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[人文知识] 专八考前冲刺辅导:人文知识训练(七)

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发表于 2012-8-14 11:42:11 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
  练习题:
2 h+ t- `0 u7 u& t% Q" L  1 How many members are there in the House of Commons?
2 K$ h& y0 e9 u6 ]6 U" i  A 650 B 524 C 72 D 651
# Z+ P% i, k+ g6 j; x0 u  2 Which of the following people didn’t use to be the British Prime Minister?4 B( l3 M" ?  z
  A Margaret Thatcher B Winston Churchill C Horatio Nelson D John Major6 Z" |. G$ Z( w: r% S
  3 By tradition, the leader of the majority party is appointed _____ by the Sovereign in the United Kingdom.2 a7 m1 o9 N: q, }+ A
  A Prime Minister B Member of Parliament9 A, L# x( a5 w' z# U; g. N2 u! Q
  C Lord of appeal D Speaker of the House
, D7 y, G6 P, j" N% w" w6 t  4 The Tories were the forerunners of _____, which still bears this nickname today.
' h8 Y/ U5 @% @* t3 |9 W8 ?  A the Labour Party B the Conservative Party; J, N* j6 l! e* w) M- @
  C the Liberal Party D the Social Democratic Party
, j9 k0 S+ ]. `  z0 P) B, i8 e  5 In the United Kingdom, the party which wins the ____ number of seats in the House of Commons becomes the official Opposition.7 w1 H1 b0 e) s# p& m8 e
  A largest B second largest C third largest D fourth largest* y+ n  L3 n4 z6 v: y
  6 The term “British disease” is now often used to characterize Britain’s _____ decline.
8 [8 n7 i  Y* M# S( K. A$ a' f  A political B educational C military D economic# T' p3 M4 U  n, u# r# S9 j
  7 The 1980s was remembered as the decade of _____.
4 w( g$ x* U- l3 d6 x7 Y  A globalization B nationalization C privatization D competition
3 H, W7 E& F* ~) M! a% X% @  8 Today, in Britain, ______ is called a “sick” industry.+ }1 [2 q! o& g6 O# m8 ]
  A coal mining B iron and steel C textiles D shipbuilding
- y+ N% d' `/ L' G# }2 m" l  9 The first steam engine was devised by Thomas Newcomer at the end of the 17th century, and the Scottish inventor ____ modified and improved the design in 1765.
# X9 `( p) g$ `8 ~/ M  A Abraham Darby B James Watt C John Kay D Richard Arkwrightthe
9 ?, Q; V3 s" d# `' H  10 _____ created the industrial working class, the proletariat, and it later led to trade unionism.
' \0 H. K; |" a& X( W$ k6 X  A The Chartist Movement B The Industrial Revolution
$ _4 H+ r- x0 t% b: g+ i( T! U4 D  C The French Revolution D The Glorious Revolution
; ~$ L2 o9 [9 n5 w  1 D, 下议院共有651名议员。+ y6 {3 n1 a6 Y; b( V0 g$ E
  2 C, 撒切尔夫人,丘吉尔和梅杰都曾经做过英国首相;而纳尔逊(1758-1805),英国海军统帅,因作战负伤,右眼失明,失去右臂。后任地中海舰队司令,在特法尔加角海战中大败西班牙联合舰队,本人受重伤阵亡,号称 Viscount Nelson。
2 T7 ?$ \& l+ O$ e  3 A, 在英国,按照传统,多数党的领导人由君主任命为首相,首相从本党内部挑选一些领导人担任各部部长职位。
" y) ]/ [/ f8 N/ v- R  4 B, 托利党是英国保守党的前身。
. z8 W* I* I- j! F  5 B, 在英国,在下议院中赢得第二席位的政党为反对党,它也有它自己的领导和影子内阁(shadow cabinet)。
" o& N+ v- S8 f+ \) [  6 D, 现在“英国病”这一术语经常用来指英国经济上的衰退。( k7 @, ?' \& p: Q, S& G( c4 ]
  7 C, 正如20世纪40年代被看作是国有化的时代一样,20世纪80年代被看作是私有化的时代。包括英国石油、航空、钢铁、电讯在内的几乎40% 的国有公司实现了私有化。
3 h( R. y5 h6 j4 M& z. w  8 A, 英国煤矿业被称为生病工业。英国的煤产量在一战前达到顶点,如今的英国的煤矿业衰退,从而导致矿工的数量、煤矿的总产量大大下降。+ t: z; r* ]# s+ D. S. S  D) u
  9 B, 第一台蒸汽机是 Thomas Newcomer 在17世纪末设计的,后来苏格兰发明家瓦特在1765年对原有的设计进行了改进提高,生产出了第一台高效的蒸汽机并应用到纺织和其他机械业中。
, e: e: k% K+ I' s7 @  10 B, 工业革命产生了工人阶级,即无产阶级。后来形成了工会制度。
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