1 Which name is NOT related to Britain?
* I5 D& m' c6 O, y& NA Northern Ireland B Scotland C Wales D Toronto
* T! P- h( l1 H, n. F2 The news agency Reuters was founded in _____.
5 ^; o* ~3 r* z3 |% T. B5 jA London B Birmingham C Liverpool D Manchester : y: s( X: F- _( l. y/ Y) C
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3 The tower of London, a historical sight, located in the center of London, was built by _____. ( V$ Q' G% L. z/ {0 P
A King Harold B Robin Hood C Oliver Cromwell D William the Conqueror
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6 Z4 L+ g9 r4 w* a3 a- E; h4 Who were the ancestors of the English and the founders of England? 9 }) E$ ]: K# y0 V% c& I1 Y; \
A The Anglo-Saxon B The Normans C The Vikings D The Romans ( r. F& F) g* C) Q* Q. I
! D* U% j4 {; P4 h7 G5 Which is the largest city in Scotland? A4 k. G- r6 R
A Cardiff B Edinburgh C Glasgow D Manchester
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6 In Britain, children from the age of 5 to 16 _____. ) b$ o3 Y1 t0 S: H4 J# Z! D/ Y. g* Q" a
A can legally receive completely free education
+ v1 ?/ q! E! H. Q1 e5 i fB can legally receive partly free education * R( p: t; i6 l( g
C cannot receive free education at all
! Q+ D7 f" K% V7 A2 O! SD cannot receive free education of their parents are rich l+ Y6 n2 S+ t" K* ^
# n* y, D5 Y: x# \9 B7 The Industrial Revolution started in _____.
; j: k0 z* d/ T) J% gA the Great Britain B the United States C Canada D Australia , A7 F& A$ i2 b8 s0 K0 r' ?
: x/ L! {% Q9 T2 s7 ~: l( u8 What is the name of Britain’s highest mountain? , P! a0 [7 @( H/ P
A Anne Boleyn B Ben Nevis C Snowdonia D Scafell
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9 Which is the correct name to use to refer to Britain in a political way?
5 E; i- ~$ w1 }0 PA Great Britain B The British Isles C The United Kingdom D England $ L' E7 y( ], ?' p4 W
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10 Britain has, for centuries , been slowly tilting with _____.
8 B6 u% z5 E# d, [8 FA the North-West slowly rising and the South-East slowly sinking Y0 t# j+ c" t5 h; c8 u6 e# @
B the North-East slowly rising and the South-West slowly sinking
! u* J+ [# @4 g+ zC the South-East slowly rising and the North-west slowly sinking ! v4 F; V3 C9 s9 g4 C4 M
D the South-West slowly rising and the North-East slowly sinking
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2 T( q! r2 x y( k& A$ r. @1 D, 多伦多属于加拿大,与英国无关。 # ]2 z$ g3 L1 O* [ C
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2 A, 路透社创建于伦敦。 0 D! Y5 v2 Z6 H- r" y
) }# p, \3 C; r9 e; \- V) b, {, _3 D, 伦敦塔是1078年为防止罗马入侵由威廉大帝修建的。7 h) z2 l# J* T& a8 G( W( j2 P m$ H
6 Z; T$ }% h* f, T4 L1 S3 U: z4 A, 英国民族的前身是安格鲁萨克森人。 , s- ^7 ~ W$ v5 N+ J) y
/ t2 D$ l, e6 v# R# h ^4 z. o. v5 C, 格拉斯格是苏格兰最大的城市和经济中心。 4 ^) C3 H9 M7 ]+ Q& b$ t5 F
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6 A, 英国小孩 5—16岁的教育是免费的。
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* d9 ]" l# R& r7 A, 工业革命起源于英国。. j- \+ S$ v* F* z% e/ F
$ ]0 V9 @7 E9 f9 ?2 h* d8 B, 本尼维斯山为英国最高峰。 : v8 [# b8 i( Y$ i' b9 [. R) T
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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。
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3 n. q, H) ~' H5 u4 T/ H10 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 |
发表于 2012-8-14 11:42:11
