英美背景知识试题ExercisesinsurveyofBritainandAmerica

1 Exercises in survey of Britain and America 1 The full name of U K is it contains of and 2 English is the official language but many people in Wales speak C about one in four while in Scotland about 80 000 people in the Highland use their own Gaelic language 3 Britain became industrialized in the and centuries 4 Britain s largest manufacturing industry is and industry 5 The most important airport in Britain is H in London 6 New S Y is the headquarter of the London police 7 The T of London was once a fortress and then served as a palace and a prison 8 B Palace is the London residence for the King and Queen 9 Lioyd s is a famous i company which provides protective measures and information for sea going ships all over the world 10 The populations of the U K consist of the the the and Irish 11 The first inhabitants in Britain were at about 3000 B C A the Normans B the Celts C the Iberians D the Anglo Saxons 12 The First King of England is who won the overlordship in 829 A John B Egbert C James I D Henry I 13 One of the contribution of the Norman Conquest is A English race B final unification of England C some peculiarities of dialect in North and East of England D Latin alphabet and civilization 14 The peasants in Wat Tyler s rising had a simple minded belief in A the minister B the king C Jack Straw D the Privy Council 15 Shakespeare s tragedy is considered as the summit of his art A Macbeth B Othello C Romeo and Juliet D Hamlet 16 Oxford got started in the century and Cambridge in the century A 12th 13th B 11th 12th C 13th 14th D 12th 14th 17 is regarded as the most English of Games A Rugby B Cricket C Soccer D Golf 18 by Thomas Hardy could be regarded as the summit of this realism A The Mayor of Casterbridge B Tess of the D Urberilles C Under the Greenwood Tree D The return of the Native 19 was the first British novelist to win the Nobel Prize A George Eliot B Joseph Rudyard Kipling C Thomas Hardy D Herbert George Wells 20 is perhaps the most famous of all the humorous magazines A Punch B Private Eye C The Times D The Sun 21 School Education in America can be divided into three stages e education s education and higher education 22 Many students can gain a bachelor degree after the completion of the four year program During the four years of study there are four grades and 23 The best known of all romantic movies was G W t W 24 The A of H F is considered the masterpiece of Mark Twain 2 25 In T S L Hawthrone examines the development and results of evil 26 In 1926 E H published the powerful novel The Sun Also Rises 27 The highest academic degree is the D of P 28 The Grapes of Wrath by J S is regarded as his masterpiece 29 The American I were the only people who had lived there long before America was discovered 30 B s is someone who is employed to take care of children for a specific length of time 31 E or Inuits near the North Pole prefer raw meat to roasted meat of sheep and goats 32 Two kinds of desserts can be found anywhere in America one is i and other is a 33 The symbol of Valentine is a picture with a Heart and C armed with bow and arrow 34 The K K K is a society which was set up by a few ex soldiers in the states of Tennesse 35 H and h are greatly enjoyed by all American children 36 Halloween a night time festival is hold mostly by A children B adults C old people D family relatives 37 is the most typical and true national holiday of all the holidays observed in the United States of America A Thanksgiving Day B Christmas Day C Independence Day D April Fool s Day 38 The largest freshwater lake in the world is A Lake Ontario B Lake Erie C Lake Huron D Lake Superior 39 The Statue of Liberty stands on the Liberty Island in harbor A Washington B New York C Boston D Florida 40 Detriot is famous for the production of A bamboo B automobile C timber D computer 41 Among the American minorities are the most numerous A the Indians B the Mexicans C the Chinese D the black people 42 The city s name Philadephia means A fishing pot B brotherly love C philobiblic D philogyny 43 The state to which the Mayfllower sailed is A Florida B Massachusetts C Maine D New Jersey 44 The first immigrants came to America from England to escape A war B disease C imprisonment D religious persecution 45 is the largest public library in the United States A The Library of Congress B The library of Harvard C The Library of State D Roosevelt Library 46 Theodore Dreiser is regarded as one of the great American realists or naturalists is his masterpiece A Sister Carrie B Jennie Gerhardt C The American Tragedy D The Financier 47 music is perhaps America s greatest contribution to the world of popular music A Blues B Rock roll C Jazz D Heavy metal 48 is regarded as the father of detective stories A Mark Twain B Edgar Allen Poe C James Fenimore D Washington