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1、Part One True or False 1、Britain is no longer an imperial country. T 2The stereotype of the English gentlemen never applied the majority of the British people. T 3、Northern Ireland is part of Great Britain. F 4、Most people in Scotland speak the old Celtic language，called“Gaelic”. F 5、Ireland is part
2、 of Great Britain. F 6、Most British people are Protestants while most Irish people are Catholics. T 7、The divine right of the king(君权神授) means the sovereign derived his authority from his subjects. F 8、As the king in the theory had God in his side ，it was thought that he should exercise absolute pow
3、er. F 9、Britain，like Israel，has a written constitutions of the sort which most countries have. F 10、In the UK ，a government cannot stand for longer than five years except in exceptional circumstance. T 11、There are two(three) national parties in the UK according to the text. F 12、The majority of Bri
4、tains recent immigrants have mainly come from North(South) Asia and Caribbean countries. F 13、By the 1880s the British economy was dominant in the world. T 14、Another reason for British decline is the loss of its colonies ，especially India，which gained its independence in 1947. T 15、The service indu
5、stry in the U.K. employs 70% of the total work force. T 16、Much early British literature was concerned with Christianity，and Anglo-Saxons produced many versions of Bible. T 17、William Shakespeare is a great poet and much known of his life. F 18、The purpose of British education is not only to provide
6、 children with literacy and the other basic skills but also to socialize children. T 19、The state seldom interferes with the decision of when，where，how and what children are taught. F 20、When the Second World War ended，Britain no longer was the largest military power in Western Europe. F 21、Accordin
7、g to the text ，the most important single factor which influences British policy- makers is its history. T 22、The Prime Minister and Cabinet decide on the general direction of Britains foreign policy. T 23、The British host a large American military presence and there are 63 American military bases in
8、 the UK. T 24、On an average day，an overwhelming majority of Britons over the age of 15 read a national or local paper. T 25、The Advertising Code ensures that advertisements are legal，decent，honest and truthful ；have a sense of responsibility for consumer and society；and respect the principals of fai
9、r competition. T 26、The tabloids are smaller format newspapers with color photos and catchy headlines. They often called“the gutter press”. T 27、The tradition of having Sunday off derived from the Christian Church. T28The origin of Browning lies in the victory celebration ceremony by the ancient war
10、riors. T 29、The game of golf was invented by the Scottish. T 30、It is commonly believed that Boxing Day 礼节日(圣诞过后的第一天) involves the sport of boxing. F 31、Most of the people in northern Ireland are Catholics while the majority of the people in the Republic are Protestants. F 32、Ireland has an open and
11、 trade-dependent economy. T 33、Ireland joined the EU in 1971. T 34、The attitude of Ireland toward Britain is dislike or even hatred because of the colonial past. F 35、The majority of the Irish people population is Protestant. F 36、The Catholic Church is opposed to abortion divorce. T 37、Traditionall
12、y，Ireland has been a rural and agriculture culture. T 38、The Great Famine lasted from 1845 to 1848. T 39、Most Irish now do not generally speak Irish. T 40、The continent of Australia is the largest island in the world. T 41、Dreaming is shared by the members of an indigenous group about how the featur
13、es of their land were created. T 42、European travelers declared the continent of Australia terra nullius before the British did. F 43、The diseases brought by the White settlers to Australia did not contribute the drastic decline of the indigenous population. F 44、At the beginning of the settlement，t
14、here were roughly equal numbers of men and women. F 45、The Australia political system follows the Western democratic tradition ，reflecting British and North American experience. T 46、It is general acknowledged that the Prime Minister and The Cabinet at the federal level is the centre of the Australi
15、a parliamentary power. T 47、Few non-British migrants benefited from assisted migration. T 48、The Three largest ethnic groups in Australia by the 1860s were the British，the Italian(German) and the Chinese. F 49、The Original intention of the massive postwar immigration program was to keep Australia“white and free”. T 50、Maori people have given up their cultural tradition and have adopted many aspects of western life. F 51、New Zealand is the first country in the world to give women the right to vote. T 52、Christopher Columbus discovered American in 1492.
