHouseofAngevinas_B____.

A.HenryIB.HenryIIC.HenryIII

15.HenryIIappointedin1162_A____ArchbishopofCanterbury.

A.ThomasBecketB.StephenLangtonC.SimondeMortfort

16.CharlesIwasbeheadedin_A____.

A.1649B.1648C.1653

17.Itwas__A___whosummonedModelParliamentin1295.

A.EdwardIB.HenryIVC.SimondeMontfort

18.TheGreatChartercontained__C___setsofprovisions.

A.twoB.fourC.three

19.ThePeasantsUprisingin1381wasledby_B____.

A.HenryTurnerB.WattTylerC.Richard

20.TheEnglishChurchwasstrictly__A___.

A.nationalB.internationalC.regional

21.TheGloriousRevolutionin1688wasinnaturea__A___.

A.coupd’etatB.racialslaughterC.peasantrising

22.TheIndustrialRevolutionlaidagoodfoundationforthe_A____.

A.factoryoftheworldB.expansionofmarkets

C.socialupheaval

23.TheAmericanRevolution（theAmericanWarofIndependence）brokeoutin__A___andendedin_____.

A.1775,1783B.1774,1782C.1786,1784

24.TheBattleofHastingstookplacein___C.

A.