中石油11春《英美文化概况》第三阶段在线作业

久爱奥鹏晓林

第三次在线作业
单项选择题
第1题 The second largest city in England, _____, is a metropolitan district and an industrial and manufacturing city.
A、Edinburgh
B、Belfast
C、Glasgow
D、Birmingham



第2题 _____ is the capital of Scotland since the 15th century and the main town of Lothian.
A、Glasgow
B、Edinburgh
C、Belfast
D、Manchester



第3题 The political system of Britain is that of a ______.
A、capitalist country
B、constitution monarchy
C、monarchical constitution
D、constitutional monarchy



第4题 Which of the following is not true?
A、The Queen is a symbol of the parliamentary democracy.
B、She is a symbol of British culture.
C、She is a symbol of English tradition.
D、She is a symbol of English way of life.



第5题 New Scotland Yard has a history of over ____ years.
A、130
B、140
C、150
D、160



第6题 The party in power in Britain now is the _____.
A、Labor
B、Liberal
C、Social Democratic
D、Conservative



第7题 ______ is the supreme administrative institution which manages state affairs.
A、the Cabinet
B、the Prime Minister
C、the Houses
D、the British government



第8题 How many Member are there in the House of Commons?
A、635
B、365
C、653
D、536



第9题 In the 18th century, there appeared ____, in England, which owed a great deal to the invention of machines.
A、the Industrial Revolution
B、the Bourgeois Revolution
C、the Wars of the Roses
D、the Religious Reformation



第10题 Christmas Day _____, Duke William known in history as William the Conqueror was crowned in Westminster Abbey.
A、1056
B、1066
C、1006
D、1060



第11题 _____, established in 1600, was the greatest of the chartered companies.
A、the Eastland Company
B、the Levant Company
C、the Russia Company
D、the East India Company



第12题 In England, the first blow to the Roman Catholic Church was delivered by _____.
A、Bloody Mary
B、Cromwell
C、Elizabeth I
D、Henry VIII



第13题 The greatest defeat the 18th century brought to England was the loss of ____.
A、her India
B、her Pakistan
C、her Australia
D、her American colonies



第14题 The monarch of Britain from 1837 to 1901, the longest reign in Britain history was ______.
A、Queen Victoria
B、Queen Elizabeth I
C、King James I
D、King Henry VIII



第15题 India, “the brightest jewel in the British Crown” took the lead and won independence in _______.
A、1945
B、1946
C、1947
D、1948



第16题 Britain will restore Hongkong to China by the year of ______.
A、1996
B、1997
C、1998
D、1999



第17题 Which of the following is not considered a characteristic of the Englishman?
A、reserved
B、suspicious of change
C、shy of strangers
D、tough



第18题 The “Gunpowder Plot” took place in the reign of _______.
A、James I
B、Elizabeth I
C、Henry VIII
D、Charles I



第19题 One of the following was not a characteristic of the Victorian age. ______
A、It was an age of national development and national optimism.
B、It was an age of stability in family life.
C、It was an age of imperialism.
D、It was an age of lack of belief in religion.



第20题 In Britain, you can usually offer money to ___________.
A、a driver who gives you a lift
B、someone who stops to help you to mend a puncture
C、someone who gives you first aid
D、railway porters who carry your baggage



第21题 Which of the following statements is false?
A、Agriculture is one of Britain’s most important industries.
B、British agriculture has one of the highest outputs per worker in the world.
C、People engaged in farming have increased slightly over recent years.
D、Farming in Britain is highly mechanized.



第22题 Three of the following are the main activities of the City of London. Which is the exception?
A、Government administration.
B、Buying and selling commodities.
C、Providing services and finance for commercial investment.
D、Stock exchange.



第23题 An area that is totally dependent on one industry alone can be extremely vulnerable to economic hardship in time of repression because _______.
A、it is likely that the demand for that particular industry’s product falls.
B、people become poor and do not have the money to buy the products.
C、it can hardly get any help from the government during such a critical time.
D、it is very difficult to beat all the rivals.



第24题 Which of the following is not one of the functions that Parliament plays?
A、To serve as the final court of appeal in civil cases and criminal cases.
B、To make laws.
C、To control and criticize the executive government.
D、To control the raising and the spending of money.



第25题 The executive power in Britain is in the hands of ___________.
A、Parliament
B、the House of Commons
C、the Cabinet headed by the Prime Minister
D、the Queen



第26题 In England, the Protestant Reformation began with _________.
A、King Johnson
B、Queen Elizabeth
C、Henry VIII
D、Bloody Mary



第27题 Why are so many party members elected to Parliament in each Election in Britain?
A、Because party members usually enjoy better reputation.
B、Because party members have more experience in forming a government.
C、Because party members have the backing of nationwide organization.
D、Because people trust party members to a great degree.



第28题 Shakespeare lived in the period of _________.
A、the Middle Ages
B、the Victoria Age
C、the Elizabethan Age
D、the Industrial Revolution



第29题 Queen Elizabeth II is “Defender of the Faith”, because _________.
A、She is the spiritual leader of the Church of England.
B、She is the head of the Church of England.
C、She is the personification of the state.
D、She is the symbol of the English values.



第30题 The real center of power in Parliament is _________.
A、the Queen
B、the House of Commons
C、the House of Lords
D、the Cabinet



第31题 The earliest invasion of England is that by ____.
A、the Normans
B、the Celts
C、the Iberians
D、the Anglo-Saxons



第32题 “The Glorious Revolution” marked the real beginning of the ____ in England.
A、Industrial Revolution
B、Constitutional Monarchy
C、Restoration
D、Chartist Movement



第33题 In the middle of the 18th century, the conflict between France and Britain resulted in ______.
A、the Five Years War
B、the Six Years War
C、the Seven Years War
D、the Eight Years War



第34题 Britain’s membership in the European Community was endorsed in a national referendum in _____.
A、1972
B、1973
C、1974
D、1975



第35题 _____ is the seat of the British Houses of Parliament which is the largest Gothic edifice in England.
A、The Tower of London
B、Whitehall
C、Buckingham Palace
D、Westminster



第36题 _____ is the biggest and most well-known church in London.
A、the Church of England
B、the Church of Canterbury
C、St. Paul’s Cathedral
D、St. Andrews’ Cathedral



第37题 Which of the following is not true about the English class system?
A、？It is an embarrassing subject for English people.
B、Working-class students cannot receive a university education.
C、The class system is much less rigid than it was.
D、The class system still exists below the surface.



第38题 The pattern of British industry has changed rapidly since the Second World War. This change can be seen in three of the following except ________.
A、steel, textiles and other manufacturing industries have declined.
B、service industries have grown.
C、some major industries have been nationalized.
D、small businesses have flourished.



第39题 The person who crushed various rebellions in Ireland and settled English and Scottish Protestants there by giving them land was _______.
A、Oliver Cromwell
B、King Charles I
C、William III
D、William the Conqueror



第40题 From much of the Middle Ages, Britain was ruled by a(n)______ aristocracy.
A、English-speaking
B、German-speaking
C、French-speaking
D、Gaelic-speaking