英语国家概况问题详解

实用文档英语作业答案Unit1Ⅰ.ReadthefollowingstatementscarefullyanddecidewhethertheyareTrueorFalse.1.TheislandofGreatBritainisgeographicallydividedintothreeparts:England,ScotlandandWales.(T)英伦三岛包括英格兰、苏格兰和威尔士。2.PeopleindifferentpartsofBritainliketousethenameEnglandtorefertotheircountry.(F)British3.TodaymorethanhalfofthepeopleinWalesstillspeaktheancientWelshlanguage.(F)4.Intermsofpopulationandarea，NorthernIrelandisthesecondlargestpartoftheUnitedKingdom.(F)英格兰是面积最大，人口最多的5.ThelongestriverofBritainoriginatesinWales.(T)TheRiverSevern:赛文河6.Becauseofpoliticaltroubles，NorthernIrelandhasbeenquitesignificantamongthefourconstituentpartsoftheUnitedKingdom.(T)Ⅱ.Choosetheonethatbestcompleteseachofthefollowingstatements.1.ThetwomainislandsoftheBritishIslesare.不列颠群岛是由两个大岛组成的：不列颠和爱尔兰A.GreatBritainandIrelandB.GreatBritainandScotlandC.GreatBritainandWalesD.GreatBritainandEngland2.isthecapitalcityofScotland.A.BelfastB.EdinburghC.AberdeenD.Cardiff3.AmongthefourpartsoftheUnitedKingdom，isthesmallest.A.EnglandB.ScotlandC.WalesD.NorthernIreland4.TheintroductionofChristianitytoBritainaddedthefirstelementofwordstoEnglish.A.DanishandFinnishB.DutchandGermanC.FrenchandItalianD.LatinandGreek5.TheevolutionofMiddleEnglishwasreinforcedbytheinfluence.A.NormanB.DutchC.GermanD.Danish6.SamuelJohnson’sdictionarywasinfluentialinestablishingastandardformof.A.grammarB.handwritingC.spellingD.pronunciation7.Atpresent,nearlyoftheworld’spopulationcommunicateinEnglish.A.halfB.aquarterC.OnethirdD.onefifthIII.Givebriefanswerstothefollowingquestions·1.WhatisthefullnameoftheU.K.?ThefullnameistheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland2.WhydotouristsfromallovertheworldliketogotoScotland?实用文档TheyliketoenjoythebeautifulScottishscenery,todrinkScotchwhiskyandtoseeScotsmanwearingkiltsandplayingbagpipes.3.HowmanyperiodscanthedevelopmentoftheEnglishlanguagebedividedintoandwhatarethey?ThedevelopmentoftheEnglishlanguagecanbedividedintothreeperiods:OldEnglish,MiddleEnglishandModernEnglish.4.WhydidEnglishbecomemoreimportantaftertheBlackDeath(黑死病)?ThelaboringandmerchantclassesgrewineconomicandsocialimportanceaftertheBlackDeath,soEnglishalsogrewinimportancecomparedtoFrench.Ⅳ.Stateyourunderstandingofthefollowingquestionsinabout100words.1.whoareBritishpeople?ThefirstknowninhabitantsinBritainwereCeltswhoaretheancestorsofwelsh,ScottishandIrishpeople.ThencametheAnglos,theSaxonsandtheJuteswhobroughtwiththemEnglishlanguage.ManypeoplefromotherEuropeancountriescamelater,andinmoderntimestherearealotsofimmigrantsfrommanyformerCommonwealth(共和国)countriesfromeverypartoftheworld,andtheBritishpeoplearealsocomposedofpeoplefromdifferentethnicandculturalbackgrounds.2.WhatisStandardEnglish?StandardEnglishisbasedonthespeechoftheupperclassofthesoutheasternEngland;itiswidelyusedinmediaandtaughtatschools.Itispreferredbytheeducated,middle-classpeople.IshasdevelopedandhasbeenpromotedasamodelforthecorrectBritishEnglish.Itisalsothenorm(标准)carriedoverseas.Today,StandardEnglishiscodifiedtotheextentthatthegrammarandvocabularyaremuchthesameeverywhereintheworldwhereEnglishistaughtandused.Unit2I.ReadthefollowingstatementscarefullyanddecidewhethertheyareTrueorFalse.1.TheBritishhistorybefore55BCisbasicallyundocumented.(T)2.TheCeltsbecamethedominantgroupinBritainbetweenthe8thand5thcenturiesBC.(T)3.ThenameofBritaincamefromaCeltictribe—theBritons.(T)4.TheAnglo—SaxonscametoBritaininthemid-5thcentury.(T)(不考)5.ThechieforkingoftheAnglo-Saxontribesexercisedpowerattheirownwill.(F)6.TheVikingsbegantoattacktheEnglishcoastinthe8thcentury.(T)7.HenryIIbuiltupalargeempirewhichincludedEnglandandmostofFrance(T)8.TheMagnaCartawasdesignedtoprotecttherightsofboththeprivilegedclassandthetownspeople.(F)9.TheHundredYears’WarwasaseriesofwarsfoughtbetweenEnglandandNormansfortradeandterritory.(F)10.inanefforttomakeacompromisebetweendifferentreligiousfactions，Queen实用文档ElizabethIactuallydefendedthefruitoftheReligiousReformation.(T)Ⅱ.Choosetheonethatbestcompleteseachofthefollowingstatements.1．TheattackonRomeendedtheRomanoccupationinBritainin410．A．NormanB．DanishC．CelticD．Germanic2．Bythelate7thcentury，becamethedominantreligioninEngland．A．CelticChristianityB．Anglo-SaxonChristianityC．GermanicChristianityD．RomanChristianity3．WestminsterAbbey(威斯敏斯特教堂)wasbuiltatthetimeof.A．St．AugustineB．EdwardtheConfessor(忏悔者爱德华)C．WilliamtheConquerorD．AlfredtheGreat4．Themarkedtheestablishmentoffeudalism(封建制度)inEngland．A．VikinginvasionB．signingoftheMagnaCartaC．NormanConquestD．Adoptionofcommonlaw5．TheendoftheWarsoftheRosesledtotheruleof.A．theHouseofValoisB．theHouseofYorkC．theHouseofTudor(都铎楼)D．theHouseofLancaster出身于族徽为红玫瑰的兰开斯特家族的亨利·都铎结束了玫瑰战争，登上了英国王位，称亨利七世6．ThedirectcausefortheReligiousReformationwasKingHenryVIII’Seffortto.A．divorcehiswifeB．breakwithRomeC．supporttheProtestantsD．declarehissupremepoweroverthechurch7.TheEnglishCivilWarbrokeoutin1642between.A．ProtestantsandPuritansB．RoyalistsandParliamentariansC．noblesandpeasantsD．aristocratsandChristians8．waspassedaftertheGloriousRevolution(光荣革命)．A．BillofRightsB．ActofSupremacyC．ProvisionsofOxfordD．MagnaCarta9.TheIndustria