【正文】 管是名以上的，但起到一種聯(lián)系其他英聯(lián)邦國(guó)家的紐帶作用，英聯(lián)邦國(guó)家只要一提到英國(guó)女王都是致以很高敬意。那些只有在電影中看到的皇家騎兵衛(wèi)隊(duì)、婚典禮儀、結(jié)婚誓言、教堂唱詩(shī)班、敞篷馬車(chē)、陽(yáng)臺(tái)一吻，在幾個(gè)小時(shí)內(nèi)向世界集中展示。15年前，查爾斯王子和戴安娜痛苦的離婚以及后來(lái)奪去戴安娜生命的車(chē)禍極大地影響了英國(guó)王室的聲譽(yù)。在女王子女的婚姻頻頻爆發(fā)不幸或丑聞時(shí)，民眾又對(duì)這種“幸?！钡募耐挟a(chǎn)生了迷茫?！?7歲的肯在如今英國(guó)經(jīng)濟(jì)低迷之時(shí)，威廉和凱特邁入新婚殿堂，帶給許多民眾對(duì)未來(lái)的希望?！睹咳锗]報(bào)》：這場(chǎng)令全世界矚目的皇室婚禮讓英國(guó)人感到自豪。語(yǔ)言與文化是相互依存的,語(yǔ)言攜帶文化,同時(shí)又受到文化背景的影響。而美國(guó)人說(shuō)英語(yǔ)，則秉持這能省則省，能連就連的原則，因此，對(duì)于把英語(yǔ)作為第二語(yǔ)言的人來(lái)說(shuō)，聽(tīng)英國(guó)人的發(fā)音相比較下會(huì)舒服得多，而如果要習(xí)慣美音，恐怕只有在美國(guó)生活過(guò)的人才真正做到了。從飲食上看兩國(guó)的美食都像英語(yǔ)一樣，是一個(gè)大雜燴，廣泛吸收了世界各地不同文化的影響。這樣的飲食習(xí)慣某種程度上也折射了美國(guó)人的生活，雷厲風(fēng)行，不向英國(guó)人那般拖沓，那樣注重細(xì)節(jié)。英國(guó)教育的質(zhì)量也體現(xiàn)在對(duì)學(xué)生的嚴(yán)格考核上，有的專業(yè)可以用“殘酷”來(lái)形容，被淘汰而拿不到學(xué)位的也大有人在，英國(guó)老師通常不會(huì)因?yàn)閷W(xué)生只差一點(diǎn)而放學(xué)生一馬，他們的職業(yè)道德和敬業(yè)風(fēng)度有力地保證了教育質(zhì)量。 Conservative Party has always had strong links with the trade unions and received financial support from them? 保守黨和自由黨是英國(guó)最早成立的兩個(gè)黨派。 Britain, a byelection is held when a Member of Parliament dies, retires or 、退休或辭職時(shí)，就要進(jìn)行補(bǔ)缺選舉。 term “British disease” is now often used to characterize Britain’s economic “英國(guó)病”這一術(shù)語(yǔ)經(jīng)常用來(lái)指英國(guó)經(jīng)濟(jì)上的衰退。 Textile is the key to Industrial 就之一?；酵骄褪窃谶@一時(shí)期由羅馬人傳入英國(guó)的。 English Civil War is also called the Puritan 1642 年到 1646 年間 發(fā)生，國(guó)王查爾斯與議會(huì)發(fā)生爭(zhēng)執(zhí)，實(shí)際上是國(guó)王與清教徒之間的矛盾引起的，結(jié)果議會(huì)勝 利。D The Times river Thames is in 。 of the following is the oldest national Sunday newspaper in Britain?(C)A The Times B The Guardian C The Observer D The Financial Times 《觀察家報(bào)》創(chuàng)刊于 1791 年，是英國(guó)創(chuàng)刊最早的星期日?qǐng)?bào)紙。 tower of London, a historical sight, located in the center of London, was built by William the 1078 年為防止羅馬入侵由威廉大帝修建的?！皌he British Isles”則是地理意義 上的名字，包括 Great Britain，the whole of Ireland（Northern and Southern），the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man 這些島嶼。 Caesar invaded and conquered Britain for the first time in 55 馬人的入侵開(kāi)始的。英國(guó)內(nèi)戰(zhàn)不僅推翻了英國(guó)的封建制度，也動(dòng)搖了歐洲封建統(tǒng)治的基礎(chǔ)。 its full sense, the British Parliament consist of the Sovereign, the House of Lords and the House of ，英國(guó)的議會(huì)是由元首，上議院和下議院組成。 was founded in ，也是英國(guó)創(chuàng)辦最早的通訊 社。他的主要作品為：The Princess，Maud 和短詩(shī) Break，Break，Break。 Joyce mostly wrote about his hometown Joyce 出生于愛(ài)爾蘭的首都都柏林，主要作品有： Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man，A Ulysses。s day a jury consisted of ___ men.(12) Constitutions of Clarendon in 1164 increased the jurisdiction of ___.(the civil courts) Canterbury Tales was written by ___.(Geoffrey Chaucer) Murder in the Cathedral is about the martyrdom of ___.(Henry II) Carta was signed in ___ at a conference at ___.(1Oxford) to Magna Carta no tax should be made without the approval of ___.(the King) by ___, the barons forced Henry III to accept ___.(Simon de Montfort。s monasteries and nunneries because ___.(they were much more loyal to the Pope than to their English kings) real change of “the Reformation” came in the day of ___.(Edward VI) is remembered as the monarch who lost the French port of Calais.(Mary Tudor) has been Protestant since the reign of ___, a Protestant Queen.(Elizabeth I) I was the daughter of ___ and ___.(Henry VIII。s Charter made in 1836 had ___ points.(6) the Chartist Movement the first petition was presented in ___ and the last was in ___.(1840。Maori) Zealand was pletely independent in ___.(1931) British East India Company was established in ___.(1600) ___ Queen Victoria became Empress of India.(1877) Suez Canal was first built by ___ engineers.(French) the ___ British merchants began to smuggle opium into China from India.(1830s) ___, the Chinese, led by the Imperial Commissioner Lin Zexu, confiscated the British merchants39。South Wales) Britain ___ of the population who are farmers manage ___ of the land area.(3%。1914) Sudetenland was given to Germany by ___.(the Munich Agreement) Great Exhibition 100 years ago was held by ___.(the Conservative Government) Beatles, the popular band in 1960s, came from ___.(Liverpool) 1979 the Conservative Party returned to power again and ___ became the Prime Minister.(Margaret Thatcher) ___ the Falkland Island war broke out between Britain and ___.(1982。1871) Independent Labor Party was formed in ___, led by ___.(1893。14th) Renaissance was typified by the universal genius of ___.(Leonardo da Vinci) finest exponents in English Renaissance were Christopher Marlowe, Ben Johnson and ___.(William Shakespeare) established blank verse in plays.(Christopher Marlowe) influenced greatly the early works of William Shakespeare.(Christopher Marlowe) in the following is the tragedy of Shakespeare?(Hamlet) created a dream world of mystery and magic which has influenced many later poets, especially the Romantics.(Edmund Spenser) Gunpowder Plot of 1605 was engineered by ___.(Guy Fawkes) was regarded as the second Magna Carta.(The Petition of Right) contained a series of seven laws against the Puritans.(The Clarendon Act) the Glorious Revolution the Catholic English king, ___ was driven out of England.(James II) the Glorious Revolution came the Age of ___, a monarchy with powers limited by Parliament.(the Constitutional Monarchy) was during the reign of ___, the name Great Britain came into being in 1707.(Anne)The Rise and Fall of the British Empire was the forerunner of the Conservative Party.(The Tories) open field system could be dated back to ___ century.(5th) to the open field system each year ___ field was left “fallow”.(1/3) open field system lasted till ___ century.(18th) seed frill was invented by ___.(Jethro Tull) English king ___ was given the nickname “Farmer George”.(George III) Industrial Revolution began in the late ___ century and ended in early ___ century and it first sprang in ___.(18th。s War lasted from ___ to ___.(1337。Land and People official name of Great Britain is___.(The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) the British Isles there were two countries before___.(1918) Republic of Ireland became independent in the year___.(1949) all the four parts of Island in Great Britain ___ is the largest in area.(England) ___ the British Commonwealth was founded.(1913) Strait of Dover is only ___ .(33) the island of Britain from north to south it runs ___ km and the widest part extends ___ km.(1,000。 of the follwing poets is different from the others? A John Donne B John Keats C Lord Byron A D Percy Bysshe Shelley