北语17秋《英语国家概况》(Ⅰ)作业1234
17秋《英语国家概况》(Ⅰ)作业1一、单选题:【10道,总分:50分】
1.In Britain, a parliament has a maximum duration of years. (满分:5)
A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6
2.In Britain,( )formally appoints important government ministers, judges,etc. (满分:5)
A. the Queen B. the Prime Minister
C. the Lord President of the Council D. the Speaker of the House of Commons
3.( )is not true about the characteristics of Britain. (满分:5)
A. Economic differences between north and south
B. Differences 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 the British
4.Which of the following did not belong to Romanticism ? (满分:5)
A. Keats
B. Shelley
C. Wordsworth
D. Defoe
5.was the transitional period between the Middle Ages and Modern Times. (满分:5)
A. The Hundred Years' War
B. Renaissance
C. The Wars of the Roses
D. The English Civil War
6.Which of the following is not involved in making the British foreign policy? (满分:5)
A. The Queen of Britain
B. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office
C. The Prime Minister and Cabinet
D. The Ministry of Defence and the Treasury
7.Northern Ireland is the smallest of the four nations, but is quite well-known in the world for( ). (满分:5)
A. its most famous landmark, the "Giant's Causeway"
B. its rich cultural life
C. its low living standards
D. its endless political problems
8.The Norman Conquest in English history happened in . (满分:5)
A. 1035
B. 1042
C. 1066
D. 1606
9.How many seats in the House of Commons should a party hold at least in order to win the election? (满分:5)
A. 651
B. 326
C. 626
D. 351
10.Which of the following is not true about football in Britain? (满分:5)
A. Millions of people attend the FA games each season
B. "Football hooligans" sometimes have violent clashes
C. It was invented by Scottish people
D. It was once described as "beastly" violent
二、判断题:【10道,总分:50分】
1.Sinn Fein is the illegal political party in Northern Ireland which supports the IRA(Irish Republic Army) to fight for the union of Ireland. (满分:5)
A. 错误
B. 正确
2.The Parliament alone has no power to change the terms of the Constitution. (满分:5)
A. 错误
B. 正确
3.The Welsh keep their own language, Welsh. And all those Welsh-speakers are also fluent in English. (满分:5)
A. 错误
B. 正确
4.The Queen also acts as a confidante to the Prime Minister. (满分:5)
A. 错误
B. 正确
5.The British Prime Minister is the leader of the political party that wins the most seats in a general election. (满分:5)
A. 错误
B. 正确
6.Oliver Cromwell was the leader of the parliamentary army during the English Civil War in the revolutionary period of the 17th century. (满分:5)
A. 错误
B. 正确
7.Britain consists of three nations: England, Scotland and Wales. (满分:5)
A. 错误
B. 正确
8.In the UK, class divisions are not only economic but also cultural. (满分:5)
A. 错误
B. 正确
9.The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy: the official head of state is the Queen. (满分:5)
A. 错误
B. 正确
10.The Anglo-Saxons were the ancestors of the English and the founders of England. (满分:5)
A. 错误
B. 正确
17秋《英语国家概况》(Ⅰ)作业2
一、单选题:【10道,总分:50分】
1.Traditional British farming involved（ ）, which dated back to the 5th century. (满分:5)
A. the open field system
B. the system of crop rotation
C. the use of artificial fertilizer
D. the use of new agricultural machinery
2.Australia’s most common native plants are（ ）. (满分:5)
A. palms and roses
B. willows and sunflowers
C. pines and orchids
D. eucalypts and wattles
3.The first white settlement in Australia was set up on January 26,（ ）. (满分:5)
A. 1778
B. 1788
C. 1878
D. 1888
4.By（ ）Britain had built up a big empire, “on which the sun never set”. (满分:5)
A. 1900
B. 1910
C. 1920
D. 1930
5.Australia is divided into three geological parts. They are:( )( ). (满分:5)
A. the Great Dividing Range, NSW, and Tasmania
B. the Australian Alps, the Great Dividing Range and Western Australia
C. Northern Territory, South Australia and Tasmania
D. the Great Western Plateau, the Central Eastern Lowlands and the Eastern Highlands
6.The Australian Constitution can only be changed by. (满分:5)
A. the Prime Minister
B. the Governor-General
C. the Parliament
D. referendum
7.The Australian Day falls on ( )( ). (满分:5)
A. April 25
B. Jan. 1
C. Jan. 26
8.In Australiahas the country’s richest farmland and best grazing land. (满分:5)
A. the Great Western Plateau
B. the Eastern Highlands
C. the Central Eastern Lowlands
D. the Outback
9.In 1787, Britain decided to colonize Australia because( )( ). (满分:5)
A. Captain Cook's account of his discovery was not interesting
B. Britain wanted to control the gold mines in Australia
C. Australia was an attractive place to the English people
D. Britain needed new places to transport its criminals
10.The British government departments are staffed by members of（ ）, whose duty is to assist in carrying out laws passed by Parliament. (满分:5)
A. the Civil Service
B. the Privy Council
C. the House of Lords
D. the House of Commons
二、判断题:【10道,总分:50分】
1.William Shakespeare＇s plays fall into three categories: tragedies such as Hamlet, comedies such as Merchant of Venice and historical plays like Charles II. (满分:5)
A. 错误
B. 正确
2.Amongst European nations, Britain is the largest investor in China and sells much more of its own manufactured goods in China than do German or France. (满分:5)
A. 错误
B. 正确
3.Traditionally, people gave Christmas gifts or money to their staff or servants on Boxing day, which is the day after Christmas. (满分:5)
A. 错误
B. 正确
4.The most important single factor which influences British policy-makers is its history. (满分:5)
A. 错误
B. 正确
5.Charles Dickens is one of the most famous of English Modernist writers. (满分:5)
A. 错误
B. 正确
6.“The City” refers to the historic area at the center of London. It is one of the biggest financial centers with the greatest concentration of banks, insurance companies and businesses dealing in commodities. (满分:5)
A. 错误
B. 正确
7.Manufacturing industry is an important part of the UK economy, accounting for 5% of the nation＇s wealth (满分:5)
A. 错误
B. 正确
8.Britain, Canada, Russia, China and the US are the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. (满分:5)
A. 错误
B. 正确
9.Britain remains one of the Group of Seven large industrial economies. (满分:5)
A. 错误
B. 正确
10.John Keats was superb at pictorial poetry---painting a picture with word. (满分:5)
A. 错误
B. 正确
17秋《英语国家概况》(Ⅰ)作业3
一、单选题:【10道,总分:50分】
1.is the Maori name for New Zealand，meaning" land of the long，white cloud"． (满分:5)
A. Kiwi
B. Waitangi
C. Maoritanga
D. Aotearoa
2.The Australian national day is set on January 26 to commemorate ( )( )( ). (满分:5)
A. the founding of the Commonwealth of Australia
B. the discovery of 'the great southern unknown land'
C. the first European settlement of the continent
D. Captain James Cook's first voyage around Australia
3.Local authorities in Great Britain raise revenue through（ ）. (满分:5)
A. the income tax
B. the council tax
C. the capital receipts
D. personal contribution
4.New Zealanders have adopted their name from the kiwi, ( )( )( ). (满分:5)
A. which is a native flightless bird
B. which was the only mammal in New Zealand
C. which was introduced to New Zealand about 1000 years ago
D.
E. which is an introduced flightless bird
5.In the 18th century, there appearedin England, which owed a great deal to the invertion of machines. (满分:5)
A. the Industrial Revolution
B. the Bourgeois Reformation
C. the Wars of the Roses
D. the Religious Reformation
6.( ) is the oldest newspaper in Australia. (满分:5)
A. The Sydney Morning Herald
B. The Australian
C. The Mercury
D. The Australian Financial Review
7.In Australia, the federal government and the state governments are formed by ( )( ). (满分:5)
A. the party chosen by the Governor-General
B. the party that has the most votes
C. the party that has the majority of the House of Representatives
D. the party that has the majority of the Senate
8.The largest state in Australia in terms of population is ( )( )( ). (满分:5)
A. Queensland
B. New South Wales
C. Western Australia
D. Victoria
9.Which of the following organizations was started to provide medical help to people in remote and isolated places? (满分:5)
A. The Red Cross Society
B. Medicare
C. The Royal Flying Doctor Service
D. The National Health and Medical Research Council
10.New Zealanders have adopted their name from the kiwi, ( )( )( ). (满分:5)
A. which is a native flightless bird
B. which was the only mammal in New Zealand
C. which was introduced to New Zealand about 1000 years ago
D.
E. which is an introduced flightless bird
二、判断题:【10道,总分:50分】
1.While the English are largely protestant, the Irish of the Republic largely belong to the Roman Catholic faith. (满分:5)
A. 错误
B. 正确
2.Up until 1970＇s the Irish economy was inward-looking. (满分:5)
A. 错误
B. 正确
3.The Parliament of Ireland is composed of two houses: the Dail and the Seanad or the Senate. (满分:5)
A. 错误
B. 正确
4.The first official language of the Irish Republic is English. (满分:5)
A. 错误
B. 正确
5.The President of Ireland is only a symbolic Head of State and does not have executive power. (满分:5)
A. 错误
B. 正确
6.Ireland is situated in the extreme northwest of Europe. (满分:5)
A. 错误
B. 正确
7.Ireland joined the EU in 1970. (满分:5)
A. 错误
B. 正确
8.The earliest settlers in Ireland came around 7000 BC in the Mesolithic or middle Stone Age Period. (满分:5)
A. 错误
B. 正确
9.The Irish often have an informal style in regard to work practice. (满分:5)
A. 错误
B. 正确
10.In communication, the Irish value talking most. (满分:5)
A. 错误
B. 正确
17秋《英语国家概况》(Ⅰ)作业4
一、单选题:【10道,总分:50分】
1.Who wrote the long poem Paradise Lost? (满分:5)
A. Shakespeare
B. Chaucer
C. Milton
D. John Cabot
2.In Australia, the federal government and the state governments are formed by ( ). (满分:5)
A. the party chosen by the Governor-General
B. the party that has the most votes
C. the party that has the majority of the House of Representatives
D. the party that has the majority of the Senate
3.Which of the following organizations was started to provide medical help to people in remote and isolated places? (满分:5)
A. The Red Cross Society
B. Medicare
C. The Royal Flying Doctor Service
D. The National Health and Medical Research Council
4.The Head of State of New Zealand is ( ). (满分:5)
A. the Prime Minister
B. the Governor-General
C. the British monarch
D. the Ombudsman
5.Chaucer is he the author of( ) (满分:5)
A. Beowulf
B. The Canterbury
C. Rip Van Winkle
D. Twelfth Night
6.The largest state in Australia in terms of population is ( ). (满分:5)
A. Queensland
B. New South Wales
C. Western Australia
D. Victoria
7.The first European settlement on the continent began in ( ). (满分:5)
A. 1901
B. 1788
C. 1770
D. 1787
8.The first settlers of New Zealand were ( ). (满分:5)
A. voyagers from East Polynesia
B. European navigators
C. sealers and whalers
D. Christian missionaries
9.Which of the following factors does not contribute to New Zealand＇s environmental achievement? (满分:5)
A. Favourable geographic features
B. Low population
C. A late development of industry
D. The ozone hole over Antarctica
10.In 1769, ( ) visited New Zealand and claimed it for Britain. (满分:5)
A. Abel Tasman
B. James Cook
C. Christian missionaries
D. sealers and whalers
二、判断题:【10道,总分:50分】
1.Under the White Australia Policy, immigrants to Australia had to take a test in a European language, the failure of which would be given the status of prohibited immigrant. (满分:5)
A. 错误
B. 正确
2.The Governor-General acts only on the advice of the Executive Council that comprises himself and the Cabinet. (满分:5)
A. 错误
B. 正确
3.The Prime Minister and his Cabinet at federal level is the acknowledged center of Australian parliamentary power. (满分:5)
A. 错误
B. 正确
4.The continent of Australia is the largest, fattest and driest continent in the world. (满分:5)
A. 错误
B. 正确
5.The members of Australian parliament generally belong to one of the two major political parties, the Australian Labor Party(ALP) or the Coalition. (满分:5)
A. 错误
B. 正确
6.Australia＇s policy of assimilation was founded on the belief that the white culture was progressive and superior while the indigenous culture was inferior. (满分:5)
A. 错误
B. 正确
7.Wakefield Scheme was devised by Edward Wakefield, a convict and theorist on colonization, to solve the problem of labor shortage in colonial Australia. (满分:5)
A. 错误
B. 正确
8.It was believed before 1980s that the government should play the central role in the promotion and maintenance of the social prosperity. (满分:5)
A. 错误
B. 正确
9.Whistle-blowers are often experts in both senior and lower levels of bureaucracies who, discovering that their branch of the organization is in some way corrupt and inefficient, try to expose this problem. (满分:5)
A. 错误
B. 正确
10.The convicts Elizabeth and James Ruse became the first successful farming family in Australia. (满分:5)
A. 错误
B. 正确
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