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Chapter 1

two main islands of the British Isles are __A__.

A. Great Britain and Ireland

B. Great Britain and Scotland

C. Great Britain and Wales

D. Great Britain and England

2. __B__ is the capital city of Scotland.

A. Belfast

B. Edinburgh

C. Aberdeen

D. Cardiff

3. According to a 2005 estimate, Britain now has a population of over __C__ million.

A. 160

B. 600

C. 60

D. 16

4. Among the four parts of the United Kingdom, __D__ is the smallest.

A. England

B. Scotland

C. Wales

D. Northern Ireland

5. Almost a quarter of the British population lives in __B__ England.

A. northeastern

B. southeastern

C. northwestern

D. southwestern

introduction of Christianity to Britain added the first element of

_D__

words to English.

A. Danish and Finnish

B. Dutch and German

C. French and Italian

D. Latin and Greek

7. Samuel Johnson's dictionary was influential in establishing a standard form of _C__.

A. grammar

B. handwriting

C. spelling

D. pronunciation

8. At present, nearly __B__ of the world's population communicate in English.

A. half

B. a quarter

C. one third

D. one fifth

Chapter 2

___D_ attack on Rome ended the Roman occupation in Britain in 410.

A. Norman

B. Danish

C. Celtic

D. Germanic

2. By the late 7th century, __D__

became the dominant religion in England.

A. Celtic Christianity

B. Anglo-Saxon Christianity

C. Germanic Christianity

D. Roman Christianity

3. Westminster Abbey was built at the time of __B__ .

A. St. Augustine

B. Edward the Confessor

C. William the Conqueror

D. Alfred the Great

4. The __C__ marked the establishment of feudalism in England.

A. Viking invasion

B. signing of the Margna Carta

C. Norman Conquest

D. Adoption of common law

5. The end of the Wars of the Roses led to the rule of

__C__.

A. the House of Valois

B. the House of York

C. the House of Tudor

D. the House of Lancaster

direct cause for the Religious Reformation was King Henry VIII's

effort to

__A__ .

A. divorce his wife

B. break with Rome

C. support the Protestants

D. declare his supreme power over the church

7. The English Civil War broke out in 1642 between

__B__.

A. Protestants and Puritans

B. Royalists and

Parliamentarians

C. nobles and peasants

D. aristocrats and Christians

8. __A__ was passed after the Glorious Revolution.

A. Bill of Rights

B. Act of Supremacy

C. Provisions of Oxford

D. Margna Carta

9. The Industrial Revolution was accomplished in Britain by the middle of the __C__

century.

A. 17th

B. 18th

C. 19th

D. 20th

10. Britain faced strong challenges in its global imperial dominance by the beginning of the __D__

century.

A. 17th

B. 18th

C. 19th

D. 20th

Chapter 3

British government is characterized by a division of powers between three of the following

branches with the exception of the __C__.

A. judiciary

B. legislature

C. monarchy

D. executive

2. As a revising chamber, the House of Lords is expected to __B__ the House of Commons.

A. rival

B. complement

C. criticize

D. inspect

3. The main duty of the British Privy Council is to

__B__.

A. make decisions

B. give advice

C. pass bills

D. supervise the Cabinet

4. In Britain, the parliamentary general election is held every __C__ years.

A. three

B. four

C. five

D. six

5. Generally speaking, the British Parliament operates on a

__B__ system.

A. single-party

B. two-party

C. three-party

D. multi-party

policies of the Conservative Party are characterized by pragmatism and

__D__ .

A. government intervention B. nationalization of enterprises

C. social reform

D. a belief in individualism

7. British government works on the principle of

__A__ .

A. collective responsibility

B. individual responsibility

C. defending the collectivism

D. defending the individuals

9. __C__ has a distinct legal system based on Roman law.

A. Wales

B. England

C. Scotland

D. Northern Ireland

Chapter 5

1.

About

__B__

of

British

children

receive

primary

and

secondary

education

through

the

independent system.

A.

5%

B.

6%

C.

7%

D. 8&

2. Partially funded by central government grants, the British universities receive their remaining

funds from all the following sources except __B__ .

A. tuition fees

B. loans

C. donations

D. corporate contributions

3. Of the following,

_A___ is NOT a basis of admission to Britain's universities.

A. result in national entrance test

B. A-level result

C. an interview

D. school references

4. Among Britain's quality press, the following newspapers are regarded as the

the exception of __C__.

A. The Times

B. The Guardian

C. The Observer

D. The Daily Telegraph

5. Life on Earth is a kind of __C__ program produced by the BBC and is

popular among 500 million viewers worldwide.

A. feature

B. drama

C. documentary

D. soap opera

6. __D__ is Britain's top pay television provider.

A. BSB

B. SkyTV

C. BBC

D. BSkyB

7. Of the following, __D__ is NOT a common feature of all the British holidays.

A. families getting together

B. friends exchanging good wishes

C. friends enjoying each other's company

D. families traveling overseas

8. The following Christmas traditions are paticularly British except __A__.

A.

Trooping

the

Color

B.

Queen's

Christmas

message

C.

Boxing

Day

D.

Christmas

pantomime

Chapter 6

most significant achievement of the English Renaissance is __B__.

A.

poetry

B.

drama

C.

novel

D. prose

2. __C__ is viewed as Romantic poetry's

A.

B.

C.

D.

3. Of Dickens' novels,

__B__ is considered autobiographical.

A. A Tale of Two Cities

B. David Copperfield

C. Oliver Twist

D. Great Expectations

4. __B__ is a representative of English Critical Realism at the turn of the 19th century.

A. Robert Louis Stevenson

B. John Milton

C. Joseph Conrad

D. Thomas Hardy

5. __A__ is NOT included in the modernist group.

A. Oscar Wild

B. Virginia Woolf

C. William Butler Yeats

D. T. S. Eliot

6. Of the following books, __C__ was NOT written by Thomas Hardy.

A. Jude the Obscure

B. Tess of the D'Urbervilles

C. Adam Bede

D. The Return of the Native

7. Of the following statements, __D__ is NOT corret about Virginia Woolf.

A. She was a central figure of the

B. She experimented with stream of consciousness.

C. She was an influential feminist.

D. Her masterpiece was The Rainbow.