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The Supreme Court has original jurisdiction in（）
A:all kinds of cases
B:two kinds of cases
C:cases involving foreign citizens
D:cases involving a state
Which of the following statements is NOT true?（）
A:The open field system provided a good opportunity to experiment.
B:The open field system wasted land.
C:The open field system was wasteful of labor and time.
D:The open field system made livestock farming difficult.
What was the main cause of the Second World War?（）
A:The main cause was big power struggle for control of the world.
B:It was the worldwide economic crisis.
C:It was the military expansion of Japan,and Germany.
Sacco and Vanzetti were sentenced to death and executed because（）
A:of their radical political views
B:they were guilty of killing two people
C:they were members of KKK
D:they stole$16,000
In 1896（）took over and the country was ruled under Sir Wilfrid Laurier.
A:the Conservative Party
B:the Liberal Party
C:the Labor Party
D:the New Democratic Party
When Edward the Confessor died,（）was chosen by the Witan as king Of England.
A:the king of Norway
B:Harold Godwinson,Earl of Wessex
C:Edgar,Edward's nephew
D:Tostig,the deposed Earl of Northumbria
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
In the past few decades,the influence of political parties has been declining（）
A:so the political parties are no longer important
B:so an independent presidential candidate can win a national election
C:but without the backing of a political party,a presidential candidate still cannot win
D:so the presidential election has become more unpredictable
The Progressive Movement was（）
A:an organized campaign with definite goals
B:a movement aiming at exposing the dark sides of society
C:not an organized campaign with efforts to improve people's living standard
D:a number of diverse efforts aiming at achieving political,social and economic reforms
Poor Richard.s Almanac contained（）.
A:many proverbs
B:Franklin.s autobiography
C:voyages to the new land
D:climates and crops
The largest river in Ireland is（）
A:the Liffey River
B:the Dodder River
C:the Shannon River
D:the Lough Derg
Easter is traditionally associated with the following except（）
A:the resurrection of Christ
B:the eating of Easter eggs
C:the custom of giving presents
D:the coming of spring
In face of the rising cost for higher education,fields of graduate study that are favored by students are those that（）
A:offer greater professional satisfaction
B:make graduates more easily employed
C:offer easy enrollment
D:offer more rewarding jobs in terms of payment
The most serious potential natural disasters in New Zealand are（）
A:storms and earthquakes
B:volcanoes and floods
C:earthquakes and volcanoes
D:floods and storms
One of the signs of the awakening of the American Indians is（）
A:the reappearance of the"powwow"
B:the legal steps they are taking to recover land and resources that have been grabbed form them illegally
C:their refusal to live on reservations
D:None of the above
The Southern Alps,with Mt Cook in the center,runs almost the whole length of（）
A:New Zealand
B:North Island
C:South Island
D:Stewart Island
In Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman sang praise of（）
A:equality
B:equality,democracy and the common people
C:democracy
D:democracy and the common people
People between the ages of（）and 70(65 in Scotland)whose names appear on the electoral register,with certain exceptions,are liable for jury service and their names are chosen at random.
A:18
B:19
C:20
D:21
Ireland has the following demographic features except（）.
A:it has a low birthrate
B:it has a late marriage age
C:it has an excess of females in the population
D:it has a high proportion of bachelors and spinsters of all ages
Langston Hughes was noted for his（）
A:true description of urban Blacks in poetry
B:unconventional portrayal of Harlem
C:singing of black America
D:None of the above
Who founded the first permanent settlements at Quebec and Montreal on the St.Lawrence River?（）
A:John Cabot.
B:Jacques Cartier.
C:Samuel de Champlain
D:Henry Hudson.
Which of the following statements is NOT true?（）
A:The Puritans believed that the Reformation had gone too far.
B:The Puritans became very powerful in Parliament.
C:The Puritans were very happy when they heard that James had become king of England.
D:The Puritans called for a purer form of worship.
The Tower of London, a historical sight, located in the centre of London, was built by（）.
A:King Arthur
B:Robin Hood
C:Oliver Cromwell
D:Williamthe Conqueror
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people constitute（）of Australia.s population.
A:1%
B:1.5%
C:2%
D:2.5%
Abraham Lincoln was elected President as candidate of（）
A:the Democratic Party
B:the Republican Party
C:the Whig Party
D:None of the above
Mary died childless and her half-sister Elizabeth came to the throne asElizabeth I in（）
A:1547
B:1558
C:1588
D:1603
After Thomas Becket rejected the Constitutions of Clarendon Henry II（）
A:appointed him Chancellor of England
B:made him Archbishop of Canterbury
C:drove him into exile
D:increased the Jurisdiction of the church courts
The Peasant Uprising of 1381 did not direct against（）
A:the rich clergy
B:the lawyers
C:the landowners
D:the town traders
Like the island continent of Antarctica,Australia is located entirely in（）
A:the Northern Hemisphere
B:the Southern Hemisphere
C:the North Pole
D:the South Pole
On Easter Monday,April 18,1949,Eire became the Republic of Ireland,formally free of allegiance to the British crown and no longer a member of（）.
A:the Commonwealth of Nations
B:the United Nations
C:the NATO
D:the EC
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