2022年自考英语《英语国家概况》习题库及答案.docx

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1、2022年自考英语英语国家概况习题库及答案习题1I. Read the following unfinished statements or questions carefully. For eachunfinished statement or question four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D are given. Choose the one you think best completes the statements oranswers the question.1. The first known settlers of Bri

2、tain were the CeltsA. IberiansBeaker FolkB. RomansThe Celts religion was .A. BuddhismIslamB. DruidismChristianity2. Roman control was only effective in .A. ScotlandWalesB. LondonThe southeast of Britainmade him Archbishop of CanterburyB. drove him into exileincreased the Jurisdiction of the church c

3、ourts12. Thomas Becket spent years on the continent and returned to England in 1170.A. fourfiveB. sixseven13. The Great Charter (or Magna Carta) was signed by King John at Runnymede in.A. 11621164B. 1210121514. Simon de Montfort summoned in the Great Council to meet at Westminster, together with two

4、 knights from each county and two citizens from each town.A. 12421258B. 1265D. 1266Which of the following statements is NOT true?A. In the 13th century a Black Rod went between the two Houses ofParliament for liaison and to discipline the members.B. In the 13th century Parliament only met by royal i

5、nvitation.C. In the 13th century Parliaments role was to offer advice, not to make decisions.D. In the 13th century the most important part of Parliament was the House of Lords.15. During the reign of , Wales was brought under English rule.A. Henry IIIEdward IB. Edward 11Edward HI16. became the firs

6、t prince to hold the title of Prince of Wales, whichcontinues to be borne by the eldest son of the reigning monarch.A. Richard IHenry HIEdward IIB. Edward III17. The chief demand of the peasants during the Peasant Uprising of 1381was.A. the abolition of villeinagethe punishment of the King1s ministe

7、rsB. the increase of wagesthe reform of the church18. Wat Tyler was killed by William Walworth, .A. Archbishop of YorkMayor of LondonB. Archbishop of Canterburythe Treasurer19. The Peasant Uprising of 1381 did not direct againstthe rich clergyA. the lawyersthe landownersB. the town traders习题3I. Read

8、 the following unfinished statements or questionscarefully. For each unfinished statement or question four suggested answers marked A, B, C andD are given. Choose the one you think best completes the statements or answers the question.1. The name of Wars of the Roses was, in fact, coined by the grea

9、t 19th century novelist .A. Charles DickensGeorge ElliotB. Sir Walter ScottCharlotte Bronte2. Although the Wars of the Roses were fought intermittently for years, ordinary people were little affected and went about their business as usual.A. 2030B. 40503. No less than nobles of royal blood were kill

10、ed inthe Wars of the Roses.A. 8090C. 100D. 110Which of the following statements is NOT true?A. Henry VII refilled the royal treasury through loans, subsidies, property levies and fines.B. Henry VII forbade the nobles to keep excessive power.C. Henry VII built up England1s navy and foreign trade.D. H

11、enry VII completely neglected parliament as though it never existed.4. Henry VIII declared himself Supreme Head of the Church of England in .A. 15291534B. 153515475. Queen Mary burnt at stake some men and women who refused to changeback to the Catholic faith.A. 300350B. 4004506. Mary died childless

12、and her half-sister Elizabeth cameto the throne asElizabeth I in .A. 15471558B. 158816037. Which of the following statements is NOT true?A. Elizabeth I broke Marys ties with Rome.B. Elizabeth I restored her father1s independent Church of England.C. Elizabeth Is religious reform was a compromise of v

13、iews.D. Elizabeth If s religious settlement was acceptable to both extremeProtestants and ardent Catholics.8. The Renaissance began in northern Italy in the early century, and wastypified by the universal genius of Leonardo Da Vinci.A. 11th12thB. 13thD. 14thThe English Renaissance is said to have be

14、gun in.A. 14221478B. 148514959. James VI of Scotland succeeded Elizabeth I and became James I of England in .A. 16011603B. 1615162510. Which of the following statements is NOT true?A. The Puritans believed that the Reformation had gone too far.B. The Puritans became very powerful in Parliament.C. Th

15、e Puritans were very happy when they heard that James had become king of England.D. The Puritans called for a purer form of worship.11. The Puritans suspected James I of England being a secret because of his pro-Spanish foreign policy and hisson1s Spanish marriage alliance.A. BuddhistB. CatholicProt

16、estantC. MuslimIn a small group of Puritans sailed from Plymouthin the Mayflower, and found New Plymouth in America, Britain1 s first settlement in the New World.A. 16141615B. 1620162112. The Great Civil War, as it became known, lasted from until 1646.A. 16391640B. 1641164213. When the First Civil W

17、ar broke out men were at Charles I1s command.A. 1,0002,000B. 3,000D. 4,000Which of the following statements is NOT true?A. Oliver Cromwell became Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England in 1653 by the Petition of Right.B. Oliver Cromwell crushed without mercy a rebellion in Ireland.C. Oliver C

18、romwell suppressed the Levellers, a group within his own army who advocated total religious and social equality.D. Oliver Cromwell replaced the Rump with an assembly largely chosen by himself.14. In 1660 the monarchy was restored and Charles Ir s son was brought back from , where he had fled for saf

19、ety.A. FlandersFranceB. HollandGermany15. After the Restoration, Parliament passed a series of severe laws calledagainst the Puritans, now known as Conformists.A. Agreement of PeopleThe Petition of RightB. The Clarendon CodeC. The Act of SupremacyWhich of the following statements is NOT true?A. The

20、Bill of Rights excluded any Roman Catholics from the succession.B. The Bill of Rights confirmed the principle of parliamentary supremacy.C. The Bill of Rights guaranteed free speech within both the House of Lords and the House of Commons.D. The Bill of Rights requested that no taxes should be raised

21、 without consent of Parliament.习题4I. Read the following unfinished statements or questions carefully. For each unfinished statement or question four suggested answers marked A, B, C andD are given. Choose the one you think best completes the statements or answers the question.1. Traditional farming

22、involved the open field village, a system that dated back to the century.A. 4th5thB. 6thD. 7thChristianity was first brought to England by the.A. RomansCeltsB. Anglo-SaxonsDanes4. The Romans remained in control of Britain for nearly 400 years and theypulled out in .A. 306 AD410 ADB. 446 AD1066 AD5.

23、Which of the following tribes came to Britain first?A. The Angles.B. The Saxons.C. The Gaels.D. The Jutes.6. became the first real king of England, though he did not assume that style.A. OffaEgbertC. Vortigern2. Which of the following statements is NOT true?A. The open field system provided a good o

24、pportunity to experiment.B. The open field system wasted land.C. The open field system was wasteful of labor and time.D. The open field system made livestock farming difficult.3. Which of the following statements is NOT considered a characteristic of farming in the late 18th and early 19th centuries

25、?A. Use of artificial fertilizer.B. Introduction of new agricultural machinery.C. The Open-field system.D. A system of crop rotation.4. Land enclosure was a disaster for the evicted fromtheir land by the enclosures.A. landlordstenantsB. farmerswage laborers5. In Ireland and Scottish Highlands land e

26、nclosure led to mass emigration, particularly to .A. AfricaB. Eastern EuropeAsiaC. The New World6. By the early 19th century, Britain had a road network of some miles.A. 115,000120,000B. 125,000130,0007. In England no females were allowed to vote in national elections before .A. 19181920B. 192819458

27、. In 1836 a group of and small shopkeepers formed theLondon Working Mens Association.A. householderstenantsB. skilled workersoffice workers9. The six points of the People1s Charter were achievedgradually over theperiod of , although the sixth has never been practical.A. 1836-18481842-1848B. 1848-190

28、81858-191810. Parliament passed the Combination Acts of 1799-1800 to forbid theformation of A. a new governmentsocietiesB. communesunions11. The Labor Party had its origins in the, which was formed in January,1893.A. Independent Labor PartyGrand National Consolidated Trade UnionB. Amalgamated Societ

29、y of EngineersTrade Union Congress12. Thanks to the militant feminist movement of the ledby Mrs. Pankhurst before the First World War, votes weregranted to women over 30 in 1918.LudditesA. SuffragettesChartistsB. Levellers13. The spark of the First World War was struck at Sarajevo on June 28, , when

30、 the Austrian Crown Prince Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist.A. 19131914B. 1915191614. As a result of the First World War settlement the was established in 1920.A. League of NationsBritish CommonwealthB. British East India CompanyUnited Nations15. After World War I political

31、unrest in Britain led to general elections in just over 5 years.A. 234B. 5The Blitz radically changed the face of London for thefirst time since nearly 3 centuries earlier.A. the Black Deaththe Great FireB. the Civil Warthe Great Plague16. The foundations of was laid in the late 1940s, providing fre

32、e medical care for everyone and financial help for the old, the sick and the unemployed.A. the welfare statethe National Health ServiceB. the compulsory educationthe Women1s Liberation Movement17. In the 1960s Pop music underwent a revolution when the Beatles becameworld famous and turned their home

33、town of into a placeof pilgrimage.A. ManchesterBlackpoolC. LiverpoolD. SheffieldThe 1970s saw the growth of in Wales and Scotland.A. liberalismMarxismB. chauvinismnationalism18. Margaret Thatcher believed in the following exceptself-relianceA. the strengthening of trade unionsprivatizationB. the use

34、 of monetary policies to control inflation 习题5I. Read the following unfinished statements or questions carefully. For each unfinished statement or question four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D are given. Choose the one you think best completes the statements or answers the question.1. All cri

35、minal trials are held in open court because the criminal law presumes the of the accused until he hasbeen proved guilty beyond reasonable doubt.A. guiltB. impartialityinnocenceC. honesty2. The jury consists of ordinary, independent citizens summoned by the court： 12 in England, Wales and Northern Ir

36、eland, and in Scotland.A. 1213B. 14153. People between the ages of and 70 (65 in Scotland)whose names appear on the electoral register, with certain exceptions, are liable for jury service and their names are chosen at random.A. 1819B. 20214. Youth Courts try most cases involving people underA. 17B.

37、 18C. 19205. The Crown Court sits at centers and is presided over by High CourtJudges, full-time Circuit Judges and part-time Recorders.A. 9192B. 93946. The main courts of civil jurisdiction in England and Wales are the CountyCourts of which there are .A. 270271B. 2722737. In Northern Ireland civil

38、cases up to the value of are dealt within county courts.A. 14,00015,000C. 16,000D. 17,0008. There are police forces in England and Wales, 8 in Scotland and one(the Royal Ulster Constabulary) 9n Northern Ireland.A. 40 B. 41C. 42 D. 439. Police officers are not allowed to join or to go on strike.A. a

39、cluba trade unionB. a political partythe army10. There are about 130 prison establishments in England and Wales and some20. in Scotland, many of which were built in the century.A. 16th17thB. 18th19th习题6The National Health Service was established in theUnited Kingdom in .1946A. 19471948B. 19491. Pres

40、cription charges do not apply to the following people except .A. self-employed peoplechild under 16B. war and armed forces disablement pensionerswomen aged 60 and over and men aged 65 and over2. NHS has suffered from under-funding in recent decades, as a result of which many people have been turning

41、 toprivate medical health care.A. working classelderlyB. educatedbetter-off3. Britain ahs about million adults with one or moredisabilities, of whom around 7 percent live in communal establishments.A. 4D. Hengist became the first Archbishop of Canterbury.A. ColumbaEthelbertB. St. AugustineEgbert8. T

42、he Vikings began to attack various parts of England from the end of the century.A. 7th8thB. 9th10th9. Who were the ancestors of the English and the founders of England?A. The Anglo-Saxons.B. The Normans.C. The Vikings.D. The RomansWhich of the following statements is NOT true?A. Alfred the Great sta

43、rted the English navy.B. Alfred the Great reorganized the Saxon any, making itmore efficient.5B. 675. Most pregnant working women receive their statutory maternity pay directlyfrom their employer for a maximum of weeks.A. 1718B. 19206. The Church of England is not free to change its form of worship,

44、 as laiddown in without the consent of Parliament.A. the Bill of Rightsthe Provisions of OxfordB. the Constitutions of Clarendonthe Book of Common Prayer7. The position of the Church of Scotland was defined in the Treaty of Union, 1707, and further safeguarded by the Church of Scotland Act, 1921B. 1

45、922C. 192319248. The Salvation Army is served by 1,800 officers (ordained ministers) and runs more than worship centers.A. 5001,000B. 1,5002,0009. At Christmas, the home is decorated with the following except colorful paper chainsA. leaves of holly and mistletoea young fir-treeB. firecrackers10. Eas

46、ter is traditionally associated with the following except the resurrection of ChristA. the eating of Easter eggsthe custom of giving presentsB. the coming of spring参考答案习题1l.B 2. C 3. D 4. A 5. B 6. C 7. B8. C 9. B 10. A 11. D 12. B 13. C 14. B 15. A16. B 17. C 18. D 19. A 20. B习题2l.B 2. A 3.C 生 D 5.

47、 C 6. A 7. B 8. A 9. D 10. B 11. CC 13. D 14. C 15. A 16. B 17. C 18. A 19. B 20. D习题3.C 2. B 3. A 4. D 5. C 6. A 7. B 8. D 9. D 10. C 11. B 12. A 13.B 14. C 15. D 16. A 17. A 18. B 19. C 20. D习题4l.B 2.A 3.C 4.B 5.D 6.C 7. A 8. C 9. D 10. D 11. A 12. B 13. B14. A 15. C 16. B 17. A 18. C 19. D 20. B习题51. C 2, D 3. A 4. B 5. C 6. A 7. B 8. D 9. B 10. D习题61. C 2. A 3. D 4. C 5. B 6. D 7. A 8. B 9. D 10. C习题71. The Commonwealth Wealth of Nations is a free associationof independent countries and other political unitsthat have lived under British law and governmentA. that have a large number