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1、1 十年专注 只做精典 实战练兵 英国社会与文化 1 The United Kingdom is also known by its official name A the United Kingdom of Great Britain and England B the United Kingdom of Great Britain C the United Kingdom of British Isles D the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2 The first known settlers of Brit
2、ain were A the Celts B the Romans C the Iberians D the Beaker Folk 3 The of Britain are mainly highlands and the are mainly lowlands A north and west east and south B east and south north and west C east and west north and south D east and north west and south 4 Britain s longest river is A the Clyd
3、e B the Thames C the Severn D the Tweed 5 William Duke of Normandy fought King Harold of England at the Battle of Hastings in A 1086 B 1066 C 1035 D 1381 6 In Britain ministers are appointed by the Queen on the recommendation of A the Prime Minister B the Lord Chancellor C the Speaker D the Parliame
4、ntary Commissioner 7 is generally regarded as the beginning of modern world history A The Renaissance B The English Civil War C The English Reformation D The Wars of Roses 8 The British constitution is made up of the following except A commonwealth law B conventions C common law D statute law 9 In B
5、ritain capital punishment for murder has been abolished but it remains the penalty for A piracy B treason C assassination D piracy and treason 10 Education is compulsory for all between the ages of and in Great Britain except in North Ireland A 4 16 B 4 18 C 5 16 D 5 18 11 The University of Oxford a
6、nd Cambridge date from the centuries A 9th and 10th B 10th and 11th C 11th and 12th D 12th and 13th 12 About 90 percent of the state secondary school population in the UK attend A public schools B comprehensive schools C grammar schools D independent schools 13 The most famous art festival in Britai
7、n is A the Edinburgh International Festival of Music and Drama 2 振宇英语网 B the Royal National Eisteddford of Wales C the Opera Festival of Glyndebourne D the Music Festival of Aldeburgh 14 The most popular sport in England is which has its home in where it was developed in the 19th century A football
8、Scotland B soccer England C cricket England D golf Scotland 15 Which of the following statements is NOT true about the Prime Minister in Britain A He is appointed by the Queen B He is Minister for the Civil Service C He sits in the House of Commons D He is elected every four years 16 In the 1960s po
9、p music underwent a revolution when became world famous and turned their hometown of Liverpool into a place of pilgrimage A the Beach Boys B the Rolling Stone C the Animals D the Beatles 17 The election of made Margaret Thatcher to power and she became the first woman Prime Minister A 1979 B 1980 C
10、1982 D 1992 18 British was by 1830 the workshop of the world because of A agricultural revolution B industrial revolution C colonial expansion D invention of steam engine 19 is the home of golf A England B Scotland C Wales D Ireland 20 Edinburgh is the capital of A England B Scotland C Wales D North
11、ern Ireland 21 Church of England archbishops and bishops are appointed by A the Prime Minister B the Lord Chancellor C the Monarch D the Parliament 22 Great Britain is separated from the rest of Europe by the in the south A North Sea B Atlantic Ocean C Straits of Dover D English Channel 23 The most
12、important river in Britain is A the Clyde River B the Thames River C the Severn River D the Lough Neagh 24 The highest mountain in Britain is A the Forth B Scafell C the Alps D Ben Nevis 25 The Highlanders are the who live in the mountainous region of the Highlands A Welsh B Irish C Scots D English
13、26 The Eisteddfod is a n festival of poetry music ant the others A Scottish B Welsh C Irish D English 27 The Romans led by Julius Caesar launched their first invasion on Britain in A 200 B C B 55 B C C 55 A D D 410 A D 28 Christianity was first brought to England by 3 十年专注 只做精典 A the Romans B the Ce
14、lts C the Anglo Saxons D the Danes 29 When the Hundred Years War ended in 1453 the only part of France that was still in the hands of English is A Paris B Anjor C Aquitaine D Calais 30 In England the most famous of the Catholic conspiracies was A the Cobham s Plot B the Gunpowder Plot C the murder o
15、f Thomas Becket D the execution of Mary Queen of Scots 31 The law which joined England and Scotland in 1707 was A the Act of Supremacy B the Reform Act C the Act of Union D the Magna Carta 32 The British Parliament consists of three parts except A the Sovereign B the Cabinet C the House of Commons D
16、 the House of Lords 33 A parliament has a maximum of years but in practice general elections are usually held before the end of this term A 4 B 5 C 6 D 7 34 The British people hold as the festival to remember the people who died in the two World Wars A Easter Monday B Armistice Day C Guy Fawkes Day D Boxing Day 35 Oxford is on A the Thames River B River Clyde C the Severn River D the Great Lakes 36 What is NOT true for Britain s temperature A It is generally mild and temperate B It has frequent
