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全国英语国家概况试题及答案

2001年英语国家概况试卷及答案

PARTONE

I.Readthefollowingunfinishedstatementsorquestionscarefully.Foreachunfinishedstatementorquestion,foursuggestedanswersmarked[A],[B],[C]and[D]aregiven.Choosetheonewhichyouthinkbestcompletesthestatementoranswersthequestion.Writetheletteroftheanswer[A],[B],[C]or[D]youhavechoseninthecorrespondingspaceontheanswersheet.（40points,1pointforeach）

1.OntheislandofGreatBritain,thereare_C_.

[A]fourpoliticaldivisions-England,Scotland,WalesandNorthernIreland

[B]fourpoliticaldivisions-England,Scotland,WalesandIreland

[C]threepoliticaldivisions-England,Scotland,andWales

[D]threepoliticaldivisions-England,Scotland,andNorthernIreland

2.ThelargestlakeinBritainis___B___.

[A]LochLomond

[B]theLoughNeagh

[C]Windermere

[D]Ullswater

3.Britain’sclimateisinfluencedby___A____thatsweepsupfromtheequatorandflowspasttheBritishIsles.

[A]theGulfStrteam

[B]theBrazilCurrent

[C]theLabradorCurrent

[D]theFalklandcurrent

4.LangdenclosureinIrelandandtheScottishHighlandsledtomassemigration,particularlyto____D___.

[A]Africa

[B]EasternEurope

[C]Asia

[D]theAmericas

5.ChristianitywasfirstbroughttoEnglandby___A___.

[A]theRomans

[B]theCelts

[C]theAnglo-Saxons

[D]theDanes

6.William,DukeofNormandy,foughtKingHaroldofEnglandattheBattleofHastingsin____B__.

[A]1086

[B]1066

[C]1035

[D]1381

7.WhenWaleswasbroughtundertheEnglishCrown,thetitleof“PrinceofWales”wasborneby__D____,theeldestsonofthereigningmonarch.

[A]RichardI

[B]HenryIII

[C]EdwardI

[D]EdwardII

8.TheHundredYears’WarwithFrancewasfought__B___.

[A]from1327to1453

[B]from1337to1453

[C]from1347to1453

[D]from1357to1453

9.TheBlackDeath,whichravagedEnglandin1348-49,carriedoff___D___.

[A]threefourthsofthepopulation

[B]onefourthofthepopulation

[C]onefifthofthepopulation

[D]onehalftoonethirdofthepopulation

10.InEngland,themostfamousoftheCatholicconspiracieswas_B___.

[A]theCobham’sPlot

[B]theGunpowderPlot

[C]themurderofThomasBecket

[D]theexecutionofMaryQueenofScots

11.Thelaw,whichjoinedEnglandandScotlandin1707,was____B__.

[A]theActofSupremacy

[B]theActofUnion

[C]theReformAct

[D]theMagnaCarta

12.IntheUnitedKingdom,freemedicalcareforeveryoneandfinancialhelpfortheold,thesickandtheunemployed,whichhavebecomeavailablesince1948,arethefoundationof__A_____.

[A]thewelfarestate

[B]theNationalHealthService

[C]thecivilservice

[D]theNationalInsuranceFund

13.ThelargeststateoftheUnitedStatesis__B___.

[A]Texas

[B]Alaska

[C]California

[D]Hawaii

14.RecentlymostoftheimmigrationtotheUnitedStateshasbeenfrom____B___.

[A]Asiancountries

[B]AsianandHispaniccountries

[C]EasternEuropeancountries

[D]formerSovietrepublics

15.TheBillofrightsisthetermusedfor__A____totheConstitutionoftheUnitedStates.

[A]thefirsttenamendments

[B]thelastfiveamendments

[C]thetenthamendment

[D]themostimportantamendment

16.ThedeclarationofIndependdencewasdraftedby__A____.

[A]ThomasJefferson

[B]GeorgeWashington

[C]BenjaminFranklin

[D]JohnAdarms

17.Americanpresidentsareelected___B____.

[A]everytwoyears

[B]everyfouryears

[C]everyfiveyears

[D]everysixyears

18.OnMemorialDay,agrandceremonyisheldat_D_____inWashingtonD.C.

[A]theLincolnMemorial

[B]theWashingtonMonument

[C]theWhiteHouseLawn

[D]theTomboftheUnknownSoldier

19.ThegoalofRoosevelt’sNewDealwas__A_____.

[A]tosavetheAmericaneconomicandpoliticalsystem

[B]tochangetheAmericaneconomicsystem

[C]toweakenmonopolyinterestsinAmerica

[D]tonationalizebanksandfinancialinstitutionsinAmerica

20.TheAmericanpolicytowardstheSovietUnionaftertheSecondWorldWarwas____C__.

[A]cooperation

[B]coldwar

[C]containment

[D]impartiality

21.McCarthyismreferstotheanti-CommunisthysteriawhippedupbySenatorMcCarthy___B____.

[A]afterWWI

[B]intheearly1950s

[C]duringWWII

[D]inthe1960s

22.TheearliestinstitutionofhigherlearningsetupinAmericawas____C___.

[A]HarvardUniversity

[B]YaleUniversity

[C]HarvardCollege

[D]ChicagoUniversity

23.TheUnitedStateshaslessthan6%oftheworld’spopulation;yetitproducesabout_B____ofthetotalworldoutput.

[A]20%

[B]25%

[C]30%

[D]35%

24.____D____wasawardedtheNobelPrizeforLiteraturein1954.

[A]MarkTwain

[B]WaltWhitman

[C]T.S.Eliot

[D]ErnestHemingway

25.Withregardtoitssize,Australiais___D_____countryintheworld.

[A]thethirdlargest

[B]thefourthlargest

[C]thefifthlargest

[D]thesixthlargest

26.ItisassumedthatthefirstEuropeanswhoreachedAustralia’sshoreswere___D___.

[A]theDutch

[B]theEnglish

[C]theGermans

[D]theSpanishandPortugese

27.Frderalismisasystemofgovernmentinwhich___B_____.

[A]powerisgiventoacentralgovernmentwhichdealswithallmattersofnationalinterest

[B]powerisdistributedbetweentwotiersofgovernment,eachexercisingitsallottedpowersindependentoftheother

[C]acentralgovernmenthasnorealpoweranditmustdependontheothertierofgovernment

[D]onetierofgovernmentmustdependontheothertierofgovernment

28.InAustralia,under_B_____thelegislationtoprovideequalpayformenandwomendoingthesameworkwaspassed.

[A]theFrasergovernment

[B]theWhitlamgovernment

[C]theHaekegovernment

[D]theKeatinggovernment

29.ThemainlyBritishnatureofAustraliansocietyhasbeenchallengedsincethethirdwaveofmigrationbecause____C___.

[A]manynewmigrantsareunskilledworkers

[B]manynewmigrantsarenotusedtotheAustralianwayoflife

[C]manynewmigrantscomefromthenon-English-speakingworld

[D]manynewmigrantsfeelrejectedinAustralia

30.ThereisacontinuingdebateinAustraliaabout____B____.

[A]whetherAustraliashouldjointheEEC（nowEuropeanUnion）

[B]whetherAustraliashouldremainamonarchyorbecomearepublic

[C]whetherAustraliashoulddevelopitsownmanufacturing

[D]whetherAustraliashouldbuilditsowndefence

31.nearly___C__ofthelandinCanadahasnopermanentpopulation.

[A]68%

[B]79%

[C]89%

[D]98%

32.Canadaranks__B_____intheproductionofhydroelectricityintheworld.

[A]second

[B]third

[C]fourth

[D]fifth

33.InCanadatheHeadofStateis__C_____.

[A]theprimeminister

[B]thegovernor-general

[C]QueenElizabethII

[D]theleaderofthemajorityparty

34.Indigenouspeoplesmakeupabout3%oftheCanadianpeople.Theyare___D__.

[A]IndiansandAfricans

[B]AboriginesandIndians

[C]EskimosandAborigines

[D]AmericanIndiansandInuit

35.ThemostsignificantfeatureofIrishlandscapeis____A__.

[A]bogs

[B]streams

[C]islands

[D]ciffs

36.ThepopulationofIrelandispredominantlyof___B__origin

[A]English

[B]Celtic

[C]Norman

[D]French

37.___A_____istheoldestofallthepartiesinIreland.

[A]TheIrishLabourParty

[B]TheProgressiveDemocrats

[C]FiannaFail

[D]FineGael

38.theSouthernAlps,withMtCookinthecenter,runsalmostthewholelengthof___C____.

[A]NewZealand

[B]NorthIsland

[C]southIsland

[D]StewartIsland

39.Nearlythree-quartersofthepopulation（includingmorethan95percentoftheMaori）livein_B_____.

[A]SouthIsland

[B]NorthIsland

[C]StwartIsland

[D]theChathamIslands

40.WhatistheNewZealand-madefilmwhichwon3Oscarsinthe1993AcademyAwards?

B

[A]OnceWereWarriors

[B]ThePiano

[C]JurassicPark

[D]Babe-theStoryofaSheepPig

PARTTWO

II.Giveaone-sentenceanswertoeachofthefollowingquestions.Writeyouranswerinthecorrespondingspaceontheanswersheet.（30points,3pointsforeach）

41.WhywasBritainknownasthefactoryoftheworldinthemid-19thcentury?

42.WhataretheestablishedchurchesinBritain?

43.WhatdoestheBritishParliamentconsistof?

44.WhatdoesWASPstandfor?

45.WholedthebusboycottinMontgomery?

46.NametwoofTheodoreDriser’snovels.

47.WhendidthehistoryofAustraliabegin?

48.WhatlawmadeFrenchtheofficiallanguageinQuebec?

49.Whoisthemostwell-knownIrishwriterofthemodernperiod?

50.HowwouldyoudescribetheclimateinNewZealand?

III.ExplaineachofthefollowingtermsinEnglish.Writethestatementinthecorrespondingspaceontheanswersheetinaround40words.（20points5pointsforeach）

51.BostonTeaParty

52.TheWatergateScandal

53.TheBritishCommonwealth

54.TheWhiteAustraliaPolicy

IV.Writebetween100-120wordsonthefollowingtopicinthecorrespondingspaceontheanswersheet.（10points）

55.WhatweretheconsequencesoftheNormanConquest?

参考答案及评分标准

I.Readthefollowingunfinishedstatementsorquestionscarefully.Foreachunfinishedstatementorquestion,foursuggestedanswersmarked[A],,[C]and[D]aregiven.Choosetheonewhichyouthinkbestcompletesthestatementoranswersthequestion.Writetheletteroftheanswer[A],,[C]or[D]youhavechoseninthecorrespondingspaceontheanswersheet.（40points,1pointforeach）

1.C　　　　　2.B　　　　　3.A　　　　　4.D　　　　　5.A

6.B　　　　　7.D　　　　　8.B　　　　　9.D　　　　　10.B

11.B　　　　　12.A　　　　　13.B　　　　　14.B　　　　　15.A

16.A　　　　　17.B　　　　　18.D　　　　　19.A　　　　　20.C

21.B　　　　　22.C　　　　　23.B　　　　　24.D　　　　　25.D

26.D　　　　　27.B　　　　　28.B　　　　　29.C　　　　　30.B

31.C　　　　　32.B　　　　　33.C　　　　　34.D　　　　　35.A

36.B　　　　　37.A　　　　　38.C　　　　　39.B　　　　　40.B

II.Gi