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2021年1月20日发(作者：consequences)
I. Choice
1.
The longest river in Britain is the ________ River.

[A] Severn
[B] Thames

[C] Mersey
[D] Humber
2.
The Lake District is well-known for________.

[A] its wild and beautiful scenery
[B] its varied lakes

[C] the lake Poets
[D] all of the above three
3.
Which of the following is NOT the feature of British climate?

[A] Coldness.
[B] More rainy days.

[C] Changeability .
[D] More fogs.


4.

The two main islands of the British Isles are____



Britain and Ireland











d and Scotland



Britain and Northern Ireland



Britain and England
5.
The established church of Britain is ________.

[A] The Church of Scotland
[B] Free churches

[C] The United Reformed Church

[D] The Church of England
5.
Easter is kept, commemorating the ________of Jesus Christ.

[A] coming
[B] birth

[C] death
[D] resurrection
6.
Under Mrs. Thatcher, British economy in 1980s gradually ________.

[A] declined
[B] recessed

[C] recovered
[D] went down
7.
Tertiary industry does NOT include ________.

[A] retailing
[B] insurance

[C] electronics
[D] banking
8.
In
Britain,
government
cannot
spend
any
money
without
the
permission
of
________.

[A] the Queen
[B] the Prime Minister

[C] the House of Commons
[D] the House of Lords
9.
________ is seen
as the party of the “middle”, occupying the ideological ground
between the two main parties in U.K.

[A] The Conservative
[B] The Labour

[C] The Liberal Democratic
[D] The Tory
12. In 43 A.D. Romans under ________ conquered Britain.

[A] Julius Caesar
[B] Claudius

[C] Augustine
[D] the Pope
13.
________ launched the Hundred Years’ War.


[A] Edward I
[B] Edward II

[C] Edward III
[D] Henry III
14. Black Death to some extent brought ________ to villains.

[A] higher wages
[B] greater freedom

[C] better life
[D] both A and B
15. The British Industrial Revolution first began in the________ industry.

[A] iron and steel
[B] textile

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[C] coal-mining
[D] ship- building
16. The English people are descendants of ________.

[A] Celts
[B] Romans

[C] Anglo-Saxons
[D] Danes

17. The central bank in Britain is ________.

[A] Lloyd
[B] Barclay

[C] Midland
[D] the Bank of England
18. All the government ministers of Britain must be members of ________.

[A] the House of Lords
[B] the House of Commons

[C] the Privy Council
[D] Parliament.
19.____is at the center of the Britain political system.




Cabinet














House of Lords






House of Commons




Privy Council
20. The party that has the majority of seats in ________ will form the government.

[A] the House of Commons
[B] the House of Lords

[C] the Privy Council
[D] the Cabinet
21. In
the
middle
of
fifth
century,
Anglo-Saxons
came
from
the
region
of
________
and the Low Countries and settled in Britain.

[A] Denmark
[B] Norway

[C] Germany
[D] Holland
22 .The____marked the establishment of feudalism in England.




invasions











g of the Magna Carta




Conquest










on of common law
23. Wars
of
Roses
were
fought
________
between
the
Lacastrians
and
the
Yorkists
from 1455 to 1465.

[A] constantly
[B] irregularly

[C] continuously
[D] intermittently
24. The first British colony was ________.

[A] New England
[B] Newfoundland

[C] West Indies
[D] India
26. The British Empire reached the peak of its colonial expansion after the ________ .

[A] Anglo- Boer War
[B] the First Opium War

[C] World War I
[D] World War II
27. Which of the following is NOT the feature of imperialism?

[A] foreign territorial expansion.
[B] export of capital.

[C] free competition.
[D] monopoly.
the four parts of the United Kingdom,___is the smallest.




d

nd




Ireland
most significant achievement of the English Renaissance is_____


























et
30
.At present,nearly___of the world’s population communicate in England.






B.a quarter

-third

-fifth

2

32.____was passed after the Glorious Revolution
Bill of Right




Act of Supremacy
Provisions of Oxford




Magna Carta
importance of the Britain monarchy can be seen in its effect on____
g
bills


ng
the
goverment







cal


parties












attitude
lly

speaking, the Britain Parliament operates on a____ system.
-party

-party

-party


-party
Britain, the parliamentary general election is held every__
_
_years.









37.____ of the energy consumed in Britain are provided by coal mining industry.
-third


-fourth

-fifth
-thirds


the

following

sectors

in

Britain,____has
experience

spectacular

growth

since

the

end

World

War

II.

lture














energy

industry



service

sector



D. the

manufacturing

industry
39The

following

Christmas

traditions

particularly

British

EXCEPT
＿＿＿
.


ng

the

Color




Queen’Christmas

message





Day













Christmas

pantomime

g

for

Godot

is

written

by
＿＿＿







Beckeet
















Orwell




m


Golding












ch


most

significant

achievement

of

the

English

Renaissance

is
＿

























et
42. Over____of British children receive primary and secondary education through the
independent system.




A.5
％






B.6
％






C.7
％






D.8
％

43.____ is Britain's top pay-television provider.

















44.(


) is sold especially to the upper or upper
–
middle class and has a reputation for
its serious attitude and great bulk.



Observer
















New York Times



York Daily News









Daily Telegraph

rapid
economic
development
following
the(

)laid
the
groundwork
for
the
modern U.S industrial economy




A .world war l





B. world war ll









C. civil war







-Japanese wa
r

46.
America
produces
a
major
portion
of
the
world’products
in
the
following
fields

EXCEPT ______
ortation


e






als
continental United States has
（

）
states.
A.50

B.49

C.48

D.35
longest river in the U.S is_.
Missouri River


Mississippi River

3
Ohio River






Lake Itasca

get
a
bachelor's
degree,all
undergraduate
students
are
required
to
do
the
following EXCEPT(


)

ing lectures and completing assignments
g examinations
g for communities
g a certain number of credits

ent
_____introduced
the
New
Deal
to
deal
with
the
problems
of
the
Great
Depression




A,Wilson




B ,Truman





C ,Roosevelt





D ,Kennedy


52.(

)is regarded as the
“father
of American literature
Fenimore Cooper Waldo Emerson
Jefferson


gton Irving

the following,( )is not characteristic of Mark Twain's works


A colloquial speech B. a sense of humor
C a realistic view
D. an idealistic view

1783 the British and the Americans signed ________
，
and the United States of
America won its independence.
A.

the Act of Union















B. Treaty of Lexington
C. Declaration of Independence






D. Treaty of Paris

U.S Constitution came into effect in (


)

A1787



B1789



C1791



D1793





terms for a Senator and Repressentive are (



)and (



)years respectively.
A. two ,four







,three



,six









,two
ment in the (

)sector has been increasing in the U.S .since the 1970s



e

lture

cturing

-tech


58. the seven years 'war occurred between (

)

Athe French and the American Indians
B .the French and the Spanish
C .the French and the British
D .the British and the American Indians
policy of the united states was ( )at the begining of the two world wars.


A .neutrality









B .full involvement
C .partial involvement D .appeasement
61.______is regarded as the
“father
of American literature
Fenimore Cooper

s Dickens
Jefferson






gton Irving
following Christmas traditions particularly British is
＿＿
.

ng the Color







e Night

Day












D.
Macy’s
Day Parade

the following writers,(

) is NOT a Nobel Prize winner.




Walker











Hemingway
m Faulkner








O'Neill
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