___1___ “To know something like the palm of one’s hand” means ___?
A to understand the nature of something and be competent in the performance of them B to understand everything without any question C to understand only something easy D to be thoroughly familiar with the nature and details of something
___2___ British English is spoken in ___?
A Great Britain B Australia C New Zealand D A.B and C
___3___ Which of the following joined England and Scotland in 1707?
A the Act of Supremacy B the Act of Union C the Reform Act D the Magana Carta
___4___ Who said “Give me a place to stand, and I will move the world.”?
A Aristotle B Plato C Archimedes D Euclid
___5___ The expression that can be used as the euphemism for “garbage collector” is “___”
A collecting B garbage engineer C sanitary engineer D sanitation engineer
___6___ Who founded the Plantagenet Dynasty?
A Henry I B King Joseph C Henry II D Count of Anjor
___7___ Who said “Captive Greece took her rude conqueror captive”:?
A Horace B Virgil C Plato D Sappho
___8___ The religious persecution mainly existed during the reign of ___.
A Elizabeth I B Henry VIII C Cromwell D Charles I
___9___ Eton College is a famous ___ of UK.
A college B comprehensive school C public school D university
___10___Westminster Palace is the ___?
A seat of British House of Parliament B seat of English church C residence of king of queen D residence of Prime Minister
1. 选D。“To know something like the palm of one’s hand”的意思是对“什么了如指掌”。
2. 选D。在英国、澳大利亚和新西兰都说英国英语。
3. 选B。是《联合法》(the Act of Union)在Anne 统治的1707年把 England and Scotland 统一起来,而Great Britain (大不列颠)也是在其统治期间诞生的。而1801年的《联合法》爱尔兰并入大不列颠王国,因此英国的名称改为“大不列颠及爱尔兰联合王国”(the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)。1921年爱尔兰北部6郡(北爱尔兰)化归联合王国,英国的名称也随之改为“大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国”(the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)。
4. 选C。“给我一个支点,我能撬动整个地球”是古希腊科学家Archimedes(阿基米德)的名言。古希腊科学家阿基米德在算术、力学和流体静力学等方面都作了重要的贡献。
5. 选D。sanitation engineer (环境工程师)是 “garbage collector” 垃圾清洁工的委婉用语。
6. 选C。The Plantagenet Dynasty (金雀花王朝)是由Henry II(亨利二世) 于1154年创立的,并统治了35年,于1189年Henry II 去世而结束。
7. 选A。Horace(贺拉斯),古罗马诗人,以其颂歌著称。 “Captive Greece took her rude conqueror captive” (被征服的希腊征服了它的征服者)为其所说。Virgil(维吉尔,70—19BC)伟大的拉丁诗人,著有伟大的史诗《埃涅阿斯记》(Aeneid)。Plato(柏拉图428---348BC),古希腊哲学家,他对《对话录》(Dialogues)影响深远。Sappho(萨福)公元前7世纪希腊最重要的女抒情诗人,其爱情诗影响深远。
8. 选D。Charles I(查里一世,1600---1649,英国斯图亚特王朝国王)。其统治期间,对抗国会,压迫清教徒,引起内战,战败后作为“暴君、叛徒、杀人犯和国家公敌”于1649年被国会判处死刑。
9. 选C。Eton College(伊顿学院,也称伊顿公学)是英格兰最大的也是最有名的公学之一,设在伯克郡伊顿,是英国的一种中学教育。该校建于1400年与1441年间,由Henry VI为国王赠款所建立的基金中得到奖学金的70名高才生创办的。英国知名的公学还有Harrow School; Rugby School。
10.选A。Westminster(威斯敏斯特区)指英国伦敦西部的贵族居住区,在泰晤士河北岸,区内有白金汉宫,议会大厦等。而the Westminster Palace(威斯敏斯特宫)通常指英国议会所在地,因此Westminster 喻指英国国会或英国政府。
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