湖北中医学院B卷

湖北中医学院《英语国家概况》期末考试试卷(07-08学年第1学期 2008.01):_____________专业:____________学号:_______________I: Choose the best answer from A ，B ，C ，and D for each item. (20%, 1×20)1. Which of the fowllowing is NOT considered a characteristic of London?A. The cultural center.B. The business center.C. The financial center.D. The sports center.2. The British Isles are made up of _____ large islands and hundreds of small ones.A. fiveB. fourC. twoD. three3. The highest authority of the Church of Scotland is _____.A. the monarchyB. the General AssemblyC. the Prime MinisterD. the archbishops.4. The Lake District is well known for _____.A. its wild and beautiful sceneryB. its varied lakesC. the lake poetsD. all above5. According to the Act of Settlement of 1701, only _____ are eligible to succeed to the throne.A. CatholicsB. ProtestantsC. MethodistsD. Baptists6. Compared to the others, _____ of the Queen is the weakest candidate for the succession to the throne in the UK.A. the first sonB. the eldest daughterC. the youngest sonD. the eldest brother7. Which is NOT correct to describe the Prime Minister?A. The head of the country.B. The head of civil servantsC. The leader of the Ruling Party.D. The head of the Cabinet.8. The Labour Party became one of the two major parties after _____.A. 1912B. 1922C. 1932D. 19459. The United Kingdom is not a member country of _____.A. the United NationsB. Asian Pacific Economic CommunityC. the Western European UnionD. the International Monetary Fund10. Which of the following was NOT the reason for the relative economic decline since 1945 for the UK?A. Britain did not invest in modern equipment and new products.B. Britain spent a high proportion of its national wealth on the military.C. Britain had been heavily in debt to finance the war.D. Britain had carried out the nationalization of its businesses.11. Thomas Becket disputed with Henry II on the _____ matters.A. economicB. religiousC. educationalD. administrative12. The Industrial Revolution in Britain first began in _____.A. the clothing industryB. the cotton textile industryC. the steam engine industryD. the railway industry13. The chief reason for early settlers to come to the New Continent was _____.A. to seek better opportunitiesB. to escape religious persecutionC. to find richesD. Both A and B14. The national flag of the United States is known as _____.A. the Star-Spangled BannerB. Uncle SamC. Hot DogD. Union Jack15. The terms of the senator and representative are _____ and _____ years respectively.A. two… fourB. two…threeC. two… sixD. six… two16. _____ has the power to impeach the President of the US when he abuses his power.A. The SenateB. The Supreme CourtC. The CongressD. The Justice of the Supreme Court17. The Bretton Woods Conference set up the following systems or policies EXCEPT _____.A. Open Door policyB. IMFC. the World BankD. GA TT world trading system18. Which of the following is NOT accurate about the Emancipation Proclamation?A. It immediately freed all slaves living in the US.B. It freed slaves only in the Confederacy.C. It brought many blacks to serve in the Union Army.D. It gave the North a high moral reason for continuing the war.19. The principal author of The Declaration of Independence was _____.A. George WashingtonB. John AdamsC. Thomas JeffersonD. Thomas Pain20. Which of the following did George W. Bush advocate?A. Protecting the environment and improving education.B. A tax cut and conservative social policies.C. Economic growth, a balanced budget and health-care reform.D. Tax cut, economic growth and government revenues.1. The head of the UK is _____ with limited power.2. The flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is sometimes called the _____, which was first used in 1801.3. In the UK, life peers should be nominated by _____, and appointed by the sovereign.4. Scottish schools receive funds directly from _____ instead of from the local authority.5. The murder of _____ caused unexpected results which could clearly testified to the great influence of the church in the Middle Ages.6. The Roman occupation of Britain lasted nearly 400 years. They brought _____ to England and their development of the country helped this religion to spread.7. Under Margaret Thatcher, Britain adopted the economic policy of _____, deregulation and market liberalization.8. Both James I and his son, Charles I clung to the theory of the _____, that is, the king was above the people and the Church.9. During the Hundred Years’ War, many French peasants joined in the war under the leadership of famous peasant girl _____ who was a heroine in French history.10. _____ was a period in which “sheep devour men” as described in Thomas More’s Utopia.11. _____ was the major English Romantic poet and poet laureate of England. His Lyrical Ballads(1798), written with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped launch the English Romantic movement.12. Chamberlain engineered _____ in September 1938, negotiating with Hitler to settle the question of Czechoslovakia.13. _____ was signed on July 4, 1776.14. In 1844, China was compelled to sign with the USA the unequal “_____”.15. The formation of the League of Nations was to guarantee the independence of all nations and to preserve _____.16. In the first years of World War I, the US government clung to its traditional _____ with regard to European affairs.17. In 1941, Roosevelt and Churchill met to issue a declaration of war aims known as “_____”.18. On September 11, 2001, terrorists carried out a devastating attack on the _____ in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.19. I Have A Dream was delivered by _____, who was a very famous Civil Rights Movement leader.20. The present president of the USA is _____.III: Translate the following Chinese phrases into English andEnglish into Chinese. (20%, 1×20)1. 君主立宪制__________2. 都铎王朝__________3. 荣耀革命_________4. 欧盟__________5. 英联邦__________6. 大熔炉__________7. 社会福利制度__________ 8. 水门丑闻__________9. 卡特里娜飓风__________ 10. 反恐战争__________11. the House of Lords __________ 12. Keynesian School in economics __________ 13. the Magna Carta __________ 14. the Domesday Book __________15. the Divine Right of Kings __________16. the Pilgrim Fathers __________17. the Senate __________ 18. the Central Intelligence Agency ____________________ 20. the Open Door Policy __________IV: Decide whether the following statements are true [T] or false[F]. (10%, 1×10)_____ 1. The Romans brought their civilization to England, but they didn’t introduce a system of organized government and build a network of towns._____ 2. In the UK, the Prime Minister can dissolve Parliament over a major issue that he or she believes should be submitted to the voters._____ 3. Anthony Blair, the leader of the Labour Party, became Prime Minister of Britain in 1997._____ 4. During Henry II’s reign, the judges had to make decisions by relying on English written laws._____ 5. From 1780 to 1839 Britain exported a lot of marijuana to China each year and made a lot of money._____ 6. Grammar school refers to a kind of secondary school both in the UK and in the USA._____ 7. The US and Canada share a land boundary which is open and undefended._____ 8. Franklin D. Roosevelt, elected to four times in office as president of the United States, is one of the greatest presidents in the Americans’ eyes._____ 9. Michael Jackson is the most outstanding Jazz singer, known as “King of the Pop”._____ 10. The first Thanksgiving Day was celebrated on the last Thursday in November of 1621.words for each question) (30%, 5×6)1. What powers does the Queen of Britain have theoretically? Why is it said that she has no realpower at all in reality?2. How does the British climate influence the characters of British people?3. Why is the American Civil War also called the second American bourgeois revolution?4. Why are there so many people immigrating to the USA? Make some comments on thisphenomenon.5. How did the Vietnam War affect the United States?6. Make some comments on the special relationship between the UK and the USA.。