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[专八辅导] 英语专业八级人文知识资料(12)

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发表于 2012-8-14 11:35:50 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
  1 The two areas in Britain where a lot of immigrants live are _____.$ ?- m' W# F8 N8 S
  A London and Cambridge
/ F+ z3 H, U, V" v: m) e  B London and heart of England6 e! s1 }- u* @' t( Y6 K
  C Manchester and Birmingham, T2 O" [+ m9 a  }. g
  D Edinburgh and Nottingham, R' `. `7 v' T3 O9 U5 ?* P5 r5 P6 j- N
  2 The flag of the United Kingdom, known as the Union Jack, is made up of _____ crosses.* A' n4 }8 u# [/ H4 r% N/ b! X& k
  A one B two C three D four1 ?5 Y+ g3 O9 O7 i! X
  3 Which flower is symbol of England?5 t0 J0 |) b2 C/ l3 j* v* Y$ c& n
  A Thistle B Shamrock C Daffodil D Rose2 i# ^- z8 w. x3 \9 m
  4 _____ was the home of the Lake Poets William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor, Coleridge and Robert Southey of 19th century Britain.6 B2 C. \+ Q4 p$ u6 r# x# c
  A Lough Neagh B Windermere C Lake District D Coniston Water  s+ K8 I, Z2 ~
  5 The first known settlers of Britain were the _____.
" V# G2 I: h+ ~/ l) Z9 z" f/ c  A Iberians B Beaker Folk C Celts D Anglo-Saxons4 ]! m) s. k0 t( j2 M; ]/ ?
  6 Who invaded and conquered Britain for the first time in 55 BC?" R' x8 |) K5 ~; ?: C/ l
  A Emperor Claudius B King Alfred C King Ethelred D Julius Caesar; z% u+ x3 K) o& k
  7 Which one is not the reason for the very limited influence of Roman to Britain?
" }4 [6 u4 S4 c/ A  A The Romans always treated the Britons as a subject people of slave class.
  c8 _$ y: r5 r% z9 J  B The Romans and Britons never intermarry during the 4 centuries9 ?. z9 s4 H: a- a' T8 Z
  C The Romans didn’t like the Britons.2 H8 z% r1 `2 ~1 I. _0 _7 [
  D The Romans had no impact on the language or culture of ordinary Britons.0 g; Z3 z5 w# f$ C0 m: p
  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.
* z; o; K, D% V( A7 E$ U9 ]' H  A Dover B Calais C Southampton D Portsmouth  F: s; M2 B7 d5 ?' I$ K+ l
  9 Which war had little effect on ordinary people but gave a death blow to feudalism?$ g" V& O% A8 [  l. p
  A The Wars of the Roses B The Hundred Years’ War
* k8 S1 b4 P* u8 U. V- X  C The English Civil War D World War I
; j' \; L/ I1 x. R7 Z, n  10 The English Civil War, also called the Puritan Revolution , is generally regarded as the beginning of modern ____ history.4 a( r1 ?8 h  o! n* a( X# w6 E
  A European B Scottish C Welsh D world7 [. k. [% b+ e8 g/ b
  练习题答案及题解:
1 c% ]4 e, W: k6 v9 h& \% g1 f/ v  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。1 K# c2 \3 t7 X& B; y8 q1 F
  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。0 D6 @9 X% b% J% m9 T" d: p% F
  3 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。
2 z3 R+ y+ e+ ]5 W# ^' r' m  4 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。1 c: ~6 o* |% g; Z7 F1 K, H8 O" C: |
  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。7 @8 c, i" E/ D5 z- ?
  6 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。6 Y2 m) z7 z% [% t' f6 q
  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。
- J: R, {/ K0 g  8 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。( N5 c% g' |# D  P
  9 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。
& K# }( v0 b- G, x- C' S  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。
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