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英语国家社会与文化选择题

Chapter One Land and People

Exercises

Ⅰ.Choose the correct answer from each of the following

1. The north and west of Britain are mainly ____. (D)

A. level land

B. farmland

C. lowlands

D. highlands

2. The North Atlantic Drift passes the ____ coast of the British

Isles and warms them. (A)

A. western

B. eastern

C. northern

D. southern

3. The most important river in Britain is ____ which is 336

kilometers long.(B)

A. the Severn River

B. the Thames River

C. River Clyde

D. the Tweed

4. ____ is the capital of Scotland (B)

A. London

B. Edinburgh

C. Cardiff

D. Belfast

skill of iron-working was introduced into Britain by

_____.(A)

A. the Celts B. the Normans

C. the Romans

D. the Viking Danes

is not an influencing factor that helps give Britain a

maritime type of climate?(D)

A. the surrounding water

B. the prevailing southeast winds

C. the North Atlantic Drift

D. the heavy rainfalls

7. The earliest written records of Britain’s inhabitants came

from ____.(C)

A. the Celts

B. the Normans

C. The Romans

D. the Germans

8. The people who consider themselves as the true Scots are

____.(B)

A. the Scottish lowlanders

B. the Scottish highlanders

C. the Gaelic-speakers

D. the descendents of Jutes

9. The ancestors of the Welsh are ____.(A)

A. the Celts

B. the Angles

C. the Romans

D. the Normans

10. In the sixteenth century, the event that worsened the

situation in Ireland was_____(B)

A. the Orange Day celebrations

B. the Protestant Reformation C. the “dirty protest”

D. the Women’s Peace Movement

11. England became a Protestant country in __.(B)

A. the 14th century

B. the 16th century

C. the 15th century

D. the 17th century

12. The person who crushed various rebellions in Ireland and

settled English and Scottish Protestants there by giving them

land was_____.(A)

A. Oliver Cromwell

B. King Charles Ⅰ

C. William Ⅲ

D. William the Conqueror

13. Which of the following is not considered a characteristic

of the Englishman?(D)

A. reserved

B. shy of strangers

C. suspicious

D. tough

Chapter Two English History

Exercises

Ⅰ. Choose the Correct Answer From Each of the Following.

the year 1066, William the Conqueror invaded England

from France, defeating the Saxon king Harold at___. (C)

A. the Battle of Crecy

B. the Battle of Agincourt

C. the Battle of Hastings

D. the Battle of waterloo

2. One of the following did not take place during the Middle Ages. It was ___. (D)

A. the Norman Conquest

B. the Crusades

C. the Hundred Years War

D. the “Gunpowder Plot ”

3. For much of the Middle Ages, Britain was ruled by a(n) ___

aristocracy.(C)

A. English-speaking

B. German-speaking

C. French-speaking

D. Gaelic-speaking

4. Shakespeare lived in the period of ____.(D)

A. the Middle Ages

B. the Victorian Age

C. the Elizabethan age

D. The Industrial Revolution

5. The defeat of the Spanish Armada by the English navy took

place during ___.(C)

A. the Middle Ages

B. the “grab for Africa”

C. the Elizabethan age

D. The Victorian age

6. The “Gunpowder Plot” took place in the reign of ___.(A)

A. JamesⅠ

B. ElizabethⅠ

C. HenryⅧ

D. CharlesⅠ

7. The king who believed the “Divine Right” to govern, and

who was condemned to death during the English Civil War was___.

(C) A. HenryⅧ

B. JamesⅠ

C. CharlesⅠ

D. JamesⅡ

8. One of the following did not take place during the

eighteenth century in British history. It was___.(D)

A. great victories over France

B. the Industrial Revolution

C. the loss of her American colonies

D. the founding of the modern police force

the whole of the eighteenth century, England’s

great enemy was___. (B)

A. Spain

B. France

C. America

D. Germany

10. One of the following did not take place between the two

world wars in British history. It was ___. (A)

A. the “suffragette” movement

B. the independence of the southern part of Ireland

C. the great “slump”

D. the General Strike

British Government System

Exercises

Ⅰ. Choose the correct answer from each of the following:

of the following is the Act that restricted the powers

of the Lords in dealing with money? (B)

A. The Parliament Act of 1901

B. The Parliament Act of 1911

C. The Bills of Rights in 1689 D. The Act of Settlement in 1701

2. Which of the following is not a part of the Conventions of

the constitution?(C)

A. The powers of the Crown are exercised mainly by Ministers

B. The Queen must act on the advice of Ministers

C. MPs enjoy freedom of speech in debate

D. Ministers are responsible to Parliament for their actions.

3. Which of the following sentences is true? (D)

A. The two big parties have been successful in expanding

their powers over recent years.

B. The strength of the big parties remains unchanged

C. Members of the two big parties no longer dominate

parliament.

D. The two big parties have declined over the recent years.

4. According to the text, which of the following is the most

important privilege enjoyed by MPs?(A)

A. Freedom of speech in Parliament.

B. High social status.

C. High living standards

D. Involvement in law-making

ChapterⅤReligion and Belief

Exercises

Ⅰ. Choose the Correct Answer From Each of the Following

1. The Church of England is “established” in _______.(D)

A. the whole of Britain

B. England and Scotland

C. England and Wales

D. England only

2. The Church of Scotland is organization is ______.(A)

A. Presbyterian B. Methodist

C. Congregational

D. Baptist

3. Which of the following is not a characteristic of the

Puritans? (D)

A. They are strict teetotallers.

B. They believe in plain food and plain clothing

C. They are honest

D. They approve of working on the Sabbath

4. The supreme holy authority of the Roman Catholic Church

is ________.(B)

A. the Bible

B. the Pope in Rome

C. the king

D. Jesus Christ

5. The Puritans form “temperance societies” t o ______. (C)

A. protect the Sabbath against sacrilege

B. purify the English society

C. combat the evils of strong drink

D. celebrate the Lord’s Day

6. The Puritans were originally an extreme _____ sect.(A)

A. Protestant

B. Jewish

C. Catholic

D. Christian Scientist

7. The only non-Christian religion that is widespread in

Britain is that of _____.(A)

A. the Jews

B. the Buddhists

C. the Muslims D. the Spiritualists

8. Which of the following statements is not true about the

religion in Britain?(B)

A. Today only a minority of people go to any kind of Church

regularly

B. Today the church-goers are immoral in one way or another

C. Most of the large majority who do not go to Church still

believe in God and Heaven in a confused way.

D. It is most uncommon for a Britain to be converted to

Muslim or Buddhist faith.