英国历史练习题

练习题

Chapter 1 Land and People

I. Multiple choice

1. The geographical names for the U. K. are ____.

A.the British Isles, Great Britain, England

B.the British Isles, Great Britain, Northern

Ireland

C.the British Isles, Great Britain, the United

Kingdom

D.Britain, England, the United Kingdom

2. The longest river in Britain is ____.

A. the Clyde

B. the Mersey

C. the Severn

D. the Thames

3. Whose speech is closest to BBC English?

A. a Cockney

B. Southerners in England

C. Northerners in England

D. A Welsh

4. The welsh are fond of ____.

A. food

B. sports

C. fashion

D. music

II. Fill in the blanks:

1.T he four political divisions of Britain are ____, ____, ____, and ____.

2.T he official full name of Britain is ____.

3.T he English Channel between England and France is quite narrow and the narrowest part is called the Strait of ____, which is only 33 kilometers across.

4.G eographically speaking, the north and west of Britain are ____, while the east and southeast are mostly ____.

5.____ is the second largest and most important river in Britain. It is 336 kilometers long.

6.T he ancestors of the English are ____, while the Scots , Welsh and Irish are ____.

答案

I. 1. A 2. C 3. B 4. D

II. 1. English, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland

2. the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

3. Dover

4. highlands, lowlands

5. the Thames

6. Anglo-Saxons, Celts

Chapter 2 The Origins of a Nation (500

BC-1066)

I. Multiple choice

1.T he first inhabitants in Britain were ____.

A. the Normans

B. the Celts

C. the Iberians

D. the Anglo-Saxons

2.B ritish Recorded history began with ____.

A. Roman invasion

B. the Norman Conquest

C.t he Viking and Danish invasion

D. the

Anglo-Saxons invasion

3.K ing ____ was known as “the father of the

British navy.”

A. Edward

B. Alfred

C. Canute

D. Harold I

II. Fill in the blanks

1.T he Romans built two walls to keep the ____out of the area they had conquered, one of which was the Hadrian’s Wall.

2.T he Romans brought the new religion ____ to Britain.

3.I n the mid-5th, three Teutonic tribes ____, ____, and ____ invaded Britain. Among them, the ____ gave their name to English people.

4.B y the end of the 7th century, England was divided into seven kingdoms, called ____.

5.I n 579, Pope Gregory I sent St Augustine to England to convert the English to Christianity, and he was the first Archbishop of ____.

6.K ing Alfred was entitled ____ while King Edward was known as ____ because of his piety.

Chapter 3 The Shaping of the Nation

(1066-1381)