英美国家概括判断正误英国部分

英美国家概括判断正误

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Unit 1

1.Britain is no longer an imperial(帝国) country. T

2.The Commonwealth(共和国，民主国) of Nations includes all European countries. F

3.1 in 10 of the British population are of non-European ethnicity(种族地位，种族特点). F

4.The stereotype(陈规，刻板模式) of the English gentleman never applied(使适用) the majority of the British people. T

5.Great Britain includes 3 constituent countries；England, Scotland, and Wales. T

6.Northern Ireland is part of Great Britain. F

7.When people outside the UK talk about England, they mistake it as Britain sometimes. T

8.The Scots and Welsh have a strong sense of being British. F

9.Scotland was never conquered by the Romans. T

10.Most people in Scotland speak the old Celtic language, called “Gaelic”. F

11.Scotland was unified with England through peaceful mean. T

12.Wales is rich in coal deposits. T

13.Cardiff, the capital of Wales, is a large city. F ?? largest

14.The title of Prince of Wales is held by a Welsh according to tradition. F

威尔士在1284年被英格兰合并，在爱德华一世征服了威尔士（1277年—1284年）的过程中，他按照威尔士人的要求：“一位在威尔士出生、不会讲英语、生下来第一句话说威尔士语的亲王”作为他们的领袖，爱德华一世将其即将分娩的王后接到威尔士，王子出生后即被封为威尔士亲王，以表示对威尔斯的重视并强化威尔士人的认同感，从此以后，英皇室便将皇储封为威尔士王子，皇子妃封为威尔士王妃，成为皇室继承法统规则之一。

Unit 2 A Brief Introduction to the United Kingdom II

1.Ireland is part of Great Britain. F 是一个独立的国家

2.“Ulster”, 爱尔兰北部的旧称referring to Northern Ireland, was once an ancient Irish Kingdom. T

3.The capital of Belfast is a large city with half a million people. F贝尔法斯特是北爱尔兰的首府

4.Northern Ireland is significant because of its manufacturing industry. F

5.The majority of Irish people were descendants子孙，后裔of the original Celtic凯尔特people who inhabited British Isles before the Romans arrived 2000 years ago. T

6.Most British people are Protestants新教徒while most Irish people are Catholic天主教徒. T

7.The British government does not have direct rule from London over Northern Ireland. F

8.Sinn Fein 新芬党（爱尔兰共和军的政治组织）is a legal political

party in Northern Ireland. T

9.The Anglo-Irish Agreement《英爱协议》of 1985 guaranteed the loyalist Protestant community their right to decide their future in Northern Ireland. T

10.The Good Friday Agreement《北爱和平协议》was approved on

10 April 1998.T

11.Northern Ireland today is governed by separate jurisdictions: that of Republic of Ireland and that of Great Britain. F 目前北爱由爱尔兰政府、英国政府及北爱执行委员会三方共同参与管理。

Unit 3 The Government of the United Kingdom

1.It is no doubt that Britain is the oldest representative democracy in the world. F arguably 可论证地，可能，大概

2.In Britain, the process of state-building has been one of evolution rather than revolution, in contrast to France and the US. T 相对法国或美国而言，英国的建国历程是一个逐渐演变而不是革命性剧变的过程。

3.The oldest institution of government in Britain is the Monarchy君主政体. T

4.The divine right of the king君权神授means the sovereign君

主derived his authority from his subjects. from God F