历年真题库：2016年10月自考00522英语国家概况试卷及答案

2016年10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,考时间150分钟。

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PART ONE a (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. Mark the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space on the ANSWER SHEET. (30 points, 1 point each)

1. Britain#39;s climate is of the maritime type, characterized by the following EXCEPT

A. heavy fog

B. rainstorms

C. cool temperatures

D. frequent cloudy days

2. Between 1649 and 1660, England was not ruled by a monarch, but declared by Oliver Cromwell a_____

A. Republic

B. Dominion

C. Federal State

D. Commonwealth

3._mN was ceded to Britain by the 1763 Treaty of Paris after the Seven Years#39; War.

A. Canada

B. India

C. New Zealand

D. Australia

4. In 1265 summoned the Great Council to meet at Westminster, which has been seen as the earliest parliament.

A. the Pope

B. Prince Edward

C. Simon de Montfort

D. King Henry II1

5. Currently,__is the head of state of the UK.

A. George VI

B. David Cameron

C. Gordon Brown

D. Queen Elizabeth II

6. i Under the rule of William the Conqueror,were at the bottom of the English feudal scale.

A. serfs

B. barons

C. kmights

D. freemen

7. Of the following British newspapers,___ displays clear political sympathies with the Labor Party.

A. The Times

B. The Guardian

C. the Daily Mail

D. The Daily Telegraph

8. The Authorized Version of the Bible published in 1611 was made under the command of

A. James I

B. Elizabeth I

C. Edward IV

D. Henry VII

9. Which of the following statements is NOT true about the Black Death?

A. It led to the Peasant Uprising of 1381.

B. It prevented the development of capitalism in England.

C. Itis a deadly bubonic plague, an epidemic discase spread by rat fleas.

D. It klled between one half and one third of the population of England.

10.is the first city to host the modern Olympic Games three times.

A. Atlanta

B. London

C. Sydney

D. Los Angeles