英美概况复习题

英美概况复习题
英美概况复习题

Chapter 1 of the UK

I. Make a Choice

1. The total area of the U.K. is _____.

A. 211,440

B. 244,110

C. 241,410

D. 242,534

2. England occupies the _____ portion of the U.K.

A. northern

B. eastern

C. southern

D. western

3. The most important part of the U.K. in wealth is _____.

A. Northern Ireland

B. England

C. Scotland

D. Wales

4. By the Act of Union of _____ Scotland and the kingdom of England and Wales were constitutionally joined as the Kingdom of Britain.

A. 1707

B. 1921

C. 1801

D. 1607

5. Mt. Ben Nevis stands in _____.

A. the Scottish Highlands

B. Wales

C. England

D. Northern Ireland

6. The main rivers parting in Britain runs from _____.

A. north to south

B. south to north

C. east to west

D. west to east

7. The longest river in Britain is _____.

A. Severn

B. Clyde

C. Bann

D. Thames

8. London is situated on the River of _____.

A. Clyde

B. Thames

C. Severn

D. Bristol

9. Edinburgh is the capital of _____.

A. England

B. Scotland

C. Wales

D. Northern Ireland

10. Mt. Snowdon stands in _____.

A. Scotland

B. Wales

C. England

D. Northern Ireland

11. Gaelic is mainly spoken in _____.

A. Scotland

B. England

C. Northern Ireland

D. Wales

12. The Bank of England was nationalized in _____.

A. 1964

B. 1946

C. 1694

D. 1842

13. The three Germanic tribes that invaded Britain include the following except _____.

A. the Angles

B. the Saxons

C. the Picts

D. the Jutes

14. The capital city of Northern Ireland is _____.

A. Cardiff

B. Belfast

C. Leith

D. Glasgow

15. Celtic tribes began to settle in Britain from about _____ B.C.

A. 410

B. 750

C. 300

D. 1066

16. The proportion of the English in the whole population is _____.

A. 60%

B. 80%

C. 70%

D. 90%

17. About _____ percent of the population live in cities or towns.

A. 80

B. 85

C. 90

D. 98

18. The highest mountain in Britain is _____.

A. Mt. Mourne

B. Mt. Snowdon

C. Mt. Seafell

D. Ben Nevis

19. The second largest city in England is _____.

A. Glasgow

B. Birmingham

C. Manchester

D. Liverpool

20. The modern Scots and Irish are the descendants of _____.

A. Gaels

B. Britons

C. Anglo-Saxons

D. Celts

II. Fill in the Blanks.

1. The U.K. is situated in _____ Europe.

2. The full title of the U.K. is the United Kingdom of _____ _____ and _____ _____.

3. The U.K. consists of England, _____, _____ and Northern Ireland.

4. The largest part of U.K. is _____.

5. The capital of England and of Great Britain is _____.

6. _____ _____ is composed of six Irish counties that elected to remain in the union with Great Britain.

7. The highest mountain in Britain is _____ _____.

8. Natural gas was discovered in Britain in the _____ _____.

9. The most important river is the River of _____.

10. Lough Neagh lie in _____ _____.

11. Britain’s Industrial Revolution took place between _____ and _____.

12. The population of the U.K. is more than _____ million.

13. The population of the U.K. consists of the English, the Welsh, the Scottish and the _____.

14. In Wales many people speak _____.

15. People sing the national anthem in _____.

16. The earliest invasion is that by the _____-haired Mediterranean race called the Iberians.

17. The modern _____ and _____ are the descendants of the Gaels of the Celtic tribes.

18. The Britons of the Celtic tribes were the forefathers of the modern _____.

19. The British national anthem is _____ _____ _____ _____.

20. The U.K. lies to the _____ of France.

Chapter 3 of the UK

I. Make a Choice.

1. Christianity was introduced into England in the late _____ century.

A. 14th

B. 8th

C. 6th

D. 4th

2. In 1653 _____ was made Lord Protector for life.

A. Oliver Cromwell

B. Charles I

C. William I

D. Charles II

3. The three great Germanic tribes: the Anglos, the _____ and the Jutes which invaded Britain form the basis of the modern British people.

A. Saxons

B. Scots

C. Welsh

D. Wessex

4. The head of the church in Anglo-Saxon times was _____.

A. the King of Denmark and Norway

B. the king of England

C. Julius Caesar

D. the Archbishop of Canterbury

5. The _____ invaded England in the earliest time.

A. Danes

B. Iberians

C. Romans

D. Celts

6. The Vikings who invaded England at the turn of the 8th century came from _____.

A. Norway

B. Denmark

C. France

D. both A and B

7. Norman Conquest began in _____.

A. 1016

B. 1066

C. 1035

D. 1688

8. Charles I was beheaded in _____.

A. 1649

B. 1648

C. 1653

D. 1688

9. It was _____ who summoned Model Parliament in 1295.

A. Edward I

B. Henry IV

C. Simon de Montfort

D. William I

10. The Peasants Uprising in 1381 was led by _____.

A. Henry Turner

B. Watt Tyler

C. Richard

D. Joan of Arc

11. The English Church was strictly _____.

A. national

B. international

C. regional

D. racial

12. The Great Charter was signed by _____ in 1215.

A. King Henry II

B. King Richard

C. King John

D. William I

13. In the early 14th century feudalism began to _____ in England.

A. grow

B. flourish

C. decline

D. end

14. The Parliament of 1265 which is known as the “_____” is considered the “beginning of parliament”.

A. All Estates Parliament

B. Model Parliament

C. Long Parliament

D. Short Parliament

15. The Anglo-French hostility which began in 1337 and ended in 1453 was known as _____.

A. the Wars of Roses

B. the Hundred Years’ War

C. Peasant Uprising

D. Black Death

16. In the first half of 17th century _____ grow rapidly in England.

A. feudalism

B. capitalism

C. Catholicism

D. Imperialism

17. In the 14th century took place the _____, the severest of many plagues in the middle ages.

A. Earthquake

B. Black Death

C. Drought

D. Famine

18. By the end of the Wars of the Roses the House of _____ began.

A. Tudor

B. Lancaster

C. Plantagenet

D. York

19. In the Wars of the Roses the Lancastrians wire badges of _____ rose.

A. white

B. red

C. pink

D. yellow

20. William Shakespeare is mainly a _____.

A. novelist

B. dramatist

C. poet

D. essayist

21. In 1689 the “Bill of Rights” was passed. _____ began in England.

A. The Constitutional Monarchy

B. All Estates Parliament

C. House of Lancaster

D. British Parliament

22. In 1337 the hostility between England and __ resulted in the Hundred Years’ War.

A. France

B. Spain

C. Russia

D. Germany

23. The Industrial Revolution first started in _____.

A. the iron industry

B. the textile industry

C. the coal industry

D. the pottery industry

24. The English Prime Minister during the Second World War was _____.

A. Churchill

B. Chamberlain

C. Baldwin

D. Robert Walpore

25. _____ contrasted the first successful steam locomotive.

A. George Stephenson

B. Samuel Crompton

C. James Hargreaves

D. James Watt

26. The _____ government surrendered to the British invaders and was forced to sign the first unequal Treaty of Nanjing in 1842.

A. Indian

B. Qing

C. Irish

D. Spanish

27. By the _____ in 1783, Britain recognized the independence of the US.

A. Declaratory Act

B. Treaty of Paris

C. Treaty of Montgomery

D. Treaty of Versailles

28. In 1840 Britain launched an aggressive war against _____.

A. France

B. India

C. China

D. America

29. During the Civil Wars (1642 –1648) the supporters of Parliament were called _____ while the supporters of the King Charles I were called _____.

A. Tory, Liberal

B. Roundheads, Cavaliers

C. Tory, Whig

D. Conservative, Labor

30. The contribution made by the Normans to Britain is the following except _____.

A. final unification of England

B. foundation of aristocracy

C. great administrative progress

D. some peculiarities of dialect

II. Fill in the Blanks.

1. At about 3000 BC, some of the _____ settled in Britain.

2. About 122 AD, in order to keep back the Picts and Scots, the _____ built Hadrian’s Wall.

3. The real Roman conquest began in _____.

4. On Christmas Day 1066 Duke _____ was crowned in Westminster Abbey.

5. John signed the document in 1215, which in history was called the Great Charter or _____ _____.

6. In 1086 William had his official to make a general survey of the land, known as _____ Book.

7. The Battle of _____ paved the way for the Norman Conquest to England.

8. Duke William was known in history as William the _____.

9. Along with the Normans came the _____ language.

10. The English parliament originated in the _____ _____.

11. The _____ _____ in 1688 was in nature a coup d’etat.

12. The corrupt Qing government surrendered to Britain and was forced to sign the first unequal Treaty of _____ in 1842.

13. The Wars of the Roses broke out between the _____ and the _____.

14. The Enclosure Movement began in the _____ century.

15. By the treaty of _____ in 1783, Britain recognized the independence of the US.

16. In _____ Britain launched the Opium War against China.

17. Mary I re-established Catholicism and burnt three hundred Protestants, for which she was called “_____” Mary.

18. During the Renaissance, the thinkers who worked for freedom and enlightenment were called “_____”.

19. In the summer of 1588 the Spanish ships, the _____ _____ was defeated by English ships.

20. English Renaissance began in _____ century.

21. In September 1939 Germany invaded _____, thus Britain and France declared war on Germany.

22. The Industrial Revolution started during the last part of the _____ century.

23. Upon the completion of the _____ _____ by 1850 England became the workshop of the world.

24. On the eve of WWI the Triple Alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and _____ was formed.

25. On May 7, 1945, _____ surrendered unconditionally.

Chapter 5 of the UK

I. Make a Choice.

1. All children in the UK must, by law, receive a full-time education from the age of _____ to _____.

A. 5, 16

B. 6, 17

C. 7, 18

D. 6, 18

2. Public schools belong to the category of the _____ schools.

A. state

B. independent

C. local

D. international

3. The two features of Oxford and Cambridge are the college system and the _____.

A. records of attendance

B. governing council

C. tutorial system

D. academic level

4. The universities of St. Andrews, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Edinburgh are called the four _____ universities.

A. old

B. new

C. Scottish

D. religious

5. The _____University offers courses through one of BBC’s television channels and by radio.

A. Open

B. New

C. Middle-aged

D. Adult

6. In Britain great majority of children attend _____ schools.

A. state

B. independent

C. religious

D. public

7. The oldest university in Britain is _____.

A. Cambridge

B. Edinburgh University

C. Oxford

D. London University

II. Fill in the Blanks.

1. There are two systems of primary and secondary education in Britain. They are the _____ school and the _____ school.

2. The independent school or “_____” school is few in number but of great influence.

3. The old universities in Britain refer to _____ and _____.

4. Oxford got started in the _____ century.

Chapter 6 of the UK

I. Make a Choice.

1. The British Monarchy is _____.

A. elective

B. democratic

C. hereditary

D. appointed

2. The Constitutional Monarchy started at the end of the _____ century.

A. 17th

B. 16th

C. 15th

D. 18th

3. The _____ is used as a symbol of the whole nation and is described as the representative of the people.

A. Prime Minister

B. Crown

C. Parliament

D. the Upper House

4. The life of Parliament is fixed at _____ years.

A. four

B. six

C. five

D. three

5. The House of Commons consists of _____ members who are elected from the electoral districts.

A. 651

B. 535

C. 635

D. 100,

6. The president (or head) of the House of Lords in Britain is _____.

A. Lord Chancellor

B. Speaker

C. Prime minister

D. monarch

7. The Shadow Cabinet is organized by the _____.

A. Government

B. Opposition

C. Privy Council

D. Prime Minister II. Fill in the Blanks.

1. Elizabeth II came to the throne on Feb. 6th, _____.

2. The British Parliament consists of three elements –the _____, the House of _____, and the House of _____.

3. The official head of Parliament is the _____.

4. The government cannot legally spend any money without the permission of he House of _____.

5. The House of Lords is also called the _____ House, the House of Commons the _____ House.

6. The two major parties in Britain are the _____ Party and the _____ Party.

7. Every _____ years a general election is held in Britain.

8. The headquarters of the London police is the famous _____ _____.

Chapter 7 of the UK

I. Make a Choice.

1. The Economist, New Statesman, Spectator are _____.

A. journals

B. daily newspapers

C. local papers

D. Sunday newspapers

2. The BBC is mainly financed by _____.

A. payment from all people who possess TV sets

B. the income from advertisements

C. some large corporations

D. British government

3. Reuters was founded in the year of _____.

A. 1518

B. 1815

C. 1851

D. 1588

4. _____ is regarded as the most English of games.

A. Cricket

B. Soccer

C. Rugby

D. Horse racing

5. The annual _____ championships at Wimbledon, in London, are the most famous in the world.

A. hockey

B. tennis

C. netball

D. soccer

6. Big Ben is the nickname of _____.

A. Benjamin Franklin

B. Sir Benjamin Hall

C. the 315-foot Clock Tower

D. White Hall

7. You could find the world-famou s Speakers’ Corner in _____.

A. Great Russell

B. Hyde Park

C. Westminster Abbey

D. Tower of London

8. _____ is the biggest and most well-known church in London.

A. White Hall

B. St. Paul’s Cathedral

C. Westminster Abbey

D. St. Peter Cathedral

9. _____ is the monarch’s present London home.

A. Westminster Palace

B. Buckingham Palace

C. Whitehall Palace

D. Winsor Castle

10. What the Englishmen usually talk about in their daily life is _____.

A. price

B. tax

C. weather

D. sports

11. Boxing Day is on _____.

A. the first weekday after Christmas

B. the following day of Christmas

C. the last Sunday of December

D. the fourth Thursday of December

12. The festival which celebrates a historical event is _____.

A. Good Friday

B. Remembrance Day

C. Guy Fawkes Day

D. Christmas

13. The birthday of the _____ is a National Day in Britain.

A. head of the House of Commons

B. British Monarch

C. Prime Minister

D. Lord Chancellor

14. The Church of England is also called _____.

A. the Anglican Church

B. the Congregational

C. the Salvation Army

D. Puritanism

II. Fill in the Blanks.

1. Almost all the national papers are published in the city of _____.

2. The _____ _____ is the national centre of the press in the UK.

3. The most famous broadcasting company is _____ _____ _____.

4. The most well-known news agency is _____.

5. _____ is regarded as the most English games.

6. The place where many famous figures are buried is called _____ _____.

7. The _____ of _____ was a state prison from Norman times.

8. The nickname for Britain is _____ _____.

9. Christmas Day is on __, ___, which is the greatest of the Christian festivals.

10. April Fool’s Day which makes you an “April Fool” falls on _____.

11. Father Christmas is also called _____ _____, who gives presents only to children and knows what every child wants.

Chapter 1 of the US

I. Make a Choice.

1. The _____ part of America consists of high plateaus and mountains formed by the Great Cordillera Range.

A. eastern

B. western

C. northeastern

D. southern

2. Among the five Great Lakes, only _____ is wholly within the United States.

A. Erie

B. Superior

C. Michigan

D. Ontario

3. Only the climate in the southern part of _____ is tropical.

A. Florida

B. Georgia

C. Virginia

D. Texas

4. Washington, the capital of the US, is on the _____ river.

A. Potomac

B. Delaware

C. St. Laurence

D. Hudson

5. _____ has been called the “cradle of American Liberty”.

A. Philadelphia

B. Plymouth

C. Boston

D. Washington D.C.

6. The highest mountain in the U.S. is Mount _____.

A. Appalachian

B. Mekinley

C. Rocky

D. Cascades

7. The world’s largest freshwater lake is Lake _____.

A. Superior

B. Ontario

C. Victoria

D. Michigan

8. The world-famous Niagara Falls lie between lakes of _____.

A. Erie and Michigan

B. Erie and Ontario

C. Superior and Huron

D. Ontario and Huron

9. Texas, having belonged to _____, was annexed by the U.S. in 1845.

A. France

B. Russia

C. Mexico

D. Canada

10. Hawaii is in the _____ Ocean.

A. Atlantic

B. Indian

C. Pacific

D. Arctic

11. The United States today is the _____ largest country in size in the world.

A. third

B. fifth

C. fourth

D. second

II. Fill in the blanks

1. The United States is situated in the _____ part of _____ America.

2. The U.S. is bounded by _____ on the north and by _____ and the Gulf of Mexico on the south.

3. To the west of America lies the _____ Ocean.

4. To the east of America lies the _____ Ocean.

5. The seat of the American Federal Government is the District of _____.

6. The _____ part is made up of the highlands formed by the Appalachian Range.

7. The United States includes _____ states and a _____ district, the District of Columbia.

8. The Declaration of Independence was first read on July 4th, _____.

9. The two main tributaries of the _____ River are the Missouri River and the Ohio River.

10. The five Great Lakes lie between the boundary of _____ and the United States.

11. The two youngest states are _____ in the northeastern part of America and _____ in the central Pacific.

12. The population of the United States is about _____ million.

13. The Statue of Liberty Island in _____ _____ harbor.

Chapter 3 of the US

I. Make a Choice.

1. The history of the U.S. is generally agreed to have begun in _____.

A. 1620

B. 1607

C. 1776

D. 1774

2. The First Continental Congress was held in _____ in September, 1774.

A. Philadelphia

B. Boston

C. New York

D. Washington D.C.

3. The battle of _____ marked the turning point of the War of Independence.

A. New York

B. Saratoga

C. Bunker Hill

D. Gettysburg

4. The Constitutional Convention was held in _____ .

A. 1776

B. 1787

C.1791

D. 1803

5. The first ten amendments, known as _____, were added to the Constitution in 1791.

A. Bill of Rights

B. the Articles

C. Civil Rights

D. Statute

6. The greatest contribution made by President Thomas Jefferson was his _____.

A. abolishing the Sedition Act

B. reducing taxes

C. purchasing Louisiana from France

D. founding the US

7. The Second Anti-English War broke out in _____ and ended in _____. The U.S. won the war.

A. 1812, 1814

B. 1813, 1815

C. 1814, 1816

D. 1812, 1818

8. As the result of the U.S.-Mexican War, nearly _____ of the entire territory of Mexico was lost.

A. 1/4

B. 1/2

C. 1/3

D. 1/5

9. _____ was chosen as the capital for the time being in Washington’s administration.

A. New York

B. Chicago

C. Boston

D. Atlanta

10. _____ was the first American President who was inaugurated in the city of Washington.

A. John Adams

B. Thomas Jefferson

C. James Madison

D. Thomas Monroe

11. During the Civil War Lincoln issued the _____, which declared the abolition of slavery.

A. Homestead Bill

B. Emancipation Proclamation

C. Declaration of Independence

D. Both A and B

12. The Battle of _____ was the turning point of the American Civil War.

A. Bull Run

B. Gettysburg

C. Richmond

D. Saratoga

13. The first American President from the Republican Party is _____.

A. Abraham Lincoln

B. Andrew Johnson

C. Thomas Jefferson

D. George Washington

14. The First World War broke out on July 28th, _____ and ended on November 11th, _____, lasting for about four years.

A. 1913, 1917

B. 1914, 1918

C. 1915, 1919

D. 1914,1919

15. The assassination of a (n) _____ prince, Arch Duke Fedinand, served as the direct fuse for the outbreak of WWI.

A. Australia

B. Belgium

C. Austria

D. German

16. The _____ was the treaty signed at Paris in France in 1919.

A. Paris Treaty

B. Versaills Treaty

C. Teheran Treaty

D. Saine Treat

17. The Great Depression of _____ shook the US and the whole capitalist world to its foundations.

A. 1929

B. 1933

C. 1924

D. 1930

18. The _____ broke out in June 1950 and ended in the summer of 1953.

A. Vietnam War

B. Cold War

C. Korean War

D. Indian War

19. The Second World War broke out in September, _____ and ended in August _____.

A. 1939, 1945

B. 1937, 1943

C. 1938, 1945

D. 1936, 1945

20. After WWII there emerged a new balance of power between _____ and _____.

A. the Allies, the Axis Powers

B. the USSR, the USA

C. the old capitalist countries, the new ones

D. America, Britain

21. The President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed a policy called _____ to save the economic situation.

A. Good Neighbor

B. the Open Door Policy

C. the New Deal

D. the Big Stick

22. In Feb. _____ came President Nixon’s historic visit to China.

英语国家概况课后题总结和答案

Chapter 1 land and people are the differences between Britain and the British Isles, Great Britain,England,the United Kingdom and the British Commonwealth The British Isles,Greant Britina and England are geographical names, no the official names of the country,while the official name is the United Kingdom,but the full name is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern British Commonwealth is a free association of independent countries that were once colonies of Britian. the geographical position of Britian Britain is an island country. It lies in the north Atlantic Ocean off the north coast of is separated from the rest of Europe by the English channel in the south and the North Sea in the east. in Great Britain are mostly highland and lowland The north and west of Britain are mainly highland, while the south and south-east are mostly lowlands. Britain have a favourable climate why Yes,it has a favourable climate, because it has a maritime type of climate---winters are mild,not too cold and summers are cool, not too has a steady reliable rainfall throughout the whole has a small range of temperature,too. are the factors which influence the climate in Britain Which part of Britain has the most rainfall and which part is the driest

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2013-2014学年度第一学期 英国国家概况期末试题 (考试时间120分钟,总分100分) 班级姓名成绩 得分评卷人复查人 I. Multiple Choice Questions. (50 points, 2 point for each) Directions: In this part of the test, there are 50 unfinished statements or questions. For each of the unfinished statements or questions, four suggested answers, marked A. B, C and D are given. Choose 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 your Answer Sheet. I. Different Names for Britain and its Parts: 1.The British Isles are made up of________ A.two large islands and hundreds of small ones B. two large islands and Northern Ireland C. three large islands and hundreds of small ones D. three large islands and Northern Ireland 2. There are three political divisions on the island of Great Britain. They are_______ A.Britain,Scotland and Wales B. England,Scotland and Wales C. Britain,Scotland and Ireland D. England,Scotland and Ireland 3.The Commonwealth of Nations is an association of independent countries______ A. that have a large number of British immigrants B. that fought on the side of Britain in the two world wars C. that speak English as their native language D. that were once colonies of Britain 4. About a hundred years ago,as a result of imperialist expansion,Britain ruled an empire that had one fourth of the world's people and ______of the world's land area. A.one third B. one fifth C. one fourth D. two fifths 5.The earliest invasion of England is that by _____. A. the Iberian B. the Danes C. the Celts D. the Anglo-Saxons 6.the Celts religion was _____. A.Christianity B. Druidism C. Norman belief D. Roman Catholic 7.the Anglo-Saxons brought _____ religion to Britain.

英美概况期末试题

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