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1、b. Charles Darwinc. Thomas More d. Francis Bacon7. The largest section of Great Britain is .a. Scotlandb. Walesc. Englandd. Northern Ireland8. The Lake District is well known for .a. its wild and beautiful sceneryb. its varied lakesc. the Lake Poetsd. all above9. The highest peak in Great Britain is

2、 .a. Ben Nevisb. Cross Fellc. Snowdond. Cheviot Hill10. The capital city of Wales is .a. Edinburghb. Belfastc. Cardiffd. Londonderry11. The part that receives the largest amount of annual rainfall is .a. the east lowlandsb. the northern part of Englandc. the northwestern part of Scotlandd. Wales12.

3、The longest river in Britain is the .a. Thames Riverb. Severn Riverc. Clyde Riverd. Tyne River13. The largest lake of the United Kingdom is in .a. Englandc. Scotland14. The vast majority of the people of the UK are .a. Roman Catholicsb. Presbyteriansc. Anglicansd. Methodists15. The English are mainl

4、y descendants of .a. Celtsb. Anglo-Saxonsc. Vikingsd. Norman Conquerors16. A cockney is a .a. typical Englishmanb. typical Londonerc. typical Britond. native London dialect speaker17. The Welsh came to Britain .a. earlier than the Englishb. later than the English c. together with the Englishd. in th

5、e 13th century18. Which word is not exact to describe the Welsha. Musical.b. Emotional.c. Cheerful.d. Suspicious.19. Most of the Scotsmen now speak .a. Englishb. Celticc. Gaelicd. both English and Gaelic20. A typical Scotsman is usually depicted in the following word except .a. braveb. hard-workingc

6、. economicald. extravagant21. Most people in Northern Ireland are .a. Catholicsb. Protestantsc. Presbyteriansd. Nonconformists22. The earliest known settlers on the British Isles were .b. Iberiansc. Gaelsd. Anglo-Saxons23. The real Roman conquest of Britain began in .a. 55 BCb. 54 BCc. AD 43d. AD 96

7、24. Which part of Britain was radically transformed by the Romansa. Scotland.b. Wales.c. England.d. London.25. Christianity was first brought to England by .a. Romansc. Celtsd. Danes26. Which of the following tribes first came to Britaina. Anglos.b. Saxons.c. Jutes.d. Teutons.27. King Ethelred was c

8、alled Ethelred the Unready because .a. he was always unready for fightingb. he lacked military preparednessc. he failed to make preparednessd. he failed to follow good advice28. The greatest achievement of William the Conqueror was .a. the establishment of the legal systemb. the introduction of the

9、feudalismc. the spreading of Norman-Frenchd. the compiling of the Domesday Book29. The Domesday Book included all the following points except .a. all land and property of then Englandb. the rights of landownersc. the duty of every courtd. the power of the king30. The last of the true Norman Kings wa

10、s .a. William Rufusb. Henry Ic. Henry IId. Robert31. The founder of the English legal system and the Common Law was .a. Henry Ib. Henry IIc. Stephend. Matilda32. The Great Charter includes all the following points except that .a. no tax should be made without the approval of the councilb. no freemen

11、 should be arrested except by the law of the landc. if the king attempted to free himself from law the vassals had the right to force the king to obeyd. the vassals had the sole power to levy a tax on people33. The first “Prince of Wales” in English history was .a. Henry IIIb. Edward Ic. Edward IId.

12、 Edward III34. The Parliament of was known as “model parliament”.b. Simon de Monfortc. Edward I35. Wales was conquered by .a. Edward Ib. Edward IIc. Henry IIId. Richard I36. The chief demand of the peasants during Tylers Rising of 1381 was .a. to punish the lawyersb. to raise wagesc. to free villein

13、sd. to reform the church37. The War of the Roses ended in 1485 with the accession of , the first king of the House of Tudor.a. Henry VIIb. Henry VIIIc. John of Gauntd. Edward IV38. Under Henry VII, the justices of the Peace had all the following powers except .a. trying casesb. the care of roads and

14、 bridgesc. training lawyers d. the control of guilds39. John Cabot was sent to discover new way to the East by .a. the Popeb. the King of Spainc. Henry VIId. Henry VIII40. Which is not proper to describe the Church of Middle Agesa. It was a religious body that had a political power.b. It was a body

15、that had a legal power.c. It was a branch of national government controlled by king.d. It was like an upper-state organization that was very powerful.41. The external pretext for the Reformation in England was s divorce case.c. Clement IId. Charles V42. Elizabeth I was excommunicated by the Pope in

16、.a. 1558b. 1571c. 1586d. 160343. Who was a Catholic among the following kings and queensa. Henry VIIIb. Edward VIc. “Bloody Mary”d. Elizabeth I44. Spanish Armada was defeated in .b. 1588c. 160045. In drama the most shining representatives of the Elizabethan Age were the following ones except .a. Chr

17、istopher Marloweb. Edmund Spenserc. William Shakespeared. Ben Jonson46. Guy Fawkes was .a. a Protestantb. a Presbyterianc. an Anglican d. a Catholic47. Which is incorrect to describe King James Ia. He believed that kings were responsible to parliament.b. He believed that king derived his authority f

18、rom God.c. He tried to make the Church of England subservient to his will.d. He was quite learned and was remembered by the English for the compiling of the Authorized Version of the Bible.48. The trouble of Charles I, which led to the first Civil War, came at first when he .a. dissolved Parliamentb

19、. persecuted Protestantc. asked people for “loans”d. wanted to reform the Presbyterian Church in Scotland49. Which group in the following were inclined to support the King during the Civil Wara. Merchants.b. Yeomen and artisans.c. Catholics.d. Extreme Protestants.50. Charles I was tried by the High

20、Court mainly because .a. he was an absolute kingb. he waned to reform the Church of Scotlandc. he started the Second Civil Ward. he wanted to establish Presbyterianism in England51. The Rump Parliament was dispersed by Cromwell in .a. 1649b. 1651c. 1653d. 165852. The Great Fire of London broke out i

21、n .a. 1660b. 1665c. 1666d 166753. The Glorious Revolution marked the .a. beginning of the crown supremacy over parliamentb. end of the Civil Warc. failure of the Parliamentd. beginning of the constitutional monarchy54. England and Scotland were constitutionally united in .a. 1603b. 1688c. 1702d. 170

22、755. After the French and Indian War, Britain got control of .a. Canadab. Indiac. the Ohio Valley56. When American colonies were fighting for independence, the King of Great Britain was .a. George Ib. George IIc. George IIId. George IV57. Britain completed her railway system by .a. 1800b. 1820c. 185

23、0d. 187058. According to the Reform Bill 1832, who got the right to votea. The male workers in cities.b. The middle class.c. The women.d. Te farmhands.59. The Peoples Charter includes all the following points except .a. the universal manhood suffrageb. the abolition of property qualification for MPs

24、c. the abolition of payment of MPsd. voting by secret ballot60. The 19th century economic thinking stems chiefly form .a. Thomas Malthusb. David Ricardoc. Robert Owend. Adam Smith61. The “principle of population” was formulated by .62. Who was probably reluctant to abolish the corn lawsa. The Tories

25、.b. The Whigs.c. The workers.d. The urban middle class.63. The incorrect comment on Gladstone is .a. He stood for laissez faire in economics.b. He favored economy in public expenditure.c. he adopted an aggressive foreign policy.d. He adopted gradual parliamentary reform.64. The incorrect comment on

26、Disraeli is .a. He was the founder of the Liberal Party.b. His policy was to expand the British Empire.c. He made Queen Victoria Empress of India.d. Under him the second Reform bill was passed.65. Which reform bill granted women suffragea. The Reform Bill of 1832.b. The Reform Bill of 1867.c. The Reform Bill of 1884.d. None above.66. The labour Party was founded in .a. 1893b. 1899c. 1900d. 190667. Queen Victoria was proclaimed Empress of India in .a. 1837b. 1876c. 1898d. 190168. The first dominion of Great Britain was .b. New Zealandc. Australiad. the Union of South Africa69. The Bo