《英语国家社会与文化入门》模拟试题1

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1. Which is the largest city in Scotland?

A. Cardiff

B. Edinburgh

C. Glasgow

D. Manchester

英语国家社会与文化入门

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1. Which is the largest city in Scotland?

A. Cardiff

B. Edinburgh

C. Glasgow

D. Manchester

2. Why did the Scottish Kings decide to form an independent singular Scottish state in the ninth century?

A. They needed a unified independent nation to fight against Viking raids.

B. They felt it necessary to develop their own industry.

C. They were threatened by the Anglo-Saxons' invasion.

D. They had to do it in order to resist the English.

3. Where do the majority of people in Scotland live?

A. in the Highlands

B. in the Lowlands

C. in the Uplands

D. in the west of Scotland

4. Faced with conflicting demands the British government chose a compromise and organized a partition of Ireland, because

A. the British government wouldn't be able to control Ireland any longer by force.

B. the British government intended to satisfy both sides ----- Catholics as well as Protestants.

C. Catholics in Ireland demanded a partition of Ireland.

D. Protestants welcomed the idea of partition.

5. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. Sinn Fein is the legal political Party in Northern Ireland.

B. Those who want to unite Northern Ireland with Britain are called Unionists.

C. Social Democratic and Labor Party is a very important political Party in Britain.

D. Those who show their loyalty to the British Crown are called Loyalists.

6. In the early 1970s, the IRA

A. killed many Protestants and Catholics.

B. burned down the houses of Catholics.

C. murdered individuals at random.

D. carried out a series of bombing and shooting and attacked the security forces as their main target.

7. Which of the following is NOT true about the Great Council?

A. They included barons and representatives from countries and towns.

B. They were sometimes summoned by the kings to contribute money.

C. They later developed into what we now know as the Cabinet.

D. They represented the aristocrats as well as the communities.

8. Under whose reign was the Bill of Rights passed?

A. James II

B. William of Orange

C. Oliver Cromwell

D. George I

9. Which of the following is NOT true about the Constitution?

A. It is a document which lists out the basic principles for government.

B. It is the foundation of British government today.

C. Conventions and Laws passed by Parliament are part of the Constitution.

D. The common laws are part of the Constitution.

10. How many seats in the House of Commons should a party hold at least in order to win the election?

A. 651

B. 326

C. 626

D. 351

11. Which of the following party adopts a "fatherly" sense of obligation to the poorer people in the society?

A. the Conservative party

B. the Liberal Democrats

C. the Party of Wales

D. the Labor party

12. Which of the following description about the Conservative party is NOT true?

A. It has been in power for an unusually long period of time.

B. It prefers policies that protect individual's rights.

C. It receives a lot of the funding from big companies.

D. It is known as a party of high taxation levels.

13. Where is the best agricultural land in Britain?

A. in the southeast of England

B. in the northeast of England

C. in the southeast of Scotland

D. in the northeast of Scotland

14. Which of the following is NOT a company in the energy sector?

A. Shell

B. ICI

C. RTZ

D. British Gas

15. Which of the following used to be the last independent car company in the UK?

A. Ford

B. Peugeot

C. Rover

D. BMW

16. Which of the following did NOT belong to Romanticism?

A. Keats

B. Shelley

C. Wordsworth

D.

E. M. Foster

17. Which of the following is a tragedy written by Shakespeare?

A. Dr. Faustus

B. Hamlet

C. Frankenstein

D. Sense and Sensibility

18. Which of the following was the most famous Scottish novelist?

A. D. H. Lawrence

B. Charles Dickens

C. Robert L. Stevenson

D. Walter Scott

19. Where is the international tennis championships held?

A. Wembley

B. Wimbledon

C. St Andrews

D. Clapham

20. Which of the following was the first team sport to have organized rules?

A. football

B. cricket

C. horse racing

D. tennis

21. Which of the following is NOT true about cricket in Britain?

A. It is now still a snobbish game played by aristocratic people.

B. Its rules are rather obscure.

C. The matches last for a few days.

D. The players appear to be quite formally dressed.

22. Which celebration particularly happens on the Queen's birthday?

A. bonfires

B. the Orange March

C. Trooping the Color

D. masquerades

23. Which of the following is true about the Guy Fawkes Night?

A. It is celebrated by Scottish people in November.

B. It is celebrated by English people in November.

C. It is celebrated by Scottish people in August.

D. It is celebrated by English people in August.

24. Which of the following is true about the Gunpowder Plot?

A. It was planned to kill the Protestant king and replace him with a Catholic king.

B. It was planned to kill the Catholic king and replace him with a Protestant king.

C. It was planned to kill King Billy and replace him with King James II.

D. It was planned to kill King James II and replace him with King Billy.

25. Which of the following is a privately funded university in Britain?

A. The University of Cambridge.

B. The University of Oxford.

C. The University of Edinburgh.

D. The University of Buckingham.

26. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Parents send their children to public schools because they are rich.

B. Parents send their children to public schools because their children can get better jobs when they leave school.

C. Parents send their children to public schools because can have a better chance of getting into a good university.

D. Parents send their children to public schools because their children prefer to go to public schools.

27. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the Open University?

A. It's open to everybody.

B. It requires no formal educational qualifications.

C. No university degree is awarded.

D. University courses are followed through TV, radio, correspondence, etc.

28. Which of the following about the terraced houses is NOT true?

A. They are most common in suburban areas.

B. They are usually two-storey houses joined at each side.

C. They often have a small concrete yard at the back.

D. They were originally built for factory workers.

29. Which of the following about the "semis" is true?

A. They usually have gardens at all side.

B. They normally stand together in pairs.

C. They are usually located in fashionable areas in the city.

D. They are considered as the most desirable home by British people.

30. Which of the following about class system in the UK is NOT true?

A. People of different classes tend to read different kinds of newspaper.

B. Class-division is only decided by people's income.

C. Though social advancement is possible, class affects a person's life-chances.

D. The way people speak identifies themselves to particular class.

31. The present British foreign policy is mainly influenced by the following factors except

A. its imperial history.

B. its geopolitical traits.

C. its special relationship with the United States.

D. its schizophrenic attitude to Europe.

32. Which of the following is NOT involved in making the British foreign policy?

A. The Queen of Britain

B. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

C. The Prime Minister and Cabinet.

D. The Ministry of Defense and the Treasury.

33. Nowadays the British foreign policy is largely shaped by its participation in

A. the Commonwealth.

B. the Europ0ean Economic Community.

C. the United Nation, the European Union, NATO, etc.

D. a European federal government.

34. A free press is considered very important to the functioning of parliamentary democracy because

A. it plays a watchdog function, keeping an eye on the government.

B. it informs people about current affairs in the world.

C. it provides people with subjective reports.

D. it publishes short pamphlets for Parliament.

35. In Britain most advertising is carried

A. in newspapers.

B. on television

C. in maganes.

D. on radio.

36. Which of the following about the BBC is NOT true?

A. There is no advertising on any of the BBC programs.

B. The BBC is funded by license fees paid by people who possess television receiving sets.

C. The BBC has four television channels.

D. The BBC provides the World Service throughout the world.

37. The Australian national day is set on January 26 to commemorate

A. the founding of the Commonwealth of Australia.

B. the discovery of the great southern ‘unknown land'.

C. the first European settlement of the continent.

D. Captain James Cook's first voyage around Australia.

38. Australia is divided into three geological parts. They are:

A. the Great Dividing Range, NSW, and Tasmania.

B. the Australian Alps, the Great Dividing Range and Western Australia.

C. Northern Territory, South Australia and Tasmania.

D. the Great Western Plateau, the Central Eastern Lowlands and the Eastern Highlands.

39. The European settlement _______ Aboriginal culture and society.

A. devastated

B. promoted the development of

C. had no effect on

D. brought prosperity to

40. Australia also has external territories in

A. the Arctic Ocean and the Indian Ocean.

B. the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean.

C. the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean.

D. the Indian Ocean and the Antarctic.

41. The three-tier system of the government in the Australian federation stands for

A. the Australian Parliament and Government, the six state governments and their legislatures and the local government bodies at the city, town, municipal and shire level.

B. the Australian Parliament, the federal government and the Executive Council.

C. the Governor-General as the representative of the Queen, the Prime Minister heading the Australian government and the ministers each heading a ministry.

D. the Australian government, the six states governments and the territories governments

42. Which of the following sentences about the Governor-General of Australia is NOT true?

A. The Governor-General is the commander of the armed forces in Australia.

B. The Governor-General can act without consulting the government.

C. The Governor-General is the representative of the British Queen who is formally the Queen of Australia, too.

D. One of the duties of the Governor-General is to summon, prorogue and dissolve parliament.

43. The two important reasons for the decline of the rural sector's share of the export market are

A. infertile soils and lack of water for irrigation.

B. diversification of products and the expansion of export markets.

C. the growing importance of Japan as a trading partner and the decline in that of Britain's.

D. its dependence on the British market and a decline in wool's share of the textile market.

44. Since the early 1960s, ______has grown to be Australia's largest trading partner.

A. Britain.

B. the European Community

C. Japan

D. China

45. Which of the following statement is NOT correct?

A. Australia is the world's largest producer and exporter of alumina.

B. Australia is the world's largest producer and exporter of bauxite.

C. Australia is the world's largest exporter of coal.

D. Australia is the world's major exporter of uranium.

46. Which of the following writers established the early traditions of Australian writing?

A. Henry Lawson

B. Henry Kendall

C. Joseph Furphy

D. Patrick White

47. _________is the oldest newspaper in Australia.

A. The Sydney Morning Herald

B. The Australian

C. The Mercury

D. The Australian Financial Review

48. The Special Broadcasting Service is a _____________.

A. non-commercial, multilingual radio and multicultural television service

B. commercial, multilingual radio and multicultural television service

C. commercial, national service

D. non-commercial, multilingual radio service

49. New Zealand's three largest ethnic groups in terms of population are _____.

A. New Zealanders with European ancestry, Chinese and Maori

B. Maori, Indian and people from the Pacific Islands

C. New Zealanders with European ancestry, Maori and people from the Pacific Islands

D. People from the Pacific Islands, Maori and Chinese

50. Which of the following statements is NOT true about Maori population?

A. Maori women tend to have more children than non-Maori women.

B. Non-Maori women tend to have more children than Maori woman.

C. Maori population is younger than the total population.

D. Maori population makes up nearly one-seventh of New Zealand's total population.

51. The Maori word "Marae" means _________.

A. Maori culture

B. non-Maori or European

C. protocol

D. meeting house

52. The three levels of local government are ________.

A. regional councils, District Courts and community boards

B. the High Court, District Courts and Dispute Tribunals

C. regional councils, territorial authorities and community boards

D. regional councils, city councils and community boards

53. Which of the following is NOT one of the major exports of New Zealand?

A. Dairy products.

B. Fish.

C. Wool.

D. Oil.

54. Which of the following is NOT one of the major imports of New Zealand?

A. Fruit.

B. Machinery.

C. Vehicles.

D. Mineral fuels.

55. The following were some of the characteristics of Protestantism except ____

A. challenging the authority of the Pope.

B. salvation through faith.

C. salvation through the church.

D. establishing a direct contact with God.

56. Which of the following American values did NOT come from Puritanism?

A. separation of state and church.

B. respect of education.

C. intolerant moralism

D. a sense of mission.

57. Lord Baltimore's feudal plan failed because __________

A. there were more Protestant than Catholics in Maryland.

B. the wilderness of the continent made the plan impossible.

C. there was plenty of land while labor was scarce.

D. the English king did not like the plan.

58. Which of the following statements was NOT correct? When the Constitution was written,

A. there was a Bill of Rights in the Constitution.

B. there was no Bill of Rights.

C. the Constitution did not have any words guaranteeing the freedoms or the basic rights and privileges of citizens.

D. a "Bill of Rights" was added to the Constitution 4 years after the Constitution was made.

59. Which of the following is the only branch that can make federal laws, and levy federal taxes?

A. The executive.

B. The legislative.

C. The Judicial.

D. The president.

60. Which of the following is NOT a power of the president?

A. The president can veto any bill passed by Congress.

B. The president has the authority to appoint federal judges when vacancies occur.

C. The president can make laws.

D. The president has broad powers, with the executive branch, to issue regulations and directives regarding the work of the federal departments.

61. The United States was rated No. 1 in terms of production capacity in the world ____.

A. in 1920

B. in 1950

C. in 1945

D. in 1960

62. Service industry does not include _______.

A. banking

B. management consultation

C. airline

D. steelmaking

63. The United States was rated___ in the world in terms of land area and the size of population.

A. second

B. third

C. fourth

D. fifth

64. Which of the following is true?

A. Many Catholics are not opposed to abortion.

B. Many evangelical Protestants do not object to abortion.

C. Orthodox Jews are for abortion.

D. Liberal Protestants and Jews join non-believers in maintaining that abortion is a basic right for women.

65. Which of the following continues to have an all-male clergy?

A. The Catholic Church.

B. The Protestant Episcopal Church.

C. The United Methodist Church.

D. Jewish Congregations.

66. The following are distinctively American features of religion except _____

A. Various religious groups have coexisted in the U. S. more harmoniously than Europe.

B. Scientific and economic advance and material prosperity have not been accompanied by a decline in religious faith.

C. There has been little concentration on doctrine or religion argument in the U. S.

D. There has been very much concentration on doctrine or religious argument in the U. S.

67. Whitman's poetry has the following characteristics except ___.

A. fragmented haunting images

B. long irregular lines

C. celebrating the American spirit

D. free-flowing structure

68. Mark Twain's works are characterized by the following except ___.

A. sense of humor

B. egotism

C. jokes

D. tall tales

69. Three of the following are characteristics of Emily Dickenson's poems. Which one is not?

A. Her poems mix gaiety and gloom.

B. Her verses are filled with the names of faraway, exotic places.

C. Her poems are very long and powerful.

D. Her poems show that she was fascinated by both life and death.

70. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in American higher education?

A. Universities and colleges

B. Research institutions

C. Technical institutions

D. Undergraduate institutions

71. Three of the following factors have contributed to the flourishing of large universities in America, which is the exception?

A. Large universities offer the best libraries and facilities for scientific research.

B. Large universities provide students with "mainframe" computers.

C. Large universities offer scholarships to all students.

D. Large universities attract students with modern laboratories.

72. Nearly all students want to get into more desirable institutions because ____.

A. they find it easy for them to get jobs after having graduated from one of them

B. they enjoy the high prestige of these institutions

C. they like the teachers and surroundings in these institutions

D. they prefer to have the Scholastic Aptitude Tests

73. In addition to such tactics as sit-ins, young students also added ________ to educate people about the war in Vietnam.

A. teach-in

B. rock 'n' roll music

C. class boycott

D. "march against fear"

74. According to the author, three civil rights groups provided the leadership, the tactics, and the people to fight against Southern segregation. Which is the exception?

A. the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

B. the Congress of Racial Equality

C. the Southern Christian Leadership Conference

D. the Student for a Democratic Society

75. A historic moment of the civil rights movement was the March on Washington of August 28, 1963 when _____ delivered his "I have a Dream" speech.

A. John F. Kennedy

B. President Johnson

C. Martin Luther King, Jr.

D. Mario Savio

76. Three of the following factors contribute to the higher arrest rates among minority groups. Which is the exception?

A. The aggressive nature of these groups.

B. Racial prejudice against them.

C. Low social status of these groups.

D. Poverty and unemployment among minority groups.

77. Which of the following does NOT belong to the white-collar crime?

A. bribery

B. tax evasion

C. false advertising

D. robbery

78. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. The Northern states had outlawed slavery by 1830.

B. Slavery was finally abolished in the South in 1865.

C. The Northern states did not have racial discrimination.

D. Segregation laws continued to be enforced in Southern states until the 1950s.

79. ____ had the title "the Wizard of Menlo Park".

A. Thomas A Edison

B. John Stevens

C. Charlie Chaplin

D. Robert Fulton

80. ____contributed to the development of the American system of manufacture in the twentieth century.

A. James K Maxwell

B. Cyrus H McCormick

C. Lee De Forest

D. Henry Ford

81. When was voice and music first transmitted over the radio?

A. 1901

B. end of 19th century

C. New Year's Eve 1905

D. Christmas Eve 1905

82. One of the oldest towns (landed in 1513) in the US is ____.

A. New York

B. Boston

C. Philadelphia

D. St Augustine

83. The Granite State in the US is _____.

A. New Hampshire

B. New York State

C. Pennsylvania

D. Florida

84. ______ was twice the site of Winter Olympics.

A. Schroon Lake

B. Lake Placid

C. Atlanta

D. Washington, D. C.

85. In playing basketball, when the player bounces the ball on the floor as he moves around the court, this is called ___.

A. pass

B. walk

C. steal

D. dribble

86. In playing basketball, misbehavior or unsportsmanlike actions may result in ____.

A. time out

B. overtime

C. technical foul

D. foul

87. Which of the following is not a team game?

A. volleyball

B. bowling

C. soccer

D. field hockey

88. The complex drumming in the rhythm section of early jazz music was brought over to America by ___.

A. Spanish missionaries from Europe.

B. Black slaves from West Africa

C. British colonists from Asia.

D. the Creole from the West India

89. Blues was derived from a blend of field chantey and spiritual which is ____.

A. a form of rock' n' roll singing popular among American teenagers

B. a form of operatic singing originated from Southern European countries

C. a form of country music singing

D. a form of hymn singing prevalent in African-American Christian churches

90. Recording groups such as the Hot Five and the Hot Seven organized by Louis Armstrong made a series of recordings which represent ____.

A. the origin of the Chicago style jazz

B. the influence of New Orleans style jazz

C. the beginning of the New York style jazz

D. the impact of ragtime music

91. What is the economic mainstay of British Columbia?

A. the forestry industry

B. the hydroelectric industry

C. mining industry

D. manufacturing industry

92. Which of the following is NOT one of the prairie provinces?

A. Alberta

B. Saskatchewan

C. New Brunswick

D. Manitoba

93. Which of the following provinces was the last one to join Canada in 1949?

A. Nova Scotia

B. Newfoundland

C. Ontario

D. British Columbia

94. Which of the following is true?

A. The Queen is the official head of state.

B. She is a member of the Cabinet.

C. She is a symbol of parliamentary democracy

D. She is a symbol of Canada.

95. Which of the following provinces are densely populated in Canada?

A. Saskatchewan and Ontario

B. Ontario and Quebec

C. Manitoba and Saskatchewan

D. Quebec and Manitoba

96. Which of the following is NOT correct?

A. The Senate is controlled by the House of Commons.

B. The Senate is not elected.

C. The Senate is recommended by the Prime Minister.

D. The Senate is appointed by the Governor General.

97. According to the text, when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941, who considered the Japanese population in the west coast of North America a potential security threat?

A. the federal government of Canada

B. the local governments in Canada

C. the United Nations

D. Amnesty International

98. In Vancouver schools, it is estimated that more than half of the students speak

A. English

B. French

C. Mandarin Chinese

D. Cantonese

99. By 1975, how many per cent of immigrants were non-European?

A. 30 per cent

B. 80 per cent

C. 60 per cent

D. 50 per cent 100. When did Canada begin to develop a stronger service and manufacturing sector?

A. at the beginning of the 20th century

B. in the 1930s

C. at the end of World War II

D. in the 1960s

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