英国国家概况模拟题及答案

第一章LandandPeople考题I.DifferentNamesforBritainanditsParts：1.TheBritishIslesaremadeupof________A.twolargeislandsandhundredsofsmallonesB.twolargeislandsandNorthernIrelandC.threelargeislandsandhundredsofsmallonesD.threelargeislandsandNorthernIreland2.TherearethreepoliticaldivisionsontheislandofGreatBritain.Theyare_______A.Britain，ScotlandandWalesB.England，ScotlandandWalesC.Britain，ScotlandandIrelandD.England，ScotlandandIreland3.TheCommonwealthofNationsisanassociationofindependentcountries______A.thathavealargenumberofBritishimmigrantsB.thatfoughtonthesideofBritaininthetwoworldwarsC.thatspeakEnglishastheirnativelanguageD.thatwereoncecoloniesofBritain4Aboutahundredyearsago，asaresultofimperialistexpansion，Britainruledanempirethathadonefourthoftheworld'speopleand______oftheworld'slandarea.A.onethirdB.onefifthC.onefourthD.twofifths答案：Key：1.A2.B3.D4.C1.TheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.2.1949，DublinChapter1landandpeople1.WhatarethedifferencesbetweenBritainandtheBritishIsles，GreatBritain，England，theUnitedKingdomandtheBritishCommonwealth？TheBritishIsles，GreatBritainandEnglandaregeographicalnames，notheofficialnamesofthecountry，whiletheofficialnameistheUnitedKingdom，butthefullnameistheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.TheBritishCommonwealthisafreeassociationofindependentcountriesthatwereoncecoloniesofBritain.2.DescribethegeographicalpositionofBritain？Britainisanislandcountry.ItliesintheNorthAtlanticOceanoffthenorthcoastofEurope.ItisseparatedfromtherestofEuropebytheEnglishChannelinthesouthandtheNorthSeaintheeast.3.WhereaboutsinGreatBritainaremostlyhighlandandlowland？ThenorthandwestofBritainaremainlyhighland，whilethesouthandsouth-eastaremostlylowlands.4.DoesBritainhaveafavorableclimate？Why？Yes，ithasafavorableclimate，becauseithasamaritimetypeofclimate——wintersaremild，nottoocoldandsummersarecool，nottoohot.Ithasasteadyreliablerainfallthroughoutthewholeyear.Ithasasmallrangeoftemperature，too.5.WhatarethefactorswhichinfluencetheclimateinBritain？WhichpartofBritainhasthemostrainfallandwhichpartisthedriest？ThefactorswhichinfluencetheclimateinBritainarethefollowingthree：1）Thesurroundingwatersbalancetheseasonaldifferences；2）Theprevailingsouth-westwindsbringwarmandwetairinwinterandkeepthetemperaturesmoderate；3）TheNorthAtlanticDrift，awarmcurrent，passesthewesterncoastoftheBritishIslesandwarmsthem.Thenorthwesternparthasthemostrainfall，whilethesouth-easterncorneristhedriest.6.DescribethedistributionofBritain'spopulation.Britainhasapopulationof57million.Itisdenselypopulated，withanaverageof237peoplepersquarekilometer.Itisalsoveryunevenlydistributed，with90%ofthepopulationinurbanareas，10%inruralareas.Geographically，mostBritishpeopleliveinEngland.Ofthetotalof57millionpeople，47millionliveinEngland；14millionliveinLondonandSoutheasternEngland.7.WhatarethethreenaturalzonesinScotland？ThethreenaturalzonesinScotlandare：theHighlandsinthenorth，thecentralLowlands，andthesouthernUplands.8.WhatisthedifferencebetweentheancestorsoftheEnglishandScots，WelshandIrish？TheancestorsoftheEnglishareAnglo-Saxons，whiletheScots，WelshandrashareCelts.9.WhatarethedifferencesincharacterandspeechbetweensouthernEnglandandnorthernEngland？HowdotheWelshkeeptheirlanguageandculturealive？TheWelshareemotionalandcheerfulpeople.TheScotsarehospitable，generousandfriendly.IrishareknownfortheircharmandvivacityaswellasforthebeautyoftheirIrishgirls.ThroughouttheyeartheyhavefestivalsofsonganddanceandpoetrycalledEisteddfodau.OntheseoccasionscompetitionsareheldinWelshpoetry，music，singingandartandinthiswaytheykeeptheWelshlanguageandWelshculturealive.10.WhatisthemainprobleminNorthernIreland？HundredsofyearsagoScotsandEnglishProtestantsweresenttoliveinNorthernIreland.SincethentherehasbeenbitterfightingbetweentheProtestantsandtheRomanCatholics.Theformerarethedominantgroup，whilethelatterareseekingmoresocial，politicalandeconomicopportunities.TheBritishGovernmentandthegovernmentofIrelandarenowworkingtogethertobringpeacetoNorthernIreland.第二章OriginsoftheNationArrivalandsettlementoftheCeltsBasisofmodernEnglishrace：theAnglo-SaxonsTheVikingandDanishinvasionsKingAlfredandhiscontributionsTheNormanConquestanditsconsequences1TheearliestinvasionofEnglandisthatby_____.A.theIberianB.theDanesC.theCeltsD.theAnglo-Saxons2theCeltsreligionwas_____.A.ChristianityB.DruidismC.NormanbeliefD.RomanCatholic3theAnglo-Saxonsbrought_____religiontoBritain.A.ChristianB.DruidC.RomanCatholicD.Teutonic4TheAnglo-Saxonsestablished_____system，wherebythelordofthemanorcollectedtaxesandorganizedthelocalarmy.A.salveB.feudalC.manorial（采邑制度）D.Capitalistic5.TheAnglo-Saxonscreatedthe_____toadvisetheking，thebasisofthePrivyCouncil.A.SynodB.Witan（议会）C.WhitbyD.Shirtcourt6.______wasknownas“thefatheroftheBritishnavy”。A.EdwardB.BalfeC.CanuteD.HaroldI7.ChristmasDay_____，DukeWilliamwascrownedinWestminsterAbbey.A.1056B.1066C.1006D.10608.TheCeltsmayoriginallyhavecomefromeasternandcentralEurope，now_____.A.France，BelgiumandSpainB.France，SpainandsouthernItalyC.France，BelgiumandsouthernGermanyD.France，SpainandsouthernGermany9.Bythem