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)

Which of the following statements is not true about Britain?

A、Great Britain and England are geographical names.

B、The official name of Britain is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

C、Britain has four political divisions on the island of Great Britain.

D、British Empire was replaced by the British Commonwealth in 1931.

was the first Archbishop of Canterbury who was remarkable cessful in converting the British king and the nobility to Christianity.  

A、St.Patrick

B、St.Augustine

C、St.Palladius

D、Ethelbert

Which is not true about the consequences of the Norman Conquest?

A、The English history of being invaded was ended.

B、The feudal system in England was completely established.

C、Relations with the Continent were opened.

D、The British native culture perished.

The property record in William's time is known as_________

A.the Book of Doom

B.Domesday Book

C.Magna Carta

D.the Salic Law

_____ is regarded by many Englishmen as the foundation of English ties.

A.The beginning of British Parliament

B.The people's Charter

C.The petition of Right

D.Magna Carta of 1215

As a result of the Black Death,_____

A.all land was left untended

B.no labor was required any longer

C.Landowners tended to change from arable to sheep-farming

D.surviving peasants were not able to bargain about their wages

The significance of the Wars of the Roses was all the following except that_____

A、feudalism received its death blow   .

B、the great medieval nobility was much weakened

C、the king's power now became limited

D、no less than 80 nobles of royal blood were killed in the wars

The real religious change which people call " The Reformation" began with ______   .

A.Henry VII

B.Henry VIII

C.Mary Tudor

D.Edward VI

The defeat of _____ by the English in 1588 put an end to Catholic conspiracies aga nst Elizabeth I and enabled England to become a trading country.  

A.the French navy

B.the Roman Catholics

C.Queen of Scots

D.the Spanish Armada

_________became Lord Protector for the Commonwealth of England 1653. 

A.Charles I

B.Oliver Cromwell

C.Charles II

D.William and Mary

The replacement of King James II by William and his wife Mary has been known as_________

A.the Restoration

B.the takeover

C.the Glorious Revolution

D.the Revolutionary War

_________was not in the"Allies" in the First World War.

A.Britain

B.France

C.Russia

D.Turkey

Under the traditional English open field system _________was cultivated at any time.

A.all the land

B.only 2/3 0f the land

C.half of the land

D.only l/3 0f the land

During the First World War,  Britain was allied with_________

A.Turkey                   

B.the Central powers

C.France and Russia

D.Germany and Austria-Hungary

The British Constitution is made up of the following laws except ________

A.Commmon lay

B.commonwealth law

C.statute law

D.conventions

In Britain, the members of the House of Commons are elected for a maximum of_________years.  

A.Four

B.three

C.Five

D.six

The central responsibility of justice in the United Kingdom lies_________with ,the Home Secretary and the Attorney General

A.the Prime Minister

B.the Lord President

C.the Lord Chancellor

D.the Sovereign

In Great Britain, almost_________of medical  items are supplied free.

A.50%

B.60%

C.70%

D.80%

Which of the following is notprescription concerned with Easter?

A、Easter celebrates the Resurrection of Christ.

B、Easter is on the first Sunday after the first full moon that coincides with or comes after the spring equinox.

C、On Easter, people exchange presents and greeting cards.

D、Easter is traditionally associated with the eating of Eastereggs.

First degree courses are mainly full time and usually last years_______in English' Walesand NorthernIreland. 

A.3                                                      

B.4

C.5

D.6

The professional football season runs from_______until _____

A.may, August

B.September,May

C.May,September

D.August,May

Pantomime is a kind of play based on a traditional fairytale and performed_______

A、at easter

B、on New Year's Day

C、at Christmas time

D、on St.Patrick's Day

One of the four unusual demographic features of Ireland______

A.An early marriage age

B.an excess of males in the population

C.a low proportion of bachelors and spinsters of all ages

D.a high birthrate compounded by a century of emigration

The Irish Republic was proclaimed in the_______of 1916.

A.peasant Uprising

B.Easter Uprising

C.Revolutionary War

D.Great Movement

About 77% of the population in the United States lived in the_______in 1988

A.283 mes

B.along the Mississippi

C.around the Great Lakes

D.countryside

The Declaration of Independence was drafted by_______

A.James Madison

B.Thomas Jefferson

C.Alexander Hamilton

D.George Washington

When the United States was founded there were_______states.

A.50

B.48

C.13

D.16

Lincoln ended his famous Gettysburg Speech by these words:"that government_______the people_______,the people_______,the people, shall not perish from the earth

A.of，for，by               

B.by, of, for

C.for, of, by

D.of, by, for

In the political area, the Progressive Movement wanted to_______

A.rove living conditions for the poor in the cities

B.reform the national government

C.reform the city and state governments and to end corruption

D.regulate big business

The 1920s has been described as a period of_______and in the United States

A 、early success, spiritual frustration

B、reforms, progiess

C、foreign expansion, domestic oppression

D、racial discrimination, demonstrations

Franklin Roosevelt's program for the depression was Called_______

A.Progressivism

B.Laissez Faire

C.New Freedom

D.New Deal

After the Sellnion first attempted and World War, both the US and the Sovietto exercise control over_______

A.Middle East

B.Eastern Europe

C.Western Europe

D.North Korea

In 1962 , President_______finally decided naval force to prevent military material and arms Cuba and demanded Soviet removal of the missileson the use of from entering there.

A.Nixon

B.Truman

C.Johnson

D.Kennedy

Which of the following is not true about the American economy?

A、It is one of the least regulated economics in the world.

B、It is based largely on a free enterprise system.

C、There is little government involvement in the economy.

D、Many of the nation's basic industries are represented by only a few major corporations.

It was_______which formed a new nation-the United States of America.

A.the Bill of Rights

B.the Articles of Confederation

C.the Continental Congress

D.the Constitutional papers

The Bill of Right is the term used for the first amendments to the Constitution.  

A.ten

C.thirteen

B.eleven

D.nine

There have been_______periods in the development of  American political parties in  United States.

A.two

B.three

C.four

D.five

In America education, for the four following high schools,_______high schools only aim to prepare students for college. 

A.comprehensive

B.academic

C.vocational

D.technical

The locality in Mark Twain's works was usually some where along_______

A.the Hudso river

B.the Mississippi River

C.the Missouri River

D.the Mississippi Lowland

The symbols which are associated with Valentine's Day are the following except_______

A.cards decorated with

B.cupid armed with bow and arrow

C.flowers tied with red ribbons

D.toast turkey

The chief manufacturing district of Canada is______

A.Southeastern Ontario

B.Newfoundland

C.Nova Scotia

D.New Brunswick

______Became Canada's tenth province in 1949.

A.Quebec

B.British Columbia

C.Newfoundland                 

D.Prince Edward Island

Since 1945 the Canadian government has adopted a policy of  migration to Canada.    

A.Free

B.selected

C.Restricted

D.encouraging

Canada has admitted over_______immigrants and approxima since _______ Conthe federation in 1867 and of WWII

A、10 million,  4 million

B、10 million,  4.5 million

C、11 million,  4 million

D、11 million,  4.5 million

Australia is located between _______and the Indian Ocean. 

A.the South Pacific Ocean

B.the Atlantic Ocean

C.the North Sea

D.the Arctic

Although Australia has a large area,_______of the continent is desert or semi-desert.   

A.One-third

B.two-thirds

C.half

D.more than half

About_______of the land in Australia is used for sheep and cattle grazinarge properties called_______

A.30 % , farms

B.60 % , stations

C. 80% , ranges

D.70% , grassland

The biggest and smallest states of Australia are respectively ______

A.Queensland and Victoria

B.South Australia and Tasmania

C.Western Australia and South Australia

D.Western Australia and Tasmama

New Zealand's highest peak is _______in the mountain range called the Southern Alps. 

A.Mount Ngaurohoe

B.Mount Tongariro

C.Mount Cook

D.Mount Taranaki

The bird called _______is a national symbol of New Zealand

A.weka

B.Pukeko

C.bellbird

D.kiwi

PART TWO(共50分)

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

What is the significance of the Norman Conquest?

How do you describe the relationship between Elizabeth I and Parliament?

What did the Whigs stand for in the early 19th century?

What is the House of Lords made up of?

What are the three main Christian festivals in the

What international influence did the American War of In dependence have?

What were American wartime objectives during the Second World War?

What problems are facing the U.S.economy？

Who was the only writer in colonial period whose work are still read today?

How is Australia divided geographically?

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)

Renaissance

the Official Opposition

Black Thursday of 1929

Transcendentalism.