英美概况2.The British Parliament is often referred to as( )---

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一、单选题：
1.There are three world religions: Buddhism, Islam and(    ).          (满分:3)
    A. Daoism
    B. Protestant
    C. Catholic
    D. Christianity
2.The British Parliament is often referred to as(    )--- the body that makes or unmakes laws.          (满分:3)
    A. the administrative
    B. the legislative
    C. executive
    D. legal
3.Mrs. Thatcher continued her policies of tight economic control, the(    ) of industry and "dismantling" of the welfare state.          (满分:3)
    A. nationalization
    B. division
    C. control
    D. privatization
4.Adolf Hitler was a fascist dictator. He advocated that the(    ) was superior and the Jews and the Slavic people were inferior.          (满分:3)
    A. Roman race
    B. fascis race
    C. Saxon race
    D. Germanic race
5.The Church of England today is all-inclusive, having the ability to be both Protestant and(    ).          (满分:3)
    A. Catholic
    B. Buddhist
    C. Daoist
    D. Tibetan
6.One of the brave leaders of the Celts who fought against the invasion of the Anglo-Saxons was King(    ).          (满分:3)
    A. Arthur
    B. James
    C. Jack
    D. Louise
7.The British Parliament consists of three elements: the Crown, the House of Lords and the House of(    ).          (满分:3)
    A. Commons
    B. Representatives
    C. Masses
    D. People
8.Generally speaking, there are two systems of primary and secondary education in Britain --- the state school and the independent school or the(    ) school.          (满分:3)
    A. private
    B. "public"
    C. national
    D. boarding
9.The doctrine of Buddhism is found in the Buddhist(    ).          (满分:3)
    A. Pamphlet
    B. Scriptures
    C. Booklet
    D. Book
10.The(    ) is the most famous of all British papers and the oldest at that.          (满分:3)
    A. Sun
    B. Times
    C. Mirror
    D. Observer
11.In the 1945 general election the(    ) Party returned to power with a huge majority.          (满分:3)
    A. Democratic
    B. Republican
    C. Communist
    D. Labor
12.The question of Britain's "financial Dunkirk" mainly refers to a number of issues, namely a colossal trade gap, a weakened(    ) base and enormous overseas establishments after the war.          (满分:3)
    A. agricultural
    B. trade
    C. military
    D. industrial
13.Under the Parliament of Clement Attlee, the new Labor government(    ) many industries: electricity, gas and water.          (满分:3)
    A. sold
    B. bought
    C. nationalized
    D. privatized
14.(    ) is the center of the British financial system.          (满分:3)
    A. The Bank of Ireland
    B. The Bank of England
    C. The Bank of Britain
    D. The English Bank
15.King John in 1215 signed a document, called the “Magna Carta” or “the Great(    )”.          (满分:3)
    A. Chapter
    B. Constitution
    C. Document
    D. Charter
16.The Anglo-French hostility that began in 1337 and ended in 1453 is known as “(    )War”.          (满分:3)
    A. the Century's
    B. the Decades'
    C. the Great
    D. the Hundred Years'
17.With the publication of Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, Isaac Newton bound together the whole of nature by one universe force,(    ).          (满分:3)
    A. wind
    B. rain
    C. water
    D. gravity
18.By the end of the 7th century England was divided into a number of kingdoms, considered by historians to have been seven and therefore the(    ).          (满分:3)
    A. "Heptarchy"
    B. the Seven Kingdoms
    C. the Kingdoms
    D. the Seven Kings
19.The world famous universities, Oxford University and(    ) University, are the oldest ones dating from 1167 and 1284.          (满分:3)
    A. Princeton
    B. Harvard
    C. Manchester
    D. Cambridge
20.Sir Francis Bacon heralded a new age of learning in the early(    ) century.          (满分:3)
    A. sixteenth
    B. fifteenth
    C. eighteenth
    D. seventeenth
三、判断题：
1.The Thames is only 346 km(215 miles) long. It is England's longest river and the second longest river in the United Kingdom          (满分:2)
    A. 错误
    B. 正确
2.Lake Poets, a term loosely applied to three English Poets, Robert Southey, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and William Wordsworth, who lived in the Lake District of England.          (满分:2)
    A. 错误
    B. 正确
3.The BBC is an independent public corporation.          (满分:2)
    A. 错误
    B. 正确
4.Christianity has molded the shape of Western civilization.          (满分:2)
    A. 错误
    B. 正确
5.Public schools are available to a large section of the population.          (满分:2)
    A. 错误
    B. 正确
6.On April 6th, 1916, the Congress of the United States of America declared war on Germany.          (满分:2)
    A. 错误
    B. 正确
7.Margaret Thatcher was not the first female Prime Minister in the UK history.          (满分:2)
    A. 错误
    B. 正确
8.The House of Lords and the House of Commons share the same building of the Westminster Palace.          (满分:2)
    A. 错误
    B. 正确
9.The Queen's guards are dressed in green coats.          (满分:2)
    A. 错误
    B. 正确
10.The ceremony of the changing of Queen's guards takes place at eleven a. m. weekdays and at ten on Sunday.          (满分:2)
    A. 错误
    B. 正确
11.The Welsh and Irish are the descendents of the Normans who came to England before the Romans.          (满分:2)
    A. 错误
    B. 正确
12.The constitutional Monarchy started at the end of the 16th century.          (满分:2)
    A. 错误
    B. 正确
13.The Second World War was not an anti-fascist war.          (满分:2)
    A. 错误
    B. 正确
14.Islam was founded in the Arabian Peninsula in the early 6th century          (满分:2)
    A. 错误
    B. 正确
15.On Christmas Day 1066 Duke William, known in history as William the Conqueror, was crowned in Westminster Abbey.          (满分:2)
    A. 错误
    B. 正确
16.Darwin's theory of evolution advanced the idea of change with time.          (满分:2)
    A. 错误
    B. 正确
17.There is no civil code in the British law.          (满分:2)
    A. 错误
    B. 正确
18.Sunday papers have become notorious for their vulgarity.          (满分:2)
    A. 错误
    B. 正确
19.Public schools in UK belong to the category of the independent schools.          (满分:2)
    A. 错误
    B. 正确
20.Because of the Enclosure Movement, whole villages disappeared and thousands of peasants were expelled from the land and became vagabonds and beggars．          (满分:2)
    A. 错误
    B. 正确