__1_No.10 Downing Street is____.
( C3 ^% o/ F8 u H3 B' z5 l A Office of British Navy B official residence of Prime Minster8 v7 x: F( I( E, [
C seat of English Parliament D official residence of King
5 O! _! A4 G# ` __2__ Increasingly troubled by the inroads of northern tribes such as Goths, the West Empire finally collapsed in__.
+ S [; u6 C2 c A 395 B 27 B.C. C 476 D 1453
; N! e9 i, u, k, p9 p" A __3__Who wrote “I came, I saw, I conquered”?
3 Z' Q- W0 W- m. j3 N/ [ A Horace B Virgil C Marcus Tullius Cicero D Julius Casar
+ s* T! k2 h3 Q) ^; q7 A5 d2 V! I- y __4__When the Hundred Year’s War ended in 1453, the only part of France that was still in the hands of English is_.1 J( q0 `8 C7 ]! h% e8 j$ d
A Calais B Paris C Aquitaine D Anjor# G* M. h' l; @8 E9 A+ h- \
__5__ Big Ben is the nickname of_.
% [- t- \+ f! x) L* m8 f2 B A Sir Benjamin Hall B Benjamin Franklin C 315-foot Clock Tower D Sir Charles Barry
5 ]6 B; |% ^; L5 [ __6__ In England, the most famous of the Catholic conspiracies was__.9 G! I! \- [) ^) ~9 }# ~5 E- W
A The Cobham’s plot B the murder of Thomas Becket
" l+ b$ E7 C/ m5 J C the execution of Mary Queen of Scots D the Gunpowder Plot" w! O- N- M1 S7 k5 N4 ]9 w5 b h
__7__ The author of On the Origin of Species is__.- {, B# I! Y0 _4 v' F' l+ Q
A George Baron B Charles Darwin C John Baldwin D Winston Churchill. D* U2 m0 ^ {% W
__8__The author of On the Nature of Things is __.
* L5 M" l# n# M5 [' A A Horace B Virgil C Lucretius D Julius Caesar% t! c, e% A. u I
__9__Which of the following is by far the most influential in the West?1 X3 i f) @. C
A Christianity B Buddhism C Islamism D Judaism( M O/ q5 E: t/ R' M |% ?1 R/ z S: ^
__10__ The Old Testament consists of 39 books, the oldest and most important of which are the first fie books, called __.% x0 W( J0 T' n9 o: M4 l
A Exodus B Commandments C Amos D Pentateuch 5 L) X7 N$ g+ Z, D5 {
答案:1-5 BCDAC 6-10 DBCAD) `) x6 }* J( V
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。5 I6 H! ]+ ~4 J: |) }8 q4 C: v# \! p
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$ A& v% \" p; Q" }
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,著有《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。
0 ?8 U$ P# [( w8 O* O 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。
! f' R, ]' s0 `* c, @- u# s Q 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。: {- n8 u/ y* [& t% r5 l/ j
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。
8 Y6 J4 w: L$ Y$ m8 [2 D 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。著有On the Origin of Species《物种起源》8 @3 S. k6 w0 f) v
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.)1 b/ W0 h* ]4 z8 H j1 `1 x9 Y( {& ~
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。6 f+ W6 H1 h4 C- v& b; y# D; D
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》 |