北语12春《英语国家概况》(Ⅰ)作业2

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一、单选题（共 10 道试题，共 50 分。）V 1.  Why has Australia always been a continent with few people?
A. Because Australia is too far away from Europe
B. Because Australia is the least mountainous and most level of the world's continents
C. Because Australia is separated from the rest of the world by seas
D. Because most of the continent is hot and dry
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2.  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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3.  The two animals in Australia＇s coat of arms are _________.
A. koala and kangaroo
B. emu and kangaroo
C. emu and koala
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4.  The Australian Day falls on __________.
A. April 25
B. Jan. 1
C. Jan. 26
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5.  In Britain, the Speaker is a member who is acceptable to all shades of opinion in （　　　）.
A. the Privy Council
B. the House of Lords
C. the Supreme Court
D. the House of Commons
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6.  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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7.  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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8.  The Australian Constitution can only be changed by___.
A. the Prime Minister
B. the Governor-General
C. the Parliament
D. referendum
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9.  Which of the following is NOT a neighbouring country of Australia?
A. Indonesia
B. Papua New Guinea
C. Thailand
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10.  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
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二、判断题（共 10 道试题，共 50 分。）V 1.  Britain remains one of the Group of Seven large industrial economies.
A. 错误
B. 正确
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2.  George Gordon Byron, John Keats and Percy Bysshe Shelley are three influential figures in the English Romantic Movement.
A. 错误
B. 正确
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3.  Oxbridge is the name used to refer to the top two universities: Cambridge and Oxford in Britain.
A. 错误
B. 正确
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4.  “The City” refers to the historic area at the center of London. It is one of the biggest financial centers with the greatest concentration of banks, insurance companies and businesses dealing in commodities.
A. 错误
B. 正确
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5.  The Times, which began publishing in 1785, is the British oldest daily newspaper.
A. 错误
B. 正确
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6.  The home of golf is Scotland
A. 错误
B. 正确
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7.  Britain, Canada, Russia, China and the US are the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council.
A. 错误
B. 正确
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8.  India, popularly known as “The Jew in the Grown” of the British Empire gained its independence in 1954.
A. 错误
B. 正确
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9.  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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10.  Charlotte Bronte＇s novel Jane Eyre was recently made into a highly successful film by a Taiwan director, Ang Lee.
A. 错误
B. 正确
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