专八教诲人文知识冲刺（七）
练习题：
1 How many members are there in the House of Commons?
A 650 B 524 C 72 D 651
2 Which of the following people didn’t use to be the British Prime Minister?
A Margaret Thatcher B Winston Churchill C Horatio Nelson D John Major
3 By tradition, the leader of the majority party is appointed _____ by the Sovereign in the United Kingdom.
A Prime Minister B Member of Parliament
C Lord of appeal D Speaker of the House
4 The Tories were the forerunners of _____, which still bears this nickname today.
A the Labour Party B the Conservative Party
C the Liberal Party D the Social Democratic Party
5 In the United Kingdom, the party which wins the ____ number of seats in the House of Commons becomes the official Opposition.
A largest B second largest C third largest D fourth largest
6 The term“British disease” is now often used to characterize Britain’s _____ decline.
A political B educational C military D economic
7 The 1980s was remembered as the decade of _____.
A globalization B nationalization C privatization D competition
8 Today, in Britain, ______ is called a“sick” industry.
A coal mining B iron and steel C textiles D shipbuilding
9 The first steam engine was devised by Thomas Newcomer at the end of the 17th century, and the Scottish inventor ____ modified and improved the design in 1765.
AAbraham Darby B James Watt C John Kay D Richard Arkwrightthe
10 _____ created the industrial working class, the proletariat, and it later led to trade unionism.
A The Chartist Movement B The Industrial Revolution
C The French Revolution D The Glorious Revolution
练习题谜底及题解:
1 D,下议院共有651名议员。
2 C,撒切尔夫人，丘吉尔和梅杰都已经做过英国首相；而纳尔逊（1758-1805），英国水师统帅，因作战挂花，右眼失落明，失落往右臂。前任地中海舰队司令，在特法尔加角海战中年夜败西班牙团结舰队，自己受轻伤阵亡，号称 Viscount Nelson。
3 A,在英国，依照传统，年夜都党的向导人由君主任命为首相，首相从本党内部遴选一些向导人担当各部部长职位。
4 B,托利党是英国保守党的前身。
5 B,在英国，鄙人议院中赢得第二席位的政党为反对党，它也有它自己的向导和影子内阁（shadow cabinet）。
6 D,现在“英国脖这一术语常常用来指英国经济上的衰退。
7 C,正如20世纪40年代被看作是国有化的期间一样，20世纪80年代被看作是公有化的期间。包括英国煤油、航空、钢铁、电讯在内的几乎40百分的国有公司完成了公有化。
8 A,英国煤矿业被称为抱病产业。英国的煤产量在一战前到达顶点，现在的英国的煤矿业衰退，从而招致矿工的数量、煤矿的总产量年夜年夜下降。
9 B,第一台蒸汽机是 Thomas Newcomer在17世纪末计划的，厥后苏格兰发明家瓦特在1765年对原有的计划举行了改进提高，临盆出了第一台高效的蒸汽机并使用到纺织和其他机器业中。
10 B,产业革命发作了工人阶级，即无产阶级。厥后组成了工会轨制。
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