奥鹏作业网19秋《英语国家概况(I)》作业3
试卷总分:100 得分:100
一、单选题 (共 10 道试题,共 50 分)
1.The objective of the Chartist Movement was democratic rights for all men, and it took its name form“（ ）”
A.the People’s Charter
B.the Great Charter
C.The Bill of Rights
D.The Agreement of the People
2.The three most popular leisure activities in Britain are:
A.Watching TV, reading newspapers and listening to the radio.
B.Reading newspapers, watching TV and gardening.
C.Reading newspapers, listening to the radio and gardening.
D.Listening to the radio, watching TV and hunting.
3.The largest state in Australia in terms of population is ____________.
A.Western Australia
B.Victoria
C.Queensland
D.New South Wales
4.The British government departments are staffed by members of（ ）, whose duty is to assist in carrying out laws passed by Parliament.
A.the Privy Council
B.the House of Lords
C.the House of Commons
D.the Civil Service
5.In Australia, the federal government and the state governments are formed by _______.
A.the party that has the most votes
B.the party that has the majority of the Senate
C.the party that has the majority of the House of Representatives
D.the party chosen by the Governor-General
6._____ is the oldest newspaper in Australia.
A.The Sydney Morning Herald
B.The Mercury
C.The Australian Financial Review
D.The Australian
7.In 1787, Britain decided to colonize Australia because__________.
A.Captain Cook’s account of his discovery was not interesting
B.Britain wanted to control the gold mines in Australia
C.Britain needed new places to transport its criminals
D.Australia was an attractive place to the English people
8.The sharp increase in the Australian population after W.W.II was partly because__________.
A.the Aboriginal people and the Torres Strait Islanders were not included in the census before W.W.II
B.more British convicts were transported to Australia
C.a large postwar immigration program was carried out
D.Australian soldiers came back from the War
9.Which of the following is true about the British Commonwealth?
A.The decision to become a member of the Commonwealth is made by Britain.
B.The Commonwealth has special powers.
C.Members of nations are joined together politically.
D.It is a free association of independent countries that were once colonies of Britain.
10.What are the major mineral exports of Australia?
A.Crude oil, diamonds and liquefied natural gas.
B.Crude oil, alumina and coal.
C.Bauxite, gold and mineral sands.
D.Bauxite, alumina, and coal.
二、判断题 (共 10 道试题,共 50 分)
11.The Anglo-Saxons were the ancestors of the English and the founders of England.
12.Convicts＇ wives in England were discouraged from following their husbands to Australia.
13.Wakefield Scheme was devised by Edward Wakefield, a convict and theorist on colonization, to solve the problem of labor shortage in colonial Australia.
14.The Bill of Rights ensured that the King would never be able to ignore Parliament.
15.The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy: the official head of state is the Queen.
16.Australian government departments are administered only by the authority of the elected Ministers.
17.The executive branch of Australian government is headed by the Governor-General who is the representative of the Queen.
18.In the UK, Children are legally obliged to attend school from the age of 5 (4 in Northern Ireland) to 15.
19.One of the oldest of the early “old English” literary works is called “The Canterbury Tales”
20.Under the White Australia Policy, immigrants to Australia had to take a test in a European language, the failure of which would be given the status of prohibited immigrant.
