英国文化复习资料解析

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1. The full name of United Kingdom is The United Kingdom of Great Britain

and the Northern Ireland.

2. The island of Great Britain is made up of England

Scotland and Wales

3. The United Kingdom has been a member of European Union since 1973

4.

Britain

is

now

a

Multiracial

society

which

produces

a

population

of

which in 20 are of non-European

ethnicity.

5. London plays a significant role in Britain

‘

s

economic and cultural life. It

’

s

only the financial centre

of the nation , but also one of the three

major

international financial centres in the world .

6. The highest mountain in Britain is Ben Nevis

river

flows

through

central

London

and

it

is

a

very

important

river

8. Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland.

9.

Kingdom

of

Great

Britain

and

Ireland

(George

Ⅲ

)

current

Union

Flag

adopted on Jan. 1

st

1801

al Day of UK is officially celebrated in Britain on the 2

nd

Saturday of

June each year since February 1925.

largest lake in Britain is the Lough Neagh

in Northern Ireland which

covers an area of 396 km2

12. The London Eye

is

the largest Ferris wheel (

摩天轮

) in Europe.

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问答

1.

The location of UK is in the

Europe.

A. Eastern

B. Western

C. Southern

D. Northern

the following cities are major deep-water ports of UK.

Except

A. London

B. Liverpool

C. Belfast

D. Edinburgh

3. The national flower of UK is

A rose

B thistle

C daffodil

D shamrock

4.

All

of

the

following

,

except

for

,were

tribes

from

the

north

who

moved into England in the 400s AD

A. Angles

B Saxons

C Jutes

D Celts

5 The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a

A. poem about a hero named Beowulf

B newspaper

C historical record

D novel

6 Beowulf

（

贝奥武夫

,

北欧神话史诗

）

is

A a long novel

B a long poem written by Geoffrey Chaucer

C a long poem by unknown storyteller

D a long novel written by W. William Shakespeare

7The Canterbury Tales was written by

A Geoffrey Chaucer

B Thomas Becket

C Palamon

D Griselda

8 The frame of The Canterbury Tales is

A the pilgrims telling stories on their trip

B the conflict between the friar and the summoner

C King Arthur

’

s court

D the differences between the knight and the squire

9

The

Canterbury

Tales

is

an

unusual

piece

of

literature

from

the

Middle

Ages because

A it describes the characters

’

personalities

B it includes middle class characters

C both A and B

D neither A nor B

10 There are

stories in The Canterbury Tales

A5

B 26

C 15

D.6

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Questions

1.

What

are

the

differences

between

Britain

and

the

British

Isles,

Great

Britain,

England ,the United Kingdom and the British Commonwealth ?

The commonwealth : A free and loose association of independent countries

that were once colonies of Britain.

Founded

in

1931/

To

encourage

trade

and

friendly

relations

among

its

members /About 50 member countries / The British Queen: the head of the

Commonwealth /Meeting yearly

2. Describe the geographical position of Britain?

An island country surrounded by four seas

To

the

south

by

the

English

Channel

which

separates

it

from

continental

Europe/ To the east by the north sea /to the west by the Irish Sea and the

Atlantic Ocean

Located off the northwest coast of Europe,

looking west to America.

3. Does Britain have a favorable climate? Why?

Yes , it

’

s mild.

A steady reliable rainfall throughout the whole year

The temperature varies within a small range

4 What are the factors which influence the climate in Britain? Which part of

Britain has the most rainfall and which part is the driest?

The surrounding waters tend to balance the seasonal differences by heating

up the land in winter and cooling it off in summer.

The south west winds below over the country all the year round. Bringing

warm and wet air in winter and keeping the temperature moderate.

The

North

Atlantic

Drift

passes

the

western

coast

of

the

British

Isles

and

warm them.

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1. The UK still keeps an old fashioned government established on the basis

of constitutional monarchy.

2. Coronation

is a ceremony of crowning a king or queen

3. Queen Elizabeth

Ⅱ

has crowned since 1952.

4. Elizabeth

Ⅱ

is the current monarch

元首

of UK.

5. UK has a democratic government with elected representatives in its

Parliament

6.

King

John

of

England

agreed

to

sign

the

Magna

Carta

in

1215,

to

the

demands of his barons.

7. The members of House of Lords consist of the Lords Spiritual

And the Lords Temporal

8. Windsor Castle, 32 kilometers (20 miles) west of London on the Thames,

has been the residence of England

’

s royal family for 900 years.

House

of

Commons

下议院

is

a

democratically

民主

的

elected

chamber with election held at least every five years

10 Buckingham Palace in Westminster is the official London residence of the

British sovereign.

11. The Cabinet meets regularly, usually once a week, in one of the rooms in

the Prime Minster

’

s official residence No.10 Downing Street.

12.

The

House

of

Commons

consist

of

651

members

elected

from

the

country

’

s 651 constituencies with Mr. Speaker As he chairman in debates.

Ⅱ

Multiple choice

1.

In

the

Untied

Kingdom

,ministers

are

appointed

by

the

Queen

on

the

recommendation of

A the Lord Chancellor

B the Monarch

C the Prime Minister

D the King

2.

During

the

World

War

Ⅱ

,

as

a

war

leader

,

received

massive

popular support and led the country to final victory in 1945.

A. Harold Wilson

B Margaret Thatcher

C Franklin Roosevelt

D Winston Churchill

3. On accepting

, the age of constitutional monarchy, of a monarchy

with powers limited by Parliament began

A. Constitutional Law

B The Declaration of Independence

C Civil Law

D Bill of Rights

4.

In

Britain,

a

is

held

when

a

Member

of

Parliament

dies,

retires

or

resigns

A civic

市民的

election

B by

–

election

C popular election

D general election

5 All of the following, except for

were the most important provisions of the Great

Charter

A No tax should be made without the approval of the council

议会

B No free man should be arrested or imprisoned unless convicted by a jury of his

fellow citizens.

C Merchants should be permitted to move about freely

D The king renounced his crown

6. Females were allowed to vote in national elections until

A1918

B1916

C1920

D1896

7 The parliament was a

word for a talking

–

place.

A Latin

B French

C Roman

D Greek

8 John of Are lived during the

century.

A 14

th

B 15

th

C 16

th

D 17

th

9. John Lived and fought in

A Greece

B France

C Rome

D England

10. As long as William had been crowned, he began to organize the government

of England on the system that had been so successful in Normandy . This is called

system, and it was based on the ownership of land

A the constitutional of land

B capitalist

C feudal

D royal

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Question

1Compare the government system of UK with that of USA

2. Describe the power of queen.

3. What are the functions of parliament?

4. Elaborate the composition of the parliament of the UK

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1. In Britain the citizens aged 18 or over have the right to vote.

2 In Britain a candidate must be at least 21

or over with the deposit of

￡

500

3 The Liberal Democrats is the combination of the Social Democratic Party and The

Liberal Party

4. Currently the three domination political parties in UK are the Conservative party ,

the labor party ,the Liberal Party .

5The party which holds a majority of the seats is parliament forms a government ,

with their party leader as Prime Minister.

6 Churchill is the member of Conservative party .

7The current leader of liberal democratic party is Nick Clegg , who is the deputy PM.

8 A Hung parliament refers to the condition where no party was able to command a

majority in the House of Commons.

9

The

class

system

does

exist

in

British

society,

which

includes

Working

–

class

,

Middle-class ,hereditary aristocracy

10 The majority of recent immigrants are from South Asia ---India, Pakistan and Sri

Lanka and Caribbean countries--- Jamaica and Trinidad.

Ⅱ

Multiple choices

1 who has the right to vote for the

Members of Parliament

forming the House of

Commons of the parliament of UK?

A lords

B criminals

C the legally insane

D citizens over 18

2 On Tuesday 11 May, Gordon Brown announced his resignation as Prime Minister,

marking the end of 13 years of

government

A Labor

B the Conservative party

C the Liberal Democrat

D the Liberal Party

2010

,Queen

Elizabeth

Ⅱ

,

who

then

invited

to

form

a

government

and

become Prime Minister .

A Gordon Brown

B David Cameron

C Nike Clegg

D Tony Blair

4

Coalition

talks

began

immediately

between

the

Conservatives

and

and

lasted for five days.

A the Liberal Party

B Labor Party

C the Liberal Democrats

D The Tory

5

refers to where no party was able to command a majority in the House of

Commons

A hung parliament

B shadow parliament

C parliament

D cabinet

6 The Conservative party was founded in 1834 out of the old

, which itself had

been founded in 1678.

A Labour Party

B the Liberal Party

C Whigs

D Tory Party

7 She advocated the idea of small government and free

–

market economics . During

her term as the Prime Minister, she carried out politics to

and to cut tax rates .

A nationalize the private industry

B privatize the nationalized industry

C establish the private industry

D invest the private industry

8

In

1948,

The

Labour

government

set

up

the

National

Health

Service

to

provide

high quality

for free.

A health care

B education

C transport

D industry

9 If the government loses a

in the House of

Commons , that is , if a majority

of

MPs

agree

,

then

it

has

effectively

lost

its

ability

to

govern

and

is

forced

to

resign and call a general election

A First Past the Post B

“

vote for no confidence

”

C winner

–

takes

–

all D solve the unemployment

10 The ideal of the Liberal Democrats is to

A provide free welfares

B cut the taxes

C giving

“

power to the people

“

D solve the unemployment

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Question

1 What are the effects of Immigrants?

Positive:

Increase the variety and interest within English culture

A

varied

cuisine;

new

forms

of

popular

music;

different

religious

beliefs/

contributions to society/ Relatively tolerant country

Negative:

Inequality and discrimination do exist

Depends on the attitude of some of their white neighbor

View

the

newcomers

as

a

threat

to

their

way

of

living

/trouble

in

the

process

of

assimilating the immigrants

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