（上）英语国家概况考试及答案.doc

PAGE PAGE 5 2001(上)英语国家概况 ? 全部题目用英文作答，并将答案写在答题纸的相应位置上，否则不计分。考试时间150分钟。 PART ONE 1.On the island of Great Britain, there are ________. [A]four political divisions—England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland [B]four political divisions—England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland [C]three political divisions—England, Scotland, and Wales [D]three political divisions—England, Scotland, and 2.The largest lake in Britain is ______. [A]Loch Lomond [B]the Lough Neagh [C]Windermere [D]Ullswater 3.Britain’s climate is influenced by _______ that sweeps up from the equator and flows past the British Isles. [A]the Gulf Strteam [B]the Brazil Current [C]the Labrador Current [D]the Falkland current 4.Langd enclosure in Ireland and the Scottish Highlands led to mass emigration, particularly to _______. [A]Africa [B]Eastern Europe [C]Asia [D]the 5.Christianity was first brought to England by ______. [A]the Romans [B]the Celts [C]the Anglo-Saxons [D]the Danes 6.William, Duke of Normandy, fought King Harold of England at the Battle of Hastings in ______. [A]1086 [B]1066 [C]1035 [D]1381 7.When Wales was brought under the English Crown, the title of “Prince of Wales” was borne by ______, the eldest son of the reigning monarch. [A]Richard I [B]Henry III [C]Edward I [D]Edward II 8.The Hundred Years’ War with France was fought _____. [A]from 1327 to 1453 [B]from 1337 to 1453 [C]from 1347 to 1453 [D]from 1357 to 1453 9.The Black Death, which ravaged England in 1348-49, carried off ______. [A]three fourths of the population [B]one fourth of the population [C]one fifth of the population [D]one half to one third of the population 10.In England, the most famous of the Catholic conspiracies was ____. [A]the Cobham’s Plot [B]the Gunpowder Plot [C]the murder of Thomas Becket [D]the execution of Mary Queen of Scots 11.The law, which joined England and Scotland in 1707, was ______. [A]the Act of Supremacy [B]t