2008年4月国英语国家概况试题.docVIP

全国2008年4月历年自考英语国家概况真题 课程代码：00522 请将答案填在答题纸相应位置上 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．About a hundred years ago, as a result of its imperialist expansion, Britain ruled an empire that had one fourth of the world’s people and ______ of the world’s land area.（　　　） A．half B．one third C．one fourth D．one fifth 2．Which of the following statements about the Celts is NOT true?（　　　） A．They were ironworkers. B．They were practiced farmers. C．They spoke Anglo-Saxon English. D．They drained much of the marshlands and built houses. 3．The spirit of the ______ was the limitation of the powers of the king.（　　　） A．Book of Concord B．Magna Carta C．Domesday Book D．common law 4．______ was above all responsible for the religious reform in England.（　　　） A．Alfred the Great B．EdwardⅠ C．HenryⅧ D．William the Conqueror 5．The name Wars of the Roses was, in fact, coined by the great 19th century novelist ______. （　　　） A．Sir Thomas Browne B．Sir Max Beerbohm C．Sir Walter Scott D．Sir Norman Angell 6．Elizabeth’s relationship with Parliament was often ______.（　　　） A．peaceful B．turbulent C．cooperative D．harmonious 7．______ was generally considered the transitional period between the Middle Ages and modern times,covering the years c.1350-c.1650.（　　　） A．The Reformation B．The Renaissance C．The Restoration D．The Glorious Revolution 8．Loosely speaking, ______ were those who opposed absolute monarchy and supported the right to religious freedom for Nonconformists.（　　　） A．the Whigs B．the Tories C．the members of the Labor Party D．the members of the Conservative Party 9．As a result of the agriculture enclosure in England in the late 18th century, ______.（　　　） A．diet became less