UK              Unit 1 The COUNTRY
1. Read the following statements carefully and then decide whether they are true or false. Put a “T” if you think the statement is true and an “F” if it is not.
United Kingdom and Northern Island is located in northern Europe. ( F  )
英国和北爱尔兰坐落在北欧。
（注：北爱尔兰是英国的一部分，而英国位于西欧，即Western Europe，是一个岛国）
2. The United Kingdom consists of four political divisions ------ England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. ( F  )
英国包含四个政治分区，分别是英格兰，苏格兰，威尔士和爱尔兰。
  （注：爱尔兰是西欧的一个国家，此处应为“北爱尔兰”即Norther Island，这才是英国的一个地区。）
3. England is one of the two large islands in the British Isles. ( F )
英格兰是不列颠岛上的两个大岛屿之一。
（注：不列颠岛包括大不列颠岛、爱尔兰岛、马恩岛及附近的5 500多个小岛；英国全称为大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国，有大不列颠岛上的英格兰，苏格兰，威尔士和爱尔兰岛上的北爱尔兰组成。大不列颠岛和爱尔兰岛才是不列颠岛上的两个大岛屿，英格兰是大不列颠岛上的岛屿之一。）
4. The British Isles are made up of three large islands and hundreds of small ones. ( F )不列颠岛由三个大岛屿和许多小岛屿组成。
（注：由两个大岛屿和其他小岛组成，大岛屿为大不列颠岛和爱尔兰岛）
5. Wales lies on the east coast of the island of Great Britain. (  F  )
威尔士坐落在大不列颠岛的东海岸。
（注：威尔士坐落在大不列颠岛的西海岸，即west coast）
6. The Commonwealth of Nations is a free association of independent countries that all use
d to be colonies of Britain. ( F  )
英联邦是独立国家的自由组合，而且这些国家过去都被殖民过。
（注：英联邦—英语：Commonwealth of Nations，是一个以英国为主导的国家联合体，由54个主权国家（含属地）所组成，成员大多为前大英帝国的殖民地或附属国，但并非所有。）
7. In Scotland, rugged mountains, green valleys, and deep, blue lakes provide some of the most beautiful scenery in Europe. ( T )
在苏格兰，崎岖的山岭，绿的山谷和深蓝的湖为欧洲展现了最美的风景。
8. Britain’s longest river is the Thames. (  F )
英国最长的河流是泰晤士河。
（注：英国最长的河流是塞汶河Severn）
9. The largest lake in Britain is the Lough Neagh in northwest England. ( F )
英国最大的湖是位于英格兰西北部的内伊湖。
（注：内伊湖作为英国最大的湖泊，位于北爱尔兰的中部）
10. Britain’s climate is influenced by the Gulf Stream, a warm ocean current that sweeps up from the equator and flows past the British Isles. (  T )
英国的气候受到墨西哥湾暖流的影响，从赤道流向大不列颠岛。
2. The following are questions or incomplete sentences. Below each sentence or question four possible answers marked A, B, C and D are provided. Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence or answers the question.威尔士和英格兰的关系
1. The British Isles are made up of __C_____.
不列颠岛由什么组成？
  A. three large islands and hundreds of small ones.
  B. three large islands and dozens of small ones.
  C. two large islands and hundreds of small ones.（两个大岛屿和好几百个小岛屿）
  D. two large islands and dozens of small ones.
2. Which of the following is NOT a political division on the island of Great Britain?___C___
      下面哪一个不是大不列颠岛上的政治分区？
  A. England      B. Scotland    C. Northern Ireland（北爱尔兰）     D. Wales
（注：北爱尔兰在爱尔兰岛上）
3. Britain is separated from the rest of Europe by the English Channel in the __B___ and the North Sea in the east.
      英国通过南边的英吉利海峡和东边的北海与欧洲的其他国家相分隔。
          A. east      B. south      C. west      D. north
    Republic of Ireland became independent in the year__D__.
      爱尔兰共和国是在哪一年独立的？
          A. 1920      B. 1945      C. 1918      D. 1949
  highest mountain in Britain, Ben Nevis, lies in ___A___.
      英国最高的山——本尼维斯山，坐落在？
  A. the Highlands （高原地区）  B. the Southern Uplands
    C. the Central Lowlands          D. the Lake District
6. The British Empire was replaced by the British Commonwealth or the Commonwealth of Nations in _B____.
      大英帝国被英联邦所取代是在哪一年？
            A. 1921      B. 1931     C. 1945      D. 1950
7. All the following are natural zones in Scotland, except __C___.
        以下所有的都是苏格兰的自然区，除了____？
    A. Highlands in the north          B. the Central lowlands
    C. the Eastern lowlands （东部低地）D. the Southern uplands
8. The mountain system the Pennines is often called the backbone of __A___.
    奔您山脉常常被称为是_____的支柱性山系？
    A. England（英格兰）    B. Scotland    C. Great Britain    D. Ireland
9. The regional capital of Northern Ireland is ___D__.
        北爱尔兰的首都是？
    A. Glasgow    B. Edinburgh    C. Cardiff    D. Belfast（贝尔法斯特）
10. Which of the following statements about the climate in Britain is NOT true?___B___
      关于英国的气候，下面哪一个是错误的？
        A. Britain’s climate is of the maritime type
      B. Winters in Britain are extremely cold（英国的冬天极度寒冷）
      注：英国属温带海洋性气候。全年温和湿润，四季寒暑变化不大。
        C. Summers in Britain are cool
        D. Britain is warmer than Harbin in winter
Unit 2 THE PEOPLE
Quiz
1. Read the following statements carefully and then decide whether they are true or false. Put a “T” if you think the statement is true and an “F” if it is not.

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