B.each new state made its own laws and handled all of its According to the Good Friday Agreement, Northern Ireland internal affairs. today should be governed by the following jurisdictions C.the national government was called the Congress with except _____. little power. A.the jurisdiction of the Republic of Ireland D.the relationships between the states and the national B.The jurisdiction of loyalist ministers government were clearly defined. C.The jurisdiction of Great Britain D.The jurisdiction of Northern Ireland
标准答案：D
标准答案：B
Which of the following statements is NOT true? In 1863, President Lincoln signed The Emancipation A.Wales was invaded by the Romans Proclamation which together with the 13th Amendament to B.Wales was occupied by the Anglo-Saxons the Constitution legally abolished the slavery. C.Wales was conquered by the Normans D.Wales was threatened by the English 标准答案：1
标准答案：B In the US, scientific and economic advance and rising material progress have been accompanied by a decline in Which of the following about the BBC is NOT true? religious observance. A.There is no advertising on any of the BBC programmes. B.The BBC is funded by licence fees paid by people who 标准答案：0 possess television sets.
C.The BBC has four channels.
George Washington, Banjamin Franklin, and Abraham
D.The BBC provides the World Service throughout the world.
Lincoln were regarded as the founing fathers of the USA.
标准答案：C
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Three of the following factors have contributed to the
Scotland was never conquered by the Romans.
flourishing of large universities in America, which is the
exception?
标准答案：1 A.Large universities offer the best libraries and facilities for
scientific research.
Segregating blacks into separate schools was B.Large universities provide students with “mainframe”
unconstitutional after the decision of the Supreme Court in computers.
1954. C.Large universities offer scholarships to all students.
D.Large universities attract students with modern
laboratories. 标准答案：1 标准答案：C In the early 20th century, those dominating American life
were mostly WASPs.
Which of the following statements is NOT true about blacks
after the 1960s? 标准答案：1 A.Blacks felt that they could be fully integrated into the mainstream of American life. According the First Amendament to the Constitution of the B.Blacks felt that the black community ought to coexist with United States, there would be a state-supported religion. other groups. C.Blacks felt more and more proud of themselves.
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D.Blacks felt that “black is beautiful.”
When people outside the UK talk about England, they
标准答案：A
mistake it as Britain sometimes.
Which of the following is NOT true about life peers?
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A.They are not from the aristocratic families.
B.They cannot sit in the House of Lords.
There is more violence in the US than in other industrialized C.They earned their titles through their outstanding
countries. achievement.
D.the titles cannot be inherited by their children.
标准答案：1
标准答案：B
Critics of the affirmative action programs are of the opinion
that this results in reverse discrimination. Which of the following is a privately funded university in
Britain?
标准答案：1 A.The University of Cambridge.
B.The University of Oxford C.The University of Edinburgh. The purpose of British education is not only to provide D.The University of Buckingham. children with literacy and the other basic skills but also to socialize children.
标准答案：D
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To advertise in a British newspaper, the only thing you have to worry about is the cost.
标准答案：0
The 10 very short paragraphs which guarantee freedom and 标准答案：1
Cardiff, the capital of Wales, is a large city.
标准答案：0
The Good Friday Agreement was approved on 10 April 1998. individual rights and forbid interference with lives of
individuals by the government are called the Bill of Rights.
标准答案：1
The tradition of having Sunday off derived from the Christian Church.
标准答案：1
The US was founded on the principle of human equality, and in reality the nation has lived up to that ideal.
标准答案：0
Most people in Scotland speak the old Celtic language, called \
标准答案：0
The president has the authority to appoint federal judges, and all such court appointment are subject to confirmation by the House of Representatives.
标准答案：1
When the civil rights movement began, non-violent, direct action tactics like \vehicle for social protest.
标准答案：1
You must have the A-level qualification to enter British university.
标准答案：0
John F. Kennedy was the first Catholic elected as the US president.
标准答案：1
According to the textbook, there are two major political parties in the UK.
标准答案：0
Horse racing is the true royal sport.
标准答案：1
American university students have always liked to get degrees that are aimed at preparing them specifically for certain professions.
标准答案：0
Secrecy is an important part of the voting process.
标准答案：1
Britain has a written constitution like most countries.
标准答案：0
Harvard College was originally founded to train government officials.
标准答案：0
The Open Univeristy uses many non-traditional ways to teach students, such as TV and radio broadcasts,
correspondence, videos, and a network of study centers.
标准答案：1
The most exciting moment in baseball game is a homerun.
标准答案：1
Under a Constitutional Amendament passed in 1951, a president can be elected to only one term.
标准答案：0
Northern Ireland is often called \Irish kingdom once existed in this area.
标准答案：1
In Britain, class and educational differences are reflected in the newspaper people read.
标准答案：1
Aristrocracy as a class no longer exists in the UK.
标准答案：0
By the early 1760s, the 13 English colonies in North America were ready to separate themselves from Europe.
标准答案：1
Britain is no longer an imperial country.
标准答案：1
The theory of poltiics of the American Revolution came from John Locke, a French philosopher in the 17th century.
标准答案：0
It takes at least four years to get a bachelor' s degree from an institution of higher education in the US.
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标准答案：1
There are more Catholics thatn Protestants in the US.
标准答案：0
It is commonly believed that Boxing Day involved the sport of boxing.
标准答案：0
Scotland was unified with England through violent means.
标准答案：0
Drug abuse in the US has come to be regarded as one of the most challenging social problems facing the nation.
标准答案：0
It is no doubt that Britain is the oldest representative democracy in the world.
标准答案：1
In Britain, the process of state-building has been one of evolution rather than revoltuion, in contrast to France and the US.
标准答案：1
When the War of Independence was over, the US was on unified nation as it is today.
标准答案：0
Ireland is part of Great Britain
标准答案：0
Britain is both a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy.
标准答案：1
The Commonwealth of Nations includes all European countries.
标准答案：0
The state of Hawaii is a big island in the central Pacific Ocean.
标准答案：0
Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492.
标准答案：1
Easter is the biggest and best loved British holiday.
标准答案：0
One of the things that decides whether an applicant can be accepted by a college in the US is his/her scores on the Scholastic Aptitude Tests.
标准答案：1
Super Bowl will decide the champion baseball team of the year in the US.
标准答案：0
The largest of the racial and ethnic minorities in the US now is the blacks, or Afro-Americans.
标准答案：0
President Nixon' s administration was toppled because of the Watergate Affair.
标准答案：1
Yellowstone National Park is the oldest national park in the US.
标准答案：1
The British state actively interferes with the decision of when, where, how and what children are taught.
标准答案：0
The stereotype of the English gentleman never applied to the majority of the British people.
标准答案：1
It is not very difficult to generalize about the American way of life.
标准答案：0
Sinn Fein is a legal political party in Northern Ireland.
标准答案：1
In the UK, a government cannot stand for longer than five years except in exceptional circumstances.
标准答案：1
The game of golf was invented by the Scottish.
标准答案：1
Most British people are Protestants while most Irish people are Catholics.
标准答案：1
\1960s.
标准答案：0
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The tradition of having Sunday off derived from the Christian Church.
标准答案：1
The British media play an important role in shaping a national culture.
标准答案：1
In the 1960s, three groups - Afro-Americans, Asia
Americans and women - were dissatisfied with their lives.
标准答案：0
The Labour Party is the oldest party in the UK.
标准答案：0
All secondary schools in Britain are run and supervised by the government.
标准答案：0
Queen Elizabeth II is both the head of the state and the head of government in the UK.
标准答案：0
Northern Ireland today is governed by separate juristictions: that of Republic of Ireland and that of Great Britain.
标准答案：0
The anti-war teach-in by white students in Berkeley began the civil rights movement in the 1960s.
标准答案：0
The Conservative Party is the party that spent most time in power.
标准答案：1
A great moment for the civil rights movement was the March on Washington on August, 1963 when President Kennedy gave the famous \
标准答案：0
The main duty of the Congress is to make laws, including those which levy taxes that pay the work of the federal government.
标准答案：1
According to the textbook, larger American universities are always better, and more desirable universities are always more expensive.
标准答案：0
The world' s oldest daily newspaper is The Observer.
标准答案：0
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The title of Prince of Wales is held by a Welsh according to tradition.
标准答案：0
Public schools in the UK are part of the national education system and funded by the government.
标准答案：0
A ___ system is one in which power is shared between central authority and its constituent parts.
标准答案：federal
In 43 AD Britain was invaded by ___.
标准答案：Romans
GCEA stands for ___.
标准答案：General Certification of Education-Advanced
The WWW, which stands for ______, began in the US as a Cold War militaryinnovation.
标准答案：world-wide web
In 1215, some barons and the Chruch forced King John to sign the ____ to place some limits on the King' s poer.
标准答案：Great Charter
Normally, a government can be in power for ___ years, and then it has to resign and hold a general election.
标准答案：5
The Three Faiths in the US refer to Protestant, __, and ___.
标准答案：Jewish, Catholic (不分先后）
The first and the second Continental Congress were held in _____.
标准答案：Philadelphia
The Normans led by _____ conquered England in 1066.
标准答案：William
The native people in the American continents are the ___.
标准答案：Indians
In 1689, Parliament passed _____to ensure that the King would never be able to ignore Parliament.
标准答案：the Bill of Rights
The UK has been a member of the ____ since 1973.
标准答案：European Union (or, EU)
The island of Great Britain is made up of ___,___, and ___.
标准答案：England, Wales, Scotland
Today, the US has two major poltiical parties. One is the ____, and the other is the ___.
标准答案：Democratic Party, Republican Party (顺序不分先后）
Although the UK joined the EU, it decided to keep its own currency, the ___.
标准答案：pound
The ____ are smaller format newspapers with colour photos and cathy headlines.
标准答案：tabloids
The Congress is made up of two houses, namely, the House of ____ and the ___.
标准答案：Representatives, Senate
The full name of the UK is ______.
标准答案：the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
In Northern Ireland, if you support the Queen, you are
called a ___; if you want Northern Ireland to remain part of the UK, you are called ____.
标准答案：loyalist, unionist
The two oldest universities in Britain are ___ and ___.
标准答案：Oxford, Cambridge
Activists in the Anti-War Movement in the 1960s were protesting against the war in _____.
标准答案：Vietnam
In 1966 the women' s movement in the US organized the NOW, that is _______.
标准答案：the National Organization for Women
To watch the BBC programs, viewers must buy a ___ every year for their TV set.
标准答案：licence
GCSE stands for ____.
标准答案：General Certificate of Secondary Education
The capital city of Northern Ireland is ___.
标准答案：Belfast
The Good Friday Agreement, known also as ____, was signed in 1998.
标准答案：the Belfast Agreement
Every child in the US is guaranteed up to ____ years of education.
标准答案：13
The ____ refers to black and white civil rights activists
travelling together on buses to challenge segregation laws.
标准答案：freedom rides
Most top elites in the US are _____ graduates, that is, either from Cambridge University or Oxford University.
标准答案：Oxbridge
BBC stands for ___.
标准答案：British Broadcasting Company
There are three major parties in the UK, ____, ____, and the Liberal Demcratic Party.
标准答案：the Conservative Party, the Labour Party
In Britain, secondary schools funded by the government are called ____.
标准答案：comprehensive schools
In 1620, a group of English puritans travelled on the ship ____ to Massachusetts Bay and founded the second English settlement.
标准答案：Mayflower
The real center of political life in the UK is in the ____.
标准答案：parliament
The main author of Declaration of Independence was ___.
标准答案：Thomas Jefferson
The capitial of Scotland is ____.
标准答案：Edinburgh
Public and private colleges depend on three sources of
income: student tuition fee, ____ and government funding.
标准答案：endowments
The most important function of the Parliament is to ___.
标准答案：legislate (make laws)
Eton and Winchester are the two most famous _____ in Britain.
标准答案：public schools
The British Parliament is made up of the Queen, the House of ___, and the House of ____.
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