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英语国家社会与文化
英美国家概括 选择题
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 上Unit 1
1.Which of the following is not considered a characteristic of London?
A. The cultural centre.
B. The business centre.
C. The financial centre.
D The sport centre.
2.Which of the following is not true about the characteristics of Britain?
A. Economic differences between north and south. B. Difference of social systems between Scotland and Wales. C. Class differences between a white-collar worker and a blue-collar worker. D. Cultural differences between immigrants and British.
3. Which of the following cannot be found in London?
A. Teahouses. B. Art galleries C. Museums. D. Theatres.
4. Which of the following is not true about Britain?
A. It used to be a powerful imperial country in the world.
B. It plays an active role as a member of European Union.
C. It is a relatively wealthy and developed country.
D. It used to be one of the superpowers (超强大国,国际组织) in the world.
5. Three of the following are characteristics of London. Which of the four is exception?
A. London is a political, economic and cultural centre of the country.
B. London has a larger population than all other cities in England. C. London is not only the largest city in Britain, but also the largest in the world. D. London has played a significant role in the economic constriction of the country.
6. The Tower of London, a historical sight, located in the centre of London, was built by D.William the Conqueror.
7. Who were the ancestors of the English and the founders of England?
A. The Anglo-Saxons
8. Which is the largest city in Scotland?
C. Glasgow
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9. Why did the Scottish Kings decide to form an independent singular Scottish state in the 9th century?
A. They needed a unified independent nation to fight against Viking raids (侵袭).
10. Where do the majority of people in Scotland live?
B. In the Lowlands.
11. Which of the following statements is not true?
A. Wales was invaded by Romans. B. Wales was occupied by the Anglo-Saxons. C. Wales was conquered by the Normans. D. Wales was threatened by the English.
12. Which of the following parties in Scotland still wants an independent Scotland?
C. The Scottish Nationalist Party.
13. When did Scotland join the Union by agreement of the English and Scottish parliaments (议会)?
D. In 1707
14. Llywelyn ap Gruffudd is not a simple historical figure for the Welsh. He is almost considered the legendary hero of Welsh nationalism because D. he unified Wales as an independent nation.
上Unit 2 A Brief Introduction to the United Kingdom II
1. In the 17th century, the English government encouraged people from Scotland and Northern England to emigrate to the north of Ireland, because A. they wanted to increase its control over Ireland.
2. In 1969, the first British soldiers were seen on Northern Ireland street. They came first B. to protect Catholics.
3. Northern Ireland is the smallest of the four nations, but is quite well-known in the world for D. its endless political problems.
4. Faced with conflicting demands the British government chose a compromise and organized a partition of Ireland in 1921, because B. the British government intended to satisfy both sides—Catholics and Protestants.
5. Which of the following statement is not true?
A. Sinn Fein is a legal political party in Northern Ireland. B. Those who want to unite Northern Ireland with British are called Unionists统一派. C. The Social Democratic and Labor Party社会民主工党属北爱尔兰 is a very important political party in Britain. D. Those who show their loyalty to the British Crown are called Loyalist.亲英派
6. In the early 1970s, the IRA爱尔兰共和军 D. carried out a series of bombing and shooting and attacked the security forces as their main target.
7. 1972 was the worst year of the political troubles in Northern Ireland, because B. 468 people were killed in Northern Ireland.
8. Why did the British government decide to replace the power-sharing policy with “direct-rule” from London?
D. above all. (A. The power-sharing policy was not accepted by the majority of Protestants. B. The Northern Irish Parliament could not govern the power effectively. C. The Power-Sharing policy couldn’t be carried out.)
9. Which of the following statements is not true?
A. In 1981, some convicted IRA prisoners went on a hunger-strike. B. They demanded for the statue of being “political prisoners” by starving themselves. C. Margaret Thatcher’s government gave in to their political demand. D. The death of prisoners revitalized the political movement of Sinn Fein.
10. How many counties郡 are there in Northern Ireland?
B. 6
11. Which of the following agreement is accepted by both Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland?
C. The Good Friday Agreement.北爱和平协议
12. According to the Good Friday Agreement, Northern Ireland today should be governed by the following jurisdictions 管辖权except A. the jurisdiction of the Republic of Ireland B. the jurisdiction of loyalist ministers. C. the jurisdiction of Great Britain D. the jurisdiction of Northern Ireland
上Unit 3 The Government of the United Kingdom
1. Which of the following is not a characteristic of Britain government?
A. It offers the Queen high political status and power. B. It is both a parliamentary democracy and a constitution monarchy. C. It is the oldest representative democracy in the world. D. It has no written form of Constitution.
2. Which of the following kings was executed in the civil war?
C. Charles I
3. What happened in 1215?
B. Forced by barons, King John signed the Magna Carta英国大宪章.
4. Which of the following is not true about the Great Council大议会?
A. They included barons and representatives from counties and towns. B. They were sometimes summoned by the kings to contribute money. C. They later developed into what we now know as the Cabinet.内阁 (最后成为议会而不是内阁parliament)D. They represented the aristocrats as well as the communities.
5. Under whose reign was the Bill of Rights权力法案 passed?
B. William of Orange. 威廉三世
6. Which of the following is not related to the Constitution?
A. It is a written document which lists out the basic principles for government. B. It is the foundation of British governance today. C. Conventions and Laws passed by Parliament are part of the Constitution. D. The common laws are part of the Constitution.
7. Which of the following statements is not correct?
A. There are no legal restraints upon Parliament. B. Strictly speaking, the Queen is part of the Parliament. C. Parliament has the supreme power of passing laws. D. Parliament has no power tochange the terms of the Constitution.
8. Which of the following is not a true description of the Queen’s role?
A. The Queen selects the Prime Minister and the Cabinet. B. The Queen symbolizes the tradition and unity of the British state. C. The Queen acts as a confidante to the Prime Minister. D. The Queen is the temporal head of the Church of England.
9. Which of the following is not a feature of the House of Lords上议院?
A. Lords do not receive salaries and many do not attend Parliament sittings. B. It consists of the Lord Spiritual and the Lords Temporal. C. The lords are expected to represent the interests of the public. D. Most of the lords in the House of Lords are males.
10. Which of the following is not based on the fact?
A. Members of Parliament elect the Prime Minister and the Cabinet. B. MPs receive salaries and some other allowances. C. MPs are expected to represent the interests of the public. D. Most of MPs belong to the major political parties.
上Unit 4 Politics, Class and Race
1. Which group of people can’t vote in the general election?
A. Members in the House of Commons.
B. Lords in the House of Lords. C. The UK citizens about the age of 18.
D. The UK resident citizens of the Irish Republic.
2. By whom is a “vote of no confidence” decided?
A. The House of Commons.
3. Which of the following is not true about the electoral campaigns?
A. Big parties can buy time to broadcast their policies on the television.
B. There is a limit on the amount of money candidates can spend in their constituency campaign.
C. Candidates and their supporters go door-to-door persuading voters to vote for them.
D. Candidates criticize each other’s policies to show how good their own policies are.
4. How many seats in the House of Commons should a party hold at least in order to win the election?
B. 326
5. Which of the following description about the Conservative party is not true?
A. It has been in power for an unusually long period of time. B. It prefers policies that protect individual’s right. C. It receives a lot of the funding from big companies.
D. It is known as a party of high taxation levels.
6. Which period of time in British history was described as “private affluence and public squalor卑微 C. The 1980s.
7. Who is the leader of the Labour party at present?
B. Tony Blair
8. Which of the following is not true about life peers?
终身贵族 A. They are not from the aristocratic families. B. They cannot sit in the House of Lords.
C. They earned their titles through their outstanding achievement.
D. The titles cannot be inherited by their children.
9. Which of the following statements in not true about class system in the UK?
A. People of different classes tend to read different kinds of newspaper.
B. Class division is only decided by people’s income.
C. Though social advancement is possible, class affects a person’s life chances.
D. The way people speak may identify them as belonging to a particular class.
10. Which of the following is not characteristic of the hereditary aristocracy in the UK?
A. The noble titles can be inherited by the children. B. They usually own historic house in the country. C. They are the richest people in the UK.
D. The senior members can be lords in the House of Lords.
11. Which of the following is not an effect of immigration o
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