[北京语言大学]19秋《英语国家概况(I)》作业3（100分）

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【奥鹏】[北京语言大学]19秋《英语国家概况(I)》作业3
试卷总分:100    得分:100
第1题,The objective of the Chartist Movement was democratic rights for all men, and it took its name form“（　　　）”
A、The Bill of Rights
B、The Agreement of the People
C、the People’s Charter
D、the Great Charter
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第2题,The three most popular leisure activities in Britain are:
A、Reading newspapers, watching TV and gardening.
B、Listening to the radio, watching TV and hunting.
C、Reading newspapers, listening to the radio and gardening.
D、Watching TV, reading newspapers and listening to the radio.
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第3题,The largest state in Australia in terms of population is ____________.
A、Queensland
B、New South Wales
C、Western Australia
D、Victoria
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第4题,The British government departments are staffed by members of（　　　）, whose duty is to assist in carrying out laws passed by Parliament.
A、the Civil Service
B、the Privy Council
C、the House of Lords
D、the House of Commons
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第5题,In Australia, the federal government and the state governments are formed by _______.
A、the party chosen by the Governor-General
B、the party that has the most votes
C、the party that has the majority of the House of Representatives
D、the party that has the majority of the Senate
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第6题,_____ is the oldest newspaper in Australia.
A、The Sydney Morning Herald
B、The Australian
C、The Mercury
D、The Australian Financial Review
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第7题,In 1787, Britain decided to colonize Australia because__________.
A、Captain Cook's account of his discovery was not interesting
B、Britain wanted to control the gold mines in Australia
C、Australia was an attractive place to the English people
D、Britain needed new places to transport its criminals
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第8题,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
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第9题,Which of the following is true about the British Commonwealth?
A、Members of nations are joined together politically.
B、The Commonwealth has special powers.
C、The decision to become a member of the Commonwealth is made by Britain.
D、It is a free association of independent countries that were once colonies of Britain.
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第10题,What are the major mineral exports of Australia?
A、Bauxite, alumina, and coal.
B、Bauxite, gold and mineral sands.
C、Crude oil, diamonds and liquefied natural gas.
D、Crude oil, alumina and coal.
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第11题,The Anglo-Saxons were the ancestors of the English and the founders of England.
A、错误
B、正确
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第12题,Convicts＇ wives in England were discouraged from following their husbands to Australia.
A、错误
B、正确
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第13题,Wakefield Scheme was devised by Edward Wakefield, a convict and theorist on colonization, to solve the problem of labor shortage in colonial Australia.
A、错误
B、正确
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第14题,The Bill of Rights ensured that the King would never be able to ignore Parliament.
A、错误
B、正确
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第15题,The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy: the official head of state is the Queen.
A、错误
B、正确
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第16题,Australian government departments are administered only by the authority of the elected Ministers.
A、错误
B、正确
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第17题,The executive branch of Australian government is headed by the Governor-General who is the representative of the Queen.
A、错误
B、正确
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第18题,In the UK, Children are legally obliged to attend school from the age of 5 (4 in Northern Ireland) to 15.
A、错误
B、正确
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第19题,One of the oldest of the early “old English” literary works is called “The Canterbury Tales”
A、错误
B、正确
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第20题,Under the White Australia Policy, immigrants to Australia had to take a test in a European language, the failure of which would be given the status of prohibited immigrant.
A、错误
B、正确
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