英语国家概况试题
I．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．Choo the one that you think best completes the statement or answers the question．Write the letter of the answer you have chon in the corresponding space on the answer sheet．(50 points, 1 point for each)
I. Multiple Choice Questions. (50 points, 1 point for each)
1. Which of the following statements is NOT true about Britain?
A. Great Britain and England are geographical names.
B. The official name of Britain is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
C. Britain has four political divisions on the island of Great Britain.
D. British Empire was replaced by the British Commonwealth in 1931.
2. The successful Roman invasion took place in ______, headed by ______.
A. 43 AD, the Emperor Claudius B. 43 AD, Julius Caesar
C. 55 BC, Julius Caesar D. 55 BC, the Emperor Claudius
3. During the fifth century when the Roman Empire fell, the Germanic ______ invaded and conquered Britain.
A. Angles and Celts B. Angles and Picts
C. Angles and Britons D. Angles and Saxons
4. In the year 597, England began to be Christianized. It was mainly due to the work of ______.
A. St. Augustine B. Constantine
C. Pope Gregory D. Ethelbert, king of Kent
5. ______ is regarded by many Englishmen as the foundation of English liberties.
A. The beginning of British Parliament
B. The People’s Charter
C. The Petition of Right
D. Magna Carta of 1215
6. ______ is known as “the father of the British navy” as he founded a strong fleet which first beat the Danes at a.
A. Ethelred B. Alfred
C. William D. Edward
7. Which of the following is NOT true about “Domesday Book”?
A. It was compiled to discover how much to be called upon to pay by taxes.
B. It was so called becau it emed to the English like the Book of Doom ud on Judgment Day.
C. It was completed as the result of a general survey of England.
D. it is kept in the public library in London.
8. The Lollards were ______ who had played a very important role in the Peasant Uprising of 1381.
A. poor priests and itinerant preachers B. poets and writers
C. merchants D. craftsmen
9. The word Renaissance is from ______, meaning “rebirth”, and was first applied by the ______ historian Jakob Burckhardt in 1860.
A. English, Swiss B. French, Italian
C. French, Swiss D. English, Italian
10. The significance of the Wars of the Ros was all the following EXCEPT that ______.
A. feudalism received its death blow
B. the king’s power now became limited
C. the great medieval nobility was much weakened
D. no less than 80 nobles of royal blood were killed in the wars
11. The Religious Reformation in England was led by King ______, and the direct cau was his divorce ca with ______.
A. Henry VIII, Catherine of Aragon B. Henry Tudor, Elizabeth of York
C. Henry II, Eleanor of Aquitaine D. Henry I, Matilda
12. Which of the following statements is NOT true about Elizabeth I?
A. Elizabeth I broke Mary’s ties with Rome.
B. Elizabeth I restored her father’s independent Church of England.
C. Elizabeth I’s religious reform was a compromi of views.
D. Elizabeth I’s religious ttlement was acceptable to both extreme Protestants and ardent Catholics.
13. After the Restoration, British Parliament pasd a ries of vere laws called ______ against the Puritans, now known as Nonconformists.
