2010年4月浙江自考英语国家概况真题00522

全国2010年4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. Read the following unfinished statements or questions carefully. For each unfinished statement or question，four suggested answers marked A，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 the answer sheet.(50 points，1 point for each)

1.___________of 1066 is perhaps the best-known event in English history, in which William，

 the Conqueror confiscated almost all the land and gave it to his followers.

A. The Roman Conquest                                  B. The Anglo-Saxon Conquest

C. The Norman Conquest                                D. The Celt Conquest

2.As a result of the Black Death，___________.

A. all land was left untended                            B. no labor was required any longer

C. 1and owners tended to change from arable to sheep-farming

D. surviving peasants were not able to bargain about their wages

3.Which of the following statements about Elizabeth I(1 55 8-1 603)is true?

A. Elizabeth was 35 when she came to the throne.

B. Elizabeth remained single.

C. Elizabeth was not able to work with Parliament.

D. Her reign was a time of diminishing English nationalism.

4. ___________ was not in the“Allies” in the First World War.

A. Britain                                                      B. France

C. Russia                                                       D. Turkey

5.The English Civil War is also called ___________ .

A. the Revolutionary War                                B. the Puritan Revolution

C. the Reformation                                         D. the Renaissance

6.The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy. The head of State is a king or a queen .In practice，___________.

A. Parliament rules the country