英语国家国情试题库英国与爱尔兰.docx

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英语国家国情试题库英国与爱尔兰

英国与爱尔兰

PartOneMultipleChoice

1.WhichofthefollowingisnotanamepeopleusetorefertotheUK?

B

A.GreatBritainB.TheBritishIsland

C.TheUnitedKingdomD.Britain

2.isthecapitalcityofWales.D

A.BelfastB.EdinburghC.AberdeenD.Cardiff

3.Accordingtoa2005estimate,Britainnowhasapopulationofovermillions.C

A.160B.600C.60D.16

4.ThetwolandmarksofLondonare.A

A.GuildhallandSt.Paul’sCathedralB.GuildhallandCoventGarden

C.CityHallandSt.Paul’sCathedralD.CityHallandCoventGarden

5.AmongthefourpartsoftheUnitedKingdom,isthesmallest.D

A.EnglandB.Scotland

C.WalesD.NorthernIreland

6.ThelargestlakeintheUKislocatedin.D

A.EnglandB.WalesC.ScotlandD.NorthernIreland

7.EnglishbelongstothegroupofIndo-Europeanfamilyoflanguages.C

A.CelticB.Indo-IranianC.GermanicD.Roman

8.Intheearlypartof11thcentury,replacedEnglishastheofficiallanguageinEngland.B

A.GermanB.FrenchC.CelticD.Indo-European

9.Englishwasstandardizedbecauseofthe.A

A.introductionofprintingpressB.firstindustrialrevolution

C.reinsofWilliamtheConquerorD.FrenchretreatfromEngland

10.TheintroductionofChristianitytoBritainaddedthefirstelementofwordstoEnglishD

A.DanishandFinnishB.DutchandGerman

C.FrenchandItalianD.LatinandGreek

11.StandardEnglishisbasedonthespeechoftheupperclassof.B

A.southeasternEnglandB.southwesternEngland

C.southernScotlandD.northernWales

12.Atpresent,nearlyoftheworld'spopulationcommunicateinEnglish.B

A.halfB.aquarterC.onethirdD.onefifth

13.JuliusCaesarandhistroopsinvadedtheBritishislandsinyear55BC.A

A.RomanB.ItalianC.GreekD.Germanic

14.TheattackonRomeendedtheRomanoccupationinBritainin410.D

A.NormanB.Danish

C.CelticD.Germanic

15.Bythelate7thcentury,becamethedominantreligioninEngland.D

A.CelticChristianityB.Anglo-SaxonChristianity

C.GermanicChristianityD.RomanChristianity

16.AllthecoronationsoftheBritishnationhavebeenheldinsincethe11thcentury.B

A.theCityHallB.WestminsterAbbey

C.theKing’sCouncilD.BuckinghamPlace

17.WestminsterAbbeywasbuiltatthetimeof.B

A.St.AugustineB.EdwardtheConfessor

C.WilliamtheConquerorD.AlfredtheGreat

18.improvedthecourtsofjustice,introducedthejurysystemandinstitutionalizedcommonlawinBritain.C

A.EdwardtheConfessorB.St.Augustine

C.HenryII

D.DukeWilliam

19.ThemarkedtheestablishmentoffeudalisminEngland.D

A.VikinginvasionB.signingoftheMagnaCarta

C.NormanConquestD.Adoptionofcommonlaw

20.TheMagnaCartaprotectedthebasicprinciplesfortheprotectionofinBritain.A

A.individualrightsB.feudalsystem

C.traditionalrightsD.classsystem

21.Thetwohousesofparliament,institutedbythemid-14thcentury,wasanefforttogainthesupportofA

A.middleclassB.nobles

C.clergymenD.lords

22.TheHundredYear’sWarwasaseriesofwarsfoughtbetweenC

A.EnglandandScotlandB.EnglandandWels

C.EnglandandFranceD.EnglandandIreland

23.DuringtheWarsoftheRoses,theWhiteRosewasthebadgeoftheB

A.HouseofLancasterB.HouseofYork

C.HouseofValoisD.HouseofTudor

24.TheendoftheWarsoftheRosesledtotheroleof.D

A.theHouseofValoisB.theHouseofYork

C.theHouseofTudorD.theHouseofLancaster

25.ThedirectcausefortheReligiousReformationwasKingHenryVIII'sefforttoA

A.divorcehiswife

B.breakwithRome

C.supporttheProtestants

D.declarehissupremepoweroverthechurch

26.TheEnglishCivilWarbrokeoutin1642between.B

A.ProtestantsandPuritansB.RoyalistsandParliamentarians

C.noblesandpeasantsD.aristocratsandChristians

27.ThemonarchywasabolishedandEnglandwasdeclaredacommonwealthaftertheexecutionofB

A.OliverCromwellB.CharlesI

C.HenryVIIID.QueenElizabethI

28.TheBillsofRightswaspassedbytheParliamentdirectlyafterB

A.theCivilWarB.GloriousRevolution

C.ReligiousReformationD.theHundredYearsWar

29.ThatisnotoneoftheReasonsfortheindustrialRevolutionbreakingoutinBritain.C

A.Britainhadahugemarket

B.EnglandacquiredwealthfromIndiaandAmerica

C.EnglandwonmorereligiousfreedomfromRome

D.enclosuremovementdeprivedsmalllandownersofproperty.

30.Britainfacedstrongchallengesinitsglobalimperialdominancebythebeginningofthecentury.D

A.17thB.18th

C.19thD.20th

31.TheKingorQueenistheheadofstateinBritain.TheirpowersareA

A.symbolicB.enormous

C.moderateD.supreme

32.TheBritishgovernmentischaracterizedbyadivisionofpowersbetweenthreeofthefollowingbrancheswiththeexceptionoftheC

A.judiciaryB.legislature

C.monarchyD.executive

33.TheBritish