【正文】 報(bào)紙。 Ben was named after Benjamin Ben 得名于它在1859年修建時(shí)候的建造者 Benjamin Hall。 Capital of Wales is 。首府：加的夫。 is England’s biggest naval 。 are two major national parties in Britain: the Conservative party and the Labour 。其兩大主要政黨是保守黨和工黨。 name is NOT related to Britain?(D)A Northern IrelandB ScotlandC WalesD Toronto news agency Reuters was founded in 。 tower of London, a historical sight, located in the center of London, was built by William the 。 AngloSaxon were the ancestors of the English and the founders of 。 is the largest city in 。 Britain, children from the age of 5 to 16 can legally receive pletely free 5—16歲的教育是免費(fèi)的。 Industrial Revolution started in the Great 。 Nevis is the name of Britain’s highest mountain? 本尼維斯山為英國(guó)最高峰。 United Kingdom is the correct name to use to refer to Britain in a political ，很多人會(huì)使用名字“Britain”，“England”或“British”，但這往往會(huì)惹惱蘇格蘭人，威爾士人以及北愛爾蘭人。從政治角度來講，“the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”或 “the United Kingdom/UK”是英國(guó)正確的叫法?！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。 has, for centuries , been slowly tilting with the NorthWest slowly rising and the SouthEast slowly ，表現(xiàn)為西北部在慢慢上升，而東南部在慢慢下沉，所以英國(guó)的西北部為高地。 two areas in Britain where a lot of immigrants live are London and heart of ，英國(guó)移民主要集中在倫敦及英格蘭心臟地帶的一些城市和城鎮(zhèn)，諸如 Slough, Leicester, Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Luton, Bradford, Coventry, Bedford 和Reading等等。 flag of the United Kingdom, known as the Union Jack, is made up of three （也叫“Union Jack”），是由三個(gè)十字組成。 flower is symbol of England?(D)A ThistleB ShamrockC DaffodilD RoseA，薊是蘇格蘭的象征，用作蘇格蘭的國(guó)徽；B，三葉苜?；閻蹱柼m的國(guó)花；C，黃水仙花是威爾士的國(guó)花；D，玫瑰則是英格蘭的國(guó)花。 District was the home of the Lake Poets William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor, Coleridge and Robert Southey of 19th century ，也是英國(guó)十九世紀(jì)湖畔詩(shī)人聚居的地方。 first known settlers of Britain were the 。大約在公元前3000年左右，也就是新石器時(shí)代，他們從伊比利亞半島（即今天的西班牙）來到英國(guó)。 Caesar invaded and conquered Britain for the first time in 55 。愷撒，這位偉大的羅馬將軍，在公元前55年第一次帶兵入侵并征服了英國(guó)。 one is not the reason for the very limited influence of Roman to Britain?(c)A The Romans always treated the Britons as a subject people of slave The Romans and Britons never intermarry during the 4 centuriesC The Romans didn’t like the The Romans had no impact on the language or culture of ordinary ，但是羅馬文化對(duì)英國(guó)的影響十分有限。這主要是因?yàn)椋毫_馬人一直把英國(guó)人看作是社會(huì)地位相當(dāng)于奴隸的被降伏的民族；在長(zhǎng)達(dá)四個(gè)世紀(jì)的時(shí)間里從來沒有羅馬人跟英國(guó)人通婚；羅馬人對(duì)英國(guó)平民階層的語(yǔ)言和文化沒有任何影響。 Hundred Years’ war with France ended by the English being driven out of 1453 Calais was the only part of France that was still in the hands of the 。到1453年戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)結(jié)束時(shí)，只有法國(guó)北部的加萊港還在英國(guó)人手里。 war had little effect on ordinary people but gave a death blow to feudalism?(A)A The Wars of the RosesB The Hundred Years’ WarC The English Civil WarD World War I盡管玫瑰戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)持續(xù)了30年，但對(duì)老百姓的生活幾乎沒什么影響，反倒使英國(guó)的封建主義受到致命打擊，貴族階層受到了削弱。 English Civil War, also called the Puritan Revolution , is generally regarded as the beginning of modern world “清教徒革命”，這是因?yàn)榉磳?duì)國(guó)王的人大部分是那些清教徒。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)。所以，從這個(gè)角度講，英國(guó)內(nèi)戰(zhàn)通常被看作現(xiàn)代世界史的開端。 is the home of ，源于十五世紀(jì)或更早以前的蘇格蘭，蘇格蘭地區(qū)山多，氣候濕潤(rùn)，多霧，非常適合牧草生長(zhǎng)，這里的工業(yè)文明以前是連綿不斷的牧場(chǎng)。相傳當(dāng)時(shí)牧羊人放牧閑暇時(shí)，用木板玩游戲，將石子擊入兔子窩或洞中。久而久之形成了使用不同的球桿并按一定的規(guī)則擊球。 of the follwing languages is NOT spoken in Scotland?(D)A EnglishB ScottishC GaelicD DenishGaelic蘇格蘭蓋爾語(yǔ)是高地蘇格蘭人的傳統(tǒng)語(yǔ)言；更多人使用的語(yǔ)言是英語(yǔ)。一直到15世紀(jì)末，盎格魯人仍然以他們的語(yǔ)言稱蘇格蘭蓋爾語(yǔ)為「蘇格蘭語(yǔ)」（盎格魯語(yǔ)：Scottish）。 election of 1979 made Margaret Thatcher to power and she became the first woman prime Thatcher 在1979年成為英國(guó)首相，為英國(guó)史上第一個(gè)女首相。 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。其中，元首沒有實(shí)權(quán)，上議員由大法官（Lord Chancellor）掌權(quán)，是由神職議員（the Lord Spiritual）和世俗議員（the Lord Temporal），下議院的成員是通過選舉產(chǎn)生的651名議員,以首相為首。 Tower of London, a historical sight, located in the center of London, was built by William the “塔”，實(shí)際上是公元11世紀(jì)處于羅馬統(tǒng)治時(shí)期的一座城堡式建筑。 are two state churches in ： 在英格蘭是英格蘭教（Church of England）或者英國(guó)圣公會(huì)，在蘇格莎白的頭銜全稱為“托上帝宏恩，大不列顛及北愛爾蘭聯(lián)合國(guó)和她的其他領(lǐng)土和領(lǐng)地的女王、英聯(lián)邦元首、基督教的保護(hù)者伊麗莎白二世”?？梢?，英女王是基督教的保護(hù)者。 Oliver Cromwell died in 1658, and was succeeded by his son Richard, the regime began immediately to Cromwell的兒子在父親過世后繼承王權(quán)，但是不久后掌控的政體瓦解。1660年，議會(huì)扶植流浪法國(guó)的前國(guó)王兒子Charles二世當(dāng)國(guó)王。 twentyfirst birthday is a great event in Britain since it marks the beginning of full manhood or ,21歲生日是個(gè)大生日,因?yàn)樗麄冋J(rèn)為21歲是大人開始的年齡。 was founded in ，也是英國(guó)創(chuàng)辦最早的通訊社。1850年由保羅朱利葉斯路透（paul julius reuter）在德國(guó)亞琛創(chuàng)辦，1851年遷址到倫敦。創(chuàng)辦人路透原為德國(guó)人，后加入英國(guó)籍。1865年，路透把他的私人通訊社擴(kuò)展成為一家大公司。英國(guó)文學(xué) refers to some contrast or discrepancy between appearance and 是指“反諷”，揭示事物表面與真相的差別。 was recognized as the greatest poet of Victorian Tennyson 被稱為維多利亞時(shí)代最杰出的英國(guó)詩(shī)人。他的主要作品為：The Princess，Maud 和短詩(shī) Break，Break，Break。 Joyce is the author of all the following novels DublinersB A Potrait of the Artist as a Young ManC Jude the ObscureD Ulysses Jude the Obscure是Thomas Hardy的作品。 of the follwing poets is different from the others?AA John Donne B John Keats C Lord Byron D Percy Bysshe Shelley除了John Donn是玄學(xué)派詩(shī)人外，另外三位為浪漫主義派詩(shī)人。 Wordsworth is an English poetB novelist C playwrightD criticWilliam Wordsworth是英國(guó)前浪漫主義詩(shī)人。 piler of A Dictionary of the English Language is Samuel Johnson（17091784）編寫的《英語(yǔ)字典》是之后所有英語(yǔ)字典的基石。 Last Duchess is a monologue poem written by Robert Browning（18121889）擅于寫?yīng)毥莿?，他的代表作是My Last Duchess和Meeting at Night。8.“Beauty is truth, truth beauty” is an epigrammatic line by John is truth, truth beauty是John Keats的寫作宗旨，他用盡畢生精力追求能夠表達(dá)一切美麗事物的詩(shī)篇。 Lost is a masterpiece by John Miltom《失樂園》《復(fù)樂園》均為John Milt作。 Joyce mostly wrote about his hometown Joyce出生于愛爾蘭的首都都柏林，主要作品有：A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man，Ulysses。故事合集Dubliners。第四篇：英語(yǔ)專業(yè)八級(jí)考試 人文知識(shí) 國(guó)家概況小測(cè)英語(yǔ)專業(yè)八級(jí)考試 人文知識(shí) 國(guó)家概況小測(cè)(1)(.，Canada，Australia)班級(jí)：_______ 姓名：_______ 學(xué)號(hào)：_______ 成績(jī)：_______ terms of population _______ is the state in America the following rivers, _______ has been called the American Ruhr Mississippi Missouri Hudson Ohio theme of Thanksgiving Day is _______ and rich award and happiness and pea