2022 年 10 月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试
英语国家概况
(课程代码 00522)
PART ONE
I. MULTIPLE CHOICE （参考答案在文件末尾）
Read the following unfinished statements or questions carefully. For each unfinis hed
statement or question, four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D are gi ven.
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.(30 points, 1 point each)
1. The UK lies between latitude 50°to 60° north and has a climate.
A. Mediterranean B. continental
C. subtropica D. maritime
2. Modern English is derived mainly from and heavily influenced by the language
of the Danes.
A. the Celtic language
B. the Germanic dialects
C. the Scottish Gaelic
D. the Brythonic dialects
3. imposed a tax on his people to pay the Viking invaders to stay away.
A. Edward the Confessor
B. Alfred the Great
C. Ethelred the Unready
D. William Rufus
4. William the Conqueror replaced the council of the Anglo-Saxon Kings with of
his new tenants-in-chief.
A. the Grand Council
B. the Great Council
C. the Privy Council
D. Parliament
5. Among the dramas with Becket's martyrdom as the subject, the most noteworthy one is
A. The Merchants of Venice
B. Constitutions of Clarendon
C. The Canterbury Tales
D. Murder in the Cathedral
6. Henry VIII placed local government in the hands of A.
the barons B. the clergy C. the
Pope D. the gentry
7. Elizabeth I, as the last of the five monarchies ruling England, witnessed great
achievements in literature and other arts, in exploration and in battle.
A. Stuart B. Commonwealth
C. Tudor D. Plantagener
8. The battles between the great House of Lancaster and that of York are refered io as
A. the War of Independence
B. the Wars of the Roses
C. the Hundred Years'War
D. the Civil Wars
9. lies almost entirely within the area of the rolling Interior Plains in the US.
A. The Midwest B.The South
C. The American West D. New England
10. In September,1783, was signed, and Britain recognized the independence of the
United States.
A. the Articles of Confederation
B. the Treaty of Paris
C. the Declaration of Independence
D. the Emancipation Proclamation
11. After the American Civil War, the new state governments in the South had to accept
which provided citizenship to all the former slaves.
A. the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution
B. Kansa-Nebraska Act
C. Missouri Compromise
D. the Bill of Rights
12. At the beginning of the World War I, the United States declared neutrality, but in fact it
pursued a policy of
A. isolationism B. pro-Central partiality
C. containment D. pro-Ally partiality
13. Which brought about the worst economic recession in the US?
A. The 1973 oil crisis.
B. The 1990 1991
downtun.
C. The 2008 financial crisis.
D. The 2001 recession.
14. Canada's vast territory extends almost from the North Pole to the parallel.
A. 45th B. 35th
C.30th D. 20th
15. Regarded as one of the greatest Canadian writers of fiction, is awarded the 2013
Nobel Prize for literature.
A. Alice Munro
B. Margaret Laurence
C. Margaret Atwood
D. Jacques Godbout
16. As the second largest band of tree growth in the world, Canada's accounts for four fifths
of the nation's forested area.
A. coniferous forest B. deciduous foresl
C. broad-leaved forest D. boreal forest
17. The final province, ,joined Canada in 1949.
A. Quebec B. Ontario
C. Manitoba D. Newfoundland
18. The three basic geographical regions in Australia are the Western Plateau. and the
Central Lowlands.
A. the Eastern Highlands
B. the Outback
C. the Interior Lowland Basins
D. South Australia
19. Australia Day is celebrated on to commemorate the arrival of the British First Fleet
at Sydney Cove in 1788.
A. January 26 B. February 6
C. July 1 D. July 4
20. In Australia the Queen is represented by
A. the Governor-General
B. the Senate
C. the House of Representatives
D. the Prime Minister
21.What brings in the largest share of Australia's export income?
A. The manufacturing.
B. Wine products.
C. The mining industry.
D. Wool products.
22. is a dormant volcano in the central plateau in New Zealand.
A. Ruapehu B.Tongariro
C. Ngaurohoe D. Cook
23. In 1907 New Zealand assumed dominion status within the British Empire and in it
became fully independent within the Commonwealth.
A. 1920 B.1944
C. 1947 D. 1951
24.The main hurdles to New Zealand's economic development are its great distance from major world
markets and its
A. mountainous terrain
B. radical climate
