英语国家概况自考2014年04月真题及答案解析

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Bill of Rights (1689)

Industrial Revolution

The U.S. system of checks and balances

What was the movement that took place at the turn of the 20th century demanding government regulation of the economy and social conditions in the U.S.?

In Australia, people can use radio to call doctors who will come y plane. What are those doctors called?

When did Canada become a partner nation with Britain?

What is the main characteristic of American economic system?

What was the name of the ship that carried 201 pilgrims to the New World in 1620?

According to the text, what is agreed to be the completion of the foundation of the American constitutional system?

When did the name of Great Britain come into being?

Who became the first woman prime minister in Britain in 1979?

What do BA, MA, and PhD stand for respectively in the British higher learning system?

Who was the“Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England”?

New Zealand often has earthquakes because ______.

In Australia, the main reason that so many people prefer to live in a coastal city or town is a(n) ______ one.

In New Zealand, over three-fourths of the land is more than 200 meters above sea level, and much of it is_______.

“School of the Air” refers to ______ in Australia.

The ______ of Ireland is described as “mild, moist and changeable” since extreme cold, long frosts, heavy snows in winter and scorching days in summer are uncommon.

Lake Eyre is regarded as Australia’s largest lake, but most of the time ______.

Ireland is one of the most ______ countries in Europe.

While he failed to find the passage to Asia, ______ opened the interior of Canada to French fur trades and later colonizers.

In 1971, the Canadian government adopted a policy of multiculturalism and encouraged its immigrants to maintain their particular ______ heritages since then.

It is commonly believed that death was one of the great themes of ______ poetry.

The song “Should old acquaintance be forgot and days of auld lang syne” is usually sung on the eve of ______.

Ottawa, the capital city of Canada, is in the province of ______.

The highest duty of the U.S. President is ______.

The three principal functions of higher education in the U.S. are ______.

In 1787, 55 delegates from all the states met at ______ to revise the Articles of Confederation.

The U.S. Constitution requires the ______ to be a natural-born American citizen at least 35 years of age.

According to the text, despite its evident weakness the Articles of Confederation had done one important thing: ______.

In the U.S., the ______ are government-run at the federal, state or/and local levels.

Senator McCarthy was called a big liar in ______ in the U.S.

The fast growth of American economy can be attributable to geographical location, ______.

The idea of containment towards the Soviet Union was first brought up by ______ , a high-ranking official in the American embassy to Moscow.

American policy towards the Soviet Union in the Second World War was centered on the following considerations EXCEPT ______.

The most important issue in ______ diplomacy after Pearl Harbor was the formulation of a grand strategy of Europe first.

______ was NOT a feature in the growth of the American economy in the early20th century.

The ______ in the U.S. has been described by many historians as a period of material success, spiritual frustration or confusion and purposelessness.

Black slavery disappeared in the north because of the following EXCEPT that ______.

The first ______ were brought to North America as slaves in 1619.

In September, ______, the Treaty of Paris was signed and Britain recognized the independence of the United States.

Supported by the ______ queen, Christopher Columbus discovered the NewWorld in the late 15th century.

According to the textbook, there are ______ big cities with a population over two million in the U.S.

______ is NOT a popular division of the British national newspapers based on the differences in style and content.

______ University was the oldest British university dating from the 12th century.

In the United Kingdom, central judicial responsibility lies with the following EXCEPT ______.

______ was one of the two established churches in Britain.

In each member state of the Commonwealth of Nations, the Queen is represented by ______.

Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ, the current monarch of the U.K., came to the throne in ______.

The House of Commons is elected by universal adult suffrage and consists of ______ Members of Parliament (MPs).

During the late 18th and early 19th centuries the ______ system ended when the Enclosure Acts were introduced.

The First World War was fought ______.

As a result of the industrial revolution, Britain was by 1830 ______.

The Wars of the Roses were fought between ______ .

______ was generally regarded as the greatest writer in the English language.

The English Civil War in the 17th century is also called the ______.

The Magna Carta was a statement of the feudal and legal relationship between ______ .

______ in the 14th century was the modern name given to the deadly bubonic plague, an epidemic disease spread by rat fleas.

Among the following groups of people, the ______ came to Britain first.

The English people got their name from the Angles who came from ______.

According to the feudal system in England, ______ owned all the land personally.

The official name of the U.K. is ______.

______ was the Roman general who invaded Britain for the first time in 55 BC.