1.Canada is the world’s ____country in terms of land area.
A. largest B. second largest C. third largest D. fourth largest 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 9The capital city of Canada is ____
A Montreal B Toronto C Albert D Ottawa 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
答案及題解:
1.B 加拿大位于美國以北，是世界上僅次于俄國的第二大國家。
2 C, 撒切爾夫人，丘吉爾和梅杰都曾經(jīng)做過英國首相;而納爾遜(1758-1805)，英國海軍統(tǒng)帥，因作戰(zhàn)負(fù)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(lián)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(shù)黨的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人由君主任命為首相，首相從本黨內(nèi)部挑選一些領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人擔(dān)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(lǐng)導(dǎo)和影子內(nèi)閣(shadow cabinet)。
6 D, 現(xiàn)在“英國病”這一術(shù)語經(jīng)常用來指英國經(jīng)濟(jì)上的衰退。
7 C, 正如20世紀(jì)40年代被看作是國有化的時代一樣，20世紀(jì)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(nèi)的幾乎40% 的國有公司實現(xiàn)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(chǎn)量在一戰(zhàn)前達(dá)到頂點，如今的英國的煤礦業(yè)衰退，從而導(dǎo)致礦工的數(shù)量、煤礦的總產(chǎn)量大大下降。
9 D.加拿大首都是渥太華，位于安大略省東南部與魁北克省交界處，是加拿大的經(jīng)濟(jì)政治中心，同時也是加拿大的文化中心。
10 B, 工業(yè)革命產(chǎn)生了工人階級，即無產(chǎn)階級。后來形成了工會制度。
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