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全国2009年4月英语国家概况试题答案
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I. Read the following unfinishedstatements or questions carefully. For each unfinished statement orquestion, four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D are given. Choosethe one that you think best completes the statement or answers thequestion. Write the letter of the answer you have chosen in thecorresponding space on the answer sheet. (50 points, 1 point for each)
1. Strictly speaking, “the British Isles” refers to_______.
A. Great Britain  B. Ireland
C. the United Kingdom  D. Great Britain and Ireland
正确答案:C,D为错误答案,A为geographical name ,因为 the Brithish Isles 包含了Great Britai
n andIreland,as well as hundreds of small ones.所以正确答案是C the United Kingdom(联合王国).
2. Which of the following kings was responsible for the complete establishment of the feudal system in England?
A. Edward I  B. Henry II
C. Alfred the Great  D. William the Conqueror
正确答案:D 此题答案在书中P27.
3. The spirit of the Great Charter was ______.
A. a limitation of the powers of the king B. a guarantee of the freedom of the serfs
C. a limitation of the powers of the Church D. a declaration of equality among all people
正确答案:A,本题答案在书中P33.
4. Which of the following is NOT true about the result of the Black Death?
A. Much land was left untended.
B. There was a terrible shortage of labour.
C. The surviving peasants had lost their power of bargaining.
D. Landowners tended to change from arable to sheep-farming.
正确答案:C,本题答案在书中P37.
5. The War of Roses that took place from 1455 to 1485 was fought between ______.
A. Britain and France B. the Parliament and the Crown
C. the working people and the aristocrats D. two branches of the Plantagenet family
正确答案:D,本题答案在中中P40.
6. The English Renaissance was largely literary, and it achieved its finest expression in the so-called ______.
A. Romantic poetry  B. Romantic fiction
C. Elizabethan poetry  D. Elizabethan drama
正确答案:D,本题答案在书中P49.
7. British constitutional monarchy is a system under which the powersof the ______ are limited by Parliament or the constitution.
A. church  B. king or queen
C. government ministers  D. Bishop’s court
正确答案:B,本题答案在书中P60.
8. The Tories in Britain were the forerunners of ______, which still bears this nickname today.
A. the Labor Party  B. the Liberal Party
C. the Conservative Party  D. the Social Democratic Party
正确答案:C,本题答案在书中P62.
9. Which of the following was NOT included in the six-point demand of the Chartist Movement?
A. Equal electoral districts  B. Voting by secret ballot
C. The vote for all adult males  D. The vote for all adult females
正确答案:D,这里考关于People's Charter,正确答案应该是the vote for all adult males.
10. During the First World War, Britain was allied with ______.
A. Turkey  B. the Central Powers
C. France and Russia  D. Germany and Austria-Hungary
正确答案:C,BD是一个意思the Central Powers=Germany and Austria-Hungary,A是错误答案.记不起来的话用排除法就可以做对.
11. Who was the man that led Britain in the crisis of the Second World War?
A. George VI  B. Theodore Roosevelt
C. Neville Chamberlain  D. Sir Winston Churchill
正确答案:D,答案在书中P83.
12. The new policies adopted by Mrs. Thatcher and Conservative Government after the 1979 election was known as ______.
A. Thatcherism  B. the New Deal
C. New Frontier  D. Keynesianism
正确答案:A,这题比较容易的,只要知道关于撒切尔主义就能做出来.
13. Over the past one thousand years, the British ______ has been broken only once between 1649 and 1660.
A. Cabinet  B. Parliament
C. Monarchy  D. Privy Council
正确答案:C,本题考关于君主政体,原文在书中P106.
14. Who has the power to appoint the Prime Minister in Britain?
A. The Queen  B. The Parliament
C. The House of Lords  D. The Church of England
正确答案:A,正确答案在书中第7章,关于统治者的职能.
15. In Britain, a full meeting of ______ is called only when a Sovereign dies or announces his or her intention to marry.
monarchy
A. the Privy Council  B. the Parliament
C. the House of Commons  D. the House of Lords
正确答案:A,原文见教材P117.
16. Which of the following is NOT involved in the British judicial responsibilities?
A. Attorney General  B. Ministry of Justice
C. The Lord Chancellor  D. The Home Secretary
正确答案:B,本题没有准确的原文要靠自己用排除法判断,参考答案在教材P129,about thejudiciary in the U.k,"There is no ministry of justice in the UnitedKingdom.Central responsibility lies with the Lord Chancellor,the HomeSecretary and the Attorney General".

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