【正文】 s degree 39。第四篇：英語專業(yè)八級(jí)考試 人文知識(shí) 國家概況小測(cè)英語專業(yè)八級(jí)考試 人文知識(shí) 國家概況小測(cè)(1)(.，Canada，Australia)班級(jí)：_______ 姓名：_______ 學(xué)號(hào)：_______ 成績(jī)：_______ terms of population _______ is the state in America the following rivers, _______ has been called the American Ruhr Mississippi Missouri Hudson Ohio theme of Thanksgiving Day is _______ and rich award and happiness and peace and plenty normally serve a(an) of the following cities is NOT located in the Northeast, .? Declaration of Independence was written by Jefferson Washington Hamilton Madison symbol of the Party is _______ President of the United States is head of the _______ the ., constitutional amendment can go into effect after it is approved by _______ twothirds vote of both houses of the states of the states of the states Truman Doctrine was directed against _______ fascism “free world” degree is offered in munity colleges in the United States? ’s degree 39。 Joyce mostly wrote about his hometown Joyce出生于愛爾蘭的首都都柏林，主要作品有：A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man，Ulysses。8.“Beauty is truth, truth beauty” is an epigrammatic line by John is truth, truth beauty是John Keats的寫作宗旨，他用盡畢生精力追求能夠表達(dá)一切美麗事物的詩篇。 piler of A Dictionary of the English Language is Samuel Johnson（17091784）編寫的《英語字典》是之后所有英語字典的基石。 of the follwing poets is different from the others?AA John Donne B John Keats C Lord Byron D Percy Bysshe Shelley除了John Donn是玄學(xué)派詩人外，另外三位為浪漫主義派詩人。他的主要作品為：The Princess，Maud 和短詩 Break，Break，Break。英國文學(xué) refers to some contrast or discrepancy between appearance and 是指“反諷”，揭示事物表面與真相的差別。創(chuàng)辦人路透原為德國人，后加入英國籍。朱利葉斯 was founded in ，也是英國創(chuàng)辦最早的通訊社。1660年，議會(huì)扶植流浪法國的前國王兒子Charles二世當(dāng)國王。可見，英女王是基督教的保護(hù)者。 Tower of London, a historical sight, located in the center of London, was built by William the “塔”，實(shí)際上是公元11世紀(jì)處于羅馬統(tǒng)治時(shí)期的一座城堡式建筑。 its full sense, the British Parliament consist of the Sovereign, the House of Lords and the House of ，英國的議會(huì)是由元首，上議院和下議院組成。一直到15世紀(jì)末，盎格魯人仍然以他們的語言稱蘇格蘭蓋爾語為「蘇格蘭語」（盎格魯語：Scottish）。久而久之形成了使用不同的球桿并按一定的規(guī)則擊球。 is the home of ，源于十五世紀(jì)或更早以前的蘇格蘭，蘇格蘭地區(qū)山多，氣候濕潤，多霧，非常適合牧草生長，這里的工業(yè)文明以前是連綿不斷的牧場(chǎng)。英國內(nèi)戰(zhàn)不僅推翻了英國的封建制度，也動(dòng)搖了歐洲封建統(tǒng)治的基礎(chǔ)。 war had little effect on ordinary people but gave a death blow to feudalism?(A)A The Wars of the RosesB The Hundred Years’ WarC The English Civil WarD World War I盡管玫瑰戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)持續(xù)了30年，但對(duì)老百姓的生活幾乎沒什么影響，反倒使英國的封建主義受到致命打擊，貴族階層受到了削弱。 Hundred Years’ war with France ended by the English being driven out of 1453 Calais was the only part of France that was still in the hands of the 。 one is not the reason for the very limited influence of Roman to Britain?(c)A The Romans always treated the Britons as a subject people of slave The Romans and Britons never intermarry during the 4 centuriesC The Romans didn’t like the The Romans had no impact on the language or culture of ordinary ，但是羅馬文化對(duì)英國的影響十分有限。 Caesar invaded and conquered Britain for the first time in 55 。 first known settlers of Britain were the 。 flower is symbol of England?(D)A ThistleB ShamrockC DaffodilD RoseA，薊是蘇格蘭的象征，用作蘇格蘭的國徽；B，三葉苜蓿花為愛爾蘭的國花；C，黃水仙花是威爾士的國花；D，玫瑰則是英格蘭的國花。 two areas in Britain where a lot of immigrants live are London and heart of ，英國移民主要集中在倫敦及英格蘭心臟地帶的一些城市和城鎮(zhèn)，諸如 Slough, Leicester, Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Luton, Bradford, Coventry, Bedford 和Reading等等?！皌he British Isles”則是地理意義上的名字，包括Great Britain，the whole of Ireland（Northern and Southern），the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man 這些島嶼。 United Kingdom is the correct name to use to refer to Britain in a political ，很多人會(huì)使用名字“Britain”，“England”或“British”，但這往往會(huì)惹惱蘇格蘭人，威爾士人以及北愛爾蘭人。 Industrial Revolution started in the Great 。 is the largest city in 。 tower of London, a historical sight, located in the center of London, was built by William the 。其兩大主要政黨是保守黨和工黨。 is England’s biggest naval 。 Capital of Wales is 。 of the following is the oldest national Sunday newspaper in Britain?(C)A The TimesB The GuardianC The ObserverD The Financial Times 《觀察家報(bào)》創(chuàng)刊于1791年，是英國創(chuàng)刊最早的星期日?qǐng)?bào)紙。她領(lǐng)導(dǎo)英國經(jīng)濟(jì)度過了一段最繁華的時(shí)期。其內(nèi)容包括國有企業(yè)私有化，采用貨幣主義政策以控制通貨膨脹，削弱工會(huì)的影響，加強(qiáng)市場(chǎng)因素在經(jīng)濟(jì)中的作用，將公有住房賣給公眾，強(qiáng)調(diào)法律和秩序。 of the following is true under Thatcher’s administration?(C)A The proportion of owneroccupation Public housing became more Many public houses were sold to The UK became more Europeanlike in its housing 。 river Thames is in 。 two important crops in Britain are wheat and barley小麥和大麥?zhǔn)怯钪匾那f稼 Britain, children from the age of 5 to 16 can legally receive pletely free ，所以期間的教育全部免費(fèi)。 majority of people in Scotland live in the central Lowlands? 蘇格蘭中低部適合人類生存，是蘇格蘭工業(yè)和人高度集中的地區(qū)。 is separated from the rest of Europe by the English Channel in the south and the North Sea in the east, 英國南面與法國隔著英吉利海峽。 Republic of Ireland became independent in the year 。 of the following tribes first came to Britain?(D)A Roman B AngloSaxons C JutesD Celts凱爾特在公元前700年到英國，羅馬人在公元1到5世紀(jì)統(tǒng)治英國，5世紀(jì)中期盎格魯撒克遜人侵占英國，因此凱爾特人是最早踏入英國的。 longest river in Britain is the Severn River, and the largest river in the USA is the ，全長355公里，美國最長的河是密西西比河，長4000公里左右。 real power of the British government lies in the cabinet headed by the Prime ，國王的作用更側(cè)重于其象征意義，而實(shí)權(quán)為內(nèi)閣所有，內(nèi)閣由首相率領(lǐng)。 Romans introduced Christianity into ，羅馬人占領(lǐng)英國，其后統(tǒng)治了400多年。國王（女王）是國家元首，但政府的首領(lǐng)為首相。其正宗的老家在英格蘭，19世紀(jì)興起。 became a literary current during the period of the successful Industrial 。后來形成了工會(huì)制度。 first steam engine was devised by Thomas Newer at the end of the 17th century, and the Scottish inventor James Watt modified and improved the design in Thomas Newer 在17世紀(jì)末設(shè)計(jì)的，后來蘇格蘭發(fā)明家瓦特在1765年對(duì)原有的設(shè)計(jì)進(jìn)行了改進(jìn)提高，生產(chǎn)出了第一臺(tái)高效的蒸汽機(jī)并應(yīng)用到紡織和其他機(jī)械業(yè)中。, in Britain，coal mining is called a “sick” 。 1980s was remembered as the decade of ，20世紀(jì)80年代被看作是私有化的時(shí)代。 the United Kingdom, the party which wins the second largest number of seats in the House of Commons bees the official ，在下議院中贏得第二席位的政黨為反對(duì)黨，它也有它自己的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)和影子內(nèi)閣（shadow cabinet）。 tradition, the leader of the majority party is appointed Prime Minister by the Sovereign in the United ，按照傳統(tǒng)，多數(shù)黨的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人由君主任命為首相