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1、6、 试题类型及结构试题类型及分数比重大致为：第二部分基木概念2. Alfred the Great单项选择题（20%） +简答题（20%） +概念题（30%） +论述题（30%）oExplain the following terms in English1.the Thames River4.3. Open Universitythe Glorious Revolution5.6. the Black Death.the British Commonwealth.基木知识I、Read the following unfinished statement on question carefu

2、lly. For each unfinished statement on question four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D are given. Chose the one which you think best completes the statement or answers the questions1.There are three natural Zones in Scotiand. Which is the exception? A）Highlands in the north B） the Central Lowlan

3、dsC） the Easters Uplands D） the Southern Uplands2.River is the most important river in Scotia ndA）Tweed B）Tyne C）Thames D）Clyde3.The British Empire gradually disappeared and it was replaced by the British Commonwealth inA）1931 B）1991 C）1923 D）19304.The first known settlers of Britain were A） the Ibe

4、rians B） the Celts C） the Beaker Folk D） the Romans5. , the great Roman general, invaded Britain for the first time in 55 BCA） Emperor Claudius B）Julius Caesar C） Alfred D） William6.At the time of the Norman Conquest, Anglo-Saxon English was headed by A） Tostig B）Godwin C） Eudemon D） Harold7.For nea

5、rly years, Britain was under the Roman occupationA） 300 B） 400 C） 500 D） 600& When the Hundred Years War ended in 1453, was the only part of France that was stillin the hands of EnglishA） Flanders B） Slugs C） Calais D） Potion9 was the founder of Angevin（or Plantagenet） Dynasty.A） Henry I B） Henry II

6、 C） King John D） Edward VI10. Charles T called his third parliament in 162& at this parliament he was forced to accept thePetition of Right, regarded as the Second A） Magna Carta B） Bill of Rights C） Long Parliament D）Provisions of Oxford11 is generally regarded as the beginning of modem world histo

7、ry.A） The Puritan Revolution B） The RenaissanceC） The Great Charter D） The English Reformation12.The restoration of the House of Stuart happened in the year The monarch whorestored was A）1660, Charles II B） 1685, James II C）1660, James II D） 1685,Charles II13. is the best known of the metaphysical p

8、oetsnA）Edmund Spenser B） Philip Sidney C） John Done D） Ben Jonson14.The Tories were the forerunners of the which still bears the nickname todtiy.A） the Liberty Party B）the Labor PartyC） the Conservative Party D）the Communist Party15.The English Industrial Revolution in the late I Sth century started

9、 with the _ industry.A） coal-mining B） textile C） shipbuilding D）ion and steal16.By Britain had built up a big empire Mon which the sun never set”.A）1839 B）1799 C） 1900 D）190517.The Labor Party had its origins in _, which was formed in 1893 and led by Kin Hardin.A） the Labor Representation Committee

10、 B） the Independent Labor PartyC） the Conservative Party D） the Trades Union Congress18. is often referred to as the nSilicon GIenn in Britain.A） The area between London and South Wales B） Liverpool and Merseyside RegionC） The area between Glasgow and Edinburgh D） The Cambridge areas of East Anglia1

11、9.The main textile producing region of Britain are the following except A） Yorkshire B） Northern Ireland C） West M汕ands D） Humberside20.An outstanding feature of British economic recovery in the 1803 was its A） inflation B） length C） unemployment D） privatization21.Natural gas was discovered in 1965

12、 and oil in 1970 under A） the Atlantic Ocean B） the North SeaC） the English Channel D） the Pacific Ocean22.The monarchy is the oldest institution of government, going back to at least A） the 9th century B） the Sth century C） 1649 D） 168923.The main functions of Parliament are following except A） to

13、pass laws B） to debate the major issues of the dayC）to advise the Sovereign to approve certain government decreesD）to examine government policy and administration24.The begirrning of the Second Civil War in England was the year A）1645 B）1646 C）1647 D）164825.The House of Commons is elected by univers

14、al adult suffrage and consists of membersof Parliament.A） 524 B） 651 C） 336 D）61026. are the two major political parties in Britain today.A） The Labor Party and the Conservation PartyB）The Conservation Party and the Liberal PartyC）The Liberal Party and the RepublicansD）The Liberal Party and the Labo

15、r Party27.Appeals in criminal cases in English and Wales can be heard by the following courts except _A） the Court of Appeal B） the Magistrate CourtC） the Crown Court D） the High Court28.The High Court has 3 divisions, which is the except A） Family Division B） Commercial DivisionC） Chancery Division

16、 D） Queens Bench Division29.London Metropolitan Police Force is directly under the control of A） the Lord Chancellor B） the Home SecretaryC） the Prime Minister D） the Ministry of Defence30. is the ultimate court of appeal in civil cases of U KA） The House of Commons B） The Court of ApealC） The High

17、Court D） The House of Lords31. of the following is not the non-c on tributory Social Security ben efits A） War pensions B） Maternity allowance and widows benefitC） Child benefit D） Family cred让32.The religions leader of the Church of England is A） Archbishop of Canterbury B） Archbishop of York C） Lo

18、rd chancellor D） Queen33.Education is compulsory for all between the ages of and _ in Great Britain exceptin Northern Ireland.A） 5, 18 B）4, 18 C） 5, 16 D） 4, 1634.National newspapers are popularly divided into 3 groups, is the exception.A） quality papers B） popular papers C） Sunday papers D） mid-mar

19、ket papers.35.The State-run BBC is financed from the A） commercial B） the sale of TV set C） the public funding D） the sale of TV licenses36. is the most popular sport in England as well as in EuropeA） Football B） Cricket C） Horse racing D） Snooker37 Under the old Selective System, English children w

20、ho have marks in the neleven plus1examination go on to A） grammar schools B） public school C） technical schools D） secondary modern schools3& The Puritans were originally an extreme sect.A） Catholic B） Jewish C） Orthodox D） Protestant39.Christianity was introduced into Britain by A） the Anglo-Saxons

21、 B） the Celts C） the Romans D） the Norman-French40.About perce nt of the state sec on dary school populatio n in Great Britain attendcomprehensive schoolsA） 60 B） 7（） C） 80 D） 9041. is the official name of the United Kingdom.A） Great Britain B） The Britain Isles C） EnglandD） The United Kingdom of Gr

22、eat Britain and Northern Ireland42.There are three political divisions on the island of Great Britain, is the exception.A） England B） Wales C） Northern Ireland D） Scotland43 Britain is surrounded by the sea which lies in the north Atlantic Ocean off ofEurope A） the south coast B） the west coast C） t

23、he east coast D） the north coast44.The commonest English name Smith” comes from the name SchmidtA） German B） France C） Spain D） Gaelic45. brought the new religion, Christianity to BritainA） The Anglo-Saxons B） The Romans C） The Normans D） The Celts46.Whe n the Northumbria ns submitted to the King Eg

24、bert and took him for their master in 829 actually became an overlord of all the EnglishA） Offa B） Egbert C） Kent D） William47 Which of the following is Not true about the Anglo-Saxons?A）They divided the country into countiesB）They divided the narrow-trip 3-field farming systemC）They established the

25、 manorial systemD）They laid the foundation of the English State48.The Canterbiuy Tales, which describes a group of traveling into Canterbury to visitThomas Backers tomb.A） Protestants B） Catholics C） Pilgrims D） Puritans49.The Hundred Years War is given to the in term it te nt war between and thatla

26、sted from 1337 to 1453.A） France England B） the U S .BritainC） Germany England D） French . Germany50.By 1453 was the only part of France that was still in the hands of the EnglishA） Slugs B） Flanders C） Poiton D） Calais51.The name Wars of the Roses was coined by the great 19th century novelist A） Si

27、r Walter Scott B） Ben JonsonC） Edmund Spenser D） Christopher Marlowe52.Three of the following were characteristic of the Elizabethan age. Which is the exception? _A）Protestantism gradually became the dominant faith.B）Queen Elizabeth advocated the Divine Right and quarreled with Parliament.C）This was

28、 the age of the adven（ue on the seaD）This was the age of literature when Shakespeare lived and when English literature blossomed.53.The Renaissanee began in in the early 14th century.A） Britain B） Greece C） Italy D） France54.The English Renaissance was largely A） political B） economical C） social D）

29、 literary55. greatly influenced the early works of ShakespeareA） Marlowe B） John Donne C） Roger Ascham D） Francis Bacon56.The most famous of the Catholic conspiracies was the Gunpowder plot of .A） 1742 B） 1605 C） 1615 D） 161157. was condemned to death and executed on a scaffold outside the windows of theBanqueting House at Whitehall on January 30, 1649.A） James I B） Charles I C） James VI D） Charles VI5& is generally regarded as the beginning of modem world history.A） The English Civil War B） The RenaissanceC） The English Reformation D） The Wars of Roses59.In the