1.Which of the following tribes first came to Britain?
A Roman
B Anglo-Saxons
C Jutes
D Celts
2.The Hundred Years’ War between Britain and France was fought ____.
A from 1327 to 1453
B from 1337 to 1453
C from 1347 to 1453
D from 1357 to 1453
3.The Republic of Ireland became independent in the year ____
A 1918
B 1920
C 1945
D 1949
4.The English Civil War is also called ____
A the Puritan Revolution
B the second Magna Carta
C the Long Parliament
D the Anglican War
5.Britain is separated from the rest of Europe by the English Channel in the ____ and the North Sea in the east,
A east
B south
C west
D north
6.The largest lake in Britain is ____.
A. Loch Lomond
B the Lough Neagh
C Windermere
D Ullswater
7.Where do the majority of people in Scotland live?
A In the Highlands
B In the central Lowlands
C In the Uplands
D In the west of Scotland
8.The two important crops in Britain are ____
A barley and corn
B wheat and rice
C barley and oats
D wheat and barley
9 Which is the largest city in Scotland?
A Cardiff
B Edinburgh
C Glasgow
D Manchester
10 Which is the correct name to use to refer to Britain in a political way?
A Great Britain
B The British Isles
C The United Kingdom
D England
答案
1.D 凱爾特在公元前700年到英國(guó),羅馬人在公元1到5世紀(jì)統(tǒng)治英國(guó),5世紀(jì)中期盎格魯撒克遜人侵占英國(guó),因此凱爾特人是最早踏入英國(guó)的。
3.D 愛(ài)爾蘭共和國(guó)在1949年獨(dú)立。
4.A 英國(guó)內(nèi)戰(zhàn)于1642年到1646年間發(fā)生,國(guó)王查爾斯與議會(huì)發(fā)生爭(zhēng)執(zhí),實(shí)際上是國(guó)王與清教徒之間的矛盾引起的,結(jié)果議會(huì)勝利。
5.B 英國(guó)南面與法國(guó)隔著英吉利海峽。
6.B 英國(guó)最大的湖是內(nèi)伊湖,最長(zhǎng)的河流是塞文河。
7.B 蘇格蘭中低部適合人類生存,是蘇格蘭工業(yè)和人高度集中的地區(qū)。
8 D 小麥和大麥?zhǔn)怯?guó)最重要的莊稼。
9 C, 格拉斯格是蘇格蘭最大的城市和經(jīng)濟(jì)中心。
10 C, 提起英國(guó),很多人會(huì)使用名字“Britain”,“England”或“British”, 但這往往會(huì)惹惱蘇格蘭人,威爾士人以及北愛(ài)爾蘭人。從政治角度來(lái)講,“the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”或 “the United Kingdom/UK”是英國(guó)正確的叫法。“the British Isles” 則是地理意義上的名字,包括Great Britain,the whole of Ireland ( Northern and Southern),the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man 這些島嶼。