《第一章 Land and People 考题》.docVIP

第一章 Land and People 考题 　　I. Different Names for Britain and its Parts： 　　1. The British Isles are made up of________ 　　A. two large islands and hundreds of small ones 　　B. two large islands and Northern Ireland 　　C. three large islands and hundreds of small ones 　　D. three large islands and Northern Ireland 　　2. There are three political divisions on the island of Great Britain. They are_______ 　　A. Britain， Scotland and Wales 　　B. England， Scotland and Wales 　　C. Britain， Scotland and Ireland 　　D. England， Scotland and Ireland 　　3. The Commonwealth of Nations is an association of independent countries______ 　　A. that have a large number of British immigrants B. that fought on the side of Britain in the two world wars 　　C. that speak English as their native language 　　D. that were once colonies of Britain 　　4 About a hundred years ago， as a result of imperialist expansion， Britain ruled an empire that had one fourth of the worlds people and ______of the worlds land area. 　　A. one third B. one fifth C. one fourth D. two fifths 　　答案： 　　Key： 1.A 2.B 3.D 4.C 　　1. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. 　　2. 1949， Dublin 　　Chapter 1 land and people 　　1.What are the differences between Britain and the British Isles， Great Britain， England， the United Kingdom and the British Commonwealth？ 　　The British Isles， Great Britain and England are geographical names， no the official names of the country， while the official name is the United Kingdom， but the full name is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The British Commonwealth is a free association of independent countries that were once colonies of Britain. 　　2. Describe the geographical position of Britain？ 　　Britain is an island country. It lies in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north coast of Europe. It is separated from the rest of Europe by the English Channel in the south and the North Sea in the east. 　　3.Whereabouts in Great Britain are mostly highland and lowland？ 　　The north