英语文化选择题

选择题

第一单元

1、which of the following is NOT considered a characteristic of London (D/The sports centre)

2、Which of the following is NOT true about the characteristics of Britain (B/Differences of social systems between Scotland and Wales（威尔士）)

3、Which of the following is NOT True about Britain (D/It used to be one of the superpowers in the world)

4、Three of the following are characteristics of London. Which of the four is the EXCEPTION (C/London is not only the largest city in Britain, but also the largest in the world)

5、The Tower of London, a historical sight, located in the centre of London, was built by (D/William the Conqueror)

6、Who were the ancestors of the English and the founders of England (A/The Anglo-Saxons（盎格鲁-撒克逊人）)

7、Which is the largest city in Scotland (C/Glasgow（格拉斯哥）)

8、Why did the Scottish Kings decide to form an independent singular Scottish（奇异的苏格兰） state in the century (A/They needed a unified independent nation to fight against Viking raids （维京人袭击）)

9、Where do the majority of people in Scotland live (B/In the Lowlands（低地）)

10、Which of the following statements is NOT true (B/Wales was occupied by the Anglo-Saxons（盎格鲁-撒克逊人）)

11、Which of the following parties in Scotland still wants an independent Scotland (C/The Scottish Nationalist（民族主义）Party)

12、When did Scotland join the Union by agreement of the English and Scottish parliaments（议会）(D/In 1701)

13、Llywelyn ap Gruffudd is not a simple historical figure for the Welsh. He is almost considered the legendary（传奇） hero of Welsh nationalism because (D/he unified Wales as an independent nation)

第二单元

1、In the 17th century the English government encouraged people from Scotland and Northern England to emigrate to the north of Ireland, because (A/they wanted to increase its control over Ireland)

2、In 1969, the first British soldiers were seen on Northern Ireland street. They came first (B/to protect Catholics（天主教徒）)

3、Northern Ireland is the smallest of the four nations, but is quite well-known in the world for (D/its endless political problems)

4、Faced with conflicting demands the British government chose

a compromise （妥协） and organized a partition of Ireland in 1921, because (B/the British government intended to satisfy both sides-Catholics（天主教）and Protestants（新教）)

5、Which of the following statements is NOT true (C/The Social Democratic（社会民主党） and Labour Party（劳动党） is a very important political party in Britain)

6、In the early 1970s, the IRA（爱尔兰共和军） (D/carried out

a series of bombing and shooting and attacked the security force as their main target)

7、1972 was the worst year of the political troubles in Northern Ireland, because (B/468 people were killed in Northern Ireland)

8、Why did the British government decide to replace the power-sharing policy with “direct-rule （直接统治）” from London (D/All the above)

9、Which of the following statements is NOT true (C/Margaret Thatcher（玛格丽特-撒切尔）’s government gave in to their political demand)