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1、ExercisesinsurveyofBritainandAmerica1.ThefullnameofU.K.is________________________________________________,itcontainsof_______________,_____________and_______________.2.Englishistheofficiallanguage,butmanypeopleinWalesspeakC(aboutoneinfour)whileinScotland,about80,000

2、peopleintheHighlandusetheirownGaeliclanguage.3.Britainbecameindustrializedinthe_________and_________centuries.4.Britain’slargestmanufacturingindustryis_________and__________industry.5.ThemostimportantairportinBritainisH_____________inLondon.6.NewS__________Y________

3、____istheheadquarteroftheLondonpolice.7.TheT__________ofLondonwasonceafortressandthenservedasapalaceandaprison.8.B______________PalaceistheLondonresidencefortheKingandQueen.9.Lioyd’sisafamousi____________company,whichprovidesprotectivemeasuresandinformationforsea-go

4、ingshipsallovertheworld.10.ThepopulationsoftheU.K.consistofthe_________,the________,the________andIrish.11.ThefirstinhabitantsinBritainwere____________atabout3000B.C..A.theNormansB.theCeltsC.theIberiansD.theAnglo-Saxons12TheFirstKingofEnglandis_______,whowontheoverl

5、ordshipin829.A.JohnB.EgbertC.JamesID.HenryI13.OneofthecontributionoftheNormanConquestis________.A.EnglishraceB.finalunificationofEnglandC.somepeculiaritiesofdialectinNorthandEastofEnglandD.Latinalphabetandcivilization14.ThepeasantsinWatTyler’srisinghadasimple-minded

6、beliefin______.A.theministerB.thekingC.JackStrawD.thePrivyCouncil15.Shakespeare’stragedy_______isconsideredasthesummitofhisart.A.MacbethB.OthelloC.RomeoandJulietD.Hamlet16.Oxfordgotstartedinthe____centuryandCambridgeinthe_____century.A.12th,13thB.11th,12thC.13th,14t

7、hD.12th,14th17._____isregardedasthemostEnglishofGames.A.RugbyB.CricketC.SoccerD.Golf18.______byThomasHardycouldberegardedasthesummitofthisrealism.A.TheMayorofCasterbridgeB.TessoftheD’UrberillesC.UndertheGreenwoodTreeD.ThereturnoftheNative19.______wasthefirstBritishn

8、ovelisttowintheNobelPrize.A.GeorgeEliotB.JosephRudyardKiplingC.ThomasHardyD.HerbertGeorgeWells20_____isperhapsthemostfamousofallthehumorou