（完整版）英语国家概况试题库
英语国家概况试题库
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. (10%)
1. The Constitution of the United States was framed in Philadelphia in _________.
A. 1776
死灵法师英文B. 1783
C. 1787
D. 1620
2. In the United States, the Department of ______ advis the President on foreign relations.
A. Defen
B. State
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D. Labor
3. Reprentatives in the Unites States are elected _________.
A. annually
B. every two years
C. every three years
D. every four years
4. Which of the following has the power to make federal laws and levy federal taxes?
A. The executive
B. The legislative
C. The judicial
D. The president
5. The New Deal was started by ________.
A. Franklin D. Roovelt
B. J. F. Kennedy
C. George Washington
D. Thomas Jefferson
6. Which of the following is NOT regarded as one of the three basic religious beliefs?
翻来覆去的说A. Protestantism
B. Catholicism
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D. Judaism涤荡
7. Which of the following is NOT a power of the President in the U.S.?
A. To veto the bills pasd by the Congress
B. To appoint federal judges when vacancies occur
C. To propo legislation to the Congress
D. To make laws
8. The first Catholic President in the U.S. was _______.
A. John F. Kennedy
B. George Washington
C. Abraham Lincoln
D. George W. Bush
9. Due to his firm belief in non-violent peaceful protest in the spirit of India’s leader Gandhi, _______ was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
A. Malcolm X
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B. John F. Kennedy
C. Martin Luther King, Jr.
D. James Farmer
10. In 1972, U.S. President _____ made a trip to China to improve relations with the
People’s Republic of China.
A. Carter
B. Truman
C. Bush
D. Nixon
11. ________ were the ancestors of the English and the founders of England.
A. The Anglo-Saxons
B. The Normans
C. The Danish Vikings
D. The Romans
12. ________ is the smallest of the four parts of Great Britain.
A. England
B. Wales
C. Scotland
D. Northern Ireland
13. All of the following are major national parties in Great Britain except ________.
A. the Conrvative Party
B. the Labour Party
C. the Liberal Democrats
D. the Republican Party
14. In Britain, a “vote of no confidence” is decided by _________.
A. the Hou of Commons
B. the Hou of Lords
C. the two major parties
D. the Prime Minister
15. In Britain, the great majority of parents nd their children to ___________.
A. private schools
B. independent schools
C. state schools
to planD. public schools
16. Through the examination called “the 11 plus”, students with academic potential go to _____.
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A. grammar schools
B. comprehensive schoolsapparent
C. public schools
D. technical schools
17. Which of the following is not involved in making the foreign policy in Britain?
A. The Queen
B. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office
C. The Prime Minister and the Cabinet
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D. The Ministry of Defence and the Treasury
18. Which group of people CANNOT vote in the general election?
A. Members in the Hou of Commons
B. Lords in the Hou of Lords
C. The UK citizens above the age of 18
D. The UK resident citizens of the Irish Republic
19. Halloween is celebrated on __________.
A. October 31st
B. November 5th
C. March 17th
D. December 25th
20. All of the following was invented in Britain except ________.
A. football
B. tennis
C. basketball
D. cricket
II. Define terms
1. Bill of Rights in the United States
[The Bill of Rights consists of the first ten amendments which were added to the Constitution in 1791. It was pasd to guarantee freedom and individual rights such as freedom of speech, the right to asmble in public places, the right to own weapons and so on.]
2. Judicial review
[Judicial review refers to the power of the Supreme Court to decide whether congressional legislation or executive action violates the Constitution.]
3. The strategy of preemption in U.S. foreign policy
[It is also known as the Bush Doctrine. In an address delivered to the West Point graduates, President Bush, for the first time, put forward the strategy of preemption. By pr
eemption, the US means that when it determines that a country which is repressive and hostile to the US has acquired or produced weapons of mass destruction or has the potential to have such weapons, the US should u force to remove this threat to US curity and should not wait till the danger becomes imminent or until the US is attacked.]
