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Chapter 1

1.The two main islands of the British Isles are .

A. Great Britain and Ireland

B. Great Britain and Scotland

C. Great Britain and Wales

D. Great Britain and England

2.is the capital city of Scotland.

A. Belfast

B. Edinburgh

C. Aberdeen

D. Cardiff

3.Among the four parts of the United Kingdom, is the smallest.

A. England

B. Scotland

C. Wales

D. Northern Ireland

4.English belongs to the group of Indo-European family of languages.

A. Celtic

B. Indo-Iranian

C. Germanic

D. Roman

5.The introduction of Christianity to Britain added the first element of words to

English.

A. Danish and Finnish

B. Dutch and German

C. French and Italian

D. Latin and Greek

6.The evolution of Middle English was reinforced by the influence.

A. Norman

B. Dutch

C. German

D. Danish

7.Samuel Johnson’s dictionary was influential in establishing a standard form of .

A. grammar

B. handwriting

C. spelling

D. pronunciation

8.At present, nearly o f the world’s population communicate in English.

A. half

B. a quarter

C. one third

D. one fifth Chapter 2 p29

1. The attack on Rome ended the Roman occupation in Britain in 410.

A. Norman

B. Danish

C. Celtic

D. Germanic

2.By the late 7th century, became the dominant religion in England.

A. Celtic Christianity

B. Anglo-Saxon Christianity

C. Germanic Christianity

D. Roman Christianity

3.The marked the establishment of feudalism in England.

A. Viking invasion

B. signing of the Magna Carta

C. Norman Conquest

D. Adoption of common law

4.The end of the Wars of the Roses led to the rule of .

A. the House of Valois

B. the House of York

C. the House of Tudor

D. the House of Lancaster

5.The direct cause for the Religious Reformation was King Henry VIII’s effort to .

A. divorce his wife

B. break with Rome

C. support the Protestants

D. declare his supreme power over the church

6.The English Civil War broke out in 1642 between .

A. Protestants and Puritans

B. Royalists and Parliamentarians

C. nobles and peasants

D. aristocrats and Christians

7.was passed after the Glorious Revolution.

A. Bill of Rights

B. Act of Supremacy

C. Provisions of Oxford

D. Magna Carta

8.The Industrial Revolution was accomplished in Britain by the middle of the century.

A. 17th

B. 18th

C. 19th

D. 20th

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1. The British government is characterized by a division of powers between three of the

following branches with the exception of the .

A. judiciary

B. legislature

C. monarchy

D. executive

2.The importance of the British monarchy can be seen in its effect on .

A. passing the bills

B. advising the government

C. political parties

D. public attitude

3.As a revising chamber, the House of Lords is expected to the House of Commons.

A. rival

B. complement

C. criticize

D. inspect

4.is at the center of the British political system.

A. The Cabinet

B. The House of Lords

C. The House of Commons

D. The Privy Council

5.The main duty of the British Privy Council is to .

A. make decisions

B. give advice

C. pass bills

D. supervise the Cabinet

6.Generally speaking, the British Parliament operates on a system.

A. single-party

B. two-party

C. three-party

D. multi-party

7.The policies of the Conservative Party are characterized by pragmatism and .

A. government intervention

B. nationalization of enterprises

C. social reform

D. a belief in individualism

8.In Britain, the parliamentary general election is held every years.

A. three

B. four

C. five

D. six

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1. The in the early 1970s worsened an already stagnant economy in Britain.

A. oil crisis

B. high inflation rates

C. large imports

D. unemployment problem

2.Of the following practices, does not belong to Thatcher’s social welfare reform.

A. reducing child benefits

B. shortening the unemployment benefits period

C. reducing the unemployment

D. lowering old age pensions

3.The Blair government has been successful in all the following aspects except .

A. limiting government spending

B. keeping inflation under control

C. reducing unemployment

D. reducing inequality

4.Britain has devoted of its land area to agriculture.

A. 54%

B. 64%

C. 74%

D.84%

5.Britain’s important fishing areas include all the following except .

A. the North Sea

B. the English Channel

C. The sea area around Ireland

D. The sea area between Britain and

Ireland

6.Coal mining industry in Britain provides of the energy consumed in the country.

A. 1/3

B. 1/4

C. 1/5

D. 2/3

7.The car industry in Britain in mostly .

A. foreign-owned

B. state-owned

C. joint-venture

D.

privately-owned

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8.Of the following sectors in Britain, has experienced spectacular growth since the

end of Word War II.

A. agriculture

B. the energy industry

C.the service sector

D. manufacturing

industry

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1. In Britain, the division between grammar schools and vocational schools were ended by the

introduction of comprehensive schools in the .

A. 1930s

B. 1940s

C. 1950s

D. 1960s

2.About of British children receive primary and secondary education through the

independent system.

A. 5%

B. 6%

C. 7%

D. 8%

3.Partially funded by central government grants, the British universities receive their remaining

funds from all the following sources except .

A. tuition fees

B. loans

C. donations

D. corporate contributions

4.To be admitted to the Open University, one need .

A. some educational qualifications

B. no educational qualifications

C. General Certificate of Education-Advanced

D. General National Vocational Qualifications

5.Among Britain’s quality press, the following newspapers are regarded as the “Big Three” with

the exception of .

A. The Times

B. The Guardian

C. The Observer

D. The Daily Telegraph

6.Life on Earth is a kind of program produced by the BBC and is popular among 500

million viewers worldwide.

A. feature

B. drama

C. documentary

D. soap opera

7.is Britain’s top pay television provider.

A. BSB

B. SkyTV

C. BBC

D. BSkyB

8.The following Christmas traditions are particularly British except .

A. Trooping the Color

B. Queen’s Christmas message

C. Boxing Day

D. Christmas pantomime

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1.The most significant achievement of the English Renaissance is .

A.poetry

B. drama

C. novel

D. pamphlet

2. is viewed as Romantic poetry’s “Declaration of Independence”.

A.”I Wonder Lonely as a Cloud”

B.Don Juan

C.T he preface to Lyrical Ballads

D.Prometheus Unbound

3.Of Dickens’novels, ________ is considered most autobiographical.

A.A Tale of Two Cities

B.David Copperfield

C.Oliver Twist

D.Great Expectations

4.________ is a representative of English critical realism in the 19th century.

A.Robert Louis Stevenson

B.John Milton

C.Joseph Conrad

D.Thomas Hardy

5.Of the following books, is NOT written by Thomas Hardy.

A.Jude the Obscure

B.Tess of the d’Uebervilles

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C.A dam Bede

D.the return of the native

6.is NOT included in the modernist group.

A.Wscar Wilde

B.Virginia Woolf

C.William Butler Yeats

D.T.S.Eliot

7.Of the following writers, is NOT a Nobel Prize winner.

A.Samuel Beckett

B.James Joyce

C.William Golding

D.V.S Naipaul

8.Waiting for Godot is written by .

A.Samuel Beckett

B.George Orwell

C.William Golding

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Chapter 8 p110

1. The U. S. lies in North America, with Canada to the north, Mexico to the south, the

Atlantic to its and the Pacific to its .

A. northern, east, west

B. central, east, west

C. southern, west, east

D. western, east, west

2. The continental United States has states

A. 50

B. 49

C. 48

D. 35

3.The state of is the largest in area of all the states.

A. Alaska

B. Hawaii

C. Texas

D. Florida

4.The largest river in the U. S. is .

A. the Missouri River

B. the Mississippi River

C. the Ohio River

D. the Colorado River

5.Some of the world famous universities like Harvard, Yale and MIT are located in .

A. the South

B. the West

C. New England

D. the Midwest

6.San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego all belong to .

A. Montana

B. Utah

C. Maine

D.California

7.The Immigrants Act of 1924 restricted the further immigration into the United States,

particularly from .

A. Europe

B. Asia

C. Africa

D. South America

8.The characteristic of the dominant American culture is .

A. English-speaking, northern European, Roman Catholic and middle-class

B. English-speaking, western European, Roman Catholic and upper-class

C. English-speaking, northern European, Protestant and upper-class

D. English-speaking, western European, Protestant and middle-class

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1. The first successful English colony in North America was founded at in .

A. Jamestown, Louisiana

B. Boston, Massachusetts

C. Jamestown, Virginia

D. Plymouth, Georgia

2.The Seven Years’ War occurred between the .

A. the French and the American Indians

B.the French and the Spanish

C. the French and the British

D. the British and the American Indians

3.“No taxation without representation” wa s the rallying slogan of .

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A. the settlers of Virginia

B. the people of Pennsylvania

C. the colonists in New England

D. the people of the 13 colonies

4.In May 1775, was held in Philadelphia and began to assume the functions of a

national government.

A. the First Continental Congress

B. the Second Continental Congress

C. the Boston Tea Party

D. the Congress of Confederation

5.Abraham Lincoln issued to grant freedom to all slaves.

A. Declaration of Independence

B. Constitution

C. Emancipation Proclamation

D. Bill of Rights

6.The policy of the United States was at the beginning of the two world wars.

A. neutrality

B. full involvement

C. partial involvement

D. appeasement

7.President applied New Deal to deal with the problems of the Great Depression.

A. Wilson

B. Truman

C. Roosevelt

D. Kennedy

8.The Vietnam War was a long-time suffering for Americans, and it continued throughout the

terms of Presidents .

A. Johnson, Nixon and Ford

B. Truman, Eisenhower and Kennedy

C. Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon

D. Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson Chapter 10 p136

1. The U. S. Constitution came into effect in .

A. 1787

B. 1789

C. 1791

D. 1793

2.The Constitution of the United States .

A. gives the most power to Congress

B. gives the most power to the President

C. tries to give each branch enough power to balance the others

D. gives the most power to the Supreme Court

3.The Bill of Rights .

A. defines the rights of Congress and the rights of the President

B. guarantees citizens of the United States specific individual rights and freedoms

C. is part of the Declaration of Independence

D. has no relationship with the Constitution

4.The terms for a Senator and Representative are and years respectively.

A. two, four

B. two, three

C. two, six

D. six, two

5.All the following except cannot make legislative proposal.

A. the Senator

B. the Representative

C. the Secretary of State

D. the President

6.The following except are all powers of the President.

A. vetoing any bills passed by Congress

B. appointing federal judges when vacancies occur

C. making laws

D. issuing executive orders

7.The Supreme Court is composed of justices.

A. six

B. seven

C. eight

D. nine

8.The President is directly voted into office by .

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A. all citizens of America

B. the citizens over 18 years old

C. electors elected by the voters

D. the senators and representatives Chapter 11 p147

1. America produces a major portion of the world’s products in the following fields

except .

A. machinery

B. automobiles

C. ore

D. chemicals

2.The modern American economy progressed from to , and eventually,

to .

A. colonial economy, handcraft economy, industrial economy

B. farming economy, handcraft economy, industrial economy

C. colonial economy, farming economy, industrial economy

D. handcraft economy, farming economy, industrial economy

3.Chartered companies were NOT granted the by the British King or Queen.

A. political authority

B. economic rights

C. judicial authority

D. diplomatic authority

4.urged the federal government to establish a national bank.

A. George Washington

B. President Roosevelt

C. Abraham Lincoln

D. Alexander Hamilton

5.The following inventions took place during the “second industrial revolution” except .

A. typewriter

B. telephone

C. electric light

D. refrigerator

6.President Johnson tried to build a “Great Society” by introducing various programs like the

following except .

A. Medicare

B. Food Stamps

C. Education Initiatives

D. Unemployment Pension

7.The following statements are all true except .

A. Agribusinesses reflect the big, corporate nature of many farm enterprises.

B. Agribusinesses maintain a balanced trade pattern between agricultural imports and

exports.

C. Agribusinesses range from one-family corporations to multinational firms.

D. Agribusinesses include a variety of farm businesses and structures.

8. Employment in the sector has been increasing in the U.S. since the 1970s.

A. service

B. agriculture

C. manufacturing

D. high-tect Chapter 12 p160

1. Formal education in the United States consists of , secondary and higher education.

A. kindergarten

B. public

C. elementary

D. private

2.Of the following subjects, are NOT offered to elementary school students.

A. mathematics and languages

B. politics and business education

C. science and social studies

D. music and physical education

3.Higher education in the United States began with the founding of .

A. Yale University

B. Harvard University

C. Princeton University

D. New York University

4.Of the following, are NOT among the categories of American higher education.

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A. universities and colleges

B. research institutions

C. technical institutions

D. community colleges

5.To get a bachelor’s degree, all undergraduate students are required to do the following

except .

A. attending lectures and completing assignments

B. passing examinations

C. working for communities

D. earning a certain number of credits

6.is sold especially to the upper or upper-middle class and it has a reputation for its

serious attitude and great bulk.

A. The Washington Post

B. The New York Times

C. Los Angeles Times

D. New York Daily News

7.Of the following, is NOT among the three major radio and TV networks in America.

A. the National Broadcasting System (NBS)

B. the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

C. the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)

D. the American Broadcasting System (ABS)

8.The National Day of the United States falls on .

A.June 4th

B. July 4th

C. June 14th

D. July 14th Chapter 13 p176

1.Of the following writers,_______are from the Colonial and Revolutionary Periods.

A.Benjamin Franklin and Edgar Allan Poe

B.Edgar Allan and Jonathan Edwards

C.Benjamin Franklin and Jonathan Edwards

D.Edgar Allan and Washington Irving

2._______is regarded as the “father of American and literature”.

A.James Fenimore Cooper

B.Ralph Waldo Emerson

C.Thomas Jeffson

D.Washington Irving

3.Of the following,_______is considered Herman Melville’s masterpiece.

A.The last of the Mohicans

B.The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

C.Moby Dick

D.Daisy Miller

4.Of the following,_______is NOT characteristic of Mark Twain’s works.

A.clloquial speech

B.a sense of humor

C.a realistic view

D.an idealistic view

5.Of the following writers,_______is NOT includeed in the group of naturalists.

A.Stephen Crance

B.Frank Norris

C.Theodore Dreiser

D.Herman Melville

6.F.Scott Fitzgerald’s finest novel is _______,and its theme is about _______.

A.The Great Gatsby,the American Dream

B.Tender Is the Night,love

C.Tales of the Jazz Age,the loss of oneself

D.The Beautiful and Damned,the evil of human nature

7.Of the following writers,_______is NOT a Nobel Prize winner.

A.Alice Walker

B.Ernest Hemingway

C.William Faulkner

D.Eugene O’Neill

8._______is the first African-American winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

A.Ralph Ellison

B.Toni Morrison

C.Richard Wright

D.James Baldwin