英语专业八级人文知识辅导资料(10)

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　　英国概况
! ]2 z( n6 y3 [" L8 A5 E- v! y+ O　　练习题：
# T, r: Z1 A( q' ~2 ]+ d# O$ Q　　1 Which name is NOT related to Britain?
8 o* b8 y+ C0 f　　A Northern Ireland B Scotland C Wales D Toronto
　　2 The news agency Reuters was founded in _____.
　　A London B Birmingham C Liverpool D Manchester
( a8 z* |7 F0 p( G5 y　　3 The tower of London, a historical sight, located in the center of London, was built by _____.
　　A King Harold B Robin Hood C Oliver Cromwell D William the Conqueror
　　4 Who were the ancestors of the English and the founders of England?
　　A The Anglo-Saxon B The Normans C The Vikings D The Romans
　　5 Which is the largest city in Scotland?
* y5 N6 ^3 \4 F) M: P3 O( f　　A Cardiff B Edinburgh C Glasgow D Manchester
　　6 In Britain, children from the age of 5 to 16 _____.
　　A can legally receive completely free education
　　B can legally receive partly free education
　　C cannot receive free education at all
　　D cannot receive free education of their parents are rich
　　7 The Industrial Revolution started in _____.
　　A the Great Britain B the United States C Canada D Australia
2 g5 U& l( v3 t, p　　8 What is the name of Britain’s highest mountain?
　　A Anne Boleyn B Ben Nevis C Snowdonia D Scafell
( X/ M% Q0 X) R+ x( C　　9 Which is the correct name to use to refer to Britain in a political way?
　　A Great Britain B The British Isles C The United Kingdom D England
　　10 Britain has, for centuries , been slowly tilting with _____.
0 G& I3 g4 O# E# d; `3 n　　A the North-West slowly rising and the South-East slowly sinking
, n* p% U; O% ^! M! D# b　　B the North-East slowly rising and the South-West slowly sinking
　　C the South-East slowly rising and the North-west slowly sinking
  ~8 |/ q6 }+ q2 q7 T5 J) M1 j+ [　　D the South-West slowly rising and the North-East slowly sinking
) h1 Y7 C- F9 w. D( M/ W　　练习题答案及题解:
( F" P. {& J6 Y/ y0 z　　1 D, 多伦多属于加拿大,与英国无关。
9 C' G" B/ ]2 E. H  D　　2 A, 路透社创建于伦敦。
5 U, N" \5 [! ^- |4 B; ]) d　　3 D, 伦敦塔是1078年为防止罗马入侵由威廉大帝修建的。
- @, L1 m9 o. ~7 h+ K* L0 T　　4 A, 英国民族的前身是安格鲁萨克森人。
　　5 C, 格拉斯格是苏格兰最大的城市和经济中心。
　　6 A, 英国小孩 5—16岁的教育是免费的。
　　7 A, 工业革命起源于英国。
　　8 B, 本尼维斯山为英国最高峰。
　　9 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。
) s  N% J! b3 E; N2 W　　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。