練習題：
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
練習題答案及題解:
1 D, 下議院共有651名議員。
2 C, 撒切爾夫人，丘吉爾和梅杰都曾經做過英國首相；而納爾遜（1758-1805），英國海軍統(tǒng)帥，因作戰(zhàn)負傷，右眼失明，失去右臂。后任地中海艦隊司令，在特法爾加角海戰(zhàn)中大敗西班牙聯合艦隊，本人受重傷陣亡，號稱 Viscount Nelson。
3 A, 在英國，按照傳統(tǒng)，多數黨的領導人由君主任命為首相，首相從本黨內部挑選一些領導人擔任各部部長職位。
4 B, 托利黨是英國保守黨的前身。
5 B, 在英國，在下議院中贏得第二席位的政黨為*，它也有它自己的領導和影子內閣（shadow cabinet）。
6 D, 現在“英國病”這一術語經常用來指英國經濟上的衰退。
7 C, 正如20世紀40年代被看作是國有化的時代一樣，20世紀80年代被看作是私有化的時代。包括英國石油、航空、鋼鐵、電訊在內的幾乎40% 的國有公司實現了私有化。
8 A, 英國煤礦業(yè)被稱為生病工業(yè)。英國的煤產量在一戰(zhàn)前達到頂點，如今的英國的煤礦業(yè)衰退，從而導致礦工的數量、煤礦的總產量大大下降。
9 B, 第一臺蒸汽機是 Thomas Newcomer 在17世紀末設計的，后來蘇格蘭發(fā)明家瓦特在1765年對原有的設計進行了改進提高，生產出了第一臺高效的蒸汽機并應用到紡織和其他機械業(yè)中。
10 B, 工業(yè)革命產生了工人階級，即無產階級。后來形成了工會制度。
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
練習題答案及題解:
1 D, 下議院共有651名議員。
2 C, 撒切爾夫人，丘吉爾和梅杰都曾經做過英國首相；而納爾遜（1758-1805），英國海軍統(tǒng)帥，因作戰(zhàn)負傷，右眼失明，失去右臂。后任地中海艦隊司令，在特法爾加角海戰(zhàn)中大敗西班牙聯合艦隊，本人受重傷陣亡，號稱 Viscount Nelson。
3 A, 在英國，按照傳統(tǒng)，多數黨的領導人由君主任命為首相，首相從本黨內部挑選一些領導人擔任各部部長職位。
4 B, 托利黨是英國保守黨的前身。
5 B, 在英國，在下議院中贏得第二席位的政黨為*，它也有它自己的領導和影子內閣（shadow cabinet）。
6 D, 現在“英國病”這一術語經常用來指英國經濟上的衰退。
7 C, 正如20世紀40年代被看作是國有化的時代一樣，20世紀80年代被看作是私有化的時代。包括英國石油、航空、鋼鐵、電訊在內的幾乎40% 的國有公司實現了私有化。
8 A, 英國煤礦業(yè)被稱為生病工業(yè)。英國的煤產量在一戰(zhàn)前達到頂點，如今的英國的煤礦業(yè)衰退，從而導致礦工的數量、煤礦的總產量大大下降。
9 B, 第一臺蒸汽機是 Thomas Newcomer 在17世紀末設計的，后來蘇格蘭發(fā)明家瓦特在1765年對原有的設計進行了改進提高，生產出了第一臺高效的蒸汽機并應用到紡織和其他機械業(yè)中。
10 B, 工業(yè)革命產生了工人階級，即無產階級。后來形成了工會制度。