山东自考英语国家概况试题练习（五）

40. Which of the following is Not considered a characteristic of farming in the late 18th and early 19th centuries？

　　A. use of artificial fertilizer

　　B. introduction of new agriculture machinery

　　C.The “open-field” system

　　D. a system of crop rotation

　　41. In England no females were allowed to vote in national elections before______.

　　A. 1918    B. 1920    C. 1928    D. 1945

　　42. In 1836 a group of_______and small shopkeepers formed the London Working Men's Association.

　　A. householders    B. tenants    C. skilled workers    D. office workers

　　43. The six points of the People's Charter were achieved gradually over the period of_______，although the sixth has never been practical.

　　A. 1836-1848    B. 1842-1848    C. 1848-1908    D. 1858-1918

　　44. Thanks to the militant feminist movement of the______led by Mrs. Pankhurst before the First World War， votes were granted to women over 30 in 1918.

　　A. Luddites    B. Suffragettes    C. Chartists    D. Levellers

　　45. Parliament passed the Combination Acts of 1799-1800 to forbid the formation of______.

　　A. a new government    B. societies    C. communes    D. unions

　　46. The Blitz radically changed the face of London for the first time since_______nearly 3 centuries earlier.

　　A. the Black Death    B. The Great Fire    C. the Civil War    D. the Great Plague

　　47. The foundations of______was laid in the late 1940s， providing free medical care for everyone and financial help for the old， the sick and the unemployed.

　　A. the welfare state

　　B. the National Health Service

　　C. the compulsory education

　　D. the Women's Liberation Movement

　　48. Margaret Thatcher believed in the following except_______.

　　A. self-reliance    B. the strengthening of trade unions

　　C. privatization    D. the use of monetary policies to control inflation.

　　49. In the 1960s，Pop music underwent a revolution when the Beatles became world famous and turned their hometown____into a place of pilgrim.

　　A. Manchester    B. Blackpool    C. Liverpool    D. Sheffield

　　50. The 1970s saw the growth of______in Wales and Scotland.

　　A. liberalism   B. Marxism   C. chauvinism   D. nationalism