历年真题库：2016年4月自考00522英语国家概况试卷及答案

2016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 carefally. For each unfinished statement or question, four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D are given. Choose the one that you thiok best completes the statement or answers the question. Mark the letter of the answer you have chosen on the ANSWER SHEET. (30 points, 1 point each)

1. King Edward was known as the“ ”because of his religious piety.

A. Defender

B. Protector

C. Conqueror

D. Confessor

2._is the birthplace for cricket.

A. England

B. Scotland

C. Northem Ireland

D. Wales

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3. Which ofthe following statements is true about Henry I#39;s reform?

A. He abolished the annual land tax and replaced it with a heavier one.

B. He divided the country into six circuits and appointed local barons to hear cases.

C. He ordered that all cases involving clerks should be tried in the Bishop#39;s courts.

D. He increased the work of the Chancery both in amount and in sophistication.

4. In Britain, the parliamentary general election is normally held every years; while in the US, the presidential election is held every____ years.

A. six/ five

B. five/ six

C. five / four

D. six/ four

5. The is a member of all three branches of the British govermment.

A. prime minister

B. lord chancellor

C. Archbishop of Canterbury

D. leader of the opposition party

6. Scottish inventor modified and improved the design of steam engine and produced a very efficient one with rotary motion in 1765.

A. James Watt

B. John Kay

C. Richard Arkwright

D. Samuel Crompton

7. The great majority of British parents send their children to,

A. state schools

B. home schools

C. public schools

D. private schools

8. The narowest part of the English Channel between England and is the Straits ofDover.

A. France

B. Belgium

C. Germany

D. the Netherlands

9. The Hundred Years#39; War started in and ended in 1453, in which the English lost all of its territories in the European continent EXCEPT___.

A. 1337 I Calais

B.1337 / Flanders

C.1346 / Calais

D.1346 / Flanders

10. The English Civil War is also called the,

A. Seven Years#39; War

B. British Reformation

C. Puritan Revolution

D. Glorious Revolution