英语国家概况练习题.docx

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英语国家概况练习题

UK

TrueorFalse

1.TheUnitedKingdomislocatedinnorthernEurope.

2.TheUnitedKingdomconsistsoffourpolitical

divisions—England,Scotland,WalesandIreland.

3.EnglandisoneofthetwolargeislandsintheBritish

Isles.

4.TheBritishIslesaremadeupofthreelargeislands

andhundredsofsmallones.

5.WalesliesontheeastcoastoftheislandofGreat

Britain.

6.TheCommonwealthofNationsisafreeassociation

ofindependentcountriesthatallusedtobecolonies

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

CCBDABADB

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

DADDAAADDD

1.ThefirstRomaninvasiontookplacein43AD,headedbytheEmperorJuliusCaesar.

2.Thename“England”derivedfromtheAngles,oneoftheGermanictribeswhocametoEnglandinthe5thand6thcenturies.

3.