2022年英语专八人文知识汇总 (7)

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　　英国概况

　　练习题：

　　1 Which name is NOT related to Britain?

　　A Northern Ireland B Scotland C Wales D Toronto

　　2 The news agency Reuters was founded in _____.

　　A London B Birmingham C Liverpool D Manchester

　　3 The tower of London, a historical sight, located in the center of London, was built by _____.

　　A King Harold B Robin Hood C Oliver Cromwell D William the Conqueror

　　4 Who were the ancestors of the English and the founders of England?

　　A The Anglo-Saxon B The Normans C The Vikings D The Romans

　　5 Which is the largest city in Scotland?

　　A Cardiff B Edinburgh C Glasgow D Manchester

　　6 In Britain, children from the age of 5 to 16 _____.

　　A can legally receive completely free education

　　B can legally receive partly free education

　　C cannot receive free education at all

　　D cannot receive free education of their parents are rich

　　7 The Industrial Revolution started in _____.

　　A the Great Britain B the United States C Canada D Australia

　　8 What is the name of Britain’s highest mountain?

　　A Anne Boleyn B Ben Nevis C Snowdonia D Scafell

　　9 Which is the correct name to use to refer to Britain in a political way?

　　A Great Britain B The British Isles C The United Kingdom D England

　　10 Britain has, for centuries , been slowly tilting with _____.

　　A the North-West slowly rising and the South-East slowly sinking

　　B the North-East slowly rising and the South-West slowly sinking

　　C the South-East slowly rising and the North-west slowly sinking

　　D the South-West slowly rising and the North-East slowly sinking

　　练习题答案及题解:

　　1 D, 多伦多属于加拿大,与英国无关。

　　2 A, 路透社创建于伦敦。

　　3 D, 伦敦塔是1078年为防止罗马入侵由威廉大帝修建的。

　　4 A, 英国民族的前身是安格鲁萨克森人。

　　5 C, 格拉斯格是苏格兰最大的城市和经济中心。

　　6 A, 英国小孩 5—16岁的教育是免费的。

　　7 A, 工业革命起源于英国。

　　8 B, 本尼维斯山为英国最高峰。

　　9 C, 提起英国，很多人会使用名字“Britain”，“England”或“British”，但这往往会惹恼苏格兰人，威尔士人以及北爱尔兰人。从政治角度来讲，“the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”或 “the United Kingdom/UK”是英国正确的叫法。“the British Isles”则是地理意义上的名字，包括Great Britain，the whole of Ireland ( Northern and Southern)，the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man 这些岛屿。

　　10 A, 英国几个世纪以来地势一直在缓慢地倾斜，表现为西北部在慢慢上升，而东南部在慢慢下沉，所以英国的西北部为高地。

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