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1、英美概况模拟题（三）英国文化部分CultureMultiple Choice1. All children in theUKmust, by law, receive a full-time education from the age of to .A. 5, 16 B. 6,17 C. 7, 182. In state schools the letters A, B and C are often used to describe “ rallel classes.o”r paA. grade B. form C. streams3. Public schools belong to t

2、he category of theschools.A. state B. independent C. local4. The pupils who had got the highest marks in the “ elevenplus ”examination woul d go to school.A. grammar B. technical C. secondary modern5.OxfordandCambridgeare the oldest universities dating fromandA. 1167, 1284 B. 1234,1325 C. 1335, 1427

3、6. There are over universities inBritain.A. thirty B. forty C. fifty7. The two features ofOxfordandCambridgeare the college system and theA. records of attendance B. governing councilC. tutorial system8. The universities of St. Andrews,Glasgow,AberdeenandEdinburghare called the four universities.A.

4、old B. new C. Scottish9. Theuniversity offerscourses through one of BBC' tselevision channels andby radio.A. open B. new C. middleaged10.BuckinghamUniversityis anduniversity which was established in 1973.A. independent B. open C. old11. The second centre of the British press is inA. London B. th

5、e Fleet Street C. Manchester12. InBritaingreat majority of children attendschools.A. state B. independent C. religious13. InBritaineducation at the age from 5 to 16 isA. optional B. compulsory C. self-taught14. The oldest university inBritainisA.Cambridge B. Edinburgh C. Oxford15. British newspapers

6、 possess the following features exceptA. freedom of speechB. fast deliveryC. monoplied by one of the five large organizationD. no difficulty for independent newspapers to survive16. The earliest newspaper inBritainisA. Daily Mail B. Daily Telegraphs C. The Times D. Guardian17.is the oldest Sunday ne

7、wspaper inBritain.A. Sunday TimesB. The ObserverC. The peopleD. News of the World18. The most humorous magazine isA. New Society B. Private Eye C. Punch D. Spectator19. In theUKthere are aboutdailies andoverweeklies.A. 130, 1000 B. 200,800 C. 160, 120020. There arenational daily newspaperswhich appe

8、ar every morning excepton Sundays.A. nine B. seven C. eightsupport the21. The Daily Telegraph and Sunday TelegraphA. Liberal Party B. Labour Party C. Conservative Party 22. The Economist, New Statesman, Spectator areA. journals B. daily newspapers C. local papers23. BBCwas founded inand charteredina

9、s an independent public corporation.A. 1922,1927 B. 1292,1297C. 1822, 182724. TheExchange TelegraphCo. Ltd. is anews agency.A. publicB. governmentalC. local D. private25. TheBBC is mainly financed byA.payment from all people who possess TV setsB.the income from advertisementsC.some large corporation

10、sD.British government26. The most famous broadcasting company inBritainisA. British Broadcasting CorporationB. Independent Broadcasting AuthorityC. Reuters27. Reuters was founded in the year ofA. 1518 B.1815 C. 185128. The new headquarters bu'ilding ofis at85 Fleet Street,London.A. BBC B. the Pr

11、ess Association Ltd.C. the Exchange Telegraph Co. Ltd.29.is regarded as the most English of games.A. Cricket B. Soccer C. Rugger30.claims the highest popular attendance inBritain.A. Rugby footballB. Association footballC. Baseball31.pools pr”ovide amusement for millions of people who bet on the resu

12、lts of matches.A. Association football B. BaseballC. Cricket32. The annualchampionships at Wimbledon, inLondon, are the most famousin the world.33.A. hockey B. tennis C. netballracing is chiefly a betting sport.A. Horse B. Boat C. Dog34. Hurdle or steeplechase racing takes up the winter months, lead

13、ing to its climax in the Grand National Steeplechase at in March.35. It wasA.London B. Edinburgh C. Liverpoolwho first revolutionized scientific thought inBritain.A. Francis BaconB. Thomas NewcomerC. James Watt36.discovered the circulation of food.A. Francis Glisson B. William Harvey C. George Steph

14、enson37. The Royal Society was founded ininA.London, 1660 B. Liverpool,1660 C.London, 176038. The Royal Society reached the summit of its prestige in 1703, when ame its president.becA. Robert Boyle B. Issae Newton C. Francis Bacon39. James Watt was a greatengineer and inventor.A. Irish B. Scottish C

15、. English40.developed atomic theory in the 18th century.A. JohnDalton B. Francis Glisson C. Robert Boyle41. The minor 'sasfety lamp was invented byA. Francis Bacon B. William Harvey C. Humphy Davy42. Charles Robert Darwin Developed the theory ofA. evolution B. immunology C. virology43.is conside

16、red the father of English poetry.A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. John Milton C. John Donne44. Big Ben is the nickname ofA. Benjamin Franklin B. Sir Benjamin Hall C. the 315-foot Clock Tower45. The British Museum was founded inA. 1659 B.1763 C. 175346. The British Museum is financed by25 trustees.funds and is

17、 managed by a board ofA. Government B. individual C. local47. You could find the world- famous SpeakersC'ornerinA. Great Russell B. Hyde Park C. WestminsterAbbey48.is the biggest and most well-knownchurchinLondon.A. WhitehallB. St. Paul 'CsathedralC. Westminster Abbey49.is the monarch 'p

18、sresentLondonhome.A.WestminsterPalaceB. Buckingham PalaceC.WhitehallPalace50. Stratford-on-Avonis the place wherewas born in 1564.A. William ShakespeareB. Charles DickensC. Samuel ButlerFill in the Blanks1. There are two systems e school and theof primary and secondary education inBritain. They are

19、th _ school.2. The independent school or “s”chool is few in number but of great influence.school3. The four types of state schools in the secondary education are thes, comprehensive secondary schools, schools and secondary modern schools.4. For all children in state schools, secondary education begi

20、ns at the age of5. There are two systems for secondary education in state schools, the he .and t6. Under the old selective system, children took an examination called the _ in their last year at a primary school. The results of this examination determine d the secondary education a pupil would recei

21、ve.7. The oldest schools inUKareschools.8. schools were established before 1960, in which pupils were not separated by the criterion of academic ability.pupils take an examination, either at the Ordinary Level of th e General Certificate of Education or the Certificate of Secondary Education.9. Ator

22、10. At 18 there is another examination for the pupils, the _eral Certificate of Education or the Certificate of Secondary Education.of the Gen11.schools are often attached to polytechnics.12. The four famous school:EtonCollege,HarrowSchool,WinchesterCollegeandRugbySch oolare never referred to as col

23、leges but schools.13. The public schools emphasize two factors in education. One is the study of clas sics and science, the other is the developmentof what is called “14. The old universities inBritainrefer toand15. The five types of universities are the twoversities, the middle-aged universities, t

24、he new universities an the Open university a nd the one university.universities, the fouruni16.Oxfordgot started in thecentury. It hascolleges.17.There are aboutstudents inOxfordandCambridgerespectively.18.The University ofLondonis a type ofuniversity.19.There are three academic degrees inBritain, t

25、heanddegrees.20.A class in a state school is often called a “”aI?”nev, era “ grade ”21. Almost all the national papers are published in the city of22.Theis the national centre of the press in theUK.23.Themost famous broadcasting company is24.Themost well-known news agency is25.Thesecond oldest unive

26、rsity inBritainis26.TheIndependent Broadcasting Authority gets its money from48. The people can visit 300 life-sizewax figures in27. You ' flilnd all BBC' psrogrammes in the magazine29.28. In 1851 Reuters was founded inis regarded as the most English games.30.Schoolboys usually play rugger o

27、rin winter,in summer.31. Schools girls usually play tennis and winter.in summer and netball andin32. Netball is a kind of basketball, and rounders is a sort of33. The founded inLondonin 1660 is one of the most prestigious scientific bodies in the world.34. Issae Newton held the president of the Roya

28、l Society foryears.35. The famous book Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy was written by36. James Watt was a greatengineer and inventor.37. , an English physician, discovered the vaccine for preventing smallpox and pioneered the sciences of immunology and virology.38. The miner 'sasfe

29、ty lamp was nicknamedLamp.39. Charles Robert Darwin published his book On the used a stir in Victorian times.which ca40.Oscar Wilder was an aesthete advocating “41.The seat of the British Houses of Parliament is42.BigBen ”was named after Sir43.The place where many famous figures are buried is calledKarl Marx once came to study and work in the British Museum Library and Com pleted most of his famous book there.44.45.Parkin the Centre of Londonis one of the World 'msost famous city parks.46. Theofwas a stateprison from Norman