羇Fillintheblanks:
1.Atabout3000BC,someoftheIberianssettledinBritain.
2.About122AD,inordertokeepbackthePictsandScots,theRoman’sbuiltHadrian’s Wall. 3.OnChristmasDay1066DukeWilliamwascrownedinWestminsterAbbey.
4.Johnsignedthedocumentin1215,whichinhistorywascalledtheGreatCharterorMagnaCarta 5.AlongwiththeNormanscametheFrenchlanguage.
6.TheWarsoftheRosesbrokeoutbetweentwopartiesofnobles.
7.AftertheReformationtheRomanCatholicChurchwasinternational,theEnglish Churchwasstrictlynational.
8.MaryIre-establishedCatholicismandburntthreehundredProtestants,forwhichshewascalled“Bloody”Mary.
9.“Renaissance”means“rebirth”,i.e.EuroperediscoveringitsoriginsintheculturesofancientGreekandRome.
10.DuringtheCivilWars(1642–1648)thesupportersofParliamentwerecalledRoundheadswhilethesupportersoftheKingCharlesIwerecalledCavaliers.
肀11.ThefirsttwopartiesappearedinEnglandweretheToryandtheWhig.
蚇12.\anthemofBritain.
莅13.London,thecapitaloftheUnited KingdomissituatedontheThames Rivernearitsmouth. 蚂14.TheislandofGreat
Britainisdividedintothreeparts:Scotlandinthenorth,EnglandinthesouthandWalesinthesouthwest.
肀15.ThecapitalofScotlandisEdinburghwhichiswell-knownforitsnaturalbeauty.
肈16.TheancestorsoftheEnglishandthefounderofEnglandweretheAnglo-Saxons.
膇17.WalesinBritainiscalled“Land of Princes”
袃蚅18.TheTowerofLondon,ahistoricalsight,locatedinthecenterofLondon,wasbuiltbyWilliamtheconqueror.
膀19.BigBenisafamousclockinLondon.
葿20.InBritain,theofficialheadofstateistheQueenwhiletherealcenterofpoliticallifeisintheHouseofCommons. 21. 22. 薅From1979to1997,ConservativePartywon4consecutiveelectionsandwasinpowerforquitealongtime.
蒄22.ThetwooldestuniversitiesinBritainareOxfordandCambridge. 23.ThenatureoftheWarsoftheRoseswasafeudalcivilwar.
24TheCabinetoftheOppositionPartyinBritainisknownastheshadowcabinet. 25TherearetwomajorpartiesintheUK:ConservativeParty,andLabourParty
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Commonwealthwasbelievedtobesetupasaforumforcontinuedcooperationandasasortofsupportnetwork.
莀27.Thethreemostimportantreligionsintheworldare:BuddhismMuslinChristianity
芃芁28.Strictlyspeaking,theParliamenttodayconsistsoftheQueen,theHouseofCommonsandtheHouseofLords.
螄29.TheFirstWorldWarwasanimperialistwaraswellasaworldwarbecauseitwasnotconfinedonlytoEurope.Itlasted4years.
芅30.MiddleEnglishwasformedaftertheNormanConquest,theMiddleEnglishconsistedof3parts:oldEnglish,French,Latin. 31.
32. 蒀ChildreninBritainmustreceiveafull-timeeducationlegallyfromtheageof5to16.
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34. 莇TheChristmasPantomimeisacomicalmusicalplayenjoyedbyadultsandchildrenduringChristmastime.Ithastwomaincharacters:theprincipalboyandtheDame.
蒆1.theAnglo-Saxons
肄TheyweretwogroupsofGermanicpeopleswhosettleddowninEnglandfromthe5thcentury.TheywereregardedastheancestorsoftheEnglishandthefoundersofEngland.
薀2.theCivilWar
螈CausedbyadisputeoverthepowerofthekingagainstParliament,thecivilwarbrokeoutinthe17thcentury.TheCivilWarwasalsocalledtheEnglishBourgeoisRevolution.TheRepublican“roundheads”,ledbyOliverCromwell,wantedtoabolishthemonarchyandtoreasserttherightsofParliament.ThekingwassupportedbymostCatholicandfeudalLords,theywerecalledRoyalists.TheRoyalistsweredefeatedandKingCharlesIwasexecutedin1649. 1. 2.
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膈MagnaCarta
ThisisamedievalLatinnamemeaning“GreatCharter”.In1215,KingJohnwasforcedbyagroupoffeudalbaronsandtheChurchtograntthenacharteroflibertyandpoliticalrights.MagnaCartaplacedsomelimitsontheking’sabilitytoabusehisroyalpower.ThisisregardedasBritain’skeyexpressionoftherightsofcitizensagainsttheCrown. 3. 4.
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虿theBillofRightsof1689
In1688,KingJamesII’sdaughterMaryandherhusbandWilliamwereinvitedbythepoliticiansandchurchauthoritiestotakethethrone,onconditionthattheywouldrespecttherightsofParliament.AfterthisGloriousRevolution,theB