【答案】英语国家概况(1)y 过程性评测(13)【参考答案】

判断题:20道,每道2分,总分40 1.AnotherreasonforBritishdeclineisthelossofitscolonies,especiallyIndia,whichgaineditsindependencein1947. True. False. 2.AllsecondaryschoolsinBritainarerunandsupervisedbythegovernment. True.. False.. 3.Independentschoolsgetmoneymainlythroughtheprivatesectorandtuitionrates,withsomegovernmentsupport. True. False. 4.ThomasHardy,theauthorofTessoftheD’Urbervilles,wasalsoafirst-classpoet. True. False. 5.ThePrimeMinisterandCabinetdecideonthegeneraldirectionofBritain'sforeignpolicy. True. False. 6.WhentheSecondWorldWarended,BritainnolongerwasthelargestmilitarypowerinWesternEurope. True. False. 7.Thereareabout60membersoftheCommonwealth. True. False. 8.Britainhasalargesectorofagricultureproducing11.6%ofitsnationalwealth. True. False. 9.BritainisnotamemberoftheNATOduetoitsdisagreementwithsomeEuropeancountriesondefencepolicy. True.. False.. 10.Keats,ShelleyandByronbroughttheRomanticMovementtoitsheight. True. False. 11.BeowulfwasaseamonsterkilledbyaSwedishwarrior. True. False. 12.DonJuanisanepicpoemcomposedbyJohnMilton. True. False. 13.Bythe1880'stheBritisheconomywasdominantintheworld. True. False. 14.IntheUK,publicschoolsarepartofthenationaleducationsystemandfundedbythegovernment. True. False. 15.The1944EducationActmadeentrytosecondaryschoolsanduniversities"meritocratic." True. False. 16.ThemaingovernmentdepartmentinvolvedistheForeignandCommonwealthOffice(FCO). True. False. 17.WilliamShakespeareisagreatpoetandmuchisknownofhislife. True. False. 18.ThepurposeofBritisheducationisnotonlytoprovidechildrenwithliteracyandtheotherbasicskillsbutalsotosocializechildren. True. False. 19.Tertiaryindustriesincludebanking,insurance,tourism,agricultureandthesellingofgoods. True. False. 20.BoththeUSandCanadaovertookBritainineconomyby1900. True. False. 单选题:20道,每道3分,总分60 1.TheauthorholdsthatBritainhadabiginfluenceonthepostwarinternationalorderbecause itusedtobeagreatimperialpower. ithadastrongmilitarypowerandprestige. itdefeatedHitler'sarmy. itgotsupportfromitsformercolonies. 2.Whichofthefollowingschoolswouldadmitchildrenwithoutreferencetotheiracademicabilities? comprehensiveschools secondaryschools independentschools grammarschools 3.ThepresentBritishforeignpolicyismainlyinfluencedbysomeofthefollowingfactors.Whichoneisanexception? Itsimperialhistory Itsgeopoliticaltraits ItsspecialrelationshipwiththeUnitedStates ItsschizophrenicattitudetoEurope 4.NowadaystheBritishforeignpolicyislargelyshapedbyitsparticipationin. theCommonwealth. theEuropeanEconomicCommunity. TheUnitedNations,theEU,NATO,etc. aEuropeanfederalgovernment. 5.WhereisthebestagriculturallandinBritain? InthesoutheastofEngland InthenortheastofEngland InthesoutheastofScotland InthenortheastofScotland 6.InBritain,thegreatmajorityofparentssendtheirchildrento________. privateschools independentschools stateschools publicschools 7.Intheaerospaceindustry,whichofthefollowingcountriesisaheadofBritain? Germany TheU.S. Russia France 8.WhichofthefollowingusedtobethelastindependentcarcompanyintheUK? Ford. Peugeot. Rover. BMW. 9.WhichofthefollowingisaprivatelyfundeduniversityinBritain? TheUniversityofCambridge. TheUniversityofOxford. TheUniversityofEdinburgh. TheUniversityofBuckingham. 10.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueabouttheUKeconomy? BritainremainsoneoftheGroupofSevenlargeindustrialeconomies. Britainhasexperiencedarelativeeconomicdeclinesince1945. Therehasbeenaperiodofsteadydecreasingoflivingstandards. SomesmallereconomieshaveovertakentheUKintermsofoutputpercapita. 11.WhichofthefollowingisNOTacharacteristicoftheOpenUniversity? It'sopentoeverybody. Itrequiresnoformaleducationalqualifications. Nouniversitydegreeisawarded. UniversitycoursesarefollowedthroughTV,radio,correspondence,etc. 12.WhichliteraryformflourishedinElizabethanagemorethananyotherformofliterature? Novel. Essay. Drama. Poetry. 13.Amongthefollowingwriters,whowasNOToneofthegreattrio? BenJohnson WilliamShakespeare ThomasMalory ChristopherMarlowe 14.WhatdidFrankWhittledoin1937? Heinventedthefirstjetplane. Hedevelopedthefirstjetengine. Hemadethefirstpoweredflight. Hemadethetrans-Atlanticflight. 15.InBritain,childrenfromtheageof5to16. canlegallyreceivepartlyfreeeducation. canlegallyreceivecompletelyfreeeducation. cannotreceivefreeeducationatall. cannotreceivefreeeducationiftheirparentsarerich 16.WhichofthefollowingisgenerallyconsideredtobethemasterpiecebyJosephConrad OliveTwist TheHeartofDarkness Howard'sEnd WutheringHeights 17.WhichofthefollowingdidNOTbelongtoRomanticism? Keats. Shelley. Wordsworth. Defoe. 18.IfastudentwantstogotouniversityinBritain,hewilltaketheexaminationcalled____. GeneralCertificateofEducation----Advanced GeneralCertificateofSecondaryEducation thecommonentranceexamination GeneralNationalVocationalQualifications 19.WhichofthefollowingbooksiswrittenbyGeoffreyChaucer? TheCanterburyTales Beowulf KingLear MorteD’Arthur 20.HowmuchoftheglobedidBritainruleinitsimperialprime? Afourthoftheglobe. afifthoftheglobe. athirdoftheglobe. Two-thirdsoftheearth.