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英国概况习题3
III.MultipleChoice
1.Britaindoesnotsharelandborderwithanyothercountriesexcept______.
A.France
B.Holland
C.Italy
D.TheRepublicofIreland
2.TheislandofGreatBritainisdividedinto_____parts.
A.3
B.4
C.5
D.2
3.ThesecondlongestriverintheUnitedKingdomisthe_____.
A.ThamesRiver
B.ClydeRiver
C.SevernRiver
D.SeineRiver
4.ThelargestriverintheUnitedKingdom,whichruns356kilometersandemptiesintotheBristolStrait,is_____.
A.theSevenRiver
B.theClydeRiver
C.theThamesRiver
D.thePotomacRiver
5._____oilandgashavemadeBritainlargelyself-sufficientinthesevitalfuels.
A.TheAtlantic
B.ThePacific
C.TheRedSea
D.TheNorthSea
6.TheclimateofBritainis____one.
A.continental
B.tropical
C.temperate
D.subtropical
7.Britain’smajormineralsarecoal,ironore,tinore,leadore,oilandgas,amongwhich____and____arethemostimportant.
A.coal…leadore
B.coal…ironore
C.ironore…tinore
D.coal…oil
8.IntheHighlandsofScotlandstands____,Britain’shighestmountaintowering1300meters.
A.thePennines
B.BenNevis
C.TheSouthernUplands
D.Cumbria
9.ThelargestlakeintheU.K.is_____.
A.LoughErne
B.LakeNess
C.LoughNeagh
D.LakeLomond
10.ThemainriverspartinginGreatBritainrunsfrom____to____.
A.north…east
B.south…west
C.central…east
D.north…south
11.TheweatherinGreatBritainconditionsvaryrapidlybecauseof______.
A.themuchrainfall
B.alittlesunshine
C.theedgeofEuropeancontinentalanticyclone
D.aseriesofcyclonicdepressionsfromIrelandorGreenland
12.OfthethreepartsofGreatBritain,_____isthesmallestbothinareaandpopulation.
A.Scotland
B.England
C.Wales
D.Irland
13.ThemostimportantriverintheUnitedKingdomis____.
A.theClydeRiver
B.theSevenRiver
C.theThamesRiver
D.theForthRiver
14.Amongthefouradministrativeunitsthemostpopulousanddevelopedis____.
A.Scotland
B.England
C.Wales
D.NorthernIreland
15.InScotlandthereistheClydeRiver,onwhichissituatedaship-buildingcenter---_______.
A.Belfast
B.London
C.Glasgow
D.Manchester
16.TheTownsinScotlandarecalled____.
A.countries
B.shires
C.communities
D.burghs
17.BigBenisafamous_____inLondon.
A.statue
B.bridge
C.hotel
D.clock
18.ThePortofLondonisBritain’smostimportant_____.
A.seaport
B.airport
C.railwaystation
D.militarybase
19.ThefamousSpeaker’sCornerisanareainside___,London,wherespeakersaddressthepublic,especiallyonSundays.
A.theWestEnd
B.HydePark
C.Whitehall
D.WestminsterAbbey
20.TheWestminsterAbbeyistheplacewhere______.
A.theBritishroyalresidenceinLondonislocated.
B.AlmostallEnglishkingsandqueenshavebeencrowned
C.TheBritishPrimeMinisterlives
D.TheBritishParliamentislocated
21.BuckinghamPalaceistheLondonresidencefor____.
A.theKingorQueen
B.thePrimeMinister
C.theSpeakeroftheCommons
D.theLordChancelloroftheUpperHouse
22.TheLondonresidencefortheKingorQueenis____.
A.HydePark
B.BuckinghamPalace
C.No.10DownStreet
D.TheEastEnd
23.ThefamousstreetwhereofficesofthemostimportantministriesoftheUnitedKingdomarelocated,is______.
A.DowningStreet
B.WallStreet
C.Whitehall
D.Broadway
24.London,thecapitaloftheUnitedKingdom,issituatedon____nearitsmouth.
A.theThamesRiver
B.theSevernRiver
C.theClydeRiver
D.theTeesRiver
25.Britain’slargestmanufacturingindustryis____.
A.textileindustry
B.ironandsteelindustry
C.oil-producingindustry
D.aircraftindustry
26.Britainoncereignedsupremeintheworldof_____industry.
A.paper
B.electronic
C.mineral
D.textile
27.OneofthemaincharacteristicsofBritisheconomyis_____.
A.thepurchaseofrawmaterialsandthesaleofmanufacturedgoodsabroad.
B.Toimportoilfromabroad
C.Tosellcoalabroad
D.Toexchangegoodswithforeignnationssoastogetvitalfoodstuffsandmanufacturedgoods
28.ThemainagriculturalproductsinBritainare_____,barley,potatoes,sugar-beetsandoats.
A.rice
B.wheat
C.tobacco
D.peanuts
29.Itwasthe____whobroughttheEnglishlanguageintoEngland.
A.Anglo-saxons
B.Celts
C.Normans
D.Danes
30.____asanationtookshapeasaresultoftheunificationofthesevenwarringkingdomsin827.
A.Scotland
B.Wales
C.Ireland
D.England
31.TheRomanoccupationofBritainlastednearly____years.
A.300
B.400
C.500
D.600
32.TheEnglishlanguagebelongsto____.
A.theIndo-European
B.theHamito-Semitic
C.theSino-Tibetan
D.theAltaic
33.ThomasBeckerdisputedwithHenryIIonthe_____matters.
A.religious
B.economic
C.administrative
D.educational
34.The____wasestablishedsoonafterHenryIIsucceededtothethrone.
A.HouseofYork
B.HouseofPlantagenet
C.HouseofNormandy
D.HouseofTudor
35.AccordingtothejudicialreformbyHenryII,pettyjuriescouldactuallytry____.
A.theaccusedforsmalloffences
B.theking’spoliticalenemies
C.thebaronswhoabusedtheirprivileges
D.eventhekinghimself
36.AsKingAlfredwasnotabletodrivetheDanesoutofEngland,hemadeatreatywiththem,allowingthemtokeepthenorthernandeasternpartsofEngland,whichlaterbecameknownas____.
A.theDanelaw
B.Wessex
C.Sussex
D.Normandy
37.FeudalisminBritainbeganintheseventhcentury,developedduringthe_____andendedintheBourgeoisRevolution.
A.Enclosures
B.NormanConquest
C.GloriousRevolution
D.ReignofQueenVictoria
38.WhichofthefollowinghistoricaleventsdidnotcontributetothebreakupofthefeudalsysteminBritain?
A.TheWarsoftheRoses
B.TheNormanConquest
C.ThePeasants’Uprisingof1381
D.TheEnglishReformation
39.ThemainpurposesoftheGreatCharterwas____.
A.toprotectordinarypeople
B.torestricttheking’spower
C.torestrictthebarons’power
D.toestablishanewgovernment
40.ThemostsignificantachievementsoftheRenaissanceMovementwereseenin_____.
A.economy
B.literatureandart
C.science
D.governmentpolitics
41.TheHundredYears’WarbetweenBritainandFrancewasstartedbecauseofthedisputeover_____.
A.theFrenchthrone
B.theircolonies
C.JoanofArc
D.Relationshipwiththenewly-establishedUnitedStates
42.TheIndustrialRevolutioninBritainfirstbeganin____.
A.theclothingindustry
B.thecottontextileindustry
C.thesteamengineindustry
D.therailwayindustry
43.WhichofthefollowingCromwelldidnotdo?
A.HedismissedtheLongParliament.
B.HebeheadedCharlesI.
C.HedeclaredEnglandtobeacommonwealth.
D.HepreventedAmericafromgainingindependence.
44.TheEnglishkingwhowasbeheadedduringtheBourgeoisRevolutionwas_____.
A.CharlesI
B.CharlesII
C.JamesI
D.HenryII
45.ThetwomajorpoliticalpartiesinBritainaretheConservativePartyandthe______.
A.RepublicanParty
B.DemocraticParty
C.LabourParty
D.LiberalParty
46.AtthebeginningofWorldWarII,Britain’spolicywas_____.
A.“splendidisolation”whichbasicallymeantnon-interventionorappeasement
B.tohelptheNaziGermanysothatitwouldnotattackBritain
C.tohelpanycountrythatfoughttheNaziGermany
D.toformanalliancewithAmericaanddeclarewaronGermany
47.TheLiberalParty,thethirdlargestpartyoftheUnitedKingdom,developedfromthe____in1839.
A.WhigParty
B.ToryParty
C.ConservativeParty
D.LabourParty
48.OfalltheEnglishuniversities_____and____arethemostwell-known.
A.OxfordUniversity…EtonUniversity
B.OxfordUniversity…CambridgeUniversity
C.EtonCollege…WinchestsCollege
D.Harvard…Yale
49.ThegrammarschoolinmodernBritain____.
A.offersonlygrammarlessonstopupils
B.emphasizesacademicstudiesandoffersmoresubjectsthananyothersecondaryschools
C.makeapointofgivingpracticalinstructionswhichareconsideredtobeofhelpinthepupils’futurework
D.onlytakesinthepupilswhoareinterestedingrammar
50.The_____isanexaminationtakenatabouttheageofeleven,todecidewhichtypeofsecondaryschoolaBritishchildwillattend.
A.Eleven-plus
B.“ElevenTests”
C.Eleven-minus
D.EleventhTest
51.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNottrueofBritain’snationalnewspaper?
A.Politically,“TheGuardian”isclosertotheLaborPartythantotheConservativeParty.
B.“TheDailyTelegraph”reflectstheviewsoftheConservativeParty.
C.“DailyMirror”carriesalotofpictures,stripcartoonsandinterestingstoriesforpopularappeal.Soitisreallyatabloid.
D.“DailyMirror”conveysalargeamountofpoliticalandseriousnews.
52.Themostwidely-readnovelbyJaneAustenis____.
A.MansfieldPark
B.Emma
C.SenseandSensibility
D.PrideandPrejudice
53.TheRedbrickuniversitiesarethoseincludingalltheprovincialuniversitiesoftheperiod1850-1930,with____asarepresentative.
A.Oxford
B.Cambridge
C.LondonUniversity
D.Polytechnics
54.British_____paintingwasatitsmostimportanceduringtheRomanticMovementinthe19thcentury.
A.mysterious
B.symbolic
C.surrealist
D.Landscape
55.____arethefoundation-layersoftheEnglisheducation.
A.Grammarschools
B.Secondarymodernschools
C.Publicschools
D.Nurseryschools
56.TherealbeginningofEnglishmodernnovelwasin_____andtherealfounderofEnglishmodernnovelwas_____.
A.the17thcentury…Defoe
B.the18thcentury…Richardson
C.the19thcentury…CharlesDickens
D.the1930’s…AndsonJamesBond
57.WhichofthefollowingnovelswasNOTwrittenbyCharlesDickens?
A.WutheringHeights
B.DavidCopperfield
C.OliverTwist
D.GreatExpectation
58.____isthenicknameofBritain.
A.UncleSam
B.JohnArbuthnot
C.RobinHood
D.JohnBull
59.MostBritishcoupleshavetheirweddingceremony____withthebridedressedin____.
A.athome…alongpinkdress
B.ina
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