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英美国家概括选择题

TheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland

Unit1

1.WhichofthefollowingisnotconsideredacharacteristicofLondon?

A.Theculturalcentre.B.Thebusinesscentre.C.Thefinancialcentre.DThesportcentre.

2.WhichofthefollowingisnottrueaboutthecharacteristicsofBritain?

A.Economicdifferencesbetweennorthandsouth.B.DifferenceofsocialsystemsbetweenScotlandandWales.C.Classdifferencesbetweenawhite-collarworkerandablue-collarworker.D.CulturaldifferencesbetweenimmigrantsandBritish.

3.WhichofthefollowingcannotbefoundinLondon?

A.Teahouses.B.ArtgalleriesC.Museums.D.Theatres.

4.WhichofthefollowingisnottrueaboutBritain?

A.Itusedtobeapowerfulimperialcountryintheworld.B.ItplaysanactiveroleasamemberofEuropeanUnion.C.Itisarelativelywealthyanddevelopedcountry.D.Itusedtobeoneofthesuperpowers（超强大国，国际组织）intheworld.

5.ThreeofthefollowingarecharacteristicsofLondon.Whichofthefourisexception?

A.Londonisapolitical,economicandculturalcentreofthecountry.

伦敦是四大世界级城市之一，与美国纽约、法国巴黎和日本东京并列。

但是伦敦未获英国城市地位，正式来说算不上是城市（其心脏地带伦敦市和威斯敏斯特城才是城市），但因为自18世纪起她一直是世界上最重要的政治、经济、文化、艺术和娱乐中心之一，一般人都误以为其是一整座城市。

B.LondonhasalargerpopulationthanallothercitiesinEngland.C.LondonisnotonlythelargestcityinBritain,butalsothelargestintheworld.D.Londonhasplayedasignificantroleintheeconomicconstrictionofthecountry.

6.TheTowerofLondon,ahistoricalsight,locatedinthecentreofLondon,wasbuiltbytheConqueror.

7.WhoweretheancestorsoftheEnglishandthefoundersofEngland?

A.TheAnglo-Saxons

8.WhichisthelargestcityinScotland?

C.Glasgow

格拉斯哥（Glasgow）：

第一大港与第一大商业中心。

爱丁堡（Edinburgh）：

首府，是历史上的苏格兰王国首都与文化古都。

9.WhydidtheScottishKingsdecidetoformanindependentsingularScottishstateinthe9thcentury?

A.TheyneededaunifiedindependentnationtofightagainstVikingraids（侵袭）.

10.WheredothemajorityofpeopleinScotlandlive?

B.IntheLowlands.

11.Whichofthefollowingstatementsisnottrue?

A.WaleswasinvadedbyRomans.B.WaleswasoccupiedbytheAnglo-Saxons.C.WaleswasconqueredbytheNormans.D.WaleswasthreatenedbytheEnglish.

12.WhichofthefollowingpartiesinScotlandstillwantsanindependentScotland?

C.TheScottishNationalistParty.

13.WhendidScotlandjointheUnionbyagreementoftheEnglishandScottishparliaments（议会）?

D.In1707

14.LlywelynapGruffuddisnotasimplehistoricalfigurefortheWelsh.HeisalmostconsideredthelegendaryheroofWelshnationalismbecauseD.heunifiedWalesasanindependentnation.

Unit2ABriefIntroductiontotheUnitedKingdomII

1.Inthe17thcentury,theEnglishgovernmentencouragedpeoplefromScotlandandNorthernEnglandtoemigratetothenorthofIreland,becauseA.theywantedtoincreaseitscontroloverIreland.

2.In1969,thefirstBritishsoldierswereseenonNorthernIrelandstreet.TheycamefirstB.toprotectCatholics.

3.NorthernIrelandisthesmallestofthefournations,butisquitewell-knownintheworldforD.itsendlesspoliticalproblems.

4.FacedwithconflictingdemandstheBritishgovernmentchoseacompromiseandorganizedapartitionofIrelandin1921,becauseB.theBritishgovernmentintendedtosatisfybothsides—CatholicsandProtestants.

5.Whichofthefollowingstatementisnottrue?

A.SinnFeinisalegalpoliticalpartyinNorthernIreland.B.ThosewhowanttouniteNorthernIrelandwithBritisharecalledUnionists统一派.C.TheSocialDemocraticandLaborParty社会民主工党属北爱尔兰isaveryimportantpoliticalpartyinBritain.D.ThosewhoshowtheirloyaltytotheBritishCrownarecalledLoyalist.亲英派

6.Intheearly1970s,theIRA爱尔兰共和军D.carriedoutaseriesofbombingandshootingandattackedthesecurityforcesastheirmaintarget.

7.1972wastheworstyearofthepoliticaltroublesinNorthernIreland,becauseB.468peoplewerekilledinNorthernIreland.

8.WhydidtheBritishgovernmentdecidetoreplacethepower-sharingpolicywith“direct-rule”fromLondon?

D.aboveall.（A.Thepower-sharingpolicywasnotacceptedbythemajorityofProtestants.B.TheNorthernIrishParliamentcouldnotgovernthepowereffectively.C.ThePower-Sharingpolicycouldn’tbecarriedout.）

9.Whichofthefollowingstatementsisnottrue?

A.In1981,someconvictedIRAprisonerswentonahunger-strike.B.Theydemandedforthestatueofbeing“politicalprisoners”bystarvingthemselves.C.MargaretThatcher’sgovernmentgaveintotheirpoliticaldemand.D.ThedeathofprisonersrevitalizedthepoliticalmovementofSinnFein.

10.Howmanycounties郡arethereinNorthernIreland?

B.6

11.WhichofthefollowingagreementisacceptedbybothCatholicsandProtestantsinNorthernIreland?

C.TheGoodFridayAgreement.北爱和平协议

12.AccordingtotheGoodFridayAgreement,NorthernIrelandtodayshouldbegovernedbythefollowingjurisdictions管辖权exceptA.thejurisdictionoftheRepublicofIrelandB.thejurisdictionofloyalistministers.C.thejurisdictionofGreatBritainD.thejurisdictionofNorthernIreland

Unit3TheGovernmentoftheUnitedKingdom

1.WhichofthefollowingisnotacharacteristicofBritaingovernment?

A.ItofferstheQueenhighpoliticalstatusandpower.B.Itisbothaparliamentarydemocracyandaconstitutionmonarchy.C.Itistheoldestrepresentativedemocracyintheworld.D.IthasnowrittenformofConstitution.

2.Whichofthefollowingkingswasexecutedinthecivilwar?

C.CharlesI

3.Whathappenedin1215?

B.Forcedbybarons,KingJohnsignedtheMagnaCarta英国大宪章.

4.WhichofthefollowingisnottrueabouttheGreatCouncil大议会?

A.Theyincludedbaronsandrepresentativesfromcountiesandtowns.B.Theyweresometimessummonedbythekingstocontributemoney.C.TheylaterdevelopedintowhatwenowknowastheCabinet.内阁（最后成为议会而不是内阁parliament）D.Theyrepresentedthearistocratsaswellasthecommunities.

5.UnderwhosereignwastheBillofRights权力法案passed?

B.WilliamofOrange.威廉三世

6.WhichofthefollowingisnotrelatedtotheConstitution?

A.Itisawrittendocumentwhichlistsoutthebasicprinciplesforgovernment.B.ItisthefoundationofBritishgovernancetoday.C.ConventionsandLawspassedbyParliamentarepartoftheConstitution.D.ThecommonlawsarepartoftheConstitution.

7.Whichofthefollowingstatementsisnotcorrect?

A.TherearenolegalrestraintsuponParliament.B.Strictlyspeaking,theQueenispartoftheParliament.C.Parliamenthasthesupremepowerofpassinglaws.D.ParliamenthasnopowertochangethetermsoftheConstitution.

8.WhichofthefollowingisnotatruedescriptionoftheQueen’srole?

A.TheQueenselectsthePrimeMinisterandtheCabinet.B.TheQueensymbolizesthetraditionandunityoftheBritishstate.C.TheQueenactsasaconfidantetothePrimeMinister.D.TheQueenisthetemporalheadoftheChurchofEngland.

9.WhichofthefollowingisnotafeatureoftheHouseofLords上议院?

A.LordsdonotreceivesalariesandmanydonotattendParliamentsittings.B.ItconsistsoftheLordSpiritualandtheLordsTemporal.C.Thelordsareexpectedtorepresenttheinterestsofthepublic.D.MostofthelordsintheHouseofLordsaremales.

10.Whichofthefollowingisnotbasedonthefact?

A.MembersofParliamentelectthePrimeMinisterandtheCabinet.B.MPsreceivesalariesandsomeotherallowances.C.MPsareexpectedtorepresenttheinterestsofthepublic.D.MostofMPsbelongtothemajorpoliticalparties.

Unit4Politics,ClassandRace

1.Whichgroupofpeoplecan’tvoteinthegeneralelection?

A.MembersintheHouseofCommons.

B.LordsintheHouseofLords.

C.TheUKcitizensabouttheageof18.

D.TheUKresidentcitizensoftheIrishRepublic.

2.Bywhomisa“voteofnoconfidence”decided?

A.TheHouseofCommons.

3.Whichofthefollowingisnottrueabouttheelectoralcampaigns?

A.Bigpartiescanbuytimetobroadcasttheirpoliciesonthetelevision.

B.Thereisalimitontheamountofmoneycandidatescanspendintheirconstituencycampaign.

C.Candidatesandtheirsupportersgodoor-to-doorpersuadingvoterstovoteforthem.

D.Candidatescriticizeeachother’spoliciestoshowhowgoodtheirownpoliciesare.

4.HowmanyseatsintheHouseofCommonsshouldapartyholdatleastinordertowintheelection?

B.326

5.WhichofthefollowingdescriptionabouttheConservativepartyisnottrue?

A.Ithasbeeninpowerforanunusuallylongperiodoftime.

B.Itpreferspoliciesthatprotectindividual’sright.

C.Itreceivesalotofthefundingfrombigcompanies.

D.Itisknownasapartyofhightaxationlevels.

6.WhichperiodoftimeinBritishhistorywasdescribedas“privateaffluenceandpublicsqualor卑.The1980s.

7.WhoistheleaderoftheLabourpartyatpresent?

B.TonyBlair

8.Whichofthefollowingisnottrueaboutlifepeers?

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A.Theyarenotfromthearistocraticfamilies.

B.TheycannotsitintheHouseofLords.

C.Theyearnedtheirtitlesthroughtheiroutstandingachievement.

D.Thetitlescannotbeinheritedbytheirchildren.

9.WhichofthefollowingstatementsinnottrueaboutclasssystemintheUK?

A.Peopleofdifferentclassestendtoreaddifferentkindsofnewspaper.

B.Classdivisionisonlydecidedbypeople’sincome.

C.Thoughsocialadvancementispossible,classaffectsaperson’slifechances.

D.Thewaypeoplespeakmayidentifythemasbelongingtoaparticularclass.

10.WhichofthefollowingisnotcharacteristicofthehereditaryaristocracyintheUK?

A.Thenobletitlescanbeinheritedbythechildren.

B.Theyusuallyownhistorichouseinthecountry.

C.TheyaretherichestpeopleintheUK.

D.Theseni