練習題：
1.Which of the following tribes first came to Britain?
A Roman
B Anglo-Saxons
C Jutes
D Celts
2.The Hundred Years’ War between Britain and France was fought ____.
A from 1327 to 1453
B from 1337 to 1453
C from 1347 to 1453
D from 1357 to 1453
3.The Republic of Ireland became independent in the year ____
A 1918
B 1920
C 1945
D 1949
4.The English Civil War is also called ____
A the Puritan Revolution
B the second Magna Carta
C the Long Parliament
D the Anglican War
5.Britain is separated from the rest of Europe by the English Channel in the ____ and the North Sea in the east,
A east
B south
C west
D north
6.The largest lake in Britain is ____.
A. Loch Lomond
B the Lough Neagh
C Windermere
D Ullswater
7.Where do the majority of people in Scotland live?
A In the Highlands
B In the central Lowlands
C In the Uplands
D In the west of Scotland
8.In Britain only about ____ of the population are farmers but they manage 70% of the land area.
A 2%
B 3%
C 4%
D 5%
9.The two important crops in Britain are ____
A barley and corn
B wheat and rice
C barley and oats
D wheat and barley
10.In Britain, children from the age of 5 to 16 ____
A can legally receive partly free education
B can legally receive completely free education
C can not receive free education at all
D can not receive free education if their parents are rich
練習題答案：
1.D 凱爾特在公元前700年到英國，羅馬人在公元1到5世紀統(tǒng)治英國，5世紀中期盎格魯撒克遜人侵占英國，因此凱爾特人是最早踏入英國的。
2.B 英法百年戰(zhàn)爭爆發(fā)于1337年到1453年間，中間還發(fā)生了黑死病。
3.D 愛爾蘭共和國在1949年獨立。
4.A 英國內(nèi)戰(zhàn)于1642年到1646年間發(fā)生，國王查爾斯與議會發(fā)生爭執(zhí)，實際上是國王與清教徒之間的矛盾引起的，結果議會勝利。
5.B 英國南面與法國隔著英吉利海峽。
6.B 英國最大的湖是內(nèi)伊湖，最長的河流是塞文河。
7.B 蘇格蘭中低部適合人類生存，是蘇格蘭工業(yè)和人高度集中的地區(qū)。
8.A 由于英國農(nóng)作業(yè)時的高度機械化，只需利用全國2%的人口來耕作大面積農(nóng)地。
9.D 小麥和大麥是英國最重要的莊稼。
10.B 英國的義務教育是從5歲到16歲，所以期間的教育全部免費。