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英语国家概况课程习题

英语国家概况（1）模拟试题1

I.Fillintheblanks:

1.Britainconsistsof_4___nations,includingEngland,_Scotland____,

_Wales______andNorthernIreland______.

2.TheAnglo-SaxonsbegantosettleinBritainin__5th______century.

3.ThecapitalofBritainis___London___whichhasgreatinfluenceontheUKin

allfieldsincluding______government_,_finance______and__culture_____

4.ThecapitalofScotlandis_Edinburgh_____,whichiswell-knownforits

natural

5._Egbert______,theancestorofthepresentQueen,Elizabeth11,unitedEngland

underhisrulein829.

6.InBritain,theofficialheadofstateistheQueen_______whiletherealcentreof

politicallifeisintheHouseofCommoms______

7.TheBritishConstitutionconsistsof_statutelaw______,__commonlaw_____,

and___conventions____.

8.ThemostimportantfunctionoftheParliamentisto___passlaws____._______,

9.Strictlyspeaking,theParliamenttodayconsistsoftheQueen_______,the

HouseofLords_______andtheHouseofCommons_______.

10.Lifepeersshouldbenominatedby_thePrimeMinister______andappointed

by_thesovereign______.

11.TheUKisdividedinto__651_____constituencieswitheachofthem

representedbyamemberin_theparliment________

12.Thepartywhichwinsthemajorityseatsinparliamentforms_the

goverment______anditspartyleaderbecomes_primeminister________

13.Normally,agovernmentcanbeinpowerfor__5_____years,andthenithasto

resignandholdageneralelection.

14.TherearethreemajorpartiesintheUK:_theConservative__Party____the

LiberalANDDemocraticparty_______andtheLabourParty_______.

15.From1979to1997,___the_ConservatuveParty___won4consecutive

electionsandwasinpowerforquitealongtime.

16.ThetwooldestuniversitiesinBritainare__Cambridge_____and_Oxford_____