英语专业八级人文知识(十二)

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练习题：
1 The two areas in Britain where a lot of immigrants live are _____.
A London and Cambridge
+ E2 Q* W2 U2 K; c- S6 T4 \3 EB London and heart of England
/ D! |5 Q; K: M. [& T+ M. ^( cC Manchester and Birmingham
9 g/ P* T4 w9 t5 DD Edinburgh and Nottingham
9 \  D2 A; l/ r: g* b2 The flag of the United Kingdom, known as the Union Jack, is made up of _____ crosses.
A one B two C three D four
/ j) r# Q5 M9 H! I: U. S; [3 Which flower is symbol of England?
A Thistle B Shamrock C Daffodil D Rose
4 _____ was the home of the Lake Poets William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor, Coleridge and Robert Southey of 19th century Britain.
A Lough Neagh B Windermere C Lake District D Coniston Water
: b9 v& m% b3 `5 The first known settlers of Britain were the _____.
) a" q9 w5 s" ~, e2 k2 nA Iberians B Beaker Folk C Celts D Anglo-Saxons
6 Who invaded and conquered Britain for the first time in 55 BC?
: b  a. L2 g1 [1 cA Emperor Claudius B King Alfred C King Ethelred D Julius Caesar
7 Which one is not the reason for the very limited influence of Roman to Britain?
# K7 V- i1 f3 Y9 pA The Romans always treated the Britons as a subject people of slave class.
4 \( [( L! r, k3 W& jB The Romans and Britons never intermarry during the 4 centuries
5 M6 y) ^7 ~1 T! h4 c3 t4 M( kC The Romans didn’t like the Britons.
D The Romans had no impact on the language or culture of ordinary Britons.
8 The Hundred Years’ war with France ended by the English being driven out of France. By 1453 _____ was the only part of France that was still in the hands of the English.
A Dover B Calais C Southampton D Portsmouth
$ b: u- `  w8 x, ]/ J: k9 Which war had little effect on ordinary people but gave a death blow to feudalism?
A The Wars of the Roses B The Hundred Years’ War
C The English Civil War D World War I
10 The English Civil War, also called the Puritan Revolution , is generally regarded as the beginning of modern ____ history.
A European B Scottish C Welsh D world
6 r* P  X2 W  Z) b& z1 U; m( P练习题答案及题解:
2 W; ^/ h5 b6 O3 @# ~1 B, 现在，英国移民主要集中在伦敦及英格兰心脏地带的一些城市和城镇，诸如 Slough, Leicester, Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Luton, Bradford, Coventry, Bedford 和Reading等等。
2 ^( m$ \+ f: F" U& C  s1 T2 C, 英国国旗为红白蓝三色的米字旗（也叫“Union Jack”），是由三个十字组成。
3 D, A，蓟是苏格兰的象征，用作苏格兰的国徽；B，三叶苜蓿花为爱尔兰的国花；C，黄水仙花是威尔士的国花；D，玫瑰则是英格兰的国花。
' K0 R) f+ I7 x4 C, 位于英格兰西北部和威尔士北部的湖区是英国著名的风景区之一，也是英国十九世纪湖畔诗人聚居的地方。
5 A, 最早来英国定居的是伊比利亚人。大约在公元前3000年左右，也就是新石器时代，他们从伊比利亚半岛（即今天的西班牙）来到英国。
' [# @" A9 s- s0 a* K! x, P6 D, 英国的历史是从罗马人的入侵开始的。恺撒，这位伟大的罗马将军，在公元前55年第一次带兵入侵并征服了英国。
7 C, 尽管罗马人征服了英国，但是罗马文化对英国的影响十分有限。这主要是因为：罗马人一直把英国人看作是社会地位相当于奴隶的被降伏的民族；在长达四个世纪的时间里从来没有罗马人跟英国人通婚；罗马人对英国平民阶层的语言和文化没有任何影响。
8 B, 英法之间的百年战争以英国人被赶出法国而告终。到1453年战争结束时，只有法国北部的加莱港还在英国人手里。
4 p& g. e7 ~% m( V9 A, 尽管玫瑰战争持续了30年，但对老百姓的生活几乎没什么影响，反倒使英国的封建主义受到致命打击，贵族阶层受到了削弱。
- |! k# E5 P6 f10 D, 英国内战也叫“清教徒革命”，这是因为反对国王的人大部分是那些清教徒。英国内战不仅推翻了英国的封建制度，也动摇了欧洲封建统治的基础。所以，从这个角度讲，英国内战通常被看作现代世界史的开端。