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British Survey Test

Part I Geography

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

3. The most important part of the U.K. in wealth is _____.

A. Northern Ireland B. England C. Scotland

4. _____ is on the western prominence between the Bristol Channel and the Dee estuary.

A. Wales B. Scotland C. England

5. Wales was effectively united with England in the _____ century.

A. 14th B. 15th C. 16th

6. 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

7. Physiographically Britain may be divided into _____ provinces.

A. 13 B. 12 C. 14

8. Mt. Ben Nevis stands in _____.

A. the Scottish Highlands B. Wales

C. England

9. The main rivers parting in Britain runs from _____.

A. north to south B. south to north C. east to west

10. Cheviot hills lie along the border between _____ and England.

A. Scotland B. Wales C. Vale of Eden

11. The longest river in Britain is _____.

A. Severn B. Clyde C. Bann

12. London is situated on the River of _____.

A. Parret B. Thames C. Spey

13. Edinburgh is the capital of _____.

A. England B. Scotland C. Wales

14. The rivers flowing into the _____ are mainly short.

A. North Sea B. English Channel C. Dee estuary

15. Mt. Snowdon stands in _____.

A. Scotland B. Wales C. England

16. The source of the important River Thames is in the _____.

A. Cotswolds B. Oxford Clay C. Pennines

17. About _____ of the water requirements are obtained from underground sources.

A. 50% B. 38% C. 42%

18. Gaelic is mainly spoken in _____.

A. Scotland B. England C. Northern Ireland

19. The Bank of England was nationalized in _____.

A. 1964 B. 1946 C. 1694

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精选资料，欢迎下载 20. Britain is basically an importer of _____.

A. food B. raw materials

C. manufactures D. both A and B

21. British farmers produce enough food to supply _____ of the needs of the

population.

A. 2/3 B. 4/5 C. 1/2

22. Britain’s main cereal crop is _____.

A. oats B. corn C. barley D. rye

23. The center of the Britain financial system is _____.

A. Bank of England B. Bank of Britain C. Bank of U.K.

24. The three Germanic tribes that invaded Britain include the following except

_____.

A. the Angles B. the Saxons C. the Picts D. the Jutes

25. “Black Country” refers to _____.

A. countryside in England B. an area around Birmingham

C. a country in Africa

26. The second largest port in Britain is _____.

A. London B. Belfast C. Liverpool

27. The capital city of Northern Ireland is _____.

A. Cardiff B. Belfast C. Leith

28. Celtic tribes began to settle in Britain from about _____ B.C.

A. 410 B. 750 C. 300

29. The U.K. is rich in the following except _____.

A. coal B. iron C. gold D. tin

30. The decrease of British population is caused by the following except _____.

A. limitation of immigration B. fall of the birth rate

C. fall of death rate D. unemployment

31. The proportion of the English in the whole population is _____.

A. 60% B. 80% C. 70%

32. The Queen’s University is in the city of _____.

A. Belfast B. Edinburgh C. Manchester

33. 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

34. About _____ percent of the population live in cities or towns.

A. 80 B. 85 C. 90

35. The land available for farming in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

does not exceed _____ million acres.

A. 30 B. 25 C. 40

36. The highest mountain in England is _____.

A. Mt. Mourne B. Mt. Snowdon C. Mt. Seafell

37. The second largest city in England is _____.

A. Glasgow B. Birmingham C. Manchester

38. The modern Scots and Irish are the descendants of _____.

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精选资料，欢迎下载 A. Gaels B. Britons C. Anglo-Saxons

39. Scotland occupies the _____ portion of Great Britain.

A. southern B. northern C. western

40. By the Act of Union in _____, the name United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

was adopted.

41. _____ has its own national church and its own system of law.

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英美概况试题范围(附答案)

英美概况试题范围(附答案)

名词解释：1 .The Great Depression 2 Industrial Revolution 3 Melting Pot 4. Black Death 5. American Constitution 1.On October 24，1929，the American stock market crashed. Billions of dollars of paper profits were wiped out within a few hours. This led to a long economic depression. 2. The Industrial Revolution refers to the mechanization of industry and the consequences in social and economic organization in Britain in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Britain was the first country to industrialize. The Industrial Revolution in Britain first began in the textile industry. 3. Since the United States is a nation of many ethnic groups，it is also known as a “melting pot，”　meaning immigrants from different nations all over the world have mixed to make up the American nation. 4. Black Death was the modern name given to the deadly bubonic plague，an epidemic disease spread by rat fleas. It spread through Europe in the 14th century. It swept through England in the summer of 1348 without warning. It killed many people. As a result of the plague，much land was left untended and there was a terrible shortage of labor. 5. The Constitution of the United States is the basic instrument of American government and the supreme law of the land. It is the oldest written constitutionin the world. It was drawn up in 1787 and went into effect in 1789. It founded federalism and introduced checks and balances into government for the first timein history.

英美概况习题集

英美概况习题集

英美概况习题集

英美概况考试题⽬⼤全Chaper1 Philosophy of western civilization

1. The ancient Greeks believed that a unity underlies the diversity of people, animals, plants and inanimate objects. Thephilosophy of that time relied on __human reason not on mythology or divine beings, different from the previous philosophy.

2. Not all Greek philosophers agreed with the Rationalists. One major group who doubted that human reason couldunderstand Nature was called _skeptics_.

3. Some of Aristotle’s ideas held western thinking back for a very long time: such as the belief that women were “incomplete”men and that _the earth was the center of the universe

4. The French word “renaissance” means “_rebirth_” in English.

5. Descartes (1596-1650) was the modern father of Rationalism and he claimed that reason was the only path to knowledge.“I think; therefore, I am

英美概况试卷A

英美概况试卷A

1 _______________年度上学期英美况期末考试试卷（A） class________name_________number _________score_________ I. Define the following terms. 40% 1. London 2. GCSE 3. Comprehensive schools 4. Grammar schools 5. open university 6. quality newspapers 7. tabloids 8. William the Conqueror 9. the Devine Right of King 10. Easter II. Fill in the blanks. 25% 1. Britain consists consists of of of four four four nations, nations, nations, including including including England, England, England, __________,____________and __________,____________and Northern Ireland. 2. The two systems of schools in Britain are _________________ and _________________. 3. In Britain, there are mainly four types of home. They are flats, ____________, _____________ and detached house. 4. The UK has a very high proportion of _____________, which means that the people own the house they live in. 

英美概况考试题汇总

英美概况考试题汇总

英美概况考试题汇总

一、英国部分

1. 英国的全名：大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国。国家元首：女王伊丽莎白二世。国土面积：

24.36万平方公里。人口：6020万。首相：戈登·布朗。分四个部分：英格兰、威尔士、苏

格兰、北爱尔兰。首府分别为：伦敦、加迪夫、爱丁堡和贝尔法斯特。大伦敦市下设一个对

的金融城（City of London）和32个城区（London Boroughs）。

2. 英国最长的河流是：塞文河（354公里）；最重要的河流为泰晤士河，流经伦敦，全长346

公里。最大的湖泊讷湖，在北爱尔兰境内，面积396平方公里。

3. 英国的气候主要受北大西洋暖流的影响，属海洋性温带阔叶林气候。终年温和多雨。天

气易变，难以预测。

4. 1707年英格兰与苏格兰合并，不列颠岛统一。1801年又与爱尔兰合并。1922年爱尔兰南

部脱离英国统治，成立爱尔兰共和国。

5. 现代英国民族的基本成分是三个日耳曼部族，他们是：盎格鲁、萨克森和朱特。

6. 爱德华一世最后终于在1282年成功征服了威尔士北部和西部的最后一个当地的威尔士

公国（大约是今天的安格鲁西郡、凯尔纳冯夏尔郡、麦里昂斯郡、塞勒狄琼郡和凯尔马瑟夏

尔郡这块地区），并且在两年之后透过《罗德兰法令》（Statute of Rhuddlan）确立了爱德华

一世对此地的统治。为了平息威尔士人，爱德华一世出生于威尔士的儿子（后来的爱德华二世）在1301年2月7日这天被封为威尔士亲王。这块直接在王室统治下的地区，便称作威

尔士公国（1284年—1536年）。将威尔士亲王这个头衔封给英国君主的长子便成为了传统，

到现今都还持续实行中。

从1284年到1536年之间，英国君主只有对威尔士公国有直接的控制权，而其他边界

地区的领主则独立于王权之外（他们统治有威尔士东部和南部地区）。1536年颁布的《联合法案》才进一步完成了英格兰和威尔士在政治和行政上的统一。这个联合法案将威尔士划分