英美概况模拟题（三）英国文化部分CultureMultiple Choice1. All children in theUKmust, by law, receive a full-time education from the age of _____ to _____.A. 5, 16B. 6,17C. 7, 182. In state schools the letters A, B and C are often used to describe “_____” or pa rallel classes.A. gradeB. formC. streams3. Public schools belong to the category of the _____ schools.A. stateB. independentC. local4. The pupils who had got the highest marks in the “eleven plus” examination would go to _____ school.A. grammarB. technicalC. secondary modern5.OxfordandCambridgeare the oldest universities dating from _____ and _____.A. 1167, 1284B. 1234,1325C. 1335, 14276. There are over _____ universities inBritain.A. thirtyB. fortyC. fifty7. The two features ofOxfordandCambridgeare the college system and the _____.A. records of attendanceB. governing councilC. tutorial system8. The universities of St. Andrews,Glasgow,AberdeenandEdinburghare called the four _____ universities.A. oldB. newC. Scottish9. The _____ university offers courses through one of BBC’s television channels and by radio.A. openB. newC. middle aged10.BuckinghamUniversityis and _____ university which was established in 1973.A. independentB. openC. old11. The second centre of the British press is in _____.A. LondonB. the Fleet StreetC. Manchester12. InBritaingreat majority of children attend _____ schools.A. stateB. independentC. religious13. InBritaineducation at the age from 5 to 16 is _____.A. optionalB. compulsoryC. self-taught14. The oldest university inBritainis _____.A.CambridgeB. EdinburghC. Oxford15. British newspapers possess the following features except _____.A. freedom of speechB. fast deliveryC. monoplied by one of the five large organizationD. no difficulty for independent newspapers to survive16. The earliest newspaper inBritainis _____.A. Daily MailB. Daily TelegraphsC. The TimesD. Guardian17. _____ is the oldest Sunday newspaper inBritain.A. Sunday TimesB. The ObserverC. The peopleD. News of the World18. The most humorous magazine is _____.A. New SocietyB. Private EyeC. PunchD. Spectator19. In theUKthere are about _____ dailies and over _____ weeklies.A. 130, 1000B. 200,800C. 160, 120020. There are _____ national daily newspapers which appear every morning except on Sundays.A. nineB. sevenC. eight21. The Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph support the _____.A. Liberal PartyB. Labour PartyC. Conservative Party22. The Economist, New Statesman, Spectator are _____.A. journalsB. daily newspapersC. local papers23. BBC was founded in _____ and chartered in _____ as an independent public co rporation.A. 1922, 1927B. 1292,1297C. 1822, 182724. The Exchange Telegraph Co. Ltd. is a _____ news agency.A. publicB. governmentalC. localD. private25. The BBC is mainly financed by _____.A. payment from all people who possess TV setsB. the income from advertisementsC. some large corporationsD. British government26. The most famous broadcasting company inBritainis _____.A. British Broadcasting CorporationB. Independent Broadcasting AuthorityC. Reuters27. Reuters was founded in the year of _____.A. 1518B.1815C. 185128. The new he adquarters’ building of _____ is at85 Fleet Street,London.A. BBCB. the Press Association Ltd.C. the Exchange Telegraph Co. Ltd.29. _____ is regarded as the most English of games.A. CricketB. SoccerC. Rugger30. _____ claims the highest popular attendance inBritain.A. Rugby footballB. Association footballC. Baseball31. _____ “pools” provide amusement for millions of people who bet on the results of matches.A. Association footballB. BaseballC. Cricket32. The annual _____ championships at Wimbledon, inLondon, are the most famous in the world.A. hockeyB. tennisC. netball33. _____ racing is chiefly a betting sport.A. HorseB. BoatC. Dog34. Hurdle or steeplechase racing takes up the winter months, leading to its climax in the Grand National Steeplechase at _____ in March.A.LondonB. EdinburghC. Liverpool35. It was _____ who first revolutionized scientific thought inBritain.A. Francis BaconB. Thomas NewcomerC. James Watt36. _____ discovered the circulation of food.A. Francis GlissonB. William HarveyC. George Stephenson37. The Royal Society was founded in _____ in _____.A.London, 1660B. Liverpool,1660C.London, 176038. The Royal Society reached the summit of its prestige in 1703, when _____ bec ame its president.A. Robert BoyleB. Issae NewtonC. Francis Bacon39. James Watt was a great _____ engineer and inventor.A. IrishB. ScottishC. English40. _____ developed atomic theory in the 18th century.A. JohnDaltonB. Francis GlissonC. Robert Boyle41. The minor’s safety lamp was invented by _____.A. Francis BaconB. William HarveyC. Humphy Davy42. Charles Robert Darwin Developed the theory of _____.A. evolutionB. immunologyC. virology43. _____ is considered the father of English poetry.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. John MiltonC. John Donne44. Big Ben is the nickname of _____.A. Benjamin FranklinB. Sir Benjamin HallC. the 315-foot Clock Tower45. The British Museum was founded in _____.A. 1659B.1763C. 175346. The British Museum is financed by _____ funds and is managed by a board of25 trustees.A. GovernmentB. individualC. local47. You could find the world-famous Speakers’ Corner in _____.A. Great RussellB. Hyde ParkC. Westminster Abbey48. _____ is the biggest and most well-known church inLondon.A. WhitehallB. St. Paul’s CathedralC. Westminster Abbey49. _____ is the monarch’s presentLondonhome.A.WestminsterPalaceB. Buckingham PalaceC.WhitehallPalace50. Stratford-on-Avon is the place where _____ was born in 1564.A. William ShakespeareB. Charles DickensC. Samuel ButlerFill in the Blanks1. There are two systems of primary and secondary education inBritain. They are the _____ school and the _____ school.2. The independent school or “_____” school is few in number but of great influence.3. The four types of state schools in the secondary education are the _____ school s, comprehensive secondary schools, _____ schools and secondary modern schools.4. For all children in state schools, secondary education begins at the age of ____ _.5. There are two systems for secondary education in state schools, the _____ and t he _____.6. Under the old selective system, children took an examination called the _____ __ ___ in their last year at a primary school. The results of this examination determined the secondary education a pupil would receive.7. The oldest schools inUKare _____ schools.8. _____ _____ schools were established before 1960, in which pupils were not sep arated by the criterion of academic ability.9. At _____ or _____ pupils take an examination, either at the Ordinary Level of the General Certificate of Education or the Certificate of Secondary Education.10. At 18 there is another examination for the pupils, the _____ _____ of the Gen eral Certificate of Education or the Certificate of Secondary Education.11. _____ schools are often attached to polytechnics.12. The four famous school:EtonCollege,HarrowSchool,WinchesterCollegeandRugbySch oolare never referred to as colleges but _____ schools.13. The public schools emphasize two factors in education. One is the study of clas sics and science, the other is the development of what is called “_____”.14. The old universities inBritainrefer to _____ and _____.15. The five types of universities are the two _____ universities, the four _____ uni versities, the middle-aged universities, the new universities an the Open university a nd the one _____ university.16.Oxfordgot started in the _____ century. It has _____ colleges.17. There are about _____ students inOxfordandCambridgerespectively.18. The University ofLondonis a type of _____ university.19. There are three academic degrees inBritain, the _____, _____ and _____ degre es.20. A class in a state school is often called a “_____”, never a “grade”.21. Almost all the national papers are published in the city of _____.22. The _____ _____ is the national centre of the press in theUK.23. The most famous broadcasting company is _____ _____ _____.24. The most well-known news agency is _____.25. The second oldest university inBritainis _____.26. The Independent Broadcasting Authority gets its money from _____.27. You’ll find all BBC’s programmes in the magazine _____ _____.28. In 1851 Reuters was founded in _____.29. _____ is regarded as the most English games.30.Schoolboys usually play rugger or _____ in winter, _____ in summer.31. Schools girls usually play tennis and _____ in summer and netball and _____ in winter.32. Netball is a kind of basketball, and rounders is a sort of _____.33. The _____ _____ founded inLondonin 1660 is one of the most prestigious scien tific bodies in the world.34. Issae Newton held the president of the Royal Society for _____ years.35. The famous book Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy was written by _____ _____.36. James Watt was a great _____ engineer and inventor.37. _____ _____, an English physician, discovered the vaccine for preventing smallp ox and pioneered the sciences of immunology and virology.38. The miner’s safety lamp was nicknamed _____ Lamp.39. Charles Robert Darwin published his book On the _____ _____ _____ which ca used a stir in Victorian times.40. Oscar Wilder was an aesthete advocating “_____ _____ _____ _____”.41. The seat of the British Houses of Parliament is _____ _____.42. “Big Ben” was named after Sir _____ _____.43. The place where many famous figures are buried is called _____ _____.44. Karl Marx once came to study and work in the British Museum Library and Com pleted most of his famous book _____ there.45._____Parkin t he Centre of London is one of the World’s most famous city parks.46. The _____ of _____ was a state prison from Norman times.47. _____ is a most important street where some of the most important offices are located.48. The people can visit 300 life-size wax figures in _____ _____.Explain the Following Term1. BBC2. The Open UniversityAnswer the Following Questions1.What do you know about the difference between a quality paper and a popular p aper inBritain?英美概况自测题（三）英国文化部分答案Part IIII. ACBAA BCDAA CABCD CBCCD CAACA ACBABABACA BABBA CAACC ABCBAI. 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