全国2009年7月高等教育自学考试

 英语国家概况试题

 课程代码：00522

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I. Multiple Choice Questions. (50 points, 1 point for each)

Directions: In this part of the test, there are 50 unfinished statements or questions. For each of the unfinished statements or questions, four suggested answers marked, B, C and D are given. Choose the one that you think best completes the statement or answers the question. Write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space on your Answer Sheet.

1. Which of the following statements is NOT true aboutBritain?

 A.Great BritainandEnglandare geographical names.

 B. The official name ofBritainis the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

 C. Britain has four political divisions on the island  of Great Britain.

 D. British  Empire was replaced by the British  Commonwealth in 1931.

2. The successful Roman invasion took place in ______, headed by ______.

 A. 43 AD, the Emperor Claudius                     B. 43 AD, Julius Caesar

 C. 55 BC, Julius Caesar                                  D. 55 BC, the Emperor Claudius

3. During the fifth century when the Roman  Empire fell, the Germanic ______ invaded and conqueredBritain.

 A. Angles and Celts                                        B. Angles and Picts

 C. Angles and Britons                                     D. Angles and Saxons

4. In the year 597,Englandbegan to be Christianized. It was mainly due to the work of ______.

 A. St. Augustine                                            B. Constantine

 C. Pope Gregory                                            D. Ethelbert, king ofKent

5. ______ is regarded by many Englishmen as the foundation of English liberties.

 A. The beginning of British Parliament

 B. The People’s Charter

 C. The Petition of Right

 D. Magna Carta of 1215