英美国家概括 选择题
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Unit 1
1. Which of the following is not considered a characteristic of London? A. The cultural centre. B. The business centre. C. The financial centre. D The sport centre.
2. Which of the following is not true about the characteristics of Britain? A. Economic differences between north and south. B. Difference of social systems between Scotland and Wales. C. Class differences between a white-collar worker and a blue-collar worker. D. Cultural differences between immigrants and British.
3. Which of the following cannot be found in London? A. Teahouses. B. Art galleries C. Museums. D. Theatres.
4. Which of the following is not true about Britain? A. It used to be a powerful imperial country in the world. B. It plays an active role as a member of European Union. C. It is a relatively wealthy and developed country. D. It used to be one of the superpowers (超强大国，国际组织) in the world.
5. Three of the following are characteristics of London. Which of the four is exception? A. London is a political, economic and cultural centre of the country.
伦敦是四大世界级城市之一，与美国纽约、法国巴黎和日本东京并列 。但是伦敦未获英国城市地位，正式来说算不上是城市（其心脏地带伦敦市和威斯敏斯特城才是城市），但因为自18世纪起她一直是世界上最重要的政治、经济、文化、艺术和娱乐中心之一，一般人都误以为其是一整座城市。
B. London has a larger population than all other cities in England. C. London is not only the largest city in Britain, but also the largest in the world. D. London has played a significant role in the economic constriction of the country.
6. The Tower of London, a historical sight, located in the centre of London, was built by D.William the Conqueror. 7. Who were the ancestors of the English and the founders of England?A. The Anglo-Saxons
8. Which is the largest city in Scotland? C. Glasgow
• 格拉斯哥（Glasgow）：第一大港与第一大商业中心。 • 爱丁堡（Edinburgh）：首府，是历史上的苏格兰王国首都与文化古都。 9. Why did the Scottish Kings decide to form an independent singular Scottish state in the 9th century? A. They needed a unified independent nation to fight against Viking raids (侵袭).
10. Where do the majority of people in Scotland live? B. In the Lowlands.
11. Which of the following statements is not true? A. Wales was invaded by Romans. B. Wales was occupied by the Anglo-Saxons. C. Wales was conquered by the Normans. D. Wales was threatened by the English.
12. Which of the following parties in Scotland still wants an independent Scotland? C. The Scottish Nationalist Party.
13. When did Scotland join the Union by agreement of the English and Scottish parliaments (议会)? D. In 1707
14. Llywelyn ap Gruffudd is not a simple historical figure for the Welsh. He is almost considered the legendary hero of Welsh nationalism because D. he unified Wales as an independent nation.
Unit 2 A Brief Introduction to the United Kingdom II
1. In the 17th century, the English government encouraged people from Scotland and Northern England to emigrate to the north of Ireland, because A. they wanted to increase its control over Ireland.
2. In 1969, the first British soldiers were seen on Northern Ireland street. They came first B. to protect Catholics.
3. Northern Ireland is the smallest of the four nations, but is quite well-known in the world for D. its endless political problems.
4. Faced with conflicting demands the British government chose a compromise and organized a partition of Ireland in 1921, because B. the British government intended to satisfy both sides—Catholics and Protestants.
5. Which of the following statement is not true? A. Sinn Fein is a legal political party in Northern Ireland. B. Those who want to unite Northern Ireland with British are called Unionists统一派. C. The Social Democratic and Labor Party社会民主工党属北爱尔兰 is a very important political party in Britain. D. Those who show their loyalty to the British Crown are called Loyalist.亲英派
6. In the early 1970s, the IRA爱尔兰共和军 D. carried out a series of bombing and shooting and attacked the security forces as their main target.
7. 1972 was the worst year of the political troubles in Northern Ireland, because B. 468 people were killed in Northern Ireland.
8. Why did the British government decide to replace the power-sharing policy with “direct-rule” from London? D. above all. (A. The power-sharing policy was not accepted by the majority of Protestants. B. The Northern Irish Parliament could not govern the power effectively. C. The Power-Sharing policy couldn’t be carried out.)
9. Which of the following statements is not true? A. In 1981, some convicted IRA prisoners went on a hunger-strike. B. They demanded for the statue of being “political prisoners” by starving themselves. C. Margaret Thatcher’s
government gave in to their political demand. D. The death of prisoners revitalized the political movement of Sinn Fein.
10. How many counties郡 are there in Northern Ireland? B. 6
11. Which of the following agreement is accepted by both Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland? C. The Good Friday Agreement.北爱和平协议
12. According to the Good Friday Agreement, Northern Ireland today should be governed by the following jurisdictions 管辖权except A. the jurisdiction of the Republic of Ireland B. the jurisdiction of loyalist ministers. C. the jurisdiction of Great Britain D. the jurisdiction of Northern Ireland
Unit 3 The Government of the United Kingdom
1. Which of the following is not a characteristic of Britain government? A. It offers the Queen high political status and power. B. It is both a parliamentary democracy and a constitution monarchy. C. It is the oldest representative democracy in the world. D. It has no written form of Constitution.
2. Which of the following kings was executed in the civil war? C. Charles I
3. What happened in 1215? B. Forced by barons, King John signed the Magna Carta英国大宪章.
4. Which of the following is not true about the Great Council大议会? A. They
included barons and representatives from counties and towns. B. They were sometimes summoned by the kings to contribute money. C. They later developed into what we now know as the Cabinet.内阁 （最后成为议会而不是内阁parliament）D. They represented the aristocrats as well as the communities.
5. Under whose reign was the Bill of Rights权力法案 passed? B. William of Orange. 威廉三世
6. Which of the following is not related to the Constitution? A. It is a written document which lists out the basic principles for government. B. It is the foundation of British governance today. C. Conventions and Laws passed by Parliament are part of the Constitution. D. The common laws are part of the Constitution.
7. Which of the following statements is not correct? A. There are no legal restraints upon Parliament. B. Strictly speaking, the Queen is part of the Parliament. C. Parliament has the supreme power of passing laws. D. Parliament has no power to change the terms of the Constitution.
8. Which of the following is not a true description of the Queen’s role? A. The Queen selects the Prime Minister and the Cabinet. B. The Queen symbolizes the tradition and unity of the British state. C. The Queen acts as a confidante to the Prime Minister. D. The Queen is the temporal head of the Church of England. 9. Which of the following is not a feature of the House of Lords上议院? A.
Lords do not receive salaries and many do not attend Parliament sittings. B. It consists of the Lord Spiritual and the Lords Temporal. C. The lords are expected to represent the interests of the public. D. Most of the lords in the House of Lords are males.
10. Which of the following is not based on the fact? A. Members of Parliament elect the Prime Minister and the Cabinet. B. MPs receive salaries and some other allowances. C. MPs are expected to represent the interests of the public. D. Most of MPs belong to the major political parties.
Unit 4 Politics, Class and Race
1. Which group of people can’t vote in the general election?
A. Members in the House of Commons.
B. Lords in the House of Lords.
C. The UK citizens about the age of 18.
D. The UK resident citizens of the Irish Republic.
2. By whom is a “vote of no confidence” decided? A. The House of Commons.
3. Which of the following is not true about the electoral campaigns?
A. Big parties can buy time to broadcast their policies on the television.
B. There is a limit on the amount of money candidates can spend in their constituency campaign.
C. Candidates and their supporters go door-to-door persuading voters to vote for them.
D. Candidates criticize each other’s policies to show how good their own policies are.
4. How many seats in the House of Commons should a party hold at least in order to win the election? B. 326
5. Which of the following description about the Conservative party is not true?
A. It has been in power for an unusually long period of time.
B. It prefers policies that protect individual’s right.
C. It receives a lot of the funding from big companies.
D. It is known as a party of high taxation levels.
6. Which period of time in British history was described as “private affluence
and public squalor卑微 C. The 1980s.
7. Who is the leader of the Labour party at present? B. Tony Blair
8. Which of the following is not true about life peers? 终身贵族
A. They are not from the aristocratic families.
B. They cannot sit in the House of Lords.
C. They earned their titles through their outstanding achievement.
D. The titles cannot be inherited by their children.
9. Which of the following statements in not true about class system in the UK?
A. People of different classes tend to read different kinds of newspaper.
B. Class division is only decided by people’s income.
C. Though social advancement is possible, class affects a person’s life chances.
D. The way people speak may identify them as belonging to a particular class.
10. Which of the following is not characteristic of the hereditary aristocracy
in the UK?
A. The noble titles can be inherited by the children.
B. They usually own historic house in the country.
C. They are the richest people in the UK.
D. The senior members can be lords in the House of Lords.
11. Which of the following is not an effect of immigration on British society?
A. There is now a varied cuisine for people to choose from.
B. Class tension has increase.
C. New forms of popular music have emerged.
D. Different religious beliefs have been practiced actively
12. Which of the following is not a true description of the situation of ethic minorities in the UK?
A. They are well represented in the British Parliament.
B. They are economically poorer than the white population
C. They are treated unfairly by the justice system
D. They are threatened by some racist groups.
Unit five The UK Economy
1. Which of the following statements is NOT true about the UK economy?
A. Britain remains one of the Group of Seven large industrial economies.
B. Britain has experienced a relative economic decline since 1945.
C. There has been a period of steady decreasing of living standards.
D. Some smaller economies have overtaken the UK in terms of output per capita.
2. Which of the following was NOT the reason for the relative economic decline since 1945?
A. Britain did not invest in modern and new products.
B. Britain spent a high proportion of its national wealth on the military.
C. Britain had been heavily in debt to finance the war.
D. Britain had carried out the nationalisation of the business.
3. Which of the following livestock has the biggest number in UK? D. sheep
4. Where is the best agricultural land in Britain? A. In the southeast of England.
5. Which of the following is Not a company in the energy sector? A. Shell B. ICI英国最大的化学公司C. RTZ. D. British Gas 其他为英国三大能源公司
6. Which of the following used to be the last independent car company in the UK? C. Rover.路华，最近被德国收购
7. In the aerospace industry, which two countries are ahead of Britain? B. The US and Russia
8. Which civil airline was started in 1924 after the First World War? A. Imperial Airways.
9. What did Frank Whittle do in 1937? B. He developed the first jet engine.喷气式引擎
10. Which company became an important aero-engine manufacture after WWI? B. Rolls Royce.
11. Which of the following two companies merged into British Aerospace? A. The British Aircraft Corporation and Hawker-Siddeley Aviation.
Unit 6 British Literature
1. Which of the following books is written by Geoffrey Chaucer? A. The Canterbury Tales.
2. Which literary form flourished in Elizabethan age more than any other form of literature? C. Drama
3. Among the following writers, who was not one of the great trio?
A. Ben Johnson
B. William Shakespeare
C. Thomas Malory
D. Christopher Marlowe
4. Which of the following did not belong to Romanticism?
A. Keats.
B. Shelley.
C. Wordsworth
D. Defoe.
5. Which of the following is a tragedy written by Shakespeare? B. Macbeth.
6. Which of the following writers was the most famous Scottish novelist? D. Sir Walter Scott.
7. Several gifted women played a significant part in the 19th-century literature. Which of the following is an exception?
A. Virginia Wolff
B. Emily Bronte
C. Jane Austen
D. Charlotte Bronte
8. Which of the following writers was not associated with Modernism?
A. D.H. Lawrence
B. E.M. Forster
C. Charles Dickens
D. Virginia Woolf
9. Which of the following is generally considered to be the masterpiece by Joseph Conrad? B. The Heart of Darkness
10. Which of the following writers wrote the book 1984 that began “Postmodernism” in British literature? A. George Orwell.
Unit 7 British Education System
1. In Britain, the great majority of parents sent their children to C. state schools. 公立学校
2. In Britain, children from the age of 5 to 16 B. can legally receive completely free education.
3. If a student wants to go to university in Britain, he will take the examination called A. General Certificate of Education—advanced 高级水平测试结业证书
4. Which of the following is privately funded university in Britain?
A. The University of Cambridge
B. The University of Oxford
C. The University of Edinburgh
D. The University of Buckingham
5. Which of the following is not true?
A. Parents send their children to public schools because they are rich.
B. Parents send their children to public schools because their children can get better jobs when they leave school.
C. Parents send their children to public school because their children can have a better chance of getting into a good university.
D. Parents send their children to public school because their children prefer to go to public schools.
6. Which of the following is not a characteristic of the Open University?
A. It’s open to everybody.
B. It requires no formal education qualification.
C. No university degree is awarded.
D. University courses are followed through TV, radio, correspondence, etc.
7. In the examination called “the 11 plus”, students will academic potential
go to A. grammar schools.
8. Which of the following is not included in the National Curriculum?
A. Children must study the subjects like English, mathematics, science and so on.
B. Children must sit in A-level exams.
C. Children must pass national tests.
D. Teachers must teach what they are told.
9. Which of the following is Not true about the British education system?
A. It’s run by the state.
B. It’s funded by the state.
C. It’s supervised by the state.
D. It’s dominated by the state.
10. Which of the following schools would admit children without reference to their academic abilities?
A. Comprehensive schools
B. Secondary school
C. Independent schools
D. Grammar school
Unit 8 British Foreign Relations
1. The author holds that Britain had a big influence on the postwar international order because B. it had a strong military power prestige.
2. Which countries are permanent members of the UN Security Council? C. China, Russia, France, Britain , and the United State 联合国成员
3. How much of the globe did Britain rule in its imperial prime? C. A third of the globe.
4. The present British foreign policy is mainly influenced by some of the following factors. Which one is an exception?
A. Its imperial history
B. Its geopolitical traits.
C. Its special relationship with the United States.
D. Its schizophrenic attitude to Europe.
5. Which of the following is not involved in making the British foreign policy?
A. The Queen of Britain
B. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office
C. The Prime Minister and the Cabinet
D. The Ministry of Defense and the Treasury.
6. Nowadays the British foreign policy is largely shaped by its participation in C. the United Nations, the EU, NATO, etc.
7. Which of the following statements is not true?
A. Britain hosts a large American military force
B. 63American military bases are under the command of Britain C. There are 63 American military bases in Britain.
D. Britain is an outpost of an American-dominated military bloc.
8. Which of the following countries does not have nuclear weapons capabilities? A. Britain
B. The United States
C. Italy
D. Russia
9. There of the following factors have contributed to Britain’s special relationship with the United States to a certain degree. Which is the exception?
A. Britain and the United States share the general ideas in many respects.
B. They have common interest in every respect.
C. They agree generally on how the world economy should be managed
D. They have special links in culture
10. Why does Britain have its nuclear naval force? B. because it’s a traditional sea power.
Unit 9 The British Media
1. Which of the following is the world’s oldest national newspaper? C. The Observe
2. Which of the following is the British oldest daily newspaper? D. The Times
3. Which of the following statements is not true about the British media?
A. They supply people with news, keeping them informed of what is happening in the world.
B. They are mainly interests in making make huge profits by publishing advertisements.
C. They help shape British culture.
D. They provide entertainment.
4. A free press is considered very important to the functioning of parliament democracy because A. it plays a watchdog function, keeping an eye on the government.
5. In Britain most advertising is carried A. In newspaper.
6. Which of the following about the BBC is NOT true?
A. There is no advertising on an of the BBC programmes
B. The BBC is funded by license fees paid by people who possess television sets.
C. The BBC has four channels. 全国广播电台四个，还有海外广播电台
D. The BBC provides the World Service throughout the world.
7. How many newspapers are there in Britain? B. About 1400
8. Which of the following newspaper is printed internationally? C. The Financial World.
9. Which of the following newspaper is a tabloid? A. The News of the World.
10. Which of the following about the tabloids is not true?
A. They are big format newspaper.
B. They are often called “the gutter press”
C. They mainly deal in scandals and gossip about famous people.
D. They carry stories with color photos and catchy headlines.
Unit 10 Sports, Holidays and Festivals in Britain
1. Which of the following was Not an activity in Shakespeare’s time?
A. Playing football
B. Having a drink at the pub
C. Working the land
D. Attending the Grand National.
2. Which of the following sports was not invented in Britain?
A. Football
B. Tennis
C. Basketball
D. Cricket
3. Which of the following is not true about football in Britain?
A. Millions of people attend the FA games each season.
B. “Football hooligans” sometimes have violent clashes.
C. It was invented by the Scottish people 苏格兰人发明网球
D. It was once described as “beastly” violent
4. Where is the international tennis championships held? B. Wimbledon
5. Which of the following is truly a sport of the royal family? D. Horse racing
6. Which one of the following is not particularly British Christmas tradition?
A. Enjoying the Pantomime. 童话剧
B. The Queen broadcasting her Christmas message
C. Eating chocolate eggs
D. Shopping on the Boxing Day
7. Easter commemorates D. the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus Christ
8. Which community observes the traditional Ramadan? D. Muslim 伊斯兰教的斋戒
9. Which celebration particularly happens on the Queen’s birthday? C. Trooping the Color 大检阅庆祝活动
10. Which of the following commemorates the Battle of Boyne? D. The Orange March in Northern Ireland. 游行庆祝威廉三世击败詹姆士二世
11. Of which people is Robert Burns a national poet? C, The Scottish people
12. On which day is Halloween celebrated? A. October 31th.
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