1 How many members are there in the House of Commons?
9 R: h9 T3 \! U4 F2 z% F1 {/ L A 6504 \' w% {7 v: q
B 5247 y A% l; ]0 p% B( S0 |$ h: ~; x9 ?
C 726 ]4 A/ q5 p6 ~; T
D 6517 S/ b% P: y& F: w
2 Which of the following people didn’t use to be the British Prime Minister?9 W# c h3 B" C& {. I) `6 }5 ?
A Margaret Thatcher
" c9 [( [/ @/ O/ d& K$ O, X! S+ y( L/ R B Winston Churchill
2 x0 L' l4 P$ W3 b0 L5 ]" h C Horatio Nelson& e X# H4 k$ b: C4 i) _5 h
D John Major
! o0 n Y- Y1 G4 |8 | 3 By tradition, the leader of the majority party is appointed _____ by the Sovereign in the United Kingdom.: j8 L' ^3 z0 M' L3 _6 ? l
A Prime Minister
( [4 ~) ?0 g6 ^" } B Member of Parliament7 |# c8 ?# \) `
C Lord of appeal- k# d2 _0 b0 x3 U% j1 a5 x& x
D Speaker of the House
& F3 N+ g4 M3 e1 S9 ]8 @# S4 X$ P 4 The Tories were the forerunners of _____, which still bears this nickname today." L! E& h: J7 u/ M1 l
A the Labour Party9 l b2 r7 S/ U8 B+ K: s6 f0 B4 s
B the Conservative Party
: p7 [6 T2 b* L- Q6 l C the Liberal Party2 B/ ]9 v9 J* w# k& Y. U
D the Social Democratic Party
5 Y: E3 k5 m: a/ ?) C c$ Z 5 In the United Kingdom, the party which wins the ____ number of seats in the House of Commons becomes the official Opposition.6 T" |$ ~2 B0 w2 ]# i. F
A largest
2 v# M Z! f) I: d" a+ Z# ~! x B second largest
7 X% }# C. u" w" ?, Z2 a$ z% v+ { C third largest4 a# W: f1 _3 U- ~0 {) v" ^
D fourth largest
+ u, `" x5 ~* d' p* _9 l7 w' N1 s 6 The term “British disease” is now often used to characterize Britain’s _____ decline.3 F; \* U! F/ U8 s4 V
A political6 l$ A) H7 M2 t! G
B educational$ i: b! D+ r3 }% ?+ P
C military5 `* _8 a( C3 [: `2 ]8 Q
D economic5 P: j% Y) r$ e0 X
7 The 1980s was remembered as the decade of _____.
4 }7 t& X4 D5 q) e4 D% ~ A globalization( u) G1 v* B; Q9 H- |# K
B nationalization
# {8 _4 N8 M o1 o( r/ @( Y C privatization
0 i& Z1 z! R/ M3 U( C D competition) M& S. F* p8 G
8 Today, in Britain, ______ is called a “sick” industry.
7 Y) z9 l9 g5 d5 Y0 T/ \' R. I A coal mining
+ r& R* C2 a7 p* g' ?* D C B iron and steel: O- J* z; n5 _$ U( r
C textiles0 W7 y" W3 e. N/ n+ u
D shipbuilding
/ O% S4 m9 Q: `4 V; s" } 9 The first steam engine was devised by Thomas Newcomer at the end of the 17th century, and the Scottish inventor ____ modified and improved the design in 1765.
. U+ K' d+ A1 P A Abraham Darby
$ R: ~! f9 C. Q B James Watt: \- A4 y! a7 D" b6 H
C John Kay
" H) N% W7 H( u, ^* P0 F D Richard Arkwrightthe
; r- j8 J9 M5 ~& U 10 _____ created the industrial working class, the proletariat, and it later led to trade unionism.
% V) R: t6 a2 m t* m A The Chartist Movement8 p- W" @7 k+ h2 ]
B The Industrial Revolution
" q3 V4 J- L1 T4 _- G# { C The French Revolution
. D9 P" l7 N8 R6 L, M& p5 k# t D The Glorious Revolution
( U4 Y) x' G; K% R2 S 答案
/ z7 c* m* F. l7 @ 1 D, 下议院共有651名议员。
2 J0 E5 u- y, A, k3 h 2 C, 撒切尔夫人,丘吉尔和梅杰都曾经做过英国首相;而纳尔逊(1758-1805),英国海军统帅,因作战负伤,右眼失明,失去右臂。后任地中海舰队司令,在特法尔加角海战中大败西班牙联合舰队,本人受重伤阵亡,号称 Viscount Nelson。" _2 k( c3 C4 u; P: k! Z6 F1 e6 z
3 A, 在英国,按照传统,多数党的领导人由君主任命为首相,首相从本党内部挑选一些领导人担任各部部长职位。1 ~! e# W! b2 @1 W6 Z+ e; s
4 B, 托利党是英国保守党的前身。
2 G- R u/ U' ?" l X 5 B, 在英国,在下议院中赢得第二席位的政党为反对党,它也有它自己的领导和影子内阁(shadow cabinet)。
; W! U0 ~# L$ n- e4 q1 Q% v) O 6 D, 现在“英国病”这一术语经常用来指英国经济上的衰退。 N8 L) Q" M9 D2 G, F. Q& r( d
7 C, 正如20世纪40年代被看作是国有化的时代一样,20世纪80年代被看作是私有化的时代。包括英国石油、航空、钢铁、电讯在内的几乎40% 的国有公司实现了私有化。
9 r0 r( c# C8 @2 F( b 8 A, 英国煤矿业被称为生病工业。英国的煤产量在一战前达到顶点,如今的英国的煤矿业衰退,从而导致矿工的数量、煤矿的总产量大大下降。9 @7 ?9 h8 ?. a& x7 r# R
9 B, 第一台蒸汽机是 Thomas Newcomer 在17世纪末设计的,后来苏格兰发明家瓦特在1765年对原有的设计进行了改进提高,生产出了第一台高效的蒸汽机并应用到纺织和其他机械业中。; X0 E X; U8 ?5 ~% p5 q; j- l7 x
10 B, 工业革命产生了工人阶级,即无产阶级。后来形成了工会制度。 |