2019年自考英语《英语国家概况》冲刺练习汇总（上）

Part of Britain

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 you think best completes the statements or answers the question.

1. The United Kingdom is located in ____.

A. northern Europe

B. western Europe

C. northwestern Europe

D. southeastern Europe

2. The two large islands that make up the British Isles are ____.

A. Scotland and Ireland

B. Britain and Scotland

C. Great Britain and Northern Ireland

D. Great Britain and Ireland

3. The British Empire was replaced by the British Commonwealth or the Commonwealth of Nations in ____.

A. 1921

B. 1931

C. 1945

D. 1950

4. The Commonwealth of Nations is an association of independent countries ____.

A. that were once colonies of Britain

B. that have a large number of British immigrants

C. that have close relations with Britain

D. that have fought on the side of Britain in the two world wars

5. The English Channel separates the island of Great Britain from ____.

A. Denmark

B. Belgium

C. France

D. the Netherlands

6. England has three main land regions. They are the Southwestern Plateau,the Pennines, and ___.

A. the Eastern Plain

B. the Highland

C. the Central Lowlands

D. the Southern Uplands

7. Scotland occupies the ____ third of the island of Great Britain in the

British Isles.

A. southern

B. northern

C. eastern

D. western

8. Northern Ireland, which takes up the northern fifth of Ireland, is a

fourth political division of ____.

A. the United Kingdom

B. Ireland

C. Scotland

D. Wales

9. Britain’s longest rivers are ____.

A. the Severn and the Clyde

B. the Thames and the Clyde

C. the Clyde and the Humber

D. the Severn and the Thames

10. The largest lake in the British Isles is ____.

A. Loch Lomond

B. Loch Neagh

C. Windermere

D. Ullswater
 

I. Read the following unfinished statements or questions carefully. For eachunfinished statement or question four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D are given. Choose the one you think best completes the statements oranswers the question.

1. The first known settlers of Britain were the ____.

A. Celts

B. Iberians

C. Beaker Folk

D. Romans

2. The Celts' religion was ____.

A. Buddhism

B. Islam

C. Druidism

D. Christianity

3. Roman control was only effective in ____.

A. Scotland

B. Wales

C. London

D. The southeast of Britain

4. Christianity was first brought to England by the ____.

A. Romans

B. Celts

C. Anglo-Saxons

D. Danes

5. The Romans remained in control of Britain for nearly 400 years and they

pulled out in ____.

A. 306 AD

B. 410 AD

C. 446 AD

D. 1066 AD

6. Which of the following tribes came to Britain first?

A. The Angles.

B. The Saxons.

C. The Gaels.

D. The Jutes.

7. ____ became the first real king of England, though he did not assume that  style.

A. Offa

B. Egbert

C. Vortigern

D. Hengist

8. ____ became the first Archbishop of Canterbury.

A. Columba

B. Ethelbert

C. St. Augustine

D. Egbert

9. The Vikings began to attack various parts of England from the end of the ____century.

A. 7th

B. 8th

C. 9th

D.10th

10. Who were the ancestors of the English and the founders of England?

A. The Anglo-Saxons.

B. The Normans.

C. The Vikings.

　　 D. The Romans

　11. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. Alfred the Great started the English navy.

B. Alfred the Great reorganized the Saxon any, making it more efficient.

C. Alfred the Great established schools and formulated a legal System.

D. Alfred the Great impose a tax, called the Danegeld, on the Saxons.

12. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. Canute was chosen by the Witan as king of England.

B. Canute was a warrior king and fought many battles against the Normans.

C. Canute divided power between Danes and Saxons.

D. Canute forced Malcolm II, king of the Scots, to recognize him as overlord.

13. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Edward the Confessor was more French than English.

B. Edward the Confessor filled his court with 'foreign' favorites.

C. Edward the Confessor was on very good terms with his father-in-law,Earl Godwin.

D. Edward the Confessor appointed a Norman priest Archbishop of Canterbury.

14. When Edward the Confessor died, ____was chosen by the Witan as king Of England.

A. the king of Norway

B. Harold Godwinson, Earl of Wessex

C. Edgar, Edward's nephew

D. Tostig, the deposed Earl of Northumbria

15. Tostig, Harold's brother, joined____, and made an attempt to recover his lost earldom of Northumbria.

A. Harold Hardrada, King of Norway

B. Edgar, Edward's nephew

C. Malcolm II, King of the Scots

D. Hardicanute

16. William, Duke of Normandy, fought King Harold of England at the Battle of Hastings in____.

A. 1086

B. 1066

C. 1035

D. 1381

17. William won the Battle of Hastings. Later, on____, he was crowned king of England.

A. Easter Day

B. St. Andrew's Day

C. Christmas Day

D. Boxing Day

18. William, Duke of Normandy, is now known as____.

A. William the Confessor

B. William Lion-Heart

C. the father of the British navy　 D. William the Conqueror

19. Most of the land belonging to the Saxons was confiscated by William and given to____.

A. the Norman barons

B. the Danes

C. the Irish

D. the Scots

20. The Norman Conquest is perhaps ____event in English history.

A. a trifling

B. the best-known

C. a horrifying

D. a sensational

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　　 1. B 　　2. C 　　3. D 　　4. A 　　5. B 　　6. C 　　7. B 　　8. C 　9. B 10. A　11. D 　　12. B 　13. C 　 14. B 　 15. A 　 16. B　 17. C 　18. D 19. A 　20. B
 

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 you think best completes the statements or answers the question.

1. In the reign of William I, the ____were at the bottom of the feudal scale.

A. knights

B. villeins

C. lesser nobles

D. freemen

2. The Domesday Book was completed in____.

A. 1086

B. 1085

C. 1087

D. 1006

3. When William I died in Normandy in ____he left England to his second son William.

A. 1100

B. 1153

C. 1087

D. 1135

4. William II was known as William Rufus because of his____

A. independence

B. efficiency

C. filial piety

D. red complexion

5. ____ was the founder of the Plantagenet dynasty and ruled England for 35 years.

A. Henry I

B. King Stephen

C. Henry II

D. Count of Anjou

6. William Rufus (William II) was killed by an arrow when he was hunting

in____ in August l100.

A. the New Forest

B. Pevensey

C. Winchester

D. Gloucester

7. Henry II took some measures to bring the disorders of ____reign to an end.

A. Henry I's

B. King Stephen's

C. William II's

D. Edward the Confessor's

8. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. Henry II did some renovations of castles built in Stephen's time.

B. Henry II recalled grants of Royal lands made by Stephen.

C. Henry II strengthened the powers of his sheriffs.

D. Henry II relied for armed support upon a militia made up of English

Freemen.

9. Henry II divided the country into ____circuits and appointed traveling

judges to each of them.

A. three

B. four

C. five

D. six

10. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. The Bishop's courts could punish by means of censure.

B. The Bishop's courts could inflict corporal punishment.

C. The Bishop's courts could punish by means of excommunication.

　　 D. The Bishop's courts could punish by mean of penance.

11. After Thomas Becket rejected the Constitutions of Clarendon Henry II____.

A. appointed him Chancellor of England

B. made him Archbishop of Canterbury

C. drove him into exile

D. increased the Jurisdiction of the church courts

12. Thomas Becket spent ____years on the continent and returned to England in 1170.

A. four

B. five

C. six

D. seven

13. The Great Charter (or Magna Carta) was signed by King John at Runnymede in____.

A. 1162

B. 1164

C. 1210

D. 1215

14. Simon de Montfort summoned in____ the Great Council to meet at Westminster, together with two knights from each county and two citizens from each town.

A. 1242

B. 1258

C. 1265

D. 1266

15. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. In the 13th century a Black Rod went between the two Houses of

Parliament for liaison and to discipline the members.

B. In the 13th century Parliament only met by royal invitation.

C. In the 13th century Parliament's role was to offer advice, not to make decisions.

D. In the 13th century the most important part of Parliament was the House of Lords.

16. During the reign of ____, Wales was brought under English rule.

A. Henry III

B. Edward I

C. Edward II

D. Edward III

17. ____ became the first prince to hold the title of Prince of Wales, which

continues to be borne by the eldest son of the reigning monarch.

A. Richard I

B. Henry III

C. Edward II

D. Edward III

18. The chief demand of the peasants during the Peasant Uprising of 1381

was____.

A. the abolition of villeinage

B. the punishment of the King's ministers

C. the increase of wages

D. the reform of the church

19. Wat Tyler was killed by William Walworth, ____.

A. Archbishop of York

B. Mayor of London

C. Archbishop of Canterbury

D. the Treasurer

20. The Peasant Uprising of 1381 did not direct against____.

A. the rich clergy

B. the lawyers

C. the landowners

D. the town traders

　　 1. B 2. A 3.C 4. D 5. C 6. A 7. B 8. A 9. D 10. B　11. C  12. C   13. D 14. C 15. A 16. B 17. C 18. A 19. B 20. D

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 you think best completes the statements or answers the question.

1.The name of Wars of the Roses was, in fact, coined by the great 19th century novelist ____.

A. Charles Dickens

B. George Elliot

C. Sir Walter Scott

D. Charlotte Bronte

2. Although the Wars of the Roses were fought intermittently for ____ years, ordinary people were little affected and went about their business as usual.

A. 20

B. 30

C. 40

D. 50

3. No less than____ nobles of royal blood were killed in the Wars of the Roses.

A. 80

B. 90

C. 100

D. 110

4. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. Henry VII refilled the royal treasury through loans, subsidies, property levies and fines.

B. Henry VII forbade the nobles to keep excessive power.

C. Henry VII built up England's navy and foreign trade.

D. Henry VII completely neglected parliament as though it never existed.

5. Henry VIII declared himself Supreme Head of the Church of England in ____.

A. 1529

B. 1534

C. 1535

D. 1547

6. Queen Mary burnt at stake some ____men and women who refused to change

back to the Catholic faith.

A. 300

B. 350

C. 400

D. 450

7. Mary died childless and her half-sister Elizabeth came to the throne as

Elizabeth I in ____.

A. 1547

B. 1558

C. 1588

D. 1603

8. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. Elizabeth I broke Mary's ties with Rome.

B. Elizabeth I restored her father's independent Church of England.

C. Elizabeth I's religious reform was a compromise of views.

D. Elizabeth I's religious settlement was acceptable to both extreme

Protestants and ardent Catholics.

9. The Renaissance began in northern Italy in the early ____century, and was

typified by the universal genius of Leonardo Da Vinci.

A. 11th

B. 12th

C. 13th

　　 D. 14th

10. The English Renaissance is said to have begun in ____.

A. 1422

B. 1478

C. 1485

D. 1495

11. James VI of Scotland succeeded Elizabeth I and became James I of England in ____.

A. 1601

B. 1603

C. 1615

D. 1625

12. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. The Puritans believed that the Reformation had gone too far.

B. The Puritans became very powerful in Parliament.

C. The Puritans were very happy when they heard that James had become king of England.

D. The Puritans called for a purer form of worship.

13. The Puritans suspected James I of England being a secret ____because of his pro-Spanish foreign policy and his son's Spanish marriage alliance.

A. Buddhist

B. Catholic

C. Protestant

D. Muslim

14. In ____ a small group of Puritans sailed from Plymouth in the Mayflower, and found New Plymouth in America, Britain's first settlement in the New World.

A. 1614

B. 1615

C. 1620

D. 1621

15. The Great Civil War, as it became known, lasted from ____ until 1646.

A. 1639

B. 1640

C. 1641

D. 1642

16. When the First Civil War broke out ____men were at Charles I's command.

A. 1,000

B. 2,000

C. 3,000

D. 4,000

17. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. Oliver Cromwell became Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England in 1653 by the Petition of Right.

B. Oliver Cromwell crushed without mercy a rebellion in Ireland.

C. Oliver Cromwell suppressed the Levellers, a group within his own army who advocated total religious and social equality.

D. Oliver Cromwell replaced the Rump with an assembly largely chosen by himself.

18. In 1660 the monarchy was restored and Charles I's son was brought back from ____, where he had fled for safety.

A. Flanders

B. France

C. Holland

D. Germany

19. After the Restoration, Parliament passed a series of severe laws called

____against the Puritans, now known as Conformists.

A. Agreement of People

B. The Petition of Right

C. The Clarendon Code

D. The Act of Supremacy

20. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. The Bill of Rights excluded any Roman Catholics from the succession.

B. The Bill of Rights confirmed the principle of parliamentary supremacy.

C. The Bill of Rights guaranteed free speech within both the House of Lords and the House of Commons.

D. The Bill of Rights requested that no taxes should be raised without consent of Parliament.

　　 1.C 2. B 3.A 4.D 5.C 6.A 7.B 8.D 9.D 10.C　11.B 12.A 13. B 14. C 15.D 16.A 17.A 18.B 19.C　20.D

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