英语国家概况自考2017年10月真题及答案解析

In Ireland, when and why is St. Patrick's Day celebrated?

Give an explanation of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal.

What was the purpose of the Downing Street Declaration signed in 1993 between the Irish and the British governments?

What are the two official languages in New Zealand?

What is multiculturalism in Canada?

What is the basis of New Zealand’s higher education?

Who is the author of the English play Romeo and Juliet?

What do the New States in the USA refer to?

What did the people in America mean when they declared “No taxation without representation”?

What is Great Britain made up of?

What was the spirit of Magna Carta in relation to the king’s powers?

Australian Aborigines

Thatcherism

10.Ireland has no local police forces. _______is a nationwide force headed by a commissioner responsible to the minister for justice.

9.New Zealand was first settled by the ancestors of the_______.

7.The British North America Act was officially announced on July 1, now celebrated as _______.

8.Australia is home to_______whose babies are raised in a pouch on the mother’s belly.

5._______was the first black person to graduate from the University of Mississippi.

6.In Canada, many rivers characterized by rapids and falls are a rich source of_______power.

2.In England, the Renaissance is usually thought of as beginning with the accession of the House of_______to the throne in 1485.

3._______is the hometown of the Beatles.

4.By the late 1880s most Native Americans had been forced off their lands and onto_______.

A.Maori

B.Tudor

C.kangaroos

D.reservations

E.platypuses

F.Manchester

G.Canada Day

H.Liverpool

I.hydroelectric

J.James Meredith

K.workshop of the world

L.The Guardians of the Peace

1.As a result of the industrial revolution, Britain was by 1830 the ”_______, ”with no other country ready to compete with her in industrial production.

_______was first introduced to Ireland in the Norman invasion.

In Ireland, ______ is the guardian of the constitution.

In New Zealand, _______acts as the final court of appeal.

In New Zealand, Pakeha refers to people of non-Polynesian heritage, especially those of_______descent.

The two dominant political parties in New Zealand are______and Labor.

The largest component of the Australian economy is________.

Most Australians do not know their continent very well because they live on the cool, wet and forested________.

The swimming styles known as_______ were invented by Australians.

The Canadian writer _______won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature for her workas“master of the modem short story.”

The first permanent Canadian settlements were established by_______in the early 17th century.

Canada spans________time zones and borders_______oceans.

The United States trends towards cultural diversity, pluralism and the image of a________.

Which state did the Americans buy from Napoleon for only 15 million dollars in the 1790s?

American music in the first half of the 20th century was famous for_______,introduced by African-Americans in the south.

________began the rise of the United States as a world power.

In the United States, a humid ________climate is found in New England.

The 1920s in the United States has been described by many historians as a period of material_______and spiritual_______.

English oppression and the Potato Famine drove 1.5 million Irishmen from theirhomeland to the United States in the period between_______.

The Declaration of Independence is a clear explanation of______political theory.

The great turning point of the American War of Independence occurredat_______, where the American troops defeated the British.

In the UK, national newspapers are generally divided into two types: popularpapers and_______papers.

In the UK, those secondary schools that prepare students for higher educationare called________.

________is Britain’s biggest television broadcaster.

________reform resulted from the Pope’s refusal to annul his marriage.

The author of The Canterbury Tales is_______.

In 1764, James Hargreaves invented______which contributed to the real“revolution” in textiles.

In about 2000 BC, _______arrived in Britain from the areas now known as Hollandand the Rhineland.

The_______that occurred in London in 1952 left 4,000 people dead or dying.

Christianity was first brought to England by______.

The UK is bordered by______on the east.