2008年4月广东自考英语国家概况真题00522

全国2008年4月高等教育自学考试

英语国家概况试题

课程代码：00522

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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