2024年英语专四听力人文知识整理

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  练习题:

  1 How many members are there in the House of Commons?

  A 650

  B 524

  C 72

  D 651

  2 Which of the following people didn’t use to be the British Prime Minister?

  A Margaret Thatcher

  B Winston Churchill

  C Horatio Nelson

  D John Major

  3 By tradition, the leader of the majority party is appointed _____ by the Sovereign in the United Kingdom.

  A Prime Minister

  B Member of Parliament

  C Lord of appeal

  D Speaker of the House

  4 The Tories were the forerunners of _____, which still bears this nickname today.

  A the Labour Party

  B the Conservative Party

  C the Liberal Party

  D the Social Democratic Party

  5 In the United Kingdom, the party which wins the ____ number of seats in the House of Commons becomes the official Opposition.

  A largest

  B second largest

  C third largest

  D fourth largest

  6 The term “British disease” is now often used to characterize Britain’s _____ decline.

  A political

  B educational

  C military

  D economic

  7 The 1980s was remembered as the decade of _____.

  A globalization

  B nationalization

  C privatization

  D competition

  8 Today, in Britain, ______ is called a “sick” industry.

  A coal mining

  B iron and steel

  C textiles

  D shipbuilding

  9 The first steam engine was devised by Thomas Newcomer at the end of the 17th century, and the Scottish inventor ____ modified and improved the design in 1765.

  A Abraham Darby

  B James Watt

  C John Kay

  D Richard Arkwrightthe

  10 _____ created the industrial working class, the proletariat, and it later led to trade unionism.

  A The Chartist Movement

  B The Industrial Revolution

  C The French Revolution

  D The Glorious Revolution

  练习题答案及题解:

  1 D, 下议院共有651名议员。

  2 C, 撒切尔夫人,丘吉尔和梅杰都曾经做过英国首相;而纳尔逊(1758-1805),英国海军统帅,因作战负伤,右眼失明,失去右臂。后任地中海舰队司令,在特法尔加角海战中大败西班牙联合舰队,本人受重伤阵亡,号称 Viscount Nelson。

  3 A, 在英国,按照传统,多数党的领导人由君主任命为首相,首相从本党内部挑选一些领导人担任各部部长职位。

  4 B, 托利党是英国保守党的前身。

  5 B, 在英国,在下议院中赢得第二席位的政党为反对党,它也有它自己的领导和影子内阁(shadow cabinet)。

  6 D, 现在“英国病”这一术语经常用来指英国经济上的衰退。

  7 C, 正如20世纪40年代被看作是国有化的时代一样,20世纪80年代被看作是私有化的时代。包括英国石油、航空、钢铁、电讯在内的几乎40% 的国有公司实现了私有化。

  8 A, 英国煤矿业被称为生病工业。英国的煤产量在一战前达到顶点,如今的英国的煤矿业衰退,从而导致矿工的数量、煤矿的总产量大大下降。

  9 B, 第一台蒸汽机是 Thomas Newcomer 在17世纪末设计的,后来苏格兰发明家瓦特在1765年对原有的设计进行了改进提高,生产出了第一台高效的蒸汽机并应用到纺织和其他机械业中。

  10 B, 工业革命产生了工人阶级,即无产阶级。后来形成了工会制度。

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