英美文化概况练习题韶师2014带答案.docVIP

Decide the following statements are true or false The commonwealth of Nations includes all European countries. F The United Kingdom includes 3 constituent countries: England, Scotland and Wales. F 3. Northern Ireland is part of Great Britain. F 4. Scotland was never conquered by the Romans. T 5. Most people in Scotland speak the old Celtic language, called “Gaelic”. F 6.Wales is rich in coal deposits. T 7. Cardiff, the capital of Wales, is a large city. F 8. Britain is the oldest representative democracy in the world. T 9. In Britain, the process of state-building has been one of evolution rather than revolution, in contrast to France and the USA. T 10. The oldest institution of government in Britain is the Monarchy. T 11. The term “parliament” was first officially used in 1066 to describe the gathering of feudal barons and representatives from counties and towns. F 12. Britain is both a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy. T 13. Britain, like Israel, has a written constitution of the sort which most countries have. F 14. Common laws are laws which have been established through common practice in the courts. T 15. Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492. T 16. The first English permanent settlement was founded in California. F 17. The state of Pennsylvania used to be inhabited by the Quakers. T 18. By the early 1760s, the 13 English colonies in North America were ready to separate themselves from Europe. T 19. George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Abraham Lincoln were regarded as the founding fathers of the United States of America. F 20. The purpose of British education is not only to provide children with literacy and the other basic skills but also to socialize children. T 21. The state seldom interferes with the decision of when, where, how and what children are taught. F 22. In the UK, Public schools are part of the national education system and funded by the government. F 23. All secondary schools in Britain are run and