(完整版)英语国家概况复习题及参考答案

《英语国家概况》复习题及参考答案

一Multiple choice ( 30’)

( ) 1 As a result of the Black Death, much land was left untended and there was a terrible shortage of ___ in England.

A grain

B farm tools

C houses

D labor

( ) 2 In the late 17th century, two of most famous literary works were Pilgrim’s Progress and _________ .

A the Jew of Malta

B the School of Archery

C Novum Organum

D Paradise Lost

( ) 3. In 1836, a group of skilled workers and _____ formed the London Working Men’s Association.

A householders

B tenants

C small shopkeepers

D office workers

( ) 4. In the Industrial Revolution, changes occurred earliest and quickest in the industry of ______.

A. pottery B hardware C textiles D chemicals

( ) 5. In Britain police officers are not allowed to join ________ or to go on strike.

A a choir

B a political party

C a trade union

D a club

( ) 6 The Great Carter of 1215 is also known as _________.

A People’s Charter

B Magna Carta

C King’s Charter

D the Declaration of human rights

( ) 7 Henry Ⅱwas the first king of the ________ dynasty.

A Malcolm

B Plantagenet

C Windsor

D Tudor

( ) 8. __________ is the most typically English of sports

A Cricket

B Golf

C Tennis

D Horse-racing

( ) 9. By the Treaty of ______ of 1842, China ceded _______ to Britain.

A Nanjing, Hong Kong

B Tianjing, Hong Kong

C Nanjing, Macau

D Tianjing, Macau

( ) 10. In _______, the name Great Britain came into being.

A 1689

B 1702

C 1701

D 1707

( ) 11. The serious economic crisis in the late 1920s and the beginning of 1930s was first brought about by ___.

A the farm failure

B the bank failures

C the stock market crash

D the high unemployment

( ) 12．What are the problems that the U.S. economy has faced from time to time?

A Inflation

B Depressions

C Recessions

D all of the above

( ) 13．The real American literature began________.

A after the war of Independence

B after the Westward Movement

C after the Civil War

D after the Civil Rights Movement

( ) 14. In 1900, the United States ranked first in the production of ____ .

A coal

B electricity

C oil

D wheat

( ) 15. In the United States, if the parents don’t send their children to school at certain age, ________ .

A the state government will be responsible for it

B they will educate the children themselves

C they can save a lot of money

D they are breaking the law

( ) 16. The U.S. and China established their diplomatic relations in _____.

A 1974

B 1972

C 1978

D 1979

( ) 17 In his inaugural speech, ______ said that “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”

A Woodrow Wilson

B Theodore Roosevelt