2008年4月全国英语国家概况试题及答案

全国2008年4月历年自考英语国家概况真题

Ⅰ. (50 points,1 point for each)

1．About a hundred years ago, as a result of its imperialist expansion, Britain ruled an empire that had one fourth of the world’s people and ______ of the world’s land area.（ C ）

A．half B．one third C．one fourth D．one fifth

2．Which of the following statements about the Celts is NOT true?（ C ）

A．They were ironworkers.

B．They were practiced farmers.

C．They spoke Anglo-Saxon English.

D．They drained much of the marshlands and built houses.某某

3．The spirit of the ______ was the limitation of the powers of the king.（ B ）

A．Book of Concord B．Magna Carta C．Domesday Book D．common law

4．______ was above all responsible for the religious reform in England.（ C ）

A．Alfred the Great B．EdwardⅠ C．HenryⅧ D．William the Conqueror

5．The name Wars of the Roses was, in fact, coined by the great 19th century novelist ___ C ___.

A．Sir Thomas Browne

C．Sir Walter Scott B．Sir Max Beerbohm D．Sir Norman Angell

6．Elizabeth’s relationship with Parliament was often ___ B ___.

A．peaceful B．turbulent C．cooperative D．harmonious

7．______ was generally considered the transitional period between the Middle Ages and modern times, covering the years c.1350-c.1650.（ B ）

A．The Reformation

C．The Restoration B．The Renaissance D．The Glorious Revolution

8．Loosely speaking, ______ were those who opposed absolute monarchy and supported the right to religious freedom for Nonconformists.（ A ）

A．the Whigs

C．the members of the Labor Party B．the Tories D．the members of the Conservative Party

9．As a result of the agriculture enclosure in England in the late 18th century, ___ D ___.

A．diet became less varied

C．farms became smaller and smaller B．the English tenants got benefits D．peasant farmers had to look for work in towns

10．One of the most far-reaching consequences of the Second World War is that ___ C ___.

A．it improved British economy B．it strengthened the British Empire

C．it hastened the end of the British Empire D．it hastened the end of the British Commonwealth

11．The Prime Minister of Britain was __ A ____.