抄送英文英语国家概况期末试卷样本

2021年1月20日发(作者：polarized)
科目：
《英语国家概况》
（
A
卷）

Final Examination on
A Guide to English-Speaking Countries

一
Multiple choice ( 30
’
)
(D ) 1 As a result of the Black Death, much land was left untended and
there was a terrible shortage of ___ in England.
A grain B farm tools C houses D labor
(
D
)
2 In
the
late
17th
century,
two
of
most
famous
literary
works
were
Pilgrim
’
s Progress
and _________ .
A
the Jew of Malta
B
the School of Archery

C
Novum Organum
D
Paradise Lost
(C )
3. In
1836,
a
group
of
skilled
workers
and
_____
formed
the
London
Working Men
’
s Association.
A

householders


B

tenants



C

small
shopkeepers

D

office
workers
( C ) 4. In the Industrial Revolution, changes occurred earliest and
quickest in the industry of ______.
A. pottery B hardware C textiles D chemicals
( C ) 5. In Britain police officers are not allowed to join ________ or
to go on strike.
A a
choir B a
political
party C a
trade
union D a
club
(B ) 6 The Great Carter of 1215 is also known as _________.
A People
’
s Charter B Magna Carta
C King
’
s Charter D the Declaration of human rights
(B ) 7 Henry
Ⅱ
was the first king of the ________ dynasty.
A Malcolm B Plantagenet C Windsor D Tudor
( A) 8. __________ is the most typically English of sports
A Cricket B Golf C Tennis D Horse-racing
(
A
)
9. By
the
Treaty
of
______
of
1842,
China
ceded
_______
to
Britain.
A Nanjing, Hong Kong B Tianjing, Hong Kong
C Nanjing, Macau D Tianjing, Macau
( D ) 10. In _______, the name Great Britain came into being.
A 1689 B 1702 C 1701 D 1707
(
C
)
11.
The
serious
economic
crisis
in
the
late
1920s
and
the
beginning
of 1930s was first brought about by ___.
A the farm failure B the bank failures
C the stock market crash D the high unemployment
( D ) 12
．
What are the problems that the U.S. economy has faced from
time to time?
A Inflation B
Depressions C Recessions D all
of
the
above
( A ) 13
．
The real American literature began________.
A

after
the
war
of
Independence




B

after
the
Westward
Movement
C after the Civil War D after the Civil Rights
Movement
( A ) 14. In 1900, the United States ranked first in the production of
____ .
A coal B electricity C oil D wheat
(
D
)
15. In
the
United
States,
if
the
parents
don
’
t
send
their
children
to school at certain age, ________ .
A the state government will be responsible for it
B they will educate the children themselves
C they can save a lot of money D they are breaking the law
( D ) 16. The U.S. and China established their diplomatic relations in
_____.
A 1974 B 1972 C 1978 D 1979
(
C )
17 In his
inaugural speech, ______
said that
“
the only thing
we
have to fear is fear itself.
”

A Woodrow Wilson B Theodore Roosevelt
C Franklin D. Roosevelt D George Washington
(C ) 18. One of the characteristics of the American people is _______
and it is said they are always ______.
A liberty, debating B aggressiveness, starting wars
C mobility, on the move D greediness, making money
( D ) 19. Hemingway
’
s most famous masterpiece was ______.
A
The Sun Also Rises
B
A Farewell to Arms
C
For Whom the Bell Tolls
D
Old Man and the Sea
(D )
20.
The
system
of
higher
education
in
the
U.
S.
has
three
principle
functions except ____-.
A teaching B research C public service D individual
service
following
statements
are
T
(true)
or
F
(false)
according
to
what
you
have
learned. (10
’
)
(T )
1
There
are
three
political
divisions
on
the
island
of
Great
Britain:
Scotland, Wales and England.
(
F
)
2
Under
William
’
s
rule,
the
freeman
were
at
the
bottom
of
the
feudal
system.
(F ) 3 The English Civil War is also called the Glorious Revolution.
( F ) 4 In U.K, a Parliament has a maximum duration of 4 years.
( T ) 5 Christmas Day, December 25th, celebrates the birth of Christ,
and is the greatest of Christian festivals.
(F ) 6 Chicago is known as the automobile capital of the world.
(
T
)
7
Between
1850
and1880,
many
early
Chinese
immigrants
to
the
United
States worked in the mining industry, especially in the gold mines.
( T ) 8 The Pilgrims built a colony named Plymouth after they arrived
in America.
(F ) 9. The longest war that the United States has fought is the Civil
War.
(T

)
10.
Higher
education
in
the
U.S
consists
of
six
types
of
institutions.

三
Fill in the following blanks: (10
’
)
1
In
1066,
England
was
conquered
by
the
__
Norman___________
who
were
led
by William the Conqueror.
2
The
greatest
writer
in
the
English
language
is
___Shakespeare_________________ .
3 In criminal trials in Britain, the issue of guilt or innocence is to
be decided by the ___ jury __ while sentence is to be passed by the __
judge_____________ .
4 The dominant broadcasting corporation in Britain is __ BBC__________,
which is controlled by the state.
5
The
most
famous
leader
of
the
American
Civil
Rights
movement
in
the
1960s
was ___Martin Luther King___________________.
6 The U.S. system of government has two layers of rule. They are the
__Federal_________ government and the __ State ____ government.
7. The National Day of the United States is _ 4, July_____.
8
Between
1946
and
1961,
more
than
63
million
babies
were
born
in
the
United
States, who were known as the __baby boom____________ generation.

四
Give
a
one-sentence
answer
to
each
of
the
following
questions.
(30
’
)
1 What is the official name of Britain?




2 What were the main causes of the Hundred Years
’
War?





3 What are the primary sources of British law?





4 How was the 1920s in the United States described by many historians?