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Chapter 1 of the UK
I. Make a Choice
1. The
total area of the U.K. is _____.
A.
211,440
B. 244,110
C. 241,410
D. 242,534
2. England
occupies the _____ portion of the U.K.
A. northern
B.
eastern
C. southern
D. western
3.
The most important part of the U.K. in wealth is
_____.
A. Northern Ireland
B. England
C.
Scotland
D. Wales
4. By the Act of Union of _____
Scotland and the kingdom of England
and
Wales were constitutionally joined as the Kingdom
of Britain.
A. 1707
B. 1921
C. 1801
D. 1607
5. Mt.
Ben Nevis stands in _____.
A. the
Scottish Highlands
B. Wales
C. England
D. Northern Ireland
6. The
main rivers parting in Britain runs from _____.
A. north to south
B. south to north
C. east to west
D. west to east
7. The
longest river in Britain is _____.
A.
Severn
B. Clyde
C. Bann
D.
Thames
8. London is situated on the
River of _____.
A. Clyde
B. Thames
C.
Severn
D. Bristol
9. Edinburgh is the capital of _____.
A. England
B.
Scotland
C. Wales
D. Northern Ireland
10. Mt. Snowdon stands in _____.
A. Scotland
B. Wales
C. England
D.
Northern Ireland
11. Gaelic is mainly
spoken in _____.
A. Scotland
B. England
C. Northern Ireland
D. Wales
12. The Bank of
England was nationalized in _____.
A.
1964
B. 1946
C. 1694
D. 1842
13. The three Germanic tribes that
invaded Britain include the following
except _____.
A. the Angles
B. the Saxons
C. the Picts
D.
the Jutes
14. The capital city of
Northern Ireland is _____.
A. Cardiff
B. Belfast
C. Leith
D. Glasgow
15. Celtic tribes
began to settle in Britain from about _____ B.C.
A. 410
B. 750
C. 300
D. 1066
16. The proportion of the English in
the whole population is _____.
A. 60%
B. 80%
C. 70%
D. 90%
17. About _____ percent of the
population live in cities or towns.
A.
80
B. 85
C. 90
D. 98
18. The highest mountain in Britain is
_____.
A. Mt. Mourne
B. Mt. Snowdon
C. Mt. Seafell
D. Ben Nevis
19. The second
largest city in England is _____.
A.
Glasgow
B. Birmingham
C. Manchester
D. Liverpool
20. The modern
Scots and Irish are the descendants of _____.
A. Gaels
B. Britons
C.
Anglo-Saxons
D. Celts
II. Fill in the
Blanks.
1. The U.K. is situated in
_____ Europe.
2. The full title of the
U.K. is the United Kingdom of _____ _____ and
_____ _____.
3. The U.K.
consists of England, _____, _____ and Northern
Ireland.
4. The largest part of U.K. is
_____.
5. The capital of England and of
Great Britain is _____.
6. _____ _____
is composed of six Irish counties that elected to
remain in
the union with Great Britain.
7. The highest mountain in Britain is
_____ _____.
8. Natural gas was
discovered in Britain in the _____ _____.
9. The most important river is the
River of _____.
10. Lough Neagh lie in
_____ _____.
11
. Britain’s
Industrial Revolution took place between _____ and
_____.
12. The population of
the U.K. is more than _____ million.
13.
The
population
of
the
U.K.
consists
of
the
English,
the
Welsh,
the
Scottish and the _____.
14.
In Wales many people speak _____.
15.
People sing the national anthem in _____.
16. The earliest invasion is that by
the _____-haired Mediterranean race
called the Iberians.
17. The modern _____ and
_____ are the descendants of the Gaels of the
Celtic tribes.
18.
The
Britons
of
the
Celtic
tribes
were
the
forefathers
of
the
modern
_____.
19. The British national anthem is
_____ _____ _____ _____.
20. The U.K. lies to the _____ of
France.
Chapter 3 of the UK
I. Make a Choice.
1. Christianity was introduced into
England in the late _____ century.
A.
14
th
B. 8
th
C.
6
th
D. 4
th
2. In 1653 _____ was made
Lord Protector for life.
A. Oliver
Cromwell
B. Charles I
C. William I
D. Charles II
3. The three
great Germanic tribes: the Anglos, the _____ and
the Jutes
which invaded Britain form
the basis of the modern British people.
A. Saxons
B.
Scots
C. Welsh
D. Wessex
4. The head of the
church in Anglo-Saxon times was _____.
A. the King of Denmark and Norway
B. the king of England
C. Julius Caesar
D. the Archbishop of Canterbury
5. The _____ invaded England in the
earliest time.
A. Danes
B. Iberians
C.
Romans
D. Celts
6. The Vikings who invaded
England at the turn of the 8th century came
from _____.
A. Norway
B. Denmark
C. France
D.
both A and B
7. Norman Conquest began
in _____.
A. 1016
B. 1066
C. 1035
D. 1688
8. Charles I was beheaded in _____.
A. 1649
B. 1648
C. 1653
D. 1688
9. It
was _____ who summoned Model Parliament in 1295.
A. Edward I
B. Henry IV
C.
Simon de Montfort
D.
William I
10. The Peasants Uprising in
1381 was led by _____.
A. Henry Turner
B. Watt Tyler
C. Richard
D.
Joan of Arc
11. The English Church was
strictly _____.
A. national
B. international
C. regional
D.
racial
12. The Great Charter was signed
by _____ in 1215.
A. King Henry II
B. King Richard
C. King John
D.
William I
13. In the early 14th century
feudalism began to _____ in England.
A.
grow
B. flourish
C. decline
D. end
14. The Parliament of
1265 which is known as the “_____” is considered
the “beginning of
parliament”.
A. All Estates
Parliament
B.
Model Parliament
C. Long Parliament
D. Short
Parliament
15.
The Anglo-French hostility which began in 1337 and
ended in 1453
was known as _____.
A. the Wars of Roses
B. the Hundred Years’ War
C. Peasant Uprising
D. Black Death
16. In the first half of 17th century
_____ grow rapidly in England.
A.
feudalism
B. capitalism
C. Catholicism
D. Imperialism
17.
In
the
14th
century
took
place
the
_____,
the
severest
of
many
plagues in the middle
ages.
A. Earthquake
B. Black Death
C. Drought
D.
Famine
18. By the end of the Wars of
the Roses the House of _____ began.
A.
Tudor
B. Lancaster
C. Plantagenet
D. York
19. In
the Wars of the Roses the Lancastrians wire badges
of _____ rose.
A. white
B. red
C. pink
D. yellow
20.
William Shakespeare is mainly a _____.
A. novelist B. dramatist
C. poet
D.
essayist
21.
In 1689 the
“Bill of Rights” was passed. _____ began in
England.
A. The
Constitutional Monarchy
B. All Estates Parliament
C.
House of Lancaster
D.
British Parliament
22. In
1337 the hostility between England and __ resulted
in the Hundred
Years’ War.
A. France
B.
Spain
C. Russia
D. Germany
23. The
Industrial Revolution first started in _____.
A. the iron
industry
B. the textile
industry
C. the coal industry
D. the pottery industry
24.
The
English
Prime
Minister
during
the
Second
World
War
was
_____.
A. Churchill
B. Chamberlain
C. Baldwin
D.
Robert Walpore
25. _____ contrasted the
first successful steam locomotive.
A.
George Stephenson
B. Samuel Crompton
C. James
Hargreaves
D. James Watt
26.
The _____
government
surrendered to
the
British invaders
and
was
forced to sign the first
unequal Treaty of Nanjing in 1842.
A.
Indian
B. Qing
C. Irish
D.
Spanish
27. By the _____ in 1783,
Britain recognized the independence of the US.
A.
Declaratory
Act
B.
Treaty
of
Paris
C.
Treaty
of
Montgomery
D.
Treaty of Versailles
28. In
1840 Britain launched an aggressive war against
_____.
A. France
B. India
C.
China
D. America
29.
During
the
Civil
Wars
(1642
–
1648)
the
supporters
of
Parliament
were called _____
while the supporters of the King Charles I were
called
_____.
A. Tory,
Liberal
B. Roundheads,
Cavaliers
C.
Tory, Whig
D.
Conservative, Labor
30.
The
contribution
made
by
the
Normans
to
Britain
is
the
following
except _____.
A. final
unification of England
B.
foundation of aristocracy
C. great
administrative progress
D.
some peculiarities of dialect
II. Fill in the Blanks.
1.
At about 3000 BC, some of the _____ settled in
Britain.
2. About 122 AD, in order to
keep back the Picts and Scots, the _____
built Hadrian’s Wall.
3. The real Roman conquest began in
_____.
4.
On
Christmas
Day
1066
Duke
_____
was
crowned
in
Westminster
Abbey.
5.
John
signed
the
document
in
1215,
which
in
history
was
called
the
Great
Charter or _____ _____.
6. In 1086
William had his official to make a general survey
of the land,
known as _____ Book.
7.
The
Battle
of
_____
paved
the
way
for
the
Norman
Conquest
to
England.
8. Duke William was
known in history as William the _____.
9. Along with the Normans came the
_____ language.
10. The English
parliament originated in the _____ _____.
11. The _____ _____ in 1688 was in
nature a coup d’etat.
12. The corrupt Qing
government surrendered to Britain and was forced
to sign the first unequal Treaty of
_____ in 1842.
13. The Wars of the
Roses broke out between the _____ and the _____.
14. The Enclosure Movement began in the
_____ century.
15. By the treaty of
_____ in 1783, Britain recognized the independence
of the US.
16. In _____
Britain launched the Opium War against China.
17. Mary I re-established Catholicism
and burnt three hundred Protestants,
for which she was called “_____”
Mary.
18.
During
the
Renaissance,
the
thinkers
who
worked
for
freedom
and
enlightenment were called
“_____”.
19.
In
the
summer
of
1588
the
Spanish
ships,
the
_____
_____
was
defeated by English ships.
20. English Renaissance began in _____
century.
21. In September 1939 Germany
invaded _____, thus Britain and France
declared war on Germany.
22.
The
Industrial
Revolution
started
during
the
last
part
of
the
_____
century.
23. Upon the completion of the _____
_____ by 1850 England became
the
workshop of the world.
24.
On
the
eve
of
WWI
the
Triple
Alliance
between
Germany,
Austria-Hungary and _____ was formed.
25. On May 7,
1945, _____ surrendered unconditionally.
Chapter 5 of the UK
I. Make
a Choice.
1. All children in the UK
must, by law, receive a full-time education from
the age of _____ to _____.
A. 5, 16
B. 6, 17
C. 7,
18
D. 6, 18
2.
Public schools belong to the category of the _____
schools.
A. state
B. independent
C. local
D.
international
3. The two features of
Oxford and Cambridge are the college system and
the _____.
A. records of
attendance
B.
governing council
C. tutorial system
D. academic
level
4.
The
universities
of
St.
Andrews,
Glasgow,
Aberdeen
and
Edinburgh
are
called the four _____ universities.
A.
old
B. new
C.
Scottish
D. religious
5. The _____University offers courses
through one of BBC’s television
channels and by radio.
A.
Open
B. New
C. Middle-aged
D. Adult
6. In Britain great
majority of children attend _____ schools.
A. state
B.
independent
C. religious
D. public
7. The
oldest university in Britain is _____.
A.
Cambridge
B.
Edinburgh
University
C.
Oxford
D.
London
University
II. Fill in the Blanks.
1.
There are two systems of primary and secondary
education in Britain.
They are the
_____ school and the _____ school.
2.
The
independent
school
or
“_____”
school
is
few
in
number
but
of
great influence.
3. The old universities in Britain
refer to _____ and _____.
4. Oxford got
started in the _____ century.
Chapter 6 of the UK
I. Make a Choice.
1. The
British Monarchy is _____.
A. elective
B. democratic
C. hereditary
D. appointed
2. The
Constitutional Monarchy started at the end of the
_____ century.
A.
17
th
B. 16
th
C.
15
th
D. 18
th
3. The _____ is used as a
symbol of the whole nation and is described as
the representative of the people.
A. Prime Minister
B. Crown
C.
Parliament
D. the Upper
House
4. The life of Parliament is
fixed at _____ years.
A. four
B. six
C. five
D. three
5. The House of
Commons consists of _____ members who are elected
from the electoral districts.
A. 651
B. 535
C. 635
D. 100,
6. The
president (or head) of the House of Lords in
Britain is _____.
A. Lord Chancellor
B. Speaker
C. Prime minister
D. monarch
7. The Shadow
Cabinet is organized by the _____.
A.
Government
B. Opposition
C. Privy Council
D. Prime Minister
II. Fill in the Blanks.
1.
Elizabeth II came to the throne on Feb. 6th,
_____.
2.
The
British
Parliament
consists
of
three
elements
–
the
_____,
the
House of _____, and the House of _____.
3. The official head of Parliament is
the _____.
4.
The
government
cannot
legally
spend
any
money
without
the
permission of he House of _____.
5.
The
House
of
Lords
is
also
called
the
_____
House,
the
House
of
Commons
the _____ House.
6.
The
two
major
parties
in
Britain
are
the
_____
Party
and
the
_____
Party.
7. Every _____ years
a general election is held in Britain.
8. The headquarters of the London
police is the famous _____ _____.