【正文】 following tribes first came to Britain? A Roman B AngloSaxons C Jutes D Celts Hundred Years’ War between Britain and France was fought ____. A from 1327 to 1453 B from 1337 to 1453 C from 1347 to 1453 D from 1357 to 1453 Republic of Ireland became independent in the year ____ A 1918 B 1920 C 1945 D 1949 English Civil War is also called ____ A the Puritan Revolution B the second Magna Carta C the Long Parliament D the Anglican War is separated from the rest of Europe by the English Channel in the ____ and the North Sea in the east, A east B south C west D north largest lake in Britain is ____. A. Loch Lomond B the Lough Neagh C Windermere D Ullswater do the majority of people in Scotland live? A In the Highlands B In the central Lowlands C In the Uplands D In the west of Scotland two important crops in Britain are ____ A barley and corn B wheat and rice C barley and oats D wheat and barley 9 Which is the largest city in Scotland? A Cardiff B Edinburgh C Glasgow D Manchester 10 Which is the correct name to use to refer to Britain in a political way? A Great Britain B The British Isles C The United Kingdom D England 答案 凱爾特在公 元前 700年到英國(guó)，羅馬人在公元 1到 5世紀(jì)統(tǒng)治英國(guó)， 5世紀(jì)中期盎格魯撒克遜人侵占英國(guó)，因此凱爾特人是最早踏入英國(guó)的。 10 B, 工業(yè)革命產(chǎn)生了工人階級(jí)，即無(wú)產(chǎn)階級(jí)。英國(guó)的煤產(chǎn)量在一戰(zhàn)前達(dá)到頂點(diǎn)，如今的英國(guó)的煤礦業(yè)衰退，從而導(dǎo)致礦工的數(shù)量、煤礦的總產(chǎn)量大大下降。包括英國(guó)石油、航空、鋼鐵、電訊在內(nèi)的幾乎 40% 的 國(guó)有公司實(shí)現(xiàn)了私有化。 6 D, 現(xiàn)在 “ 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。 4 B, 托利黨是英國(guó)保守黨的前身。后任地中海艦隊(duì)司令，在特法爾加角海戰(zhàn)中大敗西班牙聯(lián)合艦隊(duì)，本人受重傷陣亡，號(hào)稱(chēng) Viscount Nelson。 is the world’s ____country in terms of land area. A. largest B. second largest C. third largest D. fourth largest 2 Which of the following people didn’t use to be the British Prime Minister? A Margaret Thatcher B Winston Churchill C Horatio Nelson D John Major 3 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 4 The Tories were the forerunners of _____, which still bears this nickname today. A the Labour Party B the Conservative Party C the Liberal Party D the Social Democratic Party 5 In the United Kingdom, the party which wins the ____ number of seats in the House of Commons bees the official Opposition. A largest B second largest C third largest D fourth largest 6 The term “British disease” is now often used to characterize Britain’s _____ decline. A political B educational C military D economic 7 The 1980s was remembered as the decade of _____. A globalization B nationalization C privatization D petition 8 Today, in Britain, ______ is called a “sick” industry. A coal mining B iron and steel C textiles D shipbuilding 9The capital city of Canada is ____ A Montreal B Toronto C Albert D Ottawa 10 _____ created the industrial working class, the proletariat, and it later led to trade unionism. A The Chartist Movement B The Industrial Revolution C The French Revolution D The Glorious Revolution 練習(xí)題答案及題解 : 加拿大位于美國(guó)以北，是世界上僅次于俄國(guó)的第二大國(guó)家。 10 C, 英國(guó)奉行的是兩黨制。首府：加的夫。 7 B, 據(jù)說(shuō) Big Ben 得名于它在 1859年修建時(shí)候的建造者 Benjamin Hall。 5 B, 英國(guó)擁有其海軍核力量與其一貫的霸主地位是密切相關(guān)的。在一定程度上講，她的計(jì)劃是成功的。她提出的政策稱(chēng)被為 “ 撒切爾主義 ” 。 3 A, 工業(yè)革命最早從英國(guó)開(kāi)始。模擬題 1 Which of the following is the British oldest daily newspaper? A The Telegraph B The Guardian C The News of the World D The Times 2 The river Thames is in _____. A Wales B Scotland C England D Northern Ireland 3 The Industrial Revolution started in _____. A the Great Britain B the United States C Canada D Austrilia 4 Which of the following is true under Thatcher’s administration? A The proportion of owneroccupation decreased. B Public housing became more important. C Many public houses were sold to people. D The UK became more Europeanlike in its housing arrangement. 5 Britain has its nuclear naval force since _____. A it’s one of the developed countries in the world B it’s a traditional sea power C it has an advanced industry D it’s able to produce submarines 6 Which of the following is the oldest national Sunday newspaper in Britain? A The Times B The Guardian C The Observer D The Financial Times 7 Big Ben was named after _____. A Christopher Wren B Benjamin Hall C Ben John D G. Stephenson 8 The Capital of Wales is _____. A Swansea B Cardiff C Rhonda D Belfast 9 _____ is England’s biggest naval base. A Portsmouth B Southampton C Plymouth D Dover 10 There are two major national parties in Britain: the Conservative party and _____. A the Liberal Party B the Democratic Party C the Labour Party D the Republican Party 練習(xí)題答案及題解 : 1 D, 英國(guó)歷史上最悠久的日?qǐng)?bào)是《泰晤士報(bào)》。 2 C, 泰晤士河位于英格蘭。 4 C, 1979年撒切爾夫人成為英國(guó)第一任女首相。其內(nèi)容包括國(guó)有企業(yè)私有化，采用貨幣主義政策以控制通貨膨脹，削弱工會(huì)的影響，加強(qiáng)市場(chǎng)因素在經(jīng)濟(jì)中的作用，將公有住房賣(mài)給公眾，強(qiáng)調(diào)法律和秩序。她領(lǐng)導(dǎo)英國(guó)經(jīng)濟(jì)度過(guò)了一段最繁華的時(shí)期。 6 C, 《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。 8 B, 威爾士位于大不列顛的西部。 9 A, 英國(guó)最大的海軍基地是普茨茅斯。其兩大主要政黨是保守黨和工黨。 2 C, 撒切爾夫人，丘吉爾和梅杰都曾經(jīng)做過(guò)英國(guó)首相；而納爾遜（ 17581805），英國(guó)海軍統(tǒng)帥，因作戰(zhàn)負(fù)傷，右眼失明，失去右臂。 3 A, 在英國(guó)，按照傳統(tǒng)，多數(shù)黨的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人由君主任命為首相，首相從本黨內(nèi)部挑選一些領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人擔(dān)任各部部長(zhǎng)職位。 5 B, 在英國(guó)，在下議院中贏得第二席位的政黨為反對(duì)黨，它也有它自己的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)和影子內(nèi)閣（ shadow cabi）。 7 C, 正如 20世紀(jì) 40年代被看作是國(guó)有化的時(shí)代一樣， 20世紀(jì) 80年代被看作是私有化的時(shí)代。 8 A, 英國(guó)煤礦業(yè)被稱(chēng)為生病工業(yè)。 9 .D 加拿大首都是渥太華，位于安大略省東南部與魁北克省交界處，是加拿大的經(jīng)濟(jì)政治中心，同時(shí)也是加拿大的文化中心。后來(lái)形成了工會(huì)制度。 愛(ài)爾蘭共和國(guó)在 1949年獨(dú)立。 英國(guó)南面與法國(guó)隔著英吉利海峽。 蘇格蘭中低部適合人類(lèi)生存，是蘇格蘭工業(yè)和人高度集中的地區(qū)。 9 C, 格拉斯格是蘇格蘭最大的城市和經(jīng)濟(jì)中心。從政治角度來(lái)講， “the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland” 或 “the United Kingdom/UK” 是英國(guó)正確的叫法。 1 _____ is the key to Industrial Revolution.