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英语国家概况1.Which of the following is NOT considered a character

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英语国家概况
1.Which of the following is NOT considered a characteristic of Britain?
A.Economic differences between north and south.
B.Differences of social systems between Scotland and Wales.
C.Class differences between a white-collar worker and a blue-collar worker
D.Culture differences between immigrants and the British.
4.In the seventeenth century,the English government encouraged people from Scotland and Northern England to emigrate to the north of Ireland,because
A.they wanted to increase its control over Ireland.
B.They had too many people and didn’t have enough space for them to live in.
C.They intended to expand their investment.
D.They believed that Ireland was the best place for them.
5.Northern Ireland is the smallest of the four nations,but is well-known in the world for ________
A.its most famous landmark B.its rich cultural life
C.its low living standards D.its endless political problems
6.Which of the following is NOT characteristic of British government?
A.It offers the Queen high political status and supreme power.
B.It is both a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy.
C.It is the oldest representative democracy in the world.
D.It has no written form of Constitution.
7.Under whose reign was the Bill of Rights passed?
A.James Ⅱ
B.William of Orange
C.Oliver Cromwell
D.George Ⅰ
8.Which of the following about the Queen is NOT true?
A.The Queen selects the Prime Minister and the Cabinet.
B.The Queen symbolizes the tradition and unity of the British state.
C.The Queen acts as a confidante to the Prime Minister.
D.The Queen is the temporal head of the Church of England.
9.Which group of people can NOT vote in the general election?
A.members in the House of Commons B.Lords in the House of Lords
C.the UK citizens above the age 18 D.the UK resident citizens of the Irish Republic
10.Which of the following is NOT characteristic of the hereditary aristocracy in the UK?
A.The noble title can be inherited by the children.
B.They usually own historic houses in the country
C.They are the richest people in the UK
D.The senior members can be lords in the House of Lords.
11.In 1937,Frank Whittle invented the first _________
A.jet plane B.jet engine
C.powered ship D.automatic machine
12.Where is the best agricultural land in Britain?
A.in the southeast of England
B.in the northeast of England
C.in the southeast of Scotland
D.in the northeast of Scotland
13.Which of the following did NOT belong to Romanticism?
A.Keats
B.Shelly
C.Wordsworth
D.Defoe
14.Among the following writers,who was NOT one of the great trio?
A.Ben Johnson
B.William Shakespeare
C.Thomas Malory
D.Christopher Marlowe
1.B
4.A
5.B
6.A
7.D
8.A
9.B
10.B
11.B
12.A
13.D
14.C