历年真题库：2017年4月自考00522英语国家概况试卷及答案

2017年4月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试

英语国家概况试卷

(课程代码00522)

本试卷共6页,满分100分,考试时间150分钟。

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PART ONE (30 POINTS)

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE

Read the following unfinished statements or questions carefully. For each unfinished statement or question, 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 the ANSWER SHEET. (30 points, 1 point each)

1. Which of the following rivers goes through the city of London?

A. The Forth.

B. The Severn.

C. The Thames.

D. The Mersey.

2. About 500 BC suini _ began to arrive in Britain and kept coming until the

arrival of the Romans.

A. the Jutes

B. the Angles

C. the Celts

D. the Saxons

3. Located in Wales,____is an important city in the UK.

A. Belfast

B. Cardiff

C. Liverpool

D. Edinburgh

4. In the reign of_____, Britain lost the French port of Calais.

A. Elizabeth I

B. EdwardVI C. Henry VII

D. Mary Tudor

5. The name Great Britain came into being when, in 1707, the Act of Union united England and

A. Wales

B. Scotland

C. Southern Ireland

D. Northerm Ireland

6. The Parliament Act in 1911 strictly limited the powers of b6 making the Commons the supreme legislative body.

A. the Lords

B. the Cabinet

C. the Crown

D. the Church of England

7. What might be the immediate cause of the UK#39;s entry into WwI?

A. Germany#39;s invasion of Belgiumn.

B. The asassination of Franz Ferdinand.

C. Austrian declaration of war on Serbia.

D. Germany#39;s declaration of war on Russia.

8. The discovery of oil in has made the UK self-sufficient in oil.

A. the Irish Sea

B. the Black Sea

C. the North Sea

D. the Mediterranean

9. The Labour Party and 20 _ have been the dominant party in the UK since the mid-1920s.

A. the Republican Party

B. the Liberal Democrats

C. the Conservative Party

D. the Scottish National Party

10. Which of the fllwing was a consequence of the Norman Conquest on England?

A. English became the ficial language in England.

B. The feudal system was completely established in England.

C. The England#39;s commerce with the Continent was severely weakened.

D. The English church courts were more closely related to the civil courts.