1、Australia is called'a country on the sheep back' because _____.
A.it has the best species of sheep in the world
B.Australians ride on sheep back
C.Australians eat a lot of mutton
D.it makes a lot of profit from the sales of wool
本题答案：
D
2、New Zealand's climate is generally _____ and seasonal differences are not so great.
A.dry and cold
B.mild and moist
C.hot and wet
D.windy and cold
本题答案：
C
3、The sharp increase in the Australian population after W.W.II was partly because _____.
A.a large postwar immigration program was carried out
B.the Aboriginal people and the Torres Strait Islanders were not included in the census before W.W.II
C.more British convicts were transported to Australia
D.Australian soldiers came back from the War
本题答案：
A
4、_____ is not considered a characteristic of London.
A.The cultural centre
B.The business centre
C.The financial centre
D.The sports centre
本题答案：
D
5、The modern games of tennis originated in _____ in the late 19th century.
A.Scotland
B.Ireland
C.England
D.Wales
本题答案：
C
6、Which of the following is NOT a neighbouring country of Australia?
A.Indonesia
B.Papua New Guinea
C.Thailand
本题答案：
C
7、Who wrote the long poem Paradise Lost?
A.Shakespeare
B.Chaucer
C.Milton
D.John Cabot
本题答案：
C
8、Which of the following is NOT true about the British monarchy?
A.It is the oldest institution of government
B.It goes back to at least the 9th century
C.It has maintained the continuity over the past thousand years
D.It seems that it enjoys no real power today
本题答案：
C
9、In Britain, thanks to the militant feminist movement of the suffragettes before the First World War, votes were granted to women over _____ in 1918.
A.20
B.25
C.30
D.35
本题答案：
C
10、The original inhabitants of New Zealand are called _____.
A.Eskimos
B.Aborigines
C.Indians
D.Maoris
本题答案：
D
11、The word “Ireland” is used ambiguously to mean both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.()
A.错误
B.正确
本题答案：
B
12、The Governor-General acts only on the advice of the Executive Council that comprises himself and the Cabinet.()
A.错误
B.正确
本题答案：
B
13、Whistle-blowers are often experts in both senior and lower levels of bureaucracies who, discovering that their branch of the organization is in some way corrupt and inefficient, try to expose this problem.()
A.错误
B.正确
本题答案：
B
14、While the English are largely protestant, the Irish of the Republic largely belong to the Roman Catholic faith.()
A.错误
B.正确
本题答案：
B
15、In the 1950s and 1960s in an Irish family there were 2 or 3 children on average.()
A.错误
B.正确
本题答案：
A
16、Charles Dickens is one of the most famous of English Modernist writers.()
A.错误
B.正确
本题答案：
A
17、Northern Ireland is the smallest of the four nations, but is well-known in the world for its most famous landmark.()
A.错误
B.正确
本题答案：
A
18、Ireland had long been dominated by Britain, but Irish desire for an independent Irish state was never lost. In late 19th century, there was a campaign in parliament called “home-rule”-Irish political control of Irish affairs.()
A.错误
B.正确
本题答案：
B
19、The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy: the official head of state is the Queen.()
A.错误
B.正确
本题答案：
B
20、Strictly speaking, the Parliament today consists of two parts: the House of Lords and the House of Commons.()
A.错误
B.正确
本题答案：
B
