英国史练习题

1、I. Decide whether the following statements are true or false.1. Thomas Becket was killed by knights sent by Henry II because he didn t support Henry s Policy.2. The King or the Queen of England is forbidden to enter the House of Lords, but she or he can take his or her seat in the House of commons.3

2、. England began to use coins during Elizabeth I s time.4. John Milton was a strong supporter of the Bourgeois Revolution.5. The first settlement on the east Australian coast took place in 1787 during the reign of George III.6. Alfred the Great was so forceful and fought so bravely against the Danes

3、that the Danes had to leave England.7. Magna Carta was signed by King John.8. The Wars of the Roses were fought between the House of Lancaster and the Horse of Windsor.9. “ Utopia ” was written by Thomas More.10. Both Bloody Mary and Elizabeth I were Catholic Queens.11. Dring the Bourgeois Revolutio

4、n, the supporters of the King were called Roundheads.12. By the Treaty of Utrecht, Spain agreed to cede Gibraltar to England forever.13. The House of Commons is divided according to political parties, the Stronger and the Opposition.14. Those who sticked to purifying the Roman Church were called the

5、 Puritans.15. The Danes are Christians as the English.16. Sweyn led a mighty army to attack England to avenge his killed sister.17. When Canute died, his son Edward “ the Confessor” became the king of the land.18. After the death of the weak king Stephen, the lords accepted Matilda s son as the King

6、 Henry II.19. Richard, the Lion Heart, was the son of Henry II and he stayed in England for only 10 months of his ten years rule.20. Geoffrey Chaucer went to France on one of the campaigns of the Hundred Years War, there he was captured as a prisoner and then killed.21. The Pope didnt agree with the

7、 divorce of Henry VIII for he thought it was illegal.22. Mary Stuart mad plans to make herself Queen by murdering Elizabeth, but was imprisoned and executed for treason.II. Fill in blanks in the following sentences to make them historically correct:1. In B.C. the Romans came, headed by .4. The Roman

8、s Brought in , , the gentile system and to places where they stayed.6. In the Roman soldiers in Britain sailed away to defend their capital from the attacks of . .9.The battle of on Oct. 13, 1066 change the whole course of English history.11. The English language of the 11th to the 14th12. The names

9、 of almost all animals while alive but when they are prepared as food .13. “ The History of the Kings of Britain” was written by and “ Brut ” by .14. When a son of the Sovereign succeeds to the throne, his wife becomes .15. If a daughter succeeds to the title, she becomes and .Henry s .17. The two k

10、inds of laws in England now are the laws made by the parliament called “ , and “ ” which was first made by .was the first King of England who took part in the Crusades.19. The Magna Carta was signed by on June 17, .20. was the foundation of English liberty and beginning of parliamentary rule.21. Kin

11、g Henry III wanted to tear up the Magna Carta but was defteated by and put in prison.22. It was during the reign of that the old feudal tax system was gradually replaced by a tax on property.Edward I gave his first son the title of Prince of Wales.24. The Hundred Y ears War was a period of intermitt

12、ent war between and , which is ended in .25.26. The tax of one shilling a head started a peasant revolt known as uprising.27. At27.28. Henry VII sent to explore the coasts of and Newfoundland which later became England s first colony.29. The first great blow to the Roman Catholic Church was delivere

13、d by .30. People who insisted on the separation of the church form the Roman Catholic Church and wanted to change .31. The destruction of Spain s in July made it possible for England to establish a supremacy on the seas and to establish .32. Guy Fawkes Day became a traditional holiday to remember th

14、e failure of the . And it is celebrated on , .33. The two main aims of the Puritan movement are .34. was beheaded in 1649, and became the leader of the government which is a quasi-republic.35. Charles II was invited back to be king of England which is know in history as .36. In May , the Act of Unio

15、n was signed with the which united , and into Great Brain.37. In the 18th century“ to let the sleeping dogs lie.”38. The Seven Years War was settled by in Germany, by which Britain gained . 39. During the reign of George III, the occurred. 40. The industrial Revolution started with a series of mecha

16、nical inventions, the spinning machine by , .41. Every policeman is known as a and used to be called “ “ after William IV s Prime Minister .42. In Britain launched wars against China, known . The Chinese Government was forced to sign the , by which the British troops43. The Crimean War is chiefly re

17、membered for who established modern nursing.44. In 1875 British troops occupied to protect British interest in the Suz Canal and stayed therefor 74 years when then they withdrew in 1956.45. World War I occurred on June 28, 1914 between two military blocks of the world. One was the, and , the other w

18、as the(principally , and .III. Read the following sentence carefully. Then complete the blanks.1. The first inhabitants in Britain were at about 3,000 B.C.2. The Romans first came to Britain in .4. In , the Duke of York tried to displace the Lancaster King Henry VI, and the Wars of the Roses broke o

19、ut.5. The First Prince of Wales was .6. The Battle of was the last of the conflicts in the Wars of the Roses.7. The Common Law of England was first gathered by .that American was discovered.9. is regarded as the foundation stone of English Liberty.10. In England, the first blow to the Roman Catholic

20、 church was delivered by11. The Glorious Revolution marked the real beginning of the in England.12. The British organized the first large migration to New Zealand and established a settlement at Wellington in .13. During the Cremean War, was Prime Minister. He was famous for highhandedness and gunbo

21、at diplomacy.14. In 1645 Cromwell defeated the king at .15. In the reign of England established a supremacy on the sea.16. The Germanic language was brought to England by .17. Richard I took part in the of the 8 Crusades.18. After , England became stronger than ever before and dominated the world tr

22、ade. Form the war England gained19. In England and Scotland were united and the island became Britain through the Act of Union. 20. Henry Tudor defteated and killed Richard III at the battle of which marked the ending of the Wars of the Roses.21. In 1713 brought peace by which Spain agreed that Engl

23、and should keep Gibraltar absolutely and forever.22. As Prime Minister, was noted for his tact in his dealings with Queen Victoria.23. was separated from the U.K. in 1921.24. The English Parliament passd the Act of Supremacy which declared Henry Viii head of the .Explain the following terms.1. The R

24、oman Conquest2. The Norman Conquest3. Old English4. King Arthur5. Alfred the Great6. Ethered the Unready7. William the Conqueror8. The Battle of Hastings9. Middle English10. Henry II11. Richard I13. The Magna Carta.14. Edward I15.The Hundred Years War16. Joan of Arc17. The Black Death Plague18.The B

25、attle of Agincourt19. The Wars of the Roses20.The Battle of Bosworth21. Bloody Mary22. Elizabeth I23. Oliver Cormwell24.The Battle of Nasebay25. The Glorious Revolution26. the Restoration27. The Seven Years WarAnswer the following questions:1. Say what you know about the Roman influence on Britain.2

26、. What are the consequences of the Norman Conquest?3. Who was Alfred? Say something about his great contributions to his country.4. What are the great contributions made by Henry II to the English court and law?5. Who was Thomas Becket and how was he related to Chaucer s Canterbury Tales?6. How did Henry Tudor set a new era in English history?7. What did Elizabeth I contribute to the English people?8. Give a brief account of