英国文化复习题

英国文化复习题

1) 请大家结合所发材料及上课内容把这些习题所在的知识点掌握；

不要去死记硬背，尤其不要把答案带到考场，被抓到舞弊，后果自己负责；

2) 简答题希望同学们自己去看材料并做出总结，不要背别人写好

的，如果两位同学考试时答案完全一致，都不能得到该题分数。

写得不好无所谓，我最看重的是大家良好的学习态度；

3) 古希腊一章主要涉及的是哲学和戏剧这部分，这里我没有给复习

题，希望大家自己再去看看所发材料；

4) 基督教这章我们不做要求；

5) 希望大家结合复习题，再认真阅读本学期《英国文化》所学知

识，毕竟我们学习不是完全为了考试；

I. Decide whether the following statements are true or false:

1. Britain is no longer an imperial country. T

2. The Commonwealth of Nations include all European countries. F

3. 1 in 10 of the British population are of non-European ethnicity. F

4. The stereotype of the English gentleman never applied the majority of the British people. T

5. Great Britain includes 3 constituent countries: England, Scotland, and Wales. F

6. Northern Ireland is part of Great Britain. F

7. When people outside UK talk about England, they mistake it as Britain sometimes. T

8. The Scots and Welsh have a strong sense of being British. F

9. Scotland was never conquered by the Romans. T

10. Most people in Scotland speak the old Celtic language, called "Gaelic". F

11. Scotland was unified with England through peaceful means. T

12. Wales is rich in coal deposits. T

13. Cardiff, the capital of Wales, is a large city. F

14. The title of Prince of Wales is held by a Welsh according to tradition. F

15. Ireland is part of Great Britain. F

16. "Ulster", referring to Northern Ireland, was once an ancient Irish kingdom. T

17. The capital of Belfast is a large city with half a million people. F

18. Northern Ireland is significant because of its manufacturing industry. F

19. The majority of Irish people were descendants of the original Celtic people who inhabited the British Isles before the Romans arrived 2000 years ago. T

20. Most British people are Protestants while most Irish people are Catholics. T

21. The British government does not have direct rule from London over Northern Ireland. F

22. Sinn Fein is a legal political party in Northern Ireland. T

23. It is no doubt that Britain is the oldest representative democracy in the world. F

24. In Britain, the process of state-building has been one of evolution rather than revolution, in contrast to France and the U.S. T

25. The oldest institution of government according to the text is the Monarchy. T

26. The divine right of kings means the sovereign derived his authority from his subjects. F

27. While the King in theory had God on his side, it was thought that he should exercise absolute power. F

28. The term "parliament" was first officially used in 1066 to describe the gathering of feudal barons and representatives from counties and towns. F 29. Britain is both a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy. T

30. Britain, like Israel, has a written constitutions of the sort which most countries have. F

31. Common laws are laws which have been established through common practice in the courts.

T

32. In the U.K., a government cannot stand for longer than five years except in exceptional circumstances. T

33. The parliament can call an election sooner than five years. F

34. Anyone who is eligible to vote with 500 pounds as deposit can stand as an MP. T

35. Each main party is given some time on national TV to "sell" their policies. The time is not given free and has to be paid by the party. F