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英美文化习题
1.ThetotalareaoftheU.K.is_D___.
A.211,440
B.244,110
C.241,410
D.242,534
2.Englandoccupiesthe_C____portionoftheU.K.
A.northern
B.eastern
C.southern
3.ThemostimportantpartoftheU.K.inwealthis_B___.
A.NorthernIreland
B.England
C.Scotland
4.____A_isonthewesternprominencebetweentheBristolChannelandtheDeeestuary.
A.Wales
B.Scotland
C.England
5.WaleswaseffectivelyunitedwithEnglandinthe__A___century.
A.14th
B.15th
C.16th
6.BytheActofUnionof___C__ScotlandandthekingdomofEnglandandWaleswereconstitutionallyjoinedastheKingdomofBritain.
A.1707
B.1921
C.1801
7.PsysiographicallyBritainmaybedividedinto___A__provinces.
A.13
B.12
C.14
8.Mt.BenNevisstandsin__A___.
A.theScottishHighlands
B.Wales
C.England
9.ThemainriverspartinginBritainrunsfrom___A_.
A.northtosouth
B.southtonorth
C.easttowest
10.Cheviothillsliealongtheborderbetween___B__andEngland.
A.Scotland
B.Wales
C.ValeofEden
11.ThelongestriverinBritainis_A____.
A.Severn
B.Clyde
C.Bann
12.LondonissituatedontheRiverof__B___.
A.Parret
B.Thames
C.Spey
13.Edinburghisthecapitalof___B__.
A.England
B.Scotland
C.Wales
14.Theriversflowingintothe_B____aremainlyshort.
A.NorthSea
B.EnglishChannel
C.Deeestuary
15.Mt.Snowdonstandsin___B__.
A.Scotland
B.Wales
C.England
16.ThesourceoftheimportantRiverThamesisinthe__A___.
A.Cotswolds
B.OxfordClay
C.Pennines
17.About___B__ofthewaterrequirementsareobtainedfromundergroundsources.
A.50%
B.38%
C.42%
18.Gaelicismainlyspokenin___A__.
A.Scotland
B.England
C.NorthernIreland
19.TheBankofEnglandwasnationalizedin___B__.
A.1964
B.1946
C.1694
20.Britainisbasicallyanimporterof___D__.
A.food
B.rawmaterials
C.manufactures
D.bothAandB
21.Britishfarmersproduceenoughfoodtosupply_A____oftheneedsofthepopulation.
A.2/3
B.4/5
C.1/2
22.Britain’smaincerealcropis_C____.
A.oats
B.corn
C.barley
D.rye
23.ThecenteroftheBritainfinancialsystemis_A____.
A.BankofEngland
B.BankofBritain
C.BankofU.K.
24.ThethreeGermanictribesthatinvadedBritainincludethefollowingexcept__C___.
A.theAngles
B.theSaxons
C.thePicts
D.theJutes
25.“BlackCountry”refersto___B__.
A.countrysideinEngland
B.anareaaroundBirmingham
C.acountryinAfrica
26.ThesecondlargestportinBritainis_C____.
A.London
B.Belfast
C.Liverpool
27.ThecapitalcityofNorthernIrelandis__B___.
A.Cardiff
B.Belfast
C.Leith
28.CeltictribesbegantosettleinBritainfromabout_B____B.C.
A.410
B.750
C.300
29.TheU.K.isrichinthefollowingexcept___C__.
A.coal
B.iron
C.gold
D.tin
30.ThedecreaseofBritishpopulationiscausedbythefollowingexcept__D___.
A.limitationofimmigration
B.fallofthebirthrate
C.fallofdeathrate
D.unemployment
31.TheproportionoftheEnglishinthewholepopulationis__B___.
A.60%
B.80%
C.70%
32.TheQueen’sUniversityisinthecityof__A___.
A.Belfast
B.Edinburgh
C.Manchester
33.ThecontributionmadebytheNormanstoBritainisthefollowingexcept_D____.
A.finalunificationofEngland
B.foundationofaristocracy
C.greatadministrativeprogress
D.somepeculiaritiesofdialect
34.AboutA_____percentofthepopulationliveincitiesortowns.
A.80
B.85
C.90
35.ThelandavailableforfarminginEngland,Wales,ScotlandandNorthernIrelanddoesnotexceedA_____millionacres.
A.30
B.25
C.40
36.ThehighestmountaininEnglandis__C___.
A.Mt.Mourne
B.Mt.Snowdon
C.Mt.Seafell
37.ThesecondlargestcityinEnglandis___B__.
A.Glasgow
B.Birmingham
C.Manchester
38.ThemodernScotsandIrisharethedescendantsof__A___.
A.Gaels
B.Britons
C.Anglo-Saxons
39.ScotlandoccupiestheB_____portionofGreatBritain.
A.southern
B.northern
C.western
40.BytheActofUnionin__A___,thenameUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandIrelandwasadopted.
41.___C__hasitsownnationalchurchanditsownsystemoflaw.
A.Wales
B.NorthernIreland
C.Scotland
42.The___B__EndincludesWestminster,St.James’Palace
A.East
B.West
C.North
43.___D__includesLondon,thecentreofgovernmentforthewholenation.
A.Scotland
B.NorthernIreland
C.Wales
D.England
II.FillintheBlanks
1.TheU.K.issituatedinNorthwestern_____Europe.
2.ThefulltitleoftheU.K.istheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritain__________and_NorthernIreland_________.
3.TheU.K.consistsofEngland,_Scotland____,Wales_____andNorthernIreland.
4.ThelargestpartofU.K.is__England___.
5.ThecapitalofEnglandandofGreatBritainis__london___.
6._NorthernIreland_________iscomposedofsixIrishcountiesthatelectedtoremainintheunionwithGreatBritain.
7.ThenameUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandIrelandwasreplacedbythepresentnameafterthe26countiesofIrelandobtainedautonomyin_1921____.
8.ThehighestmountaininBritainis_Bennevis_________.
9.The“BackboneofEngland”referstothe_Pennines____.
10.NaturalgaswasdiscoveredinBritaininthe__North___sea_____.
11.ThemostimportantriveristheRiverof__Thames___.
12.ThepoliticalcentreoftheCommonwealthislondon_____.
13.BelfastLoughandLoughNeaghliein_NorthernIreland_________.
14.TheclimateofBritainismoderatedbytheAtlantic___Gulf_Stream___________andismuchmilderthanthatofmanyplacesinthesamelatitude.
15.Britain’sIndustrialRevolutiontookplacebetween_1750____and___1850__.
16.TheBankofEnglandwasfoundedin_1694____.
17.ThepopulationoftheU.K.ismorethan57_____million.
18.Britainisbasicallyanexporterofmanufacture_____.
19.ThepopulationoftheU.K.consistsoftheEnglish,theWelsh,theScottishandthe_____.
20.InWalesmanypeoplespeak_Irish____.
21.PeoplesingthenationalantheminWelsh_____.
22.Theearliestinvasionisthatbythe_dark____-hairedMediterraneanracecalledtheIberians.
23.Themodern_Scots____and_Irish____arethedescendantsoftheGaelsoftheCeltictribes.
24.TheBritonsoftheCeltictribesweretheforefathersofthemodern_Welsh____.
25.GreaterLondonismadeupof12_inner____Londonboroughsand_20____OuterLondonboroughs.
26.TheInternationalfestivalofmusicandtheartsisheldeveryyearinthecityof_Edinburgh____.
27.TheBritishnationalanthemis__godsavethequeen__________________.
28.TheU.K.liestotheNORTH____ofFrance.
29.Westminster,theareaofcentralgovernmentadministrationissituatedintheWest_____End.
30.River_Clyde____flowsthroughGlasgow.
31.Mt.Seafellstandsin_England____.
32.ThesourceoftheRiver_Thames____isintheCotswolds.
33.ThecapitalcityofWalesis__Cardiff___.
34.TheUnitedKingdomisrichin_coal____,iron,tin,copper,leadandsilver.
III.DefinetheFollowingTerms
1.“BackboneofEngland”
2.GreaterLondon
3.Celts
4.The“IrishQuestion”
IV.AnswertheFollowingQuestions
1.WhatarethemajorfactorsinfluencingtheBritishweathercharacterizedbyamoderatetemperatureandplentyofrainfall?
2.WhyisUnitedKingdomsaidtobeatradingnation?
3.WhatarethegeneralcharacteristicsoftheBritisheconomy?
PartIIHistory
I.MultipleChoice
1.JuliusCaesarinvadedBritain__B___.
A.once
B.twice
C.threetimes
2.KingArthurwasthekingof_B____.
A.Picts
B.Celts
C.Scots
D.Jutes
3.Thefirst“KingoftheEnglish”was_B____.
A.Alfred
B.Egbert
C.Bede
D.Ethelred
4.ChristianitywasintroducedintoEnglandinthelate_C____century.
A.14th
B.8th
C.6th
5.In1653_A____wasmadeLordProtectorforlife.
A.OliverCromwell
B.CharlesI
C.WilliamII
6.ThethreegreatGermanictribes:
theAnglos,the__A___andtheJuteswhichinvadedBritainformthebasisofthemodernBritishpeople.
A.Saxons
B.Scots
C.Welsh
D.Wessex
7.TheheadofthechurchinAnglo-Saxontimeswas___D__.
A.theKingofDenmarkandNorway
B.thekingofEngland
C.JuliusCaesar
D.theArchbishopofCanterbury
8.The___B__invadedEnglandintheearliesttime.
A.Danes
B.Iberians
C.Romans
D.Celts
9.TheVikingswhoinvadedEnglandattheturnofthe8thcenturycamefrom__D___.
A.Norway
B.Denmark
C.France
D.bothAandB
10.Edwardwasknownasthe“__A___”becauseofhisreputationforsaintliness.
A.Confessor
B.Conqueror
C.Protector
11.NormanConquestbeganin__B___.
A.1016
B.1066
C.1035
12.Inhistory_A____wasnicknamed“KingofLackland”.
A.John
B.HenryI
C.HenryII
13.In1181HenryIIissuedthe__B___whichmadeitcompulsoryforeveryfreemaninEnglandtobeprovidedwitharms.
A.InquestofSheriffs
B.AssizeofArms
C.DoomsdayBook
14.HenryPlantagenet,in1154,establishedtheHouseofAngevinas_B____.
A.HenryI
B.HenryII
C.HenryIII
15.HenryIIappointedin1162_A____ArchbishopofCanterbury.
A.ThomasBecket
B.StephenLangton
C.SimondeMortfort
16.CharlesIwasbeheadedin__A___.
A.1649
B.1648
C.1653
17.Itwas___A__whosummonedModelParliamentin1295.
A.EdwardI
B.HenryIV
C.SimondeMontfort
18.TheGreatChartercontained__C___setsofprovisions.
A.two
B.four
C.three
19.ThePeasantsUprisingin1381wasledbyB_____.
A.HenryTurner
B.WattTyler
C.Richard
20.TheEnglishChurchwasstrictly__A___.
A.national
B.international
C.regional
21.TheGloriousRevolutionin1688wasinnaturea__A___.
A.coupd’etat
B.racialslaughter
C.peasantrising
22.TheIndustrialRevolutionlaidagoodfoundationforthe____A_.
A.factoryofthe
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