全部题目用英文作答，否则不计分。

Ⅰ . Read the following statements and decide which is true and which is false by putting T for true or F for false. (20%)

1. The U. S. Constitution set up a federal system of government which has two layers of rule.

2. The Queen of Britain is the head of the executive, an integral part of the legislature, the head of judiciary, the commander-in-chief of all the armed forces of the Crown and the “ supreme governor ” of the established Church of England.

3. The social security system in Britain is designed to secure a basic standard of living for people unemployed.

4. From 1017 to 1042 England was ruled by Danish Kings.

5. Mark Twain ’ s real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens and he was born and brought up in the small town of Hannibal, Missouri, on the Mississippi River.

6. Valentine ’ s Day is America ’ s most important patriotic holiday, the birthday of the nation.

7. Canada, a self-governing member of the Commonwealth of Nations, is a federation of 15 provinces and two territories.

8. The Rockies, the backbone of the North American continent, is also known as the Continental Divide.

9. In Britain, it has been easy for the immigrants to find decent jobs and decent places to live.

10. Manufacturing in Australia began with the making of building machines.

11. The Bill of Rights is the term used for the first amendments to the Constitution.

12. In 1803, President Kennedy purchased Louisiana from France.

13. The 1950s in the United States has been described as a period of material success and spiritual frustration.

14. Few people knew that Australia was a gold-bearing country before the goldrushes of the 1850s.

15. The Norman Conquest of 1066 is perhaps the best-known event in English history.

16. Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in Britain is located in Northern Ireland.

17. The province of Quebec differs from other provinces of Canada, because the people there have special religious belief.

18. The two principal parties in the U. S. today are the Democratic Party and the Federal Party.

19. In January 1940 Australian troops first sailed for overseas theatres of war, and in the next two years they fought with the British against the Germans and Italians in northern Africa, the Middle East and Mediterranean.

20. New Zealand has two main islands. They are North Island and South Island.

Ⅱ . Fill in the blanks with appropriate information. (10%)

1. The battle of ________ witnessed the death of Harold in October,1066.

2. ________ was the deadly bubonic plague, which reduced England ’ s population from four million to two million by the end of the 14^th century.

3. When Mary became Queen, she persecuted many protestants and was known as ________. She is also remembered as the monarch who lost the last British possession on the Continent, Calais.