__1_No.10 Downing Street is____.% N+ L! M6 t- l" }3 b0 V
A Office of British Navy B official residence of Prime Minster
! r1 |" v# I! t8 b: x2 j2 @ C seat of English Parliament D official residence of King) @6 j9 g9 `/ V/ R d2 _
__2__ Increasingly troubled by the inroads of northern tribes such as Goths, the West Empire finally collapsed in__.
( O# f2 \( Y+ y: F0 M) f A 395 B 27 B.C. C 476 D 1453
4 T4 m9 `0 C1 t* G5 x2 a __3__Who wrote “I came, I saw, I conquered”?
7 U, r5 B+ o q/ x5 B- y8 n% Z A Horace B Virgil C Marcus Tullius Cicero D Julius Casar2 ^4 s/ ]7 r, \8 y8 {& I
__4__When the Hundred Year’s War ended in 1453, the only part of France that was still in the hands of English is_.) c1 X5 D( v; N+ b' M
A Calais B Paris C Aquitaine D Anjor
3 [/ S# m% ]0 Z- `( t6 I __5__ Big Ben is the nickname of_." O) z" N' u; ^& F$ B" a
A Sir Benjamin Hall B Benjamin Franklin C 315-foot Clock Tower D Sir Charles Barry
8 n) [' T: S+ Y2 M8 k __6__ In England, the most famous of the Catholic conspiracies was__.( z9 {1 m9 ^$ y5 P
A The Cobham’s plot B the murder of Thomas Becket- @7 R; y0 r- s7 Z
C the execution of Mary Queen of Scots D the Gunpowder Plot
$ c: Q0 o5 V3 m) b& | __7__ The author of On the Origin of Species is__.
* ^# ~: p. |: Q9 \$ Y7 V* o6 D4 n A George Baron B Charles Darwin C John Baldwin D Winston Churchill; Q, R" t1 z8 A
__8__The author of On the Nature of Things is __.. @; g( ^% a [# l. i9 W$ P1 t
A Horace B Virgil C Lucretius D Julius Caesar
+ F. P( v8 h0 A __9__Which of the following is by far the most influential in the West?
5 d! W* o) a5 z4 n4 l A Christianity B Buddhism C Islamism D Judaism, @- s8 C" n3 G
__10__ The Old Testament consists of 39 books, the oldest and most important of which are the first fie books, called __.. K! l; h& i, L/ a: N
A Exodus B Commandments C Amos D Pentateuch
$ l4 y% _$ n# t1 _ 答案:1-5 BCDAC 6-10 DBCAD* r5 K) J, b/ {+ U2 H
1. 选B. No.10 Downing Street(唐宁街10号,是首相官邸,) Downing Street位于伦敦中部,No.11 Downing Street是英国财政大臣的官邸,因此唐宁街常作为英国政府的代名词。/ N$ n; E6 i; X1 n; a# j
2. 选 C。注意这几个时间:公元476年西罗马帝国灭亡,公元395年罗马帝国分裂为东罗马帝国和西罗马帝国;公元1453年东罗马帝国灭亡,而公元前27年罗马帝国正式建立。' Z" {' v+ F9 [8 [( i: ^7 p& V
3. 选D。Julius Caesar(恺撒,100-44 BC,罗马统帅,政治家)于49-44BC成为罗马独裁者,后被共和派贵族刺杀,着有《高卢战记》 (Commentaries)Marcus Tullius Cicero (西塞罗104-43BC)罗马政治家,哲学家和雄辩家。+ B6 t8 ?9 R& e1 a+ e
4. 选A。 1453年英法百年战争结束时,只有法国北部的Calais加莱港还被英军占领。/ h3 e! y0 y9 D
5. 选C。Big Ben(大本钟)是指伦敦英国议会大厦钟楼上的大钟,也谕指放置大本钟的钟楼。该钟是由英国政府官员Sir Benjamin Hall于1859年主持建造的。: p3 q3 y1 c" n, s1 m5 y* r
6. 选D。The Gunpowder Plot (火药阴谋)是指1605年英国发生的由Guy Fawkes等企图炸毁议会大厦,扎死国王的天主教火药硬煤案。这一阴谋的Guy Fawkes和其他7名同谋在犯罪现场被捉获。后国会决定每年的11月5日为”Guy Fawkes Day”,在这一天人们燃放烟火和烧福克斯的模拟象,晚上英国人会用Bonfire Night “篝火之夜”来庆祝这一天。
9 {8 x' H# i \; Z5 Z 7. 选B。Charles Darwin (达尔文1809-1882)英国博物学家,进化论的创始,进化生物学的奠基人,提出以自然选择为基础的进化论学说和人类起源于类人猿。着有On the Origin of Species《物种起源》
3 T) P1 D; u. A' A' @+ z 8. 选C。Lucretius (卢克莱修约94-95BC)古罗马诗人和哲学家。The nature of things,他认为物质是永恒的(Matter is eternal.)
/ q% ?0 s/ T3 t 9. 选A。到目前为止,Christianity(基督教)仍然是西方国家最有影响力的。, P0 |% B( [# ~( T
10. 选D。 Pentateuch《魔西五书》是 The Old Testament《旧约全书》中最古老,最重要的五部。Pentateuch《魔西五书》,包括Genesis《创始记》, Exodus《出埃及记》 Leviticus 《利未记》Numbers《民数记》 Deuteronomy《申命记》 |