英语国家概况练习题集.doc

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TrueorFalse

1.TheUnitedKingdomislocatedinnorthernEurope.

2.TheUnitedKingdomconsistsoffourpolitical

divisions—England,Scotland,WalesandIreland.

3.EnglandisoneofthetwolargeislandsintheBritish

Isles.

4.TheBritishIslesaremadeupofthreelargeislands

andhundredsofsmallones.

5.Walesliesontheeastcoastoftheisland

Britain.

6.ThemonwealthofNationsisafreeassociation

ofindependentcountriesthatallusedtobecolonies

ofBritain.

7.InScotland,ruggedmountains,greenvalleys,and

deep,bluelakesprovidesomeofthemostbeautiful

sceneryinEurope.

8.ThelongestriverinBritainistheThames.

9.ThelargestlakeinBritainistheLoughNeaghin

northwestEngland.

10.Britain’sclimateisinfluencedbytheGulfStream,a

warmoceancurrentthatsweepsupfromthe

equatorandflowspasttheBritishIsles.

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1.TheBritishIslesaremadeupof_______.

A.threelargeislandsandhundredsofsmallones

B.threelargeislandsanddozensofsmallones

C.twolargeislandsandhundredsofsmallones

D.twolargeislandsanddozensofsmallones

2.WhichofthefollowingisNOTapoliticaldivisionontheislandof

A.England.

B.Scotland.

C.NorthernIreland.

D.Wales.

3.BritainisseparatedfromtherestofEuropebytheEnglishChannelinthe_______andtheNorthSeaintheeast.

A.east

B.south

C.west

D.north

4.TheRepublicofIrelandwastotallyindependentintheyear_______.

A.1920

B.1945

C.1918

D.1949

5.ThehighestmountaininBritain,BenNevis,liesin______.

A.theHighlands

B.theSouthernUplands

C.theCentralLowlands

D.theLakeDistrict

6.TheBritishEmpirewasreplacedbytheBritishmonwealthorthemonwealthofNationsin__________.

A.1921

B.1931

C.1945

D.1950

7.ThemountainsystemthePenninesiso