PAGEPAGE12《英语国家概况》期末复习题（第I卷客观题共45分）I.选择题(共30分;每题1分)U.K.TheimportanceoftheBritishmonarchycanbeseeninitseffecton____.A.passingthebillsB.advisingthegovernmentC.politicalpartiesD.publicattitudeThepoliciesoftheConservativePartyinGreatBritainarecharacterizedbypragmatismand____.A.governmentinterventionB.nationalizationofenterprisesC.socialreformD.abeliefinindividualism____istheoldestuniversityintheEnglish-speakingworld.A.OxfordUniversityB.CambridgeUniversityC.HarvardUniversityD.YaleUniversityCabinetmembersarechosenby____inBritain.A.themonarchB.thePrimeMinisterC.theArchbishopD.theLordChancellorEnglishbelongstothe____groupofIndo-Europeanfamilyoflanguages.A.CelticB.GermanicC.Indo-IranianD.Roman____isthelongestriverinBritain.A.TheRiverThamesB.TheSevernRiverC.TheLoughNeaghD.TheClydeRiverThefollowingChristmastraditionsareparticularlyBritishexcept____.A.TroopingtheColorB.Queen’sChristmasmessageC.BoxingDayD.ChristmaspantomimeAmongBritain’squalitypress,thefollowingnewspapersareregardedasthe“BigThree”withtheexceptionof____.A.TheTimesB.TheGuardianC.TheObserverD.TheDailyTelegraphAccordingtoa2005estimate,Britainnowhasapopulationofover____million.A.160B.600C.60D.16ThetwomainislandsoftheBritishIslesare____.A.GreatBritainandIrelandB.GreatBritainandScotlandC.GreatBritainandWalesD.GreatBritainandEnglandBritishPrimeMinister____oncesaidthat,“BritainandtheUnitedStateswillstandsidebyside”.A.NevilleChamberlainB.WinstonChurchillC.MargaretThatcherD.TonyBlairTheLaborPartyaffectedtheBritishsocietygreatlyinthatit____.A.setuptheNationalHealthServicesB.improvedpublictransportationC.abolishedtheoldtaxsystemD.enhancedtheeconomicdevelopment____governmentintroducedthebiggestchangesinBritisheconomicpolicysinceWorldWarII.A.WinstonChurchill’sB.MargaretThatcher’sC.JohnMajor’sD.TonyBlair’s____isarepresentativeofEnglishCriticalRealismattheturnofthe19thcentury.A.RobertLouisStevensonB.JohnMiltonC.Josep