Chapter 1 History
Tell whether each of the following statements is true or false.
1._________ In 43 A.D. Roman Emperor Julius Caesar invaded England. 答案：F
2.________ The month “July”, in fact, is named after Julius Caesar himself.
答案：T
3.________The best-known English legend, King Arthur, derives from the Anglo-Saxons’ time.
答案：T
4.________ Robin Hood is a story about the Viking invasion of England. 答案：F
5.________ In the early stage of the Hundred Years’ War, the English won great victories.
答案：T
6.________The ruling Normans regarded England as their home after the Hundred Years’ War.
答案：T
7.________ Henry VII ended the Wars of the Roses and founded the Tudor Monarchy.
答案：F
8.________ English drama flourished during Elizabeth I era.
答案：T
9.________ Oliver Cromwell believed in the old theory “Divine right of Kings”.
答案：F
10.________After World War II, the British economy became the 2nd largest power in the world.
答案：F
11. ________ American Indians came from India 25,000 years ago.
答案：F
12. ________ American Indians developed the brilliant culture of the Aztecs, the Incas and the Mayas.
答案：T
13. ________ Columbus was the first European to set foot in what was to be called America.
答案：T
14.________ America was named after the great discoverer Amerigo
Vespucci.
答案：T
15. ________ The first permanent English colony was founded in 1607 in Boston.
答案：F
16. ________ Thanksgiving Day came from Britain.
答案：F
17. ________ By the early 1760s, the English settlers had established 13 colonies along the Atlantic coast.
答案：T
18. ________The Declaration of Independence officially announced the independence of 13 North American colonies.
答案：T
19.________ Benjamin Franklin became the first American President.
答案：F
20. ________ The United States did not enter World War I.
答案：F
Fill in the blanks with the correct information.
1. The golden-haired ________ are the natives of Britain, who were later called the Briton.
答案: Celts
2. In 55 and 43 A.D. Britain was invaded twice by the ________.
答案: Romans
3. The Anglo-Saxons began to settle in Britain in the ________ century. 答案: 5th
4. In the late 8th century they experienced _______ invasion from Denmark and in _________ they suffered Norman Conquest.
答案: Viking; 1066
5. Joan of Arc is a famous national heroine of French in the ___________________.
答案: Hundred Years’ War
6. The Wars of the Roses were fought between the House of __________ and the House of Lancaster.
答案: York
7. The direct cause of King Henry VIII’s Religious Reformation was to _____ his wife.
答案: divorce
8. Charles I ruled the country without Parliament for _______ years.
答案: 11
9. ______________ was also known as the “Virgin Queen” and____________ had the longest rule in English history.
答案: Elizabeth I; Queen Victoria
10. After World War I, Britain was overtaken by__________.
答案: America
11. Columbus discovered the New World in the year of________.
答案: 1492
12. The first permanent English settlement in North America was established in ________ in the year of ________.
