1.Which of the following tribes first came to Britain?

A Roman

B Anglo-Saxons

C Jutes

D Celts

2.The Hundred Years’ War between Britain and France was fought ____.

A from 1327 to 1453

B from 1337 to 1453

C from 1347 to 1453

D from 1357 to 1453

3.The Republic of Ireland became independent in the year ____

A 1918

B 1920

C 1945

D 1949

4.The English Civil War is also called ____

A the Puritan Revolution

B the second Magna Carta

C the Long Parliament

D the Anglican War

5.Britain is separated from the rest of Europe by the English Channel in the ____ and the North Sea in the east,

A east

B south

C west

D north

6.The largest lake in Britain is ____.

A. Loch Lomond

B the Lough Neagh

C Windermere

D Ullswater

7.Where do the majority of people in Scotland live?

A In the Highlands

B In the central Lowlands

C In the Uplands

D In the west of Scotland

8.The two important crops in Britain are ____

A barley and corn

B wheat and rice

C barley and oats

D wheat and barley

9 Which is the largest city in Scotland?

A Cardiff

B Edinburgh

C Glasgow

D Manchester

10 Which is the correct name to use to refer to Britain in a political way?

A Great Britain

B The British Isles

C The United Kingdom

D England

答案

1.D 凱爾特在公元前700年到英國，羅馬人在公元1到5世紀統(tǒng)治英國，5世紀中期盎格魯撒克遜人侵占英國，因此凱爾特人是最早踏入英國的。

3.D 愛爾蘭共和國在1949年獨立。

4.A 英國內戰(zhàn)于1642年到1646年間發(fā)生，國王查爾斯與議會發(fā)生爭執(zhí)，實際上是國王與清教徒之間的矛盾引起的，結果議會勝利。

5.B 英國南面與法國隔著英吉利海峽。

6.B 英國的湖是內伊湖，最長的河流是塞文河。

7.B 蘇格蘭中低部適合人類生存，是蘇格蘭工業(yè)和人高度集中的地區(qū)。

8 D 小麥和大麥是英國最重要的莊稼。

9 C, 格拉斯格是蘇格蘭的城市和經濟中心。

10 C, 提起英國，很多人會使用名字“Britain”，“England”或“British”， 但這往往會惹惱蘇格蘭人，威爾士人以及北愛爾蘭人。從政治角度來講，“the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”或 “the United Kingdom/UK”是英國正確的叫法。“the British Isles” 則是地理意義上的名字，包括Great Britain，the whole of Ireland ( Northern and Southern)，the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man 這些島嶼。