英国文化复习资料解析

2014.3.18 填空

1. The full name of United Kingdom is The United Kingdom of Great Britain and the Northern Ireland.

2. The island of Great Britain is made up of England Scotland and Wales

3. The United Kingdom has been a member of European Union since 1973

4. Britain is now a Multiracial society which produces a population of which in 20 are of non-European ethnicity.

5. London plays a significant role in Britain ‘s economic and cultural life. It’s only the financial centre of the nation , but also one of the three major international financial centres in the world .

6. The highest mountain in Britain is Ben Nevis

7.Thames river flows through central London and it is a very important river

8. Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland.

9. Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (GeorgeⅢ) current Union Flag adopted on Jan. 1st 1801

10.National Day of UK is officially celebrated in Britain on the 2nd Saturday of

June each year since February 1925.

11.The largest lake in Britain is the Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland which covers an area of 396 km2

12. The London Eye is the largest Ferris wheel (摩天轮) in Europe.

2014.3.21 选择/问答

1.The location of UK is in the Europe.

A. Eastern

B. Western

C. Southern

D. Northern

2.All the following cities are major deep-water ports of UK.

Except

A. London

B. Liverpool

C. Belfast

D. Edinburgh

3. The national flower of UK is

A rose

B thistle

C daffodil

D shamrock

4. All of the following , except for ,were tribes from the north who moved into England in the 400s AD

A. Angles B Saxons C Jutes D Celts

5 The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a

A. poem about a hero named Beowulf B newspaper

C historical record

D novel

6 Beowulf （贝奥武夫,北欧神话史诗）is

A a long novel

B a long poem written by Geoffrey Chaucer

C a long poem by unknown storyteller

D a long novel written by W. William Shakespeare

7The Canterbury Tales was written by

A Geoffrey Chaucer

B Thomas Becket

C Palamon

D Griselda

8 The frame of The Canterbury Tales is

A the pilgrims telling stories on their trip

B the conflict between the friar and the summoner

C King Arthur’s court

D the differences between the knight and the squire

9 The Canterbury Tales is an unusual piece of literature from the Middle

Ages because

A it describes the characters’ personalities

B it includes middle class characters

C both A and B

D neither A nor B

10 There are stories in The Canterbury Tales

A5 B 26 C 15 D.6

ⅢQuestions

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

The commonwealth : A free and loose association of independent countries

that were once colonies of Britain.

Founded in 1931/ To encourage trade and friendly relations among its members /About 50 member countries / The British Queen: the head of the Commonwealth /Meeting yearly