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Exercises Ⅰ.Decide whether the following statements are true (T)or false(F): 1. Britain is no longer an imperial country. T 2. Northern Ireland is part of Great Britain. F 3. Ireland is part of great Britain. F 4. The majority of Irish people were descendants of the original Celtic people who inhabited British isles before the Romans arrived 2000 years ago. _ T 5. Most British people are Protestants while most Irish people are Catholics. T 6. By the 1800’s the British economy was dominant in the word. _ T 7. Another reasons for British decline is the loss of its colonies, especially India, which gained its independence in 1947._ T 8. The leader of the Conservatives, Margaret Thatcher started a series of reforms. An extensive programme of privatizations was carried out, and she was successful in all-round way _ _F 9. Much early British literature was concerned with Christianity, and Anglo-Saxons produced many versions of the Bible. T 10. Beowulf was a sea monster killed by a Swedish warrior. _ F 11. Keats, Shelly and Byron brought the Romantic Movement to its height. _ T 12. Robinson Crusoe tells the story of a shipwreck and solitary survival. _ T 13. Writers of romantic literature are more concerned with imagination and feeling than with the power of reason. T 14. Don Juan is an epic poem composed by John Milton. F 15. Britain is a parliamentary monarch. F 16. There are about 60 members of the Commonwealth. F 17. On an average day, an overwhelming majority of Britons over the age of 15 read a national or local paper. T 18. The British media play an important role in shaping a national culture. Free press has the function of keeping an eye on the government, and therefore it is called the watchdog of parliamentary democracy. _ T 19. The BBC World Service, the international branch of the BBC, broadcasts in English and 42 other languages throughout the world. _T 20. The tradition of having Sunday off derived from the Christian Church.__ T 21. The game of golf