1、专业英语八级(英国国家概况)模拟试卷 4及答案与解析 一、 PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN) Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question. 1 Henry II divided the country into_circuits and appointed traveling judges to each of them. ( A) three ( B) four ( C) five
2、( D) six 2 In 1351, the English government issued a Statute of_, which made it a crime for peasants to ask for more wages. ( A) Oxford ( B) Clarendon ( C) Laborers ( D) Magna Carta 3 Even today the British royal assent to law is still written in_“le roi le veut“. ( A) English ( B) Welsh ( C) Latin (
3、 D) French 4 Magna Carta was signed in_at a conference at_. ( A) 1066; Runnymede ( B) 1215; Windsor ( C) 1215; Oxford ( D) 1215; Runnymede 5 Which of the following statements is NOT true? ( A) The Bishops courts could punish by means of censure. ( B) The Bishops courts could inflict corporal punishm
4、ent. ( C) The Bishops courts could punish by means of excommunications. ( D) The Bishops courts could punish by means of penance. 6 In 1265 Simon de Montfort summoned the Great Council to meet together with two knights from each county and two_from each town. ( A) burgesses ( B) bishops ( C) clergym
5、en ( D) yeomen 7 Under the reign of_Wales was conquered. ( A) Edward I ( B) Henry 1 ( C) Edward II ( D) Henry IV 8 After Thomas Becket rejected the Constitutions of Clarendon Henry II _. ( A) appointed him Chancellor of England ( B) made him Archbishop of Canterbury ( C) drove him into exile ( D) in
6、creased the jurisdiction of the church courts 9 Many hundreds of rebels were put to death by_as he passed triumphantly with an army of 40,000 men through Kent and Essex. ( A) King Henry II ( B) King Richard ( C) King John ( D) King Edward 10 Thomas Becket spent_years on the continent and returned to
7、 England in 1170. ( A) four ( B) five ( C) six ( D) seven 11 The Peasant Uprising led by John Ball happened in_. ( A) 1351 ( B) 1380 ( C) 1381 ( D) 1455 12 Simon de Montfort summoned in_the Great Council to meet at Westminster, together with two knights from each county and two citizens from each to
8、wn. ( A) 1242 ( B) 1258 ( C) 1265 ( D) 1266 13 By the end of the 14th century the Black population decreased from 4 million to _million. ( A) 1 ( B) 2 ( C) 3 ( D) 4 14 Which of the following statements is NOT true? ( A) In the 13th century a Black Rod went between the two Houses of Parliament for li
9、aison and to discipline the members. ( B) In the 13th century Parliament only met by royal invitation. ( C) In the 13th century Parliaments role was to offer advice, not to make decisions. ( D) In the 13th century the most important part of Parliament was the House of Lords. 15 It was_enjoyed by the
10、 clergy that brought King Henry II into collision with Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury. ( A) annual allowances ( B) exceptional privileges ( C) high income ( D) supreme positions 16 During the reign of_, Wales was brought under English rule. ( A) Henry I ( B) Edward I ( C) Edward II ( D)
11、 Edward I 17 According to Magra Carta no tax should be made without the approval of_. ( A) the Witan ( B) the King ( C) the Grand Council ( D) the Commons 18 _became the first prince to hold the title of Prince of Wales, which continues to be borne by the eldest son of the reigning monarch. ( A) Ric
12、hard I ( B) Henry I ( C) Edward II ( D) Edward III 19 The chief demand of the peasants during the Peasant Uprising of 1381 was_. ( A) the abolition of villeinage ( B) the punishment of the Kings ministers ( C) the increase of wages ( D) the reform of the church 20 Watt Tyler was killed by William Wa
13、lworth,_. ( A) the Archbishop of York ( B) the Mayor of London ( C) the Archbishop of Canterbury ( D) the Treasurer 21 The Peasant Uprising of 1381 did not direct against_. ( A) the rich clergy ( B) the lawyers ( C) the landowners ( D) the town traders 22 The Plantagenet dynasty was founded by_. ( A
14、) Henry I ( B) Henry II ( C) King Joseph ( D) Count of Anjou 23 In The Canterbury Tales Chaucer describes a group of people who was to go to Canterbury to visit Thomas Beckets tomb. They were_. ( A) students ( B) peasants ( C) pilgrims ( D) priests 24 When the Hundred Years War ended in 1453, the on
15、ly part of France that was still in the hands of the English is_. ( A) Paris ( B) Calais ( C) Aquitaine ( D) Anjor 25 The Hundred Years War with France was fought_. ( A) from 1327 to 1453 ( B) from 1337 to 1453 ( C) from 1347 to 1453 ( D) from 1357 to 1453 26 The Black Death, which ravaged England i
16、n 1348-1349, carried off_. ( A) three fourths of the population ( B) one fourth of the population ( C) one fifth of the population ( D) one third to one half of the population 27 As a result of the Black Death, much land was left untended and there was a terrible shortage of_in England. ( A) grain (
17、 B) farm tools ( C) houses ( D) labor 28 The Wars of the Roses referred to the battles between_and_. ( A) the House of York; the House of Stuart ( B) the House of the Red Rose; the House of the White Rose ( C) the king; the Parliament ( D) the king; the Great Council 29 Which of the following about
18、the Wars of the Roses is NOT true? ( A) The name was coined by a 19th century novelist. ( B) The Wars referred to the battles between the House of Lancaster and the House of York. ( C) After the wars, the Tudor monarch ruled England. ( D) The common people were deeply engaged in the Wars. 30 The nam
19、e the Wars of the Roses was, in fact, coined by the great 19th century novelist_. ( A) Charles Dickens ( B) George Elliot ( C) Sir Walter Scott ( D) Charlotte Bronte 31 _was regarded as the second Magna Carta. ( A) The Petition of Right ( B) The Provision of Oxford ( C) The Grand Remonstrance ( D) T
20、he Militia Bill 32 The Wars of the Roses broke out shortly after_. ( A) the Black Death ( B) the Watt Tylers Uprising ( C) the Hundred Years War ( D) the Glorious Revolution 33 The Wars of the Roses lasted for_years and King_was replaced by King_. ( A) 30; Richard III; Henry Tudor ( B) 50; Richard I
21、II; Henry Tudor ( C) 30; Richard I; Henry Tudor ( D) 50; Richard I; Henry Tudor 34 No less than_nobles of royal blood were killed in the Wars of the Roses. ( A) 80 ( B) 90 ( C) 100 ( D) 110 35 The English Reformation began with_. ( A) Henry VI ( B) Henry VI ( C) Mary Tudor ( D) Edward VI 36 The Wars
22、 of Roses broke out in_and ended in_. ( A) 1337; 1453 ( B) 1381; 1455 ( C) 1455; 1485 ( D) 1348; 1381 37 The Wars of the Roses ended with the failure of_. ( A) the House of Lancaster ( B) the House of York ( C) the House of Pantagenet ( D) the House of Stuart 38 Which of the following statements is
23、NOT true? ( A) Henry VIII refilled the royal treasury through loans, subsidies, property levies and fines. ( B) Henry VIII forbade the nobles to keep excessive power. ( C) Henry VIII built up Englands navy and foreign trade. ( D) Henry VIII completely ignored the Parliament as though it never existe
24、d. 39 The Renaissance began in north_in the early_century. ( A) France; 14th ( B) Italy; 16th ( C) Italy; 14th ( D) England; 14th 40 Henry VIII declared himself Supreme Head of the Church of England in_. ( A) 1529 ( B) 1534 ( C) 1535 ( D) 1547 41 After the Wars of the Roses the rule of_began. ( A) t
25、he Plantagenet ( B) the Yorkists ( C) the Lancastrians ( D) the Tudors 42 In December 1653, by an Instrument of Government, Oliver Cromwell became _of the Commonwealth of England. ( A) Prime Minister ( B) King ( C) Lord Protector ( D) Emperor 43 The last battle of the Wars of the Roses was at_in 148
26、 ( A) Hastings ( B) Bosworth Field ( C) Naseby ( D) Oxford 44 Three of the following were characteristics of the Elizabethan age. Which of the four is the exception? ( A) Queen Elizabeth advocated the Divine Right and quarreled with the Parliament. ( B) Protestantism gradually became the dominant fa
27、ith. ( C) This was the age of literature in which Shakespeare lived and when English literature blossomed. ( D) This was the beginning of trade and colonization. 专业英语八级(英国国家概况)模拟试卷 4答案与解析 一、 PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN) Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choo
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