英語國家國情試題庫-英國與愛爾蘭

1、英國與愛爾蘭英國與愛爾蘭PartOneMultipleChoice1.WhichofthefollowingisnotanamepeopleusetorefertotheUKBA.GreatBritainB.TheBritishIslC.TheUnitedKingdomD.Britain2.isthecapitalcityofWales.DA.BelfastB.EdinburghC.AberdeenD.Cardiff3.Accdingt

2、oa2005estimateBritainnowhasapopulationofover________millions.CA.160B.600C.60D.164.ThetwolmarksofLondonare_________.AA.GuildhallSt.Paul’sCathedralB.GuildhallCoventGardenC.CityHallSt.Paul’sCathedralD.CityHallCoventGarden5.

3、AmongthefourpartsoftheUnitedKingdomisthesmallest.DA.EnglB.ScotlC.WalesD.NthernIrel6.ThelargestlakeintheUKislocatedin________.DA.EnglB.WalesC.ScotlD.NthernIrel7.EnglishbelongstothegroupofIndoEuropeanfamilyoflanguages.CA.C

4、elticB.IndoIranianC.GermanicD.Roman8.Intheearlypartof11thcentury________replacedEnglishastheofficiallanguageinEngl.BA.GermanB.FrenchC.CelticD.IndoEuropean9.Englishwasstardizedbecauseofthe________.AA.introductionofprintin

5、gpressB.firstindustrialrevolutionC.reinsofWilliamtheConquerD.FrenchretreatfromEngl10.TheintroductionofChristianitytoBritainaddedthefirstelementof________wdstoEnglishDA.DanishFinnishB.DutchGermanC.FrenchItalianD.LatinGree

6、k11.StardEnglishisbasedonthespeechoftheupperclassof________.BA.southeasternEnglB.southwesternEnglC.southernScotlD.nthernWales12.AtpresentnearlyofthewldspopulationcommunicateinEnglish.BA.halfB.aquarterC.onethirdD.onefifth

7、13.JuliusCaesarhis________troopsinvadedtheBritishislsinyear55BC.AA.RomanB.ItalianC.GreekD.Germanic14.TheattackonRomeendedtheRomanoccupationinBritainin410.DA.NmanB.DanishC.CelticD.Germanic15.Bythelate7thcenturybecamethedo

8、minantreligioninEngl.DA.CelticChristianityB.AngloSaxonChristianityC.GermanicChristianityD.RomanChristianity16.AlltheconationsoftheBritishnationhavebeenheldin________sincethe11thcentury.BA.theCityHallB.WestminsterAbbeyC.t

9、heKing’sCouncilD.BuckinghamPlace17.WestminsterAbbeywasbuiltatthetimeof________.BA.St.AugustineB.EdwardtheConfessC.WilliamtheConquerD.AlfredtheGreat18.________improvedthecourtsofjusticeintroducedthejurysysteminstitutional

10、izedcommonlawinBritain.CA.EdwardtheConfessB.St.AugustineA.passingthebillsB.advisingthegovernmentC.politicalpartiesD.publicattitude35.BritishCabiwksontheprincipleof________AA.collectiveresponsibilityB.individualresponsibi

11、lityC.defendingthecollectivismD.defendingtheindividuals36.ThehouseofCommonsperfmsthreefunctionsexcept________.DA.draftingnewlawsB.scrutinizinggovernmentactionsC.supervisingfinanceD.fmingnewcabi37.________canfceagovernmen

12、ttoresignbypassingaMotionofNoConfidence.DA.TheCabiC.theMonarchC.HouseofLdsD.HouseofCommons38.ThemaindutyoftheBritishPrivyCouncilisto________.BA.makedecisionsB.giveadviceC.passbillsD.supervisetheCabi39.InBritaintheparliam

13、entarygeneralelectionisheldevery________years.CA.threeB.fourC.fiveD.six40.ThetwopartiesintheBritishpoliticalsystemare________.AA.theConservativetheLabB.theConservativetheUnionC.theLabtheDemocratD.theUniontheDemocrat41.Th

14、epoliciesoftheConservativePartyareacterizedbypragmatism________.DA.governmentinterventionB.nationalizationofenterprisesC.socialrefmD.abeliefinindividualism42.TheLabPartyaffectedtheBritishsocietygreatlyinthatit________.AA

15、.setuptheNationalHealthServiceB.improvedpublictransptationC.abolishedtheoldtaxsystemD.enhancedtheeconomic43.ThenationalelectioninBritainusuallylastsf_______thenthecountingbegins.AA.onedayB.oneweekC.twoweeksD.onemonth44.I

16、n2005theCommonwealthbecameanganizationcomposedof________countries.DA.23B.33C.43D.5345.TheBritisheconomyachievedglobaldominancebythe________.CA.1860sB.1870sC.1880sD.1890s46.The________intheearly1970swsenedanalreadystagnan

17、teconomyinBritain.AA.oilcrisisB.highinflationratesC.largeimptsD.unemploymentproblem47.Ofthefollowingpractices________doesnotbelongtoThatcherssocialwelfarerefm.CA.reducingchildbenefitsB.shteningtheunemploymentbenefitsperi

18、odC.reducingtheunemploymentD.loweringoldagepensions48.TheBlairgovernmenthasbeensuccessfulinallthefollowingaspectsexcept________.DA.limitinggovernmentspendingB.keepinginflationundercontrolC.reducingunemploymentD.reducingi

19、nequality49.Britain’sagricultureisnotacterizedby________.DA.smallfarmingpopulationB.highdegreeofmechanizationC.advancedmachineryD.highdependenceonimpt50.ThetraditionalenergyindustryinBritainis________.AA.coalminingB.oili