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1、CulturalKnowledgeContestBritishCulturePartISingle-ChoiceQuestionsDirections:Readthefollowingunfinishedstatementsorquestionscarefully.Foreachunfinishedstatementorquestion,foursuggestedanswersmarked[A],[B],[C]and[D]aregiven.Choosetheonethatyouthinkbestco
2、mpletesthestatementoranswersthequestion.1.ThetransitioninpartsofGreatBritain'spreviouslymanuallabouranddraft-animal–basedeconomytowardsmachine-basedmanufacturingstartedwiththemechanizationof___________.[A]thetextileindustries[B]theironindustries[C]thec
3、oalindustries[D]thesteelindustries2.Theinventionoftheflyingshuttleby________enabledwiderclothtobewovenfaster,butalsocreatedademandforyarnthatcouldnotbefulfilled.[A]RichardArkwright[B]HarryBrearley[C]EdmundCartwright[D]JohnKay3.Thewaterframe,inventedby_
4、_________,couldbepoweredbyawaterwheel.[A]RichardArkwright[B]HarryBrearley[C]EdmundCartwright[D]JohnKay4.ThefirstpracticablesteamenginewasinventedbyThomasNewcomen,andwasusedforpumpingwateroutofminesandthen,amuchmorepowerfulsteamenginewasinventedby______
5、_____.[A]RichardArkwright[B]HarryBrearley[C]JamesWatt[D]JohnKay5.From1815to1870Britainreapedthebenefitsofbeingtheworld's________modern,industrializednation.[A]fourth[B]third[C]second[D]first6.By_________Britainhadawellintegrated,wellengineeredsystemtha
6、tprovidedfast,on-time,inexpensivemovementoffreightandpeopletoeverycityandmostruraldistricts.[A]1840[B]1850[C]1860[D]18708.AfterthelossoftheAmericancoloniesin______,Britainbuilta"SecondBritishEmpire",basedincoloniesinIndia,Asia,Australia,Canada.[A]1783[
7、B]1784[C]1785[D]17869.AfterWWI,in_______,theWallStreetCrashaffectedBritainandtheGreatdepressionbegan.Afterthat,BritaingraduallywithdrewtoadoptTariffReformasameasureofprotectionism.[A]1930[B]1929[C]1928[D]192711.Whichofthefollowingnewspaperistheworld'so
8、ldestnationalnewspaper?[A]TheTimes.[B]TheObserver.[C]TheGuardian.[D]TheFinancialTimes.13.InBritainmostadvertisingiscarried______.[A]innewspapers[B]inmagazines[C]ontelevision[D]onradio15.WhichofthefollowingorganizationsdoesnotGreatBritai
