问题 单项选择题

假设英国议会因为英国政府在伊拉克问题上的处理不当,而对政府提出了不信任案,内阁的选择是()

A.要么下台,要么宣布解除首相的职务

B.要么下台,要么宣布解散议会

C.要么宣布解散议会,要么宣布解除首相的职务

D.要么下台,要么宣布由国王裁决

答案

参考答案:B

解析:

在英国现行的政治体制中,若议会对内阁的提出不信任案时,内阁有两种选择:其一,首相和内阁成员全体辞职;其二,首相向英王要求(形式上)解散议会,并重新选举组成议会,但新选出的议会若再次通过不信任案,首相与内阁必须集体辞职,故选B。

考点:英国君主立宪制。

点评:英国的君主立宪制在“光荣革命”后逐步确立起来,“光荣革命”只是起点,最终形成的标志是“责任内阁”的确立,在此后的发展历程中英国政治仍在不断发展,具体表现在议会本身的改革和首相权力的扩大,该题即反映这一史实。

单项选择题
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     The cars were honking (鸣叫) on the road one morning as I was walking to the park. I walked on

and soon found the cause - a little taxi that had got stuck in the middle of the road. There was sweat on

the driver's face as he tried to start the engine again and again - nothing happened. "No petrol," I said to

myself and then found myself getting angry. "Why doesn't the fool move his taxi to the side?" I thought,

so did all the others who honked and shouted.

      He got up tiredly, and the passenger in the taxi got out. He was a young man in a white shirt, who

watched the driver try to push it to the side. "Stupid guy!" I said. "Can't he lend a helping hand?"

      I watched as the poor driver pushed it to the side. Cars, buses and trucks went past cursing (咒骂)

the poor man. The young man took another taxi and went off.

      The taxi driver began mending his taxi. "Stupid passenger!" I said to him. "He didn't help you!" The

taxi driver slowly got up. "Sir!" he asked, "Did you?" I looked at him guiltily, then looked away, and

walked away fast, asking myself, "Did I help the poor man push his taxi?"

       What had I been doing as the traffic jam took place? How had I helped deal with the problem? Did

I help the poor man push his taxi? I'd done my bit, with my mouth. But never had I moved to solve the

problem. I was shocked with guilt as I heard him asking, "Sir! Did you?"

1. Why did a traffic jam happen on the road when the author was walking to the park?     

A. There was too much traffic in the street.

B. Truck drivers attempted to go ahead of others.

C. A taxi driver couldn't start his engine.

D. A young man wasn't good at driving.

2. The author's attitude toward the passenger is that of __________.   

A. anger                  

B. respect        

C. sympathy                        

D. guilt

3. Why did the author feel guilty?     

A. Because he blamed the driver wrongly.

B. Because he didn't help the driver, either.

C. Because he tried to help but failed in the end.

D. Because he didn't persuade the passenger to help.

4. From the incident, the author learnt a lesson that we should_________.

A. criticize those who don't help      

B. hurt the self-respect of others no more

C. think more of those who are in need      

D. stop talking and start to help

5. In this passage, the writer mainly ______ .

A. describes the traffic jam one morning

B. criticizes the your passenger

C. describes what he learns from an accident

D. tells us what we should do in the jam