英国概况人文知识 4_专业八级

英国概况人文知识 4

文章来源：未知文章作者：enread 发布时间：2021-10-05 13:21 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

(单词翻译:双击或拖选)

1.Which of the following tribes¹ first came to Britain?

A. Roman B. Anglo-Saxons C. Jutes D. Celts

2.The Hundred Years' War between Britain and France was fought ____.

A. from 1327 to 1453 B. from 1337 to 1453

C. from 1347 to 1453 C. from 1357 to 1453

3.The Republic of Ireland became independent in the year ____

A. 1918 B. 1920 C. 1945 D. 1949

4.The English Civil War is also called ____

A. the Puritan Revolution B. the second Magna Carta

C. the Long Parliament² D. the Anglican War

5.Britain is separated from the rest of Europe by the English Channel in the ____ and the North Sea in the east.

A. east B. south C. west D. north

6.The largest lake in Britain is ____.

A. Loch Lomond B. the Lough Neagh C. Windermere D. Ullswater

7.Where do the majority of people in Scotland³ live?

A. In the Highlands B. In the central Lowlands

C. In the Uplands D. In the west of Scotland

8.In Britain only about ____ of the population are farmers but they manage 70% of the land area.

A. 2% B. 3% C. 4% D. 5%

9.The two important crops in Britain are ____

A. barley⁴ and corn B. wheat and rice C. barley and oats D. wheat and barley

10.In Britain, children from the age of 5 to 16 ____

A. can legally receive partly free education

B. can legally receive completely free education

C. can not receive free education at all

D. can not receive free education if their parents are rich

练习题答案及题解:

1. D 凯尔特在公元前700年到英国，罗马人在公元1到5世纪统治英国，5世纪中期盎格鲁撒克逊人侵占英国，因此凯尔特人是最早踏入英国的。

2. B 英法百年战争爆发于1337年到1453年间，中间还发生了黑死病。

3. D 爱尔兰共和国在1949年独立。

4. A 英国内战于1642年到1646年间发生，国王查尔斯与议会发生争执，实际上是国王与清教徒之间的矛盾引起的，结果议会胜利。

5. B 英国南面与法国隔着英吉利海峡。

6. B 英国最大的湖是内伊湖，最长的河流是塞文河。

7. B 苏格兰中低部适合人类生存，是苏格兰工业和人高度集中的地区。

8. A 由于英国农作业时的高度机械化，只需利用全国2%的人口来耕作大面积农地。

9. D 小麦和大麦是英国最重要的庄稼。

10. B 英国的义务教育是从5岁到16岁，所以期间的教育全部免费。

点击

收听单词发音

1 tribes
n.部落( tribe的名词复数 )；（动、植物的）族；（一）帮；大群
参考例句：
tribes living in remote areas of the Amazonian rainforest 居住在亚马孙河雨林偏远地区的部落 In Africa the snake is still sacred with many tribes. 非洲许多部落仍认为蛇是不可冒犯的。来自《简明英汉词典》

2 Parliament
n.议会，国会
参考例句：
She won a seat in Parliament at the election.她在选举中赢得了议会中的席位。 The drug was banned by an act of parliament.议会的法案明令禁止该药品。

3 Scotland
n.苏格兰
参考例句：
He has been hiking round Scotland for a month.他围着苏格兰徒步旅行了一个月。 Scotland is to the north of England.苏格兰在英格兰之北。

4 barley
n.大麦，大麦粒
参考例句：
They looked out across the fields of waving barley.他们朝田里望去,只见大麦随风摇摆。 He cropped several acres with barley.他种了几英亩大麦。