2003年7月福建自考英语国家概况真题00522

福建省2003年7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 statements and decide which are true and which are false by putting T for true or F for false.(20%)

1.The first shot of the American Independence War was fired at Fort Sumter.

2.When the First World War broke out, the U.S. President Wilson immediately declared war against Germany.

3.Historically,Ireland had been free of ethnic conflicts because of racial homogeneity.

4.Western Australia is the biggest Australian state, while Tasmania is the smallest state.

5.January 6 is celebrated as New Zealand National Day, Waitangi.

6.English colonial expansion began with the colonization of Newfoundland in 1583.

7.When the Korean War broke out in June,1950,Marshall sent the 7^th Fleet to the Taiwan Straits to prevent the PLA from liberating Taiwan.

8.Bilingualism,an effort to recognize the rights of Canada’s French-speaking minority, has had its desired effect.

9.All Irish newspapers are privately and domestically owned. Attempts for foreign control have been vigorously opposed.

10.After heated debates by the British Parliament, capital punishment for murder was restored in Britain.

11.In Britain, the Parliament’s main functions are law-making, authorization of taxation and pubilc expenditure, and examination of the actions of the Government.

12.The universities of Oxford and Cambridge, popularly known as Oxbridge, date from the 12^th and 13^th centuries.

13.In September,1774,the First International Congress was held in Philadelphia.

14.In the 1920s,Black Literature developed into an upsurge which has come to be known as the Black Renaissance.

15.National newspapers in Britain are popularly divided into 3 groups: quality, popular and mid-market papers on the basis of differences in style and content.

16.The typical organizational pattern for elementary and secondary schools in the US is that of graded schools.

17.Ireland is a planned economy with a dominant private sector.

18.The most typical English sports is skating which has been in existence since the 16^th ecntury.

19.The Union army under the command of Ulysses Grant defeated the Confederate army at Gettysburg.

20.The Mississippi has been called “father of waters” or “old man river”.

Ⅱ.Fill in the blanks with appropriate information.(10%)

1.British recorded history began with the _____ invasion.