英语国家概况自考题分类模拟14
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Read the following unfinished statements or questions carefully
For each unfinished statement or question, four suggested answers marked are given. Choose the one that you think **pletes the statement or answers the question.
1. Uncle Tom"s Cabin and Roots are two novels which give a vivid description the miserable life of the ______.
A. early settlers        B. puritans
C. native Indians        D. black slaves
2. The foundation of American Constitutional system **pleted in ______.
A. 1781        B. 1787
C. 1788        D. 1791
3. The trial of Alger Hiss proved ______.
A. that he was a Soviet spy
B. that he was a traitor
C. that he provided Soviet agent with secret information on atomic weapon
D. None of the above
4. ______ is the biggest Australian state, accounting for one third of the total area of the country.
A. Victoria        B. Western Australia
C. Melbourne        D. Queensland
5. Which public holiday is the Scottish holiday only?
A. New Year"s Day.        B. Good Friday.
C. Bank Holiday.        D. Easter Day.
6. Why were the French troops in Canada defeated by the British during the Seven Years" War?
A. Because they were not used to the weather in Canada.
B. Because they did not get support from the local people.
C. Because they did not receive the supplies they needed so badly.
D. Because the British had larger and better settlements in Canada.
7. "America 2000: An Education Strategy" was issued by the American President ______ in 1991.
A. Bush        B. Clinton
C. Reagan        D. Carter
8. Thanks to the militant feminist movement of the ______ led by Mrs. Pankhurst before the First World War, votes were granted to women over 30 in 1918.
A. Luddites        B. Suffragettes
monarchyC. Chartists        D. Levellers
9. The Constitutional Convention in America was attended by ______.
A. all of the 13 states
B. all of the states except Maryland
C. all of the states except Rhode Island
D. all of the states, but later Rhode Island withdrew from the convention
10. Which of the following about U.K."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 the United Kingdom.
D. The continuity of the monarchy has been broken once.
11. In his inaugural speech, ______ said that "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
A. Abraham Lincoln
B. Theodore Roosevelt
C. Woodrow Wilson
D. Franklin Roosevelt
12. It is said that Thomas Jefferson"s belief that an education should be practical as well as liberal is best embodied by ______.
A. research universities
B. doctoral universities
C. comprehensive colleges
D. community colleges
13. The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by ______ during the Civil War.
A. George Washington
B. Abraham Lincoln
C. Thomas Jefferson
D. Franklin Roosevelt
14. The largest land that the U. S. got from France was ______.
A. the Louisiana Territory        B. Texas
C. New Mexico        D. Old Northwest
15. Tories were traditionalists who were certainly against ______.
A. hereditary monarchy
B. Parliamentary reforms
C. the Church of England
D. strict maintenance of law and order
16. Which of the following statement is not true?
A. The Sovereign must be a member of Church of England.
B. Church of England archbishops, bishops and deans are appointed by the Monarch on the advice of the PM.
C. The two archbishops, the bishops of London, Durham and Winchester have seats in the
House of Lords.
D. Clergy of the Church of England and of other churches may sit in the House of Commons.
17. Pushed by the Progressive Movement, Presidents Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909) and Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921) initiated changes from the 19th century tradition of ______.
A. monopoly        B. laissez faire
C. government regulation        D. market control
18. The symbols that are associated with Valentine"s Day are the following except ______.
A. cards decorated with hearts
B. Cupid armed with bow and arrow
C. flowers tied with red ribbons
D. toast turkey
19. Since 1971 the Canadian government has adopted a policy of ______, recognizing that cultural pluralism within a bilingual framework is the essence of the Canadian identity.
A. assimilation        B. integration
C. multiculturalism        D. gender equality
20. Indigenous peoples make up about 1.5% of the Canadian people. They are ______.