__1_No.10 Downing Street is____.
- Z6 i& O- J. | Z A Office of British Navy B official residence of Prime Minster
9 Y4 q! L$ n) g: F3 p! W8 K- i6 h C seat of English Parliament D official residence of King
- k: h$ Q% ^6 T U5 S. ]) Z8 h# ? __2__ Increasingly troubled by the inroads of northern tribes such as Goths, the West Empire finally collapsed in__.4 j0 A z q' y- u: A1 A. S* [, W
A 395 B 27 B.C. C 476 D 14531 \. A- q+ n" y
__3__Who wrote “I came, I saw, I conquered”?
9 c" I" P- [! ?+ | x# K A Horace B Virgil C Marcus Tullius Cicero D Julius Casar; G" c# e" q0 _" k
__4__When the Hundred Year’s War ended in 1453, the only part of France that was still in the hands of English is_.
5 _$ y% }7 {1 Q; i- O7 O A Calais B Paris C Aquitaine D Anjor6 O" ~8 [) C- y
__5__ Big Ben is the nickname of_.5 X% I# ?+ d$ {( E! i5 h7 D% i
A Sir Benjamin Hall B Benjamin Franklin C 315-foot Clock Tower D Sir Charles Barry) h* s' L5 k8 D: O
__6__ In England, the most famous of the Catholic conspiracies was__.
; `, D' h1 o$ r' P2 v* H A The Cobham’s plot B the murder of Thomas Becket
! @1 v8 w% V4 a C the execution of Mary Queen of Scots D the Gunpowder Plot
0 P: v C% z9 C% l __7__ The author of On the Origin of Species is__.7 ]* ]- U+ v- Z, e! W7 s' K
A George Baron B Charles Darwin C John Baldwin D Winston Churchill
1 L. k6 o! B5 l8 x, g5 g __8__The author of On the Nature of Things is __.
" {' z1 m. j% }- r A Horace B Virgil C Lucretius D Julius Caesar
! y0 V0 Q8 D) X8 e) B$ X __9__Which of the following is by far the most influential in the West?0 K% W& c9 w; w* x/ f
A Christianity B Buddhism C Islamism D Judaism
& ]- R( L% g! Y& [ __10__ The Old Testament consists of 39 books, the oldest and most important of which are the first fie books, called __.9 S: P' P5 o% _
A Exodus B Commandments C Amos D Pentateuch& O1 ^4 l& w" T# w( u9 \
答案:1-5 BCDAC 6-10 DBCAD
: B! k3 p# |; C3 u% E3 y 1. 选B. No.10 Downing Street(唐宁街10号,是首相官邸,) Downing Street位于伦敦中部,No.11 Downing Street是英国财政大臣的官邸,因此唐宁街常作为英国政府的代名词。: l# P+ T4 Q1 R/ T& P* Q* ]0 J! Z
2. 选 C。注意这几个时间:公元476年西罗马帝国灭亡,公元395年罗马帝国分裂为东罗马帝国和西罗马帝国;公元1453年东罗马帝国灭亡,而公元前27年罗马帝国正式建立。8 ~/ q4 h+ |7 i) c
3. 选D。Julius Caesar(恺撒,100-44 BC,罗马统帅,政治家)于49-44BC成为罗马独裁者,后被共和派贵族刺杀,着有《高卢战记》 (Commentaries)Marcus Tullius Cicero (西塞罗104-43BC)罗马政治家,哲学家和雄辩家。
' _8 }) R4 H2 b7 W 4. 选A。 1453年英法百年战争结束时,只有法国北部的Calais加莱港还被英军占领。1 k; y) S9 Q+ w' z m$ f/ G
5. 选C。Big Ben(大本钟)是指伦敦英国议会大厦钟楼上的大钟,也谕指放置大本钟的钟楼。该钟是由英国政府官员Sir Benjamin Hall于1859年主持建造的。; }1 x0 K: |" l! o& K! z
6. 选D。The Gunpowder Plot (火药阴谋)是指1605年英国发生的由Guy Fawkes等企图炸毁议会大厦,扎死国王的天主教火药硬煤案。这一阴谋的Guy Fawkes和其他7名同谋在犯罪现场被捉获。后国会决定每年的11月5日为”Guy Fawkes Day”,在这一天人们燃放烟火和烧福克斯的模拟象,晚上英国人会用Bonfire Night “篝火之夜”来庆祝这一天。) @4 G0 o6 ~1 b% y% }4 _- \
7. 选B。Charles Darwin (达尔文1809-1882)英国博物学家,进化论的创始,进化生物学的奠基人,提出以自然选择为基础的进化论学说和人类起源于类人猿。着有On the Origin of Species《物种起源》
" g+ a- o k- d Q 8. 选C。Lucretius (卢克莱修约94-95BC)古罗马诗人和哲学家。The nature of things,他认为物质是永恒的(Matter is eternal.)
, a% I5 A5 \0 i" T5 @6 [ 9. 选A。到目前为止,Christianity(基督教)仍然是西方国家最有影响力的。
% V' Z7 y2 K8 ^& S$ p# b 10. 选D。 Pentateuch《魔西五书》是 The Old Testament《旧约全书》中最古老,最重要的五部。Pentateuch《魔西五书》,包括Genesis《创始记》, Exodus《出埃及记》 Leviticus 《利未记》Numbers《民数记》 Deuteronomy《申命记》 |