1 How many members are there in the House of Commons?- _: i: f5 T2 a
A 650
; E2 c/ ?* ] e1 k4 p) | B 524
$ u8 {$ Z" [3 y/ G! B2 p C 72* q1 V6 m9 X6 f) T$ j( |
D 651
0 j" N+ \! v" L& |' c, j2 \# Q" { 2 Which of the following people didn’t use to be the British Prime Minister?
8 B" G: E: M2 F; C! y# R. D1 [% q A Margaret Thatcher
' s J4 L* J/ b- S. H B Winston Churchill
0 \* j3 U. J: A6 o( b5 r/ J C Horatio Nelson
2 z( M- @, S3 n" q& r ~; t D John Major- X1 y9 G [ V O0 T
3 By tradition, the leader of the majority party is appointed _____ by the Sovereign in the United Kingdom.2 @. C! i9 Y( ?0 H3 I" M: A: k
A Prime Minister
7 a' ]7 D# M- O/ ` B Member of Parliament
& o, C, d' g t8 p C Lord of appeal0 [7 B/ v5 \; ~8 S+ t& B
D Speaker of the House
5 _% s1 C- |3 g2 |& ] 4 The Tories were the forerunners of _____, which still bears this nickname today.( Y0 l( C# }& `" `& a
A the Labour Party
; s$ i9 x, m0 `9 f( Y1 n n' Y B the Conservative Party
4 g+ i) o( n l7 \3 K' J- E C the Liberal Party2 F5 c3 E! A$ ?0 ?2 _. s
D the Social Democratic Party
6 P; W4 U. @4 p! h6 S 5 In the United Kingdom, the party which wins the ____ number of seats in the House of Commons becomes the official Opposition.
* g' Y+ \; ~* k% Z" c/ e/ G A largest/ m1 Q+ c- u1 g: T
B second largest J) m4 P1 Z- {% I
C third largest3 }: ]+ K, r* y) o- v9 X* _& W0 u
D fourth largest; K- x! i2 D# g$ U0 W2 F
6 The term “British disease” is now often used to characterize Britain’s _____ decline.
K) ?. E; r" t& t A political
" v9 R6 ^( e. Z( }* d B educational
+ ?6 X/ w4 Z4 Y- x* D s) q; z C military
4 y S/ c* {# n. A i. M- n D economic; @$ G; w X+ M2 b) K/ Y
7 The 1980s was remembered as the decade of _____.; r) Z# A5 g0 s2 \
A globalization
2 d8 w w3 ~. T! m+ F B nationalization+ S$ ?, ?) v4 m( Q
C privatization
a" j& D' D* h) l) D% J D competition
, N$ [) I! W5 X& ^ 8 Today, in Britain, ______ is called a “sick” industry.
E0 W" j `7 |+ Z! n- Y# ^ A coal mining
* V2 N+ e j3 Z$ q) h B iron and steel& F6 ?* K& q7 i# d3 y) t7 v: v" n" _
C textiles
& L( l% H+ S2 i- {/ H D shipbuilding! G$ X" i6 u; Y& q ~) ?- |
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.- |) U# w& k, y$ h
A Abraham Darby
4 Z& i- o- A6 R) K( ~ B James Watt
4 l, ~6 W# Z# J2 c& e C John Kay
( F' E& T7 W5 L; { D Richard Arkwrightthe
, Z% D5 {! G; }1 B' ~; l( w 10 _____ created the industrial working class, the proletariat, and it later led to trade unionism.$ d; ]5 \6 A( p* c# ^7 z: i
A The Chartist Movement
1 J& \$ C) D1 I B The Industrial Revolution
. T6 Q/ L( M v; }4 F* ~# [ C The French Revolution
* \% [4 V* i5 m3 F" Q% I6 g D The Glorious Revolution, Z- G1 }8 C; c0 _! w
答案
8 X6 |0 r6 N4 @$ m- L& x% n 1 D, 下议院共有651名议员。$ J3 O* H$ x) I5 v
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。# _0 @% o s- E, m9 m; x
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。
: L9 X' s" \( M( R% Z 4 B, 托利党是英国保守党的前身。
( g M, @ I0 C y H 5 B, 在英国,在下议院中赢得第二席位的政党为反对党,它也有它自己的领导和影子内阁(shadow cabinet)。" `# V# v2 z% |+ P
6 D, 现在“英国病”这一术语经常用来指英国经济上的衰退。$ \) h7 w/ T$ Q7 f6 r5 Y
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。
6 p* s1 X6 {- p 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。
: y' E$ L% O K& h# A 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。
, A) w; p6 C3 _( @) K. v 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。 |