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英国与爱尔兰
PartOneMultipleChoice
1.WhichofthefollowingisnotanamepeopleusetorefertotheUK?
B
A.GreatBritain B.TheBritishIsland
C.TheUnitedKingdom D.Britain
2.isthecapitalcityofWales.D
A.BelfastB.Edinburgh C.AberdeenD.Cardiff
3.Accordingtoa2005estimate,Britainnowhasapopulationofover________millions.C
A.160B.600 C.60D.16
4.ThetwolandmarksofLondonare_________.A
A.GuildhallandSt.Paul’sCathedral B.GuildhallandCoventGarden
C.CityHallandSt.Paul’sCathedral D.CityHallandCoventGarden
5.AmongthefourpartsoftheUnitedKingdom,isthesmallest.D
A.England B.Scotland
C.Wales D.NorthernIreland
6.ThelargestlakeintheUKislocatedin________.D
A.England B.Wales C.Scotland D.NorthernIreland
7.EnglishbelongstothegroupofIndo-Europeanfamilyoflanguages.C
A.CelticB.Indo-Iranian C.GermanicD.Roman
8.Intheearlypartof11thcentury,________replacedEnglishastheofficiallanguageinEngland.B
A.German B.French C.Celtic D.Indo-European
9.Englishwasstandardizedbecauseofthe________.A
A.introductionofprintingpress B.firstindustrialrevolution
C.reinsofWilliamtheConqueror D.FrenchretreatfromEngland
10.TheintroductionofChristianitytoBritainaddedthefirstelementof________wordstoEnglishD
A.DanishandFinnish B.DutchandGerman
C.FrenchandItalian D.LatinandGreek
11.StandardEnglishisbasedonthespeechoftheupperclassof________.B
A.southeasternEngland B.southwesternEngland
C.southernScotland D.northernWales
12.Atpresent,nearlyoftheworld'spopulationcommunicateinEnglish.B
A.halfB.aquarterC.onethirdD.onefifth
13.JuliusCaesarandhis________troopsinvadedtheBritishislandsinyear55BC.A
A.Roman B.Italian C.Greek D.Germanic
14.TheattackonRomeendedtheRomanoccupationinBritainin410.D
A.Norman B.Danish
C.Celtic D.Germanic
15.Bythelate7thcentury,becamethedominantreligioninEngland.D
A.CelticChristianity B.Anglo-SaxonChristianity
C.GermanicChristianity D.RomanChristianity
16.AllthecoronationsoftheBritishnationhavebeenheldin________sincethe11thcentury.B
A.theCityHall B.WestminsterAbbey
C.theKing’sCouncil D.BuckinghamPlace
17.WestminsterAbbeywasbuiltatthetimeof________.B
A.St.Augustine B.EdwardtheConfessor
C.WilliamtheConqueror D.AlfredtheGreat
18.________improvedthecourtsofjustice,introducedthejurysystemandinstitutionalizedcommonlawinBritain.C
A.EdwardtheConfessor B.St.Augustine
C.HenryII D.DukeWilliam
19.ThemarkedtheestablishmentoffeudalisminEngland.D
A.Vikinginvasion B.signingoftheMagnaCarta
C.NormanConquest D.Adoptionofcommonlaw
20.TheMagnaCartaprotectedthebasicprinciplesfortheprotectionof________inBritain.A
A.individualrights B.feudalsystem
C.traditionalrights D.classsystem
21.Thetwohousesofparliament,institutedbythemid-14thcentury,wasanefforttogainthesupportof________.A
A.middleclass B.nobles
C.clergymen D.lords
22.TheHundredYear’sWarwasaseriesofwarsfoughtbetween________.C
A.EnglandandScotland B.EnglandandWels
C.EnglandandFrance D.EnglandandIreland
23.DuringtheWarsoftheRoses,theWhiteRosewasthebadgeofthe________.B
A.HouseofLancaster B.HouseofYork
C.HouseofValois D.HouseofTudor
24.TheendoftheWarsoftheRosesledtotheroleof.D
A.theHouseofValois B.theHouseofYork
C.theHouseofTudor D.theHouseofLancaster
25.ThedirectcausefortheReligiousReformationwasKingHenryVIII'seffortto________.A
A.divorcehiswife
B.breakwithRome
C.supporttheProtestants
D.declarehissupremepoweroverthechurch
26.TheEnglishCivilWarbrokeoutin1642between.B
A.ProtestantsandPuritans B.RoyalistsandParliamentarians
C.noblesandpeasants D.aristocratsandChristians
27.ThemonarchywasabolishedandEnglandwasdeclaredacommonwealthaftertheexecutionof________.B
A.OliverCromwell B.CharlesI
C.HenryVIII D.QueenElizabethI
28.TheBillsofRightswaspassedbytheParliamentdirectlyafter________.B
A.theCivilWar B.GloriousRevolution
C.ReligiousReformation D.theHundredYearsWar
29.That________isnotoneo