I. Direction： Read the following unfinished statements of questions carefully. For each unfinished statement of question four suggested answers A； B， C and D are given. Choose the one you think best completes the statement or answers the question. Write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space on your answer sheet （25%）

　　1. There are ______ political divisions on the island of Great Britain.

　　A. one

　　B. two

　　C. three

　　D. four

　　2. Magna Carta had altogether 63 clauses of which the most important matters could be seen in three of the following except _______.

　　A. no tax should be made without the approval of the Grand Council；

　　B. no serf should be arrested， imprisoned or deprived of his property except by the law of the land

　　C. London and other towns should retain their ancient rights and privileges

　　D. There should be the same weights and measures through - out the country.

　　3. The first steam engine was devised by Thomas Newcomer at the end of the 17th century， and the Scottish inventor ________ modified and improved the design in 1765.

　　A. Abraham Darby

　　B. James Watt

　　C. John Kay

　　D. Richard Arkwright

　　4. In some areas factory farming methods are used， particularly for ________.

　　A. growing crop

　　B. producing milk

　　C. catching fish

　　D. rearing poultry

　　5. By tradition， the leader of the majority party is appointed ______ by the Sovereign in the United Kingdom.

　　A. Prime Minister

　　B. Member of Parliament

　　C. Lord of Appeal

　　D. Speaker of the House

　　6. Under the Anglo - Irish Treaty， Britain established _______ with dominion status in Ireland in 1921.

　　A. the Anglican Church of Ireland

　　B. the Irish Free State

　　C. the Irish Republican Army

　　D. the Anglo - Irish Intergovernmental Council

　　7. Irish broadcasting began in ______ in a small studio called Dublin Broadcasting Station.

　　A. 1906

　　B. 1916

　　C. 1926

　　D. 1936

　　8. _______ realized that he could win support for the Union at home and abroad by making the war a just war against slavery.

　　A. Frederick Douglass

　　B. George Washington

　　C. John Adams

　　D. Abraham Lincoln

　　9. But even after the abolition of slavery， organized or individual discrimination was practiced against ______.

　　A. Chinese - Americans

　　B. American Indians

　　C. Japanese - Americans

　　D. black Americans

　　10. From 1948 to 1966 average yearly growth in real spendable earnings was ______ percent in the United States.

　　A. 1.1

　　B. 2.1

　　C. 3.1

　　D. 4.1

11. After a period of prosperity （1920 ~ 1929）， government involvement in the economy in

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