英语文化知识题精选
1.The essence of Renaissance, the most significant intell ectual movement, was _____.
A．geographical expl oration
B. religious reformation
C. harmony
D. humanism
2.One of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies is ____.
A．Merchant of Venice
B. King Lear
C. Twelfth Night
D. Measure for Measure
3.The Leaning Tower of Pisa is l ocated in ______.
A. Cyprus
B. Belgium
C. Greece
D. Italy
4.Dr.Norman Bethune was a native of ______.
A. America
B. Canada
C. Ireland
D. Spain
5.The d esigner of the Statue of Liberty was ________.
A. American
B. French
C. Danish
D. German
6._________once said, "If I have seen further than Descartes, it's because I have stood on the should ers of giants."
A．Albert Einstein
B. Galileo Galilei
C. Issac Newton
D. Thomas Edison
7.The first thirteen states of the U.S. are mainly l ocated in the country’s _____.
A. east
B.west
C.north
D. south
8.Which is the ol d est university in England?
A. University of Oxford.
B.University of Lond on.
C. University of Edinburgh.
D. University of Cambridge.
9.Who d elivered the famous speech ‘I Have a Dream’?
A. Karl Marx.
B. Martin Luther King Jr.
C.Ad olf Hitl er.
D. Napol eon Bonaparte.
10.Who doMuslims believe in?
A. Zeus.
B. Allah.
C. Jesus.
D. Bud dha.
11.What's Mozart’s nationality?
A. Dutch.
B.French.
C. Austrian.
D. German.
12.Which is a Canadian province?
A. British Columbia.
B. Queensland.
C. New South Wales.
D. Nebraska.
13.What is the home of Santa Claus?
A. Finland.
B. Denmark.
C. Norway.
D.America.
14.Where d o the British royal family live and work?
A. Westminster Abbey.
B. Windsor Palace.
C. Buckingham Palace.
D. 10 Downing Street.
15.Valentine’s Day originates from ___________. A．Paris.
B. Lond on.
C. Boston.
D. Rome.
16. Which is a state capital in the United States?
A. Los Angel es.
B. New York.
C. Boston.
D. Miami.
17. Where is Edinburgh l ocated?
A. In Wales.
B. In Scotland.
C. In England.
D. In Northern Ireland.
18. Who of the foll owing was a U.S. presid ent?
A. d e Gaull e.
B. Neville Chamberlain.
C. Winston Churchill.
D. Harry Truman.
19. Which of the foll owing is a national capital?
A. Ottawa.
B. Sydney.
C. Melbourne.
D. Vancouver.
20. In which city is Harvard University l ocated?
A. Chicago.
B. Cambridge.
C. New Haven.
D. Provid ence.
21. Where was Presid ent John Kennedy assassinated?
A. Houston.
B. Phoenix.
C. St. Louis.
D. Dallas.
22. Who was the author of OliverTwist?
A. Charl es Dickens.
B. Mark Twain.
C. Oscar Wild e.
D. Jack Lond on.
23. The capital of Ireland is _____________.
A. Glasgow.
B. Belfast.
C. Dublin.
D. Leeds.
24. Who wrote Paradise Lost?
A. Jonathan Swift.
B. John Milton.
C. Bernard Shaw.
D. Charl es Lamb.
25. Which is both the name of a U.S. state and the name of a lake?
A. Alberta.
B. Ontario.
C. Michigan.
D. Montana.
26. What is the l eading language spoken in Brazil?
A. Portuguese.
B. Spanish.
C. Urdu.
D. Latin.
27. The capital of New Zealand is ___________.
A. Christchurch.
B. Oakland.
C. Brisbane.
D. Wellington.
28. Shyl ock is a character in Shakespeare’s play ___________.
A. Julius Caesar
B. Merchant of Venice
C. Othello
D. Romeo and Juliet
29. Who wrote The Adventures of Huckl eberry Finn?
A. Mark Twain.
B. Walt Whitman.
C. Ernest Hemingway.
D. Washington Irving
30. The state capital of California is ____________.
A. Los Angel es
B. San Diego
C. Sacramento
D. San Francisco
参考答案
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