完整word版《英美社会与文化》试题库.docx

1、完整word版英美社会与文化试题库英语国家社会与文化复习资料第一部分 课程考核说明1、考核目的通过考试，了解学生对本课程的基本内容、重点和难点的掌握程度，以及运用本课程的基本知识、基本方法和基本理论分析和解决实际问题的能力。同时还考察学生在平时的学习中是否注意了理解和记忆相结合，理解和运用相结合。2、考核方式：闭卷考试。3、适用范围、教材和参考资料本试题库适用范围为英语本科专业。试题命题的参照教材为An Outline Introduction to Britain and America(来安方等编著)，参考资料包括Survey of Britain and America(张奎武主编)、U

2、nderstanding the US and the UK(许鲁之编著)、English-speaking Countries: A Survey(余志远主编)。4、命题依据本试题库依据是英美社会与文化课程的教学大纲、教材。5、考试要求主要考核学生对课程基本知识及概念、基本理论和基本技能的理解和应用能力。在能力层次上，从识记、领会和应用三个角度来要求。识记是要求学生掌握本课程的基本知识和相关概念；领会是要求学生在掌握基本理论、基本方法的基础上，能融会贯通；应用是要求学生能综合运用所学的内容，对课程中的有关问题进行讨论，作出自己的评价。6、试题类型及结构试题类型及分数比重大致为：单项选择题（2

3、0%）+简答题（20%）+概念题（30%）+论述题（30%）。 第二部分基本概念Explain the following terms in English1. the Thames River 2. Alfred the Great3. Open University 4. the Glorious Revolution5. the British Commonwealth. 6. the Black Death.7. Constitutional Monarchy. 8. the welfare state.9. the Magna Carta 10. the Wars of Roses1

4、1. the National Healthy Service 12. Public school13. Keynesianism 14. grammar school15. National Eisteddfod 16. the Jury System17. Bloody Mary 18. the Peoples Charter of 183819. Agribusiness 20. the Open Structure21. the dissenters 22. New Scotland Yard23. Stonehenge 24. Hadrians Wall25. the open-fi

5、eld farming system 26. Heptarchy 27. the Witan 28. Vikings29. the Danelaw 30. crusades31. Joan of Arc 32. the Lollards33. Enclosures 34. Star Chamber35. Renaissance 36. humanists37. the Divine Right of Kings 38. The Gunpowder Plot of 160539. the Grand Remonstrance 40. The Commonwealth41. Diggers 42.

6、 Levelers43. farmer George基本知识、Read the following unfinished statement on question carefully. 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 questions 1. There are three natura

7、l Zones in Scotland. Which is the exception? A) Highlands in the north B) the Central Lowlands C) the Easters Uplands D) the Southern Uplands2. River is the most important river in Scotland A)Tweed B)Tyne C)Thames D)Clyde3. The British Empire gradually disappeared and it was replaced by the British

8、Commonwealth in _ A) 1931 B)1991 C)1923 D)19304. The first known settlers of Britain were A) the Iberians B) the Celts C) the Beaker Folk D) the Romans5. , the great Roman general, invaded Britain for the first time in 55 BC. A) Emperor Claudius B)Julius Caesar C) Alfred D) William6. At the time of

9、the Norman Conquest, Anglo-Saxon English was headed by A) Tostig B)Godwin C) Eudemon D) Harold7. For nearly years, Britain was under the Roman occupation. A) 300 B) 400 C) 500 D) 6008. When the Hundred Years War ended in 1453, was the only part of France that was still in the hands of English. A) Fl

10、anders B) Slugs C) Calais D) Potion9 was the founder of Angevin(or Plantagenet) Dynasty. A) Henry B) Henry C) King John D) Edward 10. Charles called his third parliament in 1628, at this parliament he was forced to accept the Petition of Right, regarded as the Second A) Magna Carta B) Bill of Rights

11、 C) Long Parliament D)Provisions of Oxford11. is generally regarded as the beginning of modem world history. A) The Puritan Revolution B) The Renaissance C) The Great Charter D) The English Reformation12. The restoration of the House of Stuart happened in the year The monarch who restored was A)1660

12、, Charles II B)1685, James II C)1660, James II D)1685,Charles II13. is the best known of the metaphysical poets. A)Edmund Spenser B) Philip Sidney C) John Done D) Ben Jonson14. The Tories were the forerunners of the which still bears the nickname today. A) the Liberty Party B)the Labor Party C) the

13、Conservative Party D)the Communist Party15. The English Industrial Revolution in the late 18th century started with the _ industry. A) coal-mining B) textile C) shipbuilding D)iron and steal16. By Britain had built up a big empire on which the sun never set. A)1839 B)1799 C) 1900 D)190517. The Labor

14、 Party had its origins in _, which was formed in 1893 and led by Kin Hardin. A) the Labor Representation Committee B) the Independent Labor Party C) the Conservative Party D) the Trades Union Congress18. is often referred to as the Silicon Glen in Britain. A) The area between London and South Wales

15、B) Liverpool and Merseyside Region C) The area between Glasgow and Edinburgh D) The Cambridge areas of East Anglia19. The main textile producing region of Britain are the following except A) Yorkshire B) Northern Ireland C) West Midlands D) Humberside20. An outstanding feature of British economic re

16、covery in the 1803 was its . A) inflation B) length C) unemployment D) privatization21. Natural gas was discovered in 1965 and oil in 1970 under A) the Atlantic Ocean B) the North Sea C) the English Channel D) the Pacific Ocean22. The monarchy is the oldest institution of government, going back to a

17、t least A) the 9th century B) the 8th century C) 1649 D) 1689 23. The main functions of Parliament are following except A) to pass laws B) to debate the major issues of the day C) to advise the Sovereign to approve certain government decrees D) to examine government policy and administration24. The

18、beginning 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 universal adult suffrage and consists of members of Parliament. A) 524 B) 651 C) 336 D) 61026. are the two major political parties in Britain today.A) The Labor Party and th

19、e Conservation Party B) The Conservation Party and the Liberal PartyC) The Liberal Party and the RepublicansD) The Liberal Party and the Labor 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 Court C) the Cro

20、wn Court D) the High Court28. The High Court has 3 divisions, which is the except A) Family Division B) Commercial Division C) Chancery Division D) Queens Bench Division29. Londons Metropolitan Police Force is directly under the control of A) the Lord Chancellor B) the Home Secretary C) the Prime Mi

21、nister D) the Ministry of Defence30. is the ultimate court of appeal in civil cases of U. K. A) The House of Commons B) The Court of Apeal C) The High Court D) The House of Lords31. of the following is not the non-contributory Social Security benefits. A) War pensions B) Maternity allowance and wido

22、ws benefit C) Child benefit D) Family credit32. The religions leader of the Church of England is A) Archbishop of Canterbury B) Archbishop of York C) Lord chancellor D) Queen33. Education is compulsory for all between the ages of and _ in Great Britain except in Northern Ireland. A) 5, 18 B) 4, 18 C

23、) 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-market 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.

24、is the most popular sport in England as well as in Europe. A) Football B) Cricket C) Horse racing D) Snooker37. Under the old Selective System, English children who have marks in the eleven plus examination go on to A) grammar schools B) public school C) technical schools D) secondary modern schools

25、38. 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 B) the Celts C) the Romans D) the Norman-French40. About percent of the state secondary school population in Great Britain attend compr

26、ehensive schools. A) 60 B) 70 C) 80 D) 9041. is the official name of the United Kingdom. A) Great Britain B) The Britain Isles C) England D) The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland42. There are three political divisions on the island of Great Britain, is the exception. A) England B)

27、 Wales C) Northern Ireland D) Scotland43. Britain is surrounded by the sea which lies in the north Atlantic Ocean off of Europe. A) the south coast B) the west coast C) the east coast D) the north coast44. The commonest English name Smith comes from the name Schmidt. A) German B) France C) Spain D)

28、Gaelic45. brought the new religion, Christianity to Britain. A) The Anglo-Saxons B) The Romans C) The Normans D) The Celts46. When the Northumbrians submitted to the King Egbert and took him for their master in 829 actually became an overlord of all the English. A) Offa B) Egbert C) Kent D) William4

29、7. Which of the following is Not true about the Anglo-Saxons? A) They divided the country into counties B) They divided the narrow-trip 3-field farming system C) They established the manorial system D) They laid the foundation of the English State48. The Canterbury Tales, which describes a group of

30、traveling into Canterbury to visit Thomas Backers tomb. A) Protestants B) Catholics C) Pilgrims D) Puritans49. The Hundred Years War is given to the intermittent war between and that lasted from 1337 to 1453. A) France England B) the U. S Britain C) Germany England D) French Germany50. By 1453 was t

31、he only part of France that was still in the hands of the English. A) Slugs B) Flanders C) Poiton D) Calais51. The name Wars of the Roses was coined by the great 19th century novelist A) Sir Walter Scott B) Ben Jonson C) 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 the age of the ad