練習題：

1?Which?of?the?following?is?the?British?oldest?daily?newspaper?

A The Telegraph
B The Guardian
C The News of the World
D The Times

2?The?river?Thames?is?in?_____.

A Wales
B Scotland
C England
D Northern Ireland

3?The?Industrial?Revolution?started?in?_____.

A the Great Britain
B the United States
C Canada
D Austrilia

4?Which?of?the?following?is?true?under?Thatcher’s?administration?

A The proportion of owner-occupation decreased.
B Public housing became more important.
C Many public houses were sold to people.
D The UK became more European-like in its housing arrangement.

5?Britain?has?its?nuclear?naval?force?since?_____.

A it’s one of the developed countries in the world
B it’s a traditional sea power
C it has an advanced industry
D it’s able to produce submarines

6?Which?of?the?following?is?the?oldest?national?Sunday?newspaper?in?Britain?

A The Times
B The Guardian
C The Observer
D The Financial Times

7?Big?Ben?was?named?after?_____.

A Christopher Wren
B Benjamin Hall
C Ben John
D G. Stephenson

8?The?Capital?of?Wales?is?_____.

A Swansea
B Cardiff
C Rhonda
D Belfast

9?_____?is?England’s?biggest?naval?base.

A Portsmouth
B Southampton
C Plymouth
D Dover

10?There?are?two?major?national?parties?in?Britain:?the?Conservative?party?and?_____.

A the Liberal Party
B the Democratic Party
C the Labour Party
D the Republican Party

答案（反白可見）

1?D,?英國歷史上最悠久的日報是。

2?C,?泰晤士河位于英格蘭。?

3?A,?工業(yè)革命最早從英國開始。

4?C,?1979年撒切爾夫人成為英國第一任女首相。她提出的政策稱被為“撒切爾主義”。其內(nèi)容包括國有企業(yè)私有化，采用貨幣主義政策以控制通貨膨脹，削弱工會的影響，加強市場因素在經(jīng)濟中的作用，將公有住房賣給公眾，強調(diào)法律和秩序。在一定程度上講，她的計劃是成功的。她領(lǐng)導(dǎo)英國經(jīng)濟度過了一段最繁華的時期。

5?B,?英國擁有其海軍核力量與其一貫的霸主地位是密切相關(guān)的。

6?C,?創(chuàng)刊于1791年，是英國創(chuàng)刊最早的星期日報紙。

7?B,?據(jù)說Big?Ben?得名于它在1859年修建時候的建造者?Benjamin?Hall。

8?B,?威爾士位于大不列顛的西部。首府：加的夫。

9?A,?英國最大的海軍基地是普茨茅斯。

10?C,?英國奉行的是兩黨制。其兩大主要政黨是保守黨和工黨。?