全国2009年4月高等教育自学考试英语国家概况试题
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1.Strictly speaking, "the British Isles" refers to_______.
A.Great Britain
B.Ireland
C.the United Kingdom
D.Great Britain and Ireland

2.Which of the following kings was responsible for the complete establishment of the feudal system in England?（　　）
A.Edward I
B.Henry II
C.Alfred the Great
D.William the Conqueror

3.The spirit of the Great Charter was ______.
A.a limitation of the powers of the king
B.a guarantee of the freedom of the serfs
C.a limitation of the powers of the Church
D.a declaration of equality among all people

4.Which of the following is NOT true about the result of the Black Death?
A.Much land was left untended.
B.There was a terrible shortage of labour.
C.The surviving peasants had lost their power of bargaining.
D.Landowners tended to change from arable to sheep-farming.

5.The War of Roses that took place from 1455 to 1485 was fought between ______.
A.Britain and France
B.the Parliament and the Crown
C.the working people and the aristocrats
D.two branches of the Plantagenet family

6.The English Renaissance was largely literary, and it achieved its finest expression in the so-called ______.
A.Romantic poetry
B.Romantic fiction
C.Elizabethan poetry
D.Elizabethan drama

7.British constitutional monarchy is a system under which the powers of the ______ are limited by Parliament or the constitution.
A.church
B.king or queen
C.government ministers
D.Bishop’s court

8.The Tories in Britain were the forerunners of ______, which still bears this nickname today.
A.the Labor Party
B.the Liberal Party
C.the Conservative Party
D.the Social Democratic Party

9.Which of the following was NOT included in the six-point demand of the Chartist Movement?
A.Equal electoral districts
B.Voting by secret ballot
C.The vote for all adult males
D.The vote for all adult females

10.During the First World War, Britain was allied with ______.
A.Turkey
B.the Central Powers
C.France and Russia
D.Germany and Austria-Hungary

11.Who was the man that led Britain in the crisis of the Second World War?
A.George VI
B.Theodore Roosevelt
C.Neville Chamberlain
D.Sir Winston Churchill

12.The new policies adopted by Mrs.Thatcher and Conservative Government after the 1979 election was known as ______.
A.Thatcherism
B.the New Deal
C.New Frontier
D.Keynesianism

13.Over the past one thousand years, the British ______ has been broken only once between 1649 and 1660.
A.Cabinet
B.Parliament
C.Monarchy
D.Privy Council

14.Who has the power to appoint the Prime Minister in Britain?
A.The Queen
B.The Parliament
C.The House of Lords
D.The Church of England

15.In Britain, a full meeting of ______ is called only when a Sovereign dies or announces his or her intention to marry.
A.the Privy Council
B.the Parliament
C.the House of Commons
D.the House of Lords

16.Which of the following is NOT involved in the British judicial responsibilities?
A.Attorney General
B.Ministry of Justice
C.The Lord Chancellor
D.The Home Secretary

17.Bank holidays in Britain refer to ______.
A.official public holidays
B.holidays for the banks only
C.public holidays except for the banks
D.holidays for the financial institutions only

18.Which statement about the British universities is NOT true?
A.They enjoy academic freedom.
B.They cannot appoint their own staff.
C.They are governed by royal charters.
D.They provide their own courses and award their own degrees.

19.______, the most popular sport in England as well as in Europe, has its traditional home in England where it was developed in the 19th century.
A.Basketball
B.Tennis
C.Football
D.Baseball

20.London’s Metropolitan Police Force is directly under the control of _______.
A.the Prime Minister
B.the Lord Chancellor
C.the Home Secretary
D.the Attorney General

21.Which statement about the Puritans is NOT true?
A.The Puritans did not allow religious dissent.
B.The Puritans were poor artisans and unskilled peasants.
C.They were dissatisfied with the political corruption in England.
D.They went to the United States to establish what they considered the true church.

22.The largest racial and ethnic minority in the U.S.is the ______, which accounts over 12.1% of the po

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