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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Unit 1
1. Britain is no longer an imperial(帝国) country. T
2. The Commonwealth(共和国，民主国) of Nations includes all European countries. F
3. 1 in 10 of the British population are of non-European ethnicity(种族地位，种族特点). F
4. The stereotype(陈规，刻板模式) of the English gentleman never applied(使适用) the majority of the British people. T 5. Great Britain includes 3 constituent countries；England, Scotland, and Wales. T
6. Northern Ireland is part of Great Britain. F
7. When people outside the UK talk about England, they mistake it as Britain sometimes. T
8. The Scots and Welsh have a strong sense of being British. F 9. Scotland was never conquered by the Romans. T
10. Most people in Scotland speak the old Celtic language, called “Gaelic”. F
11. Scotland was unified with England through peaceful mean. T 12. Wales is rich in coal deposits. T
13. Cardiff, the capital of Wales, is a large city. F ?? largest
14. The title of Prince of Wales is held by a Welsh according to tradition. F
威尔士在1284年被英格兰合并，在爱德华一世征服了威尔士（1277年—1284年）的过程中，他按照威尔士人的要求：“一位在威尔士出生、不会讲英语、生下来第一句话说威尔士语的亲王”作为他们的领袖，爱德华一世将其即将分娩的王后接到威尔士，王子出生后即被封为威尔士亲王，以表示对威尔斯的重视并强化威尔士人的认同感，从此以后，英皇室便将皇储封为威尔士王子，皇子妃封为威尔士王妃，成为皇室继承法统规则之一。
Unit 2 A Brief Introduction to the United Kingdom II 1. Ireland is part of Great Britain. F 是一个独立的国家 2. “Ulster”, 爱尔兰北部的旧称 referring to Northern Ireland, was once an ancient Irish Kingdom. T
3. The capital of Belfast is a large city with half a million people. F 贝尔法斯特是北爱尔兰的首府
4. Northern Ireland is significant because of its manufacturing industry. F
5. The majority of Irish people were descendants子孙，后裔 of the original Celtic凯尔特 people who inhabited British Isles before the Romans arrived 2000 years ago. T
6. Most British people are Protestants新教徒 while most Irish people are Catholic天主教徒. T
7. The British government does not have direct rule from London over Northern Ireland. F
8. Sinn Fein 新芬党（爱尔兰共和军的政治组织）is a legal political
party in Northern Ireland. T
9. The Anglo-Irish Agreement《英爱协议》 of 1985 guaranteed the loyalist Protestant community their right to decide their future in Northern Ireland. T
10. The Good Friday Agreement《北爱和平协议》 was approved on 10 April 1998.T
11. Northern Ireland today is governed by separate jurisdictions: that of Republic of Ireland and that of Great Britain. F 目前北爱由爱尔兰政府、英国政府及北爱执行委员会三方共同参与管理。
Unit 3 The Government of the United Kingdom
1. It is no doubt that Britain is the oldest representative democracy in the world. F arguably 可论证地，可能，大概 2. In Britain, the process of state-building has been one of evolution rather than revolution, in contrast to France and the US. T 相对法国或美国而言，英国的建国历程是一个逐渐演变而不是革命性剧变的过程。
3. The oldest institution of government in Britain is the Monarchy君主政体. T
4. The divine right of the king君权神授 means the sovereign君主 derived his authority from his subjects. from God F