(单选题)1: Australia is called＇a country on the sheep back＇ because ________. A: it has the best species of sheep in the world B: Australians ride on sheep back C: Australians eat a lot of mutton
D: it makes a lot of profit from the sales of wool 正确答案: D
(单选题)2: New Zealand’s climate is generally（ ）and seasonal differences are not so great. A: dry and cold B: mild and moist C: hot and wet D: windy and cold 正确答案: C
(单选题)3: The sharp increase in the Australian population after W.W.II was partly because__________.
A: a large postwar immigration program was carried out
B: the Aboriginal people and the Torres Strait Islanders were not included in the census before W.W.II
C: more British convicts were transported to Australia D: Australian soldiers came back from the War 正确答案: A
(单选题)4: ______is not considered a characteristic of London. A: The cultural centre B: The business centre C: The financial centre D: The sports centre 正确答案: D
(单选题)5: The modern games of tennis originated in（ ）in the late 19th century. A: Scotland B: Ireland C: England D: Wales 正确答案: C
(单选题)6: Which of the following is NOT a neighbouring country of Australia? A: Indonesia
B: Papua New Guinea C: Thailand 正确答案: C
(单选题)7: Who wrote the long poem Paradise Lost? A: Shakespeare B: Chaucer C: Milton D: John Cabot 正确答案: C
(单选题)8: Which of the following is NOT true about the British monarchy? A: It is the oldest institution of government. B: It goes back to at least the 9th century.
C: It has maintained the continuity over the past thousand years. D: It seems that it enjoys no real power today. 正确答案: C
(单选题)9: In Britain, thanks to the militant feminist movement of the suffragettes before the First World War, votes were granted to women over（ ）in 1918. A: 20 B.25 B: 30 C: 35
正确答案: C
(单选题)10: The original inhabitants of New Zealand are called___. A: Eskimos B: Aborigines C: Indians D: Maoris 正确答案: D
(判断题)11: The word “Ireland” is used ambiguously to mean both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. A: 错误 B: 正确 正确答案: B
(判断题)12: The Governor-General acts only on the advice of the Executive Council that comprises himself and the Cabinet. A: 错误 B: 正确 正确答案: B
(判断题)13: Whistle-blowers are often experts in both senior and lower levels of bureaucracies who, discovering that their branch of the organization is in some way corrupt and inefficient, try to expose this problem. A: 错误
B: 正确 正确答案: B
(判断题)14: While the English are largely protestant, the Irish of the Republic largely belong to the Roman Catholic faith. A: 错误 B: 正确 正确答案: B
(判断题)15: In the 1950s and 1960s in an Irish family there were 2 or 3 children on average. A: 错误 B: 正确 正确答案: A
(判断题)16: Charles Dickens is one of the most famous of English Modernist writers. A: 错误 B: 正确 正确答案: A
(判断题)17: Northern Ireland is the smallest of the four nations, but is well-known in the world for its most famous landmark. A: 错误 B: 正确 正确答案: A
(判断题)18: Ireland had long been dominated by Britain, but Irish desire for an independent Irish state was never lost. In late 19th century, there was a campaign in parliament called “home-rule”- Irish political control of Irish affairs. A: 错误 B: 正确 正确答案: B
(判断题)19: The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy: the official head of state is the Queen. A: 错误 B: 正确 正确答案: B
(判断题)20: Strictly speaking, the Parliament today consists of two parts: the House of Lords and the House of Commons. A: 错误 B: 正确 正确答案: A
北语20秋《英语国家概况(I)》作业1【标准答案】
