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全国英语国家概况试题及答案
2001年英语国家概况试卷及答案
PARTONE
I.Readthefollowingunfinishedstatementsorquestionscarefully.Foreachunfinishedstatementorquestion,foursuggestedanswersmarked[A],[B],[C]and[D]aregiven.Choosetheonewhichyouthinkbestcompletesthestatementoranswersthequestion.Writetheletteroftheanswer[A],[B],[C]or[D]youhavechoseninthecorrespondingspaceontheanswersheet.(40points,1pointforeach)
1.OntheislandofGreatBritain,thereare_C_.
[A]fourpoliticaldivisions-England,Scotland,WalesandNorthernIreland
[B]fourpoliticaldivisions-England,Scotland,WalesandIreland
[C]threepoliticaldivisions-England,Scotland,andWales
[D]threepoliticaldivisions-England,Scotland,andNorthernIreland
2.ThelargestlakeinBritainis___B___.
[A]LochLomond
[B]theLoughNeagh
[C]Windermere
[D]Ullswater
3.Britain’sclimateisinfluencedby___A____thatsweepsupfromtheequatorandflowspasttheBritishIsles.
[A]theGulfStrteam
[B]theBrazilCurrent
[C]theLabradorCurrent
[D]theFalklandcurrent
4.LangdenclosureinIrelandandtheScottishHighlandsledtomassemigration,particularlyto____D___.
[A]Africa
[B]EasternEurope
[C]Asia
[D]theAmericas
5.ChristianitywasfirstbroughttoEnglandby___A___.
[A]theRomans
[B]theCelts
[C]theAnglo-Saxons
[D]theDanes
6.William,DukeofNormandy,foughtKingHaroldofEnglandattheBattleofHastingsin____B__.
[A]1086
[B]1066
[C]1035
[D]1381
7.WhenWaleswasbroughtundertheEnglishCrown,thetitleof“PrinceofWales”wasborneby__D____,theeldestsonofthereigningmonarch.
[A]RichardI
[B]HenryIII
[C]EdwardI
[D]EdwardII
8.TheHundredYears’WarwithFrancewasfought__B___.
[A]from1327to1453
[B]from1337to1453
[C]from1347to1453
[D]from1357to1453
9.TheBlackDeath,whichravagedEnglandin1348-49,carriedoff___D___.
[A]threefourthsofthepopulation
[B]onefourthofthepopulation
[C]onefifthofthepopulation
[D]onehalftoonethirdofthepopulation
10.InEngland,themostfamousoftheCatholicconspiracieswas_B___.
[A]theCobham’sPlot
[B]theGunpowderPlot
[C]themurderofThomasBecket
[D]theexecutionofMaryQueenofScots
11.Thelaw,whichjoinedEnglandandScotlandin1707,was____B__.
[A]theActofSupremacy
[B]theActofUnion
[C]theReformAct
[D]theMagnaCarta
12.IntheUnitedKingdom,freemedicalcareforeveryoneandfinancialhelpfortheold,thesickandtheunemployed,whichhavebecomeavailablesince1948,arethefoundationof__A_____.
[A]thewelfarestate
[B]theNationalHealthService
[C]thecivilservice
[D]theNationalInsuranceFund
13.ThelargeststateoftheUnitedStatesis__B___.
[A]Texas
[B]Alaska
[C]California
[D]Hawaii
14.RecentlymostoftheimmigrationtotheUnitedStateshasbeenfrom____B___.
[A]Asiancountries
[B]AsianandHispaniccountries
[C]EasternEuropeancountries
[D]formerSovietrepublics
15.TheBillofrightsisthetermusedfor__A____totheConstitutionoftheUnitedStates.
[A]thefirsttenamendments
[B]thelastfiveamendments
[C]thetenthamendment
[D]themostimportantamendment
16.ThedeclarationofIndependdencewasdraftedby__A____.
[A]ThomasJefferson
[B]GeorgeWashington
[C]BenjaminFranklin
[D]JohnAdarms
17.Americanpresidentsareelected___B____.
[A]everytwoyears
[B]everyfouryears
[C]everyfiveyears
[D]everysixyears
18.OnMemorialDay,agrandceremonyisheldat_D_____inWashingtonD.C.
[A]theLincolnMemorial
[B]theWashingtonMonument
[C]theWhiteHouseLawn
[D]theTomboftheUnknownSoldier
19.ThegoalofRoosevelt’sNewDealwas__A_____.
[A]tosavetheAmericaneconomicandpoliticalsystem
[B]tochangetheAmericaneconomicsystem
[C]toweakenmonopolyinterestsinAmerica
[D]tonationalizebanksandfinancialinstitutionsinAmerica
20.TheAmericanpolicytowardstheSovietUnionaftertheSecondWorldWarwas____C__.
[A]cooperation
[B]coldwar
[C]containment
[D]impartiality
21.McCarthyismreferstotheanti-CommunisthysteriawhippedupbySenatorMcCarthy___B____.
[A]afterWWI
[B]intheearly1950s
[C]duringWWII
[D]inthe1960s
22.TheearliestinstitutionofhigherlearningsetupinAmericawas____C___.
[A]HarvardUniversity
[B]YaleUniversity
[C]HarvardCollege
[D]ChicagoUniversity
23.TheUnitedStateshaslessthan6%oftheworld’spopulation;yetitproducesabout_B____ofthetotalworldoutput.
[A]20%
[B]25%
[C]30%
[D]35%
24.____D____wasawardedtheNobelPrizeforLiteraturein1954.
[A]MarkTwain
[B]WaltWhitman
[C]T.S.Eliot
[D]ErnestHemingway
25.Withregardtoitssize,Australiais___D_____countryintheworld.
[A]thethirdlargest
[B]thefourthlargest
[C]thefifthlargest
[D]thesixthlargest
26.ItisassumedthatthefirstEuropeanswhoreachedAustralia’sshoreswere___D___.
[A]theDutch
[B]theEnglish
[C]theGermans
[D]theSpanishandPortugese
27.Frderalismisasystemofgovernmentinwhich___B_____.
[A]powerisgiventoacentralgovernmentwhichdealswithallmattersofnationalinterest
[B]powerisdistributedbetweentwotiersofgovernment,eachexercisingitsallottedpowersindependentoftheother
[C]acentralgovernmenthasnorealpoweranditmustdependontheothertierofgovernment
[D]onetierofgovernmentmustdependontheothertierofgovernment
28.InAustralia,under_B_____thelegislationtoprovideequalpayformenandwomendoingthesameworkwaspassed.
[A]theFrasergovernment
[B]theWhitlamgovernment
[C]theHaekegovernment
[D]theKeatinggovernment
29.ThemainlyBritishnatureofAustraliansocietyhasbeenchallengedsincethethirdwaveofmigrationbecause____C___.
[A]manynewmigrantsareunskilledworkers
[B]manynewmigrantsarenotusedtotheAustralianwayoflife
[C]manynewmigrantscomefromthenon-English-speakingworld
[D]manynewmigrantsfeelrejectedinAustralia
30.ThereisacontinuingdebateinAustraliaabout____B____.
[A]whetherAustraliashouldjointheEEC(nowEuropeanUnion)
[B]whetherAustraliashouldremainamonarchyorbecomearepublic
[C]whetherAustraliashoulddevelopitsownmanufacturing
[D]whetherAustraliashouldbuilditsowndefence
31.nearly___C__ofthelandinCanadahasnopermanentpopulation.
[A]68%
[B]79%
[C]89%
[D]98%
32.Canadaranks__B_____intheproductionofhydroelectricityintheworld.
[A]second
[B]third
[C]fourth
[D]fifth
33.InCanadatheHeadofStateis__C_____.
[A]theprimeminister
[B]thegovernor-general
[C]QueenElizabethII
[D]theleaderofthemajorityparty
34.Indigenouspeoplesmakeupabout3%oftheCanadianpeople.Theyare___D__.
[A]IndiansandAfricans
[B]AboriginesandIndians
[C]EskimosandAborigines
[D]AmericanIndiansandInuit
35.ThemostsignificantfeatureofIrishlandscapeis____A__.
[A]bogs
[B]streams
[C]islands
[D]ciffs
36.ThepopulationofIrelandispredominantlyof___B__origin
[A]English
[B]Celtic
[C]Norman
[D]French
37.___A_____istheoldestofallthepartiesinIreland.
[A]TheIrishLabourParty
[B]TheProgressiveDemocrats
[C]FiannaFail
[D]FineGael
38.theSouthernAlps,withMtCookinthecenter,runsalmostthewholelengthof___C____.
[A]NewZealand
[B]NorthIsland
[C]southIsland
[D]StewartIsland
39.Nearlythree-quartersofthepopulation(includingmorethan95percentoftheMaori)livein_B_____.
[A]SouthIsland
[B]NorthIsland
[C]StwartIsland
[D]theChathamIslands
40.WhatistheNewZealand-madefilmwhichwon3Oscarsinthe1993AcademyAwards?
B
[A]OnceWereWarriors
[B]ThePiano
[C]JurassicPark
[D]Babe-theStoryofaSheepPig
PARTTWO
II.Giveaone-sentenceanswertoeachofthefollowingquestions.Writeyouranswerinthecorrespondingspaceontheanswersheet.(30points,3pointsforeach)
41.WhywasBritainknownasthefactoryoftheworldinthemid-19thcentury?
42.WhataretheestablishedchurchesinBritain?
43.WhatdoestheBritishParliamentconsistof?
44.WhatdoesWASPstandfor?
45.WholedthebusboycottinMontgomery?
46.NametwoofTheodoreDriser’snovels.
47.WhendidthehistoryofAustraliabegin?
48.WhatlawmadeFrenchtheofficiallanguageinQuebec?
49.Whoisthemostwell-knownIrishwriterofthemodernperiod?
50.HowwouldyoudescribetheclimateinNewZealand?
III.ExplaineachofthefollowingtermsinEnglish.Writethestatementinthecorrespondingspaceontheanswersheetinaround40words.(20points5pointsforeach)
51.BostonTeaParty
52.TheWatergateScandal
53.TheBritishCommonwealth
54.TheWhiteAustraliaPolicy
IV.Writebetween100-120wordsonthefollowingtopicinthecorrespondingspaceontheanswersheet.(10points)
55.WhatweretheconsequencesoftheNormanConquest?
参考答案及评分标准
I.Readthefollowingunfinishedstatementsorquestionscarefully.Foreachunfinishedstatementorquestion,foursuggestedanswersmarked[A],,[C]and[D]aregiven.Choosetheonewhichyouthinkbestcompletesthestatementoranswersthequestion.Writetheletteroftheanswer[A],,[C]or[D]youhavechoseninthecorrespondingspaceontheanswersheet.(40points,1pointforeach)
1.C 2.B 3.A 4.D 5.A
6.B 7.D 8.B 9.D 10.B
11.B 12.A 13.B 14.B 15.A
16.A 17.B 18.D 19.A 20.C
21.B 22.C 23.B 24.D 25.D
26.D 27.B 28.B 29.C 30.B
31.C 32.B 33.C 34.D 35.A
36.B 37.A 38.C 39.B 40.B
II.Gi
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