8-10149-英美概况复习题

2008 级机场应用英语英美概况复习题

2010 年4 月

一、英国历史部分

1. Julius Caesar invaded Britain _____.

A. once B. twice C. three times

2. The Vikings who invaded England at the turn of the 8th century came from _____.

A. Norway B. Denmark

C. France D. both A and B

3. Norman Conquest began in _____.

A. 1016 B. 1066 C. 1035

4. In the early 14th century feudalism began to _____ in England.

A. grow B. flourish C. decline D. end

5. The Anglo-French hostility which began in 1337 and ended in 1453 was known as _____.

A. the Wars of Roses B. the Hundred Years’ War C. Peasant Uprising

6. By the end of the Wars of the Roses the House of _____ began.

A. Tudor B. Lancaster C. Plantagenet

7. In the Wars of the Roses the Lancastrians wire badges of _____ rose.

A. white B. red C. pink D. yellow

8. William Shakespeare is mainly a _____.

A. novelist B. dramatist C. poet

9. In 1337 the hostility between England and _____ resulted in the Hundred Years’ War.

A. France B. Spain C. Russia

10. England first became a sea power in the time of _____.

A. Henry VII B. Elizabeth I C. Victoria

11. The English Prime Minister during the Second World War was _____.

A. Churchill B. Chamberlain C. Baldwin

12. _____ broke out two years after the Hundred Years’ War with France.

A. The Bore War B. The Wars of the Roses C. Queen Annes’ War