1.Which of the following tribes first came to Britain?
A Roman
B Anglo-Saxons
C Jutes
D Celts
2.The Hundred Years’ War between Britain and France was fought ____.
A from 1327 to 1453
B from 1337 to 1453
C from 1347 to 1453
D from 1357 to 1453
3.The Republic of Ireland became independent in the year ____
A 1918
B 1920
C 1945
D 1949
4.The English Civil War is also called ____
A the Puritan Revolution
B the second Magna Carta
C the Long Parliament
D the Anglican War
5.Britain is separated from the rest of Europe by the English Channel in the ____ and the North Sea in the east,
A east
B south
C west
D north
6.The largest lake in Britain is ____.
A. Loch Lomond
B the Lough Neagh
C Windermere
D Ullswater
7.Where do the majority of people in Scotland live?
A In the Highlands
B In the central Lowlands
C In the Uplands
D In the west of Scotland
8.The two important crops in Britain are ____
A barley and corn
B wheat and rice
C barley and oats
D wheat and barley
9 Which is the largest city in Scotland?
A Cardiff
B Edinburgh
C Glasgow
D Manchester
10 Which is the correct name to use to refer to Britain in a political way?
A Great Britain
B The British Isles
C The United Kingdom
D England
答案
1.D 凱爾特在公元前700年到英國，羅馬人在公元1到5世紀(jì)統(tǒng)治英國，5世紀(jì)中期盎格魯撒克遜人侵占英國，因此凱爾特人是最早踏入英國的。
3.D 愛爾蘭共和國在1949年獨(dú)立。
4.A 英國內(nèi)戰(zhàn)于1642年到1646年間發(fā)生，國王查爾斯與議會發(fā)生爭執(zhí)，實(shí)際上是國王與清教徒之間的矛盾引起的，結(jié)果議會勝利。
5.B 英國南面與法國隔著英吉利海峽。
6.B 英國的湖是內(nèi)伊湖，最長的河流是塞文河。
7.B 蘇格蘭中低部適合人類生存，是蘇格蘭工業(yè)和人高度集中的地區(qū)。
8 D 小麥和大麥?zhǔn)怯钪匾那f稼。
9 C, 格拉斯格是蘇格蘭的城市和經(jīng)濟(jì)中心。
10 C, 提起英國，很多人會使用名字“Britain”，“England”或“British”， 但這往往會惹惱蘇格蘭人，威爾士人以及北愛爾蘭人。從政治角度來講，“the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”或 “the United Kingdom/UK”是英國正確的叫法?！皌he British Isles” 則是地理意義上的名字，包括Great Britain，the whole of Ireland ( Northern and Southern)，the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man 這些島嶼。