英美文化考題翻譯1-2-3

1、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 )英國和北愛爾蘭坐落在北歐。(注：北愛爾蘭是英國的一部分，而英國位于西歐，即Western Euro

2、pe,是一個(gè)島 國)2. The United Kingdom consists of four political divisions England,Scotland, Wales and Ireland. ( F )英國包含四個(gè)政治分區(qū)，分別是英格蘭，蘇格蘭，威爾士和愛爾蘭。(注：愛爾蘭是西歐的一個(gè)國家，此處應(yīng)為“北愛爾蘭”即Norther Island,這才是英 國的一個(gè)地區(qū)。)3. <England is one of the two large islands in the British Isles. ( F )英格蘭是不列顛群島上的兩個(gè)大島嶼之一。(注：不列顛群島包括大不

3、列顛島、愛爾蘭島、馬恩島及附近的5 500多個(gè)小島；英國全稱為大不列顛及北愛爾蘭聯(lián)合王國，有大不列顛島上的英格蘭，蘇格蘭，威 爾士和愛爾蘭島上的北愛爾蘭組成。大不列顛島和愛爾蘭島才是不列顛群島上的兩 個(gè)大島嶼，英格蘭是大不列顛島上的島嶼之一。)5. The British Isles are made up of three large islands and hundreds of smal 1 ones. ( F )不列顛群島由三個(gè)大島嶼和許多小島嶼組成。(注：由兩個(gè)大島嶼和其他小島組成，大島嶼為大不列顛島和愛爾蘭島)6. Wales 1 ies on the east coast of

4、the island of Great Britain( F )威爾士坐落在大不列顛島的東海岸。（注：威爾士坐落在大不列顛島的西海岸，即west coast）7. <« The Comm on wealth of Nati ons is a free associati on of independent countries that al 1 used to be colonies of Britain（ F ）英聯(lián)邦是獨(dú)立國家的自由組合，而且這些國家過去都被殖民過。（注：英聯(lián)邦一英語：Commonwealth of Nations,是一個(gè)以英國為主導(dǎo)的國家聯(lián)合 體，由54個(gè)

5、主權(quán)國家（含屬地）所組成，成員大多為前大英帝國的殖民地或附屬國， 但并非所有。）9. In Scotland, rugged mountains, green valleys, and deep, blue lakes provide some of the most beautiful seenery in Europe（ T ）在蘇格蘭，崎嶇的山嶺，綠色的山谷和深藍(lán)色的湖為歐洲展現(xiàn)了最美的風(fēng)景。10 Britain* s longest river is the Thames（ F ）英國最長的河流是泰晤士河。（注：英國最長的河流是塞汶河Severn）1L <is The large

6、st lake in Britain is the Lough Neagh in northwest Eng I a nd. （ F ）英國最大的湖是位于英格蘭西北部的內(nèi)伊湖。（注：內(nèi)伊湖作為英國最大的湖泊，位于北愛爾蘭的中部）13 Britain* s climate is influenced by the Gulf Stream, a warm ocean currentthat sweeps up from the equator and flows past the British Isles( T )2. The following are questions or incompl

7、ete 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.1. The British Isles are made up of C 不列顛群島由什么組成A. three large islands and hundreds of small onesB. three large islands and do

8、zens of small onesC. two large islands and hundreds of small ones.（兩個(gè)大島嶼和好幾百個(gè)小 島嶼）D. two large islands and dozens of small ones2. Which of the following is NOT a political division on the island of GreatBritainC下面哪一個(gè)不是大不列顛群島上的政治分區(qū)A. EnglandB. Scotland C. Northern Ireland（北愛爾蘭） D. Wales（注：北愛爾蘭在愛爾蘭島上）

9、3. Britain is separated from the rest of Europe by the English Channel in theB and the North Sea in the east.A. eastB. southC. westD northRepublic of Ireland became independent in the year_D愛爾蘭共和國是在哪一年獨(dú)立的A. 1920 B. 1945 C. 1918 D. 1949highest mountain in Britain, Ben Nevis, lies in A 英國最高的山一一本尼維斯山，坐

10、落在A. the Highlands （高原地區(qū)） B. the Southern UplandsC the Central LowlandsD the Lake District6. The British Empire was replaced by the British Commonwealth or theCommonwealth of Nations in B大英帝國被英聯(lián)邦所取代是在哪一年A. 1921 B. 1931 C. 1945 D. 19507. Al 1 the following are natural zones in Scotland, except C _以下所

11、有的都是蘇格蘭的自然區(qū)，除了A. Highlands in the northB the Central lowlandsC. the Eastern lowlands （東可低地）D. the Southern uplands8. The mountain system the Pennines is often called the backbone of _AA. England （英格蘭） B. Scotland C. Great Britain D. Ireland9. The regional capital of Northern Ireland is D 北愛爾蘭的首都是A.

12、GlasgowB. EdinburghC. CardiffD. Belfast （貝爾法斯特）10. Which of thefollowing statements about the climate in Britain is NOTtrueB關(guān)于英國的氣候，下面哪一個(gè)是錯(cuò)誤的A. Britain' s climate is of the maritime typeB. Winters in Britain are extremely cold （英國的冬天極度寒冷）注：英國屬溫帶海洋性氣候。全年溫和濕潤，四季寒暑變化不大。C. Summers in Britain are coo

13、lD.Britain is warmer thanHarbin in winterUnit 2 THE PEOPLEQuiz1 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 not1. The English, the Scots, and the Welsh are Anglo-Saxons, b

14、ut the Irish are Celts（F ）英格蘭人，蘇格蘭人和威爾士人是盎格魯薩克遜人，但是愛爾蘭人是凱爾特人。（注：英國民族大體上分原住民凱爾特民族以及北歐來的盎格魯一一撤克遜民族。蘇格 蘭人和愛爾蘭人是凱爾特人）2. London and England as a whole have great influence over the rest of the Uni ted Kingdom because of their large population（ T ）由于人口眾多，倫敦和英格蘭對(duì)英聯(lián)邦的其他地區(qū)產(chǎn)生了很大的影響。3. People of Indian, Pakist

15、ani, and Bangladeshi origin are the largest group of immigrants in Britain（ T ）在英國，來自印度、巴基斯坦和孟加拉國的人組成了最大的移民團(tuán)體。4. Compared with the rest of the world, the UK has a smaller percentage of olderpeople and a higher percentage of younger people（ F ）與世界的其它部分相比，英國老年人所占比例更少，年輕人所占比例更大。（注：英國老齡化比較嚴(yán)重）5. The Wels

16、h language is the official language in Wales（ T ）威爾士的官方語言是威爾士語。6. >7. Scottish Gaelic is the official language in Scotland. （ F ）蘇格蘭蓋爾語是蘇格蘭的官方語言。（注：蘇格蘭蓋爾語是蘇格蘭的傳統(tǒng)語言，其官方語言是英語）8. The English language is the predominant language in Northern Ireland（ T ）英語是北愛爾蘭的主要語言。9. English people al 1 strive to fr

17、ee themselves of regional or local accents inorder to sound like educated English-speaking people（ F ）為了聽起來像受過英語口語訓(xùn)練的人，英國人都嘗試從地方或當(dāng)?shù)氐目谝糁財(cái)[脫出來。（注：部分英國人依舊說本地語有，并非都擺脫，題目過于絕對(duì)）10.it. Social class in the UK lays more emphasis on money and property（ F ）英國人的社會(huì)地位更多地強(qiáng)調(diào)金錢和財(cái)產(chǎn)。（注：多方面，不只是金錢）12. Britishness is assoc

18、iated with political, historical, technological, sporting, and cultural achievements in Britain. （ T ）英國人的風(fēng)格與英國的改治，歷史，技術(shù)，體育和文化成就密切相關(guān)。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 bes

19、t completes the sentence or answers the question1. The English people and the English language were born from the union of D 一英國人和英國語言源自于>A. the Angles and the SaxonsB. Germanic conquerors and the Norman FrenchC. Danes or V i k i ngs and the Norman French.D. Norman conquerors and the defeated Ang

20、lo-Saxons（諾曼征服和擊敗盎格卷撤克遜人）2. The first known settlers of Britain were A英國最初的移居者是什么人A. the Iberians （伊比利亞人） B. the Beaker FolkC. the CeltsD. the Romans3. About 80,000 Scots speak Gaelic which is an ancient _D_大約8萬個(gè)蘇格蘭人所說的蓋爾語是古老的A. Scottish languageC. Irish languageB. English languageD. Celtic language

21、 （塞爾特語）4. About three million people have migrated to Britain since World War II. They are mainly from the West Indies, India and _ _D_ 一.二戰(zhàn)以后，大約三百萬人口遷移到英國，他們主要來自拉丁美洲，印度和A. IndonesiaB. SingaporeC. Hong Kong, China D. Pakistan （巴基斯坦）5. In Britainof the population is urban andis在英國，城市人口占總數(shù)的90%,農(nóng)村人口占10

22、%。A. 90%； 10%B. 80%； 20%C. 70%； 30%D. 60%； 40%6. The ancestors of the Welsh were the ancientA.威爾士人的祖先是古老的_凱爾特人A. Celts （凱爾特人）B. RomansC. Noma nsD. Bri tons7. The average population density in Britain is _A people per square kilometer在英國，每250米中的平均人口密度是A. 250B. 370C. 800D. 5008. During the fifth centu

23、ry when the Roman Empire fell, the Germanic _D invaded and conquered Britain.當(dāng)十五世紀(jì)羅馬帝國覆滅的時(shí)候，徳國的入侵并征服了英國A. Angles and CeltsB. Angles and PictsC. Angles and Brythons D. Angles and Saxons （盎格魯撤克遜人）9. The upper class in Britain consists of all the fol lowing except_D英國的上層階級(jí)不包括A. peerageB. gentryC. lando

24、wnersD. Professionals （專家）A. Union JackC. the Beatles10. "Britishness" can be reflected in all the following except _D.以下哪一個(gè)不能代表英國人的風(fēng)格B. ConservativenessD. Foot ba 11 （足球）Unit 3 HISTORYQuiz1. Read the following statements carefully and then decide whether they are true or false Put a "

25、;T" if you think the statement is true and an "F" if it is not.2. F1 The successful Roman invasion took place in 43 AD, headed by the EmperorJulius Caesar羅馬成功入侵發(fā)生在公元43世紀(jì)，由君主凱撒領(lǐng)導(dǎo)。（注：凱撒入侵在公元前55世紀(jì)，而公元43世紀(jì)是克勞狄一世入侵）T2. The name England" derived from the Angles, one of the Germanic tri

26、beswho came to England in the 5!h and 6r，centuries'英格蘭”這一命名來源于盎格魯人，他們是5世紀(jì)和6世紀(jì)到英國的日耳曼部落。F 3. The Magna Carta set out the rules which were to form the basis for the Parliament which opOerates in England today.大憲章中制定的法規(guī)成為國會(huì)的基礎(chǔ)，在今天仍舊實(shí)施。原因不是特別確定（注：大憲章是英國憲法的基礎(chǔ)，后來不用了，但其內(nèi)容仍然在憲法中有所表現(xiàn)）F4. The Black Death ravaged England, carrying of