17. There is no Ministry of Justice in theUnited Kingdom. General responsibility lies with the following EXCEPT _____.
A.the Lord Chancellor B.the Home Secretary
C.the Attorney General D.the Prime Minister
18. _____ provides for every resident,regardless of income, a full range of medical services. It has become availablein Britain since 1948.
A.The Social Security Benefits B.The National Health Service
C.The Civil Service D.The National Insurance Fund
19. In summer there are open-air theatres,including one in London’s Regent’s Park, where _____ are performed.
A.William Shakespeare’s plays B.Christopher Marlowe’s plays
C.Ben Johnson’s plays D.George Bernard Shaw’s plays
20.Snooker is thought to have been invented by _____
A.Sir Winston Churchill B.Sir Neville Chamberlain
C.Sir Charlie Chamberlain D.Sir John Churchill
21. The largest of the racial and ethnicminorities in the U.S. is_____.
A.the Indians B.the Japanese
C.the Chinese D.the Blacks
22. The place where Christopher Columbus landedwas _____ .
A.India B.the islands in Asia
C.the current territory of America D.the islands in the now West Indies
23. The great international influence of _____isthat the colonies in Spanish America rose up one after another to overthrowSpanish colonial rule.
A.the American Civil War
B.the Vietnam War
C.the American War of Independence
D.the Korean War
24.In the early 1850s with the WestwardMovement, the _____ issue became a serious political issue because it might tipthe balance of power in the Senate.
A.slavery B.immigration
C.territory D.Indian
25. Which of the following is NOT the main causefor the American government to declare war on Germany in the World War I?
A.Germany refused to give up its submarine warfare.
B.Germany tried to get Mexico into the war against the United States.
C.Germany promised Mexico the return of lost territory of Texas.
D.Japan launched the bombing of the Pearl Harbor.
26. In 1932, in the depth of the depression, theAmerican people chose _____as their next president who promised a “new deal” toget America out of the depression.
A.Theodore Roosevelt B.Franklin D. Roosevelt
C.Woodrow Wilson D.Herbert C. Hoover
27. In the Second World War American diplomacylargely was American diplomacy towards _____.
A.Germany and Italy B.Germany and Japan
C.Britain and the Soviet Union D.Britain and France
28. The real purpose of the Marshal Planis_____.
A.to prevent Greece and Turkey from falling into the hands of the Soviet Union
B.to support any country which said it was fighting against Communism
C.to help Western Europe recover from the Great Depression
D.to prevent Western Europe from possible Soviet expansion
29. _____ was a full-scale, anti-Communisthysteria in the United States in the1950s.
A.Free Speech Movement B.The Progressive Movement
C.The Civil Rights Movement D.McCarthyism
30. Which war turned out to be the longest warthe U.S. fought?
A.The Korean War B.The World War II
C.The World War I D.The Vietnam War
31. After the Vietnam War, the contradictionbetween Congress and the Executive resulted in the passage of ______.
A.the Smith Act B.the War Power Act
C.the Civil Rights Act D.the Voting Rights Act
32. On April 30 1789, George Washington took theoath of office in ______ which housed the first American government.
A.New York B.Washington
C.Philadelphia D.Boston
