最新英語專八考試人文知識復(fù)習(xí)題及答案解析(5)

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    ___1___ The Romans led by Julius Caesar launched their first invasion on Britain in ___?
    A 200 B.C  B 55 A.D  C 55 B.C  D 410 A.D
    ___2___ The capital of Northern Ireland is ___?
    A Blefast  B Birminghan  C Edinburgh  D Cardiff
    ___3___ The statement “You can not step twice into the same river” was said by___?
    A Aristotle  B Heracletus  C Socrates  D Pythagoras
    ___4___ The greatest names in European philosophy are Socrates, ___, and Aristotle, who are active in Athens in the 5th and 4th century B.C.
    A Pythagoras  B Heracleitus
    C Herodotus  D Plato
    ___5___ Between 1337 and 1453 the ___ took place in Britain.
    A Wars of Roses  B Black Death
    C Hundred Years’ War  D Peasants Uprising
    ___6___ William, Duke of Normandy, fought King Harold of England at the Battle of Hastings in___.
    A 1066  B 1086  C 1381  D 1035
    ___7___ The first Civil War in Britain lasted from ___ to ___.
    A 1600 --- 1604  B 1640 --- 1644
    C 1642 --- 1646  D 1646 --- 1650
    ___8___ ___ believed that the highest good in life was pleasure, freedom from pain and emotional upheaval.
    A Cynics  B Stoics  C Sceptics  D Epieureans
    ___9___ James Watt created a ___ in 1769?
    A Spinning Mule  B Steam Engine
    C Power Loom  D Spinning Jenny
    ___10___Most of the land belonging to the Saxons was confiscated by William and given to ___.
    A The Danes  B the Irish
    C The Norman barons  D The Scots