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第五章 rise and fall of the british empire

选择题

1. _______was the forerunner of the conservative party.

a the liberal party b. the whigs c. the tories d. the labour 答案：c

2. the open filed system lasted till _________ century.

a. 14th b. 15th c. 16th d. 18th 答案：d

3. the spinning jenny was invented by _________.

a. john kay b. james hargreaves c. richard arkwright d. samuel crowpton 答案：b

4.the physical force chartists was led by _______.

a. william lovett b. feargus o’ conour c. attwood d. engles 答案：b

5. the suez canal was built by ________ engineers.

a. english b. french c. dutch d. portugal 答案：b

6. the chartist movement lasted from _______ to _________.

a. 1840；1848 b. 1840；1845 c. 1836；1840 d. 1836；1848 答案：d

7.the people’s charter made in 1838 had _________points. N#|BVG [此资料转贴于学习网自考成考自学考试指导 ]ｗww.Ｇzu５21.ｃomN#|BVG

a. 3 b 4 c.5 d. 6 答案：d

8.canada was established as a dominion by_______.

a. the 1736 treaty of pairs b. the quebec act of 1774

c. the canada act of 1791 d. the british north america act of 1867 答案：d

9.the foundations of the welfare state， in britain， were laid in _________.

a. the 1940s b. the 1950s c. the 1960s c. the 1970s 答案：a

10.the independent labour party was formed in _______， led by________.

a. 1893； mac donald b. 1893； keir hardic c. 1906； keir hardic d. 1922； mac donald 答案：b

11.britain’s colonial expansion began with ________.

a. james cook’s discovery of botany bay

b. the colonization of newfoundland

c. the establishment of the east india company

d. the pilgrim fathers’ settlement in the new world.

答案：b

12.the british east india company was established in _______. N5pd-Cdf [ 本 资 料 来 源 于 贵 州 学 习 网 自考成考自学考试指导 http://Www.gzU521.com ] N5pd-Cdf

a. 1600 b. 1700 c. 1840 d. 1848 答案：a

13.by 1900 more then ________of africa had been colonized by european countries.

a. 20% b. one-third c. 9/10 d. half 答案：c

14. after the opium wars in 1840 the british troops occupied hong kong in _________.

a. 1839 b.1840 c.1841 d.1842 答案：c

15.the beatles，the popular band in 1960s， came from ________.

a. london b. birmingham c. edinburgh d. liverpool 答案：d

16. in the late 18th and early 19th centuries radicals were active in english parliament spreading radical ideas whose common aim was thorough reform of the ________.

a. political system b. religious system

c. parliamentary system d. hereditary monarchy 答案：c

17.at the general election of 1945 winston churchill was heavily defeated， because _____.

a. he was old-fashioned

b. people did not support his postwar policies

c. he was not qualified as a prime minister in a peaceful age

d. people wanted to forget about the war 答案：d

18.in the industrial revolution， changes occurred earliest and quickest in ______.

a. hardware b. textiles c. pottery d. chemicals

答案：b

19.the chartist movement was officially launched at a great birmingham meeting in _____， with the aim of pressing the parliament to accept the people’s charter.

a. 1836. b. 1838. c. 1840. d. 1842. 答案：b

20.the english renaissance was largely _______.

a. religious b. ideological c. philosophical d. literary.

答案：d

一句话解释

1.what field did the industrial revolution firstly occur in？

答：the industrial revolution firstly occurred in the filed of textile.

2. when did the labour party come to power for the first time？

答：in 1942 the labour party came to power for the first time.

3. what are the two major parties in britain？

答：they are the conservative party and the labour party. @X)+~PtS[本文 来源 于我 的学习 网自考成考自学考试指导 ＷＷＷ.ＧＺＵ５２１.ＣＯＭ )@X)+~PtS

4. what did britain become after the industrial revolution？

答：britain became the “workshop of the world”。

解释

1. whigs and tories

the whigs was one of the two main political parties originating with the glorious revolution. the whigs opposed absolute monarchy and supported the right to religious freedom for nonconformists. in 19th century the whigs became known as the liberal party. the tories was one of the two main political parties in the period of the glorious revolution. the tories supported hereditary monarchy and were reluctant to remove kings. the tories were the forerunners of the conservative party.

2. thatcherism

mrs. thatcher’s policies were usually called thatcherism. it

included the return to private ownership of state-owned industries， the

use of monetarist policies to control inflation， the weakening of trade

unions， the strengthening of the role of market forces in the economy，

and an emphasis on law and order.

3. the welfare state

it is a system of government by which the state provide the

economic and social security of its citizens through its organization

of health services， pensions and other families. this system is founded

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out of national insurance contribution and taxation. in britain the

term applies mainly to the national health service， national insurance

and social security.