英语国家概况练习题

5/5英语国家概况练习题《英语国家概况》英国局部练习题〔1-2章〕第一章LandandPeople考题I.DifferentNamesforBritainanditsParts：1.TheBritishIslesaremadeupof________A.twolargeislandsandhundredsofsmallonesB.twolargeislandsandNorthernIrelandC.threelargeislandsandhundredsofsmallonesD.threelargeislandsandNorthernIreland2.TherearethreepoliticaldivisionsontheislandofGreatBritain.Theyare_______A.Britain，ScotlandandWalesB.England，ScotlandandWalesC.Britain，ScotlandandIrelandD.England，ScotlandandIreland3.TheCommonwealthofNationsisanassociationofindependentcountries______A.thathavealargenumberofBritishimmigrantsB.thatfoughtonthesideofBritaininthetwoworldwarsC.thatspeakEnglishastheirnativelanguageD.thatwereoncecoloniesofBritain4.Aboutahundredyearsago，asaresultofimperialistexpansion，Britainruledanempirethathadonefourthoftheworld'speopleand______oftheworld'slandarea.A.onethirdB.onefifthC.onefourthD.twofifths答案：选择：1.A2.B3.D4.C1.TheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.2.1949，Dublin简答1.WhatarethedifferencesbetweenBritainandtheBritishIsles，GreatBritain，England，theUnitedKingdomandtheBritishCommonwealth？TheBritishIsles，GreatBritainandEnglandaregeographicalnames，notheofficialnamesofthecountry，whiletheofficialnameistheUnitedKingdom，butthefullnameistheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.TheBritishCommonwealthisafreeassociationofindependentcountriesthatwereoncecoloniesofBritain.2.DescribethegeographicalpositionofBritain？Britainisanislandcountry.ItliesintheNorthAtlanticOceanoffthenorthcoastofEurope.ItisseparatedfromtherestofEuropebytheEnglishChannelinthesouthandtheNorthSeaintheeast.3.WhereaboutsinGreatBritainaremostlyhighlandandlowland？ThenorthandwestofBritainaremainlyhighland，whilethesouthandsouth-eastaremostlylowlands.4.DoesBritainhaveafavorableclimate？Why？Yes，ithasafavorableclimate，becauseithasamaritimetypeofclimate——wintersaremild，nottoocoldandsummersarecool，nottoohot.Ithasasteadyreliablerainfallthroughoutthewholeyear.Ithasasmallrangeoftemperature，too.5.WhatarethefactorswhichinfluencetheclimateinBritain？WhichpartofBritainhasthemostrainfallandwhichpartisthedriest？ThefactorswhichinfluencetheclimateinBritainarethefollowingthree：1〕Thesurroundingwatersbalancetheseasonaldifferences；2〕Theprevailingsouth-westwindsbringwarmandwetairinwinterandkeepthetemperaturesmoderate；3〕TheNorthAtlanticDrift，awarmcurrent，passesthewesterncoastoftheBritishIslesandwarmsthem.Thenorthwesternparthasthemostrainfall，whilethesouth-easterncorneristhedriest.6.DescribethedistributionofBritain'spopulation.Britainhasapopulationof57million.Itisdenselypopulated，withanaverageof237peoplepersquarekilometer.Itisalsoveryunevenlydistributed，with90%ofthepopulationinurbanareas，10%inruralareas.Geographically，mostBritishpeopleliveinEngland.Ofthetotalof57millionpeople，47millionliveinEngland；14millionliveinLondonandSoutheasternEngland.7.WhatarethethreenaturalzonesinScotland？ThethreenaturalzonesinScotlandare：theHighlandsinthenorth，thecentralLowlands，andthesouthernUplands.8.WhatisthedifferencebetweentheancestorsoftheEnglishandScots，WelshandIrish？TheancestorsoftheEnglishareAnglo-Saxons，whiletheScots，WelshandrashareCelts.9.WhatarethedifferencesincharacterandspeechbetweensouthernEnglandandnorthernEngland？HowdotheWelshkeeptheirlanguageandculturealive？TheWelshareemotionalandcheerfulpeople.TheScotsarehospitable，generousandfriendly.IrishareknownfortheircharmandvivacityaswellasforthebeautyoftheirIrishgirls.ThroughouttheyeartheyhavefestivalsofsonganddanceandpoetrycalledEisteddfodau.OntheseoccasionscompetitionsareheldinWelshpoetry，music，singingandartandinthiswaytheykeeptheWelshlanguageandWelshculturealive.10.WhatisthemainprobleminNorthernIreland？HundredsofyearsagoScotsandEnglishProtestantsweresenttoliveinNorthernIreland.SincethentherehasbeenbitterfightingbetweentheProtestantsandtheRomanCatholics.Theformerarethedominantgroup，whilethelatterareseekingmoresocial，politicalandeconomicopportunities.TheBritishGovernmentandthegovernmentofIrelandarenowworkingtogethertobringpeacetoNorthernIreland.ArrivalandsettlementoftheCeltsBasisofmodernEnglishrace：theAnglo-SaxonsTheVikingandDanishinvasionsKingAlfredandhiscontributionsTheNormanConquestanditsconsequences1TheearliestinvasionofEnglandisthatby_____.A.theIberianB.theDanesC.theCeltsD.theAnglo-Saxons2theCeltsreligionwas_____.A.ChristianityB.DruidismC.NormanbeliefD.RomanCatholic3theAnglo-Saxonsbrought_____religiontoBritain.A.ChristianB.DruidC.RomanCatholicD.Teutonic4TheAnglo-Saxonsestablished_____system，wherebythelordofthemanorcollectedtaxesandorganizedthelocalarmy.A.salveB.feudalC.manorial〔采邑制度〕D.Capitalistic5.TheAnglo-Saxonscreatedthe_____toadvise