英语国家概况每章新版考题

第一章Land and People 考题

I. Different Names for Britain and its Parts:

1. The British Isles are made up of?________

A. two large islands and hundreds of small ones

B. two large islands and Northern Ireland

C. three large islands and hundreds of small ones

D. three large islands and Northern Ireland

2. There are three political divisions on the island of Great Britain. They are_______

A. Britain, Scotland and Wales

B. England, Scotland and Wales

C. Britain, Scotland and Ireland

D. England, Scotland and Ireland

3. The Commonwealth of Nations is an association of independent countries______

A. that have a large number of British immigrants

B. that fought on the side of Britain in the two world wars

C. that speak English as their native language

D. that were once colonies of Britain

4 About a hundred years ago, as a result of imperialist expansion, Britain ruled an empire that had one fourth of the world‘s people and ______of the world‘s land area.

A. one third

B. one fifth

C. one fourth

D. two fifths

答案：

Key: 1.A 2.B 3.D 4.C

1. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

2. 1949, Dublin

Chapter 1 land and people

1.What are the differences between Britain and the British Isles, Great Britain, England, the United Kingdom and the British Commonwealth?

The British Isles, Great Britain and England are geographical names, no the official names of the country, while

Northern Ireland. The British Commonwealth is a free association of independent countries that were once colonies of Britain.

2. Describe the geographical position of Britain?

Britain is an island country. It lies in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north coast of Europe. It is separated from the rest of Europe by the English Channel in the south and the North Sea in the east.

3.Whereabouts in Great Britain are mostly highland and lowland?

The north and west of Britain are mainly highland, while the south and south-east are mostly lowlands.

4. Does Britain have a favorable climate? Why?

Yes, it has a favorable climate, because it has a maritime type of climate---winters are mild, not too cold and summers are cool, not too hot. It has a steady reliable rainfall throughout the whole year. It has a small range of temperature, too.

5. What are the factors which influence the climate in Britain? Which part of Britain has the most rainfall and which part is the driest?

The factors which influence the climate in Britain are the following three:

1) The surrounding waters balance the seasonal differences;

2) The prevailing south-west winds bring warm and wet air in winter and keep the temperatures moderate;

3) The North Atlantic Drift, a warm current, passes the western coast of the British Isles and warms them.

The northwestern part has the most rainfall, while the south-eastern corner is the driest.

6. Describe the distribution of Britain‘s population.

Britain has a population of 57 million. It is densely populated, with an average of 237people per square kilometer. It is also very unevenly distributed, with 90%of the population in urban areas, 10% in rural areas. Geographically, most British people live in England. Of the total of 57 million people, 47 million live in England; 14 million live in London and Southeastern England.

7. What are the three natural zones in Scotland?

The three natural zones in Scotland are: the Highlands in the north, the central Lowlands, and the southern Uplands.

8. What is the difference between the ancestors of the English and Scots, Welsh and Irish?

The ancestors of the English are Anglo-Saxons, while the Scots, Welsh and rash are Celts.

9. What are the differences in character and speech between southern England and northern England? How do the Welsh keep their language and culture alive?

for their charm and vivacity as well as for the beauty of their Irish girls. Throughout the year they have festivals of song and dance and poetry called Eisteddfodau. On these occasions competitions are held in Welsh poetry, music, singing and art and in this way they keep the Welsh language and Welsh culture alive.

10. What is the main problem in Northern Ireland?

Hundreds of years ago Scots and English Protestants were sent to live in Northern Ireland. Since then there has been bitter fighting between the Protestants and the Roman Catholics. The former are the dominant group, while the latter are seeking more social, political and economic opportunities. The British Government and the government of Ireland are now working together to bring peace to Northern Ireland.

第二章Origins of the Nation

Arrival and settlement of the Celts

Basis of modern English race: the Anglo-Saxons

The Viking and Danish invasions

King Alfred and his contributions

The Norman Conquest and its consequences

1 The earliest invasion of England is that by _____.

A. the Iberian

B. the Danes

C. the Celts

D. the Anglo—Saxons

2 the Celts religion was _____.

A. Christianity

B. Druidism

C. Norman belief

D. Roman Catholic

3 the Anglo—Saxons brought _____ religion to Britain.

A. Christian

B. Druid

C. Roman Catholic

D. Teutonic

4 The Anglo—Saxons established _____ system, whereby the lord of the manor collected taxes and organized the local army.

A. salve

B. feudal

C. manorial（采邑制度）

D. Capitalistic

5. The Anglo—Saxons created the _____ to advise the king, the basis of the Privy Council.

A. Synod

B. Witan（议会）

C. Whit by

D. Shirt court

6. ______ was known as ―the father of the British navy‖.

A. Edward

B. Balfe

C. Canute

D. Harold I

7. Christmas Day _____, Duke William was crowned in Westminster Abbey.

A. 1056

B. 1066

C.1006

D. 1060

A. France, Belgium and Spain

B. France, Spain and southern Italy

C. France, Belgium and southern Germany

D. France, Spain and southern Germany

9. By the middle of the ninth century, _____ posed a threat to the Saxon kingdom of Essex.

A. the Vikings and the Danes

B. the Vikings and the Jutes

C. the Jutes and the Danes D .the Danes and the Vikings (是不是和A一样呀？)

10. The battle of Hastings witnessed the death of ____ in October, 1066.

A. Edward

B. Testing

C. Harold

D. Harridan

11. In 597, ____ was the first Archbishop of Canterbury.

A. Agricola

B. Constantine

C. St. Augustine

D. Gregory I

12. The Saxons were originally from _____.

A. northern Holland

B.northern Germany

C. south Norway

D. south Germany

13. The Celts began to arrive about ____BC and kept coming until the arrival of the Roman.

A.400

B. 500

C.600

D.700

14．The Celts came to Britain in ______main waves.

A two

B three

C four

D five

15. _____laid the foundations of English state.

A Celts

B the Anglo-Saxons

C the Romans

D the Normans

16. Alfred the Great was the King of ______.

A Sussex

B Wessex

C Essex

D Mercia

17. On the Christmas Day of 1066, ________was crowned king of England.

A. Edward B Harold C Edgar D William

18. When Edward, the Confessor died, the Witan chose ______as English King.

A Duke William

B Edith

C Harold

D Testing

19. Of the following four kings, ______ died most tragically.

A King Edward

B King Egbert

C King Harold

D King Alfred

20. In 1066 Harold and his troops fo ught against William‘s army on Senlac field near _______.

A London

B Normandy

C Stanford

D Hastings

21. From which of the following languages was the suffix-caster or-orchestra in English place names borrowed?

A Danish

B Welsh

C Latin

D German

22. The Witan, the basis of the Privy Council was created by_______.

答案：

选择1c. 2B. 3D. 4C. 5B 6B. 7B 8 C 9 A 10 C

11 C 12 B 13D 14B 15B 16C 17D 18C 19C 20D 21C 22B

简答

1 How did the Celts invade Britain?

The Celts invaded Britain in three waves: the Gaels, the Brythons and the Belgae.

2 How did the Anglo—Saxons invade England?

The Anglo—Saxons invaded into Britain in three waves: Jutes, Saxon and Anglos.

3 Who began to invade England from the end of the 8th century?

By the end of the 8th century, the Norwegian Vikings and the Danes Denmark began to invade England.

4 What is the significance of the Norman Conquest?

The Norman Conquest ended the English history of being invaded.

5 Who formally brought Christianity to Britain? And when?

Christianity was brought to Britain by St.Augustine in 597.

名词解释

1. Heptarch

I t is a collective name for the seven Anglo—Saxon kingdoms from the 7th century to the 9th century. They are Kent, Essex, Sussex, Essex, East Anglia, Mercia and North Umbria. After the 9th century, the seven kingdoms were conquered one after another by the invading Danes.

2. Alfred the Great

He was king of Essex, one of the seven Anglo—Saxon kingdoms. It was he who led the Anglo—Saxons to fight against the invading Danes and maintained peace for a long time. Alfred was not only a brave king at wartime, but also a wise king at peacetime. He encouraged education and introduced a legal system. He is known as ―the father of the British navy.‖

3. William the conqueror

He was also known as William, Duke of Normandy In 1066, he led the Normans to cross the English Channel and conquered England .He became William the First. His reign marked the beginning of the full feudal system in England.

第三章Shaping of the Nation（练习题一）

A. barons

B. freemen

C. villains

D. lawyers

2. William replaced the Witan, the council of the Anglo-Saxon king, with----

A. the Grand Council

B. the House of Lords

C. the House of Corranons

D. Parliament

3. William II was known as William----- because of his red complexion.

A. Rufus

B. the Conqueror

C. the Confessor

D. the Unready

4. Henry II was the first king of the ----dynasty.

A. Windsor

B. Tudor

C. Malcolm

D. Plantagenet

5. In Henry II ' s reign, a----- law was gradually established in place of the customs of the manor.

A. local

B. private

C. civil

D. common

6. The Great Council of Henry II drew up the Constitutions of--- in 1164 to increase the jurisdiction of the civil courts.

A. Labourers

B. Clarendon

C. Oxford

D. Cambridge

7. The Great Charter was signed in and had---- clauses.

A.1251, 63

B.1251, 73

C.1215, 63

D.1215, 73

8. In 1265---- summoned the Great Council, which has been seen as the earliest parliament.

A. Henry

B.the Pope

C. Barons

D. Simon de Montfort

9. The Hundred Years' war started in---- and was ended in , in which the English had lost all the territories of France except the French port of--- ,

A .1337 , 1453, Flanders

B .1337 , 1453, Calais

C.1346, 1453, Argencourt

D.1346, 1453, Brest

10. In 1351, the English government issued a Statute of--- , which made it a crime for peasants to ask for more wages .

A. Oxford

B. Clarendon

C. Labourers

D. Magna Carta

I. Answers:

1.C

2.A

3.A

4.D

5.D

6.B

7.C

8.D

9.B 10.C

III

1.Domesday Book

It is a book compiled by a group of clerks under the sponsorship of King William the First in 1086. The book was in fact a property record. It was the result of a general survey of England. It recorded the extent, value, state of cultivation, and ownership of the land. It was one of the important measures adopted by William I to

2.lollards:罗拉德派

they were poor priests and traveling preachers who were john wyclif's followers.they played an important role in the mental preparations for the peasant uprising of 1381.they preaching the equality of men before god.

3.Joan of arc:圣女贞德

she was a national heroine of France during the hundred year's war,she successfully led the france to drive the English out of France.

4.The Black Death

It is a modern name given to the dearly bubonic plague, an epidemic disease spread through Europe in the fourteenth century particularly in 1348-1349. It came without warning, and without any cue. In England, it killed almost half of the total population, causing far-reaching economic consequences.

1. What was feudalism like in England under the rule of William the Conqueror?

Under the rule of William the Conqueror, the feudal system in England was completely established. According to this system, the king owned all the land personally. William gave his barons large estates in return for military services and a proportion of the land's produce. These estates were scattered all over the king. Then, the barons parceled out land to the lesser nobles, knights and freemen, also in return for goods and services. At the bottom of the feudal scale were the serfs. One peculiar feature of the feudal system of England was that all landowners must take the oath of allegiance not only to their immediate lord, but also to the king.

2. What were the contents and the significance of the Great charter?

Contents: no tax should be made without the approval of the Grand Council; no freeman should be arrested, imprisoned, or deprived of his property except by the law of the land; the Church should possess all its rights, together with freedom of elections; London and other towns should retain their ancient rights and privileges, and there should be the same weights and measures throughout the country. It was a statement of the feudal and legal relationship between the Crown and the barons, a guarantee of the freedom of the Church and a limitation of the power of the king.

3. Why and how did the English Parliament come into being?

Henry III's many measures was brought matters between he and barons to a head. And the barons force the king to swear and accept the Provisions of Oxford. Simon de Montfort summoned in 1265 the Great Council to meet at Westminster, together with two knights from each country and two burgesses from each town, a metting which has been seen as that the earliest parliament.

4. What do you know about Wat Tyler's Uprising?

villagers to occupy London. The king was forced to accept their demands. Most of the rebels dispersed and went home, while Tyler and other leader stayed on for more rights. Tyler was killed at a meeting with the king, who suppressed the Uprising brutally. Although the Uprising failed, it had great importance in English history. It directed against the rich clergy, the lawyers and the landowners. It effectively blew the serfdom, and a new class of yeomen farmers emerged, paving the way for the development of capitalism.

第三章Shaping of the Nation（练习题二）

选择题

1．The Domesday Book was completed in________.

A. 1085

B. 1086

C.1087

D.1088

2. When William died in Normandy in 1087 he left Normandy to ________,and

England to______.

A. William Rufus; Robert

B. Robert ;Henry

C. Robert; William Rufus

D. Henry; Robert

3. The spirit of the Great Charter was the limitation of the powers of

______, keeping them within the bounds of the feudal law of the land.

A. the Archbishop of Canterbury B the barons C the church D the king

4. The barons forced the king of Henry 3 and his son Prince Edward to swear to accept the _____.

A . Provisions of Oxford.

B Provisions of York

C Provisions of Westminster

D provisions of Canterbury 5 . Magna Carta was signed in _______ at a conference at ______.

A. 1066; Runnymede

B. 1215; Windsor

C. 1215; Oxford

D. 1215; Runnymede

6. According to Magna Carta no tax should be made without the approval of______.

A. the Witan B the king C the Grand Council D the Commons

7 In 1265 Simon summoned the Great Council to meet together with two knights from each county and two ______ from each town.

A burgesses B. bishops C. clergymen D. yeomen

8 The Hundred Year's War lasted from _______to________.

A. 1337;1450

B. 1337;1453

C. 1330; 1453

D. 1337;1455

9 'Domesday Book' was compiled during the rule of ______.

A William I

B William II

C Henry II

D King Stephen

10 The Black Death swept through England in the summer of _____without warning.

11 After the Hundred Year's War, power in England was in the hands of a number of rich and ambitious_________.

A bishops

B Merchants

C nobles

D royal family members

12 The causes of the Hundred Years War were partly ______and Partly _______.

A. political; military B political; economic C territorial; religious D territorial; economic

13 The Hundred Years' War could be devided into _______outstanding stages.

A two

B three

C four

D five

14 Under William's rule, the______ were at the bottom of the feudal system. '

A. barons

B. freemen

C. villeins

D. lawyers

15 William replaced the Witan, the council of the Anglo-Saxon king, with ______

A. the Grand Council

B. the House of Lords

C. the House of Corranons

D. Parliament

16 William II was known as William ______ because of his red complexion.

A. Rufus

B. the Conqueror

C. the Confessor

D. the Unready

17 Henry II was the first king of the ______dynasty.

A. Windsor

B. Tudor

C. Malcolm

D. Plantagenet

18 In Henry II ' s reign, a _______ law was gradually established in place of the customs of the manor.

A. local

B. private

C. civil

D. common

19 The Great Council of Henry II drew up the Constitutions of ____in 1164 to increase the jurisdiction of the civil courts.

A. Labourers

B. Clarendon

C. Oxford

D. Cambridge

20 The Great Charter was signed in ______ and had______ clauses.

A.1251, 63

B.1251, 73

C.1215, 63

D.1215, 73

21 In 1265 _____summoned the Great Council, which has been seen as the earliest parliament.

A. Henry

B.the Pope

C. Barons

D. Simon de Montfort

22 The Hundred Years' war started in_____ and was ended in______, in which the English had lost all the territories of France except the French port of _____,

A .1337 , 1453, Flanders

B .1337 , 1453, Calais C.1346, 1453, Argencourt D.1346, 1453, Brest

23 In 1351, the English government issued a Statute of_____ , which made it a crime for peasants to ask for more wages .

答案： B 答案： C 答案：D 答案： A 答案： D 答案：C 答案： A 答案： B 答案：A 答案：B 答案： C 答案：D 答案：B 答案：C 答案：A

答案：D

答案：D

答案：B

答案：C

答案：D

答案：B 答案: C

一句话解释

1 Which system was completely established under William in English ?

答：The feudal system was completely established under William in English.

2 What book was Domesday Book?

答：This book was the result of a general survey of England made in 1085, and stated the extents, value, the population , state of cultivation, and ownership of the land.

3 What's the role of Simon's Parliaments?

答：It's role was to offer advice, not to make decisions.

名词解释

1 The Domesday Book。

答：This book, completed in 1086, was the result of a general survey of England made in 1085, and stated the extent, value, the population, state of cultivation, and ownership of the land.

2 the Black Death

答：The Black Death was the modern name given to the deadly bubonic plague, an epidemic disease caused by rat fleas. It spread through Europe in the 14th century. Particularly in 1347-1350. It reduced between one half and one-third of English population and caused a great economic loss.

3 the Great Charter

答：The Great Charter, also called Magna Carta, was the first famous political document to limit the king's

英国概况 4 Transition to the modern Age

1 The Wars of the Roses broke out shortly after_______.

A the Black Death

B the Watt Tyler's Uprising

C the Hundred Year's War

D the Glorious Revolution

2 In the reform of the Church Henry VIII dissolved all of England's monasteries and nunneries because they were much more loyal to _________than to their English kings.

A. the Pope

B. Jesus Christ

C. Roman Catholic

D. the bishops

3 Thanks to Mary, Protestantism and _________ were now forever synonymous in Britain.

A. Catholicism

B. prosecution

C. the Reformation D nationalism

4 For nearly thirty year, Elizabeth I successfully played off against each other the two great Catholic powers at the time,_________, and prevented England from getting involved in any major European conflict.

A. Spain and Germany

B. France and Spain

C. Spain and Denmark

D. France and Italy

5 _________was regarded as the second Magna Carta.

A. The Petition of Right

B. The Provision of Oxford

C. The Grand Remonstrance

D. The Militia Bill

6 The Renaissance began in north ______in the early ______century.

A. France；14th

B. Italy; 16th

C. Italy; 14th

D. England; 14th

7 In December 1653，by an Instrument of Government, Oliver Gromwell became _______of the Commonwealth of England.

A. Prime Minister

B. King

C. Lord Protector

D. Emperor

8．In foreign affairs. Henry VIII was aided by ________ , Archbishop and Lord Chancellor.

A. Thomas More

B. Thomas Becket

C. Thomas Wolsey

D. Martin Luther

9 The Armada was defeated by England in ________.

A. 1587

B. 1588

C. 1558

D. 1540

10 After the Glorious Revolution came the Age of ______ , a monarchy with powers limited by Parliament.

A. the Commonwealth

B. the Federal Republic

C. the Constitutional Monarchy

D. the special monarchy

11 Although the Wars of the Roses were waged intermittently for thirty years, ordinary people were _______affected and went about their business as usual.

12 It was during the reign of ______, the name Great Britain came into being in 1707.

A. Elizabeth I

B. Henry VIII.

C. Charles I

D. Anne

13 The last battle of the Wars of Roses was at ______in 1458.

A. Hastings

B. Bosworth Field

C. Naseby

D. Oxford

答案：C

答案：A

答案：D

答案：B

答案：A

答案：C

答案：C

答案：C

答案：B

答案：C

答案： A

答案：D

答案：B

一句话解释：

答：She was known as " Bloody Mary".

2 Why do we call Mary Tudor Bloody Mary?

答Because she at least burnt 300 Puritans as heretics.

3. Why were Puritans happy when James I came to the throne?

答：Because James I came from Scotland and the Scottish Church was a pure Protestant Church with democratically elected officials.

4 Who supported the king during the war?

答: Many nobles and gentry supported the king.

5 What's the relationship between Elizabeth I' s England and France?

答：She managed to maintain a friendly relationship with France.

名词解释

1 Bloody Mary

答：Mary was Henry VIII' s daughter and she was a Catholic. After she became Queen, she persecuted many people for their Protestant religious views and some were put to death. As a result, people call her "Bloody Mary".

2. the wars of Roses

答：After the Hundred Year's War, in order to decide who would rule England, a war broke out between the House of Lancaster and the House of York, which were symbolized by the red and white roses respectively. The war lasted from 1455 to 1485. It is usually regarded as the end of English Middle Ages.

英国概况第五章Rise and Fall of the British Empire

选择题

1. _______was the forerunner of the Conservative Party.

A The Liberal Party B. The Whigs C. The Tories D. The Labour

2. The open filed system lasted till _________ century.

A. 14th

B. 15th

C. 16th

D. 18th

3. The spinning jenny was invented by _________.

A. John Kay

B. James Hargreaves

C. Richard Arkwright

D. Samuel Crowpton

4．The Physical Force Chartists was led by _______.

5. The Suez Canal was built by ________ engineers.

A. English

B. French

C. Dutch

D. Portugal

6. The Chartist Movement lasted from _______ to _________.

A. 1840;1848

B. 1840;1845

C. 1836；1840

D. 1836;1848

7．The People‘s charter made in 1838 had _________points.

A. 3 B 4 C.5 D. 6

8．Canada was established as a dominion by_______.

A. the 1736 Treaty of Pairs

B. the Quebec Act of 1774

C. the Canada Act of 1791

D. the British North America Act of 1867

9．The foundations of the welfare state, in Britain, were laid in _________.

A. the 1940s

B. the 1950s

C. the 1960s C. the 1970s

10．The Independent Labour Party was formed in _______, led by________.

A. 1893; Mac Donald

B. 1893; Keir Hardic

C. 1906; keir Hardic

D. 1922; Mac Donald

11．Britain‘s colonial expansion began with ________.

A. James Cook‘s discovery of Botany Bay

B. the colonization of Newfoundland

C. the establishment of the East India Company

D. the Pilgrim Fathers‘ settlement in the New World.

12．The British East India Company was established in _______.

A. 1600

B. 1700

C. 1840

D. 1848

13．By 1900 more then ________of Africa had been colonized by European countries.

A. 20%

B. one-third

C. 9/10

D. half

14．After the Opium wars in 1840 the British troops occupied Hong Kong in _________.

A. 1839

B.1840

C.1841

D.1842

15．The Beatles，the popular band in 1960s, came from ________.

A. London

B. Birmingham

C. Edinburgh

D. Liverpool

16. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries radicals were active in English Parliament spreading radical ideas whose common aim was thorough reform of the ________.

A. political system

B. religious system

C. Parliamentary system

D. hereditary monarchy

A. he was old-fashioned

B. people did not support his postwar policies

C. he was not qualified as a prime minister in a peaceful age

D. people wanted to forget about the war

18．In the Industrial revolution, changes occurred earliest and quickest in ______.

A. hardware

B. textiles

C. pottery

D. chemicals

19．The Chartist Movement was officially launched at a great Birmingham meeting in _____, with the aim of pressing the Parliament to accept the People‘s Charter.

A. 1836.

B. 1838.

C. 1840.

D. 1842.

20．The English Renaissance was largely _______.

A. religious

B. ideological

C. philosophical

D. Literary.

1.答案：C

2.答案：D

3.答案：B

4.答案：B

5.答案：B

6.答案：D

7.答案：D

8.答案：D

9.答案：B

10.答案：A

12.答案：A

13.答案：C

14.答案：C

15.答案：D

16.答案：C

17.答案：D

18.答案：B

19.答案：B

20.答案：D

一句话解释

1．What field did the Industrial Revolution firstly occur in?

答：The Industrial Revolution firstly occurred in the field of textile.

2. When did the Labour Party come to power for the first time? 答：In 1942 the Labour Party came to power for the first time.

3. What are the two major parties in Britain?

答：They are the Conservative Party and the Labour Party.

4. What did Britain become after the Industrial Revolution?

答：Britain became the ―workshop of the world‖.

解释

1．Whigs and Tories

opposed absolute monarchy and supported the right to religious freedom for Nonconformists. In 19th century the Whigs became known as the Liberal party. The Tories was one of the two main political parties in the period of the Glorious Revolution. The Tories supported hereditary monarchy and were reluctant to remove kings. The Tories were the forerunners of the Conservative Party.

2. Thatcherism

Mrs. Thatcher‘s policies were usually called Thatcherism. It

included the return to private ownership of state-owned industries, the

use of monetarist policies to control inflation, the weakening of trade

unions, the strengthening of the role of market forces in the economy,

and an emphasis on law and order.

3. The welfare state

It is a system of government by which the state provide the

economic and social security of its citizens through its organization

of health services, pensions and other families. This system is founded

out of national insurance contribution and taxation. In Britain the

term applies mainly to the National Health Service, national insurance

and social security.

4.constitutional monarchy

A constitutional monarchy is a country in which head of the state is a

king or a queen. In practice, the Sovereign reigns, but does most rule.

5. Social security system

Social Security System is a part of welfare system which is designed

to secure a basic standard of living for people in financial need,

providing financial help for those who are elderly, sick, disabled,

unemployed, widowed, bringing up children or on very low incomes.

第七章：Government and Administration

选择题

1．The United Kingdom is governed in the name of _________, by_________.

A. the king; His Majesty's Government

B. the Queen; Her Majesty's Government

C. the Sovereign; Prime Minister

D. the Sovereign; His or Her Majesty's government

2．__________is the "supreme governor" of the Church of English.

A. The monarch

B. The Archbishop

C. The Archbishop of Canterbury

D. The Roman Pope

3. The United Kingdom is a _______state.

A. unitary

B. federal

C. republic

D. feudal

4．The British monarchy can be traced back to at least ________century.

A. the 7th

B. the 8th

C. the 9th

D. the 10th

5．In Britain the citizens aged _______ or over have the right to vote.

A. 16

B. 18

C. 21

D. 30

6．Local authorities in Great Britain raise revenue through _________.

A. the council tax

B. the income tax

C. the capital receipts

D. the personal contribution

7．In Britain a candidate must be at least _______or over with the deposit of &_____.

A. 20；500

B.21；500

C.20；800

D.18；400

8．The House of Common is headed by________.

A. the Prime Minister

B. the Speaker

C. the Lord Chancellor

D. the Monarch

9．By tradition, the leader of the majority party is appointed _________by the Sovereign in the United Kingdom.

A. the Prime Minister

B. Member of Parliament

C. Lord of Appeal

D. Speaker of the House

10．The British Cabinet is presided by _________.

A. the Prime Minister

B. the Speaker

C. the Lord Chancellor

D. the Monarch

11．The Social and Liberal Democratic Party is the combination of the Social Democratic Party and _________.

A. the Conservative Party

B. the Labor Party

C. the Liberal Party

D. the Green Party

12．Which of the following about UK's monarchy is not true?

A. The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy.

B. There is no written constitution in the United Kingdom.

D. The continuity of the monarchy has been broken only. 13．The leader of the House of Lords is ________.

A．the Speaker B. the Monarch

C. the Prime Minster

D. the Lord Chancellor 14．Northern Ireland is divided into _________districts.

A. 20

B. 26

C. 36

D. 40

1.答案：D

2.答案：A

3.答案：A

4.答案：C

5.答案：B

6.答案：A

7.答案：B

8.答案：B

9.答案：A

10.答案：A

11.答案：C

12.答案：C

13.答案：D