1、英语专业考研英美概况自测题一）BritishSurveyTestPartIGeography1. ThetotalareaoftheU.K.is.A.211,440B.244,110C.241,410D.242,5342. EnglandoccupiestheportionoftheU.K.A.northernB.easternC.southern3. ThemostimportantpartoftheU.K.inwealthis.A.NorthernIrelandB.EnglandC.Scotland4.isonthewesternprominencebetweentheBristolCha
2、nnelandtheDeeestuary.A.WalesB.ScotlandC.England5. WaleswaseffectivelyunitedwithEnglandinthecentury.A.14thB.15thC.16th6. BytheActofUnionofScotlandandthekingdomofEnglandandWaleswereconstitutionallyjoinedastheKingdomofBritain.A.1707B.1921C.18017. PhysiographicallyBritainmaybedividedintoprovinces.A.13B.
3、12C.148. Mt.BenNevisstandsin.A.theScottishHighlandsB.WalesC.England9. ThemainriverspartinginBritainrunsfrom.A.northtosouthB.southtonorthC.easttowest10. CheviothillsliealongtheborderbetweenandEngland.A.ScotlandB.WalesC.ValeofEden11. ThelongestriverinBritainis.A.SevernB.ClydeC.Bann12. Londonissituated
4、ontheRiverof.A.ParretB.ThamesC.Spey13. Edinburghisthecapitalof.A.EnglandB.ScotlandC.Wales14. Theriversflowingintothearemainlyshort.A.NorthSeaB.EnglishChannelC.Deeestuary15. Mt.Snowdonstandsin.A.ScotlandB.WalesC.England16. ThesourceoftheimportantRiverThamesisinthe.A.CotswoldsB.OxfordClayC.Pennines17.
5、 Aboutofthewaterrequirementsareobtainedfromundergroundsources.A.50%B.38%C.42%18. Gaelicismainlyspokenin.A.ScotlandB.EnglandC.NorthernIreland19. TheBankofEnglandwasnationalizedin.A.1964B.1946C.169420. Britainisbasicallyanimporterof.A.foodB.rawmaterialsC.manufacturesD.bothAandB21. Britishfarmersproduc
6、eenoughfoodtosupplyoftheneedsofthepopulation.A.2/3B.4/5C.1/222. Britain,smaincerealcropis.A.oatsB.cornC.barleyD.rye23. ThecenteroftheBritainfinancialsystemis.A.BankofEnglandB.BankofBritainC.BankofU.K.24. ThethreeGermanictribesthatinvadedBritainincludethefollowingexcept.A.theAnglesB.theSaxonsC.thePic
7、tsD.theJutes25. “BlackCountryrefersto.A.countrysideinEnglandB.anareaaroundBirminghamC.acountryinAfrica26. ThesecondlargestportinBritainis.A.LondonB.BelfastC.Liverpool27. ThecapitalcityofNorthernIrelandis.A.CardiffB.BelfastC.Leith28. CeltictribesbegantosettleinBritainfromaboutB.C.A.410B.750C.30029. T
8、heU.K.isrichinthefollowingexcept.A.coalB.ironC.goldD.tin30. ThedecreaseofBritishpopulationiscausedbythefollowingexcept.A.limitationofimmigrationB.fallofthebirthrateC.fallofdeathrateD.unemployment31. TheproportionoftheEnglishinthewholepopulationis.A.60%B.80%C.70%32. TheQueen,sUniversityisinthecityof.
9、A.BelfastB.EdinburghC.Manchester33. ThecontributionmadebytheNormanstoBritainisthefollowingexcept.A.finalunificationofEnglandB.foundationofaristocracyC.greatadministrativeprogressD.somepeculiaritiesofdialect34. Aboutpercentofthepopulationliveincitiesortowns.A.80B.85C.9035. Thelandavailableforfarmingi
10、nEngland,Wales,ScotlandandNorthernIrelanddoesnotexceedmillionacres.A.30B.25C.4036. ThehighestmountaininEnglandis.A.Mt.MourneB.Mt.SnowdonC.Mt.Seafell37. ThesecondlargestcityinEnglandis.A.GlasgowB.BirminghamC.Manchester38. ThemodernScotsandIrisharethedescendantsof.A.GaelsB.BritonsC.Anglo-Saxons39. Sco
11、tlandoccupiestheportionofGreatBritain.A.southernB.northernC.western40. BytheActofUnionin,thenameUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandIrelandwasadopted.41. hasitsownnationalchurchanditsownsystemoflaw.A.WalesB.NorthernIrelandC.Scotland42. TheEndincludesWestminster,St.James,PalaceA.EastB.WestC.North43. includ
12、esLondon,thecentreofgovernmentforthewholenation.A.ScotlandB.NorthernIrelandC.WalesD.England1. TheU.K.issituatedin_NorthwestemEurope.2. ThefulltitleoftheU.K.istheUnitedKingdomofand.3. TheU.K.consistsofEngland,andNorthernIreland.4. ThelargestpartofU.K.is.5. ThecapitalofEnglandandofGreatBritainis.1. is
13、composedofsixIrishcountiesthatelectedtoremainintheunionwithGreatBritain.7. ThenameUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandIrelandwasreplacedbythepresentnameafterthe26countiesofIrelandobtainedautonomyin.8. ThehighestmountaininBritainis.9. TheBackboneofEnglandreferstothe.10. NaturalgaswasdiscoveredinBritaininth
14、e.11. ThemostimportantriveristheRiverof.12. ThepoliticalcentreoftheCommonwealthis.13. BelfastLoughandLoughNeaghliein.14. TheclimateofBritainismoderatedbytheandismuchmilderthanthatofmanyplacesinthesamelatitude.15. Britain,sIndustrialRevolutiontookplacebetweenand.16. TheBankofEnglandwasfoundedin.17. T
15、hepopulationoftheU.K.ismorethanmillion.18. Britainisbasicallyanexporterof.19. ThepopulationoftheU.K.consistsoftheEnglish,theWelsh,theScottishandthe.20. InWalesmanypeoplespeak.21. Peoplesingthenationalanthemin.22. Theearliestinvasionisthatbythe-hairedMediterraneanracecalledtheIberians.23. Themodernan
16、darethedescendantsoftheGaelsoftheCeltictribes.24. TheBritonsoftheCeltictribesweretheforefathersofthemodern.25. GreaterLondonismadeupof12LondonboroughsandOuterLondonboroughs.26. TheInternationalfestivalofmusicandtheartsisheldeveryyearinthecityof.27. TheBritishnationalanthemis.28. TheU.K.liestotheofFr
17、ance.29. Westminster,theareaofcentralgovernmentadministrationissituatedintheEnd.30. RiverflowsthroughGlasgow.31. Mt.Seafellstandsin.32. ThesourceoftheRiverisintheCotswolds.33. ThecapitalcityofWalesis.34. TheUnitedKingdomisrichin,iron,tin,copper,leadandsilver.35. DefinetheFollowingTerms36. Backboneof
18、England,Pen11ines37. GreaterLondon38. Celts39. TheIrishQuestionI.AnswertheFollowingQuestions英美概况一答案PartIDCBAACAAABABBBBABABDACACBCBBCDBADAACBABACBDILNorthwesternGreatBritain,NorthernIrelandScottish,WelshEnglandLondonNorthernIreland1921BenNevisPenninesNorthSeaThamesLondonNorthernIrelandAtlanticGulfSt
19、ream1750,1850169457manufactureIrishWelshEnglishdarkScots,IrishWelshInner,20EdinburghGodSavetheQueenNorthWestClydeEnglandThamesCardiffcoal英美概况英国历史局部History1. JuliusCaesarinvadedBritain_B.A.onceB.twiceC.threetimes2. KingArthurwasthekingof_B.A.PictsB.CeltsC.ScotsD.Jutes3. ThefirstKingoftheEnglishwasB.A
20、AlfredB.EgbertC.BedeD.Ethelred4. ChristianitywasintroducedintoEnglandinthelateC_century.A.14thB.8thC.6th5. In1653_AwasmadeLordProtectorforlife.A.OliverCromwellB.CharlesIC.WilliamII6. ThethreegreatGermanictribes:theAnglos,the_AandtheJuteswhichinvadedBritainformthebasisofthemodernBritishpeople.A.Saxo
21、nsB.ScotsC.WelshD.Wessex7. TheheadofthechurchinAnglo-Saxontimeswas_D.A.theKingofDenmarkandNorwayB.thekingofEnglandC.JuliusCaesarD.theArchbishopofCanterbury8. TheB_invadedEnglandintheearliesttime.A.DanesB.IberiansC.RomansD.Celts9. TheVikingswhoinvadedEnglandattheturnofthe8thcenturycamefrom_D.A.Norway
22、B.DenmarkC.FranceD.bothAandB10. EdwardwasknownastheAbecauseofhisreputationforsaintliness.A.ConfessorB.ConquerorC.Protector11. NormanConquestbeganin_B.A.1016B.1066C.103512. InhistoryA_wasnicknamedKingofLackland,A.JohnB.HenryIC.HenryII13. In1181HenryIIissuedtheB_whichmadeitcompulsoryforeveryfreemaninE
23、nglandtobeprovidedwitharms.A.InquestofSheriffsB.AssizeofArmsC.DoomsdayBook14. HenryPlantagenet,in1154,establishedtheHouseofAngevinas_B.A.HenryIB.HenryIIC.HenryIII15. HenryIIappointedin1162_AArchbishopofCanterbury.A.ThomasBecketB.StephenLangtonC.SimondeMortfort16. CharlesIwasbeheadedin_A.A.1649B.1648
24、C.165317. Itwas_AwhosummonedModelParliamentin1295.A.EdwardIB.HenryIVC.SimondeMontfort18. TheGreatChartercontained_Csetsofprovisions.A.twoB.fourC.three19. ThePeasantsUprisingin1381wasledby_B.A.HenryTurnerB.WattTylerC.Richard20. TheEnglishChurchwasstrictly_A.A.nationalB.internationalC.regional21. TheG
25、loriousRevolutionin1688wasinnaturea_A.A.coupd,etatB.racialslaughterC.peasantrising22. TheIndustrialRevolutionlaidagoodfoundationforthe_A.A.factoryoftheworldB.expansionofmarketsC.socialupheaval23. TheAmericanRevolution(theAmericanWarofIndependence)brokeoutin_Aandendedin.A.1775,1783B.1774,1782C.1786,1
26、78424. TheBattleofHastingstookplaceinC.A.1606B.1042C.106625. TheGreatCharterwassignedbyC_in1215.A.KingHenryIIB.KingRichardC.KingJohn26. Intheearly14thcenturyfeudalismbegantoC_inEngland.A.growB.flourishC.declineD.end27. ItwasB_whopublishedthebook“TheRightsofMan,A.ThomasMoreB.ThomasPaineC.ThomasJeffer
27、son28. ThefirstPrimeMinisterwas_C.A.WilmintonB.GeorgeGrenvilleC.RobertWalpole29. TheParliamentof1265whichisknownasthe_A,isconsideredthebeginningofparliamenf,.A.AllEstatesParliamentB.ModelParliamentC.LongParliament30. TheAnglo-Frenchhostilitywhichbeganin1337andendedin1453wasknownas_B.A.theWarsofRoses
28、B.theHundredYears,WarC.PeasantUprising31. Inthefirsthalfof17thcentury_BgrowrapidlyinEngland.A.feudalismB.capitalismC.Catholicism32. PrimeMinisterA_resistedanyreformthatcouldberesisted.A.PalmerstonB.RobertPeelC.Gladstone33. BytheendoftheHundredYears,Waronlytheportof_CremainedunderEnglishrule.A.Troyes
29、B.GasconC.Calais34. Inthe14thcenturytookplacetheB,theseverestofmanyplaguesinthemiddleages.A.EarthquakeB.BlackDeathC.Drought35. Aandhisfollowers,knownasLollards,providedideologicalpreparationforthelabourmovementofthe14thcentury.A.JohnWycliffeB.WattTylerC.Somerset36. BytheendoftheWarsoftheRosestheHous
30、eofAbegan.A.TudorB.LancasterC.Plantagenet37. Inthe“B_,of1388fivelordsaccusedtheKing,sfriendsoftreasonunderaveryexpansivedefinitionofcrime.A.AllEstatesparliamentB.MercilessParliamentC.ModelParliament38. IntheWarsoftheRosestheLancastrianswirebadgesof_Brose.A.whiteB.redC.pinkD.yellow39. ThefirstCivilWa
31、rinBritainlastedfromC_to.A.1600,1604B.1640,1644C.1642,164640. WilliamShakespeareismainlya_B.A.novelistB.dramatistC.poet41. In1689theBillofRightswaspassed._AbeganinEngland.A.TheConstitutionalMonarchyB.AllEstatesParliamentC.HouseofLancaster42. TheA_carriedontraderelationswithRussiaandcentralAsiancount
32、ries.A.MoscowCompanyB.EastlandCompanyC.EastIndiaCompany43. Astartedtheslavetradeinthesecondpartofthe16thcentury.A.JohnHawkinsB.FrancisDrakeC.Diaz44. In1534Parliamentpassedthe_B,accordingtowhichHenryVIIIwasdeclaredtheheadoftheEnglishChurch.A.theBillofRightsB.ActofSupremacyC.ActofSettlement45. UnderEl
33、izabethI_Cwasrestored,andshewasdeclared“governor“ofthechurch.A.theRomanChurchB.theCatholicChurchC.theAnglicanChurch46. In1337thehostilitybetweenEnglandand_AresultedintheHundredYears,War.A.FranceB.SpainC.Russia47. ThereligiouspersecutionmainlyexistedduringthereignofB_.A.CromwellB.CharlesIC.HenryVIII4
34、8. Englandfirstbecameaseapowerinthetimeof_B.A.HenryVIIB.ElizabethIC.Victoria49. TheIndustrialRevolutionfirststartedin_B.A.theironindustryB.thetextileindustryC.thecoalindustry50. From1688to1783EnglishParliamentwasmainlycontrolledbythepartyofB.A.ToryB.WhigC.Labour51. TheEnglishPrimeMinisterduringtheSe
35、condWorldWarwas_A.A.ChurchillB.ChamberlainC.Baldwin52. AttheEndofB_century,theEastIndiaCompanywasformed.A.15thB.16thC.14th53. TheSevenYearsWarbetweenEnglandandFrancelastedfrom_Ato.A.1756,1763B.1713,1720C.1754,176154. In1689Parliamentpassed_B,limitingthepowersofthecrown.A.HabeasCorpusActB.theBillofRi
36、ghtsC.NavigationAct55. Acontrastedthefirstsuccessfulsteamlocomotive.A.GeorgeStephensonB.SamuelCromptonC.JamesHargreaves56. TheuTeterlooMaSSaCre“tookplaceinC.A.BirminghamB.LiverpoolC.Manchester57. Between1911and1914tookplacethefollowingstrikesexcept_B.A.railwaystrikeB.strikeofthepostmenC.coalstrikeD.
37、strikeofthetransport58. TheVictorianAgewasoverthe_Abegan.A.EdwardianAgeB.GeorgianAgeC.ElizabethanAge59. TheB_governmentsurrenderedtotheBritishinvadersandwasforcedtosignthefirstunequalTreatyofNanjingin1842.A.IndianB.QingC.IrishD.Spanish60. TheGreatCharterwasessentiallya_C.A.CultureMovementB.coloniald
38、ocumentC.feudaldocument61. B_brokeouttwoyearsaftertheHundredYears,WarwithFrance.A.TheBoreWarB.TheWarsoftheRosesC.QueenAnnes,War62. TheReformationwasaproductof_A.A.theRenaissanceB.theChartistMovementC.theHundredYears,War63. ThegreatestdramatistoftheEnglishRenaissancewas_A.A.ShakespeareB.MiltonC.Chauc
39、erD.Bacon64. TheEnglishRevolutionmarksthebeginningofthe_Bperiodofcapitalism.A.feudalB.modernC.colonialD.medieval65. BytheB_in1783,BritainrecognizedtheindependenceoftheUS.A.DeclaratoryActB.TreatyofParisC.TreatyofMontgomery66. TheChartistMovementbeganinandreacheditsheightin_C.A.1845,1858B.1828,1835C.1
40、839,184867. In1840Britainlaunchedanaggressivewaragainst_C.A.FranceB.IndiaC.ChinaD.America68. Aformedacoalitiongovernmentin1940.A.WinstonChurchillB.LloydGeorgeC.NevilleChamberlain69. BytheA_theBritishdominionsbecameindependentstatesinallbutname.A.StatueOfWestminsterB.LocamoTreatyC.DisputesAct70. TheF
41、abiansSocietywasfoundedin1883,includingintellectualssuchasC.A. WilliamShakespeare&BenJonsonB. ChristopherMarlowe&JohnMiltonC. G.B.Shaw&H.G.Wells71. BeforeWWII_AreliedonappeasementoftheEuropeandictatorstoreducetensionsthatmightleadtowar.A.NevilleChamberlainA.StanleyBaldwinC.WinstonChurchill72. During
42、WWII,Britain,America,France,SovietUnionandotherantifascistcountriesformedaunitedinternationalalliancewhichwascalled_B.A.LocamoTreatyB.GrandAllianceC.StatuteOfWestminster73. ThefirstcoalitiongovernmentduringWWIwasorganizedwhen_BwasthePrimeMinister.A.LloydGeorgeB.HerbertAsquithC.StanleyBaldwin74. When
43、GermanyinvadedC_whichwasneutral,BritaindeclaredwaronGermanyon4August,1914.A.AustriaB.RussiaC.BelgiumD.Poland1. Atabout3000BC,someofthesettledinBritain.2. About122AD,inordertokeepbackthePictsand,thebuiltHadrian,sWall.3. TherealRomanconquestbeganin.4. ,scTaradiseLosf,waspublishedin1667.5. Beowulf,cons
44、ideredthegreatestOldEnglishpoem,isassignedtoTimes.6. wasconsideredthefirstnationalhero.7. OnChristmasDay1066DukewascrownedinWestminsterAbbey.8. InhistoryJohnwasnicknamedKingof.9. Johnsignedthedocumentin1215,whichinhistorywascalledtheGreatCharteror.10. In1086Williamhadhisofficialtomakeageneralsurveyo
45、ftheland,knownasBook.11. ThemostfamousscholarduringAnglo-SaxonTimeswas.12. TheBattleofpavedthewayfortheNormanConquesttoEngland.13. TheNormanConquestincreasedtheprocessofwhichhadbegunduringtheAnglo-SaxonTimes.14. DukeWilliamwasknowninhistoryasWilliamthe.15. AlongwiththeNormanscamethelanguage.16. TheE
46、nglishparliamentoriginatedinthe.17. TheheadofthewasArchbishopof.18. Thein1688wasinnatureacoupd,etat.19. ThePeople,sCharterincludedpointssuchasuniversalmalesuflrage.20. ThecorruptQinggovernmentsurrenderedtoBritainandwasforcedtosignthefirstunequalTreatyofin1842.21. AftertheCrimeanWarwasforcednottofort
47、ifySebastopol.22. Thethirdcollectionofthepolltaxintheearlypartof1381becamethefuseofrising.23. TheWarsoftheRosesbrokeoutbetweentheandthe.24. TheEnclosureMovementbeganinthecentury.25. Bythetreatyofin1783,BritainrecognizedtheindependenceoftheUS.26. InBritainlaunchedtheOpiumWaragainstChina.27. TheEastIndiaCompanyformedattheendofthe16thcenturywasoneofcompanies.28. AftertheReformationtheRomanCatholicChurchwastheEnglishChu
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