英语专业八级人文知识(十二)

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练习题：
2 j1 R: ]$ p- _* e$ p# d1 The two areas in Britain where a lot of immigrants live are _____.
6 Q  C* R) `. a3 D5 z, iA London and Cambridge
" k  C/ I. Z# e7 H  y6 }+ s7 LB London and heart of England
) Y, t$ ~; d" ]* d9 n9 g6 vC Manchester and Birmingham
D Edinburgh and Nottingham
2 The flag of the United Kingdom, known as the Union Jack, is made up of _____ crosses.
9 q3 o$ v' n9 h# e# rA one B two C three D four
3 Which flower is symbol of England?
A Thistle B Shamrock C Daffodil D Rose
7 O2 q2 d* s7 f) p3 p+ l; A' p4 _____ was the home of the Lake Poets William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor, Coleridge and Robert Southey of 19th century Britain.
A Lough Neagh B Windermere C Lake District D Coniston Water
5 The first known settlers of Britain were the _____.
A Iberians B Beaker Folk C Celts D Anglo-Saxons
6 Who invaded and conquered Britain for the first time in 55 BC?
4 V6 l7 g3 N+ [; W/ G. u9 \+ GA Emperor Claudius B King Alfred C King Ethelred D Julius Caesar
7 Which one is not the reason for the very limited influence of Roman to Britain?
A The Romans always treated the Britons as a subject people of slave class.
8 H4 I$ U4 k# F* J; ?. l2 LB The Romans and Britons never intermarry during the 4 centuries
, q! N: I( H% t1 o% }( eC The Romans didn’t like the Britons.
D The Romans had no impact on the language or culture of ordinary Britons.
8 The Hundred Years’ war with France ended by the English being driven out of France. By 1453 _____ was the only part of France that was still in the hands of the English.
# R* j2 k7 ]# v: q$ fA Dover B Calais C Southampton D Portsmouth
5 R' v1 Y- n+ A$ g: J/ A9 Which war had little effect on ordinary people but gave a death blow to feudalism?
A The Wars of the Roses B The Hundred Years’ War
; X$ r* l; ]9 `9 WC The English Civil War D World War I
* C6 m: L  |( J/ D2 W# F1 a: s10 The English Civil War, also called the Puritan Revolution , is generally regarded as the beginning of modern ____ history.
/ }9 E9 \9 T6 M% w9 QA European B Scottish C Welsh D world
练习题答案及题解:
1 B, 现在，英国移民主要集中在伦敦及英格兰心脏地带的一些城市和城镇，诸如 Slough, Leicester, Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Luton, Bradford, Coventry, Bedford 和Reading等等。
2 C, 英国国旗为红白蓝三色的米字旗（也叫“Union Jack”），是由三个十字组成。
  d, o& k- Z" y0 Y( p  Q5 W3 D, A，蓟是苏格兰的象征，用作苏格兰的国徽；B，三叶苜蓿花为爱尔兰的国花；C，黄水仙花是威尔士的国花；D，玫瑰则是英格兰的国花。
; z; I1 R' X8 u" W; o7 k4 C, 位于英格兰西北部和威尔士北部的湖区是英国著名的风景区之一，也是英国十九世纪湖畔诗人聚居的地方。
5 A, 最早来英国定居的是伊比利亚人。大约在公元前3000年左右，也就是新石器时代，他们从伊比利亚半岛（即今天的西班牙）来到英国。
# {* R& n( L2 X' j# B5 R& P6 D, 英国的历史是从罗马人的入侵开始的。恺撒，这位伟大的罗马将军，在公元前55年第一次带兵入侵并征服了英国。
7 C, 尽管罗马人征服了英国，但是罗马文化对英国的影响十分有限。这主要是因为：罗马人一直把英国人看作是社会地位相当于奴隶的被降伏的民族；在长达四个世纪的时间里从来没有罗马人跟英国人通婚；罗马人对英国平民阶层的语言和文化没有任何影响。
& Z' w0 W. f+ @' u* c' w8 B, 英法之间的百年战争以英国人被赶出法国而告终。到1453年战争结束时，只有法国北部的加莱港还在英国人手里。
! |+ b8 b5 i/ G* }, d. k1 L" r9 A, 尽管玫瑰战争持续了30年，但对老百姓的生活几乎没什么影响，反倒使英国的封建主义受到致命打击，贵族阶层受到了削弱。
# ~3 ?& x5 u; B( P0 ^5 d8 j  ?10 D, 英国内战也叫“清教徒革命”，这是因为反对国王的人大部分是那些清教徒。英国内战不仅推翻了英国的封建制度，也动摇了欧洲封建统治的基础。所以，从这个角度讲，英国内战通常被看作现代世界史的开端。