英国概况练习题.doc

英国概况练习题》（1）?????????????????????????????????????? I. Explanations: 1.???????????????? London 2.???????????????? the British Isles 3.???????????????? Robin Hood 4.???????????????? the Anglo-Saxons 5.???????????????? the Vikings 6.???????????????? King Arthur 7.???????????????? King Harold 8.???????????????? The Easter Rising 9.???????????????? Loyalists or Unionists 10.??????????? The Provisional IRA 11.??????????? The Official IRA 12.??????????? Sinn Fein 13.??????????? “Home Rule” 14.??????????? a “Civil Rights” movement 15.??????????? the divine right of kings 16.??????????? the civil war 17.??????????? the “roundheads” 18.??????????? Magna Carta 19.??????????? the Great Council 20.??????????? Charles I 21.??????????? the Bill of Rights of 1689 22.??????????? the Constitution 23.??????????? the functions of Parliament 24.??????????? the roles of monarchy 25.??????????? the House of Lords 26.??????????? the House of Commons 27.??????????? the importance of general elections 28.??????????? the formation of the government 29.??????????? vote of no confidence 30.??????????? the electoral campaigns 31.??????????? the Conservative party 32.??????????? the Labour party 33.??????????? the Liberal Democrats 34.??????????? Margaret Thatcher 35.??????????? John Major 36.??????????? relative decline of the UK economy 37.??????????? causes for the relative decline 38.??????????? privatization in the 1980s 39.??????????? main sectors of the UK economy 40.??????????? the UK’s agriculture 41.??????????? the UK’s manufacturing industry 42.??????????? The City 43.??????????? the aerospace industry 44.??????????? Concorde 45.??????????? William Shakespeare 46.??????????? Elizabethan drama 47.??????????? the Bronte sisters 48.??????????? Charles Dickens 49.??????????? Walter Scott 50.??????????? Joseph Conrad 51.??????????? The Canterbury Tales 52.??????????? King Arthur 53.??????????? Virginia Woolf 54.??????????? D.H.Lawrence 55.??????????? The Romantic Movement 56.???????????