00522英語國家概況第4頁共4頁浙江省2002年7月高等教育自學考試英語國家概況試題課程代碼：00522Ⅰ.ReadthefollowingstatementsanddecidewhicharetrueandwhicharefalsebyputtingTfortrueorFforfalse.ThenwritetheanswerontheAnswerSheet.(20%)1.HispanicsrefertoSpanish-speakingpeopletotheexclusionofCubansandPuertoRicans.2.TheWarsofRoseswaswagedbetweentheHouseofLancasterandtheHouseofYork.3.TheMagnaCartaof1215islookeduponbymanyEnglishmenasalegalsteptowardconstitutionalmonarchy.4.TheCivilServicehelpsprovidestabilitywhenthegovernmentchanges,forachangeofministersdoesnotinvolveachangeofstaff.5.DuringAmericanColonialism,mostcolonieswereleftfreetomanagethemselvespolitically,economicallyandculturally.6.Bytheendofthe18thcentury,theUnitedStateshadsteppedintotheimperialiststageandbecomethestrongestpowerintheworld.7.Canada,aself-governingmemberoftheCommonwealthofNations,isafederationof10provincesandtwoterritories.8.TheProgressiveDemocraticPartyistheoldestofallthepartiesinIreland.9.ThespiritualheadoftheChurchofEnglandistheBritishmonarch.10.ThehistoryofAustraliabeganwiththearrivalofAborigines.11.BritainisseparatedfromtherestofEuropebytheEnglishChannelinthesouthandtheEastSeaintheeast.12.ThefirstimmigrantsinAmericanhistorycamefromEnglandandtheNetherlands.13.CriminalcourtsinEnglandandWalesincludeMagistrates'Courts,YouthCourtsandtheCrownCourt.14.TheweatherofIrelandisdescribedas“mild,dryandchangeable."ThenationalnewspapersinGreatBritaincanbedividedintotwogroups:nationalDailiesandnationalSundays.16.TheKiwiisanationalsymbolofNewZealand,andtheNewZealandersrefertothemselvesasKiwis.17.TheuniversitiesofOxfordandCambridge,popularlyknownasOxbridge,datefromthe12th&13thcenturies.18.TheUSgovernmentisdividedintothreebranches,thelegislative,theexecutiveandthejudicial,eachhavingpartofthepowerbutnotallthepower.19.JohnDonneisbestknownofthe“Graveyard"poets.20.TheHundredYears'WarwasawarbetweenEnglandandRussia.Ⅱ.Fillintheblankswithappropriateinformation.WritetheanswerontheAnswerSheet(10%)1._____runsthroughthecentralpartofAmericafromnorthtosouth.2.TheUSsenatehas_____memberswhoarecalledsenators.3.ThePentagonisalargebuildingwhichhousestheUS_____Department.4.OnFebruary4,1861,representativesfromthesouthernstatesofAmericametandagreedtoformagovernmentwhichtheynamedthe_____.5.ActspassedbytheEnglishParliamentmustbesignedby_____beforetheybecomelaws.6.TheShortParliamentandtheLongParliamentweretwoimportantmeetingsheldbeforetheEnglish_____Revolution.7.Thedestructionofthe_____establishedthepositionofEnglandasamajorseapower.8.ThepresidentofIrelandappointstheprimeministeronthenominationof_______.9.Canada'smaintradingpartneris_____.10.TheWhigsweretheforerunnersofthe_____PartywhiletheToriesweretheforerunnersoftheConservativePartyofEngland.Ⅲ.MultipleChoice(25%)Inthefollowingstatements,thereisonlyonecorrectchoiceforeachblank.ChoosethecorrectanswerandwriteitontheAnswerSheet.1.In1620,_____sailedtotheNewWorldinashipcalled“Mayflower".A.thePuritansB.thePilgrimsC.theEnglishnoblesD.theEnglishpoor2.Inhisinauguralspeech,_____saidthat“theonlythingwehavetofearisfearitself".A.WoodrewWilsonB.TheodoreRooseveltC.FranklinD.RooseveltD.GeorgeWashington3.Quebec,oneofCanada'stwomostimportantprovinces,differsfromtheotherprovincesofCanadabecauseithasastrong_____culture.A.AmericanB.BritishC.CanadianD.French4.TheBlackDeathkilledabout_____oftheentirepopulationinEnglandatthattime.A.onefifthB.onehalfC.onethirdD.onequarter5.TheEnglishCivilWarisalsocalled_____.A.thesecondMagnaCartaB.theLongParliamentC.thePuritanRevolutionD.theAnglicanWar6.TheheadoftheAustraliangovernmentis_____.A.thePrimeMinisterB.thePresidentC.theGovernorGeneralD.theQueenofEngland7._____istheworld'slargestexporteroflambandmutton.

A.AustraliaB.IrelandC.BritainD.NewZealand8.PeoplecallKingEdward'sswitchto_____theology“TheReformation."

A.CatholicB.ProtestantC.JewishD.Puritan9.The_____inthe1920swasthebeginningofalongeconomicdepressionintheUS.A.stockmarketcrashB.failureofcropsC.politicalpersecutionD.governmentcorruption10.ThetopofAustralianjudicialsystemisthe_____.A.HighCourtB.SupremeCourtC.FederalCourtD.FamilyCourt11.Thetelephonewasinventedin1876by_____.A.ThomasEdisonB.AlexanderBellC.GeorgeWestinghouseD.AlbertEinstein12.ThepresidingofficeroftheSenateisthe_____whilethechiefspokesmanoftheHouseisthe_____.A.Speaker,PresidentB.Vice-president,SpeakerC.Speaker,Vice-presidentD.Vice-president,ChiefExecutive13.Ofallthe50statesintheUSA,thesmallestoneis_____.A.RhodeIslandB.AlaskaC.TexasD.Florida14.GrammarSchoolsinBritainprovidesecondaryschoolpupilswith______education.A.agrammarB.anacademicC.atertiaryD.atechnical15.ThefirstNegroslaveswerebroughttoVirginiain_____.A.1617B.1618C.1619D.162016.UndertheArticlesofConfederation,theUnitedStateswas______.A.astrongunionB.alooseconfederationC.astrongcentralgovernmentD.astrongbutdecentralizedgovernment17.TheGreatCompromisewhichbecamepartoftheUSConstitutionrelatedto_____.A.representationB.tariffC.slaveryD.commerce18.AfterCharlesIwasbeheaded,_____becameLordProtectorandexercisedbourgeoisdictatorship.A.JamesIIB.CrownwellC.CharlesIID.ElizabethI19.WestminsterAbbeyiswellknownforits_____whichhasbeenthetraditionalburialgroundofthemostfamousEnglishpoets.A.Speaker'sCornerB.LondonTowerC.Poets'CornerD.archbishop20.ThepowertointerprettheUSConstitutionbelongstothe_____.A.PresidentB.CongressC.SenateD.SupremeCourt21.ThejuryinEngland,WalesandNorthernIrelandhas_____members.A.15B.12C.10D.1622.EducationinBritainisgenerallysupportedby_____.A.publicfundsB.studentsthemselvesC.businessesD.privatesources23.Thestate-runBBCisfinancedfrom_____.A.t