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ukculture英美概况英国文化类

ukculture英美概况英国文化类

英美概况模拟题（三）英国文化部分

Culture

MultipleChoice

1.AllchildrenintheUKmust,bylaw,receiveafull-timeeducationfromtheageof_____to_____.

A.5,16   B.6,17   C.7,18

2.InstateschoolsthelettersA,BandCareoftenusedtodescribe“_____”orparallelclasses.

A.grade   B.form   C.streams

3.Publicschoolsbelongtothecategoryofthe_____schools.

A.state   B.independent C.local

4.Thepupilswhohadgotthehighestmarksinthe“elevenplus”examinationwouldgoto_____school.

A.grammar  B.technical  C.secondarymodern

5.OxfordandCambridgearetheoldestuniversitiesdatingfrom_____and_____.

A.1167,1284 B.1234,1325 C.1335,1427

6.Thereareover_____universitiesinBritain.

A.thirty   B.forty   C.fifty

7.ThetwofeaturesofOxfordandCambridgearethecollegesystemandthe_____.

A.recordsofattendance    B.governingcouncil

C.tutorialsystem

8.TheuniversitiesofSt.Andrews,Glasgow,AberdeenandEdinburgharecalledthefour_____universities.

A.old   B.new   C.Scottish

9.The_____universityofferscoursesthroughoneofBBC’stelevisionchannelsandbyradio.

A.open   B.new   C.middleaged

10.BuckinghamUniversityisand_____universitywhichwasestablishedin1973.

A.independent B.open   C.old

11.ThesecondcentreoftheBritishpressisin_____.

A.London  B.theFleetStreetC.Manchester

12.InBritaingreatmajorityofchildrenattend_____schools.

A.state   B.independent C.religious

13.InBritaineducationattheagefrom5to16is_____.

A.optional  B.compulsory C.self-taught

14.TheoldestuniversityinBritainis_____.

A.Cambridge B.Edinburgh C.Oxford

15.Britishnewspaperspossessthefollowingfeaturesexcept_____.

A.freedomofspeech

B.fastdelivery

C.monopliedbyoneofthefivelargeorganization

D.nodifficultyforindependentnewspaperstosurvive

16.TheearliestnewspaperinBritainis_____.

A.DailyMail B.DailyTelegraphsC.TheTimes D.Guardian

17._____istheoldestSundaynewspaperinBritain.

A.SundayTimes      B.TheObserver

C.Thepeople      D.NewsoftheWorld

18.Themosthumorousmagazineis_____.

A.NewSociety B.PrivateEye C.Punch  D.Spectator

19.IntheUKthereareabout_____dailiesandover_____weeklies.

A.130,1000  B.200,800  C.160,1200

20.Thereare_____nationaldailynewspaperswhichappeareverymorningexceptonSundays.

A.nine   B.seven   C.eight

21.TheDailyTelegraphandSundayTelegraphsupportthe_____.

A.LiberalParty B.LabourParty C.ConservativeParty

22.TheEconomist,NewStatesman,Spectatorare_____.

A.journals  B.dailynewspapersC.localpapers

23.BBCwasfoundedin_____andcharteredin_____asanindependentpubliccorporation.

A.1922,1927 B.1292,1297 C.1822,1827

24.TheExchangeTelegraphCo.Ltd.isa_____newsagency.

A.public  B.governmental C.local   D.private

25.TheBBCismainlyfinancedby_____.

A.paymentfromallpeoplewhopossessTVsets

B.theincomefromadvertisements

C.somelargecorporations

D.Britishgovernment

26.ThemostfamousbroadcastingcompanyinBritainis_____.

A.BritishBroadcastingCorporation

B.IndependentBroadcastingAuthority

C.Reuters

27.Reuterswasfoundedintheyearof_____.

A.1518   B.1815   C.1851

28.Thenewheadquarters’buildingof_____isat85FleetStreet,London.

A.BBC   B.thePressAssociationLtd.

C.theExchangeTelegraphCo.Ltd.

29._____isregardedasthemostEnglishofgames.

A.Cricket  B.Soccer  C.Rugger

30._____claimsthehighestpopularattendanceinBritain.

A.Rugbyfootball     B.Associationfootball

C.Baseball

31._____“pools”provideamusementformillionsofpeoplewhobetontheresultsofmatches.

A.Associationfootball    B.Baseball

C.Cricket

32.Theannual_____championshipsatWimbledon,inLondon,arethemostfamousintheworld.

A.hockey  B.tennis  C.netball

33._____racingischieflyabettingsport.

A.Horse  B.Boat   C.Dog

34.Hurdleorsteeplechaseracingtakesupthewintermonths,leadingtoitsclimaxintheGrandNationalSteeplechaseat_____inMarch.

A.London  B.Edinburgh C.Liverpool

35.Itwas_____whofirstrevolutionizedscientificthoughtinBritain.

A.FrancisBacon      B.ThomasNewcomer

C.JamesWatt

36._____discoveredthecirculationoffood.

A.FrancisGlissonB.WilliamHarveyC.GeorgeStephenson

37.TheRoyalSocietywasfoundedin_____in_____.

A.London,1660 B.Liverpool,1660C.London,1760

38.TheRoyalSocietyreachedthesummitofitsprestigein1703,when_____becameitspresident.

A.RobertBoyle B.IssaeNewton C.FrancisBacon

39.JamesWattwasagreat_____engineerandinventor.

A.Irish   B.Scottish  C.English

40._____developedatomictheoryinthe18thcentury.

A.JohnDalton B.FrancisGlissonC.RobertBoyle

41.Theminor’ssafetylampwasinventedby_____.

A.FrancisBacon B.WilliamHarveyC.HumphyDavy

42.CharlesRobertDarwinDevelopedthetheoryof_____.

A.evolution  B.immunology C.virology

43._____isconsideredthefatherofEnglishpoetry.

A.GeoffreyChaucerB.JohnMilton C.JohnDonne

44.BigBenisthenicknameof_____.

A.BenjaminFranklinB.SirBenjaminHallC.the315-footClockTower

45.TheBritishMuseumwasfoundedin_____.

A.1659   B.1763   C.1753

46.TheBritishMuseumisfinancedby_____fundsandismanagedbyaboardof25trustees.

A.Government B.individual  C.local

47.Youcouldfindtheworld-famousSpeakers’Cornerin_____.

A.GreatRussell B.HydePark C.WestminsterAbbey

48._____isthebiggestandmostwell-knownchurchinLondon.

A.Whitehall       B.St.Paul’sCathedral

C.WestminsterAbbey

49._____isthemonarch’spresentLondonhome.

A.WestminsterPalace    B.BuckinghamPalace

C.WhitehallPalace

50.Stratford-on-Avonistheplacewhere_____wasbornin1564.

A.WilliamShakespeare    B.CharlesDickens

C.SamuelButler

FillintheBlanks

1.TherearetwosystemsofprimaryandsecondaryeducationinBritain.Theyarethe_____schoolandthe_____school.

2.Theindependentschoolor“_____”schoolisfewinnumberbutofgreatinfluence.

3.Thefourtypesofstateschoolsinthesecondaryeducationarethe_____schools,comprehensivesecondaryschools,_____schoolsandsecondarymodernschools.

4.Forallchildreninstateschools,secondaryeducationbeginsattheageof_____.

5.Therearetwosystemsforsecondaryeducationinstateschools,the_____andthe_____.

6.Undertheoldselectivesystem,childrentookanexaminationcalledthe__________intheirlastyearataprimaryschool.Theresultsofthisexaminationdeterminedthesecondaryeducationapupilwouldreceive.

7.TheoldestschoolsinUKare_____schools.

8.__________schoolswereestablishedbefore1960,inwhichpupilswerenotseparatedbythecriterionofacademicability.

9.At_____or_____pupilstakeanexamination,eitherattheOrdinaryLeveloftheGeneralCertificateofEducationortheCertificateofSecondaryEducation.

10.At18thereisanotherexaminationforthepupils,the__________oftheGeneralCertificateofEducationortheCertificateofSecondaryEducation.

11._____schoolsareoftenattachedtopolytechnics.

12.Thefourfamousschool:

EtonCollege,HarrowSchool,WinchesterCollegeandRugbySchoolareneverreferredtoascollegesbut_____schools.

13.Thepublicschoolsemphasizetwofactorsineducation.Oneisthestudyofclassicsandscience,theotheristhedevelopmentofwhatiscalled“_____”.

14.TheolduniversitiesinBritainreferto_____and_____.

15.Thefivetypesofuniversitiesarethetwo_____universities,thefour_____universities,themiddle-ageduniversities,thenewuniversitiesantheOpenuniversityandtheone_____university.

16.Oxfordgotstartedinthe_____century.Ithas_____colleges.

17.Thereareabout_____studentsinOxfordandCambridgerespectively.

18.TheUniversityofLondonisatypeof_____university.

19.TherearethreeacademicdegreesinBritain,the_____,_____and_____degrees.

20.Aclassinastateschoolisoftencalleda“_____”,nevera“grade”.

21.Almostallthenationalpapersarepublishedinthecityof_____.

22.The__________isthenationalcentreofthepressintheUK.

23.Themostfamousbroadcastingcompanyis_______________.

24.Themostwell-knownnewsagencyis_____.

25.ThesecondoldestuniversityinBritainis_____.

26.TheIndependentBroadcastingAuthoritygetsitsmoneyfrom_____.

27.You’llfindallBBC’sprogrammesinthemagazine__________.

28.In1851Reuterswasfoundedin_____.

29._____isregardedasthemostEnglishgames.

30.Schoolboysusuallyplayruggeror_____inwinter,_____insummer.

31.Schoolsgirlsusuallyplaytennisand_____insummerandnetballand_____inwinter.

32.Netballisakindofbasketball,androundersisasortof_____.

33.The__________foundedinLondonin1660isoneofthemostprestigiousscientificbodiesintheworld.

34.IssaeNewtonheldthepresidentoftheRoyalSocietyfor_____years.

35.ThefamousbookMathematicalPrinciplesofNaturalPhilosophywaswrittenby__________.

36.JamesWattwasagreat_____engineerandinventor.

37.__________,anEnglishphysician,discoveredthevaccineforpreventingsmallpoxandpioneeredthesciencesofimmunologyandvirology.

38.Theminer’ssafetylampwasnicknamed_____Lamp.

39.CharlesRobertDarwinpublishedhisbookOnthe_______________whichcausedastirinVictoriantimes.

40.OscarWilderwasanaestheteadvocating“____________________”.

41.TheseatoftheBritishHousesofParliamentis__________.

42.“BigBen”wasnamedafterSir__________.

43.Theplacewheremany