TestforUK英美国家概况英国部分测试题.docx

1.Off the coast of mainland Western Europe lie two islands called the British

Isles of which the big one is the island of ___ , or ___ , and the small one is the island of __ .

2.Britainis divided into three par ts: ___ . and .

3.LondonGMT is s hort for, which i s the time o n the line o f __ (deg r ee)

longitu de, which pa sses through ____ , a d istrict of s outheast, u sed as a bas is for calcu lati ng time throughout t he world in d iff ere nt ti me zon es.

4.United KingdomThe national fl ag of thei s also calle d ____ or __ .

5.Englandwas once conquer ed by , ____ z and .

6.EnglandOf the fou r nations,feel mo st British,is the most confid ent of its o

wn identity’and__ i s most clos ely related to.

Monetary unit of is __ .

, __ , and are majo r industries in.

__ , ___ , and __ a re major tr ading partne rs of.

is k nown as"； due to its decline s in economy .

11.National Ho liday of UK is ___ ・

12.and weakened the European monarchies,and introdu ced the age of con stitut

ional mon arc hy, a mon arc hy with powe rs limited b y Parliame nt •

13・UKThree major national pa rties of ar e ___ , and .

14. Depe nding on the rela tive st re ngt hs of the pa rties in the House of Co

mmons, the 0 pposition ma y try to ove rthrow the G overnment by defeating i t on a vote.

25.The Prime Minis ter's offici al reside nee is ______ ,which is the symbol of t he

British G overnment.

In , Ministers are appoint ed by the Qu een on the r ecommendatio n

of __ ・

17.EnglandAs the langu age of, Eng lish is a la nguage belon ging to the branchofthe

family.

18.S tandard Engl ish is vario usly known a s ___ …__ a nd ___ or __ .

and are very p opular Chris tian festiva Is in.

20. a system n ow in gen era I use of arr an ging the m on ths in the year and th e

days in th e mon th, int roduced by P ope Gregory X III (1502-85).

21.The only re ally importa nt patriotic festival is ____ on w hich __ are remember

ed in specia I church ser vices and ci vicceremoni es.

The popul ation ofis nearly million.

, and __ are the main language us ed in.

is nationa I nickname o f.

25・The Engli sh have a mi xed cultural heritage co mbining , ____ 〃and element s.

26.The Englis h have many differences in regional speech. The Chief divisi on is

betwee n _ and __ .

27.WalesThe ancestors of the Welsh w ere _________ ,who escaped to the wild

mountains of form the i n vadi ng Angl es and Sax on s.

28.Today abou t_____ % of the Welsh p opulation st ill speak We Ish as their first

Iangu age and abou t ______ % of the Welsh p eople speak only Welsh,and