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业：_______________ 班级：_________ 学号：___________ 姓名：山西师范大学期末考试试题（卷） 2008—2009学年第二学期 院系：外国语学院 专业：英语 考试科目：英语国家社试卷号： A(1) 卷 内 不 准 作 任 何 标 记 密 封 线 题 一 二 三 四 五 六 七 八 总分 分 评 复 I. In each of the following questions there are foChoose the correct one (25%) 1. Which is the largest city in Scotland? A. Cardiff B. Edinburgh C. Glasgow D. Manc2. Who were the ancestors of the English and the England? A. The Anglo-Saxons B. The Normans C. The Vikings D. The Romans 3. Under the William of Normandy (known as “Conqueror”) the Normans crossed the English Chanand the Battle of Hastings, defeated an English armHarold. A. 1066 B. 1707 C.1536 D. 1801 4. Which of the following statements is NOT true? A. Sinn Fein is a legal political party in Northern IrelB. Those who want to unite Northern Ireland withcalled Unionists. C. The Social Democratic and Labor Party is a verpolitical party in Britain. D. Those who show their loyalty to the British Crow共 8 页 Loyalists. 第 页 1 5. Which of the following about the Queen is NOT true A. The Queen selects the Prime Minister and the Cab 7. There are three major parties in the UK: the Conservative Party, the Labor Party and the ________. A. Republican B. Liberal Party C. Liberal Democratic Party D. Green Party 8. Which of the following writer did NOT belong to Romanticism? A. Keats B. Shelley C. Wordsworth D. Defoe 9. Which of the following books is written by Geoffrey Chaucer? A. The Canterbury Tales B. Beowulf C. The Tempest D. Morte D’ Arthur 10. In Britain, children from the age of 5 to 16_______. A. can legally receive partly free education B. can legally receive completely free education C. can not receive free education at all D. can not receive free education if their parents are rich 11. Which of the following schools would admit children without reference to their academic abilities? A. Comprehensive schools B. Secondary schools C. Independent schools D. Grammar schools 12.In England there is a truly English holiday: Bonfire Night ---sometimes called ________; while in Scotland, New Year’s Eve called _______ is the major 第 页 2 共 8 页 winter celebration. A. Guy Fawkes Night, Hogmanay B. Eisteddfod, St Patrick Day C. Easter Day, Boxing Day D. Halloween Day, Ramadan 13. The English Parliament originated in the _______---an advisory assembly of the king’s chief vassals, including the clergy. A. Privy Council B. Cabinet C. Great Council D. Congress 14. At present Ireland Parliament has _____members called Teachtai Dala; while Senate has _____members who are not directly elected. A. 166, 60 B. 435, 100 C. 651, 400 D. 300, 120 15. The Wars of the Roses were fought between the family of Lancaster and the family of _______ A. Tudor B. Stuart C. Hanover D. York 16. Which of the following is NOT a part of the Protestant value system? A. self-indulgence B. Rationalism C. Asceticism D. Individualism 17. In Australia each of the government department is administered jointly by ____and ____. A. President, and Governor General B. Minister, the Head of Department 第 页 3 共 8 页 C. Prime Minister, Chancellor D. Chairman, Magistrate 18. The first settlers of New Zealand were_______. In 1769, _____visited New Zealand and claimed if for Britain. A. voyagers from East Polynesia, Abel Tasman B. European navigators, James Cook C. Christian missionaries, sealers and whalers D. voyagers from East Polynesia, James Cook 19. In 1840, Maori chiefs signed the _____to keep their ownership of the natural resources, and in ______New Zealand became an independent nation when the Stature of Westminster (1931) was ratified. A. Treaty of Waitangi, 1994 B. Treaty of Maoritanga, 1947 C. Treaty of Waitangi, 1947 D. Treaty of Auckland, 1915 20. ______was the first to start the Religious Reformation and the next important leader of the Reformation was _______. A. Martin Luther, John Milton B. John Calvin, the English King Henry VII C. Martin Luther King, William Penn D. Martin Luther, John Calvin 21.Which of the following statements is NOT correct? When the Constitution was written, A. There was a Bill of Rights in the Constitution. 第 页 4 共 8 页 B. There was no Bill of Rights. C. The Constitution did not have any words guaranteeing the freedoms or the basic rights and privileges of citizens. D. A “Bill of Rights” was added to the Constitution four years after the Constitution was made. 22. Which of the following is the only branch that can make federal laws, and levy federal taxes? A. The executive. B. The legislative. C. The Judicial. D. The president. 23. Which of the following statements is NOT correct according to the author? A. American mainstream culture is based on Protestantism. B. Protestant Church is an established church by law in the US. C. The Catholic Church is the largest single religious group in the US. D. The largest church is of the Protestant faith in the US. 24. The Declaration of Independence was adopted by the ____ Continental Congress on July 4, _____. A. First, 1774 B. First, 1776 C. Second, 1774 D. Second, 1776 25. _______ was separated from the Roman Catholic Church at the Reformation in the 16th Century, spreading over Britain, the USA, Germany and other 第 页 5 共 8 页 western countries. A. Christianity B. Protestantism C. Orthodox Eastern Church D. Buddhism II. For each of the following blanks, write the suitable word or term in the corresponding space on your answer sheet. (10%) 1. One of the oldest of the early “old English” literary works is a long poem from Anglo-Saxons times called Beowulf. 2. With the Norman Conquest in 11th century Britain entered the Middle Age (1066-1485), and the language of the royal court became French. 3. The full name of the United Kingdom is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. 4. The Anglican Church is the established church of the English nation. It is also called church of England. The two terms are almost interchangeable. It is one of the main denominations of Protestantism. 5. In USA, one of the measurements for an undergraduate in academic progress is _______or “points”. It is defined as one hour of classroom lecture, or two to three hours of experiments per week for a semester. 6. During the First Civil War of the England Bourgeois Revolution, those who stood on the side of the king were called Cavaliers, and those who supported the Parliament were called Roundhead because of their 第 页 6 共 8 页 short haircuts. 7. In UK, the party which wins the majority seats in Parliament forms the government and its party leader becomes PM. 8. The White House, the official presidential residence, is located in Washington D.C. The President works and lives in this building. The president has enormous power. He can only serve one or two successive terms of 4 year each. 9. In our text, the WASP stands for White Anglo-Saxons Protestant. 10. In our text, the GCSE stands for General Certificate of Secondary Education. III. Give a brief answer to each of the following questions. Write your answer in the corresponding space on your answer sheet. (25%) 1. Give a brief account of the US Presidential powers. 2.What is the main difference between the Grammar schools and the Comprehensive Schools? 3. What is the difference between the Lost Generation and the Beat Generation? 4. What are the Wars of the Roses? 5.What are the differences between the Bill of Rights of 1689 in UK and the Bill of Rights of 1791 in USA? IV. Explain the following terms. (30%) 第 页 7 共 8 页 1. The New Deal 2.Wakefield Scheme 3. Open University 4. Mark Twain 5. The Industrial Revolution 6. The “Washminster” form polity V. Answer the following questions (10%) How do you understand that “British history has been a history of invasion”. Please illustrate this point with the examples from the text. And how did each of the invasion influence the English culture? 第 页 8 共 8 页 本文来源：https://www.dywdw.cn/7fede169bd1e650e52ea551810a6f524cdbfcb48.html
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