2002年4月福建自考英语国家概况真题00522

全国2002年4月高等教育自学考试

英语国家概况试题

课程代码：00522

Ⅰ.Read the following unfinished statements or questions carefully. For each unfinished statement or question, four suggested answers marked A,B,C and D are given. Choose the one that you think best completes the statement or answers the question. Write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space on the answer sheet. (40 points, 1 point for each)

1.Britain has, for centuries, been slowly tilting with ________.

A.the North-West slowly rising and the South-East slowly sinking

B.the North-East slowly rising and the South-West slowly sinking

C.the South-East slowly rising and the South-West slowly sinking

D.the South-West slowly rising and the North-East slowly sinking

2.Which often following statements is not true about British coal mining?

A.Brition has used up almost all coal deposits.

B.The demand for British coal has declined.

C.Petroleum, water power, and electric power replacing coal for many purposes.

D.The old British mines are narrow and deep, making it difficult to use machines

3.For electoral purposes Britain is divided into 659 constituencies, each of which

 returns ________ to the House of Commons.

A.one member                         B.two members

C.three members                      D.four members

4.In the 1970s oil was discovered in ________, but the revenue from oil did not create an economic for Britain.

A.the English Channel                B.the Irish Sea

C.St. George's Channel               D.the North Sea

5.In Britain, ministers are appointed by the Queen on the recommendation of ________.

A.the Lord Chancellor                B.the Prime Minister

C.the Speaker                        D.the Parliamentary Commissioner

6.Thanks to the militant feminist movement of the suffragettes before the First World War, votes were granted to women over the age of ________ in 1918.

A.18             B.20         C.30           D.35

7.The objective of the Chartist Movement was democratic rights for all men, and it took its name from “________”.

A.The Bill of Rights                 B.The Agreement of the People

C.The People's Charter               D.The Great Charter

8.In the 1960s pop music underwent a revolution when ________ became world famous and turned their home town of Liverpool into a place of pilgrimage.

A.teh Beach Boys                     B.the Rolling Stone

C.the Animals                        D.the Beatles