英语考研英美概况模拟题（三）英国文化部分
Culture
Multiple Choice
1. All children in the UK must, by law, receive a full-time education from the age of _____ to _____.
A. 5, 16 B. 6, 17 C. 7, 18
2. In state schools the letters A, B and C are often used to describe “_____” or parallel classes.
A. grade B. form C. streams
3. Public schools belong to the category of the _____ schools.
A. state B. independent C. local
4. The pupils who had got the highest marks in the “eleven plus” examination would go to _____ school.
A. grammar B. technical C. secondary modern
5. Oxford and Cambridge are the oldest universities dating from _____ and
_____.
A. 1167, 1284 B. 1234, 1325 C. 1335, 1427
6. There are over _____ universities in Britain.
A. thirty B. forty C. fifty
7. The two features of Oxford and Cambridge are the college system and the _____.
A. records of attendance B. governing council
C. tutorial system
8. The universities of St. Andrews, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Edinburgh are called the four _____ universities.
A. old B. new C. Scottish
9. The _____ university offers courses through one of BBC’s television channels and by radio.
A. open B. new C. middle aged
10. Buckingham University is and _____ university which was established in
1973.
A. independent B. open C. old
11. The second centre of the British press is in _____.
A. London B. the Fleet Street C. Manchester
12. In Britain great majority of children attend _____ schools.
A. state B. independent C. religious
13. In Britain education at the age from 5 to 16 is _____.
A. optional B. compulsory C. self-taught
14. The oldest university in Britain is _____.
A. Cambridge B. Edinburgh C. Oxford
15. British newspapers possess the following features except _____.
A. freedom of speech
B. fast delivery
C. monoplied by one of the five large organization
D. no difficulty for independent newspapers to survive
16. The earliest newspaper in Britain is _____.
A. Daily Mail B. Daily Telegraphs C. The Times D. Guardian
17. _____ is the oldest Sunday newspaper in Britain.
A. Sunday Times B. The Observer
C. The people D. News of the World
18. The most humorous magazine is _____.
A. New Society B. Private Eye C. Punch D. Spectator
19. In the UK there are about _____ dailies and over _____ weeklies.
A. 130, 1000 B. 200, 800 C. 160, 1200
20. There are _____ national daily newspapers which appear every morning except on Sundays.
A. nine B. seven C. eight
21. The Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph support the _____.
A. Liberal Party B. Labour Party C. Conservative Party
22. The Economist, New Statesman, Spectator are _____.
A. journals B. daily newspapers C. local papers
23. BBC was founded in _____ and chartered in _____ as an independent public corporation.
A. 1922, 1927 B. 1292, 1297 C. 1822, 1827
24. The Exchange Telegraph Co. Ltd. is a _____ news agency.
A. public B. governmental C. local D. private
25. The BBC is mainly financed by _____.
A. payment from all people who possess TV sets
B. the income from advertisements
C. some large corporations
D. British government
26. The most famous broadcasting company in Britain is _____.
A. British Broadcasting Corporation
B. Independent Broadcasting Authority
C. Reuters
27. Reuters was founded in the year of _____.
A. 1518 B. 1815 C. 1851
28. The new headquarters’ building of _____ is at 85 Fleet Street, London.
A. BBC B. the Press Association Ltd.
C. the Exchange Telegraph Co. Ltd.
29. _____ is regarded as the most English of games.
A. Cricket B. Soccer C. Rugger
30. _____ claims the highest popular attendance in Britain.
A. Rugby football B. Association football
C. Baseball
31. _____ “pools” provide amusement for millions of people who bet on the results of matches.
A. Association football B. Baseball
C. Cricket
32. The annual _____ championships at Wimbledon, in London, are the most famous in the world.
A. hockey B. tennis C. netball
33. _____ racing is chiefly a betting sport.
A. Horse B. Boat C. Dog
34. Hurdle or steeplechase racing takes up the winter months, leading to its climax in the Grand National Steeplechase at _____ in March.
A. London B. Edinburgh C. Liverpool
35. It was _____ who first revolutionized scientific thought in Britain.
A. Francis Bacon B. Thomas Newcomer
C. James Watt
36. _____ discovered the circulation of food.
A. Francis Glisson B. William Harvey C. George Stephenson
37. The Royal Society was founded in _____ in _____.
A. London, 1660 B. Liverpool, 1660 C. London, 1760
38. The Royal Society reached the summit of its prestige in 1703, when _____ became its president.
A. Robert Boyle B. Issae Newton C. Francis Bacon
39. James Watt was a great _____ engineer and inventor.
A. Irish B. Scottish C. English
40. _____ developed atomic theory in the 18th century.
A. John Dalton B. Francis Glisson C. Robert Boyle
41. The minor’s safety lamp was invented by _____.
A. Francis Bacon B. William Harvey C. Humphy Davy
42. Charles Robert Darwin Developed the theory of _____.
A. evolution B. immunology C. virology
43. _____ is considered the father of English poetry.
A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. John Milton C. John Donne
44. Big Ben is the nickname of _____.
A. Benjamin Franklin B. Sir Benjamin Hall C. the 315-foot Clock Tower
45. The British Museum was founded in _____.
A. 1659 B. 1763 C. 1753
46. The British Museum is financed by _____ funds and is managed by a board of 25 trustees.
A. Government B. individual C. local
47. You could find the world-famous Speakers’ Corner in _____.
A. Great Russell B. Hyde Park C. Westminster Abbey
48. _____ is the biggest and most well-known church in London.
A. Whitehall B. St. Paul’s Cathedral
C. Westminster Abbey
49. _____ is the monarch’s present London home.
A. Westminster Palace B. Buckingham Palace
C. Whitehall Palace
50. Stratford-on-Avon is the place where _____ was born in 1564.
A. William Shakespeare B. Charles Dickens
C. Samuel Butler
Fill in the Blanks
1. There are two systems of primary and secondary education in Britain. They are the _____ school and the _____ school.
2. The independent school or “_____” school is few in number but of great influence.
3. The four types of state schools in the secondary education are the _____ schools, comprehensive secondary schools, _____ schools and secondary modern
schools.
4. For all children in state schools, secondary education begins at the age of _____.
5. There are two systems for secondary education in state schools, the _____ and the _____.
6. Under the old selective system, children took an examination called the _____ _____ in their last year at a primary school. The results of this examination determined the secondary education a pupil would receive.
7. The oldest schools in UK are _____ schools.
8. _____ _____ schools were established before 1960, in which pupils were not separated by the criterion of academic ability.
9. At _____ or _____ pupils take an examination, either at the Ordinary Level of the General Certificate of Education or the Certificate of Secondary Education.
10. At 18 there is another examination for the pupils, the _____ _____ of the General Certificate of Education or the Certificate of Secondary Education.
11. _____ schools are often attached to polytechnics.
12. The four famous school: Eton College, Harrow School, Winchester College
and Rugby School are never referred to as _____ colleges but _____ schools.
13. The public schools emphasize two factors in education. One is the study of classics and science, the other is the development of what is called “_____”.
14. The old universities in Britain refer to _____ and _____.
15. The five types of universities are the two _____ universities, the four _____ universities, the middle-aged universities, the new universities an the Open university and the one _____ university.
16. Oxford got started in the _____ century. It has _____ colleges.
17. There are about _____ students in Oxford and Cambridge respectively.
18. The University of London is a type of _____ university.
19. There are three academic degrees in Britain, the _____, _____ and _____ degrees.
20. A class in a state school is often called a “_____”, never a “grade”.
21. Almost all the national papers are published in the city of _____.
22. The _____ _____ is the national centre of the press in the UK.
23. The most famous broadcasting company is _____ _____ _____.
24. The most well-known news agency is _____.
25. The second oldest university in Britain is _____.
26. The Independent Broadcasting Authority gets its money from _____.
27. You’ll find all BBC’s programmes in the magazine _____ _____.
28. In 1851 Reuters was founded in _____.
29. _____ is regarded as the most English games.
30. School boys usually play rugger or _____ in winter, _____ in summer.
31. Schools girls usually play tennis and _____ in summer and netball and _____ in winter.
32. Netball is a kind of basketball, and rounders is a sort of _____.
33. The _____ _____ founded in London in 1660 is one of the most prestigious scientific bodies in the world.
34. Issae Newton held the president of the Royal Society for _____ years.
35. The famous book Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy was written by _____ _____.
36. James Watt was a great _____ engineer and inventor.
37. _____ _____, an English physician, discovered the vaccine for preventing smallpox and pioneered the sciences of immunology and virology.
38. The miner’s safety lamp was nicknamed _____ Lamp.
39. Charles Robert Darwin published his book On the _____ _____ _____ which caused a stir in Victorian times.
40. Oscar Wilder was an aesthete advocating “_____ _____ _____ _____”.
41. The seat of the British Houses of Parliament is _____ _____.
42. “Big Ben” was named after Sir _____ _____.
43. The place where many famous figures are buried is called _____ _____.
44. Karl Marx once came to study and work in the British Museum Library and Completed most of his famous book _____ there.
45. _____ Park in the Centre of London is one of the World’s most famous city parks.
46. The _____ of _____ was a state prison from Norman times.
47. _____ is a most important street where some of the most important offices are located.
48. The people can visit 300 life-size wax figures in _____ _____.
Explain the Following Term
1. BBC
2. The Open University
3. The Spectator
Answer the Following Questions
1. What is the public school system in the UK? (talk about this in the following points: enrolment, funding and function)
2. What do you know about the difference between a quality paper and a popular paper in Britain?
英语专业考研英美概况自测题（三）英国文化部分答案
Part III
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