全国2011年7月高等教育自学考试

　　英语国家概况试题

　　课程代码：00522

　　I. Multiple Choice Questions. (50 points, 1 point for each)

　　Directions: In this part of the test, there are 50 unfinished statements or questions. For each

　　of the unfinished statements or questions, four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D are

　　given. Choose the one that you think best completes the statement or answers the question.

　　Write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space on your Answer

　　Sheet.

　　1. Which of the following statement is NOT true?

　　A. Great Britain and England are geographical names.

　　B. The British Isles are made up of three large islands and hundreds of small ones.

　　C. At present there are 50 member countries within the Commonwealth (1991).

　　D. Wales is in the west of Great Britain.

　　2. ____ built the Hadrian’s Wall and the Antonine Wall to keep ____ out of the area they had conquered.

　　A. The Romans; the Picts

　　B. The Beaker Folk; the Picts

　　C. The Anglo-Saxons; the Romans

　　D. The Danes; the Anglo-Saxons

　　3. Who were the ancestors of the English and the founders of England?

　　A.The Anglo-Saxons

　　B. The Normans

　　C.The Vikings

　　D. The Romans

　　4. The spirit of ____ was the limitation of the powers of the king, keeping them within the bounds of the feudal law of the land.

　　A. the Provision of Oxford

　　B. the Constitutions of Clarendon

　　C. Domesday Book

　　D. Magna Carta

　　5. When Mary Tudor became Queen, at least 300 ____ were burnt as heretics.

　　A. Protestants

　　B. Catholics

　　C. Puritans

　　D. Muslims

　　6. The chief demand of the peasants during the Peasant Uprising of 1381 was ____.

　　A. the abolition of villeinage

　　B. the punishment of the King’s ministers

　　C. the increase of wages

　　D. the reform of the church

　　7. The significance of the Wars of the Roses was all the following EXCEPT that ____.

　　A. feudalism received its death blow

　　B. the great medieval nobility was much weakened

　　C. the king’s power now became supreme

　　D. it dealt a death blow to villeinage

　　8. ____ is one of the comedies of Shakespeare.

　　A. Othello

　　B. Richard III

　　C. The Tempest

　　D. Julius Caesar

　　9. In the Glorious Revolution the Catholic king, ____ was driven out of England.

　　A. James I

　　B. James II

　　C. Charles I

　　D. Charles II

　　10. ____, excluding any Roman Catholic from the succession, confirmed the principle of parliamentary supremacy and guaranteed free speech within both the House of Lords and the House of Commons.

　　A. The Bill of Rights

　　B. The Disabling Act

　　C. The Test Act

　　D. Instrument of Government