英美概况习题.docx

英美概况习题.docx

《英美概况习题.docx》由会员分享，可在线阅读，更多相关《英美概况习题.docx（73页珍藏版）》请在冰点文库上搜索。

英美概况习题

英美概况习题（总48页）

Chapter1History

Tellwhethereachofthefollowingstatementsistrueorfalse.

1._________In43.RomanEmperorJuliusCaesarinvadedEngland.

答案：

F

2.________Themonth“July”,infact,isnamedafterJuliusCaesarhimself.

答案：

T

3.________Thebest-knownEnglishlegend,KingArthur,derivesfromtheAnglo-Saxons’time.

答案：

T

4.________RobinHoodisastoryabouttheVikinginvasionofEngland.

答案：

F

5.________IntheearlystageoftheHundredYears’War,theEnglishwongreatvictories.

答案：

T

6.________TherulingNormansregardedEnglandastheirhomeaftertheHundredYears’War.

答案：

T

7.________HenryVIIendedtheWarsoftheRosesandfoundedtheTudorMonarchy.

答案：

F

8.________EnglishdramaflourishedduringElizabethIera.

答案：

T

9.________OliverCromwellbelievedintheoldtheory“DivinerightofKings”.

答案：

F

10.________AfterWorldWarII,theBritisheconomybecamethe2ndlargestpowerintheworld.

答案：

F

11.________AmericanIndianscamefromIndia25,000yearsago.

答案：

F

12.________AmericanIndiansdevelopedthebrilliantcultureoftheAztecs,theIncasandtheMayas.

答案：

T

13.________ColumbuswasthefirstEuropeantosetfootinwhatwastobecalledAmerica.

答案：

T

14.________AmericawasnamedafterthegreatdiscovererAmerigoVespucci.

答案：

T

15.________ThefirstpermanentEnglishcolonywasfoundedin1607inBoston.

答案：

F

16.________ThanksgivingDaycamefromBritain.

答案：

F

17.________Bytheearly1760s,theEnglishsettlershadestablished13coloniesalongtheAtlanticcoast.

答案：

T

18.________TheDeclarationofIndependenceofficiallyannouncedtheindependenceof13NorthAmericancolonies.

答案：

T

19.________BenjaminFranklinbecamethefirstAmericanPresident.

答案：

F

20.________TheUnitedStatesdidnotenterWorldWarI.

答案：

F

Fillintheblankswiththecorrectinformation.

1.Thegolden-haired________arethenativesofBritain,whowerelatercalledtheBriton.

答案:

Celts

2.In55and43.Britainwasinvadedtwicebythe________.

答案:

Romans

3.TheAnglo-SaxonsbegantosettleinBritaininthe________century.

答案:

5th

4.Inthelate8thcenturytheyexperienced_______invasionfromDenmarkandin_________theysufferedNormanConquest.

答案:

Viking;1066

5.JoanofArcisafamousnationalheroineofFrenchinthe___________________.

答案:

HundredYears’War

6.TheWarsoftheRoseswerefoughtbetweentheHouseof__________andtheHouseofLancaster.

答案:

York

7.ThedirectcauseofKingHenryVIII’sReligiousReformationwasto_____hiswife.

答案:

divorce

8.CharlesIruledthecountrywithoutParliamentfor_______years.

答案:

11

9.______________wasalsoknownasthe“VirginQueen”and____________hadthelongestruleinEnglishhistory.

答案:

ElizabethI;QueenVictoria

10.AfterWorldWarI,Britainwasovertakenby__________.

答案:

America

11.ColumbusdiscoveredtheNewWorldintheyearof________.

答案:

1492

12.ThefirstpermanentEnglishsettlementinNorthAmericawasestablishedin________intheyearof________.

答案:

Virginia;1607

13._________________isapurelyAmericanholiday.

答案:

ThanksgivingDay

14.Bythe1760s,theEnglishsettlershadestablished_________coloniesalongtheAtlanticcoast.

答案:

13

15.___________________declaredthebirthofAmerica.

答案:

DeclarationofIndependence

16.IndependenceDayiscelebratedon_________________.

答案:

4thofJuly

17.Thebook_____________________arousedagreatdiscontentoverslavery.

答案:

UncleTom’sCabin

18.TheAmericanCivilWarofficiallyendedintheyearof__________.

答案:

1865

19.After__________the.hadchangedfromadebtorcountrytoacreditorcountry.

答案:

WorldWarI

20.After__________the.becamethestrongestpowerintheworld.

答案:

WorldWarII

Choosethecorrectansweronthebasisofwhatisstatedinthetext.

1.Whichofthefollowingisafamousprehistoricmonument

（a）Stonehenge

（b）Hadrian’sWall

（c）WestminsterAbby

（d）TowerofLondon

答案:

（a）

2.________weretheancestorsoftheEnglishandthefoundersofEngland.

（a）TheRomans

（b）TheAnglo-Saxons

（c）TheVikings

（d）TheNormans

答案:

（b）

3.WhichofthefollowingisNOTpartofBritain’scivilizationbroughtbyRomaninvasion

（a）ThenamesofEnglishmonthcamefromRomangodsandrulers.

（b）Theybuilttowns,templesandroads.

（c）TheybuilttheHardin’sWall.

（d）TheybuiltWestminsterAbby.

答案:

（d）

4.WestminsterAbbeywasbuiltatthetimeof___________.

（a）Romaninvasion

（b）Anglo-Saxonsinvasion

（c）Vikinginvasion

（d）NormanConquest

答案:

（c）

5.TheTowerofLondon,locatedinthecentreofLondon,wasbuiltby___________.

（a）KingHarold

（b）RobinHood

（c）OliverCromwell

（d）WilliamtheConqueror

答案:

（d）

6.TheendoftheWarsoftheRosesledtotheruleof___________.

（a）theHouseofYork

（b）theHouseofLancaster

（c）theHouseofTudor

（d）theHouseofStuart

答案:

（c）

7.TheEnglishCivilWarbrokeoutin1642between____________.

（a）Noblesandpeasants

（b）RoundheadsandtheCavaliers

（c）CharlesIandtheCavaliers

（d）HouseofYorkandHouseofLancaster

答案:

（b）

8.WhichofthefollowingisNOTaconsequenceoftheBritishCivilWar

（a）CharlesIwasexecuted.

（b）CharlesIIwasexiled.

（c）TheCommonwealthofEnglandwasformed.

（d）TheStuartkingdomwasrestored.

答案:

（d）

9.WhichofthefollowingisNOTanachievementundertheruleofElizabethI

（a）Railwayswerebuilt.

（b）ThefirstsettlersweresenttoAmerica.

（c）Englishdramaandpoetrythrived.

（d）TheEnglishnavydefeatedtheSpanishArmada.

答案:

（a）

10.WhichofthefollowingisNOTanachievementundertheruleofQueenVictoria

（a）Railwayswerebuilt.

（b）Mostpeoplelivedinvillagesandworkedontheland.

（c）Factoriesandmachineswerebuilttomeetpeople’sdemand.

（d）Britainbecametherichestcountryintheworld.

答案:

（b）

11.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueaboutAmericanIndians

（a）TheyaredescendantsofMongoloid.

（b）TheycrossedtheBeringStraittoAlaska.

（c）Theygrewcornonly.

（d）Theydevelopedbrilliantcivilizations.

答案:

（c）

12._______________confirmedthatanewcontinentratherthanIndiawasfound.

（a）ChristopherColumbus

（b）AmerigoVespucci

（c）KingJamesI

（d）QueenElizabeth

答案:

（b）

13.TheMayflowerwasashiptakenby_______________.

（a）ChristopherColumbus

（b）AmerigoVespucci

（c）agroupofpeoplewhowantedtogetholdoftreasures

（d）agroupofpeoplewhodesiredfreereligiouspractice

答案:

（d）

14.WhichofthefollowingwasadirectcauseofBostonTeaPartyin1773

（a）QuarteringAct

（b）StampAct

（c）TeaAct

（d）Taxationonsugarandcoffee

答案:

（c）

15.WhichofthefollowingtookthefunctionofanationalgovernmentintheWarof

Independence

（a）TheFirstContinentalCongress

（b）TheSecondContinentalCongress

（c）TheConfederateStates

（d）TheUnionStates

答案:

（b）

16."Notaxationwithoutrepresentation"wasthesloganof___________.

（a）thesettlersofVirginia

（b）theslavesofAmerica

（c）theIndiansofAmerica

（d）thepeopleofthe13colonialAmericans

答案:

（d）

17.___________wasthefirstpresidentoftheUnitedStatesofAmerica.

（a）BenjaminFranklin

（b）ThomasJefferson

（c）GeorgeWashington

（d）AbrahamLincoln

答案:

（c）

18.WhichofthefollowingwasNOTacauseofAmericanCivilWar

（a）Religiousoppression

（b）EconomicinterestsoftheSouthandNorth

（c）PoliticalconflictbetweentheSouthandNorth

（d）Slavery

答案:

（a）

19.___________grantedfreedomtoallslavesinthe.

（a）TheQuarteringAct

（b）TheStampAct

（c）TheDeclarationofIndependence

（d）EmancipationProclamation

答案:

（d）

20.TheBombingofPearlHarborledtoAmerica’sinvolvementin___________.

（a）theWarofIndependence

（b）theCivilWar

（c）WorldWarI

（d）WorldWarII

答案:

（d）

Explainthefollowingterms.

1.TheAnglo-Saxons

Inthe5thcentury,thetribescalledtheAnglesandSaxonsinvadedBritain,comingfromnorthernEurope.Bytheendofthe5thcentury,theAnglo-SaxonsruledmostofBritain.TheirlanguagewascalledOldEnglish.Fromthemcomesthenameof“England”and“English”;Englandcamefrom“Angle-land”meaningthelandoftheAnglo-Saxons.

2.NormanConquest

AfterKingEdwarddied,DukeWilliamofNormandy,fromnorthernFrance,declaredthatEdwardhadpromisedtolethimbecometheking.OnOctober14,1066,WilliamandhisarmyinvadedEnglandanddefeatedtheEnglisharmy.HewasmadekingandcrownedinWestminsterAbbyonChristmasDay,1066.WilliamisoftenreferredtoasWilliamtheConquerorinEnglishhistory.

3.RobinHood

England'sbest-lovedlegendofRobinHoodisanoutlawedSaxonnoblemanoppressedbytheNormans.HehidintheforestnearSherwoodwithhisbandoffollowers,called“merrymen”.Fromthissecretwood,theywentouttorobfromtherichtogivetothepoorwiththeirlongbows.RobinHoodhasbeenapopularsubjectofnumerousfilms,televisionseries,books,comicsandplays.

4.TheHundredYears’War

Atthebeginningofthe14thcentury,EnglanddevelopedintoastrongerstateinEurope.Consequently,therichwantedtocontrolmoremarketsandthenobleswantedtoregaintheirlostland.WhenKingEdwardIIIofEnglanddeclaredthatheshouldbecometheFrenchking,theFrenchrejectedhisclaimsohedeclaredwaronFrancein1337.Thewarlastedintermittentlyfor116years,hencebeingknownastheHundredYears’War.

5.TheCivilWar

InJanuary1642theCivilWarbrokeoutbetweentheRoundheads（supportersofParliament）andtheCavaliers（supportersoftheKing）.TheCivilWarendedwiththeParliamentaryvictoryanditledtotheexecutionofCharlesI,andhissonCharlesIIwasdrivenoutofthecountryin1649.Inadditiontothat,Oliver