上Unit 1 1. Britain is no longer an imperial(帝国) country. T
2. The Commonwealth(共和国,民主国) of Nations includes all European countries. F
3. 1 in 10 of the British population are of non-European ethnicity(种族地位,种族特点). F
4. The stereotype(陈规,刻板模式) of the English gentleman never applied(使适用) the majority of the British people. T
6. Northern Ireland is part of Great Britain. F
7. When people outside the UK talk about England, they mistake it as Britain sometimes. T
8. The Scots and Welsh have a strong sense of being British. F
9. Scotland was never conquered by the Romans. T
10. Most people in Scotland speak the old Celtic language, called “Gaelic”. F
11. Scotland was unified with England through peaceful mean. T
12. Wales is rich in coal deposits. T
13. Cardiff, the capital of Wales, is a large city. F
14. The title of Prince of Wales is held by a Welsh according to tradition. F
上Unit2
1. Ireland is part of Great Britain. F
2. “U referring to Northern Ireland, was once an ancient Irish Kingdom. T
3. The capital of Belfast is a large city with half a million people. F
4. Northern Ireland is significant because of its manufacturing industry. F
5. The majority of Irish people were descendants子孙,后裔 of the original Celtic凯尔特 people who inhabited British Isles before the Romans arrived 2000 years ago. T
6. Most British people are Protestants新教徒 while most Irish people are Catholic天主教徒.
T
7. The British government does not have direct rule from London over Northern Ireland. F
8. Sinn Fein 新芬党(爱尔兰共和军的政治组织)is a legal politicalparty in Northern Ireland. T
9. The Anglo-Irish Agreement《英爱协议》 of 1985 guaranteed the loyalist Protestant community their right to decide their future in Northern Ireland. T
10. The Good Friday Agreement《北爱和平协议》 was approved on 10 April 1998.T
11. Northern Ireland today is governed by separate jurisdictions: that of Republic of Ireland and that of Great Britain. F 目前北爱由爱尔兰政府、英国政府及北爱执行委员会三方共同参与管理。
上Unit 3 The Government of the United Kingdom
1. It is no doubt that Britain is the oldest representative democracy in the world. F arguably 可论证地,可能,大概 2. In Britain, the process of state-building has been one of evolution ra
ther than revolution, in contrast to France and the US. T 相对法国或美国而言,英国的建国历程是一个逐渐演变而不是革命性剧变的过程。
3. The oldest institution of government in Britain is the Monarchy君主政体. T
4. The divine right of the king君权神授 means the sovereign君主 derived his authority from his subjects. F
5. As the king in theory had God on his side, it was thought that he should should not exercise absolute power. F
6. The term “parliament” was first officially used in 1066 to describe the gathering of feudal barons and representatives from counties and towns. F in 1236
7. Britain is both a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy. T 英国既是一个代议民主制国家,又是一个君主立宪制国家。
8. Britain, like Israel, has a written constitutions宪法 of the sort which most countries have. F both of them without
9. Common laws判例法,普通法 are laws which have been established through common p
ractice in the courts. T
上Unit 4 Politics, Class and Race monarchy
1. In the UK, a government cannot stand for longer than five years except in exceptional circumstances. T
3. Anyone who is eligible to vote with 500 pounds as deposit can stand as an MP. F
4. Each main party is given some time on national TV to “sell” their politics. The time is not given free and has to be paid by the party. F
5. The amount spent in national campaign is not limited other than that on TV. T
6. Secrecy is not an important part of the voting process. F
7. There are two major national parties in the U.K. according to the text. F 除工党和保守党外,还有一个重要的第三党,自由民主党
8. Liberal Democratic Party is the newest of the major national parties. F
9. Children from the upper-middle-class usually have a better education than those from th
e working or middle-class. T
10. The majority of middle-class people today have working class parents or grandparents. T
11. One of the distinctive features about the British class-system is that it has also retained a hereditary aristocracy. T 保留世袭贵族
12. The majority of Britain’s recent immigrants have mainly come from North Asia and Caribbean countries. F South Asia
13. Most immigrants earn a living by opening restaurant or becoming writers or musicians. F
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