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2021年1月20日发(作者：花坛)
1.

Lord Byron distinguished himself by the musical quality of his short poems
，
such as
“
Ode to
the West Wind
”
.

2.

Jane Austen was a well-known novelist of the stream of consciousness school.

3.

Joseph Conrad is classified as a forerunner of Modernism, which prevailed before World War
2.

4.

In
Ireland


,
both
the
house
of
representatives
and
the
senate
have
the
power
of
making
laws .

5.

English
is
the only official language in
Ireland ,because the majority of
people speak it as
there mother tongue.

6.

Catholicism in Ireland is more than a mere matter of private faith.

7.

The British history before 55 BC is basically undocumented.
8.

The Celts became the dominant group in Britain between the 8
th
and 5
th
centuries BC.
9.

The name of Britain came from Britain in the mid-5
th
century.
10.

The Anglo-Saxons came to Britain in the mid-5
th
century.
11.

Many American people approved of the Vietnam War.

12.

According
to
the
American
administration,
Saddam
Hussein
and
Osama
bin
Laden
were
responsible for the terrorist event on September11, 2001.
13.

Although slavery was abolished as a result of the Civil War , the owners of plantations in the
South made more profits from selling their agricultural products.

14.

President Roosevelt's New Deal
had little effect
in
dealing with
the
economic crisis
in
the
early 1930s.

15.

The longest river of Britain originates in Wales.

16.

Because of political troubles ,in Northern Ireland has been quite significant among the four
constituent parts of the United Kingdom.

17.

Thought the climate in Britain is generally mild, the temperature in northern Scotland often
falls below -10°
C in January.

18.

Limited resources and high unemployment rate were persistent problems that prevented rapid
economic development in Britain.

19.

Thatcher's revolution turned out to be a great success in dealing with all the British economic
and social problems.

20.

Hamlet depicts the hero
’
s struggle with two opposing forces
：
moral integrity and the need to
avenge his father
’
s murder.

21.

Alexander Pope was a great English poet who also translated Homer
’
s Iliad.T
22.

The Maori language is one of the official languages in New Zealand.
23.

New Zealand is mainly composed of two islands in the Pacific Ocean.
24.

In
World
War
Ⅰ
,
all
members
of
the
Australia
armed
forces
who
served
overseas
were
volunteers.
25.


lia's government system mainly reflects the British model of liberal democracy.
26.

party or group of parties with a majority in the House of Representatives forms the
government in Australia.
26. The Australian Constitution can be changed either by government's will or by referendum.
27.

In Australia the King or Queen of Britain serves as the symbolic head of state.
28.

Australia suffered a great depression in the end of the 19
th
century.





29.

It was Britain that helped protect Australia from the Japanese in the Battle of the Coral Sea
during World War
Ⅱ
.




(


F


)

30.

American presidential campaign adheres to the


31.

American foreign policy throughout the World War 2 was neutrality.




32.

.The Civil War not only put an end to slavery ,but also decided that America was a single
indivisible nation.
33.

In terms of landmass, Australia is the six largest country in the world.


The full name of Britain is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
34.


35.

The development of English language can be divided into three periods: old English, middle
English and Modern English
36.

By the late 7
th
century. Roman Christianity become the dominant religion in Britain
37.

Bill
of
Rights,
which
limited
the
power
of
the
monarch
and
guaranteed
the
authority
of
Parliament
38.

The enclosure movement deprived many small landowners of their property.
39.

By
the
middle
of
the
19
th

century,
the
Industrial
Revolution
was
accomplished
in
Britain.
Many new cities sprang up, such as Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham and Sheffield.
40.

In East
Asia, the Britain government
waged the
Opium
War in
1842, whereby Hong kong
was ceded to British and five ports were opened for the purposes of trade.
41.

A
conflict
of
interests
and
colonial
rivalry
divided
Europe
into
two
camps:
the
Central
powers and the Allied Powers
42.

The British Constitution is made up of three main parts: Statutory Law, Common Law and
Conventions.
43.

As
a
parliamentary
democracy
,
the
British
government
is
characterized
by
a
division
of
powers among the legislature, the executive, and the judiciary

44.

The 20
th
century English literature can be roughly divided into two periods: modernism _and
postmodernism
45.

The Great Plains stretches form
The

Great

Lakes

__in north to the Gulf of Mexico in
the south.
46.

The native Alaskan population includes the Eskimos, the Indians and

The Aleuts __.
47.

Chinatown in _ San Francisco _is the largest Chinese settlement in the United States.
48.

Chicago _served as the
main connection between the eastern coast
cites and the west
also
named ‘The Windy City'.
49.

The first people on the American continent from _ Asia __as 20,000 years ago.
50.

The great victory at

Saratoga _was the turning point of the war of independence.
51.

With
the
signing
of
_
Treaty
of
Paris
_in
1783,
the
United
States
of
America
won
its
independence.
52.

A Representative serves for a term of _ two years

_years.
53.

Harvard
University
_has
grown
from
nine
students
with
a
single
master
to
enrollment
of
more
than
19,000
degree
candidates,
including
undergraduate
and
students
in
10
principle
units.


1.

_B is the capital city of Scotland.



A. Belfast



B. Edinburgh



C. Aberdeen

D. Cardiff

2. Among the four parts of the United Kingdom ,_D

is the smallest.



A. England


B. Scotland




C. Wales


D. Northern Ireland

3. A is NOT included in the modernist group.
A. Oscar Wild





















B. Virginia Woolf
C. William Butler Yeats






D.

4. C is the largest party in Ireland since 1932 and has been in power for most of the time in the
Party's history

A. Fine Gael







B.


The Labor Party

C. Fianna Fail


D.


The Progressive Democratic Party


5. Emigration in Ireland started as early as in the C

A. medieval period


B. 17
th
century

C. Great Famine





D. early 18
th
century


54.

The United States has__C_ states on the continent.




A.50






B.49








C.48



D.35

55.

The largest river in the U.S. Is___B____.
A.

the Missouri River








B. the Mississippi River
B.

the Ohio River















D. the Colorado River

8. The first successful English colony in North America was founded at C in
＿

A. Jamestown, Louisiana



B. Boston, Massachusetts

C. Jamestown, Virginia






D. Plymouth, Georgia

9. The following inventions took place during the
“
second industrial revolution
”
Except (D

)

A. typewriter















B. telephone


C. electric light











D. refrigerator

10. Among the following tourist attractions, _C___ can be seen from the moon.
A. the Gold Coast



















B. Uluru

C. the Great Barrier Reef








D. the Sydney Opera House
11. __A____ were the first group of people who arrived on the island of New Zealand.

A. Maoris












B. Europeans


C. Australians






D. Chinese

12. _B__is/are mainly responsible for education in Australia.
A. Federal government









B. State government

C. Territory assemblies









D. Municipal governments

13.
The
Howard
government's
foreign
policy
was
based
on
relation
with
four
key
countries ,namely,__A_____.
A. the U.S, Japan, Britain, China






B. the U.S, Japan, China, Indonesia
C. the U.S, Japan, , Indonesia











D. the U.S, Britain, China, Indonesia

14. The first time that Australia developed a foreign policy independent of Britain was _C_____.
A. after the established of the Commonwealth of Australia. B. during the Great Depression of the
1930s.
C. during the Pacific War in World War 2.



























D. after World War1.

15. Of the following, ___D_____ is NOT characteristic of Mark Twain's works.
A. colloquial speech










B. a sense of humor
C. a realistic view














D. an idealistic view
16. Of the following writers, __D______ is NOT included in the group of naturalists.
A. Stephen Crane













B. Frank Norris
C. Theodore Dreiser












D. Herman Melville
17. F. Scott Fitzgerald's finest novel is ___C_______, and its theme is about ____C____.
A.
The Great Gatsby
, the American Dream
B.
Tender is the Night
, love
C.
Tales of the Jazz Age
, the loss of oneself
D.
The Beautiful and the Damned
, the evil of human nature
18. Of the following books, __B_______ is NOT written by Ernest Hemingway.
A.
The Sun Also Rises















B.
The Sound and the Fury

C.
A Farewell to Arms















D.
For Whom the Bell Tolls

19. Of the following writers, ____A______ is NOT a Nobel Prize winner.
A. Alice Walker
















B. Ernest Hemingway
C. William Faulkner













D. Eugene O'Neill
20. ____B______ is the first African- American winner of the Nobel Prize for literature.
A. Ralph Ellison

















B. Tony Morrison
C. Richard Wright
















D. James Baldwin

56.


(A)__is the lowest point in Australia.

A. Lake Eyre








B. The Great Artesian Basin
C. Mount Kosciuszko






D. The Great Dividing Range



57.


Waiting for Godot is written by ( A

).

A. Samuel Beckett







B. George Orwell



C. William Golding




D. ce

58.

Of the following books,_B___is NOT written by Ernest Hemingway.


A. The Sun Also Rises


B. The Sound and the Fury


C. A Farewell to Arms



D. For Whom the Bell Tolls


24. The movement to gain recognition of Aboriginal rights was started in the (B)_





A. 1950s

B. 1960s




C. 1970s

D. 1980s