-1-英国概况练习题:1WhichofthefollowingistheBritisholdestdailynewspaper?ATheTelegraphBTheGuardianCTheNewsoftheWorldDTheTimes2TheriverThamesisin_____.AWalesBScotlandCEnglandDNorthernIreland3TheIndustrialRevolutionstartedin_____.AtheGreatBritainBtheUnitedStatesCCanadaDAustralia4WhichofthefollowingistrueunderThatcher’sadministration?ATheproportionofowner-occupationdecreased.BPublichousingbecamemoreimportant.CManypublichousesweresoldtopeople.DTheUKbecamemoreEuropean-likeinitshousingarrangement.5Britainhasitsnuclearnavalforcesince_____.Ait’soneofthedevelopedcountriesintheworldBit’satraditionalseapowerCithasanadvancedindustryDit’sabletoproducesubmarines6WhichofthefollowingistheoldestnationalSundaynewspaperinBritain?ATheTimesBTheGuardianCTheObserverDTheFinancialTimes7BigBenwasnamedafter_____.AChristopherWrenBBenjaminHallCBenJohnDG.Stephenson8TheCapitalofWalesis_____.ASwanseaBCardiffCRhondaDBelfast9_____isEngland’sbiggestnavalbase.APortsmouthBSouthamptonCPlymouthDDover10TherearetwomajornationalpartiesinBritain:theConservativepartyand_____.AtheLiberalPartyBtheDemocraticPartyCtheLabourPartyDtheRepublicanParty练习题答案及题解:1D,英国历史上最悠久的日报是《泰晤士报》。2C,泰晤士河位于英格兰。3A,工业革命最早从英国开始。4C,1979年撒切尔夫人成为英国第一任女首相。她提出的政策称被为“撒切尔主义”。其内容包括国有企业私有化,采用货币主义政策以控制通货膨胀,削弱工会的影响,加强市场因素在经济中的作用,将公有住房卖给公众,强调法律和秩序。在一定程度上讲,她的计划是成功的。她领导英国经济度过了一段最繁华的时期。5B,英国拥有其海军核力量与其一贯的霸主地位是密切相关的。6C,《观察家报》创刊于1791年,是英国创刊最早的星期日报纸。7B,据说BigBen得名于它在1859年修建时候的建造者BenjaminHall。8B,威尔士位于大不列颠的西部。首府:加的夫。9A,英国最大的海军基地是普茨茅斯。10C,英国奉行的是两党制。其两大主要政党是保守党和工党。1.JuliusCaesarinvadedBritain_____.A.onceB.twiceC.threetimes2.KingArthurwasthekingof_____.A.PictsB.CeltsC.ScotsD.Jutes3.Thefirst“KingoftheEnglish”was_____.A.AlfredB.EgbertC.BedeD.Ethelred4.ChristianitywasintroducedintoEnglandinthelate_____century.A.14thB.8thC.6th5.In1653_____wasmadeLordProtectorforlife.A.OliverCromwellB.CharlesIC.WilliamII6.ThethreegreatGermanictribes:theAnglos,the_____andtheJuteswhichinvadedBritainformthebasisofthemodernBritishpeople.A.SaxonsB.ScotsC.WelshD.Wessex7.TheheadofthechurchinAnglo-Saxontimeswas_____.A.theKingofDenmarkandNorwayB.thekingofEnglandC.JuliusCaesarD.theArchbishopofCanterbury8.The_____invadedEnglandintheearliesttime.A.DanesB.IberiansC.RomansD.Celts9.TheVikingswhoinvadedEnglandattheturnofthe8thcenturycamefrom_____.-2-A.NorwayB.DenmarkC.FranceD.bothAandB10.Edwardwasknownasthe“_____”becauseofhisreputationforsaintliness.]A.ConfessorB.ConquerorC.Protector11.NormanConquestbeganin_____.A.1016B.1066C.103512.Inhistory_____wasnicknamed“KingofLackland”.A.JohnB.HenryIC.HenryII13.In1181HenryIIissuedthe_____whichmadeitcompulsoryforeveryfreemaninEnglandtobeprovidedwitharms.A.InquestofSheriffsB.AssizeofArmsC.DoomsdayBook14.HenryPlantagenet,in1154,establishedtheHouseofAngevinas_____.A.HenryIB.HenryIIC.HenryIII15.HenryIIappointedin1162_____ArchbishopofCanterbury.A.ThomasBecketB.StephenLangtonC.SimondeMortfort16.CharlesIwasbeheadedin_____.A.1649B.1648C.165317.Itwas_____whosummonedModelParliamentin1295.A.EdwardIB.HenryIVC.SimondeMontfort18.TheGreatChartercontained_____setsofprovisions.A.twoB.fourC.three19.ThePeasantsUprisingin1381wasledby_____.A.HenryTurnerB.WattTylerC.Richard20.TheEnglishChurchwasstrictly_____.A.nationalB.internationalC.regional21.TheGloriousRevolutionin1688wasinnaturea_____.A.coupd’étatB.racialslaughterC.peasantrising22.TheIndustrialRevolutionlaidagoodfoundationforthe_____.A.factoryoftheworldB.expansionofmarketsC.socialupheaval23.TheAmericanRevolution(theAmericanWarofIndependence)brokeoutin_____andendedin_____.A.1775,1783B.1774,1782C.1786,178424.TheBattleofHastingstookplacein_____.A.1606B.1042C.106625.TheGreatCharterwassignedby_____in1215.A.KingHenryIIB.KingRichardC.KingJohn26.Intheearly14thcenturyfeudalismbeganto_____inEngland.A.growB.flourishC.declineD.end27.Itwas_____whopublishedthebook“TheRightsofMan”.A.ThomasMoreB.ThomasPaineC.ThomasJefferson28.ThefirstPrimeMinisterwas_____.A.WilmingtonB.GeorgeGrenvilleC.RobertWalpole29.TheParliamentof1265whichisknownasthe“_____”isconsideredthe“beginningofparliament”.A.AllEstatesParliamentB.ModelParliamentC.LongParliament30.TheAnglo-Frenchhostilitywhichbeganin1337andendedin1453wasknownas_____.A.theWarsofRosesB.theHundredYears’WarC.PeasantUprising31.Inthefirsthalfof17thcentury_____growrapidlyinEngland.A.feudalismB.capitalismC.Catholicism32.PrimeMinister_____resistedanyreformthatcouldberesisted.A.PalmerstoneB.RobertPeelC.Gladstone33.BytheendoftheHundredYears’Waronlytheportof_____remainedunderEnglishrule.A.TroyesB.GasconC.Calais34.Inthe14thcenturytookplacethe_____,theseverestofmanyplaguesinthemiddleages.A.EarthquakeB.BlackDeathC.Drought35._____andhisfollowers,knownasLollards,providedideologicalpreparationforthelabourmovementofthe14thcentury.A.JohnWycliffeB.WattTylerC.Somerset36.BytheendoftheWarsoftheRosestheHouseof_____began.A.TudorB.LancasterC.Plantagenet37.Inthe“_____”of1388fivelordsaccusedtheKing’sfriendsoftreasonunderaveryexpansivedefinitionofcrime.A.AllEstatesparliamentB.MercilessParliamentC.ModelParliament38.IntheWarsoftheRosestheLancastrianswirebadgesof_____rose.A.whiteB.re