11级英美概况练习题

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1、TheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIrelandUnit1Geography,PeopleandLanguageI.ReadthefollowingstatementscarefullyanddecidewhethertheyareTrueorFalse.1.TheislandofGreatBritainisgeographicallydividedintothreeparts:England,ScotlandandWales.2.PeopleindifferentpartsofBritainliketou

2、sethenameEnglandtorefertotheircountry.3.TodaymorethanhalfofthepeopleinWalesstillspeaktheancientWelshlanguage.4.Intermsofpopulationandarea,NorthernIrelandisthesecondlargestpartoftheUK.5.ThelongestriverofBritainoriginatesinWales.6.Becauseofpoliticaltroubles,NorthernIrelandhasbeenqu

3、itesignificantamongthefourconstituentpartsoftheUK.7.ThoughtheclimateinBritainisgenerallymild,thetemperatureinnorthernScotlandoftenfallsbelow-10.cinJanuary.8.ThemajorityofthepeopleinBritainaredescendantsoftheAnglo-Saxons.9.TheCelticpeoplearetheearliestknowninhabitantsofBritain.10.

4、EnglishchangedintowhatisdescribedasModernEnglishfromthelate`16thcentury.II.Choosetheonethatbestcompleteseachofthefollowingstatements.1.ThetwomainislandsoftheBritainIslesare____.a.GreatBritainandIrelandb.GreatBritainandScotlandc.GreatBritainandWalesd.GreatBritainandEngland2.____is

5、thecapitalcityofScotland.a.Belfastb.Edinburghc.Aberdeend.Cardiff3.Accordingtoa2005estimate,Britainnowhasapopulationofover____million.a.160b.600c.60d.164.AmongthefourpartsoftheUK,___isthesmallest.a.Englandb.Scotlandc.Walesd.NorthernIreland1.AlmostaquarteroftheBritishpopulationlive

6、sin___England.a.northeasternb.southeasternc.northwesternd.southwestern2.Englishbelongstothe____groupofIndo-Europeanfamilyoflanguages.a.Celticb.Indo-Iranianc.Germanicd.Roman3.TheintroductionofChristianitytoBritainaddedthefirstelementof___wordstoEnglish.a.DanishandFinnishb.Dutchand

7、Germanc.FrenchandItaliand.LatinandGreek4.TheevolutionofMiddleEnglishwasreinforcedbythe____influence.a.Normanb.Dutchc.Germand.Danish5.SamuelJohnson’sdictionarywasinfluentialinestablishingastandardformof___.a.grammarb.handwritingc.spellingd.pronunciation6.Atpresent,nearly___ofthewo

8、rld’spopulationcommunicationinEnglish.a.