英国文化学习资料
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英国文化学习资料
2 Chapter One English Histiory
I. Choose the Correct Answer from Each of the
Following.
1. In the year 1066, William the Conqueror
invaded England from France, defeating the
Saxon king Harold at .
A. the Battle of Crecy C. the Battle of
Hastings
B. the Battle of Agincourt D. the Battle of
Waterloo
2. One of the following did not take place
during the Middle Ages. It was .
A. the Norman Conquest C. the Hundred
Years War
B. the Crusades D. the “Gunpowder
Plot”
3. The most famous of the English Crusaders
was the Norman king, .
A. Richard Lion-Heart C. King Arthur
B. King John D. Alfred the Great
3 4. For much of the Middle Ages, Britain was
ruled by a (n) aristocracy.
A. English-speaking C. German-speaking
B. French-speaking D. Gaelic-speaking
5. In England, the Protestant
Reformation
began with .
A. King John C. Queen Elizabeth
B. Henry VIII D. Bloody Mary
6. Shakespeare lived in the
period
of .
A. the Middle Ages C. the Elizabethan
age
B. the Victorian age D. the
Industrial Revolution
7. The defeat of the Spanish Armada by
the
English navy took place during .
A. the Middle Ages C. the Elizabethan
age
B. the “grab for Africa” D. the Victorian age
4 8. The “Gunpowder Plot” took place in the
reign of .
A. James I C. Henry VIII
B. Elizabeth I D. Charles
I
9. The king who believed the “Divine Right” to
govern, and who was condemned to death
during the English Civil War
was .
A. Henry VIII C. Charles I
B. James I D.
James II
10. During the whole of the eighteenth century,
England’s great enemy was .
A. Spain C. America
B. France D.
Germany
11. One of the following did not take place
during the eighteenth century in British
5 history. It was .
A. great victories over France C. the loss
of her American colonies
B. the Industrial Revolution D. the founding
of the modern police force
12. The Reform Bill in the eighteenth century in
British history was made to .
A. extend the franchise C. encourage
inventions
B. develop trade unions D. improve social
services
13. One of the following was not a
characteristic of the Victorian age.
A. It was an age of national development
and national optimism.
B. It was an age of stability in family life.
C. It was an age of imperialism.
D. It was an age of lack of belief in religion.
14. One of the following did not take place
6 between the two world wars in British
history. It was .
A. the “suffragette” movement
B. the independence of the southern part of
Ireland
C. the great “slump”
D. the General Strike
15. Which of the following did not take place
after the Second World War in British history?
A. The independence of the colonies of the
old British empire
B. The availability of TV sets and cars to
almost every home
C. The “suffragette” movement
D. The founding of the “Welfare State”
II. Fill in the Blanks
1. The Crusades were a series of wars in which
armies from all over Europe tried to snatch
7 the “ ” (i. e. Palestine,
where Jesus
Christ once lived) from the .
2. In British history, the great
rivals of the
king’s authority during the Middle Ages were
and the local chiefs, called .
3. All the kings of the Middle Ages in Britain
spoke as their mother tongue,
and after the Hundred Years’ War, the
language took its place.
4. During the Hundred Years’ War between
England and France, English bowmen
defeated the heavily armed French knights in
the famous Battles of
and , and the whole of France
very nearly fell into English hands.
5. The sixteenth century was the age of great
voyages of discovery. and
were the two great sailors who started the
age of discovery.
8 7. Protestantism gradually became the
dominant faith in Britain in the reign
of .
8. Most people associate the Elizabethan age
with two things. The first
is .The other is
.
9. The greatest sailor who led the English fleet
to victory in fighting the Spanish Armada
was
.
10. The English Civil War resulted in the
temporary overthrow of the ,
and the
country became for more than ten
years a sort of republic founded
by
.
11. In the English Civil War, the “Roundhead”
supported
while the “Cavalier”
supported .
14. The longest reign in British history was the
monarch of the great Queen Victoria, which
