I. MultipleChoice Questions. (50 points, 1 point for each)
Directions:In this part of the test, there are 50 unfinished statements or questions. Foreach of the unfinished statements or questions, four suggested answers, markedA. B, C and D are given. Choose the one that you think best completes thestatement or answers the question. Write the letter of the answer you havechosen in the corresponding space on your Answer Sheet.
1.Which of the following is NOT a geographical name of Britain?
A.The United Kingdom B.Great Britain
C.England D.The British Isles
2.The Romans remained in control of Britain for nearly _____ years.
A.600 B.500
C.400 D.200
3.Which of the following statements is NOT true about Alfred?
A.Alfred the Great started the English navy.
B.Alfred the Great reorganized the Saxon army, making it more efficient.
C.Alfred the Great established schools and formulated a legal system.
D.Alfred the Great imposed a tax, called the Danegeld, on the Saxons.
4.After the Glorious Revolution came the Age of the _____, a monarchy with powerslimited by Parliament.
A.Commonwealth B.Constitutional Monarchy
C. Englishcolonial expansion D.Hereditary Monarchy
5.According to Magna Carta no tax should be made without the approval of _____.
A.the House of Lords B.the King
C.the Grand Council D.the House of Commons
6._____, a dramatist and poet, is generally regarded as the greatest writer inthe English language.
A. Charles Dickens B.Christopher Marlowe
C. William Shakespeare D.Charlotte Bronte
7.After the Restoration, British Parliament passed a series of severe laws calledthe Clarendon Code against the _____, now known as Nonconformists.
A. Christians B.Protestants
C.Puritans D.Catholics
8. Elizabeth I reigned England, Wales andIreland for _____ years and remained single.
A.25 B.30
C.40 D.45
9.After the Wars of the Roses the rule of _____ began.
A.the Plantagenet B.the Yorkists
C.the Stuarts D.the Tudors
10. _____ was the forerunner of the ConservativeParty.
A.The Liberal Party B.The Whigs
C.The Tories D.The Labor Party
11. The First World War was fought between twoEuropean power blocs: the “Central Powers” and the “Allies”. The “Allies”include the following EXCEPT _____.
A. Britain B.France
C.Russia D.Austria-Hungary
12.In 1982, the Falkland Islands War broke out between Britain and _____.
A.Argentina B.Brazil
C.Peru D.Chile
13.Which of the following about UK’s monarchy is NOT true?
A.The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy.
B.There is no written constitution in the United Kingdom.
C.Today the Queen holds the real power in UK.
D.The continuity of the monarchy has been broken only once.
14. In the United Kingdom, the party which winsthe second largest number of seat in the House of Commons becomes _____.
A.the official Opposition B.the leading party
C.the predominant party D.the “shadow cabinet”
15.The Sovereign’s coronation takes place at _____ in London.
A.Westminster Abbey B.Canterbury Abbey
C.York Abbey D.Northanger Abbey
16. The _____ is made up of statute law, commonlaw and conventions.
A.British Constitution B.American Constitution
C.Commonwealth law D.European Community law
17. There is no Ministry of Justice in theUnited Kingdom. General responsibility lies with the following EXCEPT _____.
A.the Lord Chancellor B.the Home Secretary
C.the Attorney General D.the Prime Minister
18. _____ provides for every resident,regardless of income, a full range of medical services. It has become availablein Britain since 1948.
A.The Social Security Benefits B.The National Health Service
C.The Civil Service D.The National Insurance Fund
19. In summer there are open-air theatres,including one in London’s Regent’s Park, where _____ are performed.
A.William Shakespeare’s plays B.Christopher Marlowe’s plays
C.Ben Johnson’s plays D.George Bernard Shaw’s plays
20.Snooker is thought to have been invented by _____
A.Sir Winston Churchill B.Sir Neville Chamberlain
C.Sir Charlie Chamberlain D.Sir John Churchill
21. The largest of the racial and ethnicminorities in the U.S. is_____.
A.the Indians B.the Japanese
C.the Chinese D.the Blacks
22. The place where Christopher Columbus landedwas _____ .
A.India B.the islands in Asia
C.the current territory of America D.the islands in the now West Indies
23. The great international influence of _____isthat the colonies in Spanish America rose up one after another to overthrowSpanish colonial rule.
A.the American Civil War
B.the Vietnam War
C.the American War of Independence
D.the Korean War
24.In the early 1850s with the WestwardMovement, the _____ issue became a serious political issue because it might tipthe balance of power in the Senate.
A.slavery B.immigration
C.territory D.Indian
25. Which of the following is NOT the main causefor the American government to declare war on Germany in the World War I?
A.Germany refused to give up its submarine warfare.
B.Germany tried to get Mexico into the war against the United States.
C.Germany promised Mexico the return of lost territory of Texas.
D.Japan launched the bombing of the Pearl Harbor.
26. In 1932, in the depth of the depression, theAmerican people chose _____as their next president who promised a “new deal” toget America out of the depression.
A.Theodore Roosevelt B.Franklin D. Roosevelt
C.Woodrow Wilson D.Herbert C. Hoover
27. In the Second World War American diplomacylargely was American diplomacy towards _____.
A.Germany and Italy B.Germany and Japan
C.Britain and the Soviet Union D.Britain and France
28. The real purpose of the Marshal Planis_____.
A.to prevent Greece and Turkey from falling into the hands of the Soviet Union
B.to support any country which said it was fighting against Communism
C.to help Western Europe recover from the Great Depression
D.to prevent Western Europe from possible Soviet expansion
29. _____ was a full-scale, anti-Communisthysteria in the United States in the1950s.
A.Free Speech Movement B.The Progressive Movement
C.The Civil Rights Movement D.McCarthyism
30. Which war turned out to be the longest warthe U.S. fought?
A.The Korean War B.The World War II
C.The World War I D.The Vietnam War
31. After the Vietnam War, the contradictionbetween Congress and the Executive resulted in the passage of ______.
A.the Smith Act B.the War Power Act
C.the Civil Rights Act D.the Voting Rights Act
32. On April 30 1789, George Washington took theoath of office in ______ which housed the first American government.
A.New York B.Washington
C.Philadelphia D.Boston
33. The American policy towards the Soviet Unionafter the Second World War was ______ .
A.cooperation B.neutrality
C.containment D.impartiality
34. The writers of the Constitution worked out______ in order to prevent the government from misusing its power.
A.the Declaration of Independence B.the Bill of Rights
C.the “winner-take-all” system D.checks and balances
35.The presidential term in the U.S. is four years beginning on ______.
A.November 20 B.November 12
C.January 12 D.January 20
36. On Independence Day, some people bring theirchildren to visit the birth place of the
nation——________
A.Washington D.C. B.New York City
C.Philadelphia D.Boston
37. According to the U.S News & World Report and other journals’ evaluation,______on
thewest coast are the best research universities.
A.Harvard and Yale B.Princeton and Columbia
C.California and MIT D.Stanford and Berkley
38. _____ is the largest single source of goodsimported by the United States.
A.Canada B.Australia
C.Asia D.Latin America
39. Theodore Dreiser was the literaryrepresentative of American ______ .
A.Romanticists B.Transcendentalists
C.Modernists D.Naturalists
40. _____was the first American writer whogained international fame.
A.Washington Irving B.Benjamin Franklin
C.Nathaniel Hawthorne D.Mark Twain
41.The most significant feature of Irish landscape is ______.
A.lakes B.bogs
C.low ridges D.rivers
42. Who was the first English king to bring allIreland under English control?
A.Henry II B.Henry III
C.Henry VIII D.James II
43. From east to west ten provinces and twoterritories in Canada can be divided into ______ geographical regions.
A.four B.five
C.six D.seven
44.Which of the following is NOT one of the Prairie Provinces in Canada?
A.Manitoba B.British Columbia
C.Saskatchewan D.Alberta
45. It was _____ who established the firstFrench settlement in Quebec City in 1608.
A.Henry Hudson B.John Cabot
C.Jacques Cartier D.Samuel de Champlain
46. Although Australia has a large area, _____of the continent is hot and dry.
A.one third B.two thirds
C.half D.more than half
47. _____ is famous for its art festival.
A.Sydney B.Melbourne
C. Adelaide D.Brisbane
48. Which of the following states in Australiais known as the garden state?
A. Queensland B.New South Wales
C.Tasmania D.Victoria
49.The first European to visit New Zealand was ______.
A.Abel Tasman B.Captain James Cook
C.Christopher Columbus D.Amerigo Vespucci
50. The _______ is a national symbol in NewZealand.
A. kiwi B.native owl
C.tuatara D.lizard
II. Answer theQuestions. (30 points, 3 points for each)
Directions:Give a one-sentence answer to each of the following questions. Write your answersin the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet.
51. What is the difference between the ancestorsof the English and Scots, Welsh and Irish?
52. What was the impact of the Wars of the Roseson feudalism in England?
53. What is the main function of the House ofLords?
54. What are the major racial and ethnic minoritiesin the United States?
55. What is Emerson’s view of man and nature?
56. What kind of system is the American economybased on?
57. Why did the population of Ireland decreasefrom the 1840s until about 1970?
58.What are the two most important provinces in Canada?
59. Which is Australia’s largest lake?
60. What is partly the reason for New Zealand tohave changeable weather and to
beoften windy?
III. TermExplanation. (20 points, 5 points for each)
Directions:Explain each of the following terms in English. Write your answers in the correspondingspace on the Answer Sheet in around 40 words.
61. Domesday Book
62. Thatcherism
63. “Great Compromise” of 1787
64. Halloween