自考英语国家概况2009年4月真题及答案解析

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15

The Treaty of Waitangi in 1840 was an agreement between ______.

  • A.the Maori whalers and the British Crown
  • B.the Maori people and the British missionaries
  • C.the Maori traders and the British missionaries
  • D.the chiefs of the Maori people and the British Crown
16

A ______, where two parts of the earth’s crust meet, runs the length of New Zealand.

  • A.fault line
  • B.built area
  • C.dormant volcano
  • D.geothermal area
18

The head of state of Australia is ______.

  • A.the Governor
  • B.the President
  • C.the Prime Minister
  • D.the Queen of England
20

Which of the following statements about immigration in Canada is NOT true?

  • A.It is estimated that one-third of Canadians were born in other countries.
  • B.Immigration has always been an important source of its population growth.
  • C.Immigration has played an important role in the development of its economy.
  • D.in the past Britain and Western Europe were the principal sources of Canadian immigration.
22

Ireland has the following demographic features EXCEPT ______.

  • A.a late marriage age
  • B.an excess of females in the population
  • C.a high proportion of bachelors and spinsters of all ages
  • D.a low birthrate compounded by a century of emigration
23

Historically, Ireland has been free of ethnic conflicts because of its ______.

  • A.racial unity
  • B.racial homogeneity
  • C.multi-culturalism
  • D.high rate of emigration
24

The capital city of Ireland is ______.

  • A.Cork
  • B.Dublin
  • C.Galway
  • D.Waterford
25

The most important patriotic holiday in the U.S. is ______.

  • A.Halloween
  • B.Veterans’Day
  • C.Thanksgiving Day
  • D.Independence Day
27

In his Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway ______.

  • A.expresses the idea of facing defeat courageously
  • B.shows the basic goodness and wisdom of ordinary people
  • C.praises the ideas of equality and democracy and the joy of common people
  • D.describes the sharp contrast of wealth and poverty in Chicago and New York
28

Formal education in the United States consists of ______.

  • A.kindergarten, junior and senior education
  • B.junior, elementary and secondary education
  • C.elementary, secondary and higher education
  • D.kindergarten, secondary and higher education
29

It is generally agreed that U.S. higher education began with the______.

  • A.Civil War
  • B.Independence War
  • C.founding of Harvard College
  • D.founding of Princeton University
30

Which one of the following is NOT government-run at the U.S. federal level?

  • A.Motor vehicle
  • B.The road system
  • C.National defense
  • D.The postal service
31

The U.S. Constitution provides that the ______ shall be President of the Senate.

  • A.Vice President
  • B.Secretary of State
  • C.Senate Majority Leader
  • D.Senate Minority Leader
32

Which statement about the U.S. Constitution is NOT true?

  • A.It is the supreme law of the land.
  • B.It is the oldest written constitution in the world.
  • C.It was adopted in 1781 at the Second Continental Congress.
  • D.It provides the basis for political stability, economic growth and social progress.
34

The four problems that face the economy of the United States are______.

  • A.unemployment, inflation, financial crisis and trade deficit
  • B.unemployment, inflation, financial deficit and trade deficit
  • C.mortgage losses, inflation, financial deficit and trade deficit
  • D.unemployment, market failures, financial deficit and trade deficit
35

In 1853, in the ______, another 30,000 square miles of Mexican land were added to the territory of the U.S.A.

  • A.Atlantic Purchase
  • B.Mexican Purchase
  • C.Gadsden Purchase
  • D.Louisiana Purchase
36

In the early 1930s, the American foreign policy was isolationist, but the ______ suddenly changed the whole situation, which propelled the U.S. into the Second World War.

  • A.Pearl Harbor attack
  • B.bombing of Guam island
  • C.seizing of American merchant ships
  • D.sinking of American passenger ships
37

The Red Scare in 1919 and 1920 was a typical example of American ______.

  • A.religious intolerance
  • B.intolerant nationalism
  • C.Progressive Movement
  • D.deregulation of big trusts
39

With the development of industry and extension of railroad network in the early 20th century in the U.S.A., there appeared ______.

  • A.a rapid growth of cities
  • B.an influx of foreign goods
  • C.an increase of urban ghettos
  • D.a great increase in the number of farms
41

When Abraham Lincoln was elected president, the southern states broke away and formed a new nation called ______.

  • A.the Southern States of America
  • B.the Federalist States of America
  • C.the Confederate States of America
  • D.the Anti-confederate States of America
42

The three well-known authors who penned the Federalist Papers are ______.

  • A.Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and John Jay
  • B.George Washington, James Madison and John Jay
  • C.Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay
  • D.Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Adams
43

Which statement about the Puritans is NOT true?

  • A.The Puritans did not allow religious dissent.
  • B.The Puritans were poor artisans and unskilled peasants.
  • C.They were dissatisfied with the political corruption in England.
  • D.They went to the United States to establish what they considered the true church.
45

Which statement about the British universities is NOT true?

  • A.They enjoy academic freedom.
  • B.They cannot appoint their own staff.
  • C.They are governed by royal charters.
  • D.They provide their own courses and award their own degrees.
46

London’s Metropolitan Police Force is directly under the control of _______.

  • A.the Prime Minister
  • B.the Lord Chancellor
  • C.the Home Secretary
  • D.the Attorney General
48

Which of the following is NOT involved in the British judicial responsibilities?

  • A.Attorney General
  • B.Ministry of Justice
  • C.The Lord Chancellor
  • D.The Home Secretary
49

Bank holidays in Britain refer to ______.

  • A.official public holidays
  • B.holidays for the banks only
  • C.public holidays except for the banks
  • D.holidays for the financial institutions only
50

Who has the power to appoint the Prime Minister in Britain?

  • A.The Queen
  • B.The Parliament
  • C.The House of Lords
  • D.The Church of England
51

In Britain, a full meeting of ______ is called only when a Sovereign dies or announces his or her intention to marry.

  • A.the Privy Council
  • B.the Parliament
  • C.the House of Commons
  • D.the House of Lords
53

Who was the man that led Britain in the crisis of the Second World War?

  • A.George Ⅵ
  • B.Theodore Roosevelt
  • C.Neville Chamberlain
  • D.Sir Winston Churchill
55

During the First World War, Britain was allied with ______.

  • A.Turkey
  • B.the Central Powers
  • C.France and Russia
  • D.Germany and Austria-Hungary
56

Which of the following was NOT included in the six-point demand of the Chartist Movement?

  • A.Equal electoral districts
  • B.Voting by secret ballot
  • C.The vote for all adult males
  • D.The vote for all adult females
57

The Tories in Britain were the forerunners of ______, which still bears this nickname today.

  • A.the Labor Party
  • B.the Liberal Party
  • C.the Conservative Party
  • D.the Social Democratic Party
59

The English Renaissance was largely literary, and it achieved its finest expression in the so-called ______.

  • A.Romantic poetry
  • B.Romantic fiction
  • C.Elizabethan poetry
  • D.Elizabethan drama
60

Which of the following is NOT true about the result of the Black Death?

  • A.Much land was left untended.
  • B.There was a terrible shortage of labour.
  • C.The surviving peasants had lost their power of bargaining.
  • D.Landowners tended to change from arable to sheep-farming.
61

The War of Roses that took place from 1455 to 1485 was fought between ______.

  • A.Britain and France
  • B.the Parliament and the Crown
  • C.the working people and the aristocrats
  • D.two branches of the Plantagenet family
63

The spirit of the Great Charter was ______.

  • A.a limitation of the powers of the king
  • B.a guarantee of the freedom of the serfs
  • C.a limitation of the powers of the Church
  • D.a declaration of equality among all people
64

Strictly speaking,“the British Isles” refers to_______.

  • A.Great Britain
  • B.Ireland
  • C.the United Kingdom
  • D.Great Britain and Ireland