【正文】 72. B 73. B 74. D 75. D II. Fill in the blanks: 1. Ceographically speaking, the north and west of Britain are _______, while the east and southeast are mostly______. 2. Welsh is located in the ______ of Great Britain. 3. The ancestors of the English ______, while the Scots, Welsh and Irish the ______. 4. In the mid5th century, three Teuronic tribes ______, _____, and _____ invaded Britain. Among them, the _____ gave their name to English people. 5. The battle of _______ witnessed the death of Harold in October, 1066. 6. Under William, the ______ system in England was pletely established. 7. The property record in William’s time is known as ______, which was piled in _____. 8. _____’s grave became a place of pilgrimage in and beyond chaucer’s time after he was murdered. 滬江英語 9. ______ was the deadly bubonic plague, which reduced England’s population from four million to ______ million by the end of the 14th century. 10. One of the consequences of the Uprising of 1381 was the emergence of a new class of ______ farmers. 11. James I and his son Charles I both believed firmly in ______. 12. During the Civil War, the Cavaliers supported ________, while the Roundheads supported _______. 13. After the Civil War, Oliver Cromwell declared England a ______, later, he became _________. 14. In 1707, the Act of _______ united England and ______. 15. The two parties originated with the Glorious Revolution were _____ and _______. The former were the forerunners of the ______ Party, the latter were of the ______ party. 16. In 1765, the Scottish inventor _____ produced a very efficient _____ that could be applied to textile and other machinery. 17. After the Industrial Revolution, Britain became the “______” of the world. 18. During the Second World War ________ led Britain to final victory in 1945. 19. In 1974 and 1977, the two ______ shock caused inflation to rise dramatically. 20. Natural gas was discovered in 1965 and oil in 1970 under _______. 21. _______ has Europe’s largest collection of foreign owned chip factories. 22. New industries in Britain include______, ______ and other hightech industries. 23. The party which wins the second largest number of seats bees the official ______, with its own leader and “______ cabi”. 24. The Prime Minister is appointed by ______, and his/her official residence is _____. 滬江英語 25. There are two tiers of local government throughout England and Wales: _____ and ______. 26. The criminal law in Britain presumes the _____ of the accused until he has been proved guilty beyond reasonable doubt. 27. The jury usually consists of _______ persons in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and _____ persons in Scotland. 28. The ultimate court of appeal in civil cases throughout the UK is _______. 29. In Britain the welfare state applies mainly to _____, national insurance and ______. 30. The two established churches in Britain are ____ and _____. 31. Education in the UK is pulsory for all between the ages of (______ in Northen Ireland) and _____. 32. In the past children in Britain were allocated to different secondary schools on the basis of selection tests known as _______, which was replaced by ______. 33. Education after 16 in the UK is divided into _____ and ______. 34. The mostknown universities in Britain are _____ and _____ which date from the _____ and _____ centuries. 35. In ____, Alaska and Havaii became the 49th and 50th states. 36. In the Great Lakes, only _____ belongs to . pletely while the other four are shared with Ganada. 37. _______ is separated from the main land by Canada. 38. The Rockies, the backbone of the North American Continent, is also known as _____. 39. _____ is the largest continental state in area in the . 40. The West can be divided into three parts: the Great Plains, the Rocky Mountains and _____. 41. The South is the headquarters of a large segment of the ______ and ________ industry. 滬江英語 42. New England is sometimes called the ______ of America. 43. _______ is considered to be one of the characteristics of the American people since one in five moves to a new home every year. 44. The first blacks were brought to north America as slaves in _____. 45. The largest group of AsianAmericans are the ______. 1. The largest group of AsianAmericans are the ______. 2. The United States has long been known as a nation of ______, because many of its people descend from settlers who came from all over the world. 3. The largest immigration movement did not take place until _______. 4. The most important obstacle to Hispanic success in the labour market is their ______. 5. _________ is a clear explanation of the political theory behind the American War of Independence. 6. The Union Army defeated the Confederate army at ______, Pennsylvania and it was the turning point of the Civil War. 7. In 1620, the Pilgrims sailed to the New World in a ship called ______. 8. The last war between the United States and Britain was fought between _____ and 1814. 9. ______, which banned slavery, was added to the Constitution in December, 1865. 10. Between 1607 and 1733 the British established _____ colonies along the east coast of North America. 11. The name of American Indian was given by _______. 12. ________ was the magic word that drew people to America. 13. In the early 1930s, the American foreign policy was _______. 滬江英語 14. _______ and his Model T helped the Unites States to move on the way to being a nation on wheels. 15. At the beginning of the Great Depression, the first