9. Britain’s longest rivers are ____.
A. the Severn and the Clyde
B. the Thames and the Clyde
C. the Clyde and the Humber
D. the Severn and the Thames
10. The largest lake in the British Isles is ____.
A. Loch Lomond
B. Loch Neagh
C. Windermere
D. Ullswater
11. Britain’s climate is influenced by____, a warm ocean current that passes the western coast of the British Isles and warms them.
A. the North Atlantic Drift
B. the Brazil Current
C. the Labrador Current
D. the Falkland Current
12. The English people and the English language were born from the union of ____.
A. the Angles and the Saxons
B. Germanic conquerors and the Norman French
C. Danes or Vikings and the Norman French
D. Norman conquerors and the defeated Anglo-Saxons
13. Generally speaking the English southerners speak the type of English closer to ____.
A. the Cockney
B. the Queen’s English
C. the Gaelic
D. the BBC English
14. Although Wales has been united with England for more than 400 years, the Welsh has kept alive ____.
A. their own language
B. their own literature
C. their own tradition
D. All of the above
15. The Eisteddfod is a(n) ____ festival of poetry, music and other arts.
A. English
B. Scottish
C. Welsh
D. Irish
16. Nowadays the Gaelic language, which is an ancient____, is still heard inthe Highlands and the Western Isles.
A. Scottish language
B. English language
C. Irish language
D. Celtic language
17. Many Scottish names begin with M’, Mc or Mac, which means__
A. father of
B. sun of
C. son of
D. some of
18. In Northern Ireland ____ make up the dominant group.
A. Roman Catholics
B. English Protestants
C. non-religious people
D. Jewish people
19. Northern Ireland is small, but it is significant because of the__
A. the economic problems
B. the political troubles
C. the immigration issues
D. the national identity
20. About three million people have migrated to Britain since World War ll. They are mainly from the West Indies, India and____.
A. Indonesia
B. Singapore
C. Hong Kong
D. Pakistan
key 1.C 2.D 3.B 4.A 5.C 6.A 7.B 8.A 9.D 10.B 11.A 12.D 13.D 14.D 15.C 16.D 17.C 18.B 19.B 20.D
