英国文化复习资料

2014.3.18 填空

1. The full name of United Kingdom is

2. The island of Great Britain is made up of

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

4. Britain is now a society which produces a population of which in 20 are of ethnicity.

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

6. The highest mountain in Britain is

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

8 is the capital of Scotland.

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

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

each year since February 1925.

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

12 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.

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

Except

3. The national flower of UK is

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

5 The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a

6 Beowulf （贝奥武夫,北欧神话史诗）is

7The Canterbury Tales was written by

8 The frame of The Canterbury Tales is

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

because

10 There are stories in The Canterbury Tales

ⅢQuestions

1. What are the differences between Britain and the British Isles, Great

Britain, England ,the United Kingdom and the British Commonwealth ?

2. Describe the geographical position of Britain?

3. Does Britain have a favorable climate? Why?

4 What are the factors which influence the climate in Britain? Which part of Britain has the most rainfall and which part is the driest?

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ⅠFilling the blank

1. The UK still keeps an old fashioned government established on the basis of

2. is a ceremony of crowning a king or queen

3. Queen ElizabethⅡhas crowned since

4. is the current monarch 元首of UK.

5. UK has a democratic government with in its Parliament

6. King John of England agreed to sign in 1215, to the demands of his barons.

7. The members of House of Lords consist of

And

8. , 32 kilometers (20 miles) west of London on the Thames, has been the residence of England’s royal family for 900 years.

9.The House of Commons下议院is a democratically 民主的elected chamber with election held at least

10 in Westminster is the official London residence of the British sovereign.

11. The Cabinet meets regularly, usually once a week, in one of the rooms in the Prime Minster’s official residence

12. The House of Commons consist of members elected from the country’s constituencies with As he chairman in debates.