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1、Decidethefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse1.ThecommonwealthofNationsincludesallEuropeancountries.F2.TheUnitedKingdomincludes3constituentcountries:England,ScotlandandWales.F3.NorthernIrelandispartofGreatBritain.F4.ScotlandwasneverconqueredbytheRomans.T5.MostpeopleinScotlandspeakt
2、heoldCelticlanguage,called“Gaelic”.F6.Walesisrichincoaldeposits.T7.Cardiff,thecapitalofWales,isalargecity.F•8.Britainistheoldestrepresentativedemocracyintheworld.T•9.InBritain,theprocessofstate-buildinghasbeenoneofevolutionratherthanrevolution,incontrasttoFranceandtheUSA.T•10.Th
3、eoldestinstitutionofgovernmentinBritainistheMonarchy.T•11.Theterm“parliament”wasfirstofficiallyusedin1066todescribethegatheringoffeudalbaronsandrepresentativesfromcountiesandtowns.F•12.Britainisbothaparliamentarydemocracyandaconstitutionalmonarchy.T•13.Britain,likeIsrael,hasawri
4、ttenconstitutionofthesortwhichmostcountrieshave.F•14.Commonlawsarelawswhichhavebeenestablishedthroughcommonpracticeinthecourts.T•15.ChristopherColumbusdiscoveredAmericain1492.T•16.ThefirstEnglishpermanentsettlementwasfoundedinCalifornia.F•17.ThestateofPennsylvaniausedtobeinhabit
5、edbytheQuakers.T•18.Bytheearly1760s,the13EnglishcoloniesinNorthAmericawerereadytoseparatethemselvesfromEurope.T•19.GeorgeWashington,BenjaminFranklin,andAbrahamLincolnwereregardedasthefoundingfathersoftheUnitedStatesofAmerica.F•20.ThepurposeofBritisheducationisnotonlytoprovidechi
6、ldrenwithliteracyandtheotherbasicskillsbutalsotosocializechildren.T•21.Thestateseldominterfereswiththedecisionofwhen,where,howandwhatchildrenaretaught.F•22.IntheUK,Publicschoolsarepartofthenationaleducationsystemandfundedbythegovernment.F23.AllsecondaryschoolsinBritainarerunands
7、upervisedbythegovernment.F24.Independentschoolsgetmoneymainlythroughtheprivatesectorandtuitionrates,withsomegovernmentsupport.T25.Grammarschoolsselectschildrenattheageof11andprovidethemwithageneraleducation.F26.In1948PresidentTrumanputforwardtheTrumanDoctrine,whichisgenerallyreg
8、ardedastheformaldeclarationoftheimplementationo
