1 Which name is NOT related to Britain? 8 h+ q5 B* q+ t) d A) P4 W
A Northern Ireland B Scotland C Wales D Toronto 3 E& ^1 d$ `" x# b4 w
2 The news agency Reuters was founded in _____. 2 M5 }$ n+ A( F& W" A* G
A London B Birmingham C Liverpool D Manchester
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3 The tower of London, a historical sight, located in the center of London, was built by _____.
s) h6 |# U1 |; \/ AA King Harold B Robin Hood C Oliver Cromwell D William the Conqueror & c$ ~8 N V n5 X+ \; S
/ z& R* T) l5 R* N4 Who were the ancestors of the English and the founders of England? $ H5 q' K. H' ?( i4 K7 C
A The Anglo-Saxon B The Normans C The Vikings D The Romans 6 K2 w! i2 I/ _1 C
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5 Which is the largest city in Scotland? % d2 t; X4 T- c: B6 q- s* ]7 w5 U
A Cardiff B Edinburgh C Glasgow D Manchester 3 d: j |/ K7 r& g4 y. D0 S8 P
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6 In Britain, children from the age of 5 to 16 _____. 9 m) ]1 v) m7 s3 t$ r7 K) f5 |
A can legally receive completely free education
4 _2 K) y/ f8 O* mB can legally receive partly free education
. l; e7 I& E& |1 hC cannot receive free education at all
1 t/ l A3 [! Q: L2 U M& E- a1 `. OD cannot receive free education of their parents are rich - A% K) v% ?4 x; r- b' X" h
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7 The Industrial Revolution started in _____.
' n/ y! B0 r7 n0 M3 W+ QA the Great Britain B the United States C Canada D Australia * O* `3 o" v% g C/ I+ i
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8 What is the name of Britain’s highest mountain?
. X0 o3 a3 S" C+ n4 \/ RA Anne Boleyn B Ben Nevis C Snowdonia D Scafell
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^2 j6 H$ H% X3 b5 s8 \6 e9 Which is the correct name to use to refer to Britain in a political way?
2 x' S6 C4 Z2 F8 v. hA Great Britain B The British Isles C The United Kingdom D England : Z, `( F; S# {
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10 Britain has, for centuries , been slowly tilting with _____. 2 R. ~4 C3 j/ l9 f% W
A the North-West slowly rising and the South-East slowly sinking : w! I" n( o" |! g4 W
B the North-East slowly rising and the South-West slowly sinking
9 c$ ^4 ]: g a! p( uC the South-East slowly rising and the North-west slowly sinking ( e: N& A4 g/ g/ W5 w
D the South-West slowly rising and the North-East slowly sinking 2 A% B) _3 |, ^% m
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1 D, 多伦多属于加拿大,与英国无关。 ) H- m6 H& y! l7 n0 U z
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2 A, 路透社创建于伦敦。
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3 D, 伦敦塔是1078年为防止罗马入侵由威廉大帝修建的。" N* Z9 \1 n/ `4 k t, {. c2 J
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4 A, 英国民族的前身是安格鲁萨克森人。 ' O, o* @9 c( X# v5 ]6 K
* E/ T! s- d' h/ G! @( F5 C, 格拉斯格是苏格兰最大的城市和经济中心。 ' a! L' l. u/ H( E5 R6 y5 A
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6 A, 英国小孩 5—16岁的教育是免费的。
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* V/ Q$ _6 @& h* Q( Z7 A, 工业革命起源于英国。4 x. R$ d' L# U. l( i7 ]$ c
5 f; `! p m& A$ o8 B, 本尼维斯山为英国最高峰。 " T* ^1 l% r3 g1 h
) e( P: g% Q3 R9 y( H, p P9 C, 提起英国，很多人会使用名字“Britain”，“England”或“British”，但这往往会惹恼苏格兰人，威尔士人以及北爱尔兰人。从政治角度来讲，“the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”或 “the United Kingdom/UK”是英国正确的叫法。“the British Isles”则是地理意义上的名字，包括Great Britain，the whole of Ireland （ Northern and Southern），the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man 这些岛屿。
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10 A, 英国几个世纪以来地势一直在缓慢地倾斜，表现为西北部在慢慢上升，而东南部在慢慢下沉，所以英国的西北部为高地 |
发表于 2012-8-14 11:42:11
