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ofBritain.
7.InScotland,ruggedmountains,greenvalleys,and
deep,bluelakesprovidesomeofthemostbeautiful
sceneryinEurope.
8.ThelongestriverinBritainistheThames.
9.ThelargestlakeinBritainistheLoughNeaghin
northwestEngland.
10.Britain’sclimateisinfluencedbytheGulfStream,a
warmoceancurrentthatsweepsupfromthe
equatorandflowspasttheBritishIsles.
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1.TheBritishIslesaremadeupof_______.
A.threelargeislandsandhundredsofsmallones
B.threelargeislandsanddozensofsmallones
C.twolargeislandsandhundredsofsmallones
D.twolargeislandsanddozensofsmallones
2.WhichofthefollowingisNOTapoliticaldivisionontheislandofGreatBritain?
A.England.
B.Scotland.
C.NorthernIreland.
D.Wales.
3.BritainisseparatedfromtherestofEuropebytheEnglishChannelinthe_______andtheNorthSeaintheeast.
A.east
B.south
C.west
D.north
4.TheRepublicofIrelandwastotallyindependentintheyear_______.
A.1920
B.1945
C.1918
D.1949
5.ThehighestmountaininBritain,BenNevis,liesin______.
A.theHighlands
B.theSouthernUplands
C.theCentralLowlands
D.theLakeDistrict
6.TheBritishEmpirewasreplacedbytheBritishCommonwealthortheCommonwealthofNationsin__________.
A.1921
B.1931
C.1945
D.1950
7.ThemountainsystemthePenninesisoftencalledthebackboneof_______.
A.England
B.Scotland
C.GreatBritain
D.Ireland
8.TheregionalcapitalofNorthernIrelandis_______.
A.Glasgow
B.Edinburgh
C.Cardiff
D.Belfast
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1.TheEnglish,theScots,andtheWelshareAnglo-Saxons,buttheIrishareCelts.
2.LondonandEnglandasawholehavegreatinfluenceovertherestoftheUnitedKingdombecauseoftheirlargepopulation.
3.PeopleofIndian,Pakistani,andBangladeshioriginarethelargestgroupofimmigrantsinBritain.
4.Comparedtotherestoftheworld,theUKhasasmallerpercentageofolderpeopleandahigherpercentageofyoungerpeople.
5.TheWelshlanguageistheofficiallanguageinWales.
6.ScottishGaelicistheofficiallanguageinScotland.
7.TheEnglishlanguageisthepredominantlanguageinNorthernIreland.
8.EnglishpeopleallstrivetofreethemselvesofregionalorlocalaccentsinordertosoundlikeeducatedEnglish-speakingpeople.
9.SocialclassintheUKlaysmoreemphasisonmoneyandproperty.
10.Britishnessisassociatedwithpolitical,historical,technological,sporting,andculturalachievementsinBritain.
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1.TheEnglishpeopleandtheEnglishlanguagewerebornfromtheunionof________.
A.theAnglesandtheSaxons
B.RomansandtheNormanFrench
C.DanesorVikingsandtheNormanFrench
D.NormanconquerorsandthedefeatedAnglo-Saxons
2.ThefirstknownsettlersofBritainwere_______.
A.theIberians
B.theBeakerFolk
C.theCelts
D.theRomans
3.About80,000ScotsspeakGaelicwhichisanancient_________.
A.Scottishlanguage
B.Englishlanguage
C.Irishlanguage
D.Celticlanguage
4.AboutthreemillionpeoplehavemigratedtoBritainsinceWorldWarII.TheyaremainlyfromtheWestIndies,Indiaand__________.
A.Indonesia
B.Singapore
C.HongKong
D.Pakistan
5.InBritain_______ofthepopulationisurbanand_______isrural.
A.90%;
10%
B.80%;
20%
C.70%;
30%
D.60%;
40%
6.TheancestorsoftheWelshweretheancient__________.
A.Celts
B.Romans
C.Normans
D.Britons
7.TheaveragepopulationdensityinBritainis______peoplepersquarekilometer.
A.250
B.370
C.800
D.500
8.Duringthe5thcenturywhentheRomanEmpirefell,theGermanic_________invadedandconqueredBritain.
A.AnglesandCelts
B.AnglesandPicts
C.AnglesandBrythons
D.AnglesandSaxons
9.TheupperclassinBritainconsistsofthefollowingexcept_________.
A.peerage
B.gentry
C.landowners
D.professionals
10.“Britishness”canbereflectedinthefollowingexcept_________.
A.UnionJack
B.conservativeness
C.theBeatles
D.ThanksgivingDay
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1.ThefirstRomaninvasiontookplacein43AD,headedbytheEmperorJuliusCaesar.
2.Thename“England”derivedfromtheAngles,oneoftheGermanictribeswhocametoEnglandinthe5thand6thcenturies.
3.