PART ONE(共50分)

Ⅰ.Read the following unfinished statements or questions carefully.For each unfinished statement or question, four suggested answers marked the one that you think best completes the statement or answers the question.Write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space on the answer sheet. (50points, 1 point for each)

The British Empire gradually disappeared and it was replaced by the British Commonwealth or the Commonwealth of Nations in  ____. 

A.14840   

B.1913    

C.1931    

D.1945

The Romans built two walls to keep the picts out of the area they had conquered.The two walls were called ____and____.   

A.ffi-picts' Wall, Celts' Wall

B.the Hadrian's Wall,the Antonine Wall

C.Britain's Wall,  Scotland's Wall

D.Roman Wall, Julius' Wall

____is known as "the father of the British navy".

A.Edward

B.William the Conqueror

C.Oliver Cromwell

D.Alfred

Which of the following kings was responsible for thecomp leteestablishment of the feudal system in England?   

A.Edward l.                         

B.Henry 11.

C.Alfred the Great.               

D.William the Conqueror.

Magna Carta was signed in_____at a conference at____.

A.Runnymede           

B.1215, Windsor

C.1215 ,Oxford                            

D.1215 ,Runnymede

(3P36 )In the Hundred Years' War started in    and was ended in___,in which the English had lost all territories of French except the French port of  _____

A.1337 ,1453 , Flanders

B.l-37T-j4s3 , Calais

C.1346,1453, Argencourt

D.1346, 1453, Brest

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.

In foreign affairs, Henry VIH was aided by _____ , Archbishop and Lord Chancellor.          

A.Thomas More

B.Thomas Becket

C.Thomas Wolsey

D.Martin Luther

Which of the following statements is not true about Elizabeth I?

A.Elizabeth I broke Mary's ties with Rome.

B.Elizabeth I restored her father's independent Church of England. 

C.Elizabeth I's religious reform was a compromise of views.

D.Elizabeth I's religious settlement was acceptable to both extreme protestants and ardent Catholics.

The word Renaissance is from ____ ,  meaning " rebirth" , and was first applied by the _____  hstorianJakob Burckhardt in 1860．

A.English, Swiss

B.French, Italian

C.French, Swiss

D.English, Italian

The puritans were mainly from the_____. 

A.rich farmers

B.big landowers

C.big merchants

D.the urban middle classes

After the Glorious Revolution came the Age of ____ , a monarchy with powers limited by Parliament.______

A.the Commonwealth

B.the Federal Republic

C.the Constitutional Monarchy

D.the special monarchy

In the late 18th and early 19th centuries Radicals were ative in English Parliament spreading radical ideas whose common aim was thorough reform of the______,

A.political System                

B.religious system

C.Parliamentary system       

D.hereditary monarchy

The ____ refers to the mechanization of industry and the consequent ges in social and economic organization in Britain in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. 

A.Urbanization                   

B.Economic Boom

C.Glorious Revolution             

D.Industrial Revolution

In January,  1973,  Britain finally became a full member of The_____ , which was established by the Treaty of Rome in 1957. 

A.Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development

B.Organization of European Development

C.European Economic Community

D.European Union

The Prime Minister is appointed by____always sits in_____

A.the Archbis Canterbury, the House of

B.the Archbishop of Canterbury, the House of

C.the Queen, the House of Commons

D.the Queen, the House of Lords

The great majority of the draft Acts of Parliament in Britain  are Government measures introduced by _____          

A.a Minister

B.individual members on their own initiative

C.the Members of Parliament of the Opposition party

D.the Members of Parliament of the ruling party

The Church of England is not free to change its form of worship, as laid down in____  without the consent of Parliament.

A.the Bill of Rights

B.the Provisions of Oxford

C.the Constitutions of Clarendon

D.the Book of Common Prayer

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

About 90% of the state secondary school population in  Great Britain attends ______    

A.independent school

B.public school

C.grammar school

D.comprehensive school

Which is not the popular Sundays?

A.News o f the World.

B.The Sun.

C.The people.

D.Sunday Mirror.

Although tennis has been played for centuries, the modern game originated in_____ in the late 19th century.

A.Scotland

B.England

C.Ireland

D.Wales

The central plain area of Ireland is characterized by many lakes, ______and low ridges.

A.Bogs(wet area)

B.rapid streams

C.small islands

D.high cliffs

Irish is a ______ language.

A.Anglo-Saxon

B.Celtic

C.Latin

D.Greek

Christopher  Columbus  discovered  the  New  World  in _____

A.1492

B.1607

C.1733

D.1750

The three well-known authors who penned the Federalist Papers are______

A.Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and John Jay

B.George Washington, James Madison and John Jay

C.Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay

D.Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Adams

The implication of the " Manifest Destiny"  is______

A.the legitimacy of American territorial expansion and American obligation of the spread of American value and institution

B.the legitimacy of the westward movement

C.the Americans were doing the Lord's work in spreading American democracy to other places  

D.All of the above

After the Civil War,  monopoly by big business became a strong trend in the American economy. Among the following individuals, ____  was not a big business dominator.    

A.John

B.John wilkesbooth

C.j.p.morgan

D.du pont

president wilson’s reform program was known as _____  

A.new deal

B.reformation

C.new ferrdom

D.antitrust act

The  Red Scare in 1919 and 1920 was a typical example of ______

A religious intolerance

B.intolerant nationalism

C.Progressive Movement

D.deregulation of big trusts

In the early 1930s,the American foreign policy was _____

A  ansionist

B.Involvement

C.appeasement

D.isolationist

The ratification of______ marked the beginning of U.S.efforts in setting up a military a liance around the Soviet Union and its allies.

A.the North Atlantic Treaty

B.GATT

C. the Treaty of paris

D.the oslo Agreement

After the Watergate scandal happened in 1972 ,  the Presi den____had to resign. He is the first president to do so in the____

A.Ronald Reagan

B.Harry Truman

C.John F. Kennedy

D.Richard Nixon

In the postwar years government involvement was emphasized when the U.S.Adopted _____theory in running the economy.   

A.monetarist

B.Keynesian

C.McCarthyism

D.New Freedom

The President _____ once admitted that one third of the people of U.S.went to be I hungry.    

A.Kennedy

B.Johnson

C.Nixon

D.Reagan

The safeguards against misuse of powers come in the form of  ______  

A.separation of powers

B.executive orders

C.presidential elections

D.party political

The highest duty of the U.S.President is  _____     

A.execution

B.legislative

C.judicial

D.law-making

In 1992,  _____  tried to run for the President as an independent candidate and he gained 19% of votes. 

A.Bill Clinton

B.Bob Dole

C.Ross Perot

D.George Bush

The system of higher education in the U.S. has three principal functions except _____        

A.teaching

B.esearch

C.public service

D.individual service

Which of the following statements about New Year's Dayis not true?               

A.In the U.S.it is a nationally observed holiday.

B.It is thought of as a good time to make the New Year decision.

C.Most people like to hold big parties and make pumpkin lanterns on that day.

D.The celebration of this holiday begins the night before-on New Year's Eve.

Which of the following is not true about the Independence Day?

A.It is America's most important patriotic holiday,the birthday of the nation.

B.Some people bring their children to visit the birthplace of the nation-Boston.

C.The Army fires a thirteen-gun salute every year.

D.The president traditionally holds a large national banquet.

_____ takes up four-fifths of Canada.

A.Atlanti provinces

B.the Canadian Shield

C.Northern provmces and territories

D.British Columbia

Nowadays,_____are the native in Canada.   

A.French-speaking people     

B.English-speaking people

C.the Canadian Indian Inuit

D.the early immigrants from Europe

Which of the following best describes the result of Canadian   overnment's long-held policy of assimilation?  

A.It won a popular support across the country.

B.It proved to be a great success.

C.It failed in achieving the desired effect.

D.It brought disastrous effect to the Canadian society.

Which of the following statements is not true about position of Australia's population?

A.The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peopleonly l.5% of the total. the comaccount tor

B.The Australian population is mainly of British descent.

C.The Australian population is made up of the Aboriginal people,

the British immigrants and their descendants.

D.The majority of the Australian people are immigrants from many countries and their descendants.

The Australian political division borders are drawn _____

A.along straight lines of latitude and longitude

B.along rivers and forests

C.along mountain ranges

D.along natural features

The size of New Zealand is similar to _____ 

A.Britain or Canada

B.Canada or Australia

C.Britain or Japan

D.Australia or U.S.A.

The largest lake in New Zealand is _____

A.Lake Eric

B.Lake Micchigan

C.Lake Taupo

D.Lake Superior

The  first British settlers came to New Zealand in 1840 Through____ ,and they hoped to start model colonies by planned m grat ron.

A.the New Zealand Company

B.the British East India Company

C.a private immigration agency

D.the Dutch East India Company

In Second World War,  a very high proportion of Maoris men fought with distinction in____ and_____

A.North Africa, Southe europe

B.North Europe, Southern Africa

C.North Africa, Northern Europe

D.South Africa, Southern Europe

PART TWO(共 50分)

Ⅱ.Give a one-sentence answer to each of the following questions.Write your answer in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.(30 points, 3 points foreach)

what were the anmes of two great walls built by the romans?

What are the two aspects of the Norman legacy that contributed to great domestic unrest in England in the 12th and 13th centuries？

Who were the finest exponents of the English Renaissance?

What is the direct result of the Industrial Revolution?

What are the main functions of the Prime Minister?

What is the weather like in Ireland?

What were the three features in the growth of American economy at the beginning of the 20th century?

What were the cornerstones of America's twenty fiveyear economic boom since 1945?

What is the most  central function of the U.S.Congress?

Where are the Rocky Mountains and the Coast Mountains located in?

Ⅲ.Explain each of the following terms in English.Write your answer in the corresponding space on the answer sheet (20 points, 5 points for each)

Witan

the People's Charter of 1838

baby boom

Separation of Powers