英美国家概况习题

1.The full name of Britain is _______________________________________. 2.The island of Great Britain is made up of England, _______________ and _____________.

3.The Romans invaded and conquered Britain in ____________ and ruled the country for ____________ years.

4. The United Kingdom became a member state of the European Union in _____________.

5. The UK is now a ____________ society in which the minority___________ Groups today ____________ for 5% of the nation's total population.

6. London is not only the capital city of Great Britain, but also one of the topthree ____________ centres of the world.

7. The capital city of Scotland is ____________; and ____________ is the capital city of Wales.

IV. Say something you know about each of the following in your own words:

1.London

2.the Anglo-Saxons

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III. Fill in the blanks:

1. Northern Ireland is situated in the ____________ part of the Island of Ireland.

2. ____________ is the name of an ancient Irish kingdom, which occupied what is now the Northern Ireland.

3.N. Ireland is the smallest of the UK's four nations both in ____________ and ____________.

4. ____________ is the capital city of N. Ireland, which is a small town, but

by far the largest city in the whole of that area.

5.N. Ireland used to be very much in the news simply because of its political troubles there.

6.Northern Ireland's Home Rule Bill was finally passed in ____________, but the process was overtaken by the _______________________________ and was suspended for the duration of the war.

7. Sinn Fein, the legal ___________ party, supports the IRA's rights to fight. IV. Say something you know about each of the following in your own words:

1. Sinn Fein

2. the Good Friday Agreement ***

III. Fill in the blanks:

1.The doctrine of the \"divine right of kings\" held that the sovereign derived his authority from ____________, not from ____________.

2. In 1215, some feudal barons and the Church forced the King ___________ to sign the ____________ to place some limits on the King's power. 3. During the civil war in the 17th century, those who represented the interests of Parliament are called ____________, and those who supported the king were called ____________.

4. In medieval times, kings would summon a group of wealthy barons and representatives of counties, towns and cities -- called ____________ to raise money.

5.In 16, Parliament passed ____________ to ensure that the King would never be able to ignore Parliament.

6. In the 18th century, King George I left the job of chairing cabinet meetings to one of his ministers who later came to be called ____________.

7.In Britain, the official head of state is ____________ while the real centre of political life is in ____________.

8. The British Constitution consists of statute law, ____________ and ____________.

9.Strictly speaking, the Parliament today consists of the Queen, ____________ and ____________.

V. Say something you know about each of the following in your own words:

1. the British Constitution 2. the House of Commons ***

III. Fill in the blanks:

1.The UK is divided into ____________ constituencies with each of them represented by one member in ____________.

2.The party which wins the majority seats in parliament forms ____________, and its party leader becomes ____________.

3.Normally, a government can be in power for ____________, and then ithas to resign and hold a general election.

4.If a government loses a ____________ in the House of Commons, it has to resign.

5.People who do unskilled office work and skilled well-paid manual work are likely to be described as ____________ class.

6.One distinctive feature about the class system in Britain is that it still retains a ____________.

7.Most of the recent immigrants come from South Asian countries such as ____________, Pakistan and Sri Lanka; and ____________ countries such as Jamaica and Trinidad.

IV. Say something you know about each of the following in your own words:

1.the formation of the government 2.the electoral campaign ***

III. Fill in the blanks:

1.In the 1970s, the devaluation of the UK currency forced the Labour Government to borrow money from ____________.

2.In 1979, the Conservative Party under ____________ came to power and carried out a programme of ____________.

3.In recent years, Britain is second only to the US as a destination for ____________ investment.

4.The UK economy can be divided into three main sectors: ____________ industries, the secondary industries and the ____________ industries.

5.____________ is one of the busiest share-dealing centres in the world. IV. Say something you know about each of the following in your own words:

1.privatization in the 1980s 2.main sectors of the UK economy