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The members of the House of Commons are not appointed, but () at the present time.
A:elected
B:appointed
C:inherited
D:chosen
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During “the Hundred Years’ War” an eighteen-year-old girl named () in France gathered an army around her and fought against the English．
A:Joan of Arc
B:Jane of Arc
C:the French Joan
D:Joan of France
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There are () national daily newspapers in the UK.
A:five
B:three
C:six
D:nine
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Around the turn of the 8th century northern warriors, called (), invaded England.
A:the Pirates
B:the Vikings
C:the soldiers
D:the Hikings
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BBC stands for ().
A:the British Bus Corporation
B:the British Bottle Corporation
C:the British Band Corporation
D:the British Broadcasting Corporation
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On December 7th, 1941, Japan's planes from carriers at sea made a swift and sudden raid on the United States' naval base at ().
A:sea
B:island
C:Pearl Harbor
D:US
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The House of () is the oldest part of Parliament. It evolved from a council.
A:Commons
B:People
C:Lords
D:Representatives
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The Industrial () started during the last part of the 18th century, in the same period as the American and the French Revolutions.
A:Movement
B:Drive
C:Process
D:Revolution
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The head of House of Commons is the () or President of the Chamber.
A:Leader
B:Head
C:Speaker
D:Representative
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The Church of England today is all-inclusive, having the ability to be both Protestant and ().
A:Catholic
B:Buddhist
C:Daoist
D:Tibetan
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One of the brave leaders of the Celts who fought against the invasion of the Anglo-Saxons was King ().
A:Arthur
B:James
C:Jack
D:Louise
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In July 1978, British doctors at London's Oldham Hospital created the world's first “() baby”, Louis Brown.
A:man-made
B:artificial
C:test
D:test tube
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() bored beneath the English Channel now links the UK with France.
A:The Channel Tunnel
B:the English Tunnel
C:the Ocean Tunnel
D:the French Tunne
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The Anglo-Saxons spoke a language that we now call().
A:English
B:New English
C:Old English
D:French
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Mrs. Thatcher continued her policies of tight economic control, the () of industry and "dismantling" of the welfare state.
A:nationalization
B:division
C:control
D:privatization
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Under the Parliament of Clement Attlee, the new Labor government () many industries: electricity, gas an奥鹏教育东北师范大学在线作业d water.
A:sold
B:bought
C:nationalized
D:privatized
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Some of the Sunday papers are closely linked with national () papers because they belong to the same organization.
A:daily
B:day
C:evening
D:sunday
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From about 750 B.C. the () tribes who had crossed from Europe in search of empty lands began to settle in the country.
A:Iberrians
B:Celtics
C:Anglo-Saxons
D:Vikings
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The northern tribes began to come to England from the continent in the middle of the 5th century. They were the Germanic tribes: the Angles, () and Jutes.
A:the Celtics
B:the Vikings
C:the Germans
D:Saxons
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The UK is an island nation
in () Europe just off the coast of France.
A:Eastern
B:Southern
C:Western
D:Northern
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The Welsh and Irish are the descendents of the Normans who came to England before the Romans.
A:错误
B:正确
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The public school is a private secondary school in the UK.
A:错误
B:正确
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Big Ben is the largest clock in Britain and has kept exact time for the nation since May 1859.
A:错误
B:正确
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Even though English is the official language, not all of the British people speak it.
A:错误
B:正确
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It is difficult to predict the weather in the UK, as it has such a variable climate changing from day to day.
A:错误
B:正确
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The flag of the United of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is sometimes called the Union Jack.
A:错误
B:正确
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By 1914 a keen rivalry between the two imperialist blocs, centered round Great Britain and Germany, had been formed.
A:错误
B:正确
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Lake Poets refer to three English Poets, Robert Southey, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and William Wordsworth, who lived in the Lake District of England
A:错误
B:正确
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Margaret Thatcher was not the first female Prime Minister in the UK history.
A:错误
B:正确
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Jesus Christ is a Jewish religious leader.
A:错误
B:正确
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Even the young people accept blindly the stories in the Bible.
A:错误
B:正确
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Along with the Normans also came the French language, which would be the language of the court and upper classes until the fourteenth century.
A:错误
B:正确
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The Norman Conquest was in effect a French conquest.
A:错误
B:正确
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The first and also fundamental cause of the World War I was not to redivide the world colonies among the European imperialist powers.
A:错误
B:正确
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The Monarchy is only a useless relic of a bygone age and a tremendous waste of public money.
A:错误
B:正确
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The English weather has not helped to make the Englishman adaptable.
A:错误
B:正确
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The EU is the largest trading union and a very important economic organ in the world.
A:错误
B:正确
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UK exercises a two-party system.
A:错误
B:正确
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It is not up to the judges to decide on the “sentence” in the court of UK.
A:错误
B:正确
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During the first three years after the break-out of the war, the US took a neutral stand but sold many munitions to the Allies from which it made huge profits.
A:错误
B:正确
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