一、单选题（共 20 道试题，共 60 分。）V
1. Generally speaking, there are two systems of primary and secondary education in Britain --- the state school and the independent school or the () school.
A. private
B. "public"
C. national
D. boarding
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2. In the 1945 general election the () Party returned to power with a huge majority.
A. Democratic
B. Republican
C. Communist
D. Labor
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3. The British industry is operated by many different types of firms --- at one extreme is the small family business, and at the other extreme the great () corporation operating numerous plants.
A. national
B. public
C. industrial
D. corporate
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4. Hitler and the Nazis broke () Treaty when they began to reorganize the German war industry.
A. the Versailles
B. the Paris
C. the Tokyo
D. the London
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5. Buddhism was originated in () about 500 B.C.
A. China
B. India
C. Tibet
D. Japan
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6. It is one of the member States of ().
A. the United States
B. Asean
C. the European Union
D. South America
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7. The Anglo-French hostility that began in 1337 and ended in 1453 is known as “()War”.
A. the Century's
B. the Decades'
C. the Great
D. the Hundred Years'
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8. The House of () is the oldest part of Parliament. It evolved from a council.
A. Commons
B. People
C. Lords
D. Representatives
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9. () predominates in the farming economy of UK.
A. Rice
B. Wheat
C. Corn
D. Animal husbandry
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10. The proportion employed in agriculture subsequently fell much further and is smaller than that in any other European country, but the corresponding expansion occurred mostly in commerce and the () industries rather than in manufacturing.
A. Ireland
B. Scotland
C. England
D. Britain
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11. There are three world religions: Buddhism, Islam and ().
A. Daoism
B. Protestant
C. Catholic
D. Christianity
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12. In 1455 the Duke of York tried to displace the Lancaster King, and the wars of the () broke out．
A. Flowers
B. Roses
C. year
D. Duke
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13. More than () million men took part in the World War I.
A. 55
B. 65
C. 60
D. 67
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14. One of the brave leaders of the Celts who fought against the invasion of the Anglo-Saxons was King ().
A. Arthur
B. James
C. Jack
D. Louise
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15. On July 7th, 1937, Japan began an all-out attack on ().
A. China
B. Taiwan
C. Korea
D. Russia
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16. The () University is perhaps the cheapest and most far-reaching method yet found of spreading higher education.
A. Night
B. after work
C. Open
D. Free
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17. The First World War broke out on July 28th, () and ended on November 11th, 1918.
A. 1911
B. 1915
C. 1916
D. 1914
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18. The Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph support the () Party.
A. Labor
B. Radical
C. Conservative
D. Democratic
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19. In some industries, such as iron and steel and coal mining, concentration was brought about not by market forces but by political decisions i.e. by () .
A. privatization
B. nationalization
C. industrialization
D. commercialization
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20. Since the end of the Second World War the Conservative and the () parties have been in power by turns.
A. Radical
B. Labor
C. Republican
D. Democratic
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