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13机械设计1班《英语国家慨况》复习资料二——【判断题】专项————UK英国篇————

F 1. The United Kingdom is located in northern Europe.

F 2. The United Kingdom consists of four political divisions —England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland.

F 3. England is one of the two large islands in the British Isles.

F 4. The British Isles are made up of three large islands and hundreds of small ones.

F 5. Wales lies on the east coast of the island of Great Britain.

F 6. The Commonwealth of Nations is a free association of independent countries that all used to be colonies of Britain.

T 7. In Scotland, rugged mountains, green valleys, and deep, blue lakes provide some of the most beautiful scenery in Europe.

F 8. The longest river in Britain is the Thames.

F 9. The largest lake in Britain is the Lough Neagh in northwest England.

T 10. Britain’s climate is influenced by the Gulf Stream, a warm ocean current that sweeps up from the equator and flows past the British Isles.

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F 2-1. The English, the Scots, and the Welsh are Anglo-Saxons, but the Irish are Celts.

T 2-2. London and England as a whole have great influence over the rest of the United Kingdom because of their large population.

T 2-3. People of Indian, Pakistani, and Bangladeshi origin are the largest group of immigrants in Britain.

F 2-4. Compared to the rest of the world, the UK has a smaller percentage of older people and a higher percentage of younger people.

T 2-5. The Welsh language is the official language in Wales.

F 2-6. Scottish Gaelic is the official language in Scotland.

T 2-7. The English language is the predominant language in Northern Ireland.

F 2-8. English people all strive to free themselves of regional or local accents in order to sound like educated English-speaking people.

F 2-9. Social class in the UK lays more emphasis on money and property.

T 2-10. Britishness is associated with political, historical, technological, sporting, and cultural achievements in Britain.

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F 31. The first Roman invasion took place in 43 AD, headed by the Emperor Julius Caesar.

T 32. The name “England”derived from the Angles, one of the Germanic tribes who came to England in the 5th and 6th centuries.

T 33.The Magna Carta defined the King’s feudal rights, preventing him from arbitrarily collecting revenue.

F 34. The Black Death once ravaged England, carrying off three fourths of the population.

T 35. During Edward III’s reign, the war with France known as the Hundred Years’War began.

T 36. The Wars of the Roses were in the main a great contest for Crown between the rival houses of York and Lancaster.

F 37. Queen Mary was a follower of the Church of England and she was determined to make England