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2008年7月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试 英语国家概况 试卷 课程代码 0522 . 1. Which of the following statements about the Commonwealth of Nations is NOT true? C A. It has no special powers. B. It has 50 member countries in 1991. C. Its member nations are joined together for military purpose. D. It is a free association of independent countries that were once colonies of Britain. 2. Which of the following tribes came to Britain first? B A. The Jutes. B. The Gaels. C. The Angles. D. The Saxons. 3. King Alfred made a treaty with Danes allowing them to keep the northern and eastern parts of England, which later became known as the Danelaw __D____. A. Wessex B. Sussex C. Normandy D. the Danelaw 4. __C___ Edward III _, king of England initiated the long, drawn-out struggle with France called the Hundred Years’ War. A. Edward I B. Edward II C. Edward III D. Henry III 5. William replaced the Witan , the council of the Anglo-Saxon kings, with the Grand Council ___. A. the Witan, Parliament B. the Grand Council, the Witan C. the Witan, the Grand Council D. the Grand Council, Parliament 6. Under Edward I, Henry III’s son, __A____ was conquered (1277-1284) and came under the English Crown. A. Wales B. Ireland C. Scotland D. England 7. Magna Carta was a statement of the feudal and legal relationship between _ the Crown and the barons __A___, a guarantee of the freedom of the church and a limitation of the powers of the king. A. the Crown and the barons B. the Crown and the church C. the Crown and Parliament D. Parliament and the working class 8. ___D___ summoned in 1265 the Great Council to meet at Westminster, a meeting which has been seen as that of the earliest parliament. A. King John B. Henry III C. Prince Edward D. Simon de Montfort 9. The purpose of Henry VIII’s reform was all the following EXCEPT _A_____. A. to alter theology in any way B. to get rid of Papal interference C. to make an independent church of England D. to get rid of the English Church’s conn