119. Of the following writers, is Not a Nobel Prize winner.

A. Alice Walker B. Ernest Hemingway C. William Faulkner D. Eugene O’Neil 120. is the first African-American winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

A. Ralph Ellison B. Tony Morrison C. Richard Wright D. James Baldwin

选择题参考答案：

第一章 A B C D B C D A C B 第二章 D D B C C A B A C D 三 C D B A B C C B D A 四 C B A C D C D B A C 五 D B B A B C C D D A 六 B C B D C A C D B A 八 C A B B C C D B A D 九 C B C D B B C A C D 十 B C B B C C D D D C 十一 C C D D D D B B D A 十二 C B B B D C B B B B 十三 C D D C D D A B A B

二、判断题及答案

Chapter 1

1.The island of Great Britain is geographically divided into three parts: England, Scotland and Wales. (T)

2.People in different parts of Britain like to use the name England to refer to their country.(F) 3.Today more than half of the people in Wales still speak the ancient Welsh language.(F)

4.In terms of population and area,Northern Ireland is the second largest part of the United Kingdom.(F)

5.The longest river of Britain originates in Wales.(T)

6.Because of political troubles,Northern Ireland has been quite significant among the four constituent parts of the United Kingdom.(T)

7.Though the climate in Britain is generally mild,the temperature in northern Scotland often falls below --10C in January.(F)

8.The majority of the people in Britain are descendants of the Anglo--Saxons.(T) 9.The Celtic people are the earliest known inhabitants of Britain.(T)

10.English changed into what is described as Modern English from the late 16th century.(F)

Chapter 2

1.The British history before 55BC is basically undocumented.(T)

2.The Celts became the dominant group in Britain between the 8th and 5th centuries BC.(T)

3.The name of Britain came from a Celtic tribe--- the Britons.(T) 4.The Anglo--Saxons came to Britain in the mid--5th century.(T)

5.The chief or king of the Anglo--Saxon tribes exercised power at their own will.(F) 6.The Vikings began to attack the English coast in the 8th century.(T)

7.Henry II built up a large empire which included England and most of France.(T)

8.The Magna Carta was designed to protect the rights of both the privileged class and the townspeople.(F)

9.The Hundred Years' War was a series of wars fought between England and Normans foe trade and territory.(F)

10.In an effort to make a compromise between different religious factions,Queen Elizabeth I actually defended the fruit of the Religious Reformation.(T)

Chapter 3

1.Conventions are regarded less important than common law in the working of the British government.(F)

2.The British monarchy has never been interrupted throughout the history.(F) 3.In reality,the British King or Queen is the source of all government powers.(F) 4.British Parliament is the law--making body of the Commonwealth of Nations.(F) 5.Lords Spiritual and Lords Temporal are all members in the British Upper House.(T) 6.The members in the House of Commons are appointed rather than elected.(F) 7.The British Prime Minister is the leader of the majority party in Parliament.(T)

8.Cabinet members are chosen by the Prime Minister from various political parties in Parliament.(F)

9.British law consists of two parts,the civil law and the criminal law.(T)

10.The legal systems in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are much similar in terms of law, organization and practice.(F)

Chapter 4

1.Britain was the first industrialized nation in the world.(T)

2.The British economy experienced a relative decline during the postwar period.(T)

3.Limited resources and high unemployment rate were persistent problems that prevented rapid economic development in Britain.(F)

4.Thatcher's revolution turned out to be a great success in dealing with all the British econimic and social problems.(F)

5.The economic approach adopted by Tony Blair is different from that of the Labor party and the Conservative Party.(T)

6.Blair made the Bank of England independent in order to separate politics and economic policy.(T)

7.Britain is the world's leading exporter of poultry and dairy products.(F)

8.The fishing industry provides more than 50%of Britain's demand for fish.(T) 9.Britain is an important oil exporter since its oil industry has a long history.(F) 10.Nuclear power is one of the major energy sources in Britain.(T)

Chapter 5

1.The British government has been responsible for education since the early 1800s.(F) 2.Education in Britain is compulsory for all children between the ages of 6 and 15.(F)

3.The National Curriculum is compulsory in both the state system and the independent system.(F) 4.When children finish their schooling at 16, they are required to take a national GCSE examination.(T)

5.Graduates from state schools in Britain have a less favorable chance to enter famous universities than those from independent schools.(T)

6.In the 1960s, a large number of new universities were founded in Britain.(T)

7.Most British people begin their day with reading the morning newspaper and end it watching television in the evening.(T)

8.The Times is the world's oldest national newspaper(F)

9.The BBC World Service broadcasts only in English throughout the world.(F)

10.Some British holidays are celebrated to mark the important events of the Christian calendar, and others are related to local customs and traditions.(T)

Chapter 6

1.The Canterbury Tales is a representative work of the Old English Period.(F) 2.Renaissance is characterized by admiration of the Greek and Latin classics.(T)

3.Hamlet depicts the hero's struggle with two opposing forces: moral integrity and the need to avenge his father's murder.(T)

4.Alexander Pope was a great English poet who also translated Homer's Iliad.(T)

5.Jonathan Swift is probably the foremost prose satirist in the English language, and Robinson Crusoe is his masterpiece.(F)

6.William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge brought the Romantic Movement to its height.(F)

7.Lord Byron distinguished himself by the musical quality of his short poems, such as \West Wind\

8.Jane Austen was a well--known novelist of the stream of consciousness school.(F)

9.Joseph Conrad is classified as a forerunner of Modernism, which prevailed before World War II.(T)

10.V.S.Naipaul detailed in his works the dual problems of the Third World: the oppression of colonialism and the chaos of postcolonialism.(T)

Chapter 7

1.The Republic of Ireland occupies the entire area of the island of Ireland.(F) 2.The earliest inhabitants in Ireland were Celtic tribes from Europe.(F)

3.In the 1800s, Ireland gained in prosperity because it became a part of Britain.(F)

4.In the 1930s, Ireland was not indeed a republic,but belonged to the Commonwealth of Nations.(T)

5.To support the government's neutrality in World War II, there was no Irishman participating in the war.(F)

6.With the help of Britain, Ireland entered the EEC in 1973 without difficulties.(F)

7.In 1949, Britain recognized the independence of the Irish Republic and returned the six northern countries.(F)

8.In Ireland, both the House of Representatives and the Senate have the power of making laws.(F) 9.English is the only official language in Ireland, because the majority of people speak it as their tongue.(F)

10.Catholicism in Ireland is more than a mere matter of private faith.(T)

Chapter 8

1.The eastern highlands formed by the Appalachians hold one third of the country's continental territory.(F)

2.The climate in the United States can be classified as temperate,with some mild subtropical and tropical zones.(T)

3.Almost through the middle of the United States, north to south,runs a well--known 50-centimeter rainfall line.(T)

4.New York is the commercial and financial center of the United States , and it is composed of five boroughs including Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Staten Island, and Queens.(T)

5.San Francisco is the second largest city after New York and the world famous Hollywood and Disneyland are located here.(F)

6.Half of the U.S. Population lives in the western metropolitan centers.(F)

7.The Blacks brought from Africa to America usually worked on plantations or farms in the North.(F)

8.During the 1830s and 1840s, many northern Europeans and Irish immigrants came to America.(T)

9.Almost half of the immigrants coming to the United States in the 1980s were Asians.(T)

10.Basic American cultural values are freedom, equality and desire to work hard for a higher standard of living.(T)

Chapter 9

1.America was named after Amerigo Vespucci, who arrived on the new continent after Columbus.(T)

2.The second Continental Congress was held in Philadelphia, and the Continental Army and Navy were founded under the command of Thomas Jefferson.(F)

3.The Civil War not only put an end to slavery, but also decided that America was a single, indivisible nation.(T)

4.Many American people approved of the Vietnam War.(F)

5.During Clinton's term, the economy developed steadily, resulting in a lower rate of unemployment.(T)

6.In 1990, American troops and the troops from allied nations launched Operation Desert Storm in order to drive Iraqi troops out of Kuwait.(T)

7.According to the American administration, Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden were responsible for the terrorist event on September11,2001.(F)