__1_No.10 Downing Street is____.' @* D: b# j$ I; ] S- z5 O
A Office of British Navy B official residence of Prime Minster
% w$ n6 Q4 _9 j1 w1 c% G C seat of English Parliament D official residence of King
9 a, ]2 g* f- |, G9 r __2__ Increasingly troubled by the inroads of northern tribes such as Goths, the West Empire finally collapsed in__.
5 y0 N2 ]8 S1 O/ e# R! y# e; I A 395 B 27 B.C. C 476 D 1453
" f6 u) N, F. ^ ^+ s; T __3__Who wrote “I came, I saw, I conquered”?9 a8 l7 q& V2 v6 `
A Horace B Virgil C Marcus Tullius Cicero D Julius Casar
3 g- I" G4 |$ G* x1 F( H0 D __4__When the Hundred Year’s War ended in 1453, the only part of France that was still in the hands of English is_.
- H7 F! D3 I8 \2 | A Calais B Paris C Aquitaine D Anjor
5 l) I& V( O! o) K) B# f9 u5 ^6 K( F: h __5__ Big Ben is the nickname of_.
: ^" U5 M: M3 n" M, v) O3 p" G A Sir Benjamin Hall B Benjamin Franklin C 315-foot Clock Tower D Sir Charles Barry
/ U% j1 s7 E( t __6__ In England, the most famous of the Catholic conspiracies was__.
" e' P/ x9 U* |1 Q' ` A The Cobham’s plot B the murder of Thomas Becket4 m6 ^; _8 s1 W) k$ f& q
C the execution of Mary Queen of Scots D the Gunpowder Plot) e1 W3 Q z. g0 B! M; x
__7__ The author of On the Origin of Species is__.0 d- k. R7 M% t0 s; m$ Z0 `
A George Baron B Charles Darwin C John Baldwin D Winston Churchill
2 W Q- m5 H+ k+ ~# `3 \5 y __8__The author of On the Nature of Things is __.
! G( Z1 _& k K1 ~, h# M4 S A Horace B Virgil C Lucretius D Julius Caesar* w3 p6 z( O3 D, u) S
__9__Which of the following is by far the most influential in the West?
- M* Y) K! v! o' v A Christianity B Buddhism C Islamism D Judaism0 ?2 j' T A( I6 q7 l! {
__10__ The Old Testament consists of 39 books, the oldest and most important of which are the first fie books, called __.
9 H4 q( X r( q# }* ^ A Exodus B Commandments C Amos D Pentateuch
1 T5 U1 W' p+ o 答案:1-5 BCDAC 6-10 DBCAD
9 w( \( s# _- F7 P 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。0 ~4 f& [& E9 S' S( v: t$ Q
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。
: A# P" y' M) g F 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。7 M( E2 `7 A- G2 S2 w
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。4 A% ]; R9 [+ ^( F
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。$ `; F0 M7 O/ U
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。- o0 w2 p& c7 r V4 k
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》
9 K2 D0 v* i+ f* S. ~1 D 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.)+ ]# I+ V. J h7 C. j( O
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。1 | w# [. i+ {9 d' D/ R. s$ ?
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》 |