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2002年上半年高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试

英语国家概况

本试题分选择题和非选择题，选择题1至6页，非选择题6至7页，共7页。选择题40分，非选择题60分，满分100分。全部题目用英文作答，并将答案写在答题纸的相应位置上否则不计分．考试时间150分钟．

PART ONE

I. Read the following unfinished statements or questions carefully. For each unfinished statement or question, four suggested answers marked [A], [B], [C] and [D] are given. Choose the one that you think best completes the statement or answers the question. Write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space on the answer sheet. (40 points, 1 point for each)

1. Britain has, for centuries, been slowly tilting with ______

[A] the North-West slowly rising and the South-East slowly sinking

[B] the North-East slowly rising and the South-West slowly sinking

[C] the South-East slowly rising and the North-West slowly sinking

[D] the South-West slowly rising and the North-East slowly sinking

2. Which of the following statements is not true about British coal mining?

[A] Britain has used up almost all coal deposits.

[B] The demand for British coal has declined.

[C] Petroleum, water power, and electric power are replacing coal for many purposes.

[D] The old British mines are narrow and deep, making it difficult to use machines for mining.

3. For electoral purposes Britain is divided into 659 constituencies, each of which  returns to the House of Commons.

[A] one member

[B] two members

[C] three members

[D] four members

4. In the 1970s oil was discovered in , but the revenue from oil did not create   an economic miracle for Britain.

[A] the English Channel

[B] the Irish Sea

[C] St. George's Channel

[D] the North Sea

5. In Britain, ministers are appointed by the Queen on the recommendation of ______

[A] the Lord Chancellor

[B] the Prime Minister

[C] the Speaker

[D] the Parliamentary Commissioner

6. Thanks to the militant feminist movement of the suffragettes before the First World War, votes were granted to women over the age of ______. in 1918.

[A] 18

[B] 20

[C] 30

[D] 35

7. The objective of the Chartist Movement was democratic fights for all men, and it took its name from “______”

[A] The Bill of Rights

[B] The Agreement of the People

[C] The People's Charter

[D] The Great Charter

8. In the 1960s pop music underwent a revolution when became world

famous and turned their home town of Liverpool into a place of pilgrimage.

[A] the Beach Boys

[B] the Rolling Stone

[C] the Animals

[D] the Beatles

9. The Tories were the forerunners of______ , which still bears this nickname today.

[A] the Labour Party

[B] the Conservative Party

[C] the Liberal Party

[D] the Social Democratic Party

10. In the United Kingdom, the party w