英语专业八级人文知识资料(10)

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　　英国概况
　　练习题：
' M+ |: v1 D6 K& s　　1 Which name is NOT related to Britain?
　　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
6 P- |" v$ a% I! {) m　　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?
, X& M! X0 ^3 c　　A The Anglo-Saxon B The Normans C The Vikings D The Romans
　　5 Which is the largest city in Scotland?
　　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
2 |; U5 C) P* T2 R* r　　B can legally receive partly free education
1 o+ W  y& P/ ]　　C cannot receive free education at all
1 F( Q# k7 j- u( ]) ~$ {　　D cannot receive free education of their parents are rich
( G4 x- _  u9 B" u! O7 z/ c　　7 The Industrial Revolution started in _____.
　　A the Great Britain B the United States C Canada D Australia
) P  l4 o, e3 Q　　8 What is the name of Britain’s highest mountain?
　　A Anne Boleyn B Ben Nevis C Snowdonia D Scafell
　　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 _____.
# w( Y/ f/ T% G% S% ^/ y- d( d$ \　　A the North-West slowly rising and the South-East slowly sinking
　　B the North-East slowly rising and the South-West slowly sinking
　　C the South-East slowly rising and the North-west slowly sinking
, v; u4 k' Q2 w- d- l) r% }) m1 |　　D the South-West slowly rising and the North-East slowly sinking
　　练习题答案及题解:
3 F; v( d3 ]; `: d　　1 D, 多伦多属于加拿大,与英国无关。
! ^, N+ h' \/ f& j4 q5 R( ^% M　　2 A, 路透社创建于伦敦。
　　3 D, 伦敦塔是1078年为防止罗马入侵由威廉大帝修建的。
　　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。
8 Z/ s, z) u8 Y4 `7 h　　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。
　　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。