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单项选择

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

1.D 凯尔特在公元前700年到英国，罗马人在公元1到5世纪统治英国，5世纪中期盎格鲁撒克逊人侵占英国，因此凯尔特人是最早踏入英国的。

2.B 英法百年战争爆发于1337年到1453年间，中间还发生了黑死病。

3.D 爱尔兰共和国在1949年独立。

4.A 英国内战于1642年到1646年间发生，国王查尔斯与议会发生争执，实际上是国王与清教徒之间的矛盾引起的，结果议会胜利。

5.B 英国南面与法国隔着英吉利海峡。[page]

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.In Britain only about ____ of the population are farmers but they manage 70% of the land area.

A 2%

B 3%

C 4%

D 5%

9.The two important crops in Britain are ____

A barley and corn

B wheat and rice

C barley and oats

D wheat and barley

10.In Britain, children from the age of 5 to 16 ____

A can legally receive partly free education

B can legally receive completely free education

C can not receive free education at all

D can not receive free education if their parents are rich

6.B 英国最大的湖是内伊湖，最长的河流是塞文河。

7.B 苏格兰中低部适合人类生存，是苏格兰工业和人高度集中的地区。

8.A 由于英国农作业时的高度机械化，只需利用全国2%的人口来耕作大面积农地。

9.D 小麦和大麦是英国最重要的庄稼。

10.B 英国的义务教育是从5岁到16岁，所以期间的教育全部免费

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