英语国家社会和文化入门期末考试复习资料.doc

PAGE  PAGE 6 英语国家社会与文化入门期末考试复习资料 Test paper 1 1. Tick the correct answer in each of the following: 1. Which is the largest city in Scotland? A. Cardiff???????? B. Edinburgh??????? C. Glasgow??????? D. Manchester 2. Why did the Scottish Kings decide to form an independent singular Scottish state in the ninth century? A. They needed a unified independent nation to fight against Viking raids. B. They felt it necessary to develop their own industry. C. They were threatened by the Anglo-Saxons invasion. D. They had to do it in order to resist the English. 3. Where do the majority of people in Scotland live? A. in the Highlands? B. in the Lowlands??? C. in the Uplands?? D. in the west of Scotland 4. Faced with conflicting demands the British government chose a compromise and organized a partition of Ireland, because A. the British government wouldnt be able to control Ireland any longer by force. B. the British government intended to satisfy both sides Catholics as well as Protestants. C. Catholics in Ireland demanded a partition of Ireland. D. Protestants welcomed the idea of partition. 5. Which of the following statements is NOT true? A. Sinn Fein is the legal political Party in Northern Ireland. B. Those who want to unite Northern Ireland with Britain are called Unionists. C. Social Democratic and Labor Party is a very important political Party in Britain. D. Those who show their loyalty to the British Crown are called Loyalists. 6. In the early 1970s, the IRA A. killed many Protestants and Catholics. B. burned down the houses of Catholics. C. murdered individuals at random. D. carried out a series of bombing and shooting and attacked the security forces as their main target. 7. Which of the following is NOT true about the Great Council? A. They included barons and representatives from countries and towns. B. They were sometimes summoned by the kings to contribute money. C. They later developed into what we now know as the Cabinet. D. They represented the ar