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1、英美概況模擬題（三）英國文化部分CultureMultiple Choice1. All children in theUKmust, by law, receive a full-time education from the age of to .A. 5, 16 B. 6,17 C. 7, 182. In state schools the letters A, B and C are often used to describe “ o”r parallel classes.A. grade B. form C. streams3. Public schools belong to t

2、he category of the schools.A. state B. independentC. local4. The pupils who had got the highest marks in the “ elevenplus ” examination woul d go to school.A. grammar B. technical C. secondary modern5.OxfordandCambridgeare the oldest universities dating from and .A. 1167, 1284 B. 1234,1325 C. 1335,

3、14276. There are over universities inBritain.A. thirty B. forty C. fifty7. The two features ofOxfordandCambridgeare the college system and the .A. records of attendance B. governing councilC. tutorial system8. The universities of St. Andrews,Glasgow,AberdeenandEdinburghare called the four universiti

4、es.A. old B. new C. Scottish9. The university offers courses through one of BBC tselevision channels andby radio.A. open B. new C. middle aged10.BuckinghamUniversityis and university which was established in 1973.11. The second centre of the British press is in .A. London B. the Fleet Street C. Manc

5、hester12. InBritaingreat majority of children attend schools.A. state B. independent C. religious13. InBritaineducation at the age from 5 to 16 is .A. optional B. compulsory C. self-taught14. The oldest university inBritainis .A.Cambridge B. Edinburgh C. Oxford15. British newspapers possess the foll

6、owing features except .A. freedom of speechB. fast deliveryC. monoplied by one of the five large organizationD. no difficulty for independent newspapers to survive16. The earliest newspaper inBritainis .A. Daily Mail B. Daily Telegraphs C. The Times D. Guardian17. is the oldest Sunday newspaper inBr

7、itain.A. Sunday Times B. The ObserverC. The people D. News of the World18. The most humorous magazine is .A. New Society B. Private Eye C. Punch D. Spectator19. In theUKthere are about dailies and over weeklies.A. 130, 1000 B. 200,800 C. 160, 120020. There are national daily newspapers which appear

8、every morning excepton Sundays.A. nine B. seven C. eight21. The Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph support the .A. Liberal Party B. Labour Party C. Conservative Party22. The Economist, New Statesman, Spectator are .A. journals B. daily newspapers C. local papers23. BBC was founded in and chartered

9、 in as an independent public corporation.A. 1922, 1927 B. 1292,1297C. 1822, 182724. The Exchange Telegraph Co. Ltd. is a news agency.A. public B. governmental C. local D. private25. The BBC is mainly financed by .A. payment from all people who possess TV setsB. the income from advertisementsC. some

10、large corporationsD. British government26. The most famous broadcasting company inBritainis .A. British Broadcasting CorporationB. Independent Broadcasting AuthorityC. Reuters27. Reuters was founded in the year of .A. 1518B.1815 C. 185128. The new headquarters bu ilding of is at85 Fleet Street,Londo

11、n.A. BBC B. the Press Association Ltd.C. the Exchange Telegraph Co. Ltd.29. is regarded as the most English of games.A. Cricket B. Soccer C. Rugger30. claims the highest popular attendance inBritain.A. Rugby football B. Association footballC. Baseball31. “ pools pr” ovide amusement for millions of p

12、eople who bet on the resultsof matches.A. Association footballB. BaseballC. Cricket32. The annual championships at Wimbledon, inLondon, are the most famousin the world.A. hockey B. tennis C. netball33. racing is chiefly a betting sport.A. Horse B. Boat C. Dog34. Hurdle or steeplechase racing takes u

13、p the winter months, leading to its climax in the Grand National Steeplechase at in March.A.London B. Edinburgh C. Liverpool35. It was who first revolutionized scientific thought inBritain.A. Francis Bacon B. Thomas NewcomerC. James Watt36. discovered the circulation of food.A. Francis Glisson B. Wi

14、lliam Harvey C. George Stephenson37. The Royal Society was founded in in .A.London, 1660 B. Liverpool,1660 C.London, 176038. The Royal Society reached the summit of its prestige in 1703, when became its president.A. Robert Boyle B. Issae Newton C. Francis Bacon39. James Watt was a great engineer and

15、 inventor.A. Irish B. Scottish C. English40. developed atomic theory in the 18th century.A. JohnDalton B. Francis Glisson C. Robert Boyle41. The minor sasfety lamp was invented by .A. Francis Bacon B. William Harvey C. Humphy Davy42. Charles Robert Darwin Developed the theory of .A. evolution B. imm

16、unology C. virology43. is considered the father of English poetry.A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. John Milton C. John Donne44. Big Ben is the nickname of .A. Benjamin Franklin B. Sir Benjamin Hall C. the 315-foot Clock Tower45. The BritishMuseumwas founded in .A. 1659B.1763 C. 175346. The BritishMuseumis fin

17、anced by fundsand is managed by a board of25 trustees.A. Government B. individual C. local47. You could find the world- famous Speakers C orner in .A. Great Russell B. Hyde Park C. Westminster Abbey48. is the biggest and most well-known church inLondon.A. Whitehall B. St. Paul CsathedralC. Westminst

18、er Abbey49. is the monarch psresentLondonhome.A.WestminsterPalace B. Buckingham PalaceC.WhitehallPalace50. Stratford-on-Avon is the place where was born in 1564.A. William Shakespeare B. Charles DickensC. Samuel ButlerFill in the Blanks1. There are two systems of primary and secondary education inBr

19、itain. They are th e school and the school.2. The independent school or “ s” chool is few in number but of great influence.3. The four types of state schools in the secondary education are the schools, comprehensive secondary schools, schools and secondary modern schools.4. For all children in state

20、 schools, secondary education begins at the age of .5. There are two systems for secondary education in state schools, the and the .6. Under the old selective system, children took an examination called the _ in their last year at a primary school. The results of this examination determine d the sec

21、ondary education a pupil would receive.7. The oldest schools inUKare schools.8. schools were established before 1960, in which pupils were not separated by the criterion of academic ability.9. At or pupils take an examination, either at the Ordinary Level of the General Certificate of Education or t

22、he Certificate of Secondary Education.10. At 18 there is another examination for the pupils, the of the General Certificate of Education or the Certificate of Secondary Education.11. schools are often attached to polytechnics.12. The four famous school:EtonCollege,HarrowSchool,WinchesterCollegeandRu

23、gbySch oolare never referred to as colleges but schools.13. The public schools emphasize two factors in education. One is the study of clas sics and science, the other is the development of what is called “ ”.14. The old universities inBritainrefer to and .15. The five types of universities are the

24、two universities, the four universities, the middle-aged universities, the new universities an the Open university a nd the one university.1. .Oxfordgot started in the century. It has colleges.17. There are about students inOxfordandCambridgerespectively.18. The University ofLondonis a type of unive

25、rsity.19. There are three academic degrees inBritain, the , and degrees.20. A class in a state school is often called a “ ” nev, er a “ grade ”.21. Almost all the national papers are published in the city of .22. The is the national centre of the press in theUK.23. The most famous broadcasting compa

26、ny is .24. The most well-known news agency is .25. The second oldest university inBritainis .26. The Independent Broadcasting Authority gets its money from .27. You flilnd all BBC psrogrammes in the magazine .28. In 1851 Reuters was founded in .29. is regarded as the most English games.1. .Schoolboy

27、s usually play rugger or in winter, in summer.31. Schools girls usually play tennis and in summer and netball and inwinter.32. Netball is a kind of basketball, and rounders is a sort of .33. The founded inLondonin 1660 is one of the most prestigious scientific bodies in the world.34. Issae Newton he

28、ld the president of the Royal Society for years.35. The famous book Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy was written by36. James Watt was a great engineer and inventor.37. , an English physician, discovered the vaccine for preventing smallpox and pioneered the sciences of immunology and vir

29、ology.38. The miner sasfety lamp was nicknamed Lamp.39. Charles Robert Darwin published his book On the which caused a stir in Victorian times.40. Oscar Wilder was an aesthete advocating “ ”.41. The seat of the British Houses of Parliament is .42. “ BigBen ” was named after Sir .43. The place where

30、many famous figures are buried is called .44. Karl Marx once came to study and work in the British Museum Library and Com pleted most of his famous book there.45. Parkin the Centre of London is one of the World msost famous city parks.46. The of was a state prison from Norman times.47. is a most important street where