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-1-《英美概况》习题集——张奎武版英国部分PartIGeographyI.MultipleChoice1.ThetotalareaoftheU.K.is_____.A.211,440B.244,110C.241,410D.242,5342.Englandoccupiesthe_____portionoftheU.K.A.northernB.easternC.southern3.ThemostimportantpartoftheU.K.inwealthis_____.A.NorthernIrelandB.EnglandC.Scotland4._____isonthewesternprominencebetweentheBristolChannelandtheDeeestuary.A.WalesB.ScotlandC.England5.WaleswaseffectivelyunitedwithEnglandinthe_____century.A.14thB.15thC.16th6.BytheActofUnionof_____ScotlandandthekingdomofEnglandandWaleswereconstitutionallyjoinedastheKingdomofBritain.A.1707B.1921C.18017.PsysiographicallyBritainmaybedividedinto_____provinces.A.13B.12C.148.Mt.BenNevisstandsin_____.A.theScottishHighlandsB.WalesC.England9.ThemainriverspartinginBritainrunsfrom_____.A.northtosouthB.southtonorthC.easttowest10.Cheviothillsliealongtheborderbetween_____andEngland.A.ScotlandB.WalesC.ValeofEden11.ThelongestriverinBritainis_____.A.SevernB.ClydeC.Bann12.LondonissituatedontheRiverof_____.A.ParretB.ThamesC.Spey13.Edinburghisthecapitalof_____.A.EnglandB.ScotlandC.Wales14.Theriversflowingintothe_____aremainlyshort.A.NorthSeaB.EnglishChannelC.Deeestuary15.Mt.Snowdonstandsin_____.A.ScotlandB.WalesC.England16.ThesourceoftheimportantRiverThamesisinthe_____.A.CotswoldsB.OxfordClayC.Pennines17.About_____ofthewaterrequirementsareobtainedfromundergroundsources.A.50%B.38%C.42%-2-18.Gaelicismainlyspokenin_____.A.ScotlandB.EnglandC.NorthernIreland19.TheBankofEnglandwasnationalizedin_____.A.1964B.1946C.169420.Britainisbasicallyanimporterof_____.A.foodB.rawmaterialsC.manufacturesD.bothAandB21.Britishfarmersproduceenoughfoodtosupply_____oftheneedsofthepopulation.A.2/3B.4/5C.1/222.Britain’smaincerealcropis_____.A.oatsB.cornC.barleyD.rye23.ThecenteroftheBritainfinancialsystemis_____.A.BankofEnglandB.BankofBritainC.BankofU.K.24.ThethreeGermanictribesthatinvadedBritainincludethefollowingexcept_____.A.theAnglesB.theSaxonsC.thePictsD.theJutes25.“BlackCountry”refersto_____.A.countrysideinEnglandB.anareaaroundBirminghamC.acountryinAfrica26.ThesecondlargestportinBritainis_____.A.LondonB.BelfastC.Liverpool27.ThecapitalcityofNorthernIrelandis_____.A.CardiffB.BelfastC.Leith28.CeltictribesbegantosettleinBritainfromabout_____B.C.A.410B.750C.30029.TheU.K.isrichinthefollowingexcept_____.A.coalB.ironC.goldD.tin30.ThedecreaseofBritishpopulationiscausedbythefollowingexcept_____.A.limitationofimmigrationB.fallofthebirthrateC.fallofdeathrateD.unemployment31.TheproportionoftheEnglishinthewholepopulationis_____.A.60%B.80%C.70%32.TheQueen’sUniversityisinthecityof_____.A.BelfastB.EdinburghC.Manchester33.ThecontributionmadebytheNormanstoBritainisthefollowingexcept_____.A.finalunificationofEnglandB.foundationofaristocracyC.greatadministrativeprogressD.somepeculiaritiesofdialect34.About_____percentofthepopulationliveincitiesortowns.A.80B.85C.9035.ThelandavailableforfarminginEngland,Wales,ScotlandandNorthernIrelanddoesnotexceed_____millionacres.A.30B.25C.4036.ThehighestmountaininEnglandis_____.A.Mt.MourneB.Mt.SnowdonC.Mt.Seafell37.ThesecondlargestcityinEnglandis_____.-3-A.GlasgowB.BirminghamC.Manchester38.ThemodernScotsandIrisharethedescendantsof_____.A.GaelsB.BritonsC.Anglo-Saxons39.Scotlandoccupiesthe_____portionofGreatBritain.A.southernB.northernC.western40.BytheActofUnionin_____,thenameUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandIrelandwasadopted.41._____hasitsownnationalchurchanditsownsystemoflaw.A.WalesB.NorthernIrelandC.Scotland42.The_____EndincludesWestminster,St.James’PalaceA.EastB.WestC.North43._____includesLondon,thecentreofgovernmentforthewholenation.A.ScotlandB.NorthernIrelandC.WalesD.EnglandII.FillintheBlanks1.TheU.K.issituatedin_____Europe.2.ThefulltitleoftheU.K.istheUnitedKingdomof__________and__________.3.TheU.K.consistsofEngland,_____,_____andNorthernIreland.4.ThelargestpartofU.K.is_____.5.ThecapitalofEnglandandofGreatBritainis_____.6.__________iscomposedofsixIrishcountiesthatelectedtoremainintheunionwithGreatBritain.7.ThenameUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandIrelandwasreplacedbythepresentnameafterthe26countiesofIrelandobtainedautonomyin_____.8.ThehighestmountaininBritainis__________.9.The“BackboneofEngland”referstothe_____.10.NaturalgaswasdiscoveredinBritaininthe__________.11.ThemostimportantriveristheRiverof_____.12.ThepoliticalcentreoftheCommonwealthis_____.13.BelfastLoughandLoughNeaghliein__________.14.TheclimateofBritainismoderatedbythe_______________andismuchmilderthanthatofmanyplacesinthesamelatitude.15.Britain’sIndustrialRevolutiontookplacebetween_____and_____.16.TheBankofEnglandwasfoundedin_____.17.ThepopulationoftheU.K.ismorethan_____million.18.Britainisbasicallyanexporterof_____.19.ThepopulationoftheU.K.consistsoftheEnglish,theWelsh,theScottishandthe_____.20.InWalesmanypeoplespeak_____.21.Peoplesingthenationalanthemin_____.22.Theearliestinvasionisthatbythe_____-hairedMediterraneanracecalledtheIberians.23.Themodern_____and_____arethedescendantsoftheGaelsoftheCeltictribes.24.TheBritonsoftheCeltictribesweretheforefathersofthemodern_____.25.GreaterLondonismadeupof12_____Londonbor