奥鹏作业网19秋《英语国家概况(I)》作业2
试卷总分:100 得分:100
一、单选题 (共 10 道试题,共 50 分)
1.In Britain, a parliament has a maximum duration of years.
A.6
B.5
C.4
D.3
2.The original inhabitants of New Zealand are called___.
A.Maoris
B.Indians
C.Eskimos
D.Aborigines
3.Which of the following about the BBC is not true?
A.There is no advertising on any of the BBC programmes
B.The BBC provides the World Service throughout the world
C.The BBC is funded by licence fees paid by people who possess television receiving sets
D.The BBC has four television channels
4.The Australian Constitution can only be changed by___.
A.the Prime Minister
B.the Parliament
C.the Governor-General
D.referendum
5.Which of the following novels is written by Charles Dickens?
A.Wuthering Heights
B.Oliver Twist
C.Old Man and Sea
D.A Passage to India
6.British colonial expansion began with ______.
A.the settlement of the Dutch East India Company at Cape Town in 1652
B.the occupation of Chinese Hong Kong in 1841
C.the establishment of the British East India Company in 1600
D.the colonization of Newfoundland in 1583
7.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.35
B.30
C.20 B.25
8.In Australia___has the country’s richest farmland and best grazing land.
A.the Outback
B.the Great Western Plateau
C.the Eastern Highlands
D.the Central Eastern Lowlands
9.Northern Ireland is the smallest of the four nations, but is quite well-known in the world for_______.
A.its rich cultural life
B.its most famous landmark, the “Giant’s Causeway”
C.its low living standards
D.its endless political problems
10.The largest state in Australia in terms of population is _______.
A.Western Australia
B.Victoria
C.Queensland
D.New South Wales
二、判断题 (共 10 道试题,共 50 分)
11.Australia was essentially unknown in the West until the 17th century.
12.Britain consists of three nations: England, Scotland and Wales.
13.Ireland joined the EU in 1970.
14.In Britain the general election is normally held every four years.
15.Britain, Canada, Russia, China and the US are the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council.
16.The first powerful flight in the world was made by Frank Whittle in the US in 1903.
17.Musicians are honored most in Ireland.
18.The doctrine of “divine rights of kings” held that sovereign divine his authority from God, not from his subjects.
19.The members of Australian parliament generally belong to one of the two major political parties, the Australian Labor Party (ALP) or the Coalition.
20.The first official language of the Irish Republic is English.
