英语国家社会文化入门.doc

1. The full name of the United Kingdom is the ___ and ___.
2. The island of Great Britain is made up of England ,____ and ________
3. The United Kingdom has been a member of the ________since 1973.
4. Britain is now a __________ society which produces a population of which 1 in 20 are of ________ ethnicity.
5. London plays a significant role in Britain’s economic and cultural life. It’s not only the financial _________ of the nation, but also one of the major international financial centers in the world.
6. Britain is a country with a history of invasions. In 43 AD Britain was invaded by ___________in the late 8th century they experienced raids from Scandinavia and in the 11th century they suffered invasions from ____________.
7. The Anglo- Saxons began to settle in Britain in the __________ century .
8. London culture
9. Charles the first , king of Britain ,was executed , because he attempt to overthrow ___________in the English Revolution .
10. Name two Scottish cities ___________, _______________.
11. The battle of Bannockburn led by Robert the Bruce succeeded in winning the full independence of __________.
12. Both the Scottish and Welsh people elect their members of parliaments to the London Parliaments to the London Parliament and each holds __________ and _________seats respectively .
13. The capital of Scotland is _________ ,which is well –known for its natural ___________.
14. Although Wales is the smallest of the 3 nations on the mainland ,it’s good at getting __________ from abroad ,particularly Japan and _________.

1. The Home Rule Bill was finally passed in _________., but the process was overtaken by _________ and was suspended for the duration of the war,
2. To pursue Irish independence ,the most spectacular event in the Irish history was ________of 1916 ,in which the rebels occupied Dublin’s _________ and forced the British to take it back by military means.
3. As Protestants were the majority of the province ,they controlled the local ________ and used that power to support their _________ dominance in the area.
4. The ___ IRA believed that they had made enough progress so that they could concentrate on a political process , and run candidates for __________.
5. The __________ IRA separated from the officials ,because they felt that ___________ was the only way to get the British out.
6. Threatened by the IRA in the early 1970s ,the protestants formed their own illegal _________ groups and took revenge on _____________.
7. In 1971 the Northern Irish government took the action to imprison terrorist suspects from both sides without _________ a policy known as _____________.
8. In the 1980s convicted IRA prisoners started a campaign for the status of being ___________ by starving themselves. The British government didn’t _________ to this demand for political status and 11 prisoners starved to death.
9. 1972 was the worst year of the troubles and 468 people were killed that which included 13 Catholics who had been taking part in a peaceful _____________. They were shot dead by British soldiers . This day has been mythologised as _______________.
10. Sinn Fein ,the legal ______ party ,supports the IRA’s right to fight. Its leaders spoke of a twin campaign for union with Ireland , both political and military ,which is known as the policy of _________.
11. In August 1994 ,the IRA declared a ceasefire with the efforts made by John Hume ,the leader of ____________,,and Gerry Adams ,the leaders of ________.
12. It’s hard to make talks successful between the British and Irish governments without the participation of _____________ and ______________.
13. The Good Friday Agreement , known also as ________________,emerged on 10 April 1998.
14. The Good Friday Agreement assures___________ that Northern Ireland ‘remains part ’ of the United Kingdom and shall not cease to be so without ________________________________________________ of Northern Ireland .

1. ____________,the ancestor of the present Queen , Elizabeth II, untied England under his rule in 829.
2. The doctrine of the ‘divine right of kings ’ held that the sovereign derived his authority from ______, not from
3. During the civil war in the 17th century ,those who represented the interests of Parliament are called _____________________,and those who supported the King were called __________.
4. In 1215 ,some feudal barons and the Church forced King ____________ to sign the _______ to place some limits on the King’s power.
5. In medieval times ,kings would summon a group of wealthy barons and representaives of counties, towns and cities ----called to raise money .
6. In 1689,Parliament passed ___________to ensure that the King would never be able to ignore Parliament.
7. In the 18th century ,King George I left the job of chairing cabinet meeting to one of his ministers who later came to be called _____________.
8. In Britain ,the official head of state is ___________ while the real centre of political life is in ________________________.
9. The British Constitution consists of statute law, _________________ and _________________
10. The most important function of the Parliament is to ________________.
11. Strictly speaking, the Parliament today consists of the Queen ,____________________.
12. Life peers should be nominated by ______________ and appointed by ________________.

1. The UK is divided into __________ constituencies with each of them represented by a member in __________________.
2. The party which wins the majority seats in parliament forms ______________ and its party leader becomes __________________.
3. Normally, a government can be in power for ___________ years ,and then it has to resign and hold a general election.
4. If a government loses a ____________________ in the House of Commons ,it has to resign.
5. The amount of time given to each party in the ‘party electoral broadcasts’ is proportional to the _____ which the party received at the previous election.
6. The Liberal Democrates are regarded by many people as comparatively ________________ and _______________ in their balance of the individual and the social .
7. There are three major parties in the UK, ________________,the Labour party and ___________________.
8. ___________________________ was established by the Labour government in1948 ,providing health care for all the people .
9. From 1979 to 1997,___________________ won 4 consecutive elections and was in power for quite a long time .
10. People who do unskilled office work and skilled well-paid manual work are likely to be described as __________________ class.
11. A university teacher would probably read a newspaper like ________________ while a manual worker likes to read ______________.
12. One distinctive feature about the class system in Britain is that it still retains a____________________ .
13. Most of the recent immigrants come from South Asian countries such as ______________ and _____________________countries such as Jamajca.
14. On February 12 ,2010 .British Prime minister _______________took part in a video-conference with UN ___________Ban Ki-moon to launch a high Level Advisory Group on _______________________.
15. The UK government has followed a forthright policy in dealing with climate change since __________________was signed in 1997.

1. ‘The Jewel in the Crown’ of the British Empire ______________,which provided _______________ and a big market for British goods ,gained independence in 1947.
2. A low rate of ____________ industrial investment coupled with a very high rate of ___________ investment is a characteristic of the UK economy.
3. Since 1945,the UK economy has experienced ____________ decline rather than decline.
4. In the 1970s ,the devaluation of the UK currency forced the Labour government to borrow money from _______________________________________.
5. In 1979, the Conservative party under __________________ came into power and carried out a programme of _______________.
6. In recent years ,Britain is second only to the US as a destination for ________________ investment.
7. The UK economy can be divided into 3 main sectors ,___________industries,secondary industries and ____________ industries.
8. The beef industry was hit badly by ____________ which caused a ban on beef exports in 1996.
9. Since the discovery of oil and gas under the _____________,Britain .
10. Glaxo-wellcome is the biggest drug company in the world while ___________is the second largest paint manufacturer in the world .
11. _______________ is one of the busiest share-dealing centers in the world .
12. Englishman Frank Whittle developed the world’s frist _____________ in 1937 .
13. The government has promised that 10% of the energy of the UK will come from ________________ by 2010.

1. One of the oldest of the early old English literary work is a long poem from Anglo Saxon times called
2. _______________ written by Geoffrey Chaucer is often studied by middle school and college students today .
3. Shakespeare’s plays fall into 3 categories .They are ____________, __________________and history plays.
4. Name 2 of the beiju shashibiya xie de ____________________,_____
5. Charlotte Bronte and Emily are noted for their respective novel _________________and __________________ which are largely the love stories of a woman for a man .
6. Charles Dickens and Elizabeth Gaskell are regarded not only as __________ but also as social _________in the 19th century.
7. The author of Ivanhoe was __________________,Charles Dicken’s novel _____________ tells the story.
8. 20th –century literature can be divided into 2. _______________________,__________________.
9. Virginia Woolf ,especially the ____________consciousness. She sometimes used the technique of ___________________ in her writing.
10. The Heart of Darkness was written by _________________, the author of the book 1984 was ________________.
11. The best-known novel by William Gloding is titled ___________________.
12. In popular fiction ,Ian Fleming’s fantastic ____________________ stories are well-known .

1. The 2 oldest universities in Britain are _______________ and ____________________.
2. 2 famous public schools mentioned in the text are ____________ and __________
3. Children in Britain must receive a full-time education leagally from the age of __________ to ______________.
4. Pupils form the age of 5 to _____________ mainly attend state-run ____________ schools.
5. Students attend _______________schools from the age of 11 up to around the age of 19.
6. Parents can choose between sending their children to state schools or _______ schools .
7. Parents from rich send children to _______________ schools .
8. Comprehensive schools teach student everything from ____________ subjects like literature and science to more _____________subjects like cooking.
9. 14th to 15th Scottish University name 2.______________________,
10. In Britain ,people can go to the __________________without having any formal educational qualifications.
11. GCSE stands for ________________________________.
12. GCEA
13. GNVQs

1 UK is one of ___________ permanent members of _________________ in UN.
2 The present foreign policy of Britain is greatly influenced by its ____________ history and also by its ________________________.
3. Britain’s special relationship with ________________ is another major factor which influences the British foreign policy.
4. Britain’s physical isolation has long been reduced by the development of _______________ and the opening of _____________,which to the Europe.
5. The general direction of Britain’ s foreign policy is decided by _________________ and ____________________.
6. The main government department also involved in making Britain’s foreign policy is _________
7. Britain is a _________________ democracy ,so the government’s foreign policy in theory represents the desires of its _______________.
8. The commonwealth was believed to be set up as a _______________ for continued cooperation and as a sort of support ______
9. There are _________ numbers of the commonwealth …. As well as __________ industrial countries.
10. Britain spends more money on ________than other developed nations ,and is ranked ___________in terms of its military power.
11. As an outpost of an American-controlled military __Britain hosts a large American military presence as well as the NATO _____________________.

1. Britain’s 3 most popular activities, watching TV ,listening .video and _____________________.
2. The which appeared in 1791,is the world’s oldest ____________ newspaper, while The Times, which publishing in 1785,is Britain’s oldest ____________ newspaper.
3. The ___________newspapers carry more serious ….
4. _________________is regarded as the most left-wing newspaper.
5. the other…._______________are often called ‘the gutter press.
6. Officially speaking…..____________ and can print what they like___________(guan yu fa gui).
7. BBC is ________________________.
8. ____________(fang)sports,drama…______________(fang)shows.’
9. The new world is one of ____________________
10. _________________________ carries business stories…..
11. The media are also affected by ___________……
12. The media have many ______________.They provide people with information about political and social problems .They play important role in national _____________.

1. The FA is ______________.
2. ‘on a sticky wicket’ is associated with the sport of ____________..
3. 2 kinds of horse racing. Flat racing and ______________.
4. People usually dress up and shoe off their fashionable clothes ……called____________________.
5. Compared with football ,_____________is more gentle.
6. …..Christmas is called _______________.
7. Many Muslims in Britain observe a traditional Islamic festival called ____________, during ….
8. The Bonfight night is called ______________.
9. On March 17 each year,celebrate the birthday of _________________
10. Chinses celebrates Chinese New Year with ________dances and fireworks.