中南财经政法大学2010 –2011学英语零基础学年第一学期
期末考试试卷
课程名称：《英语国家国情》 （A）卷 书面检讨
课程代号： 动物名字
考试形式：闭卷、笔试
使用对象：商务英语辅修08级
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Plea write down all your answers on the Answer Sheets.
Directions: Read the following unfinished statements or questions carefully. For each unfinished statement or question four suggested answers A, B, C and D are given. Choo the one you think best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. The British Isles are made up of ___________.
A. three large islands and hundreds of small ones.
B. three large islands and dozens of small ones.
C. two large islands and hundreds of small ones.
D. two large islands and dozens of small ones.
2. The Commonwealth of Nations is an association of independent countries and other political units ____________.
A. that have lived under British law and government
B. that have a large number of British immigrants
C. that have clo relations with Britain.
D. that have fought on the side of Britain in the two world wars.
3. The United States is _____.
A. the most populous country in the world.
B. the cond most populous country in the world.
C. the third most populous country in the world.
D. the fourth most populous country in the world.
4. Which branch of the American government has the power to interpret the Constitution?
A. The Supreme Court B. President
C. The Hou D. The Senate
5. The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by _____ during the Civil War.
A. George Washington B. Abraham Lincoln.
C. Thomas Jefferson D Franklin Roovelt.
6. The British established 13 colonies along____.
A. the west coast of North America
B. the west coast of South America
C. the east coast of North America.
D. the east coast of South America.
7. There are ______ political divisions on the island of Great Britain.
A. one B. two C. three D. four
8. England occupies the largest, _______ part of Great Britain.
A. eastern B. western C. southern D. northern
9. The name of the Hundred Years’ War is given to the intermittent war between France and England that lasted ______.
A. from 1137 to 1253 B. from 1237 to 1353
C. from 1337 to 1453 D. from 1437 to 1553
10. Ministers are appointed by the queen on the recommendation of ______.
A. the Hou Speaker B. The Party Chairman
C. The Prime Mister D. The Lord Chancellor
11. Compulsory education begins at ______ in Great Britain.
A. four B. five C. six D. ven
12. ______ of Virginia drafted the Declaration of Independence.
A. Paul Revere B. George Washington
C. George Cornwallis D. Thomas Jefferson
13. In the United States, ______ is a leading commercial crop in the South.
A. cotton B. tobacco C. peanut D. apple
14. In the United States, the President shares certain lawmaking powers with
______.
A. Ministers B. Congress
C. the Chief Justice D. Vice President
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15. In the United States, the Senate is compod of ______ members from each state as provided by the Constitution.
A. two B. three C. four D. five
16. All the states have laws that require children to go to school, generally until the age of ______, unless they are verely handicapped.
A. 15 B. 16 C. 17 D. 18
17. The first National Thanksgiving Day was t on November 26, 1789 by ______ in his inauguration.
A. George Washington B. Abraham Lincoln
C. Thomas Jefferson D. Andrew Jackson
马俊昀18. Britain does not share land border with any other countries except _____.
A. France B. Holland
C. Italy D. the Republic of Ireland
19. The Capitol Hill is often ud to stand for _____ in news report.
A. the U.S. Department of Defen B. the U.S. Senate
C. the U.S. treasure department D. the U.S. congress
20. The continuation of the British monarch was broken only during _____.
A. the Bourgeois Revolution B. the Chartist Movement
C. the War of Ros D. World War II
21. Who were the ancestors of the English and the founders of England?
A. the Anglo-Saxons B. the Normans
C. the Vikings D. the Romans
22. Britain has a favorable _____ climate.
A. maritime B. continental
C. dry D. cold
23. About ____ of the British people go in for agriculture today.
A. 2% B. 10%
C. 30% D. 5%
24. The head of the Church of England is the _____.
A. Pope B. Bishop C. Parliament D. King/queen
25. The _____ Revolution of 1688 marked the real beginning of the English constitutional monarchy.
A. Puritan B. Glorious C. Industrial D. Agricultural
26. The first two political parties in Britain were the _____ and _____.
A. Liberals; Conrvatives B. Lollards; Puritans
C. Roundheads; Protestants D. Whigs; Tories
27. As a result of the Industrial Revolution, Britain became the “______” by the mid-nineteenth century.
A. colonists’ country B. imperialist country
C. workshop of the world D. leader of the world
28. Demands of the Chartist Movement were included in a document known as the _____.
A. Great Charter B. People’s Charter清炒绿豆芽
C. Parliament Act D. Combination Act
29. Margaret Thatcher carried out the economic policy of _____ to revitalize British economy in the 1980s.
A. collectivization B. privatization
C. nationalization D. government control
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30. The British Industrial Revolution began with ____ industry.
A. steam engine B. ship-building
C. textile D. electricity
31. Many people ud to liken America to _____ with regard to the American people and culture.
A. a land of opportunity B. a melting pot
C. hell D. heaven
32. The ____ River forms a natural boundary between Mexico and the United States.
A. Ohio B. Missouri C. Colorado D. Rio Grande
33. All the five Great Lakes are located between Canada and the United States except Lake _____.
A. Huron B. Ontario C. Superior D. Michigan
34. The Americans are said to be a nation ____ becau most of them have private cars and they like to travel.
A. of automobiles B. dependent on cars
C. on wheels D. relying on cars
35. _____ played the major role in winning America’s independence from Britain.
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A. WASPs B. Chicanos
C. New Yorkers D. European immigrants
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Directions: Read each of the following statements carefully and e if it is true or fal. Put T if you think it is true or F if you think it is fal.
( ) 1. The commonwealth is a free association of independent countries that were once colonies of the United States.
( ) 2. The North Atlantic Drift pass the western coast of the British Isles and warms them.
( ) 3. Although the Peasant Uprising of 1581 was brutally suppresd, it had far-reaching significance in English history.
( ) 4. Political change in England did not come through gradual reform but through revolu
tion.
西南交通大学邮箱( ) 5. The Queen is the center of much of the nation’s ceremonial and, by ancient tradition, the leader of society.
( ) 6. Thanksgiving Day is an annual day of thanks for the blessings people have enjoyed during the year.
( ) 7. Martin Luther King was a black minister, who became a great leader of the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s.
( ) 8. The federal government influences education and contributes financially to its development and it has control over educational policy and practice across the states.
( ) 9. The Constitution requires the President to be a natural-born American citizen at least 35 years of age.
( ) 10. The middle Atlantic is the nation’s leading center of heavy industry.
