英语国家社会与文化期末试题三
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英语国家社会与文化期末试题三（燕山大学）发布人：圣才学习网发布日期：2010-08-21 10:32
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I.Fill in the blanks（20 points）
1.Britain consists of（1）nations，including England，（2），（3），and（4）.2.To pursue Irish independence，the most spectacular event in the Irish history was（5）
of 1916，in which the rebels occupied Dublin’s（6）and forced the British to take it
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by military means.3.The U.S.federal government consists of the following three branches： the（7），the（8）and the（9）.4.A government in Britain cannot stand for longer than（10）years except in exceptional
circumstances.5.（11）was not conquered by the Romans，nor was it conquered by Anglo-Saxons.6.The UK economy can be broken down into three main areas：（12）industries，（13）
industries and（14）industries.In Pharmaceuticals，the British company GlaxoWellcome is the
biggest（15）company in the world.ICI is the cond largest（16）manufacturer in the
world.7.（17）t up the colony of Pennsylvania in America.（18）t up the colony of
Maryland.8.One of the developments brought about by the Industrial Revolution in America is the
emergence of new forms of business organizations，notably the（19）and the（20）.II.Choo the correct answer from each of the following，and write down the
3g什么意思corresponding letter in the brackets.（20 points）
（）1.Which of the following statements about the UK economy is NOT true？
（A）Britain remains one of the Group of Seven large industrial economies.（B）Britain has experienced a relative economic decline since 1945.（C）There has been a period of steady decreasing of living standards.（D）Some smaller economies have overtaken the UK in terms of output per capita.（）2.Which of the following livestock has the biggest number in the UK？
（A）beef cattle
（B）diary cattle
（C）chicken
（D）sheep
（）3.The “American system” of mass production was first ud in.（B）textile industry（A）car industry
（C）firearms industry（D）
agriculture
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（）4.The latest technology that American farmers have adopted is.（A）artificial fertilizers（B）
pesticide
（C）tractors
（D）computers
（）5.Which group of people can NOT vote in the general election in Great Britain？
（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（）6.Who is the last leader of the Labor party in Great Britain at prent？
（A
C））John Harold（B）Tony Blair Major（（D）Margaret Thatcher Wilson
（）7.The following were some of the characteristics of Protestantism except.（A）challenging the authority of the Pope
（B）salvation through faith
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全是我的错（C）salvation through the church
（D）establishing a direct contact with God
upgrade now（）8.Both public and private universities in the United States depend on the following
sources of income except.（B）student tuition陨落星辰第一季下载
（（AC））investmentendowments
（D）government funding
（）9.In the United States school systems，which of the following divisions is true？
（A）elementary school，grammar school（B）elementary school，junior high school（C）elementary school，condary school（D）junior high school，nior high school
（）10.The expenditure in American public schools is guided or decided by.（A teachers（B）students
（C）headmasters（D）boards of education
III.Answer the following questions briefly.1.What are the major invasions in the British history？（8 points）
2.What are the three major national parties in Great Britain？ And what are the two major
political parties in the U.S.？（5 points）
3.Who cannot vote in the general election in the U.K.？（4 points）
4.What is the background in the 16th and 17th century Europe against which the colonistsfun学网
began to t up permanent ttlements in North America？（6 points）
IV.Matching（10 points）动名词
The left column is a list of people’s names，and the right one is some information about
the people.Match them and write down the letter of the information on the line before the
names.1.Robert Burnsa.the UK’s first woman
Prime Minister and the former leader of the Conrvative Party
2.King Haroldb.the king of England in the
5th century and united the British and drove the Saxons back
takizawa3.William Pennc.the leader of the SCLC
during the civil rights movement of the 1960s in the U.S.4.Lord Baltimore IId.an outlaw who hid himlf in the forest and robbed from the rich to give the poor
